diff --git "a/test.csv" "b/test.csv" --- "a/test.csv" +++ "b/test.csv" @@ -1,47848 +1,47848 @@ -id,text,label -122362,his next line,2 -21765,pretty good,3 -1434,it 's another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .,3 -189050,This may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .,1 -133621,summer audiences,2 -44081,A full world has been presented onscreen , not,1 -171098,simple humanity,2 -85390,its shortness,2 -84233,is funny and pithy,4 -48068,a glorious spectacle,4 -179720,'s easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,1 -14623,While The Isle is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic,1 -177136,undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance,1 -135739,the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects,1 -3286,'n,2 -174291,the most committed Pokemon fan,3 -159542,forbidden zone,2 -149954,The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating ,,2 -110955,Watching Spirited Away,2 -92502,shimmers with it,3 -99644,was to be Iranian-American in 1979,2 -44237,A sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .,4 -7541,insanity,2 -19069,Matthew was killed,1 -131281,rely,2 -138495,ugly , pointless , stupid movie,1 -23716,, it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .,2 -45933,Kaufmann 's,2 -84264,is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting .,4 -70250,This is not Chabrol 's best ,,2 -6669,fresh air,3 -203619,is too optimistic a title,2 -50961,does n't just,2 -179874,'s not .,2 -88622,of her Vampire Chronicles,2 -76524,caught up,2 -25641,Ice Age follows most closely,2 -133137,splitting up,2 -8619,make it shine,3 -2866,this love,3 -101042,you 'll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .,3 -185404,Its simplicity,2 -158162,embarrassing,0 -139874,will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild,2 -120520,for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose,3 -50774,depicting the lives of others,2 -200693,has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout .,1 -224889,Mr. Deeds,2 -60654,'' The Quiet American '' begins in Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble .,2 -122230,highly personal,2 -131371,report that it is instead a cheap cliché,0 -143153,A hysterical yet humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face .,1 -84054,is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .,4 -228619,an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice,2 -55984,perfectly entertaining,3 -108366,Peter Jackson,2 -91667,richer meaning,2 -138883,using a video game as the source material movie,2 -226831,Tu Mamá También,2 -140209,with right,2 -60861,'s a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas,3 -50712,define,2 -13553,, but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .,3 -224771,Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance --,0 -1011,for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking,2 -74363,are masterfully controlled .,4 -138153,too shallow for an older one .,1 -201705,improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .,2 -75773,blur,2 -119046,end it,2 -42464,plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel,2 -105180,Concubine,2 -235078,promised ( or threatened ) for later this year,1 -93565,straight face,2 -221537,, soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .,0 -188171,The film did n't move me one way or the other ,,1 -212025,so-so slapstick,1 -231199,given a working over,1 -14824,a sad picture,1 -89249,offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future,3 -184032,Freaky,2 -182084,A waste of fearless purity in the acting craft .,1 -186067,Meandering and,2 -47209,The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .,3 -139118,wacky and inspired little film,3 -77456,could only,2 -192073,agent decoder ring,2 -40482,young angst,2 -149437,The film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power .,2 -20495,even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension,2 -150429,Too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .,1 -123474,intelligent , and,3 -83346,infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .,3 -227844,a cop-out,1 -47388,This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise : Al Pacino loathing Robin Williams,3 -3707,a culture in conflict with itself,2 -86486,maggots crawling on a dead dog,1 -194200,be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares,0 -71886,a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .,3 -22920,you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .,4 -149052,Thank you !,2 -238843,with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '',2 -101726,'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain,1 -117856,dark , disturbing ,,2 -43945,60s,2 -166442,much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie .,2 -164242,joy rising above the stale material,2 -75511,behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles,2 -33384,is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies,3 -11423,the final dance work ,,2 -9081,no small amount,2 -166082,modern love life,2 -50440,contribution,2 -42164,is as lively and as fun,4 -172865,that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against,1 -4500,all the writhing and wailing ,,1 -73780,an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar,4 -154136,as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,2 -220875,'s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree .,2 -101307,' ... a great , participatory spectator sport .,4 -237930,to rush right out and see it,3 -153190,almost plays like Solaris , but with guns and jokes .,2 -100005,while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .,1 -13805,A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing,3 -48626,acid,2 -114510,applying definition to both sides of the man,3 -154187,as imaginative,2 -207521,of a chick,2 -52440,has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes,3 -8798,mirthless todd,2 -77764,dead-end distaste,0 -48672,actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .,3 -39448,tremendously,2 -60859,'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining,3 -96053,the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids,2 -211508,should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson .,2 -128177,nothing special,1 -51403,exceptional thriller,4 -149057,That Good Theatre,3 -92750,skateboard,2 -230978,found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing .,1 -139712,whites,2 -173684,the credits finally roll,1 -16172,intelligent psychological drama,4 -203487,is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British,2 -150786,Wes Craven 's presence is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend . ',1 -103510,A cutesy romantic tale with a twist .,3 -163609,it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .,0 -155453,bratty character,2 -79214,este,2 -160347,greedy characters,1 -57734,that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken,2 -238585,what an idea , what a thrill ride,4 -145270,Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) ,,2 -147744,None of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .,1 -237213,the show 's trademark,2 -64486,Brings awareness,3 -200188,granted in most films,2 -190718,a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?,0 -116578,can depress you about life itself .,1 -106546,II experience,1 -189251,Totally overwrought,1 -18392,, committed performances,3 -191195,a rejected X-Files episode,1 -217836,trudge out of the theater feeling,1 -223657,His Girl Friday ,,2 -188999,This is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .,1 -98305,to show it,2 -13847,An experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment .,3 -95009,the Catholic establishment,2 -173601,the cast or the redundant messages,1 -194693,blacken that organ with cold vengefulness,1 -117535,copy the,2 -143032,A chaotic panorama that 's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags .,1 -150822,What could and should have been biting and droll,1 -69130,Takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze,4 -208229,of violence and noise,2 -93006,so-bad-it 's - funny level,2 -193003,applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story,4 -102659,, it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .,1 -205759,making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,1 -68638,Scotland looks wonderful,3 -143234,A movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment,2 -223057,Daphne , you 're too Buff \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \/,2 -197665,early on,2 -37112,solid female talent,3 -153193,almost stops the blood flow to your brain,1 -139084,visual spectacle,2 -64437,Bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time,3 -234535,of the eccentric and the strange,2 -212498,start to drag as soon as the action speeds up,1 -187726,Terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing ... The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .,1 -179736,'s exploitive without being insightful,2 -226704,This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast,0 -107183,Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond,1 -111190,With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ? Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .,0 -64780,Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle,4 -200797,have characters and a storyline,2 -126135,like such a bore,1 -69666,The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and,3 -155906,came time to get to the heart of the movie,2 -58279,the family audience,2 -216329,this Halloween is a gory slash-fest .,2 -163958,it was written by teenagers,1 -33652,it has clearly been made with affection and care,3 -22963,'' Take Care of My Cat '',2 -25262,Everywhere,2 -54694,meaningful cinema,4 -237895,to never growing old,2 -94417,than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80,2 -218467,very good movie,3 -93900,supremely kittenish performance,2 -164669,leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks,1 -48056,a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity,4 -100455,with an important message to tell,3 -63577,A winning comedy,3 -105516,Don King,2 -189681,While Howard 's appreciation of Brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through,0 -37115,solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking,3 -104780,Blind Date,2 -195734,classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains,3 -4604,an adult 's,2 -38515,the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department,2 -8674,mandates,2 -57346,still can be made,2 -181259,. Plympton,2 -219518,will he,2 -37075,so intriguing,4 -28637,and he does make for excellent company , not least as a self-conscious performer .,3 -213524,that I just did n't care,1 -7512,incorporates,2 -222775,But it is entertaining on an inferior level .,3 -200843,have n't been thoroughly debated in the media,2 -34934,nominated,2 -131872,sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely,1 -26204,No wonder they 're talking about '' Talk to Her,4 -74633,as an evil , monstrous lunatic,1 -97515,this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism,1 -67252,Like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr . Wong 's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting .,3 -84874,it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but,3 -1369,is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche,1 -212100,some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not,2 -234616,off with a bang , but then,2 -111500,a Randall Wallace film from any other,2 -213510,that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness,2 -213327,terrific as both men,3 -170160,robbed of the element of surprise,1 -216394,this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot,2 -190195,a black hole,1 -81426,grown-up voice,3 -22343,the rise of Castro,2 -169153,pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc,2 -100596,with references to Norwegian folktales,2 -213693,that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,2 -94893,that that implies,2 -228664,and uninspired .,0 -192079,agitator,2 -93415,stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy,3 -146392,It 's a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit .,2 -136021,the plot seems a bit on the skinny side,1 -134721,the King , ',2 -145855,Hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on,1 -183232,Crispin Glover,2 -112241,a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense,3 -11982,the tonga people,2 -98750,trying simply,2 -76065,but Freeman and Judd make it work,2 -236914,the filmmaker would disagree , but ,,2 -211749,skit-com material fervently,2 -103681,A lot of talent,3 -112282,a major-league leading lady,3 -22330,the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment,2 -61248,'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong,3 -95925,the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV,2 -148702,Softener bear,2 -229292,been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera,1 -14831,a snappy screenplay,2 -97479,this natural grain,3 -98102,to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers,2 -155820,by violins,3 -53182,into a relationship and then,2 -96769,the story , like Ravel 's Bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with,3 -62103,, music , and dance,2 -113578,all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,1 -30148,child-centered,2 -30043,careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes,4 -124529,is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up ,,1 -57504,summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters,3 -61548,( screenwriter ),2 -145854,Hollywood dreck,1 -61457,( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be ,,3 -10843,superior to its predecessor,3 -228657,and small delights,3 -182361,An ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic,3 -73040,abrasive , stylized sequences,2 -47636,Wilco fans will have a great time,3 -204492,justify the build-up,3 -49451,backstabbing and,1 -111919,a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast,1 -209133,pat storytelling,2 -148550,Shirley Jackson,2 -203563,is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream,1 -125036,it is too cute by half .,2 -27104,Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .,3 -224715,Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning,3 -201677,impetus,2 -35260,of grace in an imperfect world,3 -192920,any question of how things will turn out,2 -204885,let alone,2 -146581,It 's not without its pleasures , but I 'll stick with The Tune .,2 -27021,This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .,4 -218267,until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal,3 -28505,and ambiguity,3 -122821,impressive stagings,3 -190099,a Puritanical brand,2 -36682,scams,1 -208434,on digital videotape rather than film,2 -170518,see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,2 -11563,the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america,2 -78311,distinguished and thoughtful,4 -190001,` Would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? ',2 -127356,more special,2 -122507,horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism,2 -34195,look at life in U . S . relocation camps,2 -177174,unfathomable question,2 -175798,titles or distributors,2 -90221,persecuted,2 -104193,Although shot with little style,2 -5260,bouncy,3 -70408,Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well : everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away,3 -174673,the salesmanship ends,1 -57393,strain adult credibility,2 -189498,Weighted down with slow,1 -209193,perfervid,2 -177517,visual trickery,2 -213655,that has nothing,1 -136890,this as a smutty guilty pleasure,2 -132623,slobbering , lovable run-on sentence,2 -44443,American-style ?,2 -103105,-- or backyard sheds --,2 -70007,The two leads ,,2 -205111,like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form .,1 -67089,Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise ,,3 -32988,in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy,3 -149792,The reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone .,1 -98579,touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes ,,3 -219216,where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream,1 -31761,for grown-ups,2 -119852,feed to the younger generations,2 -105955,Gangster No . 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .,4 -38298,the haphazard administration,1 -190833,a little more attention paid to the animation,3 -40207,with great cinematic innovation,3 -86233,long for what they do n't have,2 -26516,San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads,3 -102336,, Taxi Driver-esque portrayal,2 -174320,the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure,1 -115028,as some of the better drug-related pictures,3 -150315,This series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie,0 -206701,much worse than bland or,1 -181561,A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull,1 -165192,longing for the block of wood to come back,2 -682,caustic,2 -8412,letting,2 -133948,telephone,2 -35102,of Jean Renoir,2 -45942,Keenly observed and refreshingly natural,3 -224427,J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl,1 -62216,, slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia may well prove diverting enough .,2 -118279,director Dover Kosashvili,2 -152837,accompany,2 -42574,rousing , invigorating,3 -92907,smoky,2 -118423,do its characters exactly,2 -155448,brainless insanity,1 -168598,pace and,2 -93619,strikingly,2 -94199,talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments,2 -183580,Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .,1 -126281,lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category,2 -104546,Assured , vital and,3 -77816,deep deceptions,1 -15744,fascinating , albeit depressing view,2 -134302,that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category,1 -127635,much surprise,2 -77086,compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself,3 -116282,bug-eyed mugging and,2 -91618,reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully,4 -159045,fictitious Charlie Kaufman,2 -214281,the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone,0 -140382,wonderfully sympathetic,4 -185669,Lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago,0 -199349,for the monsters in a horror movie,2 -130558,prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms,1 -15330,but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .,2 -202898,is even worse,1 -107162,Japanese names,2 -103519,A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city,4 -30471,create a completely numbing experience,0 -16437,lectures on '' the other,2 -105230,Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original , but,3 -14405,Russian,2 -216205,they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care,1 -171302,sloppy drama,1 -195869,cold-hearted curmudgeon,1 -137025,this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy,3 -50625,daring if,2 -8931,much sillier,2 -59582,turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,4 -222590,Bernal,2 -215619,the single female population,2 -90689,probably ever appear,2 -174077,the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients,2 -100747,wo n't be able to look away for a second,4 -87636,musclefest,2 -102237,, Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .,1 -79036,enjoy this monster,2 -195162,by extension , its surprises limp,2 -229443,both .,2 -149211,The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . Any rock pile will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .,1 -53057,incorporate,2 -193483,as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks,2 -47159,The modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals . It 's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after .,2 -205734,makes you feel like a chump,1 -113982,an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice,3 -73953,an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life,1 -136924,this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .,3 -177810,weaker than most,1 -214370,the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script,1 -149024,Tara Reid plays a college journalist ,,1 -47267,The terrific and bewilderingly,3 -57945,the Assassin,2 -169651,rat traps,2 -221067,( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life,3 -182588,As dumb and cheesy,1 -35580,often dealt with,2 -182478,Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way,2 -18941,Hu and Liu offer natural , matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow , longing and love .,4 -151771,a freebie,2 -73371,all , a great party,3 -136813,they took in their work -- and in each other --,2 -174446,the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps,2 -34745,multiplex,2 -74480,around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life,3 -191672,aborted,2 -152005,a lot of water,2 -213803,that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters,1 -237423,there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0 -76475,cartoon tracts,2 -24807,Beijing,3 -237408,there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time,1 -8843,moral,2 -62887,A creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man,2 -178359,will depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make .,2 -193663,as your ABC 's,2 -60442,wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released,1 -32155,gosh , will you be shocked,2 -146816,Jacquot 's rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera .,2 -142725,. Abrams,2 -156153,character-who-shall - remain-nameless,1 -140512,would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary,2 -57022,single surprise,2 -151303,a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong,1 -167193,of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism,1 -83657,involved , starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together,2 -174232,the macabre,2 -20938,ingredients,2 -84495,is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .,3 -219442,why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,1 -29098,aristocratic,2 -217910,tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump,1 -188805,There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up,0 -46997,The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory,3 -49722,big , brassy , disturbing,1 -198389,exposition sequences,2 -63469,A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God,3 -222192,Adrien,2 -37376,strangers,2 -161865,in for good measure,2 -116392,by a proper , middle-aged woman,2 -227745,a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry,2 -62797,A bittersweet drama,3 -77780,death , especially,1 -3571,a ` b ' for boring,0 -76101,by Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna,2 -191694,about `,2 -239058,written by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson from a story by Wilson,2 -59223,to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn,3 -27384,a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements,3 -144477,Chris Rock routine,2 -105877,Frankly,2 -102065,( Breheny 's ) lensing of the New Zealand and Cook Island locations,2 -130628,prey to its sob-story trappings,2 -11033,thanks to great performances,4 -90749,pronounced,2 -47046,The film 's strength is n't in its details ,,2 -90361,playful recapitulation,3 -215855,the violence actually shocked,2 -5764,could bond while watching a walk to remember,3 -97947,to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,3 -173968,the fire,2 -130902,quicksand,2 -39259,to prove anything,2 -210583,rises above the level of a telanovela,2 -114348,another look,2 -50203,class warfare,1 -3861,a grinning jack,2 -63134,A life-size reenactment of those Jack Chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire .,2 -163819,it is about,2 -13318,yes,2 -200312,hackery,1 -87804,never giving up on a loved one,2 -5536,chicago on stage,2 -224842,Movies like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .,0 -148667,So clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .,1 -77707,dare I say , entertaining !,3 -197715,eh,2 -173355,the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida,2 -215782,the title is merely Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through .,2 -138577,unconditional love,2 -167587,of lower-class London life,2 -156883,could have perpetrated,2 -66633,It 's plotless , shapeless,0 -42141,is , in many ways,2 -90931,pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone,3 -190086,a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people .,3 -73848,an inexplicable nightmare,1 -194448,begins to describe the plot and its complications .,2 -140873,yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State,3 -64470,Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein,2 -163891,it portrays,2 -216895,to be quirky at moments,2 -232242,is `` new,2 -22143,terrific,4 -63046,A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile,3 -183981,For casual moviegoers who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek , they 'll probably run out screaming .,1 -181409,2002 instalment,2 -62633,127,2 -197913,enough interest,3 -34786,n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question,2 -117664,crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment,1 -10828,suckers,1 -211154,seen in a while , a meander,2 -177698,was witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .,1 -26015,Madonna Street,2 -151777,a fully developed story,3 -46840,Strip,3 -110966,We 've liked Klein 's other work but,2 -76326,can dominate a family,2 -19564,a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot,3 -223365,Film aficionados can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut . ',3 -49375,at everything from the likes of Miramax chief,2 -214234,the butt,1 -122127,helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller,2 -5899,depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective,3 -37791,that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death,2 -99707,we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project,3 -791,denis,2 -114017,an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas,3 -69121,Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length .,1 -205565,made Tucker a star,3 -76050,burst,2 -120463,for our girls,2 -94298,tender hug,3 -89177,of ugly behavior,2 -119883,feeling dizzy,2 -35942,peep,2 -206643,movies with giant plot holes,0 -143022,A broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that,0 -145341,Final Draft computer program,2 -60686,'d live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve,3 -128298,of Candid Camera,3 -86227,long after this film has ended,3 -214354,the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap,1 -70785,What 's infuriating about Full Frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .,3 -28385,an inviting piece of film .,3 -126597,major-league leading lady,2 -51135,embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma,3 -233049,it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .,2 -132661,smart and funny,4 -69106,Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit,4 -73280,affectionate,2 -200006,glum as Mr . De Niro,1 -98767,turn Bill Paxton,2 -95100,the actors make this worth a peek,3 -145063,Einstein,2 -57147,solid filmmaking,3 -222576,Bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies .,2 -220811,'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . '',2 -237421,there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . '',1 -188991,This is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them !,1 -227772,a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless,1 -146400,It 's a buggy drag .,1 -103420,A big-budget\/all-star movie as unblinkingly pure as The Hours,3 -233538,looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.,2 -165756,may have been in the air onscreen,2 -58748,the startling intimacy,3 -177637,was better tended to than the film itself,2 -124630,is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another,1 -152173,a nightmare like this,0 -174960,the urge to doze,1 -122374,his own infinite,2 -36019,pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .,1 -79585,falcon,2 -24479,A stunning piece,4 -67425,Marker the essayist at work,2 -84912,it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet,1 -153427,an insider 's,2 -104196,Although tender and touching , the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .,2 -59802,uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life,4 -32375,have n't seen on the big screen before,3 -135948,the pantheon,2 -201013,helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,1 -211203,self-possessed,2 -230436,due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired,3 -104306,An entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .,3 -188448,The movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications .,1 -83206,in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters,1 -108290,Parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material ,,3 -120876,funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality,4 -150259,This kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch . But,2 -190495,a fad,2 -140700,you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards,0 -137897,to teenagers,2 -52786,hype,2 -61821,, caring , warm .,3 -70334,Those prone to indignation need not apply :,1 -130719,proper respect,3 -144522,Cleopatra,2 -120033,filling the screen,3 -49835,bring a fresh , quirky charm,4 -20405,does a good job here of working against her natural likability .,3 -48346,a rollicking good time for the most part,3 -17430,that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border,3 -130154,performers who rarely work in movies now,3 -4119,a smart , romantic drama,3 -157475,directed by Mick Jackson,2 -19556,a previous reality,2 -161023,headbangingly noisy .,2 -175734,tick off every point,2 -159965,genuinely cool,3 -213105,take the warning literally ,,2 -187212,Set in a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York,1 -16314,it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story,2 -79063,enormously good,4 -184760,Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies,3 -128942,of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop,1 -192397,amusedly ,,3 -138911,values than in Extreme Ops,2 -27388,a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist with a bright future,3 -89368,on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level,2 -169090,portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man,1 -38071,the chemistry,2 -149340,The ending is a cop-out . What happens to John Q ?,1 -34841,nature holds for many urban dwellers,2 -143608,All prints of this film,2 -201157,his cipherlike personality and bad behavior,2 -142321,, it would have been groundbreaking .,3 -84654,is still quite good-natured,3 -95582,the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing,2 -80688,from-television movie,2 -174562,the post-Full Monty world,2 -115983,big stars and,3 -168508,overall limp ,,1 -86948,may surprise you,3 -162519,is , by conventional standards ,,2 -155320,bludgeon,1 -220580,'ll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ...,1 -24025,- relationship study,3 -18093,with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand,2 -83345,infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm,3 -13121,with a stellar performance,3 -166639,needs more dramatic meat on its bones,2 -117192,come out of China in recent years,2 -145970,I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but ,,2 -149409,The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly ... Alas , Santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and,2 -122203,hideously and clumsily,0 -60268,willing to express his convictions,1 -188134,The film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides,2 -36457,relax,3 -24975,Chin,2 -40707,A slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered,4 -111932,a flick,2 -75410,become '',2 -64313,Belgium 's,2 -34146,little broad comedy,2 -214739,the goose,2 -83104,in the genes,2 -11579,the long , dishonorable,2 -72266,a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people,3 -157416,did not figure out a coherent game,1 -118955,elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe,1 -111610,a certain part of a man 's body,3 -15407,children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes,2 -13810,A taut,2 -89482,on the inspired performance of Tim Allen,2 -167104,observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and,2 -184568,I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,0 -36954,shy of overkill , though viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen,1 -175141,then , out of embarrassment or stupidity,1 -11821,the returning,2 -134335,that greasy little vidgame pit,2 -73629,an American actress,2 -211263,serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves,1 -130351,plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel,3 -55703,old-fashioned Hollywood magic,4 -55955,patriotic tone,2 -32762,illuminates it fully,3 -102321,, Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .,1 -205651,make a nice coffee table book,3 -128568,of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically,3 -223279,Every five minutes or,2 -217221,to much more than trite observations on the human condition,1 -205745,making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0 -34598,more than he reasonably should be,2 -37067,so beautifully,3 -178528,with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .,1 -42241,its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas ,,2 -66256,If the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material .,3 -187286,Showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again .,1 -172204,substance and,2 -186437,Not exaggerated enough,1 -106238,Hip-hop prison thriller,2 -129805,out-bad-act,2 -192393,amours,3 -33277,is a typical romantic lead,1 -82505,how to proceed as the world implodes,2 -71125,You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And,3 -59975,we 're all in this together,2 -179930,'s only a movie,2 -33779,its fine acting,3 -125764,last 15 minutes,3 -209616,pre-teen,2 -140607,writer-director Michael Kalesniko,2 -163330,is so densely packed,3 -64215,BV 's re-voiced version,2 -32403,he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches,2 -169876,rehash old jokes,1 -176248,to make PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television,2 -42647,smart and,3 -44762,Both heartbreaking and heartwarming,3 -220210,you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .,1 -130985,ran out,2 -122671,identity-seeking,2 -46893,Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .,4 -165101,little on its mind,1 -86982,medical aid is made available to American workers,2 -175645,thoughtful , well-acted clunker,3 -234885,passable enough for a shoot-out,2 -65689,Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing,3 -75092,aware of their not-being,2 -199252,for kids or their parents , for that matter,1 -192178,all of that stuff,2 -133440,struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and,0 -216275,things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries,2 -130848,put on an intoxicating show,3 -119977,few decades,2 -208042,of the artistic world-at-large,2 -192788,and verbal clichés,1 -121607,happens to send you off in different direction .,2 -230820,finally has failed him .,1 -67934,OK arthouse . The power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .,2 -190129,a bad improvisation exercise,1 -117605,counter the crudity,1 -146555,It 's not just the vampires that are damned in Queen of the Damned --,1 -32780,impossibly dry,2 -204334,its surprises,3 -27639,a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor,4 -81335,grandmother,2 -74045,and often contradictory,1 -206671,much interest in the Elizabethans,2 -145812,Hills,2 -191010,a movie with depth,3 -89028,of the highest order,4 -203286,is one more celluloid testimonial to the cruelties experienced by Southern blacks as distilled through a Caucasian perspective,1 -152277,a probation officer,2 -157300,deriding James Bond for being a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club,1 -230498,embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues,2 -85910,less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and,2 -100845,works because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm as the aged Napoleon,3 -221070,( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .,0 -91534,resentment,1 -189018,This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year,0 -220321,you say to yourself,2 -18642,Amy 's,2 -132181,sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,4 -215047,the mire,2 -202776,is bad,0 -40495,youngster,2 -103798,A portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers,2 -67166,Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama,3 -174622,the reaction of Israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation,2 -19125,Nearly,2 -221956,A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff,1 -40028,who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all,2 -136668,their frantic efforts,2 -40823,Complex , affecting,3 -225485,Polished Korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics .,2 -185326,It never quite makes it to the boiling point , but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time .,3 -48074,a good script,3 -158312,enough of an attachment,2 -210282,redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,,0 -74108,another community,2 -106567,If H . G . Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? ` It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point,1 -167069,nutty cliches,1 -36747,see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -10596,solving,2 -19491,a fine valedictory work for Polanski,3 -221062,( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ),2 -93037,sole,2 -99100,unreachable way,2 -26055,Maud,2 -209714,pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde,1 -147302,Madonna 's Swept Away,2 -223591,Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original,3 -102367,, actor Raymond J . Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .,3 -18884,Freedom First,2 -62190,, sad dance,1 -222072,A reality-snubbing hodgepodge .,1 -229584,by its lead actors,2 -13074,wife,2 -46110,Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .,4 -167502,of high drama,2 -20167,but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -45528,Homeboy,2 -75255,be distinguished from a mediocre one,3 -237962,to such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life,2 -113785,alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom,2 -204287,its personable , amusing cast,4 -232053,in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio,1 -28146,adventurous adults,3 -49756,bleak and,1 -129830,over actually pulling it off,2 -116568,can certainly,2 -162998,is less poetic than simply pretentious .,1 -214531,the expectation of laughter,2 -28885,and ultimately tragic,1 -25858,Jessica Stein,2 -69300,The Hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .,3 -63096,A hallmark film,3 -193537,as obvious,2 -206554,mostly inoffensive,2 -18323,( bumps and all ),2 -47937,a deep vein,2 -43066,' song,2 -98458,to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances,1 -237149,the players do n't have a clue on the park .,1 -166532,my stomach,2 -101872,'s right,2 -52155,glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light,2 -85863,leave your date behind for this one,1 -7599,interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots .,2 -88918,of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati,3 -75591,best gay love stories,3 -141409,'s like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time,0 -106530,I wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` Hey , Kool-Aid ! ',3 -236959,the goo,1 -68597,Saturday Night Live-style parody,2 -66005,Hitchens ',2 -190271,a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy,2 -64425,Bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .,4 -141130,'s a long time before the fat lady sings,1 -118163,devastated,1 -193159,are particularly engaging or articulate .,4 -133899,taut contest,2 -55323,of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X,3 -168790,perfect metaphor,4 -92297,sentimentalizing it,3 -139923,will lead when given the opportunity,3 -46619,Reese,2 -113202,about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family,2 -130484,poster,2 -92664,silly but strangely believable,3 -113266,accomplishes its primary goal,4 -137602,to form,2 -120831,fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .,3 -212392,spousal abuse,1 -98688,trenchant critique,2 -84223,is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as Amy .,3 -78510,domestic scenes,2 -220437,zip,2 -190574,a film that are still looking for a common through-line,1 -21034,is just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics . Is this progress ?,2 -166706,new arrow,2 -122717,if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie,2 -96749,the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,1 -153684,any kind of intelligible story,1 -227077,When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al. , Reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .,1 -19112,Mr . Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .,3 -166572,naughty children 's stockings,2 -180216,( Taylor ),2 -196192,contrived and cliched,2 -155744,by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject,1 -210949,script is n't up to the level of the direction,1 -164388,keeping time,2 -144153,Big deal !,2 -181280,. e . Peploe,2 -127223,moments and scenes,2 -71983,a minor miracle in Unfaithful,3 -24271,A blessed gift to film geeks and historians . If the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies,4 -159716,from dazzling cinematography,3 -167961,offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar,0 -27182,Westfeldt and Juergensen,2 -180670,, however , is original,3 -203164,is n't as weird as it ought to be,1 -221220,, The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .,1 -92922,snow , flames and shadows,2 -190119,a back seat,2 -21814,re-enactments,2 -85689,know it 's going to be a trip .,3 -28465,and Repulsion,1 -112089,a handful of virtuosic set pieces,3 -228371,add to the canon of Chan,2 -83701,is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel,3 -89933,overly familiar,1 -138680,unfulfilling,0 -174289,the most basic relevancy test,2 -143159,A kilted Jackson,2 -67510,Mendes and,2 -225729,Senegalese updating,2 -218803,was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash,1 -27294,You can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling .,4 -94771,that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare,4 -210340,relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action,2 -164042,its good qualities,3 -54070,keep us,2 -21968,simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create,3 -204499,keep 80 minutes,2 -34686,moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe,2 -12240,though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera,1 -735,could possibly,2 -61554,( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .,3 -178870,would be paying it a compliment,2 -146666,It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . '',2 -139217,warm your heart,3 -70937,Who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by Godfrey Reggio , with music by Philip Glass ?,3 -49806,bounces ),3 -47796,a Boy,2 -74566,as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around,1 -14441,Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes .,1 -184225,Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other .,2 -57512,sure and,2 -171033,shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster,2 -193285,articulate player,2 -173324,the American filmmaking scene,2 -155054,behind the crap ( literally ),0 -227975,a kids,2 -140502,worthwhile glimpse,4 -79916,filmgoing,2 -231675,helps `` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing .,3 -94793,that never lets up,2 -234860,pact,2 -7345,if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you,2 -28791,and simply the best family film of the year,4 -139352,waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .,3 -195753,clearly the main event --,2 -67903,Not quite,1 -17765,thriller .,2 -215340,the performer,2 -115873,beside the point,2 -87503,mostly due to its superior cast,4 -13898,Blue,2 -161152,hicks,2 -239087,you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .,1 -21173,just that damn good .,4 -61810,, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department,2 -95645,the film does pack some serious suspense .,3 -91492,reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .,3 -24631,An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage,4 -7204,hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability,0 -111840,a este filme também,2 -112018,a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times :,2 -207623,of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,1 -102544,, gritty , sometimes funny,3 -232861,is ultimately quite unengaging .,1 -3229,you do n't try to look too deep into the story,1 -199675,fully realize them,2 -233983,movie folk,2 -170660,seen the prequel,2 -203960,it looks like Woo 's a P . O . W .,2 -197380,does no justice to the story itself .,1 -53920,its empowerment,3 -223736,I 'm the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies,2 -137810,to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations,2 -122160,her friendship,2 -47801,a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary,2 -24823,Bettany and McDowell play off each other,2 -136,a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ...,2 -74630,as an eloquent memorial,3 -182669,Austin Powers extravaganza,3 -10820,such a high-energy movie,3 -22362,the temptation to make fun of his subjects,2 -235314,remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt,1 -36418,redundant to say so,1 -175879,to apply textural gloss,2 -7382,implausible,1 -178398,will retch it up like rancid crème brûlée,1 -131356,reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y,1 -225924,Spiderman ROCKS,4 -216186,these brats,2 -185042,It 's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places .,2 -104084,Admirers of director Abel Ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .,4 -133130,splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us,4 -161812,in all , Reign of Fire,2 -64920,Danny Verete 's,2 -127342,more outre,2 -156131,change his landmark poem,2 -97156,their sexual and romantic tension,2 -204640,lacking any sense of commitment to,1 -48367,a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn,2 -42117,informative , revealing and,3 -126320,look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead,2 -232922,it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half,1 -16563,merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke,1 -193530,as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder,1 -45449,Has a lot of the virtues of,3 -165876,met,2 -143460,Aaliyah,2 -1970,only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms,1 -227871,a disaster of a story ,,1 -148105,Pinocchio is scary enough,2 -174874,the test,2 -78699,each moment,2 -17773,thunderous ride,3 -151224,` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .,1 -55225,of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride,2 -155257,bites off considerably more,2 -31249,even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped,3 -62503,-- you 'll love this movie .,4 -89453,on that promise,2 -235125,pure wankery,1 -220874,'s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree,2 -237558,this movie to reviewers,2 -205905,maudlin focus,1 -94970,that you 'll feel too happy to argue much,3 -9499,one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely ,,3 -51323,essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of Aliens,4 -137132,those rare pictures,2 -213082,tacky nonsense,1 -129449,on the park,2 -25991,Lilia 's transformation,2 -2570,the crowds,2 -125139,it was written for no one,1 -231214,gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies,3 -176273,to makes us laugh,4 -83237,incapable,1 -152589,a theater,2 -43649,, like many of his works , presents weighty issues,2 -202653,is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination,1 -108313,Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest .,3 -100087,who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket,2 -85208,its characters ' striving solipsism,2 -53595,is quieter,2 -211291,set and shoot,2 -14987,and Kieslowski 's,2 -107074,It uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film . The result is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .,3 -94522,that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne,4 -202574,is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie,2 -97017,the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem,3 -236227,take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side .,2 -67467,Massoud 's story,2 -172488,takeoff just,2 -87242,more complex and honest,4 -100246,will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel,3 -123447,instruct,2 -186910,Retard 101,1 -215988,their Scooby Snacks,2 -36675,savvier,2 -169908,relatively scant 97 minutes,1 -30087,chamber,1 -112153,a huge gap between the film 's creepy,2 -220040,worthy idea,3 -37697,than enough,3 -112486,a poignant and wryly amusing film,3 -224047,Inc.,2 -93768,successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .,4 -220170,wrong in its sequel,2 -85399,its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity,2 -16365,its B-movie heritage,1 -202245,inject farcical raunch,1 -58487,the mistakes,2 -126864,maximum moisture,2 -186511,Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing,1 -180887,, prurient,2 -120324,footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire,1 -33789,its intended under-12 audience,2 -74145,any 12-year-old boy to see this picture,2 -5463,casts,2 -40587,'s solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking,3 -175293,thinking over and over again,2 -141754,( Besson 's ) earlier,2 -62874,A completely spooky piece,2 -23552,, civility and compassion,3 -45401,Gorgeous scenes , masterful performances,4 -51730,flabbergasting principals,1 -149844,The soul-searching deliberateness of the film ,,2 -17733,this flick is fun ,,4 -82078,help overcome the problematic script .,1 -205257,live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen,1 -69742,The movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat,2 -186357,No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast ,,2 -105778,Far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise,3 -137749,to nostalgia,2 -134862,the authority it 's looking for,2 -217163,to lighten the heavy subject matter,2 -6574,for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture,2 -64943,David Koepp,2 -37898,that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal,3 -4737,another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't -,0 -10603,some cynical creeps at revolution studios,1 -229752,carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh,3 -134493,that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all,2 -45237,Ferrera and,2 -93083,some flawed but rather unexceptional women,1 -103916,A stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us clearly see the world of our making .,4 -109804,The film is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .,3 -114440,any sort of naturalism,2 -94974,that you should never forget,2 -103799,A portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .,1 -200090,gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways,1 -62218,, smart , savvy , compelling,4 -88348,of a poetic,3 -179790,'s in,2 -181724,A grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather .,0 -158425,even comic-book,2 -177823,wearisome,0 -170322,same path,1 -124331,is no sense,2 -238039,toddler,2 -229456,brave , uninhibited,3 -75432,becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications,2 -175308,thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper,1 -193738,at every faltering half-step of its development,1 -24366,A journey through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .,3 -158083,early work,3 -138711,unintentional parallels,2 -207099,no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining,0 -69680,The lightest , most breezy movie Steven Spielberg has made in more than a decade . And,3 -172847,that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -49424,audio system,2 -92609,shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .,1 -79766,feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold,3 -107960,Neil Burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present .,4 -65098,Director Todd Solondz,2 -54958,muddled narrative,1 -214942,the least demanding of demographic groups,2 -8498,limited,1 -188295,The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy,1 -227249,Yes , you are , Ben Kingsley .,2 -1128,guessing at almost every turn,3 -122572,how very bad a motion picture can truly be .,0 -150352,Though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .,3 -164653,lead nowhere,1 -122926,in a young woman 's clothes,2 -208291,offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject,1 -165151,locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie,2 -206764,my little eye,2 -20005,as much,2 -206745,muting,1 -148157,Pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .,3 -4722,annoying,0 -41930,filled with scams,1 -188590,The problems of the people in Love in the Time of Money are hardly specific to their era . They just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .,1 -20360,demand a dumb , distracted audience,0 -72765,a video director,2 -132383,shoving,2 -157738,does n't add anything fresh to the myth .,1 -101446,'re left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity,1 -7085,helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,2 -153810,are beginning to wear a bit thin .,1 -32021,get a fuzzy treat,4 -210149,real , or at least soberly reported incidents,2 -54965,multilayered,3 -56499,relegated,1 -30438,could not be improved upon,4 -139522,whacking a certain part of a man 's body,2 -175626,though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab,1 -98243,to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play,1 -18053,will almost certainly be fascinated,3 -173274,that we get,2 -51896,fresh-squeezed,2 -39859,wartime England,2 -222650,Bon,2 -124067,is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all ,,4 -81263,goofiest stuff,3 -113739,alone confirms the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary .,2 -194554,better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals,3 -24744,At nearly three hours , the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts .,1 -120778,front of you,2 -30013,candid and often fascinating,4 -219151,when Carol Kane appears on the screen,2 -90400,pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love,4 -10446,showtime is n't particularly assaultive,2 -205979,me want to pack raw dough in my ears,0 -128014,no matter who runs them,2 -236316,than half,2 -112638,a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes,1 -34585,more rigged,2 -161290,his own ingredients,2 -164383,keep the faces,2 -134837,the art and the agony of making people,2 -232736,is slow to those of us in middle age,1 -86751,manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography,4 -154811,be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it,0 -115085,as well-characterized,3 -204832,left off the film 's predictable denouement,1 -212325,spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes,1 -237925,to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced,2 -154309,asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well,1 -40914,Francophiles will snicker knowingly and you 'll want to slap them,2 -13675,, yet just as determined,3 -157628,do harm,2 -95940,the inspiration of the original and,3 -175745,tightening in your stomach,2 -229045,at his kin 's reworked version,2 -188018,The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops , but,2 -120008,fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed .,4 -83498,intermittently powerful,3 -200543,has generic virtues,3 -35693,one of the best films of the year,4 -15713,existence,2 -146368,Irwins,2 -183912,Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow,1 -160381,grotesquely impressed,2 -20273,compact,2 -32995,in welcome contrast,2 -211023,seem bound and determined,2 -96171,the most enchanting film of the year,4 -118133,desired,2 -150680,Wachowski Brothers,2 -8363,laughable,1 -186931,Reyes ',2 -226194,The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is -- perhaps it snuck under my feet,0 -144252,Bread,2 -21317,message,2 -95501,the dullest tangents,1 -151437,a bygone era ,,2 -180677,, hypocritical,1 -2877,this one,2 -140041,with a CELL PHONE,2 -157167,decent acting , writing,2 -172656,tepid films,2 -42249,its soccer action and,2 -41685,by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking,2 -2641,the messy,1 -47707,Ya,2 -187298,Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff,2 -184708,I skipped Country Bears .,1 -146748,It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that,0 -217347,to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once,0 -183446,Director Jay Russell stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .,1 -122292,his craft,3 -198794,few other decent ones,2 -47535,Vietnamese point,2 -136148,the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama,2 -125556,keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through,2 -152063,a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire,1 -49309,as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese,2 -196892,devoid of wit and humor,0 -35038,nurturing,2 -113248,absorbed,2 -232954,it 's not a total loss .,1 -119118,enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film,3 -2041,pine,2 -27024,Though it 's become almost redundant to say so,1 -164788,let Dante 's gloomy words,2 -129819,outward elements,2 -84680,is surprisingly brilliant ,,3 -33225,is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten,2 -216099,there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both,3 -6007,disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming,0 -238492,watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life,0 -44502,An impeccable study in perversity .,3 -221798,... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame .,2 -35284,of in-jokes for the adults,2 -30025,captivated by it,4 -11231,the celebrated irish playwright , poet,2 -196764,dependence,2 -45410,Grant 's,2 -180804,, mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .,1 -87714,natural acting,2 -6202,endeavor,2 -13607,, it never took off and always seemed static .,0 -43510,, amusing study,3 -177346,used to come along for an integral part of the ride,2 -140326,without surprises,2 -98732,trusts the story it sets out to tell,3 -132248,sharp comic timing,3 -14983,and Charlotte,2 -702,cinematic,3 -73062,accept it,2 -114827,as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery,3 -69069,Suspend,2 -114240,and film footage,2 -47971,a documentary can get,2 -149184,The acting is stiff ,,1 -42905,to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and,2 -85,-- and,2 -212789,subordinate,2 -188737,The superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other .,1 -135661,the live-action scenes with animated sequences,2 -17225,smacks of originality,3 -209044,paper-thin supporting characters,0 -95366,the conflicted Daniel,2 -104802,Boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun,3 -210912,scooter,2 -223065,David Spade as Citizen Kane ?,1 -126288,long before they grow up and you can wait till then,2 -109856,The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ',1 -47673,Woody Allen,2 -158093,earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer ,,4 -68885,Some people march to the beat of a different drum,3 -100498,with film noir and action flicks,2 -91290,recharged,3 -190118,a ` topless tutorial service,2 -85768,last orders,2 -48952,an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema,3 -3321,'s exciting on the field and a story you,3 -234635,offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation .,2 -139495,were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .,0 -124330,is no rest period , no timeout,3 -237627,three vapid , insensitive people,1 -238400,wanton,2 -31756,for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand,3 -229975,cool visual backmasking ),3 -172053,story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material,0 -19475,a crystalline point,3 -146455,It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie ,,1 -39953,what a fine documentary does best,3 -5546,chloroform-soaked,1 -28027,about music,2 -234494,of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor,3 -130915,quirks and mannerisms,2 -163796,it fritters away its potentially interesting subject matter via a banal script,2 -52369,has a feel for the character at all stages of her life,4 -29259,assimilated,2 -37407,stunning piece,4 -212784,submerged,2 -67989,One ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .,3 -151290,a Halloween,2 -135603,the kind of movie you see because the theater,2 -168110,on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt,1 -214883,the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency,1 -176093,to dress up in drag,2 -139910,will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .,2 -143044,A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem .,1 -162200,infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure,2 -219282,which would have made for better drama .,2 -206616,movie-biz,1 -164111,its own sketchy material,1 -11790,the quiet american is n't a bad film,3 -186943,Richard Pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but Lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold,2 -180017,'s surprisingly old-fashioned,2 -101015,yarns ever,3 -50538,crappola radar,1 -87843,new revisionist theories,2 -208454,on its feet,2 -74734,as many,2 -27636,a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --,1 -77025,commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters,2 -13480,'s the ultimate redneck road-trip,3 -3944,a magnificent,4 -86838,marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel,3 -227133,While this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying .,3 -137933,to the extent of their outrageousness,2 -190326,a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie,0 -170198,rote exercise,2 -109721,The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously,1 -97366,this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .,3 -91081,rapidly changing,2 -230736,fast , funny , and even touching,3 -104181,Although Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro,1 -133890,targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .,1 -148699,Soft Landings and,2 -25448,Grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor .,3 -39458,trio 's,2 -137312,to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade,1 -208617,one of the film 's producers,2 -223604,Haynes ' style,2 -11699,the nincompoop benigni,1 -72740,a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in,3 -143593,All I can say is fuhgeddaboutit .,0 -166959,not much,1 -177992,what she 's doing in here,2 -85916,less dizzily,2 -134854,the auditorium feeling dizzy ,,3 -83714,is DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year,4 -122353,his legend,2 -46210,More concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions . The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ...,3 -136936,this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country,4 -217888,trying figure out,2 -35651,on some solid performances and witty dialogue,4 -236082,struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother,2 -78613,draws its considerable power from simplicity .,3 -198133,even when it aims to shock .,2 -78515,dominate the story,3 -71131,You can sip your vintage wines and watch your Merchant Ivory productions : I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week .,4 -80191,for Columbine,2 -291,a visual,2 -62444,, you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .,4 -70354,Though filmed partly in Canada , Paid in Full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .,3 -97305,things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films,3 -28669,and intent,2 -207780,of hot-button items,2 -233803,me feeling refreshed and hopeful,4 -107341,Kong action,3 -111062,What you end up getting is the Vertical Limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .,2 -136877,this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and,1 -229631,camera lens,2 -233280,lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts,1 -216700,thrusts the audience,3 -128335,of Indians,2 -238000,to the presence,2 -194951,brilliant college student,2 -130123,percolating mental instability,2 -113873,an Oscar-worthy performance,4 -42119,ingenious and,3 -30670,deliciously mordant,3 -35465,of the journey,4 -9092,nolan bravely,2 -77926,delightfully compatible,4 -13588,, her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat,2 -177157,undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject,1 -186548,One key problem with these ardently Christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .,1 -173564,the bong,2 -69429,The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael .,4 -13175,with the lovely hush,3 -234209,nothing better to do with 94 minutes,1 -112213,a little more special behind it,2 -165657,mannerisms and self-indulgence,3 -235153,quirky , fun , popcorn movies,3 -23719,, it demands repeated viewings .,4 -127651,mugs,2 -19978,as Dahmer,1 -13263,would-be characters,1 -174827,the story never takes hold,1 -187781,The Days,2 -25304,Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses,2 -15792,flourishes aside,2 -104442,Apparently,2 -186617,Orson Welles ' great-grandson,2 -87853,new world,2 -61125,'s most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces,3 -129558,one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages,4 -32303,has enough interesting characters to fill several movies,3 -185111,It 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .,3 -190567,a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .,1 -226542,The wanton slipperiness of \* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .,4 -126202,litmus test,2 -14086,Hong Kong cinema,2 -192445,an acting exercise,2 -13874,At heart,2 -174773,the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools,1 -183499,Distances,2 -51232,enjoyable Big Movie,4 -144265,British playwright,2 -82262,his grasp,2 -225371,P.O.V. camera mounts,2 -34706,movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others,4 -66736,It is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events .,3 -51600,felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them,3 -176206,to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,0 -49065,another key contribution,3 -199848,get to an imitation movie,1 -26799,The film 's real appeal wo n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers .,3 -216812,to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years,1 -167868,of thorn and vinegar,1 -28991,anything more,2 -54942,much as 8,2 -234147,no problem with `` difficult '' movies , or,2 -208057,of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau,2 -66761,It might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home ,,2 -100198,why human beings long for what they do n't have , and,2 -157536,disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea .,2 -129595,one terrific story,4 -111513,a b & w British comedy ,,2 -73871,an interesting effort,2 -14269,McFarlane 's animation,2 -191091,a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .,1 -61198,'s one big point to Promises,2 -168818,period drag,1 -120790,frustrating ` tweener ',1 -35798,other three great , scary times,2 -189603,What starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers .,0 -102102,( Javier Bardem is ) one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .,2 -147947,Opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .,0 -38803,their acting,2 -54422,loving yet,3 -228898,as `` Freddy,2 -184264,Halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .,2 -87147,minor classic,3 -178815,works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about,3 -125659,knows how to hold the screen,3 -124070,is funny --,3 -7920,it can never be seen,2 -75489,before machines change nearly everything,2 -41206,Solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts,4 -220751,'s also not very good,0 -57834,that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit,2 -199039,flattening its momentum with about an hour,1 -86563,make it an above-average thriller,4 -86892,may be college kids,2 -184910,In the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .,1 -225643,Rodrigues ',2 -101811,'s not particularly well made,0 -235624,serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza,2 -19100,Moore 's performance impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe .,3 -213249,telegraphed ` surprises,2 -171780,spending,2 -221622,, there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .,3 -73802,an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart,3 -76423,captures the complicated relationships in a marching band,3 -138791,unusual , thoughtful bio-drama,3 -56941,should strike a nerve in many,1 -161293,his own obsession,2 -49442,away from home , but your ego,2 -99423,views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point,3 -200196,gratingly unfunny,1 -25154,Does,3 -48694,adolescent qualities,2 -31410,extraordinarily well-acted,4 -27868,a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen,3 -39841,warm , genuine characters who lie not through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones,4 -21920,seeking out,2 -84010,is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter,4 -51106,efficiency,2 -204671,lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .,1 -192698,and Hugh Grant,2 -172094,stretched to the point of evaporation,1 -190476,a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout,2 -24040,-- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom,2 -93793,such beast,2 -122940,in almost every scene,2 -153628,another Winter Sleepers,1 -113453,affectionate delight,3 -214271,the characterizations,2 -214677,the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time,1 -126587,maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips,3 -120667,from Orleans ' story,2 -217238,to overcome the triviality of the story,2 -34050,lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive,3 -13993,Edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .,3 -209636,predictability is the only winner,1 -48832,also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality,3 -218364,uses quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double ( for Seagal ) .,1 -222568,Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy,1 -137241,thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine into national media circles,2 -234668,on a show,2 -66411,Intelligent , caustic,3 -220037,worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?,0 -128292,of Bielinsky 's,2 -164681,least favorite,1 -209766,produce adequate performances,3 -44165,A minor work yet there 's no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .,2 -14433,Solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .,3 -185967,Makes the same mistake as the music industry,1 -9649,pathos,2 -80229,for a while,2 -16993,probe its inscrutable mysteries,2 -25491,Hatfield and Hicks,2 -104530,Ash Wednesday,2 -135854,the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs,2 -118137,desperate attempt,1 -230035,create ultimate thrills,4 -27489,a duty,2 -204373,itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .,1 -210629,romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques,1 -102423,, but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining,3 -125651,knows everything and answers all questions,3 -201689,impressionistic,3 -20070,bastions,2 -72686,a tough pill to swallow,1 -171336,small-screen progenitor,2 -95545,the enjoyable randomness,2 -92000,score and,2 -12377,to its gasp-inducing ending,3 -238249,unsettlingly realistic results,3 -106822,It 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . You could put it on a coffee table anywhere .,3 -98997,undogmatic,2 -136066,the prison interview,2 -86555,make for a winning , heartwarming yarn,4 -123262,in your lives,2 -60817,'s a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance,3 -204154,its clumsiness as its own most damning censure,0 -186712,Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line,2 -59963,watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers,2 -53268,is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back,4 -134643,that years and years of costly analysis could never fix,1 -74063,and technological finish,2 -25995,Lillard,2 -84520,is one of those movies .,2 -51213,engrossing and moving,3 -152976,affectation,3 -179573,'s a spectacular performance - ahem,3 -206279,modern motion picture,2 -68736,She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .,3 -110547,This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary ,,3 -88276,of Star Wars,2 -88905,of storytelling,2 -143513,Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad,0 -222026,A highly intriguing thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .,4 -75160,banal as the telling,1 -49143,are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers,4 -196627,debated in the media,2 -44343,A witty , trenchant ,,3 -110652,To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing,2 -107177,Jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .,4 -158441,even quasi-original ,,2 -76504,cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances,4 -93193,sometimes murky,1 -2154,resonate,2 -235057,prevent its tragic waste of life,1 -101152,you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does,1 -182010,A smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie .,0 -118462,do n't really do the era justice .,2 -179161,you see this film you 'll know too,3 -6845,goodwill,3 -58993,this genre,2 -206341,more bizarre than actually amusing,1 -90110,past the two and a half mark,2 -100609,with some difficult relationships in the present,2 -227282,You can taste it , but,2 -85705,known in this country,2 -132744,so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment,2 -184636,I could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay .,1 -107620,Marquis de Sade set,2 -90370,plays everything too safe,2 -152340,a real-life person,2 -143576,Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse,1 -150551,Uncertain in tone ... a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things,1 -120973,general public,2 -208224,of useless actioners,1 -16786,of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever .,3 -148601,Simply a re-hash of the other seven films .,1 -128800,of mordant humor,2 -143873,Arnold 's jump,2 -235723,showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything,3 -1538,keeps you guessing at almost every turn,3 -34115,like that,2 -119239,episodes,2 -61995,, is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .,3 -143141,A hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap,2 -131604,rock-solid little genre picture,3 -218796,was too hard,2 -206357,more confused , less interesting and,2 -25338,For the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale,3 -88217,of Hollywood fluff,0 -106479,I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but,0 -221097,( `` Take Care of My Cat '' ) is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals .,3 -123831,is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in Derry,2 -46289,My thoughts were focused on the characters . That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong .,2 -236878,the film buzz and whir,3 -208773,or worth rooting against , for that matter,1 -83674,irrevocable choices,2 -166951,not even someone as gifted as Hoffman ( the actor ),2 -188107,The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations ,,2 -230522,endure last summer,2 -26634,Standing in the Shadows of Motown is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining .,4 -13618,, or rolled,2 -233111,it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget,3 -161471,how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them,2 -165973,military courtroom dramas,2 -20077,be clumsy,2 -70958,Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well,3 -136911,this crass , low-wattage endeavor,2 -141461,'s not enough here to justify the almost two hours .,2 -199706,futile concoction,1 -225724,See it .,4 -231505,has to be a few advantages to never growing old,3 -206780,nadir,1 -206209,minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made Miike ... a cult hero .,2 -228644,and fabulous music,4 -104745,Bill Morrison 's,2 -119222,enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never,2 -211449,short of profound characterizations,3 -26773,The cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed .,4 -153064,all hope , ye who enter here,1 -112396,a must-see,4 -119102,engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached,3 -226159,The Pink Panther,2 -168151,on them,2 -37904,that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well,3 -204165,its curmudgeon,1 -219040,were a person,3 -214691,the fly,2 -33586,it 's become almost redundant to say so,1 -194728,blinding,1 -189387,Veers uncomfortably close to pro-Serb propaganda .,2 -159811,full-blown movie,2 -61016,'s even more remarkable,3 -39786,vibrant ` co-stars,2 -197114,dissing the film,1 -220951,'s quite fun in places .,3 -104201,America 's indigenous people,2 -139857,wildly entertaining,4 -191424,a stultifyingly obvious one,1 -183462,Director Yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10 , 000 times .,2 -151719,a film so labyrinthine,2 -20776,her personal descent,1 -195868,cold vengefulness,1 -125535,just when,2 -130638,primarily relies on character to tell its story,2 -108791,Scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .,4 -172286,sugary sentiment and withholds delivery,1 -117878,date nights were invented for,2 -130705,prolonged and boring,0 -203155,is n't a very involving one,1 -114534,are a mixed bag .,2 -97330,thinkers,2 -84069,is blood-curdling stuff .,2 -17801,to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved,2 -89363,on a certain level,2 -101735,'s like a '' Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists,2 -88668,of iced tea,2 -238930,without missing a beat,2 -82357,historically significant , and personal,3 -181028,, the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor,3 -225473,Poetic , heartbreaking .,3 -92636,shut about the war between the sexes and,2 -212421,squirm-inducing,2 -172773,than mad , more grating and boring,2 -175072,the young actors ,,2 -40824,Complex , affecting and,3 -126994,melancholy , What Time Is It There ?,2 -177783,we ?,2 -150244,This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .,0 -160527,happened in 1915 Armenia ? No,2 -41103,Nervy and,3 -237675,tired of going where no man has gone before,1 -176353,to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,0 -122478,hollow mockumentary,1 -55636,of those estrogen,2 -209771,produced it,2 -184840,If you do n't flee , you might be seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee .,1 -7432,in its chicken heart,2 -144255,Brett Ratner ,,2 -186202,Movie .,3 -126806,marine,2 -130590,pretention,1 -191363,a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,1 -220685,'s a fanboy ` what if,2 -52727,hopes and,2 -177896,well-meaning , beautifully produced film,3 -197155,do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience,3 -133018,soothe and break your heart,2 -11261,the comparative accuracy,2 -162258,instant,2 -72972,about scares,2 -69248,The Bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand ,,4 -77386,cops in Copmovieland , these two,2 -206271,mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either,2 -232895,is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen,0 -201891,in his film,2 -151618,a disappointingly thin slice,1 -95872,the hero,2 -21458,notes,2 -53698,is warmly affecting and so,4 -11122,that started with a great premise and then just fell apart,1 -76815,cliché-riddled,1 -41442,a heart . Now ,,2 -113853,amusing sidekicks,3 -47960,a different path,2 -9050,new york series,2 -18519,-- few filmmakers will .,2 -140504,worthy and,3 -6204,endless,1 -238001,to the story,2 -101262,your skin and ,,2 -151744,a florid turn,1 -155884,caliber,3 -41150,Painful to watch , but,1 -230580,especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it,1 -713,cockettes,2 -21581,of unabashed hero worship,3 -70288,This odd , distant Portuguese import,2 -130722,propriety-obsessed,2 -185030,It 's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex .,1 -19802,and amuse them,2 -24540,Adobo,3 -194007,barely there bit of piffle .,2 -72720,a troubadour , his acolytes , and,2 -42999,why art matters , and,2 -39339,to the task,2 -109109,Spanish social workers,2 -194500,believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid,1 -40374,worthy tribute,4 -202551,is a bowser .,1 -41431,a gauzy ,,2 -105296,Dahmer resorts,2 -153480,an overbearing series,1 -227110,Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears .,1 -226007,Sugar Hill Gang , etc. ),2 -22554,to students and enthusiast,2 -2608,the gravity,2 -34617,most Hollywood offerings,2 -226,a perfect,3 -102004,'s worth seeing .,3 -180141,( Eyre 's ),2 -231989,in an easily accessible way,3 -222803,But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .,0 -159112,filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film,0 -47405,This version moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience .,2 -238144,trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if,2 -143812,Anemic chronicle of money grubbing New Yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups .,2 -235591,seen this exact same movie a hundred times,1 -184709,I skipped Country Bears . But,1 -149305,The director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .,1 -142676,, you wo n't know much more when you leave .,1 -57942,the Americans,2 -10926,tactics,2 -153288,an act of cinematic penance,2 -28877,and too honest to manipulate its audience,2 -30232,coda,2 -158000,drunken,1 -16671,no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions .,4 -179255,zombies,2 -217110,to improve,2 -1181,hence , storytelling,3 -232161,into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story,1 -204555,kids or,2 -142446,, star-splashed reduction,2 -116231,bring you,2 -119463,excellent Latin actors,3 -178834,worst boxing movie,1 -212329,spiffing,2 -205885,match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try,1 -143666,Although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .,1 -233244,keeps breaking the spell .,2 -198614,favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles,2 -87255,more down-home flavor,3 -203736,it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that,2 -157370,developments and challenges,2 -178543,with better aplomb and sardonic wit,3 -111384,Zoe Clarke-Williams 's,2 -83364,inject some real vitality and even art,3 -196256,could be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro,1 -47814,a beautiful city,3 -147767,Not a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse,2 -12434,to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing,1 -175557,this surfer-girl melodrama,1 -7861,it 's as if it all happened only yesterday,2 -182512,Any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of God are framed in a drama so clumsy,1 -114009,an entirely stale concept,1 -187418,Some Like It Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .,1 -179122,you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .,2 -7789,is still pretty darned good,4 -20820,hit you where you live,1 -9990,rank,1 -108604,Represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema,3 -92531,short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions,2 -122619,humble , teach,3 -182292,America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,1 -136117,the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline,1 -81699,has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .,3 -165810,meant well,2 -187469,Sorority Boys , which is as bad at it is cruel,2 -26127,Much of the movie 's charm lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .,4 -228545,an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri,0 -134471,that many outsiders will be surprised to know,2 -92938,so easy,2 -140969,'d need a shower,1 -127896,never quite emerges from the shadow of Ellis ' book .,1 -10044,recycling old cliches,1 -238786,will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .,3 -117273,comic parody and pulp melodrama ,,2 -206858,need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess,0 -17929,unfortunately,1 -10357,self-parody,2 -61371,'s yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .,4 -183542,Does n't deliver a great story , nor is the action as gripping as in past Seagal films .,1 -116370,by Epps,2 -143891,As a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program , Frida gets the job done . But , for that ,,2 -56267,public bath house,2 -59262,to hit theaters this year,2 -83788,is a good one,3 -196469,crossing-over mumbo jumbo,1 -209227,personal policy,2 -94658,that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati,3 -27994,aborbing,3 -77151,concession stand,2 -86222,long , intricate,2 -194578,better than this,1 -14621,While McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films,2 -71725,a genuinely bone-chilling tale,3 -187318,Sinks,1 -205987,meandering , and sometimes dry,1 -180974,, the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .,1 -96382,the perkiness of Witherspoon,3 -186990,Robinson complex founders,1 -177082,unaware,1 -114980,as many times as we have fingers to count on --,2 -96424,the plot makes no sense,0 -90832,provocative drama,4 -80967,get to know,2 -142378,, or anywhere else,2 -26604,So,2 -95075,the Supremes the same way,2 -14020,Extreme,2 -185560,Ka Fai,2 -20550,figures of fun,3 -93997,sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling,3 -105208,Consistently clever and suspenseful,3 -118619,done with us,2 -124080,is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform,2 -148554,Shocking only,2 -120139,finely cut diamond,3 -125079,it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls,0 -120347,for Touched by an Angel simplicity,3 -230477,educational !,3 -38659,the spectacle,3 -135125,the earmarks,3 -218168,uneven action comedy,1 -94275,tell :,2 -96033,the life of moviemaking,2 -170080,retch it up,1 -210125,reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '',2 -45743,It 's made with deftly unsettling genre flair .,3 -97604,those who pay to see it,2 -106048,Graduate,3 -160345,greatest star wattage,3 -201247,his storytelling skills have eroded,0 -8089,its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters,1 -102443,, character and comedy bits,3 -70177,This charming , thought-provoking New York fest of life and love,3 -31946,full-on space battle,3 -25029,County,2 -154220,as most Disney live action,2 -236475,that it can be made on the cheap,2 -12325,to behold,2 -197480,drag the movie down,1 -182893,Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor,2 -59123,ties things together,3 -60901,'s actually,2 -15925,greatest family-oriented,3 -128171,nothing more,2 -129832,over in five minutes but instead the plot,2 -63444,A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more,2 -65986,Highly,2 -141211,'s also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .,0 -69405,The best of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond,3 -6079,dreadful romance,1 -186494,Observant,2 -43864,... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences .,3 -161366,hmmmmm . You see the movie,2 -2636,the kind of movie,2 -152,a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ),1 -38866,there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids,3 -182652,Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned,1 -194074,be an abridged edition,2 -199497,frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,1 -35220,of ease that comes only with experience,3 -202496,is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein,1 -100108,who killed Bob Crane,2 -197764,emerge with any degree of accessibility,2 -47429,Tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to Liyan 's backyard .,2 -15108,another chance,2 -7115,here a more annoying , though less angry,1 -60680,'d be lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow,3 -183766,Every conceivable mistake a director could make in filming opera,0 -179917,'s nothing exactly wrong,2 -225543,Puts a human face on a land,2 -195806,close to being either funny or scary,2 -234840,overstylized , puréed mélange,0 -41500,absorbs us,3 -11113,that quickly snowballs out of,1 -148691,Socrates motions for hemlock,2 -122050,he probably pulled a muscle or two,2 -34239,loved Cool as Ice,3 -78488,does pack some serious suspense .,3 -156812,convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time,1 -11384,the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days,4 -223333,Far away,2 -2237,seen many times,1 -84665,is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world,3 -154890,because so many of us keep going,2 -220330,you snore,1 -112415,a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White .,2 -196275,could have -- should have,1 -123273,inane and unimaginative,0 -148585,Sidewalks,2 -106262,Holly and Marina,2 -172160,stunning insight that crime does n't pay,3 -41559,appeal even,3 -12814,wafer-thin,1 -112508,a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year .,4 -179898,'s not original enough,1 -171339,smart but,2 -100331,winning and,2 -171316,slugs,2 -82326,his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,3 -191650,a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and,1 -838,does n't,1 -121681,has about 25 minutes of decent material,1 -158283,enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork .,2 -149635,The narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys .,2 -163870,it merely lacks everything except good intentions,1 -79025,enhances the personal touch of manual animation .,3 -200263,grows boring despite the scenery,1 -164124,its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz,2 -218391,utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .,1 -70864,Whereas Oliver Stone 's conspiracy thriller JFK was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .,3 -228071,a period-piece movie-of-the-week,2 -65682,From its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , Martin is a masterfully conducted work .,3 -187803,The Husband,2 -137932,to the experiences of most teenagers,2 -92301,separate crises,2 -56372,raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit,3 -52550,help clear,2 -210695,runs out of steam,1 -130129,perfect teaming,3 -8544,looking for a return ticket to realism,1 -29292,at once clueless,1 -32563,his most demented film to date,2 -81425,grown-up film,3 -81077,given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers,2 -70247,This is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny,3 -73873,an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones,3 -85432,its sweet spot,3 -130871,putting,2 -64127,Astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment,3 -88860,of romance,2 -76328,can easily be considered career-best performances,3 -76207,by storm,3 -72878,abandono,2 -164399,kegger,2 -63877,An engrossing portrait,3 -134743,the North or South Vietnamese,2 -63383,A small movie,1 -89077,of the role,2 -224633,Like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone .,2 -195835,clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment ,,0 -10735,stellar,3 -6911,had all its vital essence scooped,1 -16980,potency,2 -37843,that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible,2 -62956,A diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of Palestinian and Israeli children .,3 -16401,its trials and tribulations,2 -112752,a somewhat mannered tone ...,2 -56892,shared by the nation at their sacrifice .,3 -215882,the website feardotcom . com or,2 -125366,its smallness,3 -136740,there 's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .,0 -15350,by slasher films and gorefests,2 -24311,A comprehensive and provocative film,3 -193748,at its emotional core,2 -17643,the rules of its own self-contained universe,2 -176591,too cerebral,2 -89701,only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch,3 -80938,get an image of Big Papa spanning history , rather than suspending it,2 -131964,seem heroic deserves a look,3 -67621,More than their unique residences , Home Movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it .,4 -3983,a modest,2 -10568,so much on view , so little to offer,0 -61085,'s hardly a necessary enterprise,2 -196280,could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology,2 -154077,as a documentary,2 -168469,outrunning,2 -18307,'s slow at times,1 -82422,hoofing,2 -136835,think about after the final frame,2 -180229,( Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard ...,1 -67505,Meara,2 -127929,new secretions,2 -95588,the famous director 's,2 -126528,made a movie that is n't just offensive,1 -95998,the lack of linearity,1 -76870,collaborative,2 -116646,candor,2 -129610,one which it fails to get,1 -157806,does not translate well to the screen,1 -7790,is stillborn,0 -112692,a show in drag,2 -231842,humor and plenty,3 -170558,seeing the same movie,2 -175494,this nice,2 -157215,defensive,2 -207964,of scenes in Frida,2 -78547,down to the population,2 -117450,consolation in afterlife communications,3 -179159,you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .,2 -213062,symbolic characters,3 -58043,the beach,3 -11929,the subgenre 's,2 -178271,wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh,2 -172630,telling a story,2 -151358,a banal script,1 -171344,smell the patchouli oil,2 -231577,have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted,1 -212237,somewhat predictable,1 -172319,superficial and,1 -22637,understandable to viewers looking for nothing,1 -73146,action film,2 -172092,street-realist mode,2 -37096,sobering,2 -42191,is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed ,,1 -220872,'s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.,4 -93138,some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet,3 -166231,more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here,3 -82388,hold and grips,2 -42800,the death penalty ,,1 -39854,warmth and humor,3 -204,a movie,2 -54753,minutiae,2 -44783,British hybrid,2 -28709,and minds,2 -16500,loved,4 -29489,been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel,4 -137117,those intolerant,2 -235423,s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .,4 -128795,of middle age,2 -131911,see an artist,2 -56533,reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .,3 -142864,13 months and 295 preview screenings,2 -158465,even vaguely interested,1 -162577,is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ),1 -18970,Intriguing and beautiful film,4 -38379,the libido,2 -103007,, we miss you .,2 -100606,with slightly above-average brains,2 -42548,repeated in films,2 -59517,trappings,2 -4028,a past,2 -129115,of the show,2 -103215,... epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller .,1 -171361,smothered,1 -81329,grand passion,2 -67136,Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .,3 -89120,of theatrical comedy that , while past ,,2 -148457,Scotland ,,2 -15978,have held the Enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils,2 -133803,take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ?,2 -31027,effusion,2 -32421,he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .,4 -119559,explore the connections between place and personal identity,2 -102238,, Duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .,3 -8195,jeremy renner,2 -235953,sparking debate and,3 -101640,'s become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled,3 -204453,just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded,3 -90535,post , pre,2 -155828,by-the-numbers B-flick,2 -237536,this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .,0 -153789,are adults,2 -1093,good ,,3 -179770,'s hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie .,1 -955,far,2 -234908,people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002 .,1 -148339,Rorschach test,2 -65050,DiCaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year,4 -152876,acting , writing or direction,2 -172586,technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause,1 -195755,clever angle ! Wow,3 -132246,share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us,3 -74499,art , ethics , and,2 -155167,between Newton and Wahlberg,2 -857,dumas,1 -67270,Like its predecessor , it 's no classic , but,1 -186100,Meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .,3 -61463,( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and,3 -208570,one big , dumb action movie .,1 -7237,hugh grant and,2 -167403,of cinematic penance,2 -70045,The year 's greatest adventure ,,4 -224065,Instead , we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .,1 -215496,the right approach and the right opening premise,3 -236735,the basic plot of `` Lilo '',2 -44467,An effectively creepy ,,3 -124942,it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt,2 -48179,a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality,2 -64540,Bullock vehicle,2 -192354,amassed,2 -128070,none of these words,2 -235217,realizing Steven Spielberg,2 -122805,impish divertissement,1 -140379,wonderfully lush Morvern Callar,2 -162907,is fuhgeddaboutit,2 -15458,compelling in its fatalist worldview,3 -57498,suitable entry,3 -39534,types ',2 -104260,An amused indictment of Jaglom 's own profession,2 -212945,supposed to be a drama,2 -30230,cocky energy,3 -75426,become of us all in the era of video,2 -32265,hard-hearted,2 -98973,underdogs whale,2 -77207,conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head,0 -62950,A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of Armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present .,2 -227805,a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),4 -143861,Ararat went astray,2 -148628,Skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt .,2 -7788,is still charming here,4 -111058,What we get ... is Caddyshack crossed with the Loyal Order of Raccoons .,2 -237332,the wit , humor and snappy dialogue,4 -176170,to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,1 -132831,social texture and realism,2 -67643,Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : '',2 -83433,instructor,2 -148556,Shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption .,1 -168439,out of character,2 -64015,Anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex ,,2 -173873,the fictional footage,2 -227820,a cliché left unsaid,1 -37465,suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks .,2 -13509,, Wasabi is a good place to start .,2 -165212,look like they 're being streamed,2 -186053,Maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back .,0 -95159,the avant-garde fused with their humor,3 -9737,play against each other so intensely , but with restraint ,,3 -27950,a way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor,4 -55309,of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark,3 -91870,sadness that pours into every frame,2 -26680,Susan Sarandon at their raunchy,2 -36165,prime villain,2 -231966,in `` Trouble Every Day,2 -108384,Philip Glass soundtrack CD,2 -182771,Belgian waffle,2 -188108,The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations , but,2 -198011,especially considering its barely,2 -231053,from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '',1 -33355,is cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining,4 -220346,you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one,1 -32735,if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here,4 -24553,Age,2 -149311,The documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation .,2 -114039,an expiration date,2 -177118,undercurrents,2 -206648,much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay,1 -103961,A treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .,3 -122128,helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure,3 -160500,hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth,1 -137577,to feature length,2 -117399,concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man,3 -107978,New York metropolitan area,3 -159115,filmmakers new bobbed,2 -20845,if it only had a brain,1 -5554,chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing,2 -187104,Sarah 's,2 -4404,adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor,2 -185732,Less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle .,2 -73579,ambitious film,3 -47530,Very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and,3 -94410,than in ` Baran,2 -181594,A dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality , probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .,1 -177354,uses to stir his ingredients,2 -71498,a curious sick poetry , as if the Marquis de Sade,2 -177125,underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be,1 -174756,the single digits,2 -80336,for some time,2 -110170,The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission .,4 -153924,are only hinted at,2 -178605,with lots of tears but,2 -28339,an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero,4 -123392,injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn,2 -1183,her,2 -216059,thematic mumbo jumbo,1 -71972,a mere 84 minutes,2 -59964,watching for Dong Jie 's performance,2 -189865,Writer-director Randall Wallace,2 -71253,a T,2 -75565,belt,2 -7771,is powerful and revelatory,4 -200174,grab your kids and,2 -47444,Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge,2 -80040,fishy,1 -217410,to that elusive , lovely place,3 -59604,two skittish New York middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then,2 -180116,( Allen 's ) best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America diversions could ever be .,3 -103928,A sub-formulaic slap in the face,1 -30310,completely numbing experience,2 -94577,that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people,4 -159048,fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence,0 -84551,is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight,3 -232278,is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten,3 -208288,offer any new insight,3 -151764,a frat boy 's idea of a good time,2 -118530,does n't exactly reveal what makes Vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat,3 -146427,It 's a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center .,2 -182317,Americans .,3 -234666,on a job,2 -176019,to camouflage how bad his movie is,0 -198616,favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .,1 -17393,technical , logistical feat,3 -22961,'' Orange County '' is a refreshing change,3 -175996,to bludgeon myself unconscious,1 -204448,just does n't have anything really interesting to say,1 -74481,around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's,3 -167888,of upper-crust decorum,1 -24029,-- I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come .,2 -208974,own broadside,2 -51486,fairly uneventful,1 -42185,is miraculously able,3 -122854,in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle,0 -32930,in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks,2 -109404,The Adventures,2 -33675,it is physical,2 -181239,. Curiously,2 -134446,that leaks suspension of disbelief,2 -100759,wo n't still,2 -172834,that 's just the problem with it,1 -147763,Not a cheap slasher flick,2 -154567,bad soap opera,0 -33564,is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible,3 -81214,gone in for pastel landscapes,2 -157630,do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV,1 -101662,'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .,0 -60997,'s definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously,3 -43069,'' Catch Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .,4 -182689,Bambi and,2 -140488,worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham,4 -75329,be the end of the world,3 -61781,, assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others,1 -5673,compelling as it is exotic,4 -45841,It will not appeal to the impatient , but those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth .,2 -56001,perseverance,2 -79656,fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket,2 -183840,Fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers .,1 -115874,bespeaks,2 -194560,better entertainment,3 -109526,The acting ,,2 -113490,after-school slot,2 -177569,walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal,2 -20646,get up and dance,3 -76303,cameras,2 -37331,sticks much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did .,3 -210848,saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now,2 -101114,you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera,2 -77876,deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen,3 -77547,creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .,3 -58527,the music business in the 21st Century,2 -133296,still committed to growth in his ninth decade,3 -95503,the dustbin,2 -45764,It 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie .,4 -79741,feel absolutely,3 -117353,complete with soothing Muzak,2 -46343,Not a film,2 -182389,An empty shell,1 -25772,It There ?,2 -165910,might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track,1 -151906,a hotdog,2 -192439,an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music,0 -93383,squint,2 -26582,Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,,4 -164613,laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps,2 -123060,in nothing,2 -75935,bright , inventive,4 -40635,A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church,3 -141397,'s just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly .,1 -8105,its plate,2 -36455,relationship,2 -109358,Tells,2 -160788,haunted-house movie,2 -77866,deform families ,,1 -71821,a highway patrolman,2 -77649,curlers,2 -72580,a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force,4 -132450,shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems,1 -57335,steers clear,2 -176799,trapped at a bad rock concert,1 -151213,` It 's painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama . ',0 -138061,too bleak , too pessimistic,0 -61081,'s hard to resist his enthusiasm ,,3 -160679,has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is,2 -10533,smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play .,3 -164338,just pound away,2 -72508,a staggeringly compelling character ,,4 -176556,to worry about it causing significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising,1 -31951,fully aware is being examined,2 -58862,the wrap of his legendary sitcom,2 -140422,worked better as a one-hour TV documentary,1 -22791,whole lot,2 -137318,to Perdition,2 -171787,spent an hour setting a fancy table and,2 -57484,such good humor,3 -36628,rousing spates,2 -127490,most restless young audience,2 -101442,'re in for a painful ride,1 -65456,Faithful without being forceful,3 -164574,largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material,1 -17236,so engrossing it,3 -232618,is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while,3 -113906,an adorably whimsical comedy,3 -81628,has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .,2 -181945,A rehash of every gangster movie,1 -18389,, but what art direction !,3 -199581,from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting,2 -86429,lustrous,3 -81469,gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut,3 -87654,musings and philosophy,2 -136501,the use of special effects,2 -171169,sitting naked,2 -46318,Nicholas Meyer 's,2 -189172,Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life,1 -231238,go to the U.N. and,2 -160418,gulps,2 -181534,A big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .,1 -119707,falls prey,2 -102152,( Washington 's ),2 -35500,of the summer,2 -45436,Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions .,4 -61872,, dramatic treatment,3 -82665,if you need to see it,2 -155641,but nothing,2 -185492,John Ritter 's,2 -212386,sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history,1 -141073,'s Eve drunk sporting a paper party hat,2 -36464,releasing cinematic flotsam,2 -149701,The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board ,,0 -181074,, threadbare comic setups,2 -218332,us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay,2 -38703,the task of divining meaning,2 -72180,a probe into the nature of faith,2 -198723,feels homogenized and a bit contrived,1 -151787,a gag die,1 -178377,will find this one a challenge,2 -83334,infused,2 -170469,screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis,2 -180969,, the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .,1 -84719,is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating,4 -10707,standard crime drama fare,2 -3473,... a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire,2 -237355,the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year,2 -172944,that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world,2 -148636,Skolnick,2 -69895,The search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .,4 -189526,Wells ' Time Machine,2 -129002,of the computer animation,2 -7216,hood,2 -13998,Emerges as something rare,3 -160355,grey,2 -13596,, intelligent psychological drama .,3 -154740,be funny , and,3 -134486,that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,2 -115393,barely shocking,1 -216539,those based-on-truth stories,2 -34996,not quite satisfying,1 -156690,conflict and reconciliation,2 -123505,interesting but,2 -88429,of art , music and metaphor,2 -85187,its absurdities and crudities,1 -81025,giggles,3 -19415,What Time Is It There ? '',2 -35879,own opinion,2 -222968,Co.,2 -80513,fourteen-year,2 -171604,some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns,2 -37795,that every other character seems overlooked,1 -170858,she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,1 -236013,stagy and,2 -32003,generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public,3 -117470,contemporary , in-jokey one,2 -118248,dime,2 -78760,eerily,3 -55802,only because Bullock and Grant,2 -2369,speedy,2 -178088,where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas,2 -213002,surrounding infidelity,2 -80857,games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime,2 -180941,, such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .,1 -183720,Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard,1 -10251,sanded,2 -203606,is too amateurishly square,1 -126721,makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson,2 -227477,`` Fatal Attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .,2 -43367,'s virtually its own Hollywood remake,3 -181412,22-year-old girlfriend,2 -55454,of music,2 -63864,An engaging,3 -40068,who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids,2 -64875,Cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression .,3 -40391,ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances,4 -155525,broadly,2 -90609,predictably efficient,3 -87369,most accurate,2 -64537,Bullock Bubble,2 -233524,look at that clever angle,3 -184507,How about surprising us by trying something new,1 -96180,the most of the large-screen format,2 -51409,exceptions,2 -75753,blood-curdling,2 -22613,tug-of-war,2 -122015,having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time,2 -10639,sort the bad guys,2 -102079,( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters .,1 -137038,this rude and crude film,1 -104934,By the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes,1 -70164,They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .,4 -24019,, you could call this How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with .,1 -119815,favor of water-bound action,2 -220237,you 're into that,2 -212827,such a delight,4 -121426,grew up,2 -119482,excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action,2 -231084,funny , and even touching,4 -188752,The troubling thing,1 -200812,have faded,2 -206649,much about the film,2 -233188,its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,1 -199011,flag fly,2 -221018,'s uninteresting .,1 -105157,Cold and scattered , Minority Report commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals . That 's not vintage Spielberg and that , finally , is minimally satisfying .,2 -164835,lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and,1 -16248,is both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic,1 -201784,in a flashy , empty sub-music video style,1 -201864,in every regard except its storyline,2 -30287,community,2 -2105,pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy,2 -213678,that is dark,1 -78890,emotional and,3 -90270,physical energy,3 -133040,soulless .,1 -238691,who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers,2 -189054,This movie , a certain scene in particular,2 -98466,together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other,3 -62925,A deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .,3 -97458,this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort,2 -171664,something needed to balance out the violence,1 -221611,, the trip there is a great deal of fun .,3 -7223,horton,2 -97905,to be a trip,2 -119385,ever-growing,2 -80083,flatulence gags,2 -13857,Analyze That,2 -36328,rapport,2 -78293,disquieting authority,2 -157527,dirty old man,1 -238485,watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role,4 -61409,( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career,2 -121562,half-baked,1 -137617,to get the audience to buy just,2 -44106,A good piece of,3 -134732,the Middle East struggle,2 -29545,below the gloss,2 -224384,It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .,1 -28300,an Asian film,2 -31765,for his subjects,2 -50286,comes to the characters and writing,2 -37664,tempo,2 -37637,tears to your eyes,2 -106056,Graphic,2 -57415,strike a nerve in many,2 -35522,of their seats,2 -75287,be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts,1 -235304,relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks,2 -168765,pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf .,1 -153588,and social commentary,1 -155688,by Jolie and Burns,2 -203323,is pleasant , diverting and modest,3 -38932,this coming-of-age story,3 -116447,by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,2 -193927,bad , bad , bad movie,1 -141028,'re a Hartley fan,2 -180405,, Irish,2 -217045,to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire,2 -36794,self-interest and paranoia,2 -53956,its outrageousness,2 -164314,just forgot to add any genuine tension,2 -129322,oftentimes,2 -35807,otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller,3 -186281,National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially,3 -67979,On its own,2 -196816,deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .,1 -229184,be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals,3 -131432,respecting,2 -215117,the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .,0 -236745,the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,3 -201534,if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film,1 -88061,notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,2 -5901,depressing,0 -232908,it 's ) worth recommending because,3 -98795,turns into an ocean of trouble,1 -171186,skates blithely,2 -136807,they never succeed in really rattling the viewer,1 -55381,of hip-hop DJs,2 -91663,rich in emotional texture,4 -236029,start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do,2 -215871,the warfare,2 -73095,achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding,3 -9560,overflowing,3 -181607,A determined , ennui-hobbled slog,1 -155999,can think of for Swimfan 's existence,2 -42447,personalities ,,2 -216713,ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant,1 -166869,no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it,0 -21450,not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world,1 -117622,covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .,0 -163578,is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll .,2 -94460,thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance,3 -21519,of individuality,2 -158909,feel like winding up with a kick .,2 -102623,, it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .,2 -189552,What ( Frei ) gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows .,3 -166183,more glaring,2 -74418,are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does,3 -58303,the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .,4 -22269,the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .,1 -72560,a strong directorial stamp,3 -186551,One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits,2 -203106,is milked,1 -23321,, On Guard delivers,3 -64501,British cast,2 -167798,of the little things right,2 -6533,flat ,,1 -10392,several survivors ,,3 -184597,I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .,1 -203986,it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés,1 -147161,Like a can of 2-day old Coke .,0 -4468,al pacino,2 -231599,have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet,3 -207424,of Fame,2 -90824,provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee,1 -152763,about her,2 -141975,, Hart 's War , like the St . Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .,2 -17002,provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions,4 -100224,wildly gruesome,1 -69235,The 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture .,2 -151855,a half of daydreaming,2 -119570,expose,2 -214205,the bill,2 -126539,made in the last five years,2 -102751,, one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .,1 -47629,While the film is not entirely successful,1 -2423,such a,2 -173458,the actor 's whiny jags,1 -30346,connects,3 -64957,DeVito,2 -218517,video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .,1 -170595,seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little,0 -230096,dead-eye,2 -226099,The Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers .,2 -153183,almost every juncture,2 -225605,Report card :,2 -52346,happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality,3 -226600,There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day,2 -221928,A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience !,2 -74133,anti-Semitism and,2 -100353,wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances,1 -147544,Ms . Jovovich,2 -155519,broad and farcical,1 -113309,acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him,3 -73472,allow us,2 -195575,change hackneyed concepts,1 -41570,are all spot on ,,4 -226514,The thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes,0 -180631,, extreme-sports adventure,2 -217806,tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers,2 -137921,to the colorful but flat drawings,2 -83074,in the best way,3 -35221,of ease that comes only with experience .,3 -29222,as romantic,2 -191064,a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break,1 -79682,fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .,3 -58499,the moral stiffness,1 -114591,are gorgeous and finely detailed,4 -98161,to learn,2 -235653,sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics ,,3 -48041,a filmmaker of considerable potential,3 -167532,of indelible images , but his latest,2 -124540,is so much plodding sensitivity,1 -173935,the film trails off into inconsequentiality .,1 -3431,( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .,4 -88669,of ideas,2 -231647,he was reading the minds of the audience .,3 -219266,which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,1 -36386,reasonably should be,2 -148119,Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread .,1 -159037,fewer laughs,1 -49338,as the writer-director of this little $ 1,2 -64672,Charles Dickens,2 -89763,original talent,4 -55809,only the most hardhearted Scrooge,2 -58356,the grief,2 -32161,gotta give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying,3 -211307,settle for,1 -114368,anti-adult movies,2 -109368,Terminally brain,2 -139316,watching They,2 -18591,A tender and touching drama,3 -58363,the hands,2 -173656,the cons can muster,2 -112865,a taut contest,3 -140999,'ll read anywhere,2 -206040,melts .,2 -184980,Is Great,3 -142122,, cliche-bound epic-horror yarn,1 -229213,be released in the U.S.,2 -64601,Call this The Full Monty on ice , the underdog sports team formula redux .,2 -89517,on which it 's based,2 -137044,this schlocky horror\/action hybrid,1 -188764,The whole mess,0 -129082,of the nature\/nurture argument in regards,2 -140070,with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography,0 -217297,to rush to the theatre for this one,3 -166264,more than a widget,2 -205737,makeup work,2 -85829,leanest,2 -212417,squeeze out some good laughs but not enough,2 -71989,a modern Lothario,2 -154226,as overbearing and over-the-top as the family,1 -108318,Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly,4 -58122,the chilly production,3 -76321,can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other,2 -237952,to show up soon,2 -54952,much to enjoy,3 -164019,its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side,2 -123661,ironic cultural satire,3 -19740,an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle,2 -51238,enjoyable one,3 -208108,of the most highly-praised disappointments I,0 -194591,between Boys,2 -31781,for precollegiate humor,2 -26970,This concoction,2 -78756,educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them,4 -45651,In The Pianist , Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .,3 -79970,finding their way to joy,4 -51640,figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats,3 -68551,SO De Palma .,2 -91066,rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . It 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process,2 -229885,colour and depth ,,3 -168051,on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future Quentin Tarantino picture,2 -54892,most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy,3 -53928,its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas,2 -137562,to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure,1 -70357,Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ...,3 -12207,this sort of thing,2 -149006,Take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we 've seen and all you have left are John Leguizamo 's cool jackets .,2 -167949,offered this summer,2 -109863,The first shocking thing about Sorority Boys,2 -4,' ( the cockettes ),2 -189605,What the audience feels,2 -78269,dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy,4 -47003,The draw,2 -98476,told as the truth,2 -95375,the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget,3 -77473,courageous Molly Craig,3 -166984,not smart and,1 -127051,midst,2 -112316,a mess as this one,1 -97940,to be something of a sitcom apparatus,1 -61941,, heartfelt,3 -231366,handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage,2 -123911,is an engaging nostalgia piece .,3 -4308,a white-empowered police force,1 -187728,Thandie,2 -68138,Paul Thomas Anderson,2 -137923,to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers,2 -76518,catching solely on its visual merits .,2 -32615,hokum,2 -37068,so bizarre to the adult mind,1 -185696,Lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics .,1 -40568,'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle,2 -10847,support of a viewer .,3 -5824,curiously tepid,2 -225363,Overall , the film misses the brilliance of Jelinek 's novel by some way .,1 -19093,Moonlight Mile,2 -114260,and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here,2 -49340,as they become distant memories . Mention '' Solaris '' five years from now,2 -237543,this low,1 -207107,no suspense or believable tension,2 -185075,It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .,2 -9596,pallid horror,1 -53941,its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people,2 -166563,nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit,0 -203959,it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind,0 -186621,Oscar caliber cast,4 -118960,elicits strong performances,3 -92055,secretly,2 -176143,to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team,2 -129157,of these stories,2 -34267,macabre , self-deprecating sense,1 -46802,Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and,2 -221608,, the story is just too slim .,1 -39970,what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates,3 -75428,become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience,2 -49181,are quietly moving,3 -167399,of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt,2 -171793,spent watching this waste of time,0 -12635,ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,2 -187584,Stop The Music . '',2 -201213,his opportunity to make absurdist observations,2 -204889,let-down,1 -105634,Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched,4 -212365,splashing around,2 -225645,Roger Michell ( '' Notting Hill `` ) directs a morality thriller . '',3 -104805,Bogdanich is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .,1 -207433,of H . G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H . G . Wells ' great-grandson,2 -21233,likely to be disappointed,0 -78110,diatribes,2 -160410,guessing and,2 -133675,surprised to know,2 -78014,describe it,2 -32724,idoosyncratic,2 -4863,as clinical , detached , uninvolving,1 -28795,and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue,3 -114378,any Dummies guide , something,1 -186509,Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .,0 -19188,Potter,2 -86604,make up for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway,2 -14511,The story,2 -155648,but the taste,2 -7991,its apparent,2 -42176,is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city,3 -41162,Ram Dass :,2 -27301,You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . The movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .,3 -70890,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 .,3 -123551,into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad,2 -112938,a trifle,1 -214264,the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker,2 -217485,to think too much about what 's going on,2 -231345,had here,2 -121287,good , dry , reliable textbook,3 -78149,digressions of memory and desire,2 -181044,, there is n't much to it .,1 -118581,does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas,3 -179075,you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships,1 -79586,fall,2 -183803,Everything that was right about Blade,3 -59298,to movies,2 -2658,the most offensive thing about the movie,1 -166891,noblest,3 -159329,for : expulsion for everyone,1 -186427,Not a bad premise,3 -176340,to reap from the moviegoing public,2 -53382,is an actor 's movie first and foremost,2 -216998,to enjoy a mindless action movie,2 -108272,PHONE,2 -126096,like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump,1 -125629,know a star when you see one,2 -10893,swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and,2 -120789,frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent,2 -93324,spirituality,2 -163094,is n't nearly enough fun,2 -192284,almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth --,3 -223135,Did we really need a remake of `` Charade ? '',1 -123901,is amusing for about three minutes .,1 -3674,a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,2 -215057,the moral dilemma,2 -83050,in spite of its predictability,1 -201509,idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance,0 -84931,it 's only a peek,2 -164494,kung,2 -144392,Catch Me If You Can is n't badly made,3 -56345,quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and,3 -125716,lactating,2 -63586,A wonderful , ghastly film,3 -106915,It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years , and Chaykin and Headly are priceless,3 -96412,the players,2 -56602,rewarding them,2 -7451,in love 's dissolution,2 -180718,, it 's exploitive without being insightful .,1 -37071,so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality,1 -83826,is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films,3 -141406,'s left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence,2 -61003,'s destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics,4 -131402,resembles this year 's version of Tomcats,2 -38479,the norm,2 -117920,deaths,1 -175513,this particular result,2 -4162,a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy,2 -228683,another great ` what you do n't see ',2 -216097,there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface,1 -181748,A hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .,1 -137709,to like about Murder By Numbers,2 -87417,most enchanting film,4 -158437,even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination,2 -219619,wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story,1 -126743,manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style,2 -53640,is strong as always .,3 -157470,directed , cowrote,3 -55518,of sweet romance,3 -187444,Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,,1 -176250,to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son,1 -154058,as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period,1 -161142,here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .,2 -35386,of resembling a stage play,3 -179439,'re in All of Me territory,2 -57316,starts out like a typical Bible killer story,1 -143398,A tough go , but Leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness , offsets to a notable degree the film 's often-mined and despairing milieu,2 -157531,disagree,3 -88539,of education,3 -138836,upsets,1 -78775,effects ,,2 -235012,portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but,2 -164519,lacking in every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself,1 -101150,you love the music , and I do,3 -69426,The cast is top-notch,4 -93749,subversive silence,2 -147151,Life or Something Like It has its share of high points ,,3 -37819,that is accessible,2 -238820,winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath,2 -214820,the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself,1 -55325,of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity,2 -56584,returns to his son 's home after decades,2 -58250,the element of surprise,2 -120787,frustrated and,2 -55727,on adolescent qualities,2 -31091,engage you,3 -125485,jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style,3 -219288,while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces,2 -72279,a revealing look,3 -27399,a budget affair,2 -51071,earns,2 -104538,Asian cult cinema fans,2 -1445,it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action,4 -164347,just the vampires,2 -134394,that is worthy of our respect,3 -105152,Close Encounters,2 -29927,by half,2 -75676,big impact,2 -14474,Take Care of My Cat,2 -59210,to confront their problems openly and,2 -157282,depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast,1 -32247,handicapped family member,2 -222930,Choose your reaction : A. ),2 -128482,of a thousand cliches,1 -107762,Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make '' '',3 -232870,is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .,0 -201948,in pink jammies,2 -219857,with titles,2 -201704,improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen,0 -112849,a surprise by the time,2 -144857,Director Boris von Sychowski,2 -133573,such atmospheric ballast,2 -103352,87 minutes,2 -35606,on , especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken,2 -131810,scary parts,2 -107873,Much credit,3 -115544,be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002,0 -215253,the only bit of glee,2 -175208,these women 's inner lives,2 -153242,ambiguous and nothing to shout about,2 -173730,the director and,2 -200220,great shame,1 -160510,handle the mix of verbal jokes,2 -177282,unwatchable Soapdish,0 -67438,Martin 's deterioration and,2 -172389,suspense and mystery,2 -191557,a touch of John Woo bullet ballet,2 -195660,childlike dimness and a handful of quirks,2 -55794,one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep,3 -147142,Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp,1 -114725,argumentação,2 -147436,Michael Berg,2 -138851,urinates on the plants at his own birthday party,3 -89579,one man 's downfall ,,2 -14880,about real people,3 -34810,n't recognize it at first,2 -166727,news columnist,2 -102564,, hope,2 -1412,is this love,3 -192223,all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes,2 -126386,losing a job,2 -148822,Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations . It 's as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .,0 -213427,than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates,1 -21970,since ` Brazil . ' Lucas,2 -185473,Jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance,1 -143293,A reasonably efficient mechanism , but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided .,2 -9070,no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances,4 -157154,dearly-loved,3 -34527,modern Beijing culture,3 -102140,( Swimfan ),2 -195389,can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain,1 -181853,A movie that seems,2 -193624,as thin,2 -167032,nothing going for it,1 -207905,of painting this family dynamic for the audience,2 -82320,his sly , intricate magic,3 -78773,effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres,4 -56410,read ,,2 -238703,who might enjoy this,3 -43237,'s enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective,1 -143181,A loud , low-budget and tired formula film,1 -226346,The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but,2 -18857,Even with all those rough edges safely sanded down,2 -35380,of rebellion,2 -15424,clarify , and comfort,3 -171385,so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve,2 -205886,match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .,2 -161439,horse tale,1 -76389,canny , meditative,3 -23547,, challenging,2 -11221,the casting,2 -34138,literary aspirations,2 -212096,some fine sex onscreen ,,3 -235720,show-don ` t-tell stance,2 -115662,because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie,2 -79838,few sleepless hours,1 -237526,this group , who live in the same apartment building,2 -15849,frustrates,1 -29692,both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry,3 -82071,hellish conditions,1 -95771,the fringes,2 -173230,that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not,1 -66033,Hollywood-predictable,1 -149913,The talented and clever Robert Rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .,1 -126196,listless direction,1 -54713,mergulha,2 -219130,what kind of sewage,1 -189228,Too bad none,2 -162574,is a clear case of preaching to the converted .,2 -118765,ducts,2 -195137,by an actress who smiles and frowns,2 -199476,frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .,2 -209701,presumes,3 -119942,felt fantasy of a director 's travel,3 -223665,His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it,1 -143394,A tough,2 -131078,realistic characters,3 -44755,Boston,2 -98219,to overtake the comedy,2 -103574,A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic ,,2 -44277,A strangely,1 -75475,been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ? In a word : No,2 -128311,of Disguise,2 -73928,an otherwise delightful comedy,3 -56879,several strong performances,3 -12415,to say about reign of fire . great dragons,3 -196392,creaky '' Pretty Woman,2 -237073,the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies,4 -31544,featherweight charm,3 -231424,has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit !,4 -200608,has neither,2 -106153,Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .,3 -223522,Got a David Lynch jones,2 -94645,that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for,3 -229639,can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it,3 -148722,Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but,0 -198018,especially when rendered in as flat,2 -209485,polite,2 -54467,made in the early days of silent film,2 -218080,uncompromising vision,2 -74379,are natural and lovely,3 -231759,hold over her,2 -36347,ravishing consciousness-raiser,3 -45000,Dark and disturbing , yet compelling to watch,2 -75431,becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world ,,2 -174616,the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride,3 -175271,think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz,0 -23087,'s among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen,4 -111146,Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me,0 -115724,been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn,3 -103265,105 minutes seem twice as long,2 -197376,does n't work because there is no foundation for it,0 -56155,premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória,3 -161192,hile,2 -48811,allows nothing to get in the way,2 -64974,Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .,4 -147344,Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and,2 -38453,the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics,4 -22722,was , but heck,2 -113546,airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .,1 -134761,the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times,2 -21304,me from enjoying much of it,1 -143902,As elegantly crafted as it often is , Anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .,0 -142251,, it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance,1 -29826,but it 's extremely well played and often very funny .,4 -96544,the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence,3 -124192,is lacking,1 -56520,remember the haunting images than the plot holes,1 -236360,that 's been acted out,2 -190681,a great Saturday Night Live sketch,3 -116222,bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics,3 -211912,so clumsy,2 -6838,good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked,4 -18258,'ll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project,4 -165354,low-cut,2 -147234,Looks and feels like a project better suited for the small screen .,1 -157118,date film,2 -229026,at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.,2 -167641,of person,2 -110485,This is a nervy , risky film , and Villeneuve has inspired Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi .,2 -220444,É um passatempo descompromissado,2 -18978,Is,2 -27794,a rousing good story,4 -154911,become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul,1 -184679,I like all four of the lead actors a lot,3 -79794,felt with a sardonic jolt,1 -99109,unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor,2 -865,each other against all odds,3 -19608,a tremendous performance,4 -123967,is commentary enough,3 -183411,Did no one on the set have a sense of humor ,,1 -197605,dullest science fiction,0 -6892,grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back,2 -139708,white sheets,2 -73807,an hour or two,2 -8293,kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '',2 -29228,as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing .,3 -216993,to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon,2 -151028,Without a strong script and energetic acting,1 -219360,who might be lured in by Julia Roberts,2 -140151,with his dad,2 -169828,recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes,1 -100226,wildly inventive mixture,4 -197815,employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British,2 -138595,under the skin of the people involved,2 -233637,make it look as though they are having so much fun,3 -8169,jacquot 's tosca is a treat .,4 -235251,recommend ``,3 -26165,Neil,2 -202628,is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle,1 -138260,transcends ethnic lines,3 -190337,a comedy as I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material,1 -209047,parable about honesty and good sportsmanship,3 -43590,, hard-edged stuff,2 -193846,attention span,2 -44562,Arliss,2 -66015,Holly Hunter,2 -100054,who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents,4 -83371,inner nine-year-old,2 -72759,a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust,3 -54419,loved this film,4 -105003,Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness ...,2 -59165,to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation,2 -114680,are strong,3 -11845,the running time,2 -82688,imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers,3 -234429,of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition,4 -73820,an immediacy,2 -154758,be in theaters,2 -184956,Interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version,2 -227872,a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills,0 -107890,Murdock and,2 -175070,the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute,1 -108256,Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie,1 -151004,With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting,1 -75293,be more complex than your average film,3 -166633,needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping,1 -216405,this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .,1 -111721,a copy,2 -87825,new , fervently held ideas and,2 -39589,under your skin,2 -67793,Never Land,2 -177732,watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos,2 -106842,It 's an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes .,2 -57368,stoops,2 -20015,as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create,3 -120863,funny . And for all the wrong reasons besides,2 -229094,b-ball fantasy,2 -174222,the logic,2 -232749,is somehow making its way instead to theaters .,1 -178589,with immense physical prowess,2 -140150,with him,2 -94606,that dances on the edge,2 -203802,it 's supposed to be a drama,2 -156432,clutchy , indulgent and pretentious,1 -77196,confusing and horrifying,1 -200148,gore for suspense .,1 -206236,mishandle,2 -103479,A clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics .,3 -90511,porn film,2 -233036,it is a whole lot of fun,4 -189820,Wollter and Ms . Seldhal,2 -199053,fleetingly interesting actors ' moments,2 -84906,it 's his strongest performance since The Doors,4 -22829,with absolutely no meaning , and no desire,0 -9673,perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes,4 -8462,like its parade of predecessors ,,1 -202431,into that,2 -193599,as the main character suggests,2 -198589,fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .,2 -63080,A good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch .,3 -62110,, no-frills ride,1 -134872,the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .,2 -112005,a genuine love story,4 -58802,the unmentionable,1 -90942,put it into a much larger historical context,2 -232670,is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper,2 -188757,The type,2 -7008,has run its course,0 -153312,an airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you,0 -58189,the debate,2 -195991,comfort and familiarity,3 -194101,be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ',2 -40780,As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but,3 -173127,that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers,1 -23761,, long time,2 -197982,equally assured,3 -84542,is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .,3 -96312,the other Hannibal movies,2 -68283,Provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust,4 -8591,made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience,3 -187288,Shreve 's novel,2 -135312,the film anything,2 -104869,British production,2 -125881,leaving one,2 -238891,with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,0 -69780,The off-center humor is a constant ,,2 -69871,The rich performances by Friel,3 -184897,In old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , Ms . Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .,1 -81962,he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .,3 -117953,deeply meditative,3 -212118,some kid who ca n't act,2 -147678,News and Vibes,2 -59856,very original artist,3 -140456,works out his issues,2 -51028,dreamed,2 -173258,that tries to seem sincere , and just,2 -1070,germinate,2 -119689,fallible human beings , not caricatures,2 -34716,much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone,2 -31760,for films,2 -166437,much facile technique,2 -45331,Fuhrman 's,2 -54801,moralistic,2 -99652,watch , even,2 -1063,general hospital,2 -138021,to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two,1 -54799,moral stiffness,2 -156869,could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double,1 -148749,Somehow both wildly implausible and strangely conventional .,2 -91152,re-assess the basis for our lives and evaluate what is truly ours in a world of meaningless activity,3 -134275,that could be any flatter,2 -105430,Dignified,3 -231537,have a problem .,2 -170925,shot himself in the foot,1 -224964,Mr. Rose,2 -211558,showers,2 -108141,On its own , it 's not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .,0 -219577,will wear thin on all,1 -125612,kind they,2 -119959,feminine energy , a tribute to the power of women to heal,4 -138312,tremendous skill,3 -89706,oozing , chilling and heart-warming,3 -51718,first love sweetly,3 -176649,too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas,2 -101513,'s a howler,3 -64369,Bisset,3 -20626,fun film,4 -211627,simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem,1 -115619,be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head,3 -116108,bordering,2 -168954,plays like somebody,2 -177792,we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose,1 -156284,cinematic disaster,0 -122479,hollow tribute,1 -117783,cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed,3 -104277,An empty exercise ,,1 -220537,'' trilogy,2 -160997,he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters,1 -220152,writes himself into a corner,2 -62279,, the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .,3 -202121,in your mouth and questions,2 -2181,rymer,2 -97589,those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up,2 -42882,thinking about compelling questions,3 -236446,that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten,2 -111364,Your 20th outing,2 -60254,will probably make you angry,1 -125632,know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',2 -111088,When you resurrect a dead man , Hard Copy should come a-knocking , no,2 -121624,hard-eyed gangster,2 -43695,, silver-haired and leonine,2 -133672,surfing movies,2 -66371,In painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .,3 -226546,The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting,3 -42358,memory , a celebration of living , and,4 -115406,barking-mad,2 -99921,when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format,2 -198143,ever could be,2 -207396,of Bible parables and not an actual story,1 -175624,though I like the creepy ideas,3 -20032,at one,2 -3734,a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of,2 -119015,emphasis,3 -184558,I 'll go out on a limb .,3 -136719,theory,2 -233996,much a movie,2 -128910,of some trims,2 -59627,unadulterated thrills,3 -108585,Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity,3 -176486,to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,2 -23250,( Villeneuve ) seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death .,3 -48870,an above-average cast,3 -139956,will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .,3 -215934,the worst movies,1 -206636,movies , television and,2 -143862,Arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie .,1 -152372,a ruthless army,2 -232747,is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking,3 -203730,it 's a sad , sick sight,1 -76,, in their own idiosyncratic way ,,2 -207823,of its own quirky hipness,2 -171779,spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead,1 -164180,its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings,3 -8680,many a hollywood romance,2 -134718,the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker,2 -121438,grit and vulnerability,2 -100709,without being shrill,3 -34090,like a photo of yourself you did n't know,2 -210549,ridicule movies,2 -40118,will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes,3 -60225,will feel someday,2 -41939,finds humor,3 -84592,is scary .,2 -22689,vex,2 -21628,once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .,1 -53917,its elegantly colorful look,3 -179310,'' Not really as bad as you might think ! '',3 -6797,gives a human face,2 -28227,almost redundant to say so,1 -150239,This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever ,,1 -120865,funny and beautifully,2 -218616,waif,2 -75520,being blown,2 -73925,an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject,2 -78021,deserved,2 -106809,It 's a good film , but,2 -237723,to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering,2 -85182,its New England characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial,1 -77506,crashing,2 -137271,timid,1 -224498,Just like a splendid meal,4 -204041,it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .,0 -83048,in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music,2 -92791,slapstick comedy,2 -9554,outrageous tendencies,1 -79760,feel realistic,3 -94128,take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context,2 -131310,remains vividly in memory long,3 -97114,their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in,2 -110750,Trek II,2 -109967,The most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film,2 -187326,Skip this turd,0 -159848,funny bits surfacing every once in a while,1 -112022,a glorified sitcom,1 -236676,the Yankee,2 -222032,A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation,0 -60231,will find the new scenes interesting,3 -58024,the artistic instinct,2 -40746,All the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit,4 -38473,the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar,1 -137707,to lift the spirits of the whole family,4 -163176,is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .,1 -54266,like this,2 -68825,Sleepless in Seattle,2 -134529,that real natural , even-flowing tone,3 -13746,: Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human .,3 -57837,that makes most American love stories look downright unfree,2 -186711,Plays like a series of vignettes --,2 -184452,Hollywood action film,2 -136492,the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison,2 -70375,Thought-provoking,3 -15731,familiar story,2 -126158,liked it just enough,3 -151805,a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .,3 -166694,never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .,1 -135584,the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes,3 -34767,my spirit,2 -199986,glamorous machine,3 -179694,'s definite room for improvement,1 -131868,scuzzy underbelly,1 -192909,any movies of particular value or merit,2 -54828,more of the season than the picture,2 -94323,terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it,0 -84876,it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless,3 -72539,a straight face,3 -66424,Inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .,3 -188403,The movie 's vision of a white American zealously spreading a Puritanical brand of Christianity to South Seas islanders,2 -71357,a catalyst,2 -154027,artifact,2 -176110,to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse,2 -160506,hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,0 -114822,as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at,3 -112261,a lousy way,2 -205284,loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .,3 -168568,overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place,1 -60003,weirdly beautiful place,3 -211361,shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable,0 -67207,Lieutenant 's,2 -85692,know something terrible is going to happen . But when it does , you 're entirely unprepared .,2 -193398,as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice,1 -213329,terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony,1 -3449,( total recall and blade runner,2 -91451,remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre,4 -45367,Gere and Diane Lane,2 -83955,is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .,3 -45600,IMAX camera,2 -19025,Jirí Hubac 's script,2 -226363,The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time,3 -235085,protecting her cub ,,2 -6491,filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but,4 -223668,His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .,2 -229692,can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed,0 -189862,Wraps itself,2 -134195,that George Lucas can only dream of,3 -227203,Without September 11 , Collateral Damage would have been just another bad movie .,1 -110576,Thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .,1 -142375,, one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else .,1 -73751,an engrossing story,3 -76091,but strangely believable,3 -141337,'s genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . ),3 -68144,Paulette,2 -46604,Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve,3 -163671,it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .,1 -81745,has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency,1 -195006,bungle,2 -2613,the guilty pleasure b-movie,3 -85738,laid,2 -203556,is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype,1 -11048,that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance .,2 -1343,intrinsically funny,3 -67112,Lan Yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie,2 -132715,so convincingly,3 -149875,The story is naturally poignant ,,3 -91457,remarkably assured,3 -70316,This sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama,4 -83677,irrigates our souls .,2 -157289,depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters,1 -139473,well-acted and thought-provoking,4 -81250,good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again,3 -121615,hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon ),1 -134852,the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device,2 -146977,K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic,1 -182119,A worthy idea,3 -146089,I laughed out loud once .,1 -201052,here in Wisegirls,2 -56649,romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks,0 -229296,been done before but never so vividly,3 -79473,explore same-sex culture,2 -80295,for its sheer audacity and openness,3 -115200,at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic,2 -169781,really ripe for a warmed-over James Bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone,1 -131481,retread action twaddle,1 -109784,The film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard .,3 -104751,Billy Ray and Terry George,2 -169692,raw insight,2 -125720,laid back,3 -65804,Gondry 's,2 -165480,major mistakes,0 -228656,and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J. Wilson,2 -146257,Illiterate,0 -33328,is at once clueless and fiercely committed,2 -172040,stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .,1 -21258,loves to eat , then Mostly Martha,2 -20045,authentic,3 -6938,handled correctly , wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . here ,,3 -227795,a brief era of insanity,1 -236504,that not only,2 -77842,defeated,2 -159796,full montied,2 -140683,you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick,2 -29355,avoids,2 -183696,Ensemble movies , like soap operas , depend on empathy . If there ai n't none , you have a problem .,2 -62427,, with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .,3 -59837,veritable,3 -101933,'s such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it,1 -164887,like a bad idea from frame one,0 -222373,And that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by Brendan Fraser .,2 -140523,would be foreign in American teen comedies,2 -179786,'s hilarious,4 -69291,The Full Monty,2 -179423,'re an Elvis person,2 -79117,entertaining them,2 -3158,whole,2 -137374,to an equally impressive degree,2 -174920,the trail,2 -232646,is not a movie about fetishism .,2 -61856,, deeply absorbing piece,3 -55922,palpable,3 -173424,the Stepford Wives mentality,2 -100891,worth revisiting,3 -6964,hardly enough,1 -66364,In its understanding , often funny way,4 -130105,pent,2 -214352,the contours of expectation,2 -95458,the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft,2 -224428,J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl .,3 -212132,some of it is honestly affecting,3 -115275,average action film,2 -95036,the Home Alone formula,3 -162462,introducing an intriguing and alluring premise ,,4 -5238,both a successful adaptation,3 -95551,the entire period of history,2 -134684,the CleanFlicks version,2 -227659,`` crazy '',1 -227976,a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit,2 -145308,Feels familiar and tired,1 -87381,most ardent,3 -75541,believable as people,2 -190608,a forcefully quirky tone,2 -6120,earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .,1 -155733,by characters but,2 -42029,grasped its essence,3 -21972,singles out any of these performances as award-worthy,4 -74817,as tired as its protagonist,1 -214564,the film 's circular structure,2 -96237,the multi-layers of its characters,3 -204523,keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong,1 -5612,clunky,1 -126364,loose collection,2 -149132,The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .,1 -223616,He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .,4 -6679,fright and,2 -220104,would n't work without all those gimmicks,2 -129307,ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables,3 -159611,found myself finally,2 -169977,render,2 -227583,`` Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc. '',2 -120126,finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs,2 -172558,tall wooden kid,2 -59114,throws you,2 -111940,a former film editor,2 -147460,Mississippi,2 -161567,if durable,2 -138342,trifecta,2 -502,as their natural instinct for self-preservation,3 -26004,Looking,2 -149308,The disjointed mess,1 -62582,... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit,3 -117415,conflicted gay coming-of-age tale .,2 -135262,the feelings evoked in the film,2 -124601,is that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion,3 -171380,snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move,1 -163164,is not nearly up,1 -235100,provides a strong itch to explore more .,3 -187877,The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .,0 -143586,All 's well that ends well,3 -153591,and stalk 'n',2 -75464,been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran,3 -168008,old mystery,2 -137536,to do with 94 minutes .,2 -210952,scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm,3 -61593,, Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .,3 -81672,has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again,1 -431,appears to have settled comfortably into her skin,3 -101778,'s no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again .,3 -38928,this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .,4 -138691,unguarded,2 -31390,expressive,3 -115371,banality and,2 -84525,is our story as much as it is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale .,3 -167474,of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy,3 -85682,know I should n't have laughed,2 -197617,dumbed-down tactics,1 -165120,little wit ,,2 -119550,exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small,1 -96903,the traffic jam,2 -155158,better than Pokemon 4Ever,3 -129103,of the psychopathic mind,2 -219520,will indeed,2 -137036,this romantic comedy,3 -178647,with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity,3 -44806,Burns ' visuals ,,2 -171467,so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them,1 -22013,solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be,4 -137452,to be when it grows up,2 -184801,If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution,1 -85983,life-embracing,3 -149030,Taymor 's,2 -167196,of God,2 -24240,: He makes language sexy .,3 -170237,run through dark tunnels ,,2 -92451,share their enthusiasm,3 -93690,stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying ,,4 -57104,so in control of both his medium and his message,4 -18822,De,2 -229968,conversation starter,3 -156581,comic potential,3 -55738,on hand,2 -137836,to see three splendid actors,3 -163253,is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't,2 -64991,Delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity .,3 -95556,the essayist at work,2 -166029,mismatched buddies,1 -38812,their girlfriends,2 -91079,rap wars,2 -83986,is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences .,3 -113833,ample opportunity,2 -200966,heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach,2 -160889,have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler,1 -14168,It 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .,4 -47008,The emotions,2 -236835,the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,3 -142435,, so little to offer,1 -207499,of ` let 's get this thing over with,0 -154396,at several key junctures,2 -199469,framing,2 -512,at all,2 -35492,of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago,3 -234749,one side,2 -232035,in the history of the Academy,2 -203503,is tepid and tedious .,1 -2183,sad ,,1 -31136,enough interesting characters to fill several movies,4 -141393,'s just not scary,2 -41344,This version 's no classic like its predecessor , but,1 -41617,balance sweetness,3 -220724,'s a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic .,1 -26747,The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller,3 -175926,to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored,1 -26451,Reno 's,2 -167826,of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug,1 -103534,A domestic melodrama,3 -65411,Everything about The Quiet American is good , except its timing .,3 -49419,attempt to filter out the complexity,2 -217035,to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,2 -73308,after this film has ended,2 -181188,-- and not in a good way,1 -18719,Behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one,3 -33326,is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter,4 -215118,the movie around them,2 -12494,too impressed with its own solemn insights,2 -69316,The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .,3 -35411,of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience .,3 -108413,Plodding ,,1 -144127,Besson 's perspective as a storyteller,2 -122730,if they were coming back from Stock Character camp,2 -62310,, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .,2 -131965,seem heroic deserves a look .,3 -188042,The concept is a hoot .,3 -18449,, percolating magic,3 -225295,On its own , it 's not very interesting .,1 -99800,well-constructed,3 -177984,what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption,2 -111525,a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ),0 -197412,doltish and,1 -108506,Pure of intention and passably diverting,2 -212694,strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes,3 -20731,has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic .,2 -12610,two-lane,2 -131309,remains vividly in memory,3 -10366,sentimental,3 -214665,the first computer-generated feature cartoon,2 -142432,, sketchiest movie,1 -119169,enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins,3 -174170,the kind of film,2 -185472,Jia 's moody ,,2 -83632,introverted young,2 -220849,'s indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest,1 -206214,miracle of miracles , the movie,3 -23369,, amusing , laugh-filled little gem,4 -66702,It does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek .,1 -51320,espectador,2 -41676,buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling,2 -94382,than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,3 -47280,The vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful .,2 -60043,were made to share the silver screen .,3 -178877,would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,1 -74325,are especially fine,3 -21982,slapstick antics,3 -2394,start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi,2 -2422,such,2 -106417,I am baffled by Jason X,2 -176358,to retain their lunch,2 -115096,ask for a raise,3 -100859,works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .,4 -65428,Expect,2 -118023,delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted,1 -71738,a good man,2 -16484,long way,2 -136858,thinly sketched,2 -18931,Hogwarts,2 -199712,futuristic sets,3 -80426,forcefully enough,2 -42104,ignored in contemporary American film,2 -182475,Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid,1 -168602,paced with crisp professionalism,2 -224031,In some ways , Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood .,2 -36269,questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull,3 -152009,a low-budget hybrid of Scarface,1 -37838,that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies,4 -135716,the midway point,2 -199128,for Bartleby 's pain,2 -101905,'s sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon,2 -168460,outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs,1 -230017,covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S.,4 -60840,'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,3 -45099,Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated,3 -183575,Donovan ... squanders his main asset ,,1 -6100,due,2 -154075,as a diary or documentary,2 -14555,Together,2 -127883,never gets off the ground .,0 -146325,Indifferently implausible,1 -228676,annoying demeanour,0 -82250,his family,2 -148506,Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution .,1 -128226,obvious determination to shock at any cost,1 -70929,White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark ,,0 -155491,bring anything new,3 -112835,a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth,3 -175350,this clever idea,3 -50951,does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time,4 -171801,spiritual desolation,2 -202813,is certainly a serviceable melodrama,3 -15003,and always seemed static,2 -139258,was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public .,2 -112333,a moratorium ,,2 -56606,rich tale,3 -55671,off-beat project,2 -192193,all that good .,3 -238971,work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence,2 -181572,A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film,1 -22294,the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live,2 -214488,the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,2 -8232,just a suspension of disbelief,2 -40432,you can hate yourself later .,1 -93431,star performance,4 -63252,A pleasing , often-funny comedy .,3 -73531,also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue,4 -74998,at the start and finish,2 -107381,Lane 's,2 -40360,worth following,3 -125956,lies considerable skill and determination , backed by sheer nerve,3 -59430,told fairly well and,3 -191673,aborted attempts,1 -145224,Excellent acting and direction .,4 -83340,infuses it,3 -210907,science fiction ',2 -53705,is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like . The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful,3 -151050,Worst,1 -234857,pack your knitting needles .,0 -28840,and the choking sense of hollow despair,1 -189933,You expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune ) than this cliche pileup .,0 -93623,stripe,2 -107592,Maggio,2 -143387,A technical triumph,2 -24753,Auschwitz,1 -237951,to show up at theatres for it,2 -179150,you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .,1 -206566,motivated by nothing,1 -212348,spirals downward ,,1 -208930,overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle . ',2 -161179,high school production,1 -196774,depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable,0 -47918,a culture in conflict,2 -69239,The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement . And,4 -123112,in tear-drenched quicksand,2 -65743,Gently humorous and touching .,3 -230953,for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything,0 -66499,It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture,4 -48324,a refreshingly forthright one,4 -40090,wickedly satisfying,4 -142674,, you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,1 -8958,must shoot it in the head,0 -105113,Circuit queens wo n't learn a thing , they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .,2 -218901,way off,1 -47232,The real charm,3 -114091,an interesting exercise,3 -200992,heavy sentiment,2 -39637,unimpeachable core,2 -219817,with the Beat he hears in his soul,2 -137746,to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,2 -44563,Arliss Howard,2 -193359,as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people,3 -17820,to outshine the original,4 -231672,helped give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` The Sum of All Fears,0 -188776,The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese . But,3 -181456,88-minute infomercial,1 -17530,the eye , the heart , the mind,2 -225513,Price horror classics,3 -52399,has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .,4 -13028,while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2,1 -232088,indescribably bad,0 -136948,this girl deserves a sequel,3 -163471,is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy,1 -37487,superstitious curse,1 -46191,Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity,3 -96401,the pitch,2 -33346,is by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable,4 -18023,what spectacular sizzle it is ! ... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .,4 -120363,for a more immediate mystery in the present,2 -186042,Max is static , stilted .,1 -156144,character , siuation or joke,2 -130797,pulled a muscle or two,2 -231377,happens to John Q ?,2 -179015,yawn-provoking,1 -131528,rich and luscious,3 -58218,the digressions,2 -82985,in its own simplicity,3 -40904,Fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots,2 -158248,ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles,1 -107493,Lilo & Stitch had in,2 -146512,It 's inoffensive,3 -35388,of rhythm,2 -55686,offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .,3 -103353,88-minute highlight reel,1 -217369,to squeeze a few laughs out of the material,1 -193029,are about a half dozen young Turks,2 -63372,A slam-bang extravaganza that,4 -205722,makes no difference in the least,1 -145244,Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction,0 -48356,a satisfying summer blockbuster and,3 -233712,making becalmed,2 -51307,equally hard,2 -107174,Jeff 's,2 -185439,Janine,2 -107000,It falls far short,0 -109834,The film sometimes flags ...,2 -88232,of Longest Yard ... and the 1999 Guy Ritchie,2 -92166,seems to enjoy its own transparency,3 -181019,, the script gives him little to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .,1 -106588,If it 's unnerving suspense you 're after --,2 -226599,There is no pleasure in watching a child suffer .,0 -137268,timeless spectacle,4 -8853,more casual,2 -51507,family fun,3 -131460,retaining,2 -128342,of Jonathan Swift,2 -99107,unrelieved,2 -127915,new , self-deprecating level,2 -75804,book films,2 -67898,Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .,4 -162608,is a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .,2 -180181,( Murder by Numbers ),2 -184416,High drama , Disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky,3 -99408,viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale,3 -183416,Did we really need a remake of '' Charade,1 -37009,skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .,2 -84554,is pretty cute,3 -17259,some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game,4 -61210,'s plenty to impress about E . T .,2 -170740,seriously dumb characters,0 -108747,Sand and Musset are worth particular attention,3 -156660,computer program,2 -185784,Like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .,0 -55306,of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller,3 -50817,did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting,3 -228438,all of this , and more,3 -117872,darkest variety,2 -70242,This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable,3 -47877,a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties,4 -73955,an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people,1 -16824,on '' the other,2 -84262,is gratefully received,3 -180683,, ill-constructed and fatally overlong,1 -147721,No number,2 -164469,know how to do,2 -105148,Cloaks,2 -209813,proper home,3 -127724,myriad signs,2 -236522,that provide its thrills and extreme emotions,3 -5419,can never be seen,2 -22324,the ones that vex nearly everyone,2 -25628,I enjoyed it enough to recommend .,3 -121499,gut-busting laughs,2 -82828,in Pauline & Paulette,2 -56749,scratching,2 -106485,I just saw this movie,2 -80323,for political correctness,2 -32887,in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual,3 -102727,, most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an American director in years .,4 -196513,cultural messages,2 -217059,to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ),2 -54425,low,2 -28654,and how they are expressed through our homes,2 -83335,infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent,3 -214186,the best Irish sense,3 -130480,post-war art world,3 -8604,magnificent,4 -68699,Seldahl and Wollter,2 -81812,has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television,2 -84882,it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered,3 -208323,often enough to keep men,2 -87603,much of Jonah simply , and gratefully ,,3 -109662,The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .,1 -188745,The title , alone , should scare any sane person away .,0 -75385,because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering,2 -191585,a vat of ice cream,2 -209224,personal horrors,2 -218116,under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name,0 -160319,gravy,2 -117017,clashing mother\/daughter relationship,2 -78154,dinner,2 -20000,as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda,2 -69321,The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , but,1 -113701,allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another,1 -97524,this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel,2 -226602,There may have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day , '',1 -106616,If you 're in the right B-movie frame of mind,2 -152366,a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta,1 -162885,is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space,2 -180623,, especially with the weak payoff,1 -98447,to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary,1 -101676,'s easy to love Robin Tunney,3 -1282,in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story ,,2 -238380,wanes .,1 -104274,An elegant work , Food of Love,4 -178404,will stomp away in disgust .,0 -216178,these actors , as well as,2 -175528,this remake makes it look like a masterpiece,2 -45485,Herzog 's works,2 -187985,The biggest problem with Satin Rouge,2 -5722,contemporary southern adolescence,3 -228265,ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity,4 -161998,in the dramatic potential of this true story,2 -65753,George Ratliff 's documentary , Hell House,2 -61916,, funny and touching,4 -105997,Glass 's,2 -184311,Harris 's strong effort,3 -222319,An uncluttered , resonant gem,4 -10012,ravel 's,2 -204369,itself --,2 -113500,against 21st century reality so hard,2 -22990,'em like that anymore,3 -215270,the original New Testament stories,2 -217101,to his first name,2 -196777,depressed about anything before watching this film,1 -44082,A full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution,4 -211274,serves as auto-critique ,,2 -165738,may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider .,1 -107461,Like all great films about a life you never knew existed,2 -109509,The War of the Roses , ',3 -55185,ode to bad behavior .,1 -172510,takes talent,2 -190745,a heavy stench of ` been there , done,1 -107817,Most of the problems with the film,1 -87110,might turn on many people to opera , in general,3 -104341,An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .,1 -62201,, self-assured,3 -68793,Sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best I remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema .,4 -226134,The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents ' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing,2 -107160,Japan 's wildest,2 -10162,ridiculous and money-oriented,0 -176034,to celebratory to soppy,1 -215747,the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh,2 -100560,with more emotional force than any other recent film,4 -232974,it 's so not-at-all-good,0 -42924,tries to balance sweetness with coarseness ,,3 -138091,too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but,2 -140772,you leave the theater,2 -150787,West Side Story,2 -23216,( Broomfield ) uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue .,4 -39491,turfs,2 -7528,inferior,0 -178121,where this is going,2 -92538,shorter,2 -158166,embarrassingly ham-fisted,1 -116609,can no longer pay its bills,2 -235189,rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge,1 -71884,a light , yet engrossing piece . Lux , now in her eighties,3 -139248,was inspired,3 -221464,, maybe it is,2 -31436,fail,1 -8192,jennifer,2 -227647,`` XXX '' crowd,2 -150716,Waste of Time .,1 -168927,played-out,1 -201957,in rhetoric and cliché,1 -155118,benefitted the dialogue,3 -168563,overstuffed compendium,1 -159161,finding-herself,2 -114327,animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia,2 -186561,One of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I,0 -134518,that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy,1 -219711,with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction,2 -160446,had more faith,2 -31190,equal,2 -199404,forces them,2 -235769,since `` Saving Private Ryan '',2 -194385,been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek ),1 -215207,the nifty premise,3 -107450,Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive ,,3 -223415,Formuliac , but fun .,3 -28514,and artful,3 -7950,it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters,3 -139287,watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards,4 -50001,can be made,3 -112370,a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .,1 -134967,the cartoon in Japan,2 -224773,Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic .,0 -120811,full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them,0 -157040,cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy,1 -142349,, moody male hustler,2 -103675,A light ,,2 -183141,Coarse , cliched and clunky,0 -39824,walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness,2 -184360,He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery,1 -210161,real narrative logic,3 -50813,devotees of French cinema,2 -177764,way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material,1 -105625,Ends up offering nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone flick,1 -220300,you love it,3 -209367,playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie,2 -164227,join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks,3 -228311,about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl,4 -100768,won --,3 -63498,A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait,3 -5573,clara,2 -108421,Plunges,2 -57870,that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday,3 -88570,of faith in the future,3 -141063,'re too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous .,1 -194256,because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him,1 -4490,all over the map thematically and stylistically,2 -180513,, and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending,1 -154412,at the prospect of Beck 's next project .,2 -123712,is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring Kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity,2 -163346,is so graphically excessive,1 -41244,The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be,4 -10587,softly,2 -102903,, the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .,0 -143384,A synthesis of cliches and absurdities,1 -73267,aerial shots,2 -10862,surreal,2 -157236,deli sandwich,2 -87125,millennial,2 -51937,from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner,3 -151589,a decent glimpse into a time period ,,3 -132152,servicable World War II,2 -112518,a pretentious and,1 -143114,A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible ,,1 -175453,this latest entry,2 -29277,at her,2 -66789,It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently,3 -99790,well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess,2 -149354,The experience of going to a film festival,2 -149879,The story the movie tells,2 -193394,as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke,2 -167940,offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted,2 -116118,botching,1 -50072,cast members,2 -58562,the parents and,2 -161927,in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,1 -10750,stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed,0 -1291,in the car , bitch ,,0 -200945,he or anyone else,1 -195752,clearly means to,2 -36486,remarkably varying human population and mindset,2 -173767,the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer,1 -214995,the majority of action comedies,2 -173070,that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered,2 -104478,As averse as I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies,2 -10922,szpilman,2 -209302,pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash,1 -134797,the achingly unfunny Phonce and,2 -106918,It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level,1 -93011,soap-opera emotion,1 -100849,works even,2 -8799,mirthless todd solondzian,1 -111052,What starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .,1 -222099,A thoroughly awful movie,0 -135596,the kibosh,2 -99438,violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- '' Cherish '' certainly is n't dull,3 -84980,it an above-average thriller,3 -4110,a slippery self-promoter,2 -97914,to be delightfully compatible here,3 -13141,with laughs,3 -174923,the trash,1 -151633,a documentary -- just,3 -83712,is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers,2 -138162,too upbeat,2 -87332,more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing,1 -208318,offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else,1 -82671,ilk,2 -64174,Audiard 's,2 -158333,entertaining elements,3 -135361,the film revels,2 -214803,the hothouse emotions of teendom,2 -88558,of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout,2 -2933,to let slide,2 -88714,of joyful solo performance,4 -37747,that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat,3 -133084,speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short,2 -145390,Flotsam in the sea of moviemaking,2 -146014,I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent ,,1 -149677,The only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare .,0 -152379,a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid,1 -83258,increase,2 -31341,exciting and satisfying,4 -22383,the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully,2 -200134,good-looking but ultimately pointless,1 -96150,the monsters we make , and the vengeance they,2 -231406,has all the earmarks of a sequel .,2 -28177,airtime,2 -170038,resembles a bad high school production of Grease , without benefit of song .,1 -2662,the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey,2 -22253,the crew,2 -102925,, there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .,4 -174686,the same old formula,2 -208114,of the movies,2 -68559,Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles,1 -93436,star-studded,3 -153664,any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .,0 -168442,out of character and logically porous action set,1 -192571,an hour-and-a-half-long commercial,0 -103492,A comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .,4 -158865,far too clunky , didactic,1 -207560,of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ),2 -67678,Mr . Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival .,3 -58678,the science-fiction trimmings,2 -218599,von Trier,2 -3544,` jason x ',2 -68281,Proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie .,2 -45667,Indiana Jones around the globe,3 -238590,what happened in 1915 Armenia,2 -214507,the epic treatment,2 -152182,a normal ol' slasher plot,2 -2719,the sleeper movie,3 -110567,This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful -,0 -163651,it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie,1 -107520,Looney Tunes,2 -185809,Lillard and Cardellini earn their Scooby Snacks , but not anyone else,2 -28100,action\/effects on the spectacular scale,4 -172166,stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks,1 -175441,this is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows,1 -39594,underlying,2 -150962,William Shatner,2 -203009,is instead about as fresh,2 -128687,of hands-on storytelling,2 -203295,is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .,1 -23629,, first by passion,3 -7627,inventive,3 -11498,the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing,1 -70534,Una película oscura , precisa,2 -53249,is Oscar-worthy,4 -188606,The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action , but,2 -22435,this film is not in the least surprising,1 -153126,all the excitement of eating oatmeal,1 -118186,dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted,1 -138265,transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange,3 -63087,A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers,3 -29047,are just interesting enough to make a sinner,3 -125188,its capacity,2 -96264,the novel 's,2 -73360,aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness,3 -103771,A perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently,3 -143489,Accuracy and realism,3 -175158,there 's bad screenwriting,0 -54685,may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert .,1 -210237,recent movies,2 -210772,sappy , preachy one,1 -184991,Ismail,2 -61647,, Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life,2 -163908,it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere,1 -8961,my only,2 -84230,is funny and,3 -152957,adjectives,2 -135489,the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him,3 -206051,mere plot pawn,1 -178705,within the confines of her structure and staging,2 -162088,in which our purported heroine pathologically,2 -82620,if it does take 3 hours to get through,2 -225908,Sorry , Charlie,1 -84028,is anything but languorous,3 -166703,new '' in its title,2 -144388,Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon,1 -904,enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking,1 -67436,Martin 's,2 -18547,... is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an Ikea world .,2 -48188,a massive infusion,1 -142519,, the picture making becalmed .,2 -86638,makes it a failure as straight drama,0 -95127,the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience,3 -225176,Nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .,0 -225093,Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel :,4 -185741,Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is .,0 -122858,in Miami,2 -13980,Double,2 -153827,are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent,4 -2831,they were high,2 -175336,this Southern Gothic drama,2 -118255,dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .,1 -69616,The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history,4 -78424,does its best,3 -68242,Poignant and moving , A Walk to Remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .,4 -228860,are up there .,3 -88150,of : spirit , perception , conviction,2 -84904,it 's hard to stop watching,4 -151415,a bright sheen .,3 -84999,it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .,3 -125449,jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette,4 -177199,unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical,0 -28612,and force,2 -80682,from underneath us,2 -92432,shaking your head,1 -147893,On top of a foundering performance,1 -161692,important documentary,3 -146899,John Leguizamo,2 -14945,always surprising,3 -75973,brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,3 -76260,ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout,2 -79013,engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic,4 -79430,executed,2 -61747,, and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings,3 -49932,by Monday,2 -73644,an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood,4 -215185,the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy,1 -70907,While the now 72-year-old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke,2 -81449,guilty pleasure,2 -138032,to you .,3 -188630,The script 's judgment and sense,2 -80954,get our moral hackles,1 -225562,R. Nebrida,2 -150110,There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction , and,2 -207062,no more racist portraits of Indians ,,2 -219514,will have an intermittently good time . Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .,3 -224674,Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '',2 -229923,comes to truncheoning,2 -137119,those living,2 -189395,Very stupid and annoying .,0 -20214,by the imagination,2 -13522,, and admirable for what it does n't do,2 -152639,a universally interesting soul,3 -139987,wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching,2 -235296,relatively nothing,1 -86517,maintains suspense on different levels,3 -231292,grab the old lady,2 -79234,even as he creates,2 -125409,its utterly misplaced earnestness,1 -190959,a missing bike,2 -57049,slick and sprightly CGI feature,3 -134824,the anthropomorphic animal characters,2 -189250,Tornatore was right to cut,2 -59640,und,2 -233129,its body humour and reinforcement,3 -70639,Visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction .,3 -109031,Soderbergh 's concentration,2 -48440,a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse,3 -101679,'s enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins,3 -91303,recommend it for its originality,3 -151900,a home movie,1 -88858,of riveting set pieces,3 -30385,continued good chemistry,3 -126752,manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .,4 -94153,takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers,3 -40560,'s also so jarring,2 -35806,otherwise intense,3 -190747,a hell,1 -60364,with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends,2 -119060,endless scenic shots,2 -72294,a ringside seat,2 -143803,And forget about any attempt at a plot !,1 -91270,recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .,3 -56660,rowdy slapstick,3 -160069,ghoulish as the first and trains not as,2 -50206,classify,2 -8221,juice and delight,3 -109396,The 3-D vistas,2 -81320,grade boy delving,2 -179549,'s a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex,1 -86790,many people,2 -203345,is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .,1 -82772,impressive results,4 -151601,a desperate miscalculation,1 -63459,A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement by director,3 -22306,the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries,0 -20387,disappointed,1 -87142,mini DV,2 -84709,is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .,4 -164270,jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller,1 -16748,of humanity,2 -70962,Willie would have loved it,3 -229822,cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.,1 -227173,Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story,2 -72700,a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history,2 -119253,equate,2 -85091,it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .,4 -13548,, but Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .,0 -234489,of real magic , perhaps,2 -111933,a flick as its subject,2 -78147,digital glitz,2 -147403,Me , I did n't care for it,1 -224812,Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing,3 -78364,do n't seem ever to run out of ideas,3 -116074,boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery .,3 -178057,when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich,1 -86512,maintained,3 -40506,your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best,2 -70861,Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of America 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .,2 -75738,bled the raw film stock,2 -113312,acted but,2 -229827,city beginnings,2 -142125,, colorful characters,3 -123806,is a poster boy for the geek generation,3 -168760,pedestrian , flat drama,0 -193933,bad action-movie line,1 -84391,is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film,3 -196236,cool , composed delivery,3 -225517,Proof once again,2 -78129,different , unusual , even nutty,3 -43068,'' Birthday Girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .,3 -16972,plus one sheep dog -RRB-,2 -162018,in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story,2 -154870,because for every thing it does right there,2 -170936,should be enjoying this .,1 -149937,The title Trapped turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller .,1 -115111,assassin 's,2 -206380,more enjoyable than its predecessor,3 -64401,Bloody Sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made .,4 -219818,with the audience,2 -123958,is by far the worst movie of the year,1 -48452,a trip,3 -173986,the five friends,2 -148338,Rorschach,2 -210811,saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to,1 -219344,who have never picked a lock,2 -137329,to a Sunshine State,3 -163666,it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .,0 -23983,, whether you 're a fan of the books or not,2 -93217,sort of amazing,3 -5575,clara and paul,2 -233116,it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head,1 -204328,its soundtrack,2 -66959,Judith,2 -110873,Veterans of the dating wars,2 -198285,excitement in manufactured high drama,1 -37618,tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds,3 -35343,of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee,3 -14629,Willams ' best screen,3 -86319,loses its ability to shock and amaze .,1 -125263,its heart ,,3 -15895,goggles,2 -179200,your DVD player will do it for you,2 -104754,Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents,3 -195359,can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid,2 -106835,It 's an effort to watch this movie,1 -172901,that Kapur tries to bring to The Four Feathers,2 -233936,more pleasurable,3 -184522,How much you are moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship,2 -41265,The film is all a little Lit Crit 101 ,,2 -87310,more questions than answers,2 -85919,less dramatic but equally incisive,2 -100308,will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director,4 -119654,faint,2 -214965,the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision,2 -224986,Mr. Spielberg and,2 -126842,match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer,3 -47014,The extent,2 -61287,'s surprisingly decent,3 -5375,by tech-geeks,2 -106680,In Death to Smoochy , we do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing .,3 -237573,this simple , sweet and romantic comedy,3 -108820,Scratch '',2 -109030,So unique and stubborn and charismatic that you want it to be better and more successful than it is .,2 -13762,A cop story that understands the medium amazingly well .,3 -37731,that 's all too suspiciously smooth,2 -232632,is no real reason to see it,0 -219230,whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain,2 -64444,Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable,3 -206762,my greatest pictures ,,4 -215529,the same easy targets,1 -156773,contend with craziness and child-rearing,2 -174102,the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version,3 -161218,his , if you will ,,2 -147011,Kevin Spacey,2 -136391,the telling of a story largely untold,2 -1570,lamer,1 -234170,nor a cliché left unsaid,0 -4682,an ugly knot tightening,1 -168298,only really,2 -19992,as good -- and bad --,2 -181504,A Movie to Forget,1 -77484,crack a smile,3 -34231,love and jealousy and sacrifice,2 -234548,of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light,3 -123904,is an accomplished actress,3 -236309,than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,2 -173999,the freeway,2 -65710,Future,2 -19057,Longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days .,3 -177940,what 's been cobbled together onscreen,2 -97148,their predicament,2 -55982,perfectly acceptable,3 -26686,Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life .,3 -6195,enabling,2 -168378,originality and,2 -152207,a pedestrian , flat drama,1 -123074,in pretty much the same way,2 -112491,a positive ( if tragic ) note,3 -209424,plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film,1 -63897,An extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking,4 -204174,its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows,2 -119579,expressiveness,2 -111243,Woody Allen has really found his groove these days . The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .,0 -117210,comedy , direction and especially charm,2 -11087,that it all seems to be happening for the first time,2 -122379,his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses,4 -79886,film grows on you . And how .,3 -185451,Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects,2 -19339,The tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable .,3 -56053,playful spark,3 -39203,to have one helluva time at the movies,3 -116849,characters and motivations,2 -19062,Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm,1 -37639,teasing,1 -97181,thematic material,2 -26778,The continued good chemistry between Carmen and Juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .,3 -178275,whom here ?,2 -120164,first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation,1 -176328,to qualify as ` worse than expected,0 -124033,is explosive,3 -83873,is a skateboard film as social anthropology,2 -111976,a funny person,2 -37484,superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,3 -135293,the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties,1 -107380,Landau,2 -215318,the payoff for the audience ,,2 -63126,A keep - 'em,2 -191316,a severe case of Hollywood-itis,1 -42591,seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma ,,3 -119877,feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,3 -135655,the limits of what a film can be,2 -42417,offers plenty,2 -47211,The piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses .,3 -131068,real point,2 -145986,I .,2 -234021,muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible,0 -1866,nothing funny,1 -50233,college,3 -54869,most contemporary statesmen,2 -203010,is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of Variety,1 -18922,Hey , who else needs a shower ?,1 -156067,carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story . '',2 -17952,uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all,3 -12704,unwatchable,0 -103270,168-minute,2 -198154,ever were .,2 -198908,find it uninteresting,0 -83211,in university computer science departments for years,2 -234391,of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold,2 -209291,pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything ,,3 -68665,Seattle,2 -63148,A lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family,3 -8759,memories and,2 -97370,this colorful bio-pic,3 -149743,The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset .,1 -236972,the heart accomodates practical,2 -234102,new `` Conan,2 -148580,Shyamalan movie,2 -215857,the visual flair and bouncing bravado,3 -55495,of rowdy slapstick,2 -177453,very slow,1 -195135,by all too clever complexity,2 -37741,that 's what makes it irresistible,4 -39628,unforgettably uncertain days,2 -179042,you 'd expect .,2 -106424,I ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary,1 -78996,engaging and unpredictable character pieces,3 -150812,What John does,2 -98009,to describe it,2 -57372,stopped,2 -168113,on the belief,2 -39334,to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice,3 -84753,is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .,4 -195383,can inspire a few kids not to grow up to be greedy,3 -34374,many urban dwellers,2 -13436,'s a great deal of sizzle and very little steak,1 -43327,'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority .,3 -129571,one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface,2 -214742,the grayish quality,2 -84590,is saved from,2 -98330,to swallow,2 -52966,in perversity,2 -85551,just as endearing and easy to watch,3 -167397,of cheese,2 -62629,112-minute length,2 -142638,, why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?,1 -56196,princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after,2 -17935,unlike Quills,2 -234717,one experiences Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience,1 -94334,terrific job,3 -152381,a saving dark humor or,2 -161930,in nearly every scene,1 -176276,to marry Ben Affleck,2 -215087,the most random,2 -39610,unelected,1 -113938,an alternate version,2 -177100,unconvincing and,1 -220684,'s a dull girl , that 's all .,1 -188741,The three leads produce adequate performances ,,3 -95467,the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop,3 -100002,which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man,3 -136392,the terrorist attacks,2 -8258,just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar,1 -216398,this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture,1 -179849,'s more or less how it plays out,2 -144438,Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else,0 -30387,contrived and outlandish,1 -201839,in by The Full Monty,2 -31395,exquisitely polished and upholstered,3 -213102,take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters .,1 -60378,with sharp ears and eyes,3 -53345,is a treasure in and of itself,4 -57473,such a buoyant , expressive flow of images,3 -173666,the contemporary post-colonialist consciousness,2 -97789,tiniest details,2 -143977,Austin and Dr Evil,2 -220651,'s Black Hawk Down with more heart .,3 -181922,A puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,1 -12887,water,2 -212376,spookily,2 -178855,would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production,1 -170144,rigid performances,1 -166872,no sense .,1 -218098,under 40,2 -17071,refreshing Korean,2 -132527,since The Last Waltz,2 -93509,stifling a yawn or two,1 -167036,nothing new with the old story,2 -90329,plague,2 -137755,to one man,2 -141133,'s a mouse , for cryin ' out loud,1 -135316,the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .,1 -211864,smeary and,1 -165442,made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .,0 -165692,marriage of true minds,2 -34436,mean streak,1 -15347,by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold,2 -129606,one tough rock,2 -175398,this for the soundtrack,2 -56070,plot holes,1 -114142,an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script,2 -98020,to each new horror,2 -83474,intentional or not --,2 -205486,low , very low , very very low,0 -67644,Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : '' Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home,3 -21467,obscure expressions,2 -110581,Those of you,2 -147249,Loud,2 -216692,throws a bunch of hot-button items,2 -123081,in recycled paper with a shiny new bow,2 -100133,who sees the film,2 -223118,Despite its title , Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed .,3 -8136,its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time,3 -232372,is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights as Mr. Deeds was to that of Frank Capra .,1 -174970,the video game,2 -100926,would leave you,2 -11582,the long line,2 -186077,Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick,2 -209537,populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes,0 -171644,something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment,1 -120726,from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons,2 -67449,Marvelously,4 -27042,Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites,4 -174811,the star power of the cast or the redundant messages,2 -4554,amazingly,3 -33786,its hallucinatory production design,2 -64685,Charming and witty , it 's also somewhat clumsy .,3 -216053,them are funny , a few are sexy and,4 -231741,his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli,2 -8707,masala,2 -45415,Green,2 -178343,will appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz,2 -113321,acting talents,2 -135793,the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay,0 -150181,This film 's relationship to actual tension is the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation .,1 -169815,recognize that this story is too goofy,1 -111214,With this new Rollerball,3 -118558,does n't suck !,2 -95731,the first time out,2 -79914,filmed the opera exactly,2 -165679,many silly voices,2 -5089,been patched in from an episode of miami vice,1 -40309,without the wine,2 -63068,A gem of a movie .,4 -89138,of this broken character study,2 -79765,feel the beat down to your toes,3 -201250,his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking,2 -120479,for silly summer entertainment,3 -36897,she is backed by a likable cast,4 -236274,tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs,2 -78363,do n't see often enough these days,3 -149181,The acting by the over-25s,2 -103686,A lovably old-school Hollywood confection .,3 -148418,Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character,1 -228030,a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever,2 -51615,few others,2 -214904,the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama,3 -72409,a sit down,2 -12536,tragedies,1 -137529,to discover that Seinfeld 's real life is boring,2 -94968,that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought,2 -198511,familiar cartoon characters,2 -39611,unelected '' have suspected all along,2 -225114,New York and L.A.,2 -18291,'s most thought-provoking film .,3 -51178,end up on cinema screens,2 -171089,silly voices,2 -99701,way fears and slights,1 -206018,mediocrity .,1 -94772,that makes it attractive throughout,3 -208319,often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story,1 -139002,very much like a brand-new,2 -170430,schlock merchant,2 -84064,is being there when the rope snaps,2 -211895,sneak out of the theater,0 -50392,confirms her power once again,3 -236017,stand-up magic,3 -103914,A stirring tribute,3 -204937,lifting,2 -141186,'s all bad .,1 -228769,are all aliens ,,2 -2614,the guilty pleasure b-movie category,2 -59418,to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,2 -111594,a caricature,2 -58432,the key turning point,2 -96147,the moment prevails,2 -165648,manifestos,2 -112954,a unique sport,2 -70299,This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .,4 -72066,a nice cool glass,2 -58468,the majority,2 -69565,The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill .,3 -230261,disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer,1 -209242,perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator,2 -49115,appreciation of the daily,3 -195288,ca n't sustain it,2 -176947,turgid little history lesson,2 -167110,obsolete , if irritating , notion,1 -195455,care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining,1 -177152,undeveloped narrative,1 -228908,as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics,1 -3665,a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .,1 -178811,works only if you have an interest in the characters you see,2 -183857,Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but,1 -107501,Literary purists may not be pleased,2 -131761,saw it,2 -72678,a topic as,2 -3227,you are n't very bright,0 -218007,two hours better,2 -37035,smacks into something truly new,3 -105563,E . T . remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .,4 -48059,a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut,3 -205796,manipulating our collective fear,3 -133457,studio-produced,2 -98549,torn apart by a legacy of abuse,1 -215151,the movie knew what to do with him,3 -206679,much more ordinary for it,2 -64205,Ayres,2 -33222,is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war .,3 -27634,a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping,0 -190179,a bigger budget,2 -156139,chaotic , the photography grainy,1 -174196,the latest System,2 -201128,his ( Nelson 's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting,0 -236094,stuffiest,1 -135238,the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers,2 -202237,inhalant,2 -144811,Despite the authenticity of the trappings,2 -174683,the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies,1 -124661,is the best little '' horror '' movie,4 -34381,marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy,3 -201673,imperious,2 -17535,the fare,2 -234097,nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while,3 -168177,one about their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc . ,,2 -80606,from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb,4 -23186,'s tortured soul .,1 -14103,I loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !,3 -119416,everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures,1 -198857,film school,2 -214814,the humor would have been fast and furious,2 -227613,`` The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan,2 -169229,pretentious ,,1 -231650,healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition,3 -173275,that we have come to love,3 -211623,simple title,3 -39257,to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds,3 -206348,more challenging than your average television,2 -203228,is no doubt,2 -3999,a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ',1 -80338,for something that really matters,2 -192937,any way of gripping what its point is,1 -65671,Friends image,2 -37194,spare precision,2 -124550,is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be,0 -120653,frittered away,1 -221671,, we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .,1 -164645,lazy and,1 -39270,to resist,2 -219232,whether or not their friendship is salvaged,2 -193515,as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows,2 -34754,music , cinematography and sound,2 -230853,flattens instead of sharpens,1 -153527,an unusually vivid set,3 -73717,an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic,2 -50272,comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness,3 -126422,love , lust , and,2 -231283,gosta,2 -139968,willing to go with this claustrophobic concept,1 -209799,promises , just not well enough,1 -19723,amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family,4 -133290,stifles,2 -75130,bad luck,1 -103268,15-year,2 -193132,are n't likely to leave a lasting impression,1 -72971,about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite,2 -84156,is elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .,3 -39072,thyself,2 -180695,, inexplicable and unpleasant,1 -135402,the flashback,2 -37170,sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film,3 -112536,a product of its cinematic predecessors,2 -202105,in what is already an erratic career,2 -209941,put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him,2 -140171,with its worthy predecessors,2 -214975,the look and the period trappings right,3 -224019,In his debut as a director , Washington has a sure hand .,4 -91463,remarkably original,4 -21237,little horror film,2 -178962,writer 's diapers,1 -38758,the viewer,2 -192313,almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery,1 -65186,Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm ...,3 -143390,A technical triumph and an extraordinary bore .,1 -173202,that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role,1 -151788,a game of ` who 's who ',2 -201123,hippest acts,2 -115699,becomes a sermon for most of its running time,1 -163387,is still a no brainer,2 -153676,any ground,2 -73534,alternately fascinating and frustrating,3 -149977,The voices,2 -46954,The Saigon of 1952 is an uneasy mix of sensual delights and simmering violence , and The Quiet American brings us right into the center of that world,3 -227514,`` Intacto 's '' dangerous,2 -9378,of the smartest,3 -158190,emotions , and,2 -218506,very talented but underutilized supporting cast,2 -203416,is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues,1 -140253,with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams,1 -158367,equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent,4 -231606,have two words to say about Reign of Fire,2 -77675,cutthroat world,2 -69831,The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually,2 -62491,-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .,4 -23323,, Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .,3 -190768,a horror movie,2 -219142,what to make of this Italian freakshow,1 -57587,takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness,3 -181846,A movie that 's held captive by mediocrity . Not bad , but not all that good . Bacon keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price,2 -115208,at the midway point,2 -195861,coinage,2 -19034,Justine,2 -141050,'re not the target demographic,1 -229143,be as bad as its trailers,1 -26534,Scott 's,2 -112877,a tenacious demonstration of death,2 -110421,This New Zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything . When it 's this rich and luscious,2 -44533,An uncluttered,3 -13051,while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor .,2 -8298,kid could bond while watching a walk to remember,3 -154036,artistically possible,2 -94721,that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch,3 -120133,fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat,4 -115531,be made from curling,2 -165529,make something out,2 -30235,codes and ideals,2 -115706,becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten,1 -38888,they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue,3 -222595,Berry 's saucy,3 -4897,as such,2 -85605,keep people going in this crazy life,3 -113888,an actress she,2 -221245,, `` dead circus performer '' funny,1 -9575,overwrought existentialism,1 -126271,living a painful lie,2 -123698,is Deuces Wild,2 -15072,and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days,2 -117703,creative act,3 -36422,refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable,4 -31476,fans or adventure buffs,2 -109625,The boys ',2 -35974,performances alone,2 -231760,holds its goodwill close ,,3 -229957,construct a story,3 -190748,a hell of a lot at their own jokes,2 -142188,, half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .,2 -236422,that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell,2 -176387,to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us,1 -170953,should consider permanent sex-reassignment,2 -120021,fill this character study,2 -1733,might,2 -24080,-- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that Bille August does best .,3 -11779,the protagonists a full hour,2 -184929,Indecent Proposal '',2 -143647,Alpha Delta,2 -52222,gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be,1 -10647,souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in,1 -75344,be watching it through a telescope,2 -46595,Raymond,2 -218962,wear thin on all,1 -147592,My reaction,2 -205597,made me want to pack raw dough in my ears .,0 -124131,is impossible to find the film anything,2 -13913,British flick,2 -209717,prettiest pictures,3 -4889,as social expos ,,2 -151585,a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role,2 -216787,to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio,2 -118787,dumb gags , anatomical humor , or,1 -179098,you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it,3 -38944,this girl knows how to drive it to the max,3 -146565,It 's not that Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time --,2 -59323,to remarkable performances,4 -200802,have done in half an hour,1 -118331,disgrace it,1 -72929,about by his lack of self-awareness,2 -205025,like a great missed opportunity,1 -124362,is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be,2 -150713,Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn .,3 -75001,at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking,2 -45136,Elegant , mannered and teasing,4 -142897,28K modem,2 -236157,super - violent , super-serious,3 -27028,Though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking,2 -123188,in the songs translate well to film,3 -174968,the very audience it seeks to frighten,2 -139062,vintage Spielberg,3 -177379,utterly unengaging,2 -201322,honesty and good sportsmanship,3 -6417,farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except,1 -92948,so hot-blooded,3 -198796,few real laughs,2 -159183,first half-dozen episodes,2 -70386,Throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment .,2 -128189,now and again,2 -25053,Cuts right through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another .,2 -71707,a fun adventure movie,4 -159828,function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs,2 -17724,think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold,2 -95135,the artist 's work,2 -13804,A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person,3 -177386,valid points,3 -60772,'s Altman-esque,2 -17856,together by skilled ensemble actors,3 -186409,None of Birthday Girl 's calculated events take us by surprise ...,1 -13257,would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold,2 -52818,illogic,1 -36390,rebirth to bruising defeat,2 -232743,is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth .,2 -193935,bad as,1 -45980,Lan Yu is at times too restrained,1 -140982,'ll enjoy it,3 -221330,, eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .,1 -6172,embellishing the misanthropic tale,1 -174171,the kind of film that could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans,1 -53376,is also beautifully acted,3 -151706,a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust,2 -189180,To call this film a lump of coal,1 -48349,a romantic crime comedy,3 -24354,A graceful , contemplative film that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get fatally intertwined .,4 -192616,an odd show ,,2 -100299,will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy .,4 -93606,stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience,0 -192449,an action movie with an action icon,2 -141197,'s almost funny .,2 -34906,nice little picture,3 -238200,under-rehearsed and lifeless,0 -110834,Unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .,1 -212383,sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick,1 -190498,a fairly impressive debut,4 -91652,rhapsodic dialogue,2 -188327,The main characters are simply named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .,0 -95360,the con and the players,2 -216875,to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time,3 -138409,trying to say,2 -187402,Sodden and glum,1 -217478,to their caustic purpose for existing,2 -208544,once grand Long Beach boardwalk,2 -23857,, shed an errant tear,2 -148548,Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that,2 -149778,The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand .,2 -114358,another we,2 -16577,minor,2 -219350,who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot,1 -29289,at long last,2 -162644,is a movie that has no interest in itself,1 -206903,neither dramatic nor comic,1 -61121,'s most substantial feature for some time,3 -43898,14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas,2 -232223,is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .,3 -14740,a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,,2 -167170,of Broadcast News and Vibes,2 -24471,A startling and fresh examination,4 -127023,mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved,1 -169691,raw exhilaration,4 -226212,The camera twirls !,2 -45253,Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days .,3 -203648,is unfocused,1 -75030,attempts to heal after the death of a child,2 -97048,the wobbly premise work,1 -194204,be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks,3 -124425,is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms,3 -230099,deal with the subject of love head-on,3 -65314,Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse,4 -149166,The Truth About Charlie,3 -184072,Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide ,,2 -43322,'s so successful at lodging itself in the brain,3 -118911,effects and backgrounds,2 -25764,It 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .,3 -78242,discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically,2 -175998,to boil a four - minute egg,2 -52824,imagery or,2 -73261,adventurous young talent,4 -38007,the authenticity,2 -12134,this frankly fantastical,4 -32314,has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts,2 -45741,It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started .,2 -65917,Harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone,2 -191439,a summer-camp talent show : hastily written,1 -170408,scare tactics,2 -169485,pure slapstick,3 -63406,A solid cast ,,3 -90150,peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes,3 -237987,to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl ,,3 -187472,Sorority Boys is a bowser .,1 -44417,Although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds,1 -48042,a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences,3 -46271,Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind -- namely the implications of our craving for fake stimulation .,2 -212931,superman,2 -164156,its star , its attitude and its obliviousness,1 -12527,total recall,2 -9919,push them,2 -116661,capitalizes on this concept and opts,2 -237030,the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .,1 -187075,Sadly , as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .,1 -224892,Mr. Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --,3 -11798,the reality of its characters to go over the edge,3 -123688,is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts,2 -166778,no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious,1 -28373,an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide,1 -167099,obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative,1 -193545,as one of the worst films of the summer,0 -127487,most positive,3 -90845,psychological fare,2 -100858,works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely,4 -18637,American Insomnia,2 -83369,injustice,2 -191268,a satisfying movie experience,4 -111519,a bad premise,1 -11475,the godzilla sized soda,2 -105903,Freundlich 's World Traveler,3 -201760,in Waking Life water colors,2 -55864,our national psyche,2 -232957,it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat,3 -135927,the original Italian-language soundtrack,2 -125271,its identity,2 -126044,like a cheat,2 -66683,It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least .,3 -69190,Tezuka,2 -69762,The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments,1 -11903,the story 's pathetic and,0 -215802,the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas,1 -229996,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films,4 -172352,surfeit,2 -108445,Polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style .,4 -90723,proficient ,,4 -150312,This series should have died long ago,1 -111479,a Golden Book,2 -135956,the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and,2 -148333,Rome,2 -205031,like a hippopotamus ballerina,2 -189078,This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act did n't play well then,1 -41050,Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot , but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot,3 -16436,lectures,2 -233571,love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899,3 -2362,soul,2 -48182,a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy,2 -6914,had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded,1 -168763,pegs itself,2 -107684,McKay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service .,0 -39565,unaccustomed to it,2 -220252,you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard,2 -158808,false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings,1 -69568,The film is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history .,3 -103137,. Hundert,2 -4812,arnold,2 -18530,. Addessi,2 -181078,, tone and pace,2 -141419,'s missing,2 -44817,By no,2 -179300,'' Clockstoppers,2 -117620,cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be,2 -80838,fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film .,4 -17135,sad , superior human comedy,3 -40229,with its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years,4 -59590,twisted , brilliant and macabre,4 -88032,not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images,3 -114493,appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it,2 -171715,sorely,2 -231674,helps `` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing,3 -225682,Sailor Moon,2 -230970,forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation .,2 -108759,Satisfyingly,3 -181905,A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal ,,0 -56101,ponder anew,2 -117808,cute by half,2 -88347,of a plunge,2 -114106,an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation,2 -204177,its dreaminess,3 -231701,high-tech tux,2 -106325,How this one escaped the Lifetime network,2 -118261,directed , highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways,3 -65263,Egoyan 's work,2 -222322,An uncomfortable movie ,,0 -57779,that elusive '' missing thing,2 -78761,eerily suspenseful,3 -228677,another `` Best Man '',3 -153750,appealing ingredients,4 -97152,their role in the second great war,2 -106620,If you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger,2 -76019,budget B-movie thrillers,2 -202690,is actually quite vapid .,2 -20866,implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking,4 -53073,influences,2 -233157,its message is not rooted in that decade .,2 -224040,In the real world,2 -51868,fosters,2 -36864,shake it,3 -171869,staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and,0 -100931,would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman,3 -155121,benign but forgettable,1 -137061,this supposedly funny movie,0 -17327,still intact,2 -25495,Having,2 -171975,sticks his mug in the window of the couple 's BMW and,2 -56055,playground,2 -188631,The script 's judgment and sense of weight,2 -198546,far more demanding than it needs to be,1 -136046,the power of fantasy,4 -201929,in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo,0 -172862,that , having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast , the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do,1 -149207,The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward,1 -87537,movie experience,2 -208804,other decent ones,2 -164495,kung fu pictures,2 -206155,mild hallucinogenic buzz,1 -166585,nearly as much lead as gold,2 -173527,the beloved film,4 -125439,jacket,2 -11109,that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point,0 -203878,it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,1 -211236,sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits,2 -200099,good and different,3 -127117,mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies,0 -223626,Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .,4 -63015,A fine , rousing , G-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .,4 -94684,that has something to say,3 -214097,the action as gripping,3 -187325,Skillful as he is , Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .,2 -85555,just as much,2 -57628,teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings,2 -173246,that they instead pummel the audience,2 -98444,to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy,2 -37978,the ` small ' movie,2 -15463,complex character,2 -199472,frantic , virulent and foul-natured,1 -236720,the arduous journey,2 -52843,immensely entertaining,4 -165940,might object to,2 -110311,There 's no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again .,2 -181176,- she-cute baggage,2 -112446,a one-of-a-kind work,4 -80018,first installment,2 -73883,an intimate feeling,3 -217202,to make up for an unfocused screenplay,2 -14864,aberration,2 -122115,heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this,3 -23462,, be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history,4 -107595,Mais um momento inspirado de David Fincher .,2 -136870,this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff .,2 -216888,to be madcap farce,2 -25385,Gaghan,2 -21156,its stirring epilogue,4 -53131,instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .,3 -85428,its surface-obsession --,2 -112212,a little more special,3 -131031,rattling the viewer,3 -213652,that harps on media-constructed ` issues ',2 -31267,even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another,3 -220111,would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him,2 -238554,went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood,3 -192369,ambitious but,2 -166528,my own watch,2 -165598,makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,1 -82472,housing project,2 -41883,expectations .,2 -7549,insightfully written , delicately performed,4 -11169,the act is still charming here,3 -184804,If only it were,2 -171079,silly action sequences,2 -224282,It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored .,0 -48308,a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition,1 -178087,where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble,1 -161183,high-powered,3 -190188,a bitter taste,1 -57205,something wrong,1 -147031,King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot,2 -39175,to engage us,3 -47471,Trek,2 -128838,of our making,3 -125855,learn a thing,2 -114525,aqueles,2 -101834,'s nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture .,0 -29241,as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works,3 -134865,the back of your neck,2 -166855,no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense,1 -117269,comic even as the film breaks your heart,2 -196459,cross between Highlander and Lolita,3 -222136,A. .,2 -198808,fewer than five,2 -141068,'re watching this ultra-manipulative thriller,2 -157608,disturbing ` Great White Hope ' undertone,1 -101636,'s barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything,0 -235704,should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler,1 -81925,have that French realism,2 -229395,between this story and the 1971 musical,2 -28271,ambiguity and creating mood,3 -108358,Performances are potent , and,3 -7600,interviews,2 -232939,it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . '',1 -211135,seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary,1 -185504,Jonah is only so-so ...,2 -111073,When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life,1 -222380,And the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .,3 -218956,weaned,2 -225085,N The Hood,2 -117181,come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .,4 -229574,by a noticeable lack of pace,1 -9185,nudity , profanity and violence,1 -83100,in the foreground,2 -191492,a television monitor,2 -189658,Whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , Who Is Cletis Tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .,1 -117238,comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .,1 -35586,often mischievous,2 -170705,sellouts,1 -108513,Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest,0 -165313,loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy,0 -79511,extra points,3 -169056,poodle,2 -189362,Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .,1 -32789,in 1982,2 -200519,has been perpetrated here,2 -144232,Bowl,2 -226411,The performances are all solid :,3 -234312,of ` Sacre bleu,2 -40274,with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie,3 -229109,bad slasher flick,0 -142528,, the stories never add up to as much as they promise .,1 -191643,a work of art,4 -19612,a truly singular character,3 -213546,that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable,0 -170807,shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time,0 -76137,by a long shot,2 -209759,problematic characters,1 -197438,dopey old,1 -106871,It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery ,,2 -8251,just like the deli sandwich,2 -196138,consolation candy,2 -183746,Even fans,2 -139390,we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement,1 -109984,The movie 's something-borrowed construction,2 -138255,training,3 -37566,tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion,3 -187949,The animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but Jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment .,2 -101569,'s absolutely,2 -165263,loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis .,2 -43807,- the books are better .,1 -109787,The film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ...,2 -232803,is the man .,2 -190732,a hardened voyeur,2 -134888,the battery,3 -28086,across the grain of what,2 -221006,'s to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves,3 -19967,arithmetic,2 -85043,it has some problems .,1 -5153,bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .,3 -151908,a joke about Hawn 's breasts,2 -104233,An achingly enthralling premise,3 -104968,Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life,2 -205065,like hell,2 -172062,straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary,2 -183273,Dan,2 -197098,dismiss BarberShop out,2 -135962,the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times,3 -129420,on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns,3 -207315,obligations,2 -34907,nicely,3 -150989,Winger fans,2 -103165,. Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .,0 -71690,a franchise sequel,2 -64310,Begins,2 -130981,rake,2 -85797,laughed,3 -124133,is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction,0 -205698,makes Wilco a big deal,2 -129822,outwardly sexist or mean-spirited .,1 -51198,energetic and always surprising performance,4 -172560,target demographic,2 -197539,drive right by it,2 -74882,astonish,3 -7557,inspiring , ironic , and revelatory,3 -195980,comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .,0 -115915,better off,2 -139350,way-cool,4 -44511,An intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .,3 -110392,These two,2 -236464,that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else,3 -49953,by showing them,2 -228824,are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .,0 -166961,not much fire in the script,1 -141753,( Besson 's ),2 -149873,The story is less vibrant,1 -117582,could n't come up with a better script,2 -77323,contraption,2 -228959,as it provides a fresh view of an old type,3 -38574,the prime villain,1 -186702,Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .,1 -79947,find comfort in familiarity,3 -171803,spiritual-uplift,3 -161103,her inner journey is largely unexplored,1 -187580,Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .,3 -49367,at 22,2 -7970,it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations,3 -97002,the voices of men and women,2 -46034,Little 2,2 -115119,assets,2 -167525,of humanity or empathy,2 -142457,, tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .,1 -12714,upper west sidey,2 -117207,comedic songs,2 -160181,go very right , and then step wrong,1 -102415,, believable story,2 -42488,provides some great insight,3 -5793,created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez,2 -232107,insanely funny,4 -223305,Explosions , jokes , and,2 -54071,keep us on our toes,2 -69822,The picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but,2 -42095,holds the film together,2 -204447,just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .,1 -180791,, low-key , 102-minute infomercial,0 -131133,receiving whatever consolation,2 -80607,from cheap-shot mediocrity,1 -48814,almost completely deadpan,1 -69041,Sugar '' admirably,3 -95160,the back-story,2 -32718,idealistically selfless,2 -222953,Cinematic pratfalls,0 -231136,get this vision at all,2 -16145,includes,2 -58340,the funnybone,2 -47597,What distinguishes Time of Favor from countless other thrillers,3 -85105,it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed,3 -161310,his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again,1 -233966,most inventive,3 -178704,withholds delivery,2 -73135,acted offbeat thriller,3 -185158,It 's not a bad plot : but,2 -150601,Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein,2 -47513,Uplifting,4 -102630,, it 's not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .,2 -69035,Succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably,3 -74343,are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .,3 -138461,two cultures,2 -6488,filmmakers,2 -78164,directed with verve,3 -106372,I 'd rather watch a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls,0 -61273,'s still a comic book,2 -220222,you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered,0 -121212,glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad,4 -188842,There 's nothing exactly wrong here ,,2 -87531,movie comedies -- offbeat humor,2 -180655,, hard yank,2 -146322,Includes too much obvious padding .,1 -173408,the Rug,2 -140818,you want to see it,3 -5562,cinema history,2 -123072,in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life,1 -168733,patchouli oil,2 -150707,Was I scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project . Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp ?,0 -112001,a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound,1 -101678,'s endgame .,2 -117697,creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer,2 -105926,Full of the kind of obnoxious,1 -141111,'s a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible,3 -55634,of this year 's very best pictures,4 -47702,Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but,1 -77936,delivered in low-key style,3 -1812,nail-biter,2 -153542,and Elizabeth Hurley,3 -68844,Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them,2 -144072,Bears resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences .,2 -139374,we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all,2 -41364,Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic,3 -16758,of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you,2 -17803,to hate it,1 -228165,a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn,4 -59516,transporting when it stays put in the past,2 -45005,David Mamet 's,2 -72265,a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically ,,3 -222205,After that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .,0 -74308,are concerned,2 -19915,anxious to ride the Hogwarts Express toward a new year of magic and mischief .,3 -87923,no pun intended ),2 -125278,its intimacy and precision,3 -89040,of the lovable-loser protagonist,3 -58202,the democratic exercise,2 -35768,or even as,2 -172217,subtle characterization,2 -195910,come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago,3 -195426,can you charge money for this ?,0 -57060,slope,2 -192152,all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon,1 -137521,to date in this spy comedy franchise,2 -219041,were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story,1 -208039,of the Homeric kind,2 -46221,Moretti 's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss .,1 -121167,given the stale plot and pornographic way,2 -75457,been bland,0 -221150,, I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .,3 -80153,flower-power,2 -161936,in on the popularity of its stars,2 -226969,Watching a Brian DePalma movie,2 -171451,so much as distasteful,1 -109301,Sy 's,2 -29007,applauded,2 -204881,lessen it,2 -161092,her depth,2 -187507,Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .,3 -144299,Burr,2 -56039,place and time,2 -49456,backstory,2 -239186,you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler,1 -105720,Evil Dead II,3 -167930,off the wall,1 -153570,and interlocking stories,2 -114281,and sugary little half-hour,2 -8554,loses,1 -202802,is both a snore and utter tripe,0 -238805,will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned,1 -206981,nice to see what he could make with a decent budget,3 -107716,Mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character , he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .,0 -128449,of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life,2 -22305,the most comprehensive of these films,4 -156156,characterization , humor or,2 -142778,... but at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff .,3 -48192,a meal,2 -231244,goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl,3 -78184,director Doug Liman and his colleagues,2 -24132,... a well-observed and disturbing little movie,2 -144111,Believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .,1 -29294,at once exhilarating,2 -59766,urge to destroy is also a creative urge,2 -229845,cliched dialogue rip,1 -93510,stifling a yawn or two during the first hour,1 -154494,avoid them in the future,0 -69941,The story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place -,2 -140167,with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them,2 -8099,its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions,1 -56369,rah-rah,3 -50466,cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get,4 -126167,likely to find compelling,3 -186319,Nevertheless,2 -69102,TV movie,2 -183806,Except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke,2 -52755,how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is,1 -55101,noir movie,2 -89753,ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex,2 -6897,guilt and,2 -181631,A dull , dumb and derivative horror,1 -191773,about telemarketers,2 -27320,Zone,2 -181376,13th,2 -127493,most slyly exquisite,4 -68814,Skins has a desolate air,1 -155033,begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .,1 -167400,of choreographed mayhem,2 -200361,half-an-hour long,2 -58302,the film ` refreshing,2 -149117,The Loud and,2 -173645,the coffin,2 -86454,made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him,3 -170992,should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well,2 -23680,, importantly , entertaining,4 -222102,A thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` The Thing ' and a geriatric ` Scream . ',0 -154808,be seen in other films,2 -194652,big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,2 -53922,its epiphanies,2 -26236,Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away,2 -181791,A look,3 -119981,few hours,2 -224204,It 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work .,0 -49407,at the right film,3 -3886,a horror,1 -100082,who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears,2 -178795,worked this hard to achieve this little fun,1 -10720,station,2 -225631,Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ?,2 -114279,and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson,2 -24241,: It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .,4 -35853,over the most hard-hearted cynics,2 -196663,deep-sixed,2 -4698,an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be,0 -234195,not life-affirming,1 -153960,are the performances,2 -90980,que van de la sonrisa,2 -155537,brutally unsentimental approach,2 -102563,, holds the screen like a true star .,3 -34312,makes it irresistible,3 -222221,Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey,2 -189068,This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ...,0 -84737,is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,3 -139302,watch teens,2 -203982,it never melts .,2 -232559,is more worshipful than your random E,3 -233741,mark Ms. Bullock 's best work,4 -191809,about women,2 -137608,to gel together,2 -108138,On Me,2 -126857,matter how firmly director John Stainton has his tongue in his cheek,2 -117225,comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .,0 -161308,his self-deprecating act,1 -153133,all the moments of coherent dialogue,2 -232435,is cloudy , the picture making becalmed,2 -115050,as the source material movie,2 -104066,About the only thing to give the movie points for is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time .,0 -59792,used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made,2 -217047,to fully realize them,2 -46638,Ring '',2 -148954,Sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects ,,2 -76417,captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction,3 -94969,that would make lesser men run for cover,2 -151160,Yu 's,2 -82757,impossible to shake,2 -200171,grab us ,,2 -35370,of profound , real-life moments,3 -177495,vine,2 -62369,, timeless and universal tale,3 -186864,Reeboir,2 -227157,Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?,1 -66365,In its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .,3 -45396,GoodFellas,2 -63095,A great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family .,3 -7567,instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart 's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started,2 -83684,is , also,2 -120739,from over-familiarity since hit-hungry British filmmakers,2 -221442,, it might work better .,2 -178653,with sugary bits of business,2 -107448,Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy .,1 -111054,What ultimately makes Windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .,0 -81454,gulp,2 -71271,a bad day,1 -161661,immaculately,3 -79484,explosive physical energy and,3 -102022,'ve grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .,3 -230733,fascinate in their recklessness .,2 -114583,are for children and dog lovers,3 -220466,' release,2 -89740,or cautionary tale,2 -132583,skinny side,2 -47655,With each of her three protagonists,2 -6309,evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted,2 -62055,, it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .,4 -30599,de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ),2 -114648,are once again,2 -94537,that Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women,3 -91273,received,2 -48584,absolutely riveting conviction,4 -187559,Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable,0 -182956,Bullock and Hugh Grant,2 -235676,short and,2 -145577,Given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is,1 -113587,all happened only yesterday,2 -17956,vertiginous perspectives,2 -75800,bone-dry,2 -115861,beloved genre,3 -61261,'s something about a marching band that gets me where I live,2 -148922,Suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .,0 -15668,epic landscapes,4 -202236,inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone,2 -1476,it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs,2 -177719,watch this movie and,2 -85702,knowledge , education , and the,2 -22141,terms with his origins,2 -14762,a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride,3 -195546,cellophane-pop,2 -99385,vibrance and,3 -229309,been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around,3 -14284,More,2 -165619,makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects,1 -6404,fantastic kathy,3 -6968,harrowing,2 -230339,does give you a peek,2 -77457,could only spring from the demented mind,2 -110761,Truth or Consequences , N .,2 -74894,astute direction,2 -86391,lovely , eerie film,3 -5205,blown,1 -164014,its crass marketing,1 -46593,Rarely , a movie is more than a movie . Go .,3 -1296,in the manner of a golden book sprung to life,3 -155637,but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust,1 -188400,The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director Michel Gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness,1 -23054,'s a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic .,3 -75123,bad boy weirdo role,2 -38426,the most compelling variations,3 -171028,shows a stationary camera,2 -138920,various amusing sidekicks,3 -168572,owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland,2 -203918,it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack,2 -236346,thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances,4 -78108,dialogue and sharp,3 -137854,to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .,1 -95027,the French film industry,2 -150148,Thirty years ago,2 -31252,even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year,4 -166577,near gripping enough,3 -178645,with so many explosions,2 -235482,schmaltzy and predictable,1 -189244,Too much power ,,2 -43288,'s not a great monster movie,1 -235521,see some interesting storytelling devices,3 -153284,an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring,1 -142789,... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .,0 -235145,père-fils confrontations,2 -15646,enlightened,3 -187095,Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .,1 -215946,the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this,0 -154289,as watching your neighbor 's home videos,1 -206571,motives and,2 -112468,a pat , fairy-tale conclusion,2 -30955,draws us into a world where the personal and the political get,2 -164391,keeps her distance,2 -21493,of a previous reality,2 -188113,The exclamation point seems to be the only bit of glee you 'll find in this dreary mess .,0 -219512,will grow impatient,2 -97456,this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war,2 -27475,a decent moral,2 -217883,try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored,1 -68908,Sorcerer,2 -49826,brilliant in this,3 -156081,cast is painful to watch,1 -56600,revolutionary,3 -166591,nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before,1 -95485,the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken,2 -229793,changing times ,,2 -179509,'s a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but,2 -51889,free to offend,2 -166710,new film Blackboards,2 -172724,than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts,1 -219436,why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?,0 -231670,help .,2 -182898,Bray is completely at sea :,2 -181392,1980s,2 -163640,it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay,1 -23870,, sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,,4 -218281,up a storm,2 -44748,Bogdanovich taps deep into the Hearst mystique,3 -80350,for the best of Hollywood 's comic-book,3 -197276,does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock,3 -176945,turd,0 -192230,all the previous,2 -86868,matinee brain,2 -178322,wide-screen,2 -126490,lullaby,2 -223834,I love it ... hell , I dunno .,3 -18720,Behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one ca n't help but think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art .,2 -112784,a stick,3 -233212,just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ?,2 -99859,what an idea , what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,4 -205175,listless and desultory affair,1 -201239,his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad,1 -169412,provided an engrossing dramatic through line,3 -230673,existent anti-virus,2 -103843,A remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point,3 -15290,bracing,3 -91947,say it,2 -13944,Children,2 -19637,about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo,2 -2432,such as pulp fiction,2 -70607,Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival,4 -141267,'s better than The Phantom Menace,3 -192326,already fascinated by Behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration .,2 -216613,threshold,2 -154094,as a scary movie,2 -234436,of humor or an unexpected plot twist,2 -61689,, Son of the Bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .,2 -198848,film ',2 -10285,schaeffer,2 -123332,indisputably spooky,2 -167051,nuclear holocaust,1 -164770,less spice,2 -62487,-- intentional or not --,2 -153035,albeit a visually compelling one ,,3 -226066,Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes --,2 -18155,you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror,3 -140335,without your pulse ever racing,1 -211188,self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue,0 -220856,'s just merely very bad .,0 -28148,affair,1 -213157,takes you somewhere,3 -206235,misguided project,1 -183915,Fessenden continues to do interesting work ,,4 -99421,viewing in university computer science departments for years to come,4 -141258,'s been burning to tell a war story,2 -86244,look and,2 -101239,your expectations,2 -29033,are charmers,3 -205665,make his debut,2 -459,artistic,3 -27945,a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on,3 -211920,so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,0 -238575,were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff,2 -46472,Palestinians,2 -76232,by this case,2 -137163,thought it was going to be,3 -78503,doing the goofiest stuff out of left field,2 -146059,I found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say ,,2 -65049,DiCaprio 's best performance,4 -197336,does n't make any sense,0 -162908,is fuhgeddaboutit .,0 -233837,merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way,1 -221528,, so sit back , relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . ',4 -163460,is the kind of material where the filmmakers should be very careful about raising eyebrows,2 -68753,Shiner 's organizing,2 -19499,a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation,3 -96890,the titular character 's,2 -233437,like a strange route,2 -192907,any movie with a life-affirming message,3 -140144,with grace and panache,3 -40903,Fine acting but,2 -115746,been replaced by the bottom of the barrel,0 -180976,, the film is deadly dull,0 -167299,of a movie , full of images and events ,,3 -84964,it a party worth attending,3 -205470,love this,4 -149140,The Rock is aptly named .,2 -164373,keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie,1 -77030,commercial sensibilities,2 -70072,There 's no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane . But here 's a glimpse at his life,2 -102786,, pro-wildlife sentiments,2 -9306,of making movies,2 -5993,disgusting,0 -137033,this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .,3 -187226,Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton,2 -139299,watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag,1 -24661,An irresistible combination,4 -156992,creepy and effective,2 -89470,on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy,2 -190154,a been-there , done-that sameness,1 -94722,that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew,2 -174277,the mix of verbal jokes,2 -4075,a remarkable,4 -121249,goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it,3 -149219,The attempt,2 -156011,canned tuna,1 -173619,the characters you see,2 -119976,few cute moments,2 -208214,of trying to have it both ways,2 -53217,inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage,3 -189484,We get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but,2 -232494,is impossible to ignore .,2 -5941,deviant,1 -69391,The amazing film work,4 -176702,took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers,2 -166760,no atmosphere,1 -48244,a nightmare made flesh,0 -38904,think , than Iris .,2 -119096,engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation,2 -110533,This movie does not tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou-Chou,2 -189309,Tykwer 's surface flash,2 -141650,'s the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch,1 -124122,is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .,0 -61989,, is of course the point,2 -194523,besotted and,2 -15493,curls,2 -117279,coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro,3 -150505,Trite , banal , cliched,0 -94720,that is n't faked,2 -49322,as she was in Amélie,2 -184761,Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies ,,2 -216593,three hours and with very little story or character development,0 -181837,A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that , in terms of authenticity,3 -143777,An unintentionally,2 -207266,nothing special and,2 -163909,it should be sincere,2 -90578,practical needs . It is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual,2 -94201,talking head documentary,2 -160769,has virtually no script at all ...,2 -109944,The main story,2 -218273,until the point,2 -91088,rare and,2 -181783,A live-action cartoon ,,2 -40337,work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind .,4 -154295,as you can get from racy,2 -157987,driven by ambition,2 -27677,a mile wide,2 -58327,the first Men in Black,2 -113582,all derivative,1 -221336,, experimental entertainment,2 -21723,played in the rise of Castro,2 -141890,( she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honoré ),2 -193401,as any ` comedy ',2 -16820,often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm,2 -180241,( and educational ),3 -10578,so-so entertainment .,1 -208577,one could wish for,2 -11952,the tale,2 -112098,a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way,3 -195273,ca n't recommend it .,0 -174730,the sense of something bigger ,,2 -66433,Iranian voting process,2 -79434,executive producer,2 -64220,Bai brothers,2 -96068,the lovely Hush ! and your reward,2 -93472,stay there,2 -101996,'s with the unexplained baboon cameo,1 -101326,'' Laissez-passer '' ),2 -116209,brilhantismo,3 -107516,Looks,3 -196052,compete for each others ' affections .,2 -162443,intrepid hero ? Ridiculous,1 -105694,Eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .,0 -59765,urbane sweetness,3 -113446,advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day,3 -90038,panoramic,2 -170604,seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag,1 -232146,intern,2 -82081,helps create a complex , unpredictable character,3 -136078,the pros and cons,2 -114122,an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain,1 -69555,The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen,3 -61181,'s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action,4 -113637,all the dolorous trim,2 -124436,is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director,1 -20181,but one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .,2 -67487,May take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but,2 -40253,with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings .,3 -168725,past its natural length,1 -119202,entertainments to emerge from the French film industry in years,2 -28149,affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying,2 -179957,'s really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out,0 -30461,crafted meditation on mortality,2 -62785,A beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions,4 -211587,sick and demented,0 -131781,say the least,2 -155517,broad , mildly fleshed-out characters,2 -131777,say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson,0 -145508,From New York series,2 -50338,completely different,2 -145148,Even at its best,2 -181387,1959 Godzilla,2 -157706,doddering,1 -106229,Hickenlooper 's,2 -116747,cashing in on his movie-star,2 -42884,this How Martha Got Her Groove Back --,2 -120457,for movies you grew up with,2 -233942,more than a movie,3 -220979,'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .,1 -192312,almost no organic intrigue,1 -211769,sleek advert,2 -4301,a well-made evocation of a subculture,4 -44170,A movie that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .,2 -160945,hayseeds-vs,2 -192286,almost a good movie,2 -17072,refreshing Korean film,3 -115712,becomes simply,2 -140572,would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .,2 -21176,just too bad it does n't have more flashes of insight,1 -218141,underscoring the obvious,2 -203630,is twice as bestial but half as funny .,1 -29156,as a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people,2 -60705,'ll end up moved .,2 -198124,even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient,1 -211567,shows crushingly little curiosity about , or,2 -107075,It was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .,2 -47021,The far future may be awesome to consider , but,3 -110207,The things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just,1 -28686,and jealousy and sacrifice,2 -62330,, this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian .,4 -66808,Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .,4 -177907,went back to school,2 -13107,winds up a bolly-holly masala mess,0 -9602,paranoia,1 -136028,the poor and the dispossessed,1 -215204,the nicest thing,2 -129888,overstating it ,,2 -106639,If you can push on through the slow spots , you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .,3 -86161,little known in this country,2 -85571,just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .,4 -174227,the low-budget production,1 -216635,thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending,1 -192217,all the films,2 -237409,there 's nothing very attractive about this movie,0 -187844,The Onion,2 -174487,the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept,0 -60500,wrenching,2 -203104,is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous,0 -189757,Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted,2 -123210,in their ears,2 -39176,to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece,3 -66118,I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent,2 -217742,transcend its clever concept,3 -170042,resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter,0 -141917,) mindset,2 -146482,It 's dumb , but more importantly , it 's just not scary,0 -213458,than you can imagine,2 -163948,it was in her music,2 -196947,digital videotape,2 -221164,, I love it ... hell , I dunno .,3 -72951,about isolation,2 -144476,Choppy editing and too many repetitive scenes spoil what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy .,0 -89240,offer a fascinating glimpse,3 -215774,the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written,1 -8316,know or,2 -116176,breach gaps in their relationships,2 -38806,their deepest notions,2 -27552,a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything,3 -139499,were hailed as the works of an artist,2 -77535,creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict,2 -3802,a form,2 -114548,are an absolute joy .,4 -221394,, it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .,3 -141669,'s too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one,2 -7442,in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,0 -94676,that good,3 -46663,S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle ,,1 -41462,a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings,3 -220873,'s lots of cute animals and clumsy people,3 -15631,effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs,2 -156941,crashing and,2 -224256,It 's the sweet Cinderella story that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .,3 -194080,be anything more than losers,2 -36127,precise,3 -174715,the script ,,2 -163685,it 's simply baffling,1 -46904,The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth,3 -146025,I can think of for Swimfan 's existence,2 -212475,star and,2 -17894,try to take their relationships into deeper waters,2 -230170,deserves a medal .,4 -130414,poorly dubbed,0 -83361,initial,2 -130354,poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull,2 -174095,the illogic of Series 7,2 -30166,cine,1 -111640,a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations,3 -178756,wonder and,2 -193123,are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film,1 -25952,Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class,3 -171961,steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh .,1 -219198,where Ms . Shu is an institution,2 -42853,the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth ,,2 -35013,nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers .,3 -231789,horde,2 -16965,pleasant enough movie,3 -110093,The powder blues and,2 -55796,only 60,2 -40102,wildly funny prison,4 -59065,those who like long books and movies will admire the way it accumulates power and depth,4 -44328,A very funny romantic comedy,3 -40011,which it is based,2 -55372,of ground,2 -161113,her movie is really bad .,0 -216054,them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal,1 -152115,a movie children should enjoy,3 -20661,glossy,2 -226153,The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .,0 -100239,will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael,3 -92138,seem genuine rather than pandering,4 -123001,in her first starring role,2 -102154,( Washington 's ) strong hand ,,2 -93433,star-power,2 -21861,response,2 -129394,on full , irritating display,2 -93884,superficial,2 -166041,missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris,2 -86299,looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man,1 -228358,actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .,4 -176642,too many ideas floating around,1 -178988,written off,1 -119694,falls about ten feet onto his head,1 -27712,a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill,2 -232835,is thought-provoking .,3 -159384,for adequate entertainment,2 -218846,watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , `,2 -75366,beautifully choreographed,4 -102351,, Vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .,1 -180162,( Jack Nicholson 's ) career,2 -78282,dispassionate Gantz brothers,2 -222408,Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie,0 -109953,The misery of these people,1 -236370,that -- when it comes to truncheoning --,2 -102290,, Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .,1 -229093,b-ball,2 -132867,some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience,3 -125719,ladies ' underwear,2 -193982,ballsy,3 -189256,Traffic scribe Gaghan,3 -116076,boffo,2 -24388,A modest pleasure that,3 -15351,by sticking to the facts,3 -194267,because teens are looking for something to make them laugh,2 -226519,The threat implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying --,2 -14785,a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene,2 -80442,forget all about the original conflict ,,2 -196476,crude humor and vulgar innuendo,0 -191320,a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom,1 -164336,just not campy enough,1 -77796,deceptively casual ode,2 -58706,the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons,3 -165169,long and relentlessly saccharine film,0 -68783,Si,2 -34908,nicely acted,3 -64335,Better than the tepid Star Trek,3 -118374,disrobed most of the cast,2 -50818,did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit,2 -170713,send this ill-conceived folly,1 -173760,the dramatics,2 -58044,the beauty and power,3 -134746,the Philip Glass soundtrack CD,2 -221625,, these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel .,0 -108087,Noyce creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism .,2 -73456,all the wit and hoopla,2 -232192,involved in the process,2 -238502,we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes,2 -142207,, her movie is really bad .,0 -32281,has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference,3 -28152,affection and care,3 -237802,to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks,3 -184606,I believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid,2 -148329,Rohmer 's talky films,2 -33351,is contemplative and mournfully reflective .,2 -75400,because of that,2 -130508,powerful and moving,4 -236299,than ` Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable,2 -77768,deadpan cool ,,2 -80660,from the demented mind,1 -81992,he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,4 -211284,serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally,3 -70555,Unexpected moments,2 -209617,pre-teen crowd,2 -134693,the English call ` too clever by half,3 -187153,Scooby Snacks,2 -78857,elude the more nationally settled,2 -237831,to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen,2 -4154,a strong script,4 -235175,random glass-shattering,1 -154768,be me :,2 -21274,make fun of his subjects,2 -214610,the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience,1 -113725,almost saves the movie .,1 -162278,instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs,0 -188300,The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else : their parents , wise folks that they are , read books .,1 -233240,keep this fresh .,3 -208562,one baaaaaaaaad movie,0 -153857,are just not,1 -74749,as part of the human condition,2 -203279,is one baaaaaaaaad movie .,0 -113181,about one,2 -72080,a nose ),2 -115534,be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play,1 -160190,goes Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do,2 -231608,have used a little trimming,2 -228548,an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes,1 -217175,to look at , listen to , and think about,3 -213451,than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film,1 -42972,watching ,,2 -184703,I saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to .,2 -161491,how to suffer ',1 -151010,With its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious .,1 -218411,vanity film,1 -8514,literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so,1 -16491,loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride,1 -15920,great insight,3 -199603,from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,1 -140093,with aggrandizing madness , not the man,2 -70424,Topics,2 -187992,The camera twirls,2 -227404,`` 13 Conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .,2 -224345,It labours as storytelling .,1 -77096,completely forgettable,0 -822,dismiss barbershop out of hand,1 -165131,live up to its style,2 -7604,into combat hell,1 -128677,of gloom,2 -77511,crawlies,1 -215578,the script gives him little to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .,2 -113646,all the fuss is about,2 -111050,What started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence .,2 -214003,the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show,4 -119219,entry number,2 -132269,she seeks,2 -132308,shoot-em-up,2 -199616,from the Saturday morning cartoons,2 -134128,thankless,1 -186885,Releasing a film with the word ` dog ' in its title in January lends itself to easy jokes and insults , and,1 -171704,songbird Britney Spears,2 -12231,those who are only mildly curious,2 -151045,Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea,4 -58906,theories,3 -188538,The plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story .,2 -88825,of place metaphor,2 -201160,his cynicism,2 -135593,the jury,2 -154941,been a more multifaceted look,2 -53067,inept school productions , but,1 -23516,, but one that many more people should check out,3 -99604,was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival,3 -204335,its surprises limp,1 -210969,secondhand material,0 -227210,Woefully pretentious .,1 -2017,people 's capacity,2 -181971,A selection of scenes in search of a movie,1 -80777,funk,2 -16295,is your ticket .,2 -38660,the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea,4 -89927,overflows,3 -140823,you wo n't care,1 -235525,see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or,2 -183504,Distinctly,2 -123628,intriguing questions,3 -153059,all get-out,2 -22419,they may be overshadowed by some strong performances,2 -63637,Adam Sandler,3 -32727,if a little convenient,2 -71823,a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel,4 -47958,a different objective,2 -161559,if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo,1 -28870,and those are reasons enough to see it .,3 -222655,Boring and meandering,1 -33075,insightful and beautifully rendered film,4 -120066,filmmaker Gary Burns ',2 -16738,of feeling .,2 -45273,Food of Love,2 -69411,The biggest problem with this movie,2 -81557,hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue,2 -155667,buyer to play it on the tube,2 -16979,possible for a sequel to outshine the original,4 -186028,Martin Lawrence Live ' is so self-pitying , I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .,2 -163027,is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting ',3 -78092,develop her own film language with conspicuous success,3 -129159,of these tragic deaths,1 -9792,potter,2 -63310,A refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort,3 -208176,of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal,2 -109976,The most offensive thing,2 -61022,'s face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots,2 -33576,it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen,4 -77571,creepy , intermittently powerful study,4 -215744,the target of something,2 -106120,Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal,1 -230842,first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans '',3 -154242,as some of the people in his life,2 -239173,you may ask,2 -55938,party-hearty teen,2 -19536,a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake,3 -84197,is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be,3 -140906,' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .,0 -17265,some of the worst film comedies in decades,1 -125569,keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors,3 -23421,, and now it is time for their first public recital .,2 -205261,lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles,2 -101994,'s why Sex and Lucia is so alluring,3 -51322,essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off,3 -113303,act miscalculation,2 -25109,Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater,3 -101445,'re just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie,1 -117384,comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something,2 -57531,surrealism,2 -122674,idiosyncratic way,2 -112174,a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',1 -221445,, it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises,1 -223440,Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , Kung Pow,1 -223858,I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny,4 -129257,offensive and,1 -230948,for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose,3 -184040,French hip-hop ,,2 -79779,feels a bit anachronistic . Still,1 -172537,talent and,2 -127693,must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans,1 -100169,whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,4 -173175,that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree,2 -222434,As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .,0 -39098,to Dennis Quaid , in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor,3 -72774,a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles .,2 -16051,honesty and sensitivity,3 -234252,of ( Woo 's ) best work,3 -165463,madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .,0 -90725,proficient , but singularly cursory,2 -200854,have no idea what in creation is going on,1 -43276,'s made with deftly unsettling genre flair .,3 -38445,the most powerful thing,3 -170081,retch it up like rancid crème brûlée,0 -510,assumes you are n't very bright,1 -145389,Flotsam,2 -86865,material this rich it does n't need it,3 -42575,run out,2 -67774,Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .,3 -168562,overstuffed , erratic dramedy,1 -9321,of nostalgic spy-movie charm,3 -229784,certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece,2 -106684,In Praise of Love,3 -135476,the great films,3 -236444,that grand a failure,0 -60850,'s a setup so easy it borders on facile,2 -135856,the nature of compassion,3 -230306,do n't really care too much about this love story,1 -13870,Asian cinema,2 -117168,combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .,3 -45249,Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi .,3 -220484,'' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! '',4 -85133,it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable .,3 -208070,of the expression,2 -109260,Suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers .,1 -183521,Do we really need another film that praises female self-sacrifice,2 -149486,The intent is almost exactly the same ( as The Full Monty ) . All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .,1 -198945,fine music,4 -114747,arriving,2 -56359,quite tasty and,3 -174873,the territory,2 -40686,A pro-fat farce that overcomes much of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances,4 -26414,Ramsay 's,2 -6088,drops,2 -103120,-- whatever fills time --,2 -219267,which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline,2 -202118,in your face for two hours,1 -50781,derivative , overlong , and bombastic,1 -202938,is frustratingly unconvincing .,0 -19302,The director , Steven Shainberg ,,2 -147337,Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination,2 -108871,Sex With Strangers,2 -152985,afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork .,2 -62987,A fiercely clever and subtle film ,,4 -233515,long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There,2 -154958,been called ` Under Siege 3,2 -191002,a movie that is dark,2 -182041,A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but,0 -59225,to empathize with others,3 -48084,a great monster movie,4 -66025,Hollywood film,2 -154042,arty,2 -70675,Walter Hill 's Undisputed,2 -175214,they 're all naughty,2 -201761,in Wisegirls,2 -226809,Trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ',3 -13238,wonderfully,3 -210444,represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .,0 -32538,his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us,4 -101796,'s not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller .,2 -152117,a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel,0 -12974,what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip .,1 -155816,by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,2 -44074,A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego,3 -82263,his greatest triumph,4 -60849,'s a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .,3 -140836,young children , if them .,2 -96551,the recording sessions are intriguing,3 -188478,The nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .,0 -39452,tried,2 -50797,despite some doldrums,2 -150642,Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors,3 -48322,a refreshing departure,3 -25046,Culkin,2 -194501,believe anyone would really buy this stuff,0 -232686,is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant,0 -22286,the human spirit,2 -178700,with your green plastic army men were more exciting,0 -175504,this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot,1 -177530,visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly,0 -77742,day and,2 -134121,than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison,2 -87915,no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle,1 -7836,is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america,3 -183637,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 .,1 -21147,its music,2 -121060,get to the closing bout ...,2 -205208,little enthusiasm for such antique pulp,1 -181662,A faster paced family flick . Upper Teens may get cynical . Smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy .,3 -164142,its remarkable camerawork,4 -13247,worn,1 -92013,screenwriter ),2 -152271,a prison soccer,2 -132731,so grainy and rough , so,3 -165814,meant well in its horse tale about freedom , but was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing,1 -125769,last five years,2 -211807,sloppy script,1 -147407,Meandering , sub-aquatic mess : It 's so bad it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie .,0 -142794,... just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise .,0 -17616,the potency,2 -82102,her grace with a moving camera,3 -93499,stepmother,2 -137569,to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted,2 -15103,and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times,3 -88634,of his actors,2 -197524,dreams , visions,2 -107517,Looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes,1 -125476,joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature,4 -238733,why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble,2 -33753,its claws,2 -108263,Overall , it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .,2 -235135,put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal,2 -159435,for its just under ninety minute running time,2 -149477,The impulses that produced this project ...,2 -75021,atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation,1 -76773,classic . Sometimes shorter,2 -164149,its share of high points,3 -218753,was just coincidence,2 -72696,a traditional Indian wedding,2 -37200,sparring,2 -131573,ripening,2 -113708,allusions,3 -43119,'m the One That I Want,2 -177728,watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .,2 -146966,Just one bad idea,0 -173704,the daddy,2 -222126,A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker ,,3 -74276,are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall,3 -80166,fluid motion,2 -17963,very little,2 -90788,proves it 's never too late to learn .,3 -51544,fascinating but flawed look,3 -74949,at life in contemporary China,2 -237032,the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick,1 -193901,awfully hard,1 -183532,Does little to elaborate the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon,1 -213916,that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful,1 -171906,stands for Milder Is n't Better,1 -146500,It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and,2 -149270,The characters are paper thin,1 -171727,sort out the mess in our heads,1 -12210,this stuck pig,1 -38981,this sensitive material,2 -195398,can only be seen as propaganda,1 -105225,Cook,2 -44850,Candid Camera on methamphetamines .,2 -145113,Erin Brockovich,2 -38435,the most honest films ever made about Hollywood,4 -37290,starring Piper Perabo in what could be her breakthrough role .,4 -93455,starts off,2 -5203,blow up small potatoes,2 -196178,contract,2 -102267,, I 'm the One That I Want , in 2000 .,3 -165082,little fun,2 -24554,Ahhhh,2 -152113,a movie better than this,1 -23566,, coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -56827,self-importance,3 -141191,'s all pretty cynical and condescending , too .,1 -181802,A loud , ugly , irritating movie,0 -18448,, particularly that unexpected downer of an ending,1 -218866,watching an iceberg melt -- only,0 -176554,to wonder if they are ever going to depart,2 -40993,It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . But,2 -188454,The movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself .,2 -112684,a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects,3 -171026,shown poor judgment,2 -174177,the kind of movie that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low,1 -186520,Olympus,2 -94585,that carries a charge of genuine excitement,3 -217013,to fathom,2 -212467,standoffish,2 -132618,slips from the grasp of its maker .,2 -69804,The overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .,4 -2916,to call this one,2 -210311,regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,2 -103397,A Better Tomorrow,2 -133250,startling transformation,2 -95138,the assassination of John F . Kennedy,2 -8924,much more,2 -56974,sickeningly,1 -89516,on which,2 -134464,that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,3 -213666,that he so stringently takes to task,2 -219490,will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now,2 -98177,to look,2 -199535,from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes,1 -189225,Tony Hawk,2 -72373,a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5,1 -162671,is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .,0 -15535,deserves any prizes here,3 -9,' a nightmare on elm street ',2 -213199,tasteful to look at,3 -112430,a non-narrative feature,2 -97255,they 'd look like,2 -102512,, excruciatingly tedious,0 -40946,Hip-hop has a history , and,2 -95082,the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time,2 -234338,of `` Personal Freedom First '',2 -146069,I had n't already seen .,2 -45530,Horner 's,2 -75444,bedroom sequence,2 -98761,tundra soap opera,2 -110316,There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight , so,1 -114642,are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .,1 -96458,the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme,2 -70825,What makes the film special,3 -233350,leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .,2 -225961,Stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by Dustin Hoffman that is revelatory .,4 -205810,many chefs,2 -238049,too \/ You both look and sound great .,4 -205965,maybe a little coffee,2 -169271,pretty unpleasant viewing experience,0 -210817,saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail,1 -136480,the understated comedic agony,2 -86447,made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love,2 -221756,-- toward the end,2 -105223,Continually,2 -231637,he provides a strong itch to explore more .,3 -89387,on both sides of the Atlantic,2 -237688,to Do in Case of Fire,2 -19803,and an album,2 -203348,is really , really stupid,1 -184769,Ice Cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin .,1 -163005,is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .,0 -198403,extravagant pictures,2 -41678,bumps and,3 -149123,The Master Of Disaster,2 -156061,caring about,2 -7066,heart,2 -203461,is sorely,2 -67636,Most consumers of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it,2 -157846,domestic tragedy,1 -71322,a breadth,2 -111629,a children 's,2 -109130,Splendidly,4 -209729,pretty tattered,1 -220436,zest,2 -213467,that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas,2 -128849,of poetry,2 -43818,-- but not stereotyped,3 -190198,a black man in America,2 -146334,Instead of hiding Pinocchio from critics , Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .,0 -118354,dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,4 -66694,It ai n't art , by a long shot ,,1 -6313,exactly how bad it is,0 -149570,The movie does n't add anything fresh to the myth .,1 -127053,might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,0 -16588,more ingeniously constructed,4 -201572,if that 's not too glorified a term,3 -192744,and mind-numbing indifference,1 -192083,ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .,1 -219516,will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again .,0 -38701,the tall grass,2 -91648,rewritten , and,1 -96189,the most ravaging,2 -73632,an American-Russian Armageddon,2 -218173,unflattering,1 -164419,kidnappings,2 -138992,very interesting and,4 -195027,busts,2 -54460,mad , set-piece mad ,,2 -203893,it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own,0 -193183,are simply too bland to be interesting .,1 -21227,like the new footage and still love the old stuff,4 -69702,The moral shrapnel and,2 -42015,gone wild and,2 -6643,formula,2 -12374,to him,2 -110361,There are things to like about Murder By Numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel,2 -3506,77 minutes,2 -199673,fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,1 -74836,as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .,1 -185536,Just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny .,0 -50084,causes of anti-Semitism ever seen on screen .,0 -195614,charisma and ability,3 -118959,elicits,2 -179941,'s precisely what Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does .,2 -174505,the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them,1 -42078,helps '',2 -189038,This kiddie-oriented stinker,1 -148015,Park , New Jersey,2 -72236,a realm,2 -171340,smart but more often sophomoric,2 -20041,attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .,4 -67980,On its own , Big Trouble could be considered a funny little film .,3 -106571,If I have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , Treasure Planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters , I 'll take the latter every time .,2 -88513,of deep feeling,3 -149598,The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ...,1 -189539,What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast,0 -91267,recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More,2 -179347,'d expect -- but nothing more,2 -144612,Coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .,3 -13180,with the warning '' for serious,2 -170003,represents Bartleby 's main overall flaw,2 -56278,pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share,3 -42809,the family ,,2 -127563,movie competition,2 -39758,venues,3 -131364,replace,2 -154775,be more at home on a daytime television serial,2 -164943,like entertainment for trolls,0 -69585,The film runs on a little longer than it needs to --,1 -209404,please the eye,3 -132777,so poorly,1 -192254,all those gimmicks,2 -84601,is shockingly devoid of your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving , crippled children .,2 -153998,are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam,0 -213685,that is routinely dynamited by Blethyn,2 -228028,a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped,1 -93511,still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable,3 -128443,of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,2 -122157,her fans,2 -125552,keep it from floating away,2 -163708,it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard,1 -203685,is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil,1 -29910,by a likable cast,3 -84698,is that her confidence in her material is merited .,3 -137571,to expend the full price for a date,2 -232104,innate theatrics,2 -225765,Short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .,3 -69921,The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and,2 -89532,once in a while a film,3 -32447,heartfelt family drama .,4 -89896,over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time,3 -64110,Aside from Rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view,2 -216006,their first full flush of testosterone,2 -225235,Now , if it only had a brain .,1 -140883,! True Hollywood Story,2 -102740,, nonsensical and formulaic,1 -6688,from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience,3 -45575,I have been waiting my whole life for this movie,4 -106691,In an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure , Narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .,3 -138814,update her beloved genre,2 -137648,to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line,3 -5806,cribbing any of their intelligence,2 -103635,A grittily beautiful film that looks,3 -231834,humankind 's liberating ability,3 -145398,Foolish,1 -148760,Sometimes it feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and starred Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn .,2 -178224,who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris,2 -190457,a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather,1 -94623,that do n't really care for the candidate,1 -91434,remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .,3 -199753,gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list,1 -119206,entire exercise,2 -137060,this superficially loose , larky documentary,1 -137952,to the other side,2 -17004,provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game,3 -33005,in-jokes for the adults,3 -65132,Do The Right Thing,2 -3655,a clunky tv-movie approach,1 -238160,twirls !,2 -21516,of genres,2 -189881,Written , flatly,1 -209063,pared down,2 -18421,, if not a pleasure in its own right,2 -225673,Sad nonsense ,,1 -198852,film criticism can be considered work,2 -165582,makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor,2 -215008,the marks of a septuagenarian,2 -234255,of Amélie,2 -148259,Regan,2 -32625,hollow despair,1 -148799,Spit,1 -151018,With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss,3 -235655,sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart,4 -111654,a climax,3 -13034,while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there,2 -55409,of its epic scope,3 -183949,Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool,3 -89915,overall feelings , broader ideas , and,2 -145954,I 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :,1 -6573,for all its surface frenzy , high crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .,0 -212452,stand them,2 -69842,The power of Shanghai Ghetto , a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann ,,3 -66921,Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight,3 -66913,Jews who escaped the Holocaust,2 -16600,most of us do n't know,2 -88671,of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers,3 -215807,the true intent,2 -209241,persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way,2 -94166,takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze,3 -120321,foolish and,2 -134943,the bravery and dedication,3 -94422,than it would be in another film,2 -119893,feels an awful lot like Friday in Miami .,2 -101176,you there,2 -69637,The history is fascinating :,4 -12081,thematically,3 -204963,like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly,0 -116853,characters of the year,3 -171835,spread .,2 -85300,its logical loopholes,2 -112144,a horror spoof , which They is n't,2 -111868,a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration,2 -71705,a fully engaged supporting cast,3 -111072,When Seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , I wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` Hey , Kool-Aid ! ',2 -248,a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese .,1 -63963,An unflinching ,,3 -187440,Some writer,2 -153301,an admirable ambition,3 -237491,thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio,1 -434,appreciation,3 -73023,about which,2 -186097,Merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage .,2 -159862,further stoke the conversation,2 -142196,, he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable,1 -27568,a great performance,3 -46739,Simultaneously heart-breaking and,2 -55866,our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants,2 -190315,a clunky TV-movie approach,2 -123555,into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality,2 -177951,what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation,2 -134351,that he probably pulled a muscle or two,2 -108851,Serious,3 -213986,the 1970s,2 -67635,Most consumers,2 -3053,virtuosity,3 -109398,The 3-D vistas from orbit ,,2 -224648,Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .,1 -140306,without a premise , a joke,2 -182578,As a director , Eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising,1 -231968,in a better movie , you might not have noticed .,2 -97357,this an eminently engrossing film,4 -146434,It 's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .,2 -13105,winds,2 -74616,as a war criminal,2 -189132,Though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought,3 -203089,is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise,0 -91396,relatively lightweight,2 -41752,creepy by its '',2 -222308,An intoxicating,3 -130001,particularly the fateful fathers --,2 -186861,Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .,1 -107709,Melds,2 -147229,Looks and,2 -87765,needed .,3 -159244,flies out the window .,2 -4885,as much fun,3 -64047,Armed,2 -169424,provoked me to take my own life,1 -68963,Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister ,,2 -31779,for our sympathy,2 -212793,substandard performances,1 -49151,are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster,3 -148920,Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum . Punish the vehicle to adore the star .,1 -48955,an innocent yet fervid conviction,2 -178592,with its less-than-objective stance,2 -1535,keep,2 -135255,the feeble examples,1 -203790,it 's only acting,2 -112832,a sultry evening,3 -38742,the universal language,2 -43700,, so will your kids .,2 -206822,navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness,1 -46559,Proves mainly that South Korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts .,2 -42303,looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski,3 -55348,of evil,2 -156260,chokes the energy right out,2 -200801,have done,2 -40918,Full of profound , real-life moments,3 -27113,Uses,2 -9742,played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up,1 -238823,winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something,2 -66591,It 's no lie,3 -116536,calls attention,2 -125948,library dust,2 -67192,Less,2 -64977,Deepa Mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of Bollywood in the Western world .,3 -39361,to two hours of underdog sports,2 -17075,refreshingly different slice,3 -13207,without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace,2 -156914,courage '',3 -102199,( unintentionally ),2 -49588,because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends,2 -187709,Tedious Norwegian offering which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination .,1 -142544,, there 's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .,1 -229405,big-hearted and frequently,3 -192353,always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story,3 -44303,A terrific B movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory .,4 -195235,by the two daughters,2 -164836,lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell,1 -66103,I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea,2 -51565,father and,2 -53365,is all but,2 -67483,May lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless .,3 -237539,this like the dreaded King Brown snake,1 -177237,unpicked,1 -44175,A movie with a real anarchic flair,3 -136749,there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject,2 -96801,the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games,3 -156343,clever idea,3 -145229,Excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .,1 -69610,The first half,2 -213173,talented friends,3 -54078,keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together,3 -195240,by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,,2 -147270,Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically .,3 -195532,cathartic truth,2 -200235,gripping to plodding and back,2 -178787,work or,2 -52012,funny , touching , smart and complicated,4 -96824,the symbiotic relationship between art and life,2 -105773,Familiar Quotations,2 -55138,nothing short of mesmerizing,3 -141499,'s nothing here you have n't seen before,1 -95895,the human heart,2 -46075,Majidi ),2 -113052,a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion,3 -172821,than your random E ! True Hollywood Story,2 -147693,Night Shyamalan movie,2 -46446,Orwell,2 -154652,be a fascinating ,,3 -129818,outward,2 -94179,taking insane liberties and,2 -148598,Simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy,1 -34167,lively mix,3 -110201,The thing about guys like Evans is this :,2 -150229,This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic,3 -157878,dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .,1 -238073,too often strains,1 -158407,evade,2 -38132,the director 's previous Full Frontal,2 -234405,of defensive driving,2 -8637,makes his start,2 -50112,chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity,2 -161781,in a fantasy world,2 -158739,fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .,1 -207609,of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies,3 -227526,`` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,2 -145038,Easy Ways Out,2 -19271,Still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .,3 -162415,into the absurd,2 -78210,director many viewers,2 -56908,she was in Amélie,2 -106152,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J . K . Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .,1 -117536,cor-blimey-luv-a-duck,2 -128006,no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos , deplorable,2 -213805,that powerhouse,3 -163099,is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance,1 -116644,candid , archly funny and deeply authentic,4 -221305,, colour and cringe,1 -114163,an uneasy blend of Ghost,1 -231519,hate myself most mornings,1 -20191,but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .,3 -39313,to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original,3 -225910,Spader and,2 -151038,Wonder Bread dipped in milk,2 -2458,swims,2 -164698,leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause,2 -116990,cinematic knack,3 -180715,, it 's an unhappy situation all around .,1 -186168,More tiring than anything .,1 -113574,all awkward , static ,,1 -19867,and often lovely,4 -67359,Maid in Manhattan might not look so appealing on third or fourth viewing down the road ... But as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations , the movie passes inspection,3 -58098,the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name,2 -127148,misfit artist,1 -211472,should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story,3 -34579,more like disturbing hallucinations,1 -94528,that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo,3 -123287,incoherence and sub-sophomoric,1 -153363,an easy categorization,2 -138221,tough rock,2 -107797,Monsters , Inc,3 -45796,It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates,4 -225659,Run for your lives !,0 -146953,Just embarrassment,1 -54517,make it abundantly clear,2 -84144,is due,2 -133128,splashed across the immense IMAX screen,2 -42703,stretches believability,2 -119361,even younger audiences,2 -100323,win you over ,,3 -214184,the best ,,3 -192148,all end,3 -183093,Christ allegory,2 -23628,, fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria,2 -169929,reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless,1 -84888,it 's entertaining enough and worth a look,3 -455,artfully lighted , earnest,3 -78219,directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders,2 -27674,a mildly entertaining 77 minutes,3 -114456,anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s,1 -123367,infiltrated every corner,1 -68653,Scratch for a lesson in scratching,1 -218785,was right about Blade,3 -186703,Planet documentary series,2 -160453,had n't already seen .,2 -209639,predictable , maudlin story,1 -115835,being this generation 's Animal House,3 -30824,directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card .,3 -48532,able to tear their eyes away from the screen,3 -126363,loops,2 -137643,to have the best of both worlds,3 -119375,ever being self-important,2 -151905,a hot summer day,3 -181342,... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . ',1 -78097,developments,2 -125536,just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character,2 -38049,the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg,3 -180156,( It ) highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent,2 -2810,there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .,3 -56742,sci-fi genre,2 -161645,illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash,2 -69172,Terrific performances,4 -51183,endlessly inquisitive,2 -129163,of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole,1 -173631,the class reversal,2 -140160,with imagination,3 -17502,the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them,2 -114742,arrives at,2 -222873,Ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers,3 -167188,of Dragonfly,2 -166391,movie feeling,2 -212371,spliced together,2 -208533,on video before month 's end,2 -9968,qutting may be a flawed film,1 -42792,the audacity ,,1 -235094,provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest,3 -10423,shots,2 -195545,cello music,2 -155931,can be said about Stealing Harvard,2 -155223,big ole ',3 -114495,appealing veneer,3 -39202,to happiness,4 -176657,too much about this love story . In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting,1 -17849,to the story and those who know it from bygone days,2 -232790,is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr. Desplechin is content to state it,2 -120516,for the perspective it offers,3 -184331,Has its moments , but,3 -198383,explosions and violence,2 -213230,teen-oriented variation,2 -71903,a little longer,2 -179398,'ll wait in vain for a movie to happen .,1 -46640,Risky Business,2 -27546,a gauzy , dithering way,2 -64318,Benjamins,2 -72019,a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity,3 -64439,Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .,4 -158039,dull-witted and disquietingly,1 -210029,quite pull off the heavy stuff,2 -39067,throwback,2 -8075,its look,2 -169275,prevent us,2 -194332,been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness,1 -900,enough disparate types,2 -2206,schlock,2 -78496,does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .,2 -219116,what in creation is going on,2 -213539,that Malkovich was,2 -205039,like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,0 -225456,Phifer and Black,2 -80433,foreign influences,2 -4016,a nightclub sequence,2 -208567,one big,2 -79640,famous prima donna Floria Tosca ,,2 -29003,appear,2 -41822,done up,2 -60087,when it comes to the characters and writing ... but works its way underneath the skin like few movies,3 -126008,like , say , Treasure Planet ),2 -138494,ugly , pointless , stupid,0 -144791,Despite a powerful portrayal by Binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .,1 -215888,the wheezing terrorist subplot,1 -208238,of weirdness,2 -54215,letting its imagery,2 -87986,nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants,3 -147749,Nonsensical , dull '' cyber-horror '' flick,1 -230556,enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend,3 -197768,emerges as a numbingly dull experience,0 -161597,if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare,1 -128276,of A-list Brit actors,3 -170296,sadly unrealized,1 -236852,the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .,1 -1657,lured in by julia roberts,2 -9491,one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time,3 -20024,astute,2 -62318,, there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .,4 -156356,cliche-drenched,1 -33640,it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions,1 -24052,-- but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .,3 -133941,telegraphed pathos ,,2 -37889,that seems appropriate,2 -168351,oppositions,2 -84523,is our story,2 -101539,'s a scorcher,3 -2663,the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .,2 -159812,full-length,2 -74079,and yet at the end,2 -13721,... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid .,3 -57686,than most contemporary statesmen,2 -14853,a very different world,2 -74849,as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin,3 -14850,a technical , logistical feat,3 -73071,accident-prone,1 -190338,a comedy or,2 -140073,with a satirical style,2 -157399,did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us,1 -146771,It will probably prove interesting to Ram Dass fans , but to others it may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture,2 -165024,liked the 1982 film,2 -98149,to keep parents away from the concession stand,2 -112404,a nervy , risky film,2 -128637,of emotional resonance,3 -219320,who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting,2 -116719,caricatures,2 -53338,is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence,3 -110151,The sequel,3 -68405,Resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .,2 -195699,cinematic icons,2 -75337,be the purr,2 -52576,her son 's discovery of his homosexuality,2 -11140,that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess,1 -35874,own eccentricities,3 -64158,At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . Yet,1 -177595,want to swipe something,2 -130529,preachy fable,1 -117871,dark visions,2 -20450,enchanting,3 -188356,The modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .,1 -197892,enjoy moaning about their cruel fate,2 -132791,so solidly connect with one demographic while,3 -136567,the wayward wooden one,2 -234025,my aisle 's walker,2 -215130,the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn,1 -34131,likely to see anytime soon,2 -187065,Sad nonsense , this . But,1 -115365,ballroom,2 -53093,innocent yet,2 -154479,avenges a hatred for men,2 -41085,Morgan and,2 -41232,Sure , it 's more of the same , but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing,3 -63569,A wild ride,3 -207280,now ,,2 -26101,Monty Python 's,3 -54925,movie that Franz Kafka would have made .,2 -202244,initial excitement,2 -136693,their world,2 -48374,a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why,2 -50036,captivating coming-of-age story,3 -25502,Hawn,2 -129840,over-familiarity,1 -203018,is its reliance on formula ,,2 -216471,this sappy script,2 -44936,Claude Chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that 's okay,2 -58431,the journey is far more interesting than the final destination,3 -153231,am sorry that I was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy,1 -51672,filming the teeming life on the reefs ,,2 -21525,of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This,3 -10990,teen-speak and animal,2 -33234,is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons,3 -114028,an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler,2 -214194,the big scene,2 -215182,the naïf 's encounter,2 -71565,a disturbing story,2 -90202,perfectly respectable,3 -119904,feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe,2 -87066,message to tell,2 -157445,digit,2 -203115,is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his,3 -207830,of its titular community,2 -131816,scenes so true and heartbreaking,3 -19213,Remarkably,3 -110813,Unbreakable and Signs,2 -126884,may be overstating it , but '' Spider-Man,2 -184038,French grandfather,2 -157365,developing much attachment,2 -173859,the far superior Nurse Betty,3 -134770,the Time,2 -148574,Shreve 's graceful dual narrative,3 -208089,of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with,3 -215336,the performances by Phifer and,2 -43834,. Kaufman and,2 -90726,proficient , but singularly cursory ),2 -237012,the kind of movie we were hoping `` Ecks vs. Sever '' or `` xXx '' was going to be,2 -118935,eke,2 -72544,a strange new world,2 -10801,stuttering editing and pompous references,1 -15012,and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today,3 -232750,is something like nostalgia . ',2 -144943,Dog Day Afternoon,2 -15739,far between,2 -5014,based on a true and historically significant story,3 -40814,Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does --,2 -233077,it overstays its natural running time,1 -189977,` Matrix ',2 -211949,so inane,1 -50650,dazzling conceptual feat,4 -51090,eats , meddles ,,2 -29640,blobby old-school CGI animation in this superlarge format,2 -79433,executed it takes your breath away .,4 -222647,Boisterous ,,2 -196030,commenting on the monster 's path of destruction,2 -147272,Luhrmann,2 -45721,It 's a scattershot affair,1 -15722,extremely effective,4 -1336,into,2 -224988,Mr. Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .,3 -98464,todo,2 -179869,'s no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit,2 -130937,quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc . '',2 -208614,one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets,2 -25597,Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie,2 -13049,while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something,1 -5282,bring on the battle bots , please,3 -65646,French malapropisms,3 -28124,administration,2 -146163,II ,,2 -99030,unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn,4 -131090,realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack,2 -25260,Everything you loved about it in 1982,2 -154625,bastard,2 -233940,more simply intrusive to the story,1 -56616,rip-off,0 -77403,cost thousands and possibly,2 -146504,It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and,2 -17253,solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account,2 -61770,, and unknown,2 -73417,all of the actors,2 -116177,breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers,3 -157773,does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story,2 -105094,Chris Columbus ' sequel is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .,3 -96447,the preaching message,1 -103537,A dramatic comedy,2 -137959,to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene,1 -179137,you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going,1 -160430,hackneyed message,2 -142493,, the fun slowly leaks out of the movie .,2 -140739,you do n't have kids borrow some,2 -9352,of teen-speak and animal gibberish,1 -75452,been around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's,2 -107562,M :,2 -195830,clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .,0 -37159,something on his mind,2 -15222,beautiful to look at,4 -198128,even though her talent is supposed to be growing,2 -216630,thriller/horror,2 -122267,hip-hop documentary,2 -202227,infinitely more,2 -223255,Even at its worst,2 -214155,the athleticism,2 -12747,varmints,1 -135581,the intensity of the movie 's strangeness,2 -71925,a love letter,3 -34628,most enjoyable,4 -124142,is in the title,2 -151510,a collection of bits,2 -35489,of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland,3 -23529,, but they 're each interesting .,3 -60134,while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part,3 -215158,the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .,2 -99592,warm up to,3 -219971,work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,0 -40771,Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and,4 -224820,More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal,3 -96355,the peak of their powers,2 -42748,takes up,2 -173249,that this film does but feels less repetitive,1 -51152,emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking,4 -34498,mini-mod-madness,2 -139367,we 're supposed to shriek,2 -69002,Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious,3 -129473,on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451,2 -28436,and Diggs,2 -137089,this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .,2 -194294,become very involved in the proceedings :,2 -130777,psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` Spy Kids 2 ',2 -2990,true,3 -67961,Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments,3 -164928,like a sugar high gone awry,1 -43362,'s unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum,3 -191310,a serviceable melodrama,3 -2513,that keeps you guessing at almost every turn,3 -217028,to film directors,2 -8572,love and,3 -207774,of his passe ' chopsocky glory,1 -151694,a few bits funnier,2 -65604,Ford administration 's,2 -195936,comedy ' scenes,2 -33168,intrigues,2 -178979,writing or direction,2 -199859,gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times,1 -90054,parlor,2 -26771,The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates .,3 -183255,DOA dud,0 -35772,or gripping film,2 -195963,comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental,2 -150204,This idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture .,0 -92696,since the thrills pop up frequently,3 -145027,Earnest but earthbound ... a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast .,1 -130782,psychological drama , sociological reflection , and,2 -48225,a mysterious creature with psychic abilities,2 -233531,look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction,0 -193239,are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal,1 -202509,is , like the military system of justice,2 -37970,the Shadows,2 -172750,than engaging,2 -164974,like one of those conversations that Comic Book Guy on '' The Simpsons '' has,2 -26098,Montias,2 -66444,Is an Actress works,2 -121754,has finally , to some extent ,,2 -226501,The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic,3 -5054,be taken seriously,2 -39512,two films,2 -189386,Veers,2 -96442,the power of spirits,3 -158098,earnestly generic,2 -4658,an exclamation point,4 -16138,in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes,2 -40619,-- and it 's not intended to,2 -47266,The story and structure are well-honed . Fresnadillo 's dark and jolting images have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away .,2 -106176,Has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short,1 -148653,Slowtime,1 -45551,I 've never bought from telemarketers ,,2 -155371,book status,2 -131412,reserved but existential poignancy,2 -17089,represent .,2 -138829,uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated,4 -129042,of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with,1 -10660,spell things,2 -233261,know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway,3 -105561,Duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .,3 -1005,for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown,1 -26347,Personal Velocity,3 -21170,just enough of everything -- re-enactments , archival footage , talking-head interviews --,3 -133667,surefire way,2 -174840,the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey,1 -148712,Solo,2 -217001,to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money,2 -161989,in the book trying to make the outrage,2 -47786,` picture shows,2 -122465,holds you in rapt attention,3 -204770,lead roles,2 -201458,humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .,3 -70273,This may be Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic,3 -195590,channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .,2 -81546,hanging out,2 -171900,standard , stiff TV-style animation and,1 -32891,in logic,2 -49318,as seductive,2 -155347,bogged down,1 -110000,The movie is loaded with good intentions,3 -40084,whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness,2 -77626,cultural , sexual and social discord,1 -159903,gave them a lapdance,2 -48342,a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure,4 -44058,A droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State,1 -179596,'s actually too sincere,2 -89581,one man 's occupational angst,2 -205199,little cartoon,2 -39670,unrepentant domestic psychopathy,1 -96521,the rarest kinds of films,4 -99611,was essentially , by campaign 's end,2 -28741,and philosophical depth,3 -174374,the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not,1 -57406,street-smart,3 -127740,nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living,2 -49412,at their sacrifice,2 -159127,filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment,2 -83348,infusing into the story,2 -23086,'s also the year 's sweetest movie,4 -201680,imponderably stilted,1 -201748,in Slackers or their antics,2 -104727,Beware the quirky Brit-com . They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .,2 -96755,the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,4 -40395,yell,1 -186318,Neverland,2 -58238,the downward spiral comes to pass,1 -195365,can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .,1 -216879,to be genuinely satisfying,3 -185378,Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and Schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .,1 -13223,wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,3 -189523,Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but,2 -198923,find them,2 -187504,Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards ,,3 -44136,A knowing sense,2 -80896,genial and,3 -161186,highfalutin,2 -65578,For a debut film,3 -36934,show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte,3 -41534,alternately amused and,3 -20014,as the music defines a generation,2 -103678,A little melodramatic,2 -205730,makes them .,2 -88472,of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,3 -116880,charming in comedies like American Pie and,3 -127548,moves away from Solondz 's social critique,2 -26851,The long-range appeal of '' Minority Report '' should transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages .,4 -144922,Do n't let your festive spirit go this far,2 -132089,sense even,2 -120082,final act,3 -215750,the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining,2 -190596,a flat manner,2 -111970,a fun -- but bad -- movie,1 -236812,the desert does for rain,2 -145835,Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole ' miss in the way of story .,1 -112617,a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even,2 -182936,Brosnan 's finest non-Bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .,1 -217538,together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap,0 -236827,the drive of a narrative,2 -123526,international version,2 -47072,The film is powerful , accessible and funny . You wo n't miss its messages ,,4 -113428,adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and,4 -2039,picture in which,2 -89263,offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .,4 -232291,is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality .,3 -84990,it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success,3 -42827,the job done,2 -125123,it unexpectedly rewarding,3 -84838,is your film,2 -231404,has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .,0 -56609,rich visual clarity and deeply,4 -92903,smirk,1 -43480,, Piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .,3 -27595,a hurry,2 -183632,Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson,2 -133626,sun-splashed,2 -144711,Dawdles and drags when it should pop : it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding .,1 -121224,glosses over Rafael 's evolution,1 -1247,hungry,2 -198214,everyone should be themselves,2 -81194,going on here,2 -227960,a hell of a lot,2 -35424,of the Italian masterpiece,4 -23160,'s rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity,3 -176926,trying to finish a race,2 -238886,with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ),2 -12142,this harrowing,2 -219250,which gradually turns What Time Is It There ?,2 -111613,a chain,2 -162929,is how it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear,1 -97811,to America speaking not a word of English,2 -225354,Ourside the theatre Roger might be intolerable company ,,1 -60672,'' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home,3 -72963,about nothing,1 -81833,have a bit of a phony relationship,2 -168957,plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit .,0 -114442,any teen,2 -226464,The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable,3 -149025,Tara Reid plays a college journalist , but,2 -206320,month 's,2 -157799,does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school,2 -110345,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 .,2 -57340,stepdad,2 -128979,of the action,2 -59367,to the Warren Report,2 -18926,Hill,2 -80801,funny . A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .,3 -50082,causes,2 -33978,lap,2 -29136,as Leon Barlow,2 -203397,is simply tired,1 -213287,ten bucks,2 -5276,breathtaking,4 -21319,metaphorical visual style,4 -15803,following a feel-good formula with a winning style,4 -102864,, the characters respond by hitting on each other .,2 -53247,is NOT a retread of '' Dead Poets ' Society .,2 -6762,get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any,4 -113495,aftermath,2 -128982,of the actress-producer and writer,2 -28299,an Angel,3 -36680,says repeatedly throughout the movie,1 -193416,as best you can with a stuttering script,1 -144052,Based on True Events,2 -32196,grief and hope,2 -4239,a tribute,3 -102456,, compelling story,3 -137678,to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc,2 -22666,use special effects,2 -193645,as we,3 -93203,somewhat less,1 -152643,a very complex situation,3 -236719,the appeal of Hey Arnold,2 -32904,in pops Nathan Lane,2 -25044,Crit 101,2 -152497,a spray can,2 -148750,Somehow we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane .,0 -212471,stands still,2 -17479,the absurd,1 -72000,a more colorful , more playful tone,3 -26720,The Emperor,2 -205899,mattered,2 -203724,it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick,2 -117700,creating adventure,2 -51360,every minute of this film,2 -64029,Ararat,2 -224745,May be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .,3 -46627,Renaissance Spain , and,2 -31258,even some depth,3 -66321,Ignorant,1 -38306,the hearts,2 -154961,been cobbled together onscreen,1 -187392,So putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .,0 -21026,is impossible,1 -16848,or Steven Segal,2 -169171,precocious kids,2 -57602,tale probes,2 -101593,'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly ,,3 -140956,'d create a movie better than this,2 -30018,canon,2 -19636,about Barris,2 -189472,Wayne classics,2 -39117,to anchor itself in new grounds,2 -44868,Century France,2 -196197,contrived plotting ,,1 -39043,thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation,4 -68630,Scorpion King,2 -170735,serious critique,1 -190325,a cold-hearted curmudgeon,2 -82889,in all its aspects,2 -5186,blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) ,,4 -87099,might have,2 -143764,An unclassifiably awful study,1 -81299,got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,3 -230382,doing something else far more pleasurable,1 -95416,the curtains,2 -230837,first 2\/3,2 -107510,Lohman 's,2 -85151,it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive,3 -202206,inescapable absurdities,1 -185386,Its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .,1 -50345,complex characters -- sometimes tender ,,3 -46,'s not,2 -4981,back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days,2 -70187,This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F . Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative .,4 -36908,shines as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield,2 -111084,When it 's this rich and luscious,4 -8379,leave the theater,1 -49483,basest desires,2 -37097,sobering film,2 -146843,Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo,2 -197705,editorial process,3 -55460,of of others,2 -127565,movie fun,3 -63063,A funny and well-contructed black comedy,4 -45617,If this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then The Grey Zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .,2 -105194,Congrats Disney on a job well done,4 -113940,an alternate version , but as,2 -30588,darn,2 -23161,'s rather like a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable,2 -168653,paradigm,2 -37496,sure some will try,2 -206172,mind : So why is this so boring ?,1 -80988,gets under our skin and,3 -89203,of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen,3 -75768,blue hilarity,3 -177486,viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .,0 -115492,be emphasized enough,2 -151487,a clear case,2 -119016,emphasized enough,2 -204814,leaves a lot to be desired .,0 -61835,, comic relief,2 -178822,worry about what classic Oliver Parker intends to mangle next time,0 -211031,seem irritatingly transparent,1 -86229,long and eventful spiritual journey,3 -225398,Parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion ',1 -220305,you might not have noticed .,2 -136390,the television series that inspired the movie,3 -131414,resist temptation,3 -5474,celebrityhood,2 -21427,no scene,2 -66206,I suspect it might deliver again and again,3 -224234,It 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .,2 -19363,This is a film brimming with detail and nuance and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever .,3 -8756,members,2 -144489,Christmas really rolls around,2 -189190,To the filmmakers , Ivan is a prince of a fellow , but,2 -210086,ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and,2 -142584,, this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .,2 -200314,hackneyed and,1 -60272,willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics need not apply,3 -146446,It 's an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable .,2 -196584,dark green,2 -129168,of those,2 -580,before landing squarely,2 -237755,to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,2 -39024,though , is the one established by Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .,2 -211280,serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films .,3 -204593,know how to please the eye,3 -190781,a hunky has-been,1 -799,despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .,3 -85969,life 's harshness,1 -223798,I guess I come from a broken family , and,1 -84731,is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision,2 -38470,the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie,1 -100009,while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter,3 -172748,than effectively,2 -124643,is that sort of thing,2 -149206,The actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes .,0 -3106,wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend,1 -74865,assassination,1 -54949,much of a splash,3 -97585,those standards,2 -71075,Woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to Do n't Look Back .,3 -207423,of Equilibrium,2 -141695,'s ultimately,2 -82660,if you find comfort in familiarity,3 -211089,seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business .,3 -115842,belief that were it not for Holm 's performance,2 -134931,the bloated costume drama,1 -76173,by his lack of faith in his audience,2 -151258,a 26-episode TV series,2 -139093,visually smart,3 -2035,pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies,3 -211501,should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .,1 -37033,sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem,4 -158630,exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse,1 -141803,( Newton ) wanders through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality .,1 -220050,would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated,0 -96997,the visceral excitement,3 -124689,is the opposite of a truly magical movie,1 -53508,is it .,2 -112570,a raise,3 -131651,roster,2 -97717,through the ranks of the players,2 -221358,, he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .,1 -99598,warmth to go around , with music and laughter and,3 -87174,modern Lothario,2 -161527,humorless disquisition,1 -142352,, more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .,1 -40200,with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free --,3 -151904,a horse,2 -111964,a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions,1 -206519,most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,1 -69835,The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians .,3 -197654,each others ' affections,2 -80850,games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery ,,2 -167647,of polishing,2 -47836,a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart,3 -38657,the special effects and narrative flow much improved,3 -81988,he forgets to make it entertaining,1 -76631,check your pulse,2 -47501,Ultimately , '' MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .,3 -228809,are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have,1 -175046,the world 's most fascinating stories,4 -221536,, sometimes indulgent,2 -84172,is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper,3 -111438,` gentle ',3 -195907,come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story,1 -232450,is engage an audience .,2 -14879,about our lives,2 -22756,what to praise first,3 -45348,Gauge,2 -57086,smooth , Goodfellas image,3 -86574,make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .,3 -139033,victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers,1 -155465,breaking the spell,2 -227430,`` Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .,3 -147117,Leigh 's depth and rigor , and his skill at inspiring accomplished portrayals that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness,2 -148326,Roger Michell , who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England,3 -237028,the lesson , in the end,2 -110983,Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .,3 -188659,The self-serious Equilibrium makes its point too well,2 -213899,that these women are spectacular,4 -176586,too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style,1 -168183,one big laugh ,,3 -92746,sixties ' rockumentary milestones,3 -176193,to humor,3 -191040,a nice coffee table book,3 -7575,institutionalized slavery,1 -73165,actors play,2 -158531,every other Seagal movie,2 -20154,bumps,2 -35271,of his talents,3 -175574,this undetermined destination,2 -135353,the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging,1 -145705,Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument,2 -23271,( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce,4 -90194,perfect show,4 -151571,a curmudgeonly British playwright,2 -54733,might not even notice it,2 -187275,Shows moments of promise but,3 -110669,To paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel , Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .,0 -147315,Makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters,1 -233739,mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence,2 -185257,It ca n't escape its past ,,2 -117927,debut feature sucked,1 -139055,viewing audience,2 -86966,meaning in relationships or work,3 -53379,is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism,3 -130496,potentially incredibly twisting mystery,3 -21218,light on the screen,3 -72173,a president,2 -136139,the rest of us -- especially San Francisco,2 -110070,The performances are an absolute joy .,4 -226832,Twenty years after its first release , E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .,4 -127638,much to absorb and,2 -78891,emotional and moral,3 -155293,blaring heavy metal,2 -45152,Equilibrium is what George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .,2 -46679,Same song ,,1 -72387,a sick , twisted sort of way,1 -137511,to cram earplugs,1 -66534,It 's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing .,2 -236098,stupid and maudlin,0 -23076,'s a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations,3 -140447,works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun,3 -61346,'s very Beavis and Butthead , yet,2 -67567,Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire,2 -100485,with eight,2 -24111,... ( but ) Lohman 's moist,1 -146464,It 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .,1 -889,engaging ,,3 -45676,Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but,2 -187650,Swimfan ,,2 -52024,funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman,3 -198569,farcical and,2 -69378,The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,3 -196636,decades-spanning historical epics,2 -223913,If any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...,1 -87967,nonetheless appreciates the art,3 -205629,maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension,1 -46785,Splat-Man !,2 -195220,by the most random of chances,1 -53113,insists,2 -177654,was god awful,0 -44181,A moving tale of love and destruction,3 -36278,quiet freak-outs,1 -80084,flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept,2 -51116,elegantly colorful look,3 -152543,a subject that 's potentially moving,3 -12581,truly wonderful,4 -221523,, sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .,0 -26518,Sandler 's,2 -32863,in four years,3 -20831,how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture,3 -196261,could benefit from the spice of specificity,2 -140114,with another character,2 -108067,Not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .,4 -170983,should offer a free ticket ( second prize , of course , two free tickets ) to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie .,0 -17044,real flair,3 -30126,check it out,4 -159175,fire-red flame,2 -137361,to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb,3 -50337,completely deadpan,1 -924,existing,2 -161738,in Black II,2 -170390,say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled,1 -51405,exceptionally well-detailed,4 -207990,of snow,2 -196854,despite the efforts of a first-rate cast,1 -192771,and shower scenes,2 -196722,delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .,3 -151015,With minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .,1 -71938,a lump,2 -156842,corruscating,2 -67739,My Wife Is an Actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple .,3 -176090,to document all this emotional misery,1 -171885,staleness,1 -234897,pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead,1 -31286,every bit as awful,0 -172093,strength and laser-beam eyes,2 -156900,could still use some more schooling,1 -213343,than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .,1 -230940,for that matter .,2 -174598,the public is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .,2 -152159,a new art form,3 -142414,, ridiculous,1 -18851,Energetic and boldly provocative .,4 -79084,enough to keep us,2 -132398,show these characters in the act,2 -232358,is a strangely drab romp .,1 -6608,for something,2 -15045,and honesty,2 -64129,Astonishingly,4 -218293,up in Reno . '' Go,2 -204851,length ,,2 -148530,Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere .,1 -88331,of a lifestyle,2 -91931,savory,4 -52039,general and theatrical,2 -46126,McDowell ? Cool,3 -131733,sappiness,1 -40421,you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes,1 -73890,an intriguing species of artifice,3 -18416,, happy,3 -222874,Ca n't kick about the assembled talent,2 -175008,the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun,2 -122932,in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .,3 -111497,a Pasolini film without passion or politics,1 -118448,do n't even,2 -97007,the war between the sexes,2 -123036,in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast,3 -74060,and subtly different,2 -130742,proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .,3 -235773,sing the lyrics,2 -207215,not to hate,2 -184425,Highly uneven and inconsistent ... Margarita Happy Hour kinda,1 -167473,of funny,2 -188838,There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects,2 -201243,his slop,1 -45022,Dead Poets ' Society,2 -142152,, dour documentary,2 -211221,sensationalism characteristic,2 -98573,touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot,4 -64200,Awards,2 -159198,fitfully,2 -82597,idiom,2 -198982,first-rate performances,3 -191030,a neat twist , subtly rendered,3 -163424,is that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered .,2 -56828,self-mocking,2 -32665,how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage,2 -11356,the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby --,2 -219406,whom the,3 -229319,before landing squarely on `` stupid '',0 -65727,Garcia ,,2 -34568,more homosexual undertones,2 -22353,the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico,2 -140147,with her actors,3 -184594,I Know What You Did Last Winter,2 -182768,Bela,2 -141037,'re better off staying home and watching The X-Files .,0 -167355,of an unwieldy mess,0 -142600,, unessential sequel,1 -155294,blatant sentimentality,2 -8284,keening and,2 -215701,the stunning star,4 -115831,being self-important,2 -145206,Every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it . The New Guy is one of them .,1 -211156,seen it all before,1 -153115,all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie,1 -158879,fat lady,2 -207294,numbered kidlets,2 -116133,both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,3 -48411,a sure and measured hand,2 -86568,make it entertaining,2 -194900,bound and determined,2 -130789,psychopathic mind,2 -180727,, it actually hurts to watch .,0 -188612,The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel .,1 -128970,of the New Zealand and Cook Island locations,2 -201688,impressed with its own solemn insights,3 -6181,embraces it , energizes it,3 -176405,to sleep than a sound machine,2 -38549,the point of resembling a stage play,2 -192434,an abrupt turn,2 -96456,the predictable parent vs,2 -58316,the film operates nicely off the element of surprise ,,3 -104834,Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and,4 -42492,pulls his even-handed ideological ship,3 -93893,supple understanding,2 -154830,be the only way to pay for his next project,2 -177786,we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love ,,1 -126931,me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens,1 -14874,about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters .,2 -170074,rests on his pretty-boy laurels,2 -24465,A sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss .,2 -98273,to run out of ideas,2 -132964,something seems to be missing .,2 -23730,, it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .,3 -11069,that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put,2 -77326,contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past,4 -104998,Carrying,3 -26103,Monty Python 's Meaning of Life,2 -15279,border on being cartoonlike,2 -111934,a flimsy excuse,1 -66120,I 've ever seen .,2 -20759,he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art,3 -147671,New Year,2 -219756,with hot-button issues in a comedic context,2 -216755,tiresome cliché,1 -138739,unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre,3 -151292,a Hollywood production,2 -27553,a glorious groove,3 -88832,of popular culture,2 -25076,David Mamet enthusiast,2 -55527,of the 2002 summer season,2 -50003,can comfortably,2 -135902,the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families,1 -229764,cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer,2 -157044,crux,2 -17796,to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs,3 -61257,'s so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second,4 -62399,, video-shot,2 -17927,unexpected deposits,2 -17143,school friends,3 -159890,garbled,2 -9700,petty,1 -137837,to see what all the fuss is about,3 -108845,Selby Jr .,2 -91682,riffs,2 -19834,and good-natured spunk,4 -203491,is supposed to be the star of the story,2 -61441,( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass .,3 -216081,then proceeds to flop,1 -181999,A slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally .,1 -31380,exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women,3 -235854,so distant,1 -197128,distinctly musty odour,2 -115205,at the feet,2 -193959,bad-movie,0 -232486,is hereby given fair warning .,1 -10656,spears,2 -33397,is involving,3 -148928,Suggests puns,2 -6919,had nothing left over for jokes,1 -167324,of a single good reason,2 -209020,painfully slow,0 -6402,fantasma,2 -187461,Sontag,2 -42231,it so lovingly and,3 -89680,only Bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction .,2 -121564,half-baked setups and,0 -129243,off the rare trick of recreating,3 -20357,delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .,3 -37763,that are among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately,3 -75050,audiences who like movies that demand four hankies,2 -109215,Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,1 -6035,does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,1 -220388,your favorite pet,2 -46209,More concerned with Sade 's ideas than with his actions . The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as,3 -194957,bring on the Battle Bots ,,2 -18290,'s most thought-provoking film,4 -71052,Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and,3 -142981,A Nightmare,0 -22272,the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ... takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda .,3 -34345,managed,2 -36963,significant moviegoing pleasures,3 -127252,mordant humor,2 -212151,some outrageously creative action,3 -197720,either effort in three hours of screen time,2 -92494,shenanigans,2 -57660,terrific and,3 -76718,cinema , and indeed,2 -103760,A pathetically,1 -225256,Obvious .,1 -133204,stance is admirable , but,2 -188522,The pacing is often way off and,1 -199468,framed in conversation,2 -108661,Robin Tunney,3 -202416,into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop,2 -31519,fast-moving and remarkable,4 -120860,funny . And educational,3 -208982,own investment,2 -129979,paraphrase,2 -163426,is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory,1 -23117,'s enough,2 -141916,) has learned new tricks,2 -40139,will want to check,3 -2620,the hills,3 -124398,is one of Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .,2 -121133,give a second look,3 -234541,of the film buzz and whir : very little of it,1 -71419,a cold , calculated exercise,1 -8878,most ingenious,4 -221697,, you 're too interested to care .,3 -51836,for their work,2 -28443,and Gainsbourg,2 -211383,shave ice without the topping,1 -236928,the first movie based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers,4 -188027,The characters seem one-dimensional ,,1 -99453,visceral sensation,3 -110105,The problems and characters it reveals,1 -206028,melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project,1 -29482,becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing .,3 -204714,last week 's issue of Variety,2 -50720,deftly unsettling genre flair,1 -42225,is uniformly excellent and,3 -56798,seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer,2 -3585,a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness,2 -147224,Long Time Dead ?,2 -118463,do n't worry,2 -73727,an easy movie to watch,3 -155044,begs,2 -33900,just a twisty double-cross,1 -129662,only wish,2 -112109,a hefty helping,2 -97517,this side of Aesop,2 -141167,'s a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center .,1 -89570,one form or,2 -81229,good human,3 -42831,the kind of intimate and character-driven film,3 -109079,Sometimes this modest little number clicks,2 -144704,Davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .,1 -124128,is impossible to care about,1 -218711,was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic,2 -54426,low rent Godfather,1 -77316,continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .,2 -114264,and narrative strength,3 -87096,might deliver again and again,3 -183790,Everything about Girls Ca n't Swim , even,2 -118113,deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities .,2 -54964,multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , Solaris,3 -112289,a man teetering on the edge of sanity,2 -28542,and clear,2 -103864,A seriocomic debut,2 -24798,Beau Travil,2 -149495,The jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .,0 -24983,Chris Rock,2 -133365,straight-shooting family film,3 -218882,watching your favorite pet get buried alive,0 -130605,pretty good overall picture,3 -221408,, it 's just another sports drama\/character study .,1 -160968,he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr,1 -28119,addresses a hungry need for PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies,3 -193279,art drivel,2 -160628,has all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .,1 -54984,mysterious creature,2 -1666,mainstream matinee-style entertainment,3 -172199,submarine spectacular ? Alas,2 -81577,hard-pressed,1 -134241,that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,3 -149594,The movie is a desperate miscalculation . It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and,0 -72429,a small star,2 -102617,, it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation,3 -12155,this is n't exactly profound cinema,1 -188824,There 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself .,2 -111671,a comedy , a romance ,,3 -12856,was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances,4 -29965,ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches,2 -168879,pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson,2 -63218,A moving story of determination and the human spirit .,4 -112906,a torn book jacket,3 -65575,For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter,4 -60498,wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill,2 -64085,As commander-in-chief of this film,2 -3536,` difficult ',1 -168031,on Philip K . Dick stories,3 -57623,tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script,2 -167963,officer,2 -91718,ringside seat,3 -231988,in almost every single facet of production,2 -164259,jumbled,1 -209094,particularly memorable or even all that funny,1 -181065,, this movie just goes on and on and on and on,1 -220216,you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live,4 -4575,amount,2 -1328,intellectual,2 -53551,is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless,3 -204370,itself all too seriously,1 -102520,, featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .,0 -64743,Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air,3 -67167,Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .,4 -89113,of the writer,2 -190141,a bar,2 -91345,reenactment,2 -170628,seems to care about,2 -35562,of yourself you did n't know,2 -132213,several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .,0 -22955,'' For serious film buffs,2 -132067,self-glorified,2 -167562,of its plot contrivances,1 -32553,his forte,2 -162655,is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama,1 -215940,the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor,2 -79583,fake fun,2 -106187,Haynes ' work,2 -221643,, this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half .,4 -61299,'s that good .,3 -50737,deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full,4 -6675,friggin,2 -236028,stars and hood rats,2 -222827,But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .,3 -8438,lights,2 -224618,Like Mike does n't win any points for originality .,1 -215442,the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness,1 -174090,the host and hostess,2 -75272,be had,2 -155112,bemused contempt,1 -78876,emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .,1 -180093,'ve seen it all before,1 -132469,signing,3 -234321,of `` Charade,2 -130204,physical beauty,3 -123760,is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema,3 -155754,by its fussy script and uptight characters,1 -230637,everyone and everything,2 -194336,been a hoot in a bad-movie way,1 -112773,a stale , overused cocktail,1 -115630,be-bop,2 -179114,you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue,2 -23294,, De Niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .,4 -195964,comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .,2 -27114,Uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict,3 -107426,Less-than-compelling documentary,1 -123638,introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix,0 -137194,thriller '',3 -26637,Stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .,3 -129230,of witnesses,2 -216774,to Chekhov,2 -33411,is miraculously able to entertain anyway,4 -38539,the plan,2 -123539,into a comedy graveyard,1 -139264,was n't preachy,2 -28639,and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders .,3 -54440,lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns .,2 -185574,Karen Black,2 -222838,But when it does , you 're entirely unprepared .,2 -171668,something or,2 -76414,capture these musicians in full regalia,3 -105570,EXIT sign,1 -44974,Crackerjack entertainment --,3 -180624,, even in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light .,2 -210740,sale,2 -78484,does not really,1 -98028,to enjoy its own transparency,3 -151506,a coherent game,2 -150222,This is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .,0 -207896,of one actor,2 -16200,involves,2 -214964,the limitations of his skill and,1 -59239,to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona,2 -79399,examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling,3 -119779,far the worst movie of the year,1 -89110,of the working poor,2 -68324,Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings,4 -18924,High Fidelity,3 -35809,otherworldly quality,3 -31712,footage of Burstein,2 -80574,from Michael Cunningham 's novel,2 -207808,of its attractive young leads,3 -184338,Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of '' Lolita '',0 -28390,an ongoing game,2 -232322,is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn,3 -52655,his punchy dialogue,2 -109681,The criticism,2 -179997,'s spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh,1 -130692,profiling,2 -65178,Dr . Freud,2 -39763,very difficult,1 -82562,humorous and touching,3 -129804,out to be,3 -58125,the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment,1 -34679,motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups,2 -93517,still leaves shockwaves,3 -83113,in the manner of Jeff Foxworthy 's stand-up act,2 -69912,The spaniel-eyed Jean Reno,2 -96204,the most watchable film,4 -173077,that it ends up being surprisingly dull,1 -40188,with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life,2 -86181,live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it,3 -108226,Open-ended and composed,3 -113438,advanced Prozac Nation,2 -119208,entire running time,2 -52970,in rap,2 -211160,seen some bad singer-turned actors,1 -212871,suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length,0 -166717,new sequence,2 -67600,Mora,2 -187915,The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and,0 -164827,lifeless boxing film,0 -30837,disorienting,1 -152743,about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family,0 -158331,entertaining but,3 -23842,, revealing and richly entertaining,4 -138790,unusual , thoughtful,3 -104336,An inelegant combination,1 -61356,'s virtually impossible,2 -164859,like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas,2 -180214,( T ) his slop,1 -229471,bring together,2 -232786,is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony,1 -131936,see three splendid actors,2 -80499,found myself liking the film ,,3 -53037,in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style,2 -174492,the paint,2 -30893,do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance .,4 -165009,like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island,2 -196949,digital videotape rather than film,2 -115298,awkwardly,2 -203798,it 's simply unbearable,0 -54444,lunch rush,2 -40255,with some serious sparkles,3 -78459,does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,2 -105896,French filmmaker Karim Dridi,2 -173456,the action setups,2 -48824,almost unbearable portrait,0 -191803,about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards,3 -205399,loose-jointed structure,1 -164195,itself is uninteresting , and,1 -221459,, like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .,3 -72278,a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich,3 -16442,less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start,1 -129999,particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon,2 -175186,there is n't much in the way of character development in the script,1 -28259,always make us laugh,2 -197563,drowns out the promise of the romantic angle,2 -30744,despondent and vulnerable,1 -4041,a prepubescent,2 -150927,While the film misfires at every level,0 -88841,of quiet desperation,1 -178370,will feel vastly more affronted than secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic .,2 -17974,volume,2 -96842,the talk,2 -75161,banal as the telling may be,2 -108757,Sarah and Harrison,2 -85373,its relatively serious subject,2 -109098,Sopranos,2 -100292,will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man,3 -140095,with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity,1 -10630,sometimes clever,2 -222943,Christmas rolls around,2 -73108,acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but,3 -224710,Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '',2 -219228,whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three,1 -121275,gone ,,2 -218158,undone by a sloppy script,1 -38034,the best same-sex romance I have seen,4 -61070,'s grimy,2 -155476,bright , chipper style,3 -74676,as entertaining,2 -192751,and not worth,2 -109266,Sullivan,2 -221519,, sets the tone for a summer of good stuff,3 -51339,even as the strafings blend together,2 -165230,looking for comedy to be served up,2 -50990,doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights,4 -225709,Scotland , PA.,2 -224075,Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .,1 -198420,eye-catching art direction,3 -210392,reminiscence,2 -172208,substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture,1 -215593,the sexuality,3 -98473,told , with superb performances throughout,4 -134148,that 's going on here,2 -228386,advises,2 -177429,very complex situation,2 -10957,takes big bloody chomps,1 -115495,be especially grateful for freedom,2 -173257,that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess,0 -179375,'ll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .,1 -40284,with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath,2 -74558,as Pumpkin,2 -143254,A pale Xerox of other , better crime movies .,1 -59828,various victimized audience members,1 -214111,the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you ,,2 -145010,Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director,3 -177154,undisputed,2 -2841,this every-joke-has,2 -49028,and Diane Lane,2 -17695,their relationships into deeper waters,2 -114961,as it turns out,2 -170851,she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honoré ),2 -102344,, The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series,1 -74043,and not necessarily for kids,2 -57947,the Average White Band 's '' Pick,2 -230048,cringe,0 -19845,and images,2 -116997,cinephile,2 -53305,is a movie that understands characters must come first,3 -11331,the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment,1 -125046,it makes one long for a geriatric Peter,1 -137399,to be a true ` epic ',2 -116157,bowel movements,2 -69254,The Bard as black comedy,2 -198436,failing ,,1 -164250,juggle and juxtapose three story lines,2 -145492,Frenetic but,2 -116450,by surrounding himself with untalented people,0 -132918,some very good comedic songs , strong finish,4 -27715,a passing interest,2 -9568,overwhelms,2 -26688,T ),2 -41509,acted and masterfully if,4 -95198,the best script that Besson has written in years .,4 -106850,It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters : and,3 -151215,` Lovely and Amazing , ' unhappily , is neither ... excessively strained and contrived .,2 -83744,is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex,3 -220489,'' is Jack Ryan 's `` do-over . '',2 -171901,standard , stiff TV-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move,0 -14712,a dormant national grief,2 -18367,, believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out,4 -207360,oddest places,2 -150699,Warmed-over Tarantino by way of wannabe Elmore Leonard,2 -172504,takes no apparent joy,1 -88555,of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity,3 -15936,gut-wrenching impact,3 -139515,were seen giving chase in a black and red van,2 -4093,a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter,4 -124967,it fails to get,1 -200292,gullets,2 -139314,watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny,3 -38324,the humor and humanity that root it in feeling,3 -92560,should be tried as a war criminal,1 -90147,peek,2 -117698,creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike,2 -229704,can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion ',1 -68293,Pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance,4 -179242,your relatives swap one mundane story after another,2 -60963,'s attempts to heal after the death of a child .,2 -6413,farce ,,1 -157768,does n't have his heart in it,1 -176836,tricks and self-indulgent,1 -180424,, Mad Love looks better than it feels .,1 -131263,relentlessly depressing situation,2 -57155,somber , absurd , and , finally ,,1 -219774,with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard,1 -60434,witty script,3 -132902,some robust and scary entertainment,3 -73973,an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut,3 -172583,teaching,2 -133760,sweet and gentle,3 -79250,even more,2 -109823,The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures ,,1 -37486,superstitious,2 -127347,more problematic aspects,1 -176775,toy chest,2 -122700,if it were -- I doubt it,2 -86581,make the most of the large-screen format,3 -11054,that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective,2 -92407,sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening,1 -111886,a few cheap shocks,1 -134960,the call of the wild,3 -130532,precious new Star Wars movie,3 -111749,a dark video store corner,2 -152051,a midlevel sort,2 -21041,is not in the least surprising,1 -15499,dangers,1 -172377,surveys the landscape and,2 -104592,Avary 's film never quite emerges from the shadow of Ellis ' book .,2 -107552,Loyal,3 -85614,keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other,2 -145885,How can something so gross be so boring ?,1 -215427,the production details,2 -137223,through the surprisingly somber conclusion,2 -187622,Suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling .,2 -124671,is the drama within the drama ,,2 -205564,made The Full Monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work,2 -225596,Remember it .,3 -11215,the business,2 -218253,unsalvageability,1 -54019,jingles,2 -133565,such a mechanical endeavor ( that,2 -61822,, caustic,2 -129589,one strike against it,1 -11841,the rowdy,2 -141886,( or be entertained by ),2 -151397,a bloody mess .,1 -200103,good cast,3 -181674,A few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun .,2 -209008,paid enough to sit through crap like this,0 -238,a poem,2 -184056,Friday the,2 -202348,interesting matters of identity and heritage,3 -34991,not once , but three times in this animated sweet film,3 -27304,You will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report .,3 -238248,unsettling .,2 -132698,snazzy dialogue,3 -81975,he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel,2 -133192,staggers in terms of story,1 -171957,staying with this for more than , say , ten,2 -144133,Beta Alpha Delta,2 -40285,with their breath,2 -215652,the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil,2 -26160,Napoleon 's journey is interesting,4 -94284,tells stories,2 -182516,Anyone not into high-tech splatterfests,1 -118384,distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime,3 -72061,a needlessly,2 -185458,Je-Gyu is ),2 -16623,mysteries,2 -10783,stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute,2 -45564,I ca n't wait for the sequel,4 -46417,One from the heart,3 -92198,seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ),2 -36568,richly imagined,3 -96389,the phoniness,2 -127739,nail,2 -115252,attract and,2 -179047,you 'll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story . '',2 -12370,to hang his persistently useless movies,1 -147888,On the right track to something that 's creepy and effective ...,2 -42691,steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing,3 -153780,are -- no real plot , no real conflict , no real point .,1 -100178,whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms,2 -233284,lacks in thematic coherence,1 -191074,a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and,1 -218638,walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome .,1 -230025,crawl up your own \*\*\*,1 -2052,pleasant,4 -89420,on jumbo ants,2 -144274,Brockovich,2 -176135,to function,2 -19444,You could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .,2 -212773,sub-music video style,2 -169418,providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging,2 -52631,his demons,2 -237246,the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun,4 -22888,writing and arithmetic,2 -119067,ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times,4 -83285,individual moments of mood ,,2 -96881,the timeless danger of emotions repressed,1 -52975,in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive,2 -13219,witty dialogue and inventive moments,4 -193964,badly cobbled,1 -53468,is far more interesting than the final destination,3 -225614,Reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others,3 -141849,( and simple humanity,2 -163946,it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry,1 -233922,more effective on stage,1 -147421,Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm , but will anyone really care,1 -83063,in the 1790 's,2 -230939,for that effort,2 -68217,Pipe Dream does have its charms . The leads are natural and lovely,3 -172505,takes no apparent joy in making movies,0 -147381,Max Rothman 's future,2 -159425,for grief,2 -48609,accumulates,2 -16553,may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films,1 -68252,Praise,3 -179795,'s just a kids ' flick .,2 -98179,to look away,2 -228883,as 9,2 -102366,, action-packed chiller,3 -42228,is well plotted , visually striking and,4 -171153,sinuously,2 -154359,at every level,2 -113933,an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change,2 -156595,coming up blank,2 -181717,A good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance,2 -174215,the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films,3 -203629,is twice as bestial but half as funny,1 -77144,concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway,3 -173420,the Spanish-American War,3 -117972,deft combination,2 -43295,'s not very well shot or composed or edited,0 -200525,has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now,2 -159188,first-time director and rookie screenwriter,2 -38570,the price,3 -28526,and bizarrely original,3 -57977,the Lambs,2 -46215,More romantic , more emotional,3 -31355,expect from military epics,2 -113261,accompanying it,2 -72149,a point in society,2 -225143,No , it 's the repetition of said behavior,2 -111597,a casual intelligence,3 -71143,You emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary .,1 -193162,are plenty of scenes in Frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .,2 -145264,Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast,1 -221133,, Crush turns into a dire drama partway through .,2 -232696,is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .,4 -10094,remember,2 -93277,special-interest,2 -184271,Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial,2 -145409,For a film about two mismatched buddies,2 -47857,a century and a half ago,3 -79655,fantasized about space travel but,2 -174349,the movie is n't scary,1 -15767,few points,1 -202652,is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . ,,1 -3937,a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also,0 -180296,( sci-fi ) rehash,1 -52520,he is in this performance,2 -6950,happen,2 -194180,be over,3 -184513,How can you charge money for this ?,1 -126531,made all too clear,2 -7422,in fessenden 's horror trilogy,2 -190509,a fascinating curiosity piece,3 -137166,thought was rather clever .,3 -2731,the sort of picture in which,2 -121365,got the brawn , but not the brains,1 -183717,Essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality,2 -47712,Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ...,3 -66797,Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal,2 -33712,it sometimes,2 -177320,urban comedy,3 -126498,luminous interviews,4 -3757,a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness,0 -22864,words and images,2 -218340,used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .,2 -221513,, retrospectively , his most personal work yet .,3 -203900,it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list,1 -49281,as hard,2 -125153,it works,3 -60462,work and 2002 's first great film,4 -113206,about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times,3 -39759,versus,2 -105836,For all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters,3 -82566,humour and,3 -199215,for breath,2 -9274,of haute couture,2 -108768,Saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion,3 -167437,of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties,1 -197431,dope out,2 -227368,` Possession , ',2 -32149,gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler,3 -45420,Griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .,4 -139928,will likely prefer to keep on watching .,3 -76384,cannier,2 -119480,excessively quirky and a little underconfident,2 -63973,Ana 's,2 -195867,cold movie,1 -76377,can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in,3 -44867,Catholic or , really , anything,2 -59103,thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short,2 -121043,get enough of that background for the characters,2 -53916,its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful,3 -222813,But the performances of Pacino , Williams , and Swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through .,4 -187138,Schneider 's performance is so fine,4 -105788,Feels,2 -146379,Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me,1 -139541,what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors,3 -112137,a hip-hop documentary,2 -110807,UN,2 -95606,the film 's considered approach to its subject,3 -179871,'s no real reason to see it,0 -8603,magi,2 -101381,'d swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective,2 -212466,standbys,2 -123065,in our daily lives,2 -169233,pretentious mess,1 -216304,thinking man 's,2 -116906,cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set,1 -106356,Hungry-Man,2 -215281,the original version,2 -138148,too sappy for its own good,1 -10478,singles culture i 've seen in a long time,2 -93427,stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .,2 -27781,a revenge thriller,2 -113691,all-star salute,3 -196549,cutesy romance , dark satire,2 -224288,It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received,3 -76666,chilling , unnerving,2 -30970,duty,2 -215195,the new film is a lame kiddie flick,1 -206148,might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about,1 -208505,on the light , comic side of the issue,2 -223554,Guzmán frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context,1 -63241,A piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness,2 -210960,search of purpose or even a plot,1 -193792,at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst,2 -49860,brings us right into the center of that world,3 -172264,sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .,0 -139080,visual charge,2 -201631,illogical things,2 -223731,I 'm still stunned,2 -12262,thrilling,4 -208200,of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone,1 -134680,the Chamber of Secrets,2 -149225,The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and,1 -44670,Beautifully shot , delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances , it 's a lyrical endeavour .,4 -100136,who want to be jolted out of their gourd,2 -146152,I wonder what the reaction of Israelis will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation .,2 -79810,feminine,2 -120402,for canned corn,2 -226734,Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear,1 -124275,is n't even a movie,0 -56911,shimmering cinematography,4 -235293,related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A.I.,2 -69166,Terrific as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English,4 -229435,born out,2 -229119,barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .,0 -183675,Enigma ),2 -98662,transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films,2 -187575,Steven Soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .,1 -188408,The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .,0 -167322,of a sequel,2 -121653,has a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights : big hair : lavish period scenery : and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .,3 -161911,in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie,0 -157959,dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess,0 -71808,a heartfelt romance for teenagers,3 -123000,in gorgeous visuals,4 -13523,, and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer,1 -41169,Reign of Fire may be little more than another platter of reheated Aliens , but,1 -232722,is really an amusing concept,3 -170849,she ca n't see how insufferable the character is,1 -202569,is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . Even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life,2 -60345,with few exceptions,2 -123509,interesting exercise,2 -136455,the trap of pretention,2 -226106,The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene,2 -149673,The only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture,1 -140643,yet another sexual taboo,2 -155165,between Kate and Jed,2 -129308,oft-brilliant,3 -111346,You come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .,3 -171273,slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .,0 -78802,elegance and,3 -148191,Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life,2 -170873,shifts abruptly from tense,2 -21539,of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages,3 -78592,dramatize life 's messiness,1 -8926,much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor,3 -61106,'s just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance .,2 -88417,of an unlikely friendship,2 -160712,has no interest in itself,2 -178324,wielding,2 -98170,to liberation,2 -180794,, lunatic invention,2 -44927,Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting,3 -119456,examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .,2 -180907,, self-satisfied,2 -56135,powerful drama,4 -73249,ads,2 -20431,easily crush it forever,0 -200974,heap,2 -160041,gets so tangled up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten .,0 -31508,fashioned,2 -98536,top-billed,2 -166203,more multifaceted,2 -208540,once a guarantee of something,2 -99435,violence and whimsy do n't combine easily,1 -200445,hard yank,2 -156822,convolution,2 -124826,it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,2 -178716,without following up on a deeper level,1 -169422,provocative title,3 -142906,400,2 -110175,The story is so light and sugary that were it a Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon , extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away .,2 -128420,of a Yiddish theater clan,2 -153923,are okay , not much fire in the script .,1 -148319,Robin Williams 's lecture,2 -423,any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games,2 -120518,for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco,2 -158405,euphemism,2 -11477,the good ,,3 -5653,comes off,2 -119673,fairly unsettling scenes,1 -208006,of story and his juvenile camera movements,0 -189520,Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich,2 -186831,Quelle,2 -226613,They are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .,3 -8240,just feels,2 -83188,in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears,4 -220409,your nose,3 -25880,Just another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat .,0 -194333,been 20 years since 48,3 -237965,to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus,2 -174325,the movie .,2 -139421,weakly acted,2 -61233,'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .,4 -163444,is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story,1 -69442,The combination,2 -85681,knee-jerk misogyny,1 -168243,one shoulder,2 -172978,that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal,2 -183833,Fails in making this character understandable , in getting under her skin , in exploring motivation ... Well,1 -205008,like a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy,3 -56667,running around,2 -64648,Center,2 -210859,scarcely nourishing,2 -111122,While the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo ... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .,3 -165161,long , wistful gazes,2 -194630,big , loud , bang-the-drum,2 -158860,far smoother,2 -210897,schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins ,,1 -118916,effort and intelligence,2 -210694,runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful,0 -210257,recreational drug,3 -96253,the new release of Cinema Paradiso,2 -185911,Lush,3 -158958,feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .,1 -121173,gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior,3 -125960,lies in its two central performances by Sven Wollter as the stricken composer and Viveka Seldahl as his desperate violinist wife .,2 -96419,the plot and,2 -124964,it equals the original and in some ways even betters it,3 -202296,insufferable ball,1 -111810,a distinct rarity , and an event,4 -98680,trees,2 -238497,we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane .,1 -218135,undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy,1 -179257,! Alas,2 -25442,Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated,3 -170049,resolutely without chills,2 -125613,kinda,2 -47536,Viewers,2 -174699,the same thing,2 -186062,McTiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but,2 -50158,chilly anonymity,2 -198452,fails to keep it up,2 -215478,the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run,2 -186,a hungry,2 -115798,begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .,0 -4347,about nothing delivered by the former mr,1 -191620,a white American zealously,2 -168982,plot conceits,1 -139950,will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits,2 -82778,improbable as this premise may seem,1 -108796,Scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar .,4 -4234,a trashy , exploitative ,,0 -193968,badly-rendered,0 -27303,You might not want to hang out with Samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story .,3 -45171,Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve,3 -80873,gay porn film,1 -39727,us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality,3 -193262,around the,2 -66464,It 's a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters -,4 -211329,sex in a bid to hold our attention,2 -18940,Hu and Liu,2 -153082,all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability,1 -5228,borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it,2 -209976,puzzling than unsettling,1 -198429,faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance,0 -197102,dispel,2 -152196,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 -74709,as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing,4 -34128,likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic,2 -61944,, her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .,2 -198110,even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast,2 -155782,by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris ,,2 -118446,do n't entirely ` get ',2 -83700,is , in a word , brilliant,4 -5243,both steve buscemi,2 -179389,'ll only put you to sleep,0 -87465,most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves,3 -127905,never seems fresh and vital .,1 -133003,somewhat touched,3 -83551,into gear,2 -116233,bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them,2 -143479,About as satisfying and predictable,2 -218790,was shot on digital video,2 -22755,what they do next,2 -159063,fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .,1 -1479,it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical,2 -140333,without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters,3 -153237,amateurishness,1 -150262,This limp gender-bender-baller,2 -74511,artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown,3 -237035,the light --,2 -96135,the mind to enter and accept another world,3 -135484,the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit,1 -150048,There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity,0 -96090,the many film,2 -36572,ridiculous , of course,1 -182122,A zombie movie,2 -82619,if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,3 -110784,Tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .,4 -201470,hustling on view,2 -208305,offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves,1 -89058,of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan '',4 -41977,gets a nice wintry look,3 -199119,fools,2 -99157,up Twin Peaks action,2 -11413,the film titus,2 -2264,shooting,1 -150657,Vile and,2 -38093,the constraints of formula,1 -72162,a powerful entity,3 -116217,bring Kissinger,2 -177063,ultimately tedious sex farce .,1 -176165,to handle subtlety,3 -172405,swaggering machismo and over-the-top,1 -113030,a witty expose,3 -35923,past the artifice,2 -206301,mom,2 -184519,How many more times,2 -26210,Not a bad journey at all .,3 -165957,migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding,0 -32264,hard to resist,3 -166692,never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .,1 -109040,Solomonic,2 -234924,persecuted ``,2 -27919,a two-actor master class,3 -54210,let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .,3 -41313,Think of it,2 -98027,to enjoy for a lifetime,4 -179835,'s makes a better travelogue than movie,2 -42024,grab your children by the imagination and,4 -93777,such a companionable couple,3 -178351,will be slightly bored,1 -92183,seen in the many film,2 -9505,one saving,3 -231731,his hero 's,2 -218247,unremittingly ugly,1 -57083,smarter and more unnerving than the sequels,4 -91591,retooled,2 -212669,stretched to barely feature length ,,1 -47417,Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works,3 -85035,it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .,3 -233924,more enjoyable than I expected,3 -180286,( on the TV show ),2 -114299,anguish and,2 -208416,on adolescence,2 -162071,in truth,2 -77621,culmination,2 -22715,want to miss About A Boy,1 -71934,a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style,3 -176283,to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound,2 -111000,Wertmuller 's,2 -235796,sizzle it is,3 -10570,so pat it makes your teeth hurt,1 -126979,mediocre movie,1 -32636,honest look,3 -200520,has been perpetrated here .,2 -40268,with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .,2 -140889,$ 100 million on this,3 -84357,is like a 1940s Warner Bros . B picture,1 -234589,of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge,2 -19784,and Redgrave,2 -156032,car commercial,2 -200750,have been a cutting Hollywood satire,2 -144433,Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn,2 -51870,found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound,3 -65446,Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents ,,2 -23469,, bishops and kings,2 -203219,is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious .,1 -208263,off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .,0 -189813,Wittgenstein,2 -110671,To show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape --,1 -74124,another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why,2 -231866,if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine,1 -35209,of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over,3 -38310,the heat,2 -169956,remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release .,2 -85028,it gets rolling,2 -223186,Douglas McGrath 's version,2 -96887,the tiny revelations of real life,3 -238037,today , can prevent its tragic waste of life,2 -41580,are few,2 -47337,This Orange has some juice,2 -20993,is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time .,4 -59158,to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images,4 -35892,packs an emotional wallop,3 -176857,tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world,1 -226108,The Good Girl '' a film worth watching,3 -190885,a lovely trifle,3 -180289,( or cinema seats ),2 -69453,The difference between Cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .,3 -200712,have ( and probably should have ),2 -72814,a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say,3 -124668,is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .,1 -52165,go home again,2 -21602,often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense,2 -165132,live up to the sum of its parts,1 -21757,precious increments,3 -205806,manufactured to claim street credibility,1 -71883,a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch,3 -95692,the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .,3 -187540,Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it,2 -205667,make in filming opera,2 -171043,shun her kids ,,1 -202957,is good for a laugh . The problem,3 -90112,paste them,2 -69833,The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but,2 -47172,The movie is hardly a masterpiece ,,1 -40396,yell ` Safe,1 -149858,The story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on .,1 -70324,This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly,1 -2109,pulp fiction,2 -187865,The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick,2 -709,cletis,2 -205708,makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly .,1 -195741,classic theater piece,4 -124231,is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless,1 -12749,veered,2 -137801,to remain true to the original text,3 -151924,a knot,2 -223841,I need from movie comedies,2 -226949,Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones ,,2 -115856,belong to somebody,2 -26956,There is a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons,3 -136237,the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '',2 -170977,should know better,1 -36588,risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise,1 -107262,Just too silly and sophomoric,2 -195879,collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .,1 -20744,has twists worthy of David Mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences .,4 -111483,a Hubert Selby Jr .,2 -79698,fascinating , unnerving examination,4 -218898,way Adam Sandler 's,2 -9488,one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i,4 -228611,an older woman,2 -1557,known,2 -133733,suspenseful and,2 -109878,The gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of,2 -223394,For free,2 -201265,hit their marks ,,3 -221857,1.2 million Palestinians,2 -225831,So fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .,3 -236777,the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving,1 -208156,of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious,0 -42967,warm and,2 -78136,different than anything that 's been done before,4 -129719,original and highly cerebral examination,3 -164793,let slip,2 -31640,find her way through life,2 -101819,'s not very good,1 -200654,has taken quite a nosedive from Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight to Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff,0 -233039,it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half,4 -130842,put in service,3 -209110,pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now,2 -150573,Uneasy mishmash of styles and genres .,1 -17102,rest,2 -217559,tongues,2 -59910,waiting,2 -4929,at an egg timer for 93 minutes,1 -155236,big-name,2 -142497,, the jaunt is practically over before it begins .,1 -71381,a cheap thriller,1 -201278,hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip,2 -154568,bad stage dialogue,1 -74646,as black comedy,2 -161054,heavy metal,2 -142454,, superficial and trend-hoppy,1 -138029,to work from,2 -81894,have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood,3 -116252,broken family,2 -187042,Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) ,,2 -117550,costumes in castles,2 -182383,An awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism .,1 -203689,is what I was expecting,2 -235721,showcases a group of dedicated artists,3 -97516,this side,2 -206971,new viewers,2 -154395,at scripting , shooting or post-production stages,2 -75583,best Disney movie since the Lion King '',4 -16547,maverick director,2 -26344,People cinema at its finest .,4 -109539,The action is reasonably well-done ...,3 -14782,a metaphor for this love story,2 -129464,on the soullessness of work,1 -82964,in his performance,2 -174668,the sad decline of British comedies,0 -73702,an attraction,2 -191288,a seasonal holiday kids,2 -180364,, Deuces Wild is on its way .,2 -170837,shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness,3 -84099,is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects ,,3 -171570,some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss,3 -185117,It 's hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby .,1 -233548,lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison,1 -160975,he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart,3 -65237,Each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as Brother-Man vs . The Man .,2 -63173,A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last,4 -47284,The vivid lead performances,3 -66401,Insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake,2 -147520,Movies like this are selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation . But,2 -193066,are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door,2 -159042,fictional film,2 -212737,stunt doubles,2 -190711,a gross-out quota,2 -135791,the movie 's conception,2 -10185,robert de,2 -207258,nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album,1 -30894,do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try,2 -214101,the action speeds up,2 -199614,from the Girls ' big-screen blowout,2 -62047,, it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .,4 -216056,them go about their daily activities for two whole hours,2 -41407,You wo n't believe much of it ,,2 -46710,Seldom,2 -60028,well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too,3 -53801,it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins,2 -86495,mail-order,2 -68154,Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and,3 -236658,the Playboy era,2 -88339,of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs,3 -69418,The case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .,4 -193749,at its laziest,1 -84695,is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .,3 -96603,the roundelay of partners functions ,,2 -159952,genre spoof,2 -238821,winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath .,2 -182382,An awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism,0 -65195,Drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare,2 -188702,The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and,1 -136715,then the film is a pleasant enough dish .,3 -83706,is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is,3 -110002,The movie is loaded with good intentions , but,2 -42037,gut-bustingly funny and,3 -14854,a very strong back,3 -161041,heartrending look at the divide,2 -131884,seasonal,2 -116882,charming quirks,3 -218861,watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,2 -151500,a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase,1 -207307,nymphette,2 -54275,liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed,1 -124657,is the best ` old neighborhood ' project,3 -73301,after seeing this movie in IMAX form,2 -152524,a strainingly cute film,2 -105178,Conceptually brilliant,4 -57750,that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort,2 -107508,Liza,2 -199134,for Disney sequels,2 -32560,his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --,3 -135599,the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more,3 -196348,country skunk,2 -105166,Combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .,3 -93931,surprisingly charming and even witty,4 -186934,Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer ,,3 -147680,Newton and,2 -28165,aging,2 -221218,, The Sum,2 -38540,the play,2 -98301,to shine,3 -185518,Juliet,2 -78874,emerge dazed ,,2 -34963,not be exactly divine,1 -70110,There are laughs aplenty,3 -101163,you owe her big-time,2 -14759,a last-minute happy ending,3 -84194,is far from disappointing ,,3 -236079,strong subject,2 -181432,51 times better than this,2 -203140,is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for .,0 -220769,'s as good as you remember,3 -33020,increasing weariness,2 -92799,sleepless,1 -114513,appreciate the one-sided theme,2 -76422,captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other . '',2 -68114,Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and,2 -208050,of the characters .,2 -57171,some moments,2 -19935,aquatic,2 -5929,detached,1 -93245,spanning history ,,2 -206572,motives and context,2 -120061,film to bring to IMAX,2 -147269,Lovers only .,2 -204469,just needs better material,1 -99213,us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,2 -34279,made with affection and care,3 -79880,film buffs should get to know,2 -174081,the high seas,2 -33882,jacked-up piece,1 -57781,that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past,2 -66125,I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and I recommend it for its originality alone,4 -44462,An average coming-of-age tale,2 -36183,professes,2 -169622,rancorous,2 -138110,too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance,0 -72210,a rather simplistic one :,2 -6501,finds surprising depth,3 -74858,asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .,2 -70754,Welsh,2 -31014,effective documentary,3 -51798,for its spasms of absurdist,1 -27847,a spectacular piece,4 -92047,second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies,2 -178136,which contains few laughs and not much drama,1 -206469,more than a whiff of exploitation,1 -234016,must be in the genes .,2 -219053,were far more entertaining than I had expected,4 -157187,decides , like Lavinia , to go the conservative route,2 -5917,deserves a medal,4 -20754,have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live,3 -49769,boasting,2 -71918,a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier,4 -172794,than the art of the deal,2 -92705,sing beautifully and act adequately .,3 -230489,else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process,2 -176371,to say what or why,1 -236957,the glory days of Weekend and,2 -160993,he might be alone in that .,2 -176077,to discuss,2 -62333,, this does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .,1 -127486,most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an American director in years .,4 -111017,What Jackson has done,2 -19897,and thoroughly enjoyable true,4 -211528,should seem impossible,2 -234393,of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house,2 -26589,Sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .,3 -151844,a green Mohawk and,2 -75285,be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep,2 -149158,The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored .,1 -17481,the beat,2 -142248,, it 's John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish .,4 -112102,a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse,1 -126700,makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should,3 -104395,Analyze This , not,1 -52381,has all but lost,1 -224693,Made me unintentionally famous -- as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby .,1 -207016,no chemistry,1 -96962,the usual whoopee-cushion effort,1 -77561,credible and,2 -113948,an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness,2 -127922,new energy,3 -123479,intelligent movie,3 -71073,Woven together,2 -190520,a feel-bad ending,1 -205089,like sausage,2 -156196,chases for an hour and,2 -237403,there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year,2 -188158,The film , like Jimmy 's routines ,,2 -18063,will enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know,3 -140387,wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion,1 -148148,Powers movie,2 -29734,breathtakingly,4 -72068,a nice little story,3 -29911,by a terrific performance,4 -208338,old World War,3 -55147,novice,2 -62061,, it will be well worth your time .,4 -102408,, banter-filled comedy,3 -207214,not to grow up to be greedy,3 -141936,, Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad , Little Nicky bad , 10 Worst List bad .,0 -215716,the sum of its pretensions,1 -103325,50-something,2 -147585,My Mother the Car,2 -38795,the year 's best acting,4 -81599,has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .,2 -29620,bittersweet themes are reinforced,2 -119612,exuberance and passion,4 -229956,consistently funny .,4 -148434,Schwartzman,2 -96149,the monsters,2 -152311,a rancorous curiosity :,2 -185868,Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again , and ,,2 -186818,Purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore,2 -198459,fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes,0 -120289,focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness,3 -88572,of familial separation and societal betrayal,3 -185355,It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle,0 -173783,the east,2 -10773,strip it,2 -3805,a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only,2 -175976,to be this spontaneous,2 -124396,is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels,2 -158675,exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse,2 -177800,we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year,0 -125565,keep your eyes open amid all the blood,2 -122172,her small , intelligent eyes,3 -82209,his 12th Oscar nomination,2 -119389,every bit as filling as the treat of the title,4 -177315,upset an apple cart,2 -107837,Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also,3 -96516,the rapidly changing face,2 -3314,'s an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long,0 -99813,well-formed satire,3 -171427,so ill-conceived,2 -216614,threw loads of money,2 -114618,are lukewarm and quick to pass,2 -92905,smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band,2 -101166,you remember,2 -27725,a photo,2 -64877,Croatia,2 -106532,I was entranced .,3 -203455,is somehow guessable from the first few minutes ,,1 -86230,long build-up,2 -74767,as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon,2 -149307,The director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .,1 -230496,elusive ... stagy and stilted,1 -96303,the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm,3 -94414,than it can chew by linking the massacre,1 -153224,although it 's more comedy,3 -45515,Hollywood magic,4 -226281,The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc. .,0 -111321,You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but,3 -21694,pat notion,2 -63948,An uncomfortable experience , but,1 -39915,weeping,1 -82649,if you 're in a slap-happy mood,2 -39694,up the case,2 -232801,is the conceit,2 -204352,its usual worst,1 -37470,super-cool,4 -160292,got tired of hearing people kvetch about,2 -161066,hectic soap,2 -62037,, it has considerable charm .,3 -50008,can feel the love .,3 -204189,its expiry date long gone,1 -95502,the duration,2 -4374,accomplishes its goals,3 -28433,and Being John Malkovich,2 -102128,( Sabara ) Cortez,2 -36063,political situation,2 -127269,more appropriate,3 -168074,on feeling that way for a long time,2 -145824,Historical,2 -108214,Only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role,2 -74900,at 5 alternative housing options,2 -7586,intensity,2 -44484,An exhilarating,3 -171478,so sickly sweet,2 -161481,how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr,2 -228317,about the shadow side,2 -73642,an accessible introduction,3 -104588,Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .,3 -65023,Despite its floating narrative,1 -213248,telanovela,2 -63792,American art house audiences,2 -54104,kindness and hopefulness,3 -166884,no two people,2 -57014,since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth,3 -187655,Swims in mediocrity,2 -238819,winces , clutches his chest and,2 -98286,to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway,4 -23646,, good-humored ethnic comedy,4 -49749,black and,2 -228697,another scene , and then,2 -174836,the stunt-hungry dimwits,1 -232163,into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla,2 -212162,some sort of beacon of hope,3 -183466,Directors Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz,2 -214267,the central story of Brendan Behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink,2 -150408,Tom Green 's,2 -44099,A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners :,4 -114897,as erratic as its central character,1 -69357,The Sweetest Thing,2 -56344,quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out ,,3 -158220,end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it,1 -85883,led to their notorious rise to infamy,2 -190753,a high time,3 -184380,Hepburn and,2 -123891,is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out,3 -23992,, who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release,2 -179254,yuppie sailboaters,1 -176706,took another thousand,2 -46286,My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting,2 -125816,layer,2 -109340,Talk to Her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .,2 -225196,Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general .,1 -120968,general boorishness,1 -97487,this or any recent holiday season,2 -136568,the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,1 -37381,strict mother,2 -29219,as resolute in their emotional nakedness,3 -165001,like the recent I Spy,2 -68386,Rembrandt,2 -97518,this signpost,2 -92339,set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time,2 -112516,a premise , a joke,2 -23241,( Næs ) directed the stage version of Elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage .,4 -29574,better message,3 -160790,have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain,2 -24886,Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material,2 -83623,intriguing species,3 -231852,hushed,2 -161904,in its quest for Deeper Meaning,2 -143086,A fairly by-the-books blend,1 -234276,of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth,2 -66649,It 's quite diverting nonsense .,1 -38931,this colorful action farce,2 -67239,Like Shrek , Spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .,4 -173450,the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R . Abrams , in their feature debut,2 -108904,Shekhar,2 -154957,been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins,1 -164581,laser-beam,2 -140729,you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave,1 -194273,because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on,2 -3022,uneven,1 -938,eyes ,,2 -158963,feels like an impostor,1 -187929,The action scenes,2 -65250,Edward,2 -233907,moment '',2 -19345,The unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right .,4 -210020,quite makes it to the boiling point ,,2 -39199,to guys,2 -90591,precedent,2 -172487,takeoff,2 -227961,a hero can stumble sometimes .,2 -203382,is schematic and obvious,2 -103118,-- they live together --,2 -114448,any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,1 -78792,either liberal or conservative,2 -101821,'s not very good either .,1 -190083,a Jet all,2 -38975,this presuppose religious bigotry,2 -157064,current incarnation,2 -75651,bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining,3 -181944,A rehash,1 -186595,Onion,2 -125084,it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it,1 -168811,perhaps ` artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca-Asay,1 -185989,Manhattan and,2 -122195,hidden-agenda drama,1 -112667,a sentimental resolution,2 -206005,measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation,2 -176677,too overbearing,1 -159443,for life,2 -170625,seems to be posing , rather than acting .,1 -164584,last album,3 -10054,refuses,1 -71943,a major director is emerging in world cinema,3 -7977,it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen,1 -98599,tough enough to fit in any modern action movie,3 -69333,The Mask ,,2 -145645,Great story , bad idea for a movie,1 -195726,clamorous approach,2 -138448,tweener ',2 -120896,future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized,4 -123324,indie of the year , so far .,3 -76896,colorful New York gang lore,2 -150935,While there 's something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer,3 -218119,undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama,1 -201193,his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature,2 -38109,the creative process,2 -34308,make you very happy,4 -223690,Hopkins ?,2 -90521,portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety ,,3 -134512,that permeates the script,2 -100490,with enough energy and excitement,3 -189724,Why would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?,1 -31919,from the very beginning,2 -225214,Nothing overly original,0 -141239,'s as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker .,1 -226709,This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but,1 -177304,up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten,0 -47235,The real triumphs,3 -107831,Move over Bond :,3 -27271,Works because , for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .,3 -197382,does not have,3 -130824,purpose and taste,3 -177854,weird and distanced,1 -185432,James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal,2 -115410,barn-side,2 -214129,the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen --,3 -118372,disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders,2 -25221,Empire,2 -95861,the harder,2 -24217,33-year-old first-time feature director,2 -129489,on you,2 -160842,have called it Gutterball,1 -174696,the same snail 's pace,1 -39924,well as a star vehicle for Zhao,2 -31604,fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .,3 -19630,a work of unabashed hero worship ,,2 -88659,of hours,2 -34756,music doc,3 -74328,are faithful to Melville 's plotline,2 -237845,to his unemployment,2 -158610,excruciating dollop,2 -35776,or interludes,2 -122019,he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson,2 -170639,seems to take itself far more seriously .,2 -64246,Barry 's,2 -106618,If you 're looking for a story,2 -100909,would be in another film,2 -35671,on your level of fandom,2 -162533,is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .,0 -4754,anyone who has seen chicago on stage,2 -59553,truly informed by the wireless,2 -119725,familiar ring,2 -63565,A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind,3 -180864,, outnumber the hits by three-to-one .,2 -128507,of alienation,2 -230848,fit the incredible storyline to a T.,4 -160352,grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or,2 -134294,that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them,3 -54963,multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery ,,4 -95858,the hallmark,2 -92518,shockingly devoid of your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving , crippled children,2 -43446,, '' Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .,4 -141685,'s too random and inconclusive to be compelling , but which Hoffman 's brilliance,2 -217416,to the Soderbergh faithful,2 -4480,all for the mentally,2 -110142,The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but,3 -1716,may wonder why it 's necessary,1 -72981,about the catalytic effect a holy fool,2 -60095,when joined by Brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis,3 -141605,'s so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink,0 -207015,no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .,0 -2331,so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny,1 -194498,believable tension,2 -238017,to use the word `` new '' in its title,1 -82667,ignore the cliches,2 -153393,an extraordinary,3 -115753,been told and retold,0 -126537,made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion .,1 -89484,on the launching pad,2 -228266,aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived,1 -23200,'ve ever seen,2 -179821,'s like a drive-by,1 -228132,a science fiction movie,2 -122873,in ` Signs,2 -197195,do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please,2 -237552,this movie is 90 minutes long ,,2 -58922,there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise,2 -29694,both kids and parents entertained,3 -13136,with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be,1 -227296,You just know something terrible is going to happen .,2 -207372,of '' Panic Room,2 -37542,sweating,2 -47869,a character study,2 -130668,problem ? No laughs,1 -109133,Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :,3 -135590,the joy,2 -11667,the movie is a little tired ;,1 -78057,despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .,3 -143457,AIDS and,2 -238745,wildest filmmaker,2 -153031,akin to a Japanese Alice,2 -125083,it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end,3 -144308,But is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?,2 -204945,lighthearted comedy,3 -89337,old-hat set-up,2 -16780,of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open,2 -31577,ferocious debate,2 -105796,Feels shrill , simple and soapy .,1 -40757,An enthralling ,,3 -90079,particular New Yorkers,2 -167655,of pretentiously awful student films,0 -183719,Esther blossom,2 -92837,sloppy slapstick comedy,2 -136956,this is Lohman 's film . Her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .,4 -191856,accepting a 50-year-old,2 -152853,accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination,2 -194764,bode well,2 -132752,so many movies about writers,2 -7163,his faith,2 -101390,'ll enjoy this movie,3 -174065,the hard way,2 -16287,is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .,3 -41609,at once exhilarating , silly , perverse ,,4 -132204,several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy,2 -116869,charming ,,4 -130570,presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio , complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice,1 -213462,than your average television,2 -58498,the mood for a Bollywood film,3 -69083,Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts .,3 -140687,you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie,3 -92288,sensuality and,2 -232998,it ca n't get any more gay,0 -126262,live their lives,2 -90090,particularly subtle,2 -150516,Truth About Charlie,2 -12521,tools,2 -128326,of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks,2 -208558,one Academy Award,2 -115998,bilingual charmer,3 -57095,snow emergency,2 -20462,enjoying,3 -215482,the rest of it,2 -88483,of college football games,2 -22125,taking a risk if you choose to see it,1 -102678,, it still feels somewhat unfinished .,1 -88992,of the criminal world,2 -238894,with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics,1 -80785,funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy,3 -189421,Wai,2 -200399,handsome but,2 -121927,have been preferable,2 -48687,admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions,3 -155422,both ugly and mindless,1 -51831,for the sequel,2 -62930,A delightful entree in the tradition,4 -131839,scoring high for originality of plot,3 -145414,For all its alleged youthful fire , XXX is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .,1 -8699,markers for a series of preordained events,2 -77906,delicious crime drama,3 -130326,plod along,2 -153256,among the five friends,3 -14815,a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema,3 -39614,unequivocally qualify as art,3 -39260,to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters,4 -215382,the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely,1 -98884,ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,3 -136398,the thesis,2 -128376,of Runteldat . I did go back,2 -9591,paints - of a culture in conflict with itself,1 -238411,war 's,1 -141041,'re in trouble,1 -226329,The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale .,2 -152249,a pot,2 -18559,40-minute,2 -19406,We get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana that Hollywood could n't possibly fictionalize and be believed .,3 -214330,the comic heights,2 -86760,managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb,3 -207480,of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension,1 -131131,receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice,2 -144705,Dawdles,2 -188771,The whole thing plays like a tired Tyco ad .,1 -22393,their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games,1 -93968,susceptible,2 -118343,disintegrating,2 -116900,cheap , ludicrous attempt,0 -103152,. Nachtwey,2 -100620,with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many,4 -238141,trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has,2 -51654,film legacy,3 -115412,barrel,2 -37772,that can be snide,1 -141699,'s used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed,1 -3891,a human volcano or,2 -135277,the fiery presence of Hanussen,2 -8276,k,2 -63874,An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients .,4 -14858,a welcome pinch,3 -42275,leaves viewers,3 -44416,Although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .,1 -218403,value choices,3 -124919,it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,,1 -172475,take my own life,2 -95315,the cinematic front,2 -107891,Murdock and rest,2 -151646,a dramatic actor,2 -209321,plain stupid,2 -203763,it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it,1 -138299,treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .,2 -168905,planning,2 -218057,ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered,0 -74983,at the edge of your seat for long stretches,3 -86660,makes these lives count .,3 -206855,need a remake of '' Charade,2 -221601,, the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .,1 -195682,chore,1 -93763,succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory,3 -186346,Night Live sketch,2 -148470,Seagal 's,2 -8152,its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,2 -172989,that emphasizes every line and sag,2 -188852,There 's some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck,3 -158839,fantasy comedy,2 -226297,The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped !,2 -140303,within the drama,2 -2501,that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable,3 -173417,the Snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ),2 -179304,'' Friday,2 -85352,its plot twists,3 -210834,say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful,1 -53828,it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and Mandy Moore leaves a positive impression,4 -171959,steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .,2 -60206,wildly unsentimental,2 -222663,Bourne ,,2 -230548,enjoys a bad slasher flick,2 -186609,Or for the year,2 -224566,Last Dance , whatever its flaws,2 -81751,has preceded it,2 -136431,the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .,1 -214091,the ` plex,2 -204835,left slightly disappointed that it did n't,1 -91775,romantic comedy genre,3 -188671,The sight of the name Bruce Willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much,3 -69136,Takes you,2 -173308,the 1960 version,2 -167919,of writers,2 -93112,some of the funniest jokes of any movie,4 -101873,'s scarcely,2 -34433,me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version,3 -40376,would like to dismiss the film,1 -34750,murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation,3 -188785,Then , something terrible happens,2 -144617,Costner movies,2 -34961,not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom,1 -72136,a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists,2 -119561,explores the awful complications of one,2 -148200,Puportedly,2 -119153,enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time,2 -165397,lying there,2 -28973,any more gay,1 -25001,Clooney 's a good director .,4 -115423,bask,2 -167302,of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices,1 -20540,few filmmakers,2 -172806,than their funny accents,3 -184141,Gianni Versace,2 -199959,gives him little to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .,2 -76685,chimps,2 -123651,investment,2 -179083,you 've lost weight,3 -67951,Offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory,4 -36581,right here,2 -235437,satire Lucky Break was aiming for,2 -197922,enough to feel good about,3 -64103,As they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies,2 -208601,one more celluloid testimonial,2 -98221,to pause,2 -70358,Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But,1 -78502,doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans,3 -216513,this type,2 -126519,made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much,2 -109577,The artwork is spectacular and unlike most animaton from Japan , the characters move with grace and panache,4 -203300,is one that should be thrown back in the river,0 -172170,stupidest , most insulting movie,0 -27444,a compelling or comprehensible narrative,3 -122428,hit cable,2 -236906,the film of `` The Kid Stays in the Picture '' would be an abridged edition,2 -188768,The whole thing 's fairly lame , making it par for the course for Disney sequels .,1 -149794,The rest of the plot is impossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , although it 's more comedy than suspense De Palma creates .,2 -46160,Methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy,2 -14484,The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any,4 -224113,It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but,0 -140550,would have felt like a cheat,1 -106876,It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements,2 -212513,starts off as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points .,1 -81471,guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though,2 -152022,a made-for-TV look , rigid performances,2 -170182,romantic scenario,2 -69546,The film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport .,3 -19597,a tale and one,2 -106170,Has its moments --,2 -161089,her creators,2 -108027,Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , Warm Water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .,4 -52499,have the highest production values you 've ever seen,4 -70959,Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .,3 -7906,it all go wrong,1 -192597,an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .,1 -134880,the bare bones of Byatt 's plot,2 -33668,it is based,2 -80772,fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,4 -209851,provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman,3 -143375,A strong first quarter,3 -45300,Freeman,2 -35014,noticeable,2 -24256,? You bet .,2 -182006,A small independent film,2 -168123,on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction,1 -72377,a shelf,2 -87769,needless,1 -186192,Most of the information,2 -234513,of the 19th century,2 -234689,on the backs of our parents,2 -23690,, indeed,2 -86221,long , dishonorable history,0 -149930,The timing in nearly every scene,2 -201452,humor or stock ideas,2 -236056,still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .,3 -219351,who is also one of the film 's producers,2 -30017,cannibal genre,1 -203186,is n't painfully bad,2 -203664,is very slow,1 -56272,pulls it back,1 -143249,A one-trick pony,1 -2460,swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award,3 -107032,It may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns .,3 -195913,come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook,1 -56750,scratching makes you itch,2 -219966,work as shallow entertainment,2 -134917,the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry,2 -6462,feels very human and very true to life,4 -150087,There are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them .,1 -186083,Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and,1 -223416,Fortunately , you still have that option .,2 -70074,There 's no conversion effort,1 -189456,Watchable up,3 -190683,a great director at the helm,3 -41506,acknowledges and celebrates,3 -152981,affluent slacker characters,1 -94713,that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,,3 -107192,Joan 's prefeminist plight,2 -83929,is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure,4 -230228,directed by,2 -182611,As self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ?,2 -134126,than your average Bond,2 -101192,you watching,2 -211335,shabby,2 -63805,Amid,2 -198603,faster paced,2 -219838,with the possible exception of Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts,2 -122766,imagery and fragmentary tale,2 -95791,the gang,2 -50694,deep into the girls ' confusion and pain,2 -235735,si , pretty much '' and,2 -128072,none of which,2 -230767,feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '',2 -226373,The movie is well crafted , and well executed .,4 -76392,canny and spiced,3 -65943,Hatosy,2 -11034,that 's 86 minutes too long,0 -61545,( proficient , but singularly cursory ),2 -222878,Caine and Brendan,2 -109512,The Weight of Water,2 -170733,sequences .,2 -193918,back when thrillers actually thrilled ?,2 -150561,Under 15 ? A giggle a minute . Over age 15 ? Big Fat Waste of Time .,2 -154482,average comedic dateflick,2 -206897,neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .,1 -136653,their bodies exposed,2 -45640,Ilya Chaiken,2 -210141,reactionary thriller,2 -8745,media-soaked fears,2 -237803,to every family,2 -56347,quirky , off-beat project,3 -218486,very obviously,2 -36627,rousing good story,3 -107251,Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap,0 -2948,to pore over,2 -208518,on the story,2 -209559,positively Shakesperean by comparison,2 -124912,it all . Jackass is a vulgar and,1 -156347,cleverer,3 -224948,Mr. Parker,2 -175153,theorizing,2 -175103,their jokes,2 -125378,its ten-year-old female protagonist,2 -73940,an uncertain start,2 -176275,to mangle next time,2 -183484,Disney 's great past,3 -238440,was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers,2 -152158,a new arrow in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes,1 -71051,Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller ,,3 -78730,easy movie,2 -76618,charred,2 -25276,Falls,2 -97511,this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature,3 -86107,like you owe her big-time,2 -183038,Certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike,0 -16222,is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure,4 -217734,traffics,2 -87906,no lika da accents so good,1 -55297,of artists and the love of cinema-and-self,3 -171490,so tangled,2 -189400,Vicente Aranda,2 -170990,should start their own coeducational fraternity : Kappa Rho Alpha Phi,2 -79518,extraordinary life,2 -4691,an unexpected plot twist,2 -151313,a TNT Original,2 -19633,able to make an impact in the theater world,3 -24887,Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .,2 -81452,guitar,2 -63299,A quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose,2 -8913,much different from many a hollywood romance,3 -202615,is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots,0 -176150,to get to the heart of the movie,3 -4065,a ragbag of cliches .,1 -112694,a shrewd and effective film,3 -93399,staircase gothic .,2 -21259,loving screen transferral,3 -17289,soul assaults,2 -65452,Fabian,2 -175338,this a superior movie,4 -145249,Eye,2 -160565,hard-earned,2 -12076,their parents ',2 -157115,dark spookiness,2 -205250,little wit and no surprises,0 -187870,The Singles Ward,2 -139290,watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady,2 -159548,forced and,1 -38014,the basis,2 -185349,It sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and,1 -199371,for the year,2 -232866,is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet,2 -65325,Entirely suspenseful,3 -85516,joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate,3 -33626,it at the first opportunity,2 -101801,'s not exactly worth,1 -128082,nor Robert De Niro,2 -145045,Ed Burns can have his revoked,1 -82202,hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about,0 -203234,is no foundation for it,1 -200338,had long since,2 -36375,realized,2 -140988,'ll excuse a little critical heresy,2 -60541,you 've ever wondered what an ending without the input of studio executives or test audiences would look like,2 -36916,should applaud or look into having him committed,2 -1380,is far more appealing,4 -55498,of sadness and grief,2 -94439,than the ones,2 -160073,gifting,2 -212992,surrealism and black comedy,2 -108467,Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . Anyone else,2 -226566,There 's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.,3 -141291,'s difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .,0 -15296,brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone,4 -125765,last 20 minutes,2 -153337,an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense,0 -205189,little action , almost,1 -225753,Shakes The Clown '',2 -56614,right film,3 -132690,smutty guilty,2 -44905,Chinese life clashing with each other,2 -85645,keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity,3 -213834,that simply feel wrong,2 -116025,bland Hollywood romance,1 -224864,Mr. Burns,2 -212520,starts to become good .,3 -19492,a footnote,2 -232555,is more effective on stage,1 -151060,Would n't,2 -208966,owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula,2 -36360,real appeal,3 -232529,is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast,0 -7245,human impulses,2 -24461,A smart,4 -61762,, and room noise,3 -72709,a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller,3 -155043,begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends,0 -77510,crave Chris Smith 's next movie,2 -136032,the pop-up comments,2 -66291,If you do n't,1 -37185,sound stages of Hollywood,2 -143170,A long slog,2 -4533,along,2 -87364,morning,2 -86463,made in more than a decade .,2 -52703,holistic,2 -108271,PC stability notwithstanding , the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .,1 -226825,Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or,2 -156798,contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems,2 -81380,greatest films,3 -116535,calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish,2 -27456,a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best,3 -231735,his life ,,2 -15475,contradictions,1 -174190,the last plot device,2 -47318,There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work,1 -182420,An inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .,1 -123198,in the unfolding crisis,1 -6601,for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,3 -156986,credulity,2 -177638,was better the first time,1 -196572,dance completists only .,2 -123075,in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad,1 -75446,bedside vigils,2 -209482,police thriller,2 -187341,Slackers or,2 -77339,conventional but,2 -124958,it does in Trouble Every Day,3 -14054,Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible,4 -108677,Rollerball left us cold,0 -120847,funniest film,4 -183961,Follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .,1 -189130,Though excessively tiresome,2 -177383,vague sense,2 -38933,this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth,3 -217133,to judge,2 -151580,a deafening score,1 -234414,of enjoying this film,3 -80168,flux,2 -210409,rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one,2 -186954,Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .,1 -110844,V . camera,2 -47422,Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal,0 -54691,me miss Hitchcock , but also,2 -225168,No.,1 -147889,On the right track to something that 's creepy and effective ... It 's just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there,2 -136637,the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care,2 -185462,Jersey lowbrow accent Uma,1 -63572,A wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs .,3 -223122,Despite the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real Americans '' make this a charmer .,4 -235432,said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan,3 -86330,lost somewhere,2 -232055,in the third row of the IMAX cinema,2 -202780,is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story,0 -98598,tough enough,2 -88174,of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries,3 -110648,Tiros em Columbine acerta,2 -184106,Garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . ',1 -86281,look no further , because here it is,2 -153891,are more than effectively creepy and,2 -17142,school,2 -124738,is ultimately quite unengaging,1 -196085,compromised by that,2 -80767,fun for all,4 -106664,Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma,1 -77718,daringly preposterous thesis,2 -26135,My Cat '',2 -191790,about the truth,2 -185995,Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ... take your pick . All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .,1 -40545,'s a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined,2 -27958,a wide audience,3 -108643,Road to Perdition does display greatness,3 -79351,everyday events,2 -15085,and still be unaffected . Dramas,2 -30533,cultura,2 -223773,I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '',1 -234176,not a classic , but a movie the kids,2 -19975,artfully camouflaged as everyday activities,3 -86258,look at the sick character with a sane eye,2 -154730,be exploring these women 's inner lives,2 -58056,the best case for Christianity,3 -102824,, sidesplitting,3 -71157,You would n't want to live waydowntown ,,1 -134945,the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us,2 -185685,Last Man,2 -232067,in this chiaroscuro of madness and light,2 -162265,instead into a somber chamber drama,1 -27466,a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting,3 -2276,sick and,1 -199194,for about ten minutes . After,2 -41643,behavior and,2 -62014,, it 's no classic,1 -32333,has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie,3 -44096,A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue,4 -104720,Bette Davis ,,2 -79286,evening,2 -210115,ravishing waif,1 -65801,Going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber -,1 -160013,get to the heart of the movie,2 -111377,Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,3 -37940,the British court 's extradition chess game,2 -65447,Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,3 -105431,Dignified CEO,3 -236705,the `` webcast,2 -223221,Ecks vs. Sever '',2 -237524,this fresh,2 -160919,have to be this dumb,1 -176438,to swipe something,2 -198907,find it fascinating,3 -194530,best dramatic performance to date ( is ),3 -72285,a rich and intelligent film that,3 -235060,prewarned,2 -102826,, singing , and unforgettable characters,3 -226430,The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0 -89445,on spirituality,2 -90180,perceptive study,2 -180150,( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . '',1 -135601,the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience,4 -71302,a bit melodramatic,2 -29600,big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler,3 -70226,This is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce .,3 -146199,If somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son,1 -33096,intelligent , stylish,3 -152698,a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -133177,squander Jennifer Love Hewitt,1 -147364,Masterpiece Theater sketch,2 -19593,a sucker,1 -212662,stretch on and on,2 -137334,to a film about a family 's joyous life,3 -139047,vidgame,2 -89686,only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic,2 -121552,hairline,2 -235144,père-fils,2 -147155,Lifetime cable television network,2 -89157,of those well spent,2 -196712,deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash,2 -101031,yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb,3 -31806,for the ride,2 -195194,by poor casting,1 -239136,you can feel your veins cringing from the workout .,1 -163542,is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear,1 -218202,unimaginative screenwriter 's,1 -113663,all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment,3 -69642,The huskies are beautiful ,,3 -29319,at times ,,2 -56437,reason to miss Interview with the Assassin,1 -236722,the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and,3 -33428,is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director,1 -152564,a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and,2 -228439,all over this `` un-bear-able '' project,0 -57454,stylized Swedish fillm,3 -15134,are nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going .,2 -5083,becoming,3 -193809,at the level of kids ' television and plot threads,2 -19261,Star Wars,2 -74523,articulates,3 -160856,have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War,2 -152316,a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours,1 -156321,classic Disney adaptation,3 -38303,the heartbeat,2 -127457,most multilayered and sympathetic,3 -195337,camera whirls,2 -193504,as it gives out,2 -120418,for genre fans,3 -151870,a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ...,2 -132445,shrug,2 -167880,of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary,1 -17449,that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema,3 -224045,In this incarnation its fizz is infectious .,3 -58471,the marquis ( Auteil ),2 -228107,a rather , er , bubbly exchange,2 -207731,of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation,1 -146783,Its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and,0 -181540,A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue,3 -82779,improbable as this premise may seem , Abbass 's understated,3 -100012,while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .,2 -2942,to offer,2 -185153,It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy , but,2 -204653,lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse,1 -229288,been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day,3 -4614,an alienated,1 -1843,no teeth,1 -80994,gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside,3 -28536,and charm to spare,3 -236804,the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors,2 -6697,from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own,2 -208824,others are not,2 -100496,with false starts,1 -67415,Margaret,2 -49335,as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation,1 -155356,boiler,2 -18702,As expected , Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .,3 -104789,Blue Crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry ,,2 -137260,time and money,2 -3947,a man,2 -35650,on so many different levels that it not only invites,2 -214662,the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing,2 -5400,ca n't swim,2 -157357,determined TV amiability,2 -141061,'re too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma,2 -72909,about Zelda 's ultimate fate,2 -223907,If S&M seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but,2 -206137,might not be 1970s animation,2 -186023,Marshall 's,2 -156761,consuming but impossible,1 -124920,it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults,3 -106749,Instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid,1 -197048,disappointing and,1 -154458,audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this,1 -154711,be depressing ,,1 -63309,A refreshing change,3 -234746,one presumes are the book 's twin premises,2 -66470,It 's a compelling and horrifying story , and,3 -167093,obscenely bad,0 -65735,Gedeck,3 -164358,just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie,1 -5694,confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk,3 -20052,away from perfection,1 -185446,Jason 's gone to Manhattan and Hell,2 -9999,rarely does a film,2 -191765,about same,2 -109964,The most,2 -98024,to elicit a chuckle,2 -95621,the film 's thick shadows,2 -24905,Burdette 's dialogue,2 -27029,Though the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking , this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .,3 -186481,Nothing more than four or,2 -120967,general 's,2 -168120,on the grotesque,1 -187021,Rosemary,2 -69663,The kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati .,4 -235960,spectacular sizzle it is,3 -377,alpha,3 -155407,both adults and,2 -114998,as nonjudgmentally as Wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers,2 -137244,thumbing,2 -167021,nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music,1 -199568,from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups,3 -126910,may not touch the planet 's skin , but,2 -91653,ribcage,2 -132161,set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman 's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life,2 -19208,Ram Dass : Fierce Grace is worth seeking out .,3 -238607,what matters,2 -60642,' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .,3 -107948,National Lampoon 's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House ,,2 -123337,individuals rather than types,2 -132651,small doses,2 -23082,'s also , clearly , great fun .,4 -48016,a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 --,4 -145131,Ethan Hawke has always fancied himself the bastard child of the Beatnik generation and it 's all over his Chelsea Walls .,1 -57852,that much different,2 -120415,for free,2 -144378,Carlito 's Way,2 -101101,you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch,2 -58591,the plot feels,2 -48826,along the way K-19,2 -194043,be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show,1 -238125,true pleasure .,4 -8190,jar,2 -31808,for the type of movie it is ...,2 -227830,a compelling journey ... and ``,3 -208615,one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen,4 -661,by martin scorsese,2 -165959,mild interest,2 -112967,a very bleak day in Derry,2 -59934,warm but,2 -203731,it 's a symptom,2 -184432,Hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture .,1 -94888,that takes time to enjoy,2 -153561,and delightful performance,4 -64507,Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and,4 -165259,loose ends with more bows,1 -66677,It 's the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .,4 -21626,once you get through the accents,2 -142755,. This is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .,0 -194991,bug-eyed monsters,2 -34671,mothball-y,1 -207329,obsessively,1 -203205,is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .,2 -215875,the way Adam Sandler 's,2 -112992,a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs,3 -220412,your screening,2 -71188,` Anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . ',4 -177216,universally interesting soul,3 -49693,better ,,3 -99564,wanted to leave .,1 -169867,refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .,0 -61503,( Westbrook ) makes a wonderful subject for the camera .,4 -150086,There are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .,1 -29630,blessedly,3 -126412,lousy way,1 -84152,is either a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity,2 -219859,with too little,1 -142629,, well-worn video box cover,3 -61589,, Blair Witch-style commitment,3 -190319,a cogent defense of the film as entertainment ,,2 -4252,a twist,3 -221542,, subordinate,2 -214176,the basis for the entire plot,2 -24207,1988,2 -213175,talking a talk that appeals to me,3 -96852,the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ),2 -202357,interminable,2 -90282,picked me up , swung me around,3 -231998,in fact .,2 -149515,The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage American road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes,1 -108522,Quiet , adult and,2 -18819,Day,2 -192023,affair .,2 -47222,The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection,3 -110382,There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , '',3 -29711,bounces,3 -117719,cresting,3 -49244,as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron,2 -12036,the wild thornberrys movie is a jolly surprise,4 -62519,. Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .,3 -228289,about all the bad things in the world \/,2 -19299,The best movie of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This,3 -233471,lingual and cultural,2 -229519,but mush-hearted .,1 -194831,boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape,0 -236596,that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer,1 -207325,observations on the human condition,3 -65376,Even through its flaws , Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .,3 -68381,Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama --,2 -40358,worship Lil ' Bow Wow,2 -188427,The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .,0 -170278,sacrifices,2 -235364,returned from the beyond,2 -69052,Superb production values & Christian Bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot,2 -75142,balanced or,2 -104519,As the dominant Christine,2 -173418,the Snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown,1 -20220,ca n't put down,3 -55058,new version,2 -222212,Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash,0 -144819,Desplechin,2 -135849,the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present,3 -210295,refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one,1 -164535,lacks punch,1 -235788,sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not,3 -134449,that little of our emotional investment pays off,2 -108458,Possibly,2 -58053,the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season,4 -30456,cozy feeling,3 -169766,really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .,1 -206242,misogyny and unprovoked,1 -58765,the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance,2 -107825,Most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . The movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave .,2 -212717,stuck pig,2 -117275,comic scenes fly,3 -79346,every sense of the word , even if you don ' t,2 -16203,is !,2 -35130,of Super Troopers,2 -206944,never rises above the level of a telanovela .,2 -195787,clichés , depression,2 -20123,bigotries,1 -206873,need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry,1 -140398,words do n't really do the era justice .,3 -236559,that they are actually movie folk,2 -132748,so light and sugary that were it a Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon,2 -47054,The film has a terrific look,4 -192667,an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and,2 -9688,persistently,3 -190071,a German factory,2 -148899,Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies,1 -47458,Towers,2 -154651,be a fascinating,2 -12616,ugly , pointless and,0 -236627,the Criterion DVD,2 -11720,the payoff,3 -218472,very humble,3 -19234,Safe,2 -102207,) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot,0 -33692,it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .,1 -155843,ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi .,1 -236996,the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining,3 -204152,its climactic setpiece,2 -130520,practically every expectation either a longtime Tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte,3 -235321,remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life,2 -194580,better the less the brain is engaged,2 -214690,the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up,1 -10464,silliness,1 -13745,95,2 -148867,Stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .,1 -199100,follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films,1 -121211,glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny ,,4 -188197,The film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen .,0 -111255,World Traveler,2 -188445,The movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension .,0 -192675,anachronistic quick edits,2 -69116,Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope : Ichi the Killer,3 -2372,spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .,1 -82248,his element,2 -12727,uses them as markers for a series of preordained events,2 -50175,cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness,4 -140310,without cleaving to a narrative arc,2 -89306,often-cute,3 -134163,that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,2 -221484,, on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times,2 -32526,his best,3 -101995,'s wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness,3 -159680,from Burkina Faso,3 -62422,, wit and interesting characters,3 -203996,it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers,1 -125832,lead you to believe,2 -21118,it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -110257,The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained ,,4 -184443,Holland lets things peter out midway , but,1 -228739,appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),2 -170674,self-conscious attempts,2 -23922,, thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful,4 -79503,extant,2 -75567,beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk,2 -101320,'' Home Movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .,2 -58423,the intensity,3 -213403,than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor,2 -198454,fails to keep it up and settles into clichés,1 -55658,of work,2 -176758,tough , astringent , darkly funny,3 -7091,her condition,2 -31268,even the most unknowing viewer,2 -163181,is nothing new,2 -22721,warped logic,1 -164583,last James Bond movie,2 -123789,is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body,4 -66149,I do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit,1 -213896,that there is never any question of how things will turn out,2 -125990,lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,4 -31674,first opportunity,2 -152150,a mystery\/thriller , a romance or,2 -74549,as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,2 -198455,fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic,1 -130785,psychological mystery,2 -16657,new way,2 -239010,would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good,2 -225129,Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance .,3 -166501,must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach .,2 -203206,is n't up to the level of the direction,2 -80296,for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese,3 -98779,turn out to be delightfully compatible here,3 -257,a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout,1 -108926,Showtime 's uninspired send-up of TV cop show cliches,1 -175808,to Blade Runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series,2 -57490,sufficiently funny,2 -64715,Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers,2 -186264,My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . It may even fall into the category of Films You Love to Hate . I admit it,1 -201047,here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving,2 -176190,to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye,3 -12371,to hardened indie-heads,2 -209624,preachy soap opera,1 -230812,film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year,2 -106621,If you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger , ENOUGH is just the ticket you need .,3 -193531,as much as it gives out,2 -2964,to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .,2 -160039,gets so tangled,2 -150883,When the film ended , I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .,0 -58322,the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension,2 -168544,overplotted , Anne Rice rock,1 -8589,lyricism,2 -2393,start,2 -2703,the sad schlock merchant,0 -230109,deckhand,2 -157106,dangerously slow,1 -223948,If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .,4 -221646,, this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings .,0 -94318,tepid Star Trek,1 -230840,first-class , natural acting,4 -177192,unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh,1 -28364,an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way,3 -18905,Greek-American,2 -131588,rival vintage Looney Tunes,2 -195783,cliché and,2 -54528,make the award-winning Coen brothers envious,4 -234078,needed to show it .,2 -72467,a solid movie,4 -70211,This is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .,4 -231641,he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences,2 -179312,'' One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?,1 -188508,The origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books .,2 -120659,from Gaza,2 -142879,1982 's,2 -13461,'s hard to get back into the boys ' story,1 -77154,conclusive,2 -209243,perverse escapism,2 -110334,There 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us .,3 -28437,and Dreyfus,1 -174605,the quality of the manipulative engineering,2 -44306,A thinly veiled,2 -223749,I admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .,1 -220012,worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences,1 -116955,chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game,2 -202403,into an excruciating film,0 -233760,may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie .,1 -181529,A beyond-lame satire , Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .,1 -203671,is way ,,2 -194070,be affected and boring,2 -41983,getting busy on the basketball court,2 -9883,proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent,1 -218032,ugly , revolting,0 -82730,impeccable sense,3 -31932,front,2 -207250,nothing exactly wrong,2 -164192,itself is merely mildly charming,2 -224840,Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .,2 -142461,, that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,1 -6985,has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock,3 -94496,that 's true,3 -8814,miss a thing,2 -85101,it might deliver again and again,3 -19344,The unique tug-of-war with viewer expectations,2 -126058,like a lonely beacon,2 -86419,lurks just,2 -218218,unlikable ,,1 -174409,the not-exactly -,2 -108876,Sex with Strangers is a success .,3 -126840,masterpieces,3 -70465,Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos,2 -198608,fatally overlong,0 -84596,is severely,2 -39155,to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public,3 -113272,aceitou,2 -110092,The powder blues,2 -138066,too clever,3 -41612,at once flaky and resonant ,,1 -230971,form a string,2 -237291,the ultimate `` Bellini '',2 -236602,the ' 70 's,2 -16037,his own race,2 -176148,to get through it,2 -25086,De Oliveira creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli .,4 -157891,down by idiocy,2 -33409,is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor .,2 -224792,Might have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .,1 -17518,the documentary,2 -137951,to the original text,2 -143923,As violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen .,1 -58976,this and its,2 -118974,embalmed,2 -189206,Tom Green and an Ivy League college,2 -60261,will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma,3 -10341,seems to be happening for the first time,2 -114485,apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device,0 -177562,waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .,1 -125829,le Resistance,2 -77671,cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them,3 -237371,their family must look like `` The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in,2 -189662,Whether Quitting will prove absorbing to American audiences is debatable .,2 -88362,of a skyscraper,2 -89703,onto him,2 -100990,writing strength,3 -42331,make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes ,,3 -198108,even slightly wised-up kids,2 -107693,McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor ,,3 -215937,the worst movies of the year ... Watching it,1 -36938,show-tunes,2 -156072,cartoon monster,2 -24988,Christopher Plummer,2 -94435,than tattoo,2 -191115,a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism,1 -123317,independent-community guiding lights,3 -163433,is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr . Desplechin is content to state it,1 -125799,laughed so much that I did n't mind,4 -6978,hart 's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl ,,2 -64380,Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time,1 -105449,Director Lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve,3 -208352,old guy,2 -47907,a couple 's moral ascension,2 -221175,, Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .,1 -105912,From both a great and a terrible story,2 -99406,view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies,2 -133140,spoiler alert,2 -70721,We want the funk -,2 -777,definitely in,2 -88701,of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints,1 -102978,, tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape .,2 -63983,Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi ,,2 -130144,perfectly executed and,3 -145941,I 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather,1 -131079,realistic characters showing honest emotions,3 -27590,a hoary plot,2 -222859,Béart and Berling are both superb , while Huppert ... is magnificent .,4 -68437,Rick Famuyiwa 's,2 -82133,her third feature,2 -73805,an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair,4 -4142,a standard,3 -143109,A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality .,1 -195322,callow rich,2 -65280,El Crimen,2 -145084,Empire is a movie,2 -230090,dark , funny humor,3 -165133,live-action agitprop cartoon,2 -75968,brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock,3 -165945,might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer,2 -216816,to achieve callow pretension,2 -192738,and its palate ),2 -194170,be nice,2 -170402,saying too many clever things,2 -142285,, it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .,1 -224367,It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop .,3 -7780,is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences,2 -32246,handicapped,2 -204850,lends itself to easy jokes and insults,1 -80407,for with a great , fiery passion,3 -153302,an affair,2 -208646,one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian,1 -184247,Gregory,2 -106277,Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor,4 -75643,between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries,2 -10673,spielberg 's picture,2 -208489,on the TV show ),2 -73799,an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low -,2 -73008,about the source of his spiritual survival,2 -72399,a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship,2 -228650,and mawkish dialogue,1 -200026,go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things,1 -171140,single unbroken 87-minute,2 -13321,yet another self-consciously overwritten story about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters that team up for a ca n't - miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong,1 -82346,his words,2 -217668,too slow .,1 -37943,the Cold War datedness,2 -124045,is finally too predictable,2 -215289,the otherwise calculated artifice,2 -214778,the heroes were actually under 40,2 -235842,snickers,2 -48101,a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable,3 -161735,in Bibi 's generic angst,1 -215591,the setup,2 -106679,In Death to Smoochy,2 -77989,dependent,2 -60338,with deftly unsettling genre flair,3 -201389,how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky,2 -49507,be clever , amusing and unpredictable,3 -7241,human and android life,2 -44382,Al Pacino loathing Robin Williams,2 -13173,with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints,3 -28717,and murder,1 -86135,lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed,3 -166557,narrative point,2 -190324,a cold movie,1 -101980,'s unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle,1 -73975,an unusual space,2 -211356,shallow entertainment,2 -238441,was n't .,2 -13960,Derrida,2 -172324,superficial in its approach to the material .,1 -72370,a sexy slip,2 -225013,Ms. Ambrose,2 -204039,it together yourself,2 -97538,this unrelenting bleak insistence,1 -176888,trolls,2 -64548,Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen,4 -60166,who live among us , but not necessarily with us,2 -56424,real winner,4 -207347,occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold,1 -157449,digital technology,2 -229543,buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking,1 -103063,- damn it !,2 -168594,own watch,2 -102285,, James !,2 -26439,Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ...,3 -9878,provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise,2 -9128,not even the hanson brothers can save it,0 -208843,our reality tv,2 -207920,of plot devices,2 -210071,ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .,0 -135377,the filmmaker is having fun with it all,2 -78319,disturb many who see it,1 -15344,by following a feel-good formula with a winning style,4 -36836,serviceable,2 -19348,There 's a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking .,4 -37916,that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee,2 -138321,trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable,4 -32962,in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach,2 -112537,a product of its cinematic predecessors so,2 -92377,sex and love,2 -171633,something 's just a little off-kilter,1 -63354,A sexy , surprising romance ... Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger,4 -70396,Time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .,4 -31275,eventful,3 -54489,main strategic objective,2 -186123,Midnight,2 -150590,Us,2 -68327,Raimondi,2 -169478,punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie,0 -182553,Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?,1 -157158,debases,2 -33415,is more interesting in concept than in execution .,2 -202385,into a dreary , humorless soap opera,0 -155,a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle,1 -138762,unrewarding,0 -124793,it 's a dark , gritty story but it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going,2 -46809,Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ',2 -174626,the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,2 -178657,with the WWII espionage thriller,2 -92409,sexy intrigue,3 -128908,of soft-core twaddle,1 -55436,of love and destiny,3 -187409,Solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .,1 -167911,of whistles and bells,2 -162835,is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening,0 -56623,risk and schemes,2 -17412,than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures,1 -100135,who unfortunately works with a two star script,1 -101656,'s clear,2 -128400,of Vanessa Redgrave 's career,2 -175282,think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again,2 -145844,Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts,2 -185783,Like many such biographical melodramas,2 -164558,lame to work or be cool at others,2 -102245,, Fierce Grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .,3 -56253,provocatively so --,2 -73229,admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency,3 -130068,pay off,2 -104514,As saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .,1 -93790,such an engrossing story,4 -59779,us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation,2 -142679,- 'em -,2 -14988,and O orchestrate,2 -160774,hate clowns .,1 -172085,strange reading,2 -164134,its quirky sentiments,2 -72249,a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films,4 -206447,more salacious telenovela than serious drama,1 -238611,what the hell .,1 -218583,visual virtuosity,3 -223721,I 'll at least remember their characters .,3 -23228,( Hawn 's character ),2 -218537,viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances,1 -95873,the hero might wind up,2 -53136,integrity and vision,2 -234845,own actions and revelations,2 -216412,this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .,4 -5185,blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ),4 -208653,one very funny joke,2 -226445,The problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .,0 -111444,` life affirming ',3 -2219,see them,2 -218579,visual marvel,3 -161866,in front of it,2 -29824,but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .,3 -130608,pretty stupid .,0 -21571,of the role that U . S .,2 -174784,the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another,1 -55511,of spontaneous intimacy,2 -21761,presenting,2 -116813,chainsaw,2 -93916,surplus,2 -227344,\/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight !,1 -142216,, hope and charity,3 -158620,executives and,2 -45402,Gorgeous scenes , masterful performances ,,4 -53601,is really all about performances,3 -127112,mind and spirit,3 -131086,reality shows for God 's sake ! --,1 -166955,not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean,2 -227334,\* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space,3 -103581,A film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I saw the film .,4 -25788,It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers,3 -52523,he shows them the respect they are due,3 -62535,. Wilco,2 -50621,dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and,2 -54214,lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other,1 -61738,, amusing,3 -228453,allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier,1 -210880,schematic and obvious,2 -238421,warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes,2 -190670,a good video game movie is going to show up soon .,2 -212965,sure which is worse,1 -88921,of tears,2 -123229,in this supposedly funny movie,2 -52705,homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put,3 -187996,The campy results,2 -194632,big box,2 -186069,Meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull .,2 -134525,that radioactive hair,2 -121095,getting a more mature body,3 -156531,come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion,2 -194029,be '' Last Tango in Paris '',2 -213847,that sports a ` topless tutorial service,2 -29845,but never showy ,,2 -178640,with scenes and vistas and pretty moments,2 -130210,piano,3 -129302,office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office,2 -168564,overtime,2 -36496,rendered film,2 -219392,who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door,2 -15599,draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg .,3 -215636,the smartest kids,2 -12126,this fast-paced,3 -43468,, I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .,3 -110453,This heist flick,2 -66492,It 's a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill . Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .,4 -48590,absorbing as well as,3 -59980,we have n't seen on the big screen before ,,3 -217793,tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .,1 -131972,seem self-consciously poetic,2 -82837,in a New York minute,2 -33952,know their roles so well,3 -199699,further and further apart,2 -71529,a deliberately unsteady mixture,2 -132265,she is unable to save the movie,0 -45966,Kurosawa 's,2 -87776,needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing,1 -43057,young in spirit but,3 -224765,Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16,2 -68290,Pryor , Carlin and Murphy,2 -145035,Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But even a hero can stumble sometimes,2 -141718,'ve already seen this kind of thing,1 -177692,was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy,1 -210434,replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line,2 -54865,most alive when it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer,2 -81585,hardship,2 -177855,weird resonances,1 -185601,Kevin Bray excels,3 -235633,seven days,2 -1665,mainstream matinee-style,3 -37452,such monastic devotion,3 -27631,a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more,3 -215294,the outdated swagger,1 -185177,It 's not too fast,2 -94316,tensions,1 -88446,of being a good documentarian,3 -18586,A remarkable 179-minute meditation on the nature of revolution .,4 -189902,Yet another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit .,1 -49227,artists and the love of cinema-and-self,3 -29653,bogus,1 -138647,unembarrassing but unmemorable,0 -100255,will gulp down in a frenzy .,2 -201699,improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen,2 -222427,As Schmidt,2 -133628,sun-splashed whites of Tunis,2 -205121,like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people .,1 -85688,know it 's going to be a trip,2 -216404,this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day .,1 -205319,look at , listen to , and think about,2 -174966,the vein of XXX,2 -203524,is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character,2 -173481,the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie,1 -185286,It has no affect on the Kurds,2 -39689,up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness,3 -130771,psychedelic '60s,2 -229033,at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age,1 -36203,prove anything,2 -171025,showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense,2 -79746,feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing,4 -50612,damn weird,1 -162859,is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .,1 -31684,five contemporary individuals,3 -176089,to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,2 -33228,is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher,3 -67186,Leigh makes these lives count . And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range,3 -167091,obnoxious comedy,1 -87432,most humane and important Holocaust movies,3 -197115,dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .,1 -76560,challenging film,2 -132073,sell many records,3 -4212,a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .,3 -129499,once emotional and,2 -57794,that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays,3 -120413,for fans of British cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride,3 -116051,blended satire,2 -119220,entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch,0 -217959,tutorial service,2 -198210,every-joke-has - been-told-a,1 -65635,Freeman and Judd make it work,3 -108803,Schneider 's,2 -24242,: It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .,3 -213177,talking-animal,2 -158276,engendering an emotional response of any kind,2 -229227,be the end,2 -51695,find a small place,2 -214193,the big build-up,2 -55249,of a ` bad ' police shooting,2 -45053,Despite its title,2 -108281,Panic Room,2 -77452,could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations,2 -12509,too much about this love story,1 -211202,self-pitying,1 -64714,Christmas Future,2 -42939,unconcerned with plausibility , yet,1 -139815,whose hero,2 -180343,, Applegate , Blair and Posey,2 -46883,Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus ,,2 -192860,another silly Hollywood action film,2 -7622,introduces,3 -189528,Went,2 -38809,their emotional nakedness,1 -118154,detailed historical document,3 -41038,Its direction , its script ,,2 -151346,a bad slasher,1 -78341,do in the film,2 -28552,and consistently odd,1 -119610,extremists,2 -160359,grim future,1 -114567,are certainly,3 -163003,is like being trapped at a bad rock concert,0 -54041,just a simple fable done in an artless sytle ,,0 -53900,its characters ' flaws,2 -238341,vision Clooney sustains throughout,3 -61948,, history , esoteric musings and philosophy,2 -235154,quirky , odd movies,2 -67502,Meant for Star Wars fans,2 -146210,If this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .,0 -30089,chances,2 -122626,humility,2 -161356,hits so,2 -63101,A hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of Claude Chabrol .,3 -178818,workshops,2 -115824,being dubbed,2 -103523,A different and emotionally reserved type of survival story,3 -54583,makes you itch,1 -27562,a good stepping stone for director Sprecher,3 -235917,somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .,4 -171548,solid fight choreography,3 -68183,Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire . She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .,3 -130664,probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .,2 -139812,whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments --,3 -197481,drag the movie down .,2 -91784,romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale,3 -99135,unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable,2 -38500,the opening credits,2 -77390,corniness and,2 -55171,occupied,2 -87960,non-exploitive approach,3 -64115,Asphalt,2 -131023,rather than , as was more likely ,,2 -170470,screen violence,1 -86621,makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .,4 -30683,delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force,4 -78361,do n't notice the 129-minute running time,3 -158074,e-mailing,2 -159264,flowed,2 -175373,this dumbed-down concoction is going,2 -171993,still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another,1 -40429,you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .,2 -196801,described as I Know What You Did Last Winter,2 -168126,on the plot,2 -201220,his particular talents,2 -174775,the social ladder,2 -181613,A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip,0 -150369,Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear .,1 -95469,the directors,2 -85814,law enforcement , and,2 -160378,gross-out comedies,2 -97774,timely , tongue-in-cheek profile,2 -183125,Clockstoppers ,,2 -99646,was utterly charming .,4 -126688,makes its message resonate,3 -187961,The bad sound,1 -2601,the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin .,3 -192161,all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets,0 -127717,my opinion,2 -162139,independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene,2 -202681,is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive,0 -173795,the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor,2 -203322,is playing the obvious game,2 -74942,at least one damn fine,3 -188301,The kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly,0 -193602,as the old saying goes , because it 's true,3 -155861,ca n't recommend it,0 -217267,to provide a fourth book,2 -89515,on what you thought of the first film,2 -141425,'s more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career,1 -21334,mischief,1 -9901,pull his head out,2 -45236,Ferrera,2 -176667,too much stage business,1 -195380,can hear you snore,1 -12336,to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,4 -166456,much money,2 -122529,how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line,2 -97023,the ways we consume pop culture,2 -226580,There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but,4 -230497,elusive `` missing thing,2 -75490,before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon,1 -35387,of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks,2 -94304,tenderness ,,2 -181907,A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .,0 -53600,is really,2 -138017,to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego,2 -238263,upends,2 -40917,Frida and ...,2 -43819,-- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same,4 -192028,affection for its characters,3 -128267,of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game,3 -114874,as beautifully shaped and,3 -102350,, Undisputed scores a direct hit .,3 -16499,love story,2 -29408,be glad you went along for the ride,4 -15241,being cartoonlike,2 -220343,you wanting to abandon the theater,1 -177321,urban comedy is clearly not Zhang 's forte,1 -93352,sports drama,2 -79690,farts , urine , feces ,,1 -213793,that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material,1 -4970,b,2 -68664,Sean Penn , you owe Nicolas Cage an apology .,2 -176309,to play pranks,2 -71987,a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure,4 -151421,a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience,4 -170711,semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ),2 -9960,quite,2 -183848,Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133,2 -148540,Shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith,2 -159334,for Hispanic Americans,2 -5046,be patient with the lovely hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .,4 -178734,witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness,1 -140937,'' is one of those crass,1 -35850,over crime-film complications,3 -21131,its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .,4 -120794,frustratingly timid and soggy,1 -86827,marveilleux,3 -47882,a comically adept ensemble,3 -209748,prison comedy,2 -33087,instead of one of its most predictable,2 -139671,while beautiful,3 -226420,The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but,2 -225654,Romero,2 -192030,affinity,2 -153817,are clearly , squarely,2 -35741,open to question,2 -1768,most offensive,0 -77290,consumers,2 -89969,own breezy , distracted rhythms,3 -169292,printed,2 -80677,from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look,3 -225610,Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) ,,2 -24785,Baran is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed , by its director -- but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .,2 -227305,You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm,2 -202784,is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it,1 -126441,love it , too .,3 -41748,creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and,4 -150944,Why he was given free reign over this project,1 -51,'s notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals,3 -155103,believing in yourself,2 -104502,As plain and pedestrian as,1 -54139,language to bring us Morvern 's soul,3 -187477,Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours,1 -146212,If this is an example of the type of project that Robert Redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films .,1 -134722,the King , ' it also,2 -1687,mamet,2 -62639,12th Oscar nomination,4 -82930,in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance,2 -111433,` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects,2 -55726,on a remote seacoast in Iran,2 -209161,payoffs,2 -166127,morality thriller,2 -28301,an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,2 -52426,has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim,3 -210408,rent those movies instead , let alone,2 -16502,loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !,4 -119134,enjoyed it just as much,4 -160701,has n't added enough of his own ingredients,1 -53778,it accumulates power and depth,3 -58942,they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them,2 -37405,stunning as Frida and ... a star-making project,3 -234200,not that funny,1 -138381,truly distinctive,3 -183134,Clyde Barrow 's,2 -122683,if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy,1 -203779,it 's not .,2 -101278,yours,2 -47192,The overall fabric,2 -82995,in low-key style,2 -112781,a stereotypical one,1 -33891,journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption,2 -124145,is inane and awful,0 -101411,'ll still be glued to the screen,4 -47739,You wo n't like Roger , but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies,2 -224398,It wo n't harm anyone,2 -85389,its sheer audacity and openness,2 -124626,is that it does have a few cute moments,3 -61794,, bombshell documentary,2 -16498,love it,4 -121903,have a good alternative,2 -216687,thrown back,2 -114674,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 .,3 -100080,who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ),2 -7672,is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight,1 -60176,who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food,2 -22001,so lovingly,4 -186079,Mel Brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ),2 -115152,at all like real life,2 -104300,An enjoyable above average summer diversion .,3 -3775,a few nice twists in a standard plot and,3 -194851,botched in execution,1 -134871,the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn,1 -180452,, Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore .,1 -235028,pre-9 \/ 11 New York,2 -75096,awe and,2 -51812,for sin , American-style ?,2 -58567,the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists,4 -72368,a setup so easy,2 -199579,from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams,0 -121157,give voice to the other side,2 -195234,by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck,2 -52933,in his underwear,2 -203512,is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime,1 -202973,is grotesque and boring,0 -117434,conservative Christian parents and,3 -2713,the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale,2 -172104,striking and,3 -205829,many tired jokes,2 -38793,the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy,1 -126837,masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans,3 -208248,of woman warriors,2 -183457,Director Shekhar Kapur and screenwriters Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great,1 -96159,the most appealing movies,2 -203409,is so busy,2 -56871,serving of movie fluff,2 -167689,of serial killers and stalk 'n',2 -114178,an unsatisfying ending ,,2 -83110,in the least,2 -170088,revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile,2 -75536,being unknowable,2 -53446,is derivative,1 -109692,The determination of Pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and,2 -109825,The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in,3 -184495,Hot and,2 -123558,into an idea of expectation,2 -88827,of political corruption,1 -81189,going at a rapid pace , occasionally,3 -191328,a singer,2 -26915,The subtle strength of '' Elling '',2 -139030,vicious as its characters,2 -200444,hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .,0 -41820,done by the supposedly liberal media,2 -227918,a frothing ex-girlfriend,2 -59341,to see with their own eyes,2 -232010,in hormonal melodrama,2 -100181,whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation,3 -78313,distinguished from a mediocre one,2 -92964,so likable,3 -236748,the big metaphorical wave,2 -43483,, Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed . The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .,3 -233756,may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `,0 -233450,like much more than I actually did,2 -75597,best sex comedy,4 -230541,enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily,2 -173841,the expense of his narrative,2 -73324,aggravating,1 -229149,be as pretentious,1 -32601,his wife,2 -60994,'s definitely an acquired taste,2 -96930,the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days :,4 -184054,Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin,1 -34149,little more than another platter of reheated Aliens,0 -143391,A thinly veiled excuse,1 -213658,that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media,2 -77436,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '',2 -125983,life itself,2 -56912,shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting,4 -162944,is instead a tepid waste of time and talent .,0 -120121,finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units,2 -140268,with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won,2 -51914,from Paul 's perspective,2 -210468,resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture,1 -62465,- sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,2 -149727,The piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .,1 -131847,screen series,2 -165548,make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday,2 -47720,Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy,4 -79590,fall dawn,2 -209318,plain dull,2 -159403,for cinematic disaster,0 -7706,is enticing and,3 -74876,assumption that '' crazy '' people,2 -14,' a perfect family film ,,4 -59199,to bring us Morvern 's soul,2 -60968,'s being advertised as a comedy,2 -167097,obscured,2 -214473,the el cheapo margaritas,1 -1712,may be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age,1 -150995,Witch Project,2 -119930,feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story,3 -189413,Visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay .,2 -63488,A thoroughly,2 -21941,sexual preference,2 -50981,does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories,3 -54418,loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better,4 -157836,doing last year 's taxes,1 -131401,resemble the shapeless,1 -43997,A celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences,3 -21013,is back in a major way .,3 -214723,the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature,2 -231112,genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen,4 -92744,sixties,2 -112311,a mere excuse,1 -107535,Love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache,3 -158284,enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns,3 -138010,to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag,1 -183368,Despite Juliet Stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life,1 -203114,is more interesting ( and funnier ),3 -168677,part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video --,2 -121750,has ever given us,2 -132714,so chooses,2 -231331,gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan '',3 -20453,energetic,3 -189879,Written,2 -193642,as usual .,2 -207670,of control on a long patch of black ice,1 -226279,The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are,4 -126877,may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families,1 -91924,saves it,2 -100935,would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,2 -222531,Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company,0 -144408,Chao was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .,1 -11171,the action switches between past and present ,,2 -72673,a ton of laughs,3 -132614,slip under the waves . He drags it back ,,2 -218397,valentine,3 -211475,should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .,1 -148430,Schneidermeister ... Makin ' a fool of himself ...,1 -211405,she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,0 -104958,CHASES Stuart,2 -208781,ordinary folk,2 -65436,Extraordinary,4 -201583,if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement,2 -11121,that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,0 -233220,just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .,1 -217412,to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end,3 -34789,n't feel it has to prove anything,2 -189837,World War II action,2 -178678,with the old story,2 -95161,the backstage drama,2 -230823,find each other,2 -71754,a great , fiery passion,3 -15359,ca n't wait to see what happens next .,3 -52656,his sentimental journey,3 -19474,a cross-section of Americana,2 -8006,its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed,2 -79481,explosion you fear,2 -4953,attempted for the screen,2 -82629,if not entirely wholesome ),2 -142726,. Arnie,2 -204933,lifetime milestones,3 -150709,Wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ),1 -33092,intelligent , earnest , intimate film,4 -215770,the three central characters,2 -113323,acting that borders on hammy at times,2 -156839,corkscrew narrative,2 -120947,gave,2 -93991,suspenseful enough for older kids but not,3 -77099,completely transfixes the audience .,3 -143505,Adam Larson Broder,2 -181424,4W formula,2 -129124,of the terrorist attacks,2 -161760,in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes,1 -238606,what makes it worth the trip to the theatre,3 -191052,a novel thought in his head,2 -238168,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,1 -225239,Noyce 's greatest mistake,1 -105527,Dragonfly,3 -172111,string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight,1 -197993,erotic or,2 -102009,'ve already,2 -64207,B picture,1 -8780,middle,2 -27780,a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force,4 -131378,represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .,0 -167980,often hackneyed or just plain crude,1 -95670,the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .,3 -2591,the eye,2 -127316,more immediate mystery,2 -141156,'s a sitcom without the snap-crackle .,1 -68728,Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury,4 -98613,towards,2 -10129,restraint,2 -137806,to resemble the shapeless,2 -144351,Callie,2 -220507,'' is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .,0 -207984,of showing them,2 -39026,though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie,2 -99774,welcome and,2 -24123,... Well , at least that 's the plan .,2 -81602,has a desolate air,2 -188870,There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door . The same should go for movie theaters .,1 -60767,'s ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest,3 -6831,good guys and,3 -196450,crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude,1 -68176,Perhaps not since Nelson Eddy,2 -169516,put some lovely pictures up on the big screen,3 -50778,depression era hit-man,2 -230471,eat popcorn,3 -179843,'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable,0 -185856,Long before it 's over,2 -197642,dynamited by Blethyn,2 -163547,is unconvincing and criminally badly acted,0 -52714,hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction,3 -185264,It dabbles all around , never gaining much momentum .,1 -31830,formulaic potholes that befall its brethren,1 -214577,the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream,2 -102070,( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark,1 -182163,Achero,2 -34813,n't seen on the big screen before,2 -82488,how men would act if they had periods,2 -214054,the Internet short,2 -46267,Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind,3 -183731,Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but,2 -145546,George , hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please .,1 -14210,Katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself,3 -23002,'ll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story,3 -94143,takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it,3 -121811,has no real point,0 -45044,Desmond,2 -172866,that , really , we 've been here , done that,1 -56404,reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled,3 -110141,The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis ,,3 -122651,i . e .,2 -193813,at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --,1 -25353,Francisco 's,2 -115269,auditorium feeling dizzy,2 -180333,, '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . '',1 -60550,you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage,2 -124960,it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,2 -209025,painless,3 -198821,figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that,1 -40948,Hits one out of the park for the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department,4 -185409,Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .,1 -49172,are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way,0 -193778,at most,3 -131900,see : terrorists are more evil than ever !,1 -7287,i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane,4 -116762,castles,2 -66646,It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period .,3 -131165,recyclable,2 -119946,felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .,2 -211493,should dispense the same advice to film directors .,1 -157098,dampens,2 -35526,of this,2 -163757,it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast,2 -111961,a frozen burrito,2 -155201,beyond the surfaces of her characters,2 -142442,, somnolent show,1 -46294,Myrtle Beach,2 -22291,the indomitable human will,3 -35870,own , quieter observations,2 -79514,extraordinarily talented,4 -17212,sister,2 -139739,who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects,1 -180688,, inane images keep popping past your head,1 -230583,establish Mr. Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace,3 -19253,Somewhat,2 -93475,stay with the stage versions ,,2 -59541,trimmings,2 -186852,Rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning .,0 -227991,a little like a chocolate milk moustache,3 -163971,it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program,1 -190013,` fully experienced ',2 -228073,a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator --,1 -232423,is beyond playing fair with the audience,1 -53325,is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .,3 -172361,surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace,2 -202080,in this film that allowed it to get made,2 -26837,The inherent strength,3 -33901,just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away,1 -15776,finds a new way to surprise,3 -60794,'s a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting,3 -111265,Worth a look,3 -117839,damning and damned compelling .,4 -186546,One key problem,2 -41223,Still pretentious and filled with subtext , but,2 -44302,A terrific B movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory,4 -222614,Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .,3 -230256,disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision ,,2 -86744,manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .,3 -40516,your spine tingle,3 -62389,, unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it,3 -67525,Mexican and burns,2 -96601,the rotting underbelly of Middle America,1 -11746,the pleasures,2 -161270,his games of hide-and-seek,2 -40318,wo n't believe much of it,1 -33452,is one of the most compelling variations on In the Company of Men,3 -12194,this schlock-filled,1 -143167,A living testament,2 -7976,it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .,3 -134877,the bar,2 -68166,Penn 's,2 -153621,annoyingly,1 -151063,Writer\/director John McKay,2 -162074,in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs,1 -139907,will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination,3 -233630,make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible,2 -102719,, measured work,2 -55580,of the huge economic changes sweeping modern China,2 -60443,wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released ,,0 -31966,funny and consistently odd , and it,4 -56647,romped,2 -169681,ravaged by dragons,2 -12307,to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide,3 -33021,increasingly mesmerizing,4 -234487,of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill,1 -29020,aprovechar,2 -97197,there 's much to recommend the film .,4 -188620,The satire,2 -175116,their post-modern contemporaries , The Farrelly Brothers,2 -101005,wry , contentious configurations,2 -169128,post-modern contemporaries,2 -148535,Shamu,2 -107130,Jackass is a vulgar,1 -118363,disorientated,1 -46269,Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind -- namely,3 -134132,thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also,2 -230116,deeper and more,2 -74477,armed,2 -164990,like storytelling than something,2 -108222,Oozes,2 -84606,is simple but absorbing .,3 -66145,I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version .,1 -199386,for two whole hours,2 -10368,septic,1 -157895,down the social ladder,2 -229794,changing times , clashing cultures,2 -123390,injected,2 -83070,in the alternately comic,2 -18062,will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes,2 -50674,deceit and,2 -52580,here .,2 -199995,glorified a term,2 -67022,Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .,4 -229576,by all means,3 -202857,is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved,3 -163982,its alleged youthful fire,2 -65714,Galinsky,2 -61249,'s short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life,3 -91271,recapitulation,3 -109336,Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be ,,1 -64443,Bowling for Columbine,2 -78157,direct connection,2 -135069,the cruelty and suffering,1 -65920,Hartley adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining .,4 -182423,An incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .,0 -10114,represents,2 -116887,chase film,2 -6305,evidence,2 -236052,still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach .,1 -236367,that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\*,2 -221529,, so will your kids,2 -85119,it provides a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate,4 -31085,encourage,4 -163969,it would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .,1 -161977,in the '70s or '80s,2 -175933,to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance,2 -166100,moments and ideas,2 -25047,Culkin , who 's in virtually every scene ,,2 -229212,be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,,3 -32029,get the girl,2 -133380,strangeness,2 -859,dumbest,0 -119590,extra heavy-duty ropes,2 -114237,and engaging film,4 -136850,thinking it all through,2 -46858,Susan Sarandon and,2 -118774,dullingly repetitive,0 -147312,Makes for some truly odd , at times confusing , kids entertainment,2 -142081,, and group song,2 -190184,a bit heavy handed with his message at times,1 -28508,and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding,2 -129568,one of the worst of the entire franchise,1 -208975,own cracker barrel,2 -175402,this future world,2 -54581,makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film .,4 -212185,someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot,2 -37018,sleep-deprived Dormer,1 -161701,impossible to ignore,3 -234238,occasionally very enjoyable,3 -179272,' Translation,2 -147572,Murphy 's better performances,3 -124286,is n't more compelling,1 -35463,of the implicit,2 -97677,thriller with enough unexpected twists,3 -188254,The good,3 -25912,L'Avventura,2 -221212,, Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .,1 -157897,down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and,2 -89338,old-school kind,2 -157564,disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that,1 -39990,when he really scores,2 -113409,admit XXX is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure,2 -64155,At once subtle and visceral , the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .,4 -118806,dusty and leatherbound,2 -122849,in Guy Ritchie 's Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch,2 -3871,a harrowing,2 -89386,on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs,2 -44014,A compelling yarn,3 -187451,Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter,2 -53494,is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times,4 -130689,professional film,3 -28381,an invigorating , electric movie,4 -166810,no idea of it is serious,1 -54375,loop,2 -203988,it par for the course for Disney sequels,2 -132035,seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed,0 -85651,kid-empowerment fantasy,3 -105100,Christian or otherwise,2 -94598,that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what,3 -82946,in front of your eyes,2 -139028,vicious and,1 -232353,is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . ',2 -158460,even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten,2 -132743,so insatiable,3 -128219,observant , unfussily poetic,3 -85230,its eccentric , accident-prone characters,2 -221954,A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying,0 -204742,laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period,1 -65465,Fanboy,1 -191191,a recipe,2 -35399,of simplicity and economy,2 -31013,effect of loss .,2 -89429,on one continuum,2 -218957,weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers,2 -111013,What 's most memorable about Circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .,3 -127877,never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free .,2 -180027,'s the kind of movie,2 -3116,when,2 -122622,humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family,2 -220675,'s a bargain-basement European pickup,0 -159370,for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap,1 -133173,squad car pile-ups,2 -82184,hilarious !,3 -105218,Contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom,1 -90500,populated,2 -174629,the recent Hollywood trip tripe,2 -233210,just another bad movie,0 -47831,a bit exploitative,1 -58821,the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while,1 -1887,of aurelie and christelle,2 -33022,increasingly unsettling,2 -55304,of celebrity,2 -155141,better aplomb and,2 -196743,demonstrating the adage,2 -197948,entertaining as the final hour,3 -5803,cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning '' for serious,2 -182291,Always destined to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation .,3 -181634,A dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding,1 -82643,if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh,2 -191651,a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast,1 -102474,, dark beauty,3 -230636,everyone and,2 -143283,A ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking,1 -36012,picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion .,3 -93861,sumptuous stream,3 -142214,, hollow exercise,1 -17081,regular,2 -230434,dud from frame one .,0 -18525,-- whatever that might mean,1 -94890,that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving,3 -9102,nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , warm water,3 -222155,Aan,2 -90819,provides no easy answers ,,2 -111160,Will certainly appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about .,3 -81683,has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .,2 -154736,be free to leave,2 -75979,brisk delight,3 -186394,No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives ,,2 -206842,nearly surprising or,2 -177953,what Sex With Strangers,2 -44386,Alain Choquart 's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .,2 -49813,brassy,2 -235865,so much passion,3 -232428,is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .,4 -35819,ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world,2 -125147,it will warm your heart , and,4 -64824,Corbett,2 -215123,the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .,1 -200511,has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness,1 -12062,theaters,2 -229167,be damned .,2 -64011,Anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket should catch this IMAX offering .,3 -56129,power and,2 -71219,a 1950 's Doris Day feel,2 -165069,literarily talented and notorious subject,2 -55493,of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire,3 -71687,a former Gong Show addict,2 -115441,be a breakthrough in filmmaking,4 -121091,gets too cloying,1 -19949,are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .,4 -196385,crass and insulting homage,0 -89351,on Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name,3 -134124,than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe,3 -172788,than skip along the Seine,2 -84484,is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .,2 -11739,the picture 's,2 -167421,of cross-promotion,2 -108492,Pryce bring off this wild Welsh whimsy .,2 -132018,seems to be,2 -117713,creepy , scary,2 -30178,cinema at its finest,4 -227509,`` Ichi the Killer '',2 -158045,dumb action movie,1 -74266,arctic light,2 -19013,Its scenes and sensibility,2 -26896,The saturation bombing of Reggio 's images and Glass ' evocative music ...,3 -52771,human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming,4 -76210,by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit,3 -213333,testosterone-charged,2 -60264,will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship,4 -143274,A poky and pseudo-serious,2 -218817,wasted like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk,0 -170380,saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie,1 -122032,he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them,2 -47201,The performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye,3 -53890,its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings,2 -1978,organic,3 -151882,a hero can stumble sometimes,2 -77545,creates in Maelstrom,2 -81592,has -- ironically -,2 -177363,using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on,2 -96044,the lively intelligence of the artists,3 -140328,without the expected flair or imagination,2 -110087,The plot grows thin soon ,,1 -140290,with unblinking candor,3 -210453,repulse any generation of its fans,2 -89802,otherwise challenging,2 -141905,( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice,2 -2717,the sickly sweet gender normative narrative,1 -43006,will , undoubtedly,2 -60344,with every cinematic tool well under his control,4 -182866,Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up,3 -48829,also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came,2 -18366,, believe it or not ,,2 -82687,imagination and insight,3 -34259,lying,1 -87379,most appealing,4 -49709,between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco ),2 -53745,it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .,4 -116210,brilhantismo da argumentação de,2 -71913,a lost ideal,1 -179358,'d probably turn it off,1 -197322,does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy,0 -28737,and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces,3 -194567,better payoffs,2 -208330,oh-so-important,3 -228930,as back,2 -46929,The Mothman Prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .,3 -38734,the two films,2 -15473,constructed,2 -4358,above all,3 -19189,Potter fans,2 -83486,interesting effort,3 -105892,French Revolution,2 -222966,Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined,1 -77143,concentrates,2 -151246,` true story ',3 -147835,O'Neill 's,2 -123802,is a pleasant enough dish,3 -127684,must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .,1 -8206,jolly,3 -226213,The camera whirls !,2 -52964,in perfect balance,3 -224210,It 's not a motion picture : it 's an utterly static picture,0 -87524,movie ,,2 -43932,30,2 -34201,look into having him committed,1 -96363,the percussion rhythm , the brass soul,2 -32373,have hoped to match,2 -59760,upsetting glimpse,1 -132928,someone like Judd ,,2 -200542,has flaws,2 -56601,revulsion,0 -150025,There 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned , as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate,2 -104799,Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero,1 -8681,many a parent,2 -70728,Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still ,,2 -108049,Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see .,3 -174694,the same sleep-inducing effects,1 -231158,gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but,2 -153132,all the moments,2 -16530,make it unforgettable,3 -88828,of politics , power and social mobility,2 -205736,makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary,2 -5997,dissolution,1 -182642,At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .,1 -82813,in Japanese anime,2 -65478,Fast-paced and wonderfully edited,4 -138978,very few laughs,2 -49792,both his medium and his message,2 -62795,A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism,3 -206632,moviemaker 's,2 -71740,a good match of the sensibilities of two directors,3 -59924,want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters,3 -188000,The cast has a high time , but,2 -208168,of the year ... Watching it,2 -54191,left out,2 -36307,quite pleasing , headlong thrust,4 -70156,These three films,2 -117226,comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front,2 -62027,, it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .,4 -121748,has enough,3 -159507,for the soundtrack,2 -40887,Emerges as something rare ,,4 -229195,be in video stores by Christmas,1 -29269,astounding,3 -12993,when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size,2 -229805,cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .,0 -32486,her way through life,2 -70713,We 've seen it all before in one form or another , but,2 -124469,is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks,3 -173475,the anguish of Heidi 's life,2 -15753,fed through the eye , the heart , the mind,2 -10050,references,2 -113846,amusing , tender and heart-wrenching,4 -44259,A solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket,4 -214664,the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,1 -184438,Hjejle quite appealing,3 -108356,Performances are potent,3 -107252,Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .,1 -230120,deeply out of place in what could have,1 -166397,movie starring charismatic tough guy Vinnie Jones,3 -163269,is really just another genre picture,2 -2209,scotches,2 -78942,encourages,2 -216100,there 's no arguing the tone of the movie,2 -143277,A ponderous meditation on love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes,0 -175424,this insipid , brutally clueless film,0 -73343,ai n't half-bad,3 -202063,in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death,3 -137235,throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit,3 -236482,that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block,2 -229044,at heart is a sweet little girl,4 -50026,can usually be traced back to the little things,3 -172259,sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another,1 -50044,capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .,4 -186986,Roberts ' movies,2 -198803,fewer deliberate laughs,2 -34252,low-tech 1960 version,2 -95625,the film , and,2 -193463,as he swaggers through his scenes,2 -225257,Obvious politics and rudimentary animation reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold !,1 -72832,a winning family story,3 -16274,is nature against progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale,3 -205162,lingers over every point,2 -206389,more graphic violence,2 -212671,strictly speaking , Schneider is no Steve Martin,1 -55145,novels that has bucked the odds,3 -215272,the original comic books,2 -63797,American scorn,2 -38992,this tricky topic,2 -196968,dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time,1 -19434,Willis 's,2 -143718,An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more,1 -171201,sketchiest movie,1 -155078,being said,2 -102987,, unfunny one,1 -196186,contrived , overblown and tie-in ready,0 -9037,neurotic,2 -37152,someone you want to see again,3 -146510,It 's harmless , diverting fluff . But it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .,2 -217844,truly annoying,1 -50103,certain charm,3 -129559,one of the most interesting writer\/directors,3 -118647,down the path of the mundane,1 -125857,learned from watching ` Comedian ',3 -204255,its outrage,2 -55281,of acidity,2 -211869,smiles and frowns,2 -217368,to squander on offal like this,2 -191303,a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought,2 -162184,infidelity and happenstance,2 -26976,This ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film,3 -23539,, but with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .,3 -96299,the opening scenes,2 -54265,like the stuff of lurid melodrama,2 -232776,is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .,1 -42413,occasionally stretches believability to its limits and,2 -238564,were , what `` they '' looked like,2 -116327,but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms,2 -210723,sad , sordid universe,1 -176386,to see where this is going,2 -219061,were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along,1 -222796,But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary .,0 -202804,is both contrived and cliched,1 -147508,Most of the action setups are incoherent .,1 -170593,seems a dead weight,1 -221275,, bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage,2 -28913,and witty dialogue,3 -142695,-- and long -- for its own good .,2 -191750,about it will stay with you,3 -95235,the border collie is funny,3 -58958,third-best,2 -217285,to remain the same throughout .,2 -238955,wonder they 're talking about `` Talk to Her .,2 -188791,There 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film . It 's everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more .,1 -214874,the interior lives of the characters,2 -65960,He does this so well,3 -103340,72 minutes,2 -220741,'s about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think .,2 -103357,90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping .,0 -239204,you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media,2 -143276,A ponderous meditation,3 -118515,does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .,2 -11544,the killer,2 -141897,( the characters ) get more depressed,2 -120920,gangster flick,2 -162888,is far more offensive than it is funny,1 -79832,few lingering animated thoughts,2 -15426,clashes,1 -72634,a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered,2 -177105,under 90,2 -234517,of the Baader-Meinhof Gang,2 -218976,week 's,2 -58143,the communal film experiences,2 -158771,fairly dull,1 -214084,the Zipper,2 -81587,harmoniously,3 -208842,our moviemakers do n't make often enough,2 -158854,far more good-natured,3 -199284,for political courage,3 -126171,limited appeal,1 -176464,to the Future,2 -131712,said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,2 -31006,edge-of-your-seat , educational antics,3 -151579,a dead weight,2 -1774,moving,3 -161374,ho-hum than ho-ho-ho,1 -21445,not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture,2 -207668,of continuity errors,1 -123025,in its genre,2 -108162,One of the funnier movies,4 -151766,a freak show ,,1 -10982,technical proficiency,3 -5945,dickens,2 -80512,four star performance,4 -39401,tortured,0 -180170,( L ) ame and unnecessary .,0 -102637,, it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .,3 -145294,Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob,2 -227331,\* Corpus and,2 -104663,Bedknobs and,2 -116560,can be resolved easily , or soon,2 -74957,at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends,2 -164000,its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans,2 -75245,be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time,3 -81578,hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop,3 -34165,lively and enjoyable cultural mix,4 -17184,sheep,1 -231050,from the workout,2 -179820,'s left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,1 -205417,loses himself to the film 's circular structure,1 -106901,It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but,3 -157499,director Joe Carnahan,2 -113841,amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and,3 -30441,could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport,3 -29437,be the most navel-gazing film ever,2 -31908,from the best of the series,4 -31474,fandango,3 -173572,the border of bemused contempt,1 -60302,with Never,2 -107017,It is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time,2 -169946,remains depressingly prosaic and dull,1 -46716,Sever,2 -125674,la tiene,2 -99015,unexpectedly insightful,3 -39581,uncovers,2 -15191,barbed and bracing comedy,3 -200667,has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too,1 -231829,hugely enjoyable film,4 -170529,see it ,,2 -238903,with serious ideas,3 -108561,Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming,3 -156791,contrived , well-worn situations,1 -189265,Trey,2 -79774,feeling embarrassed,1 -182610,As saccharine as it is disposable .,1 -175911,to be a total winner,2 -237258,the theaters this year,2 -129070,of the most multilayered and sympathetic female,3 -172225,succeeds in being only sporadically amusing,2 -128362,of New Age-inspired good intentions,3 -83336,infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character 's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own,3 -70253,This is not Chabrol 's best , but even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer .,2 -103257,... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .,3 -118271,direction and,2 -98072,to fulfill its own ambitious goals,3 -111767,a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '',2 -211272,serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable,1 -141972,, Frida gets the job done .,3 -170798,sexual references,2 -207487,of Trouble,2 -54674,may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart,4 -171055,sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half,1 -60002,weirdly beautiful,3 -100219,wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time,3 -92845,slow down , shake off your tensions,2 -162855,is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics .,1 -202735,is an institution,2 -153665,any charm or personality,2 -205230,little more than punishment,1 -210810,saw Juwanna Mann,2 -104537,Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .,4 -210782,satisfactorily,3 -118325,discordant,1 -133019,soothe and break your heart with a single stroke,2 -121779,has kind of an authentic feel,3 -227651,`` big moment '',2 -158156,elementary school,2 -23802,, often mischievous sense,2 -178987,written by teenagers,1 -3224,yet,2 -209723,pretty far from a treasure,1 -65583,For a movie audience,2 -115051,as the stricken composer,2 -200841,have much emotional impact on the characters,3 -151751,a footnote to a still evolving story,2 -7954,it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy ,,2 -189825,Wood,2 -17564,the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days,2 -204822,leaving the screening,2 -177234,unnecessary and clumsy last scene,1 -104670,Befuddled in its characterizations,1 -80723,full of cheesy dialogue , but,2 -164984,like six different movies fighting each other for attention,0 -65299,Empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .,2 -64012,Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor,4 -39040,thriller hybrid,2 -117215,comedy franchise,2 -14520,The year 's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way .,4 -94055,sword fighting,2 -239127,you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time,3 -26403,Queens,2 -23808,, original,3 -25651,If it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible,3 -55656,of wit and dignity,3 -177972,what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray,1 -197740,eliminating the beheadings,2 -35264,of grief,2 -55563,of the day,2 -18706,Asia authors herself as Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy .,2 -211406,she-cute,3 -172691,than 25-cent bubble gum,2 -36406,reconfigured tale,2 -31686,five extraordinary American homes,2 -40058,who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand,4 -198384,expose the life of male hustlers,2 -98130,to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,3 -53234,is , I did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit,3 -198385,exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision,1 -198188,every old World War II movie,2 -91431,remains prominent,3 -234799,otherwise respectable action,3 -213073,tacked,2 -161039,heartrending,2 -171266,slickly staged,3 -78564,drama , conflict,2 -80252,for civics classes and would-be public servants,2 -109915,The jokes are flat ,,0 -25951,Leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .,4 -188412,The movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface,2 -200893,have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors,1 -78470,does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear,2 -235589,seen this before ?,2 -22424,third-act plot development,2 -158911,feel more,2 -172276,suffers from a lack of humor ( something needed to balance out the violence ) ...,1 -125249,its final surprising shots,3 -159684,from Ladies Home Journal,2 -10253,sandlerian,2 -62659,1899,2 -40252,with some awesome action photography and surfing,4 -14645,You,2 -5951,did n't know how to handle it,2 -21335,miss About A Boy,1 -116173,bravery and dedication,3 -113315,acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere,2 -130656,pro-Serbian,2 -205809,many can aspire but none can equal,3 -90688,pro and con , for adults,2 -98384,to the project,2 -41743,coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings .,4 -205370,looking over,2 -118403,disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance,2 -201787,in a horror movie,2 -214023,the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes,1 -163107,is n't so much bad as it is bland,1 -225053,Ms. Vardalos ',2 -232738,is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game,3 -63859,An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema,4 -140020,wit or innovation,3 -130280,player,2 -139283,watch , giggle,3 -158923,feel vastly more affronted,2 -172595,technologies,2 -132754,so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws,3 -29752,bring audiences to the edge of their seats,4 -96103,the massive waves,2 -56998,simple , but,2 -60647,'' American Beauty,3 -160090,give them guns , the movie,2 -3896,a juicy,3 -17429,that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know,3 -214460,the dutiful precision,2 -93046,solid action pic,3 -194950,brilliant , honest performance,4 -182780,Beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce ... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .,0 -50899,distance,2 -11774,the projection television,2 -220557,'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material,2 -5210,bodice-ripper,2 -150340,Though Catch Me If You Can is n't badly made , the fun slowly leaks out of the movie .,2 -196474,crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue,2 -194824,bored Cage,1 -229438,borrowed plot points,1 -38934,this depiction,2 -125407,its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .,1 -232404,is as predictable as the tides .,1 -51585,feeling conned,2 -34678,motocross and BMX riders,2 -40651,A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling,3 -184447,Hollywood Ending .,2 -80393,for this long,2 -181417,30 minutes into a slap-happy series,2 -69367,The Trinity Assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony ,,2 -174344,the movie is,2 -39793,viewfinder,2 -60854,'s a sit down,2 -135503,the hero 's,2 -45105,E,2 -175786,titillation,2 -183158,Collapses under its own meager weight,1 -24815,Benoit,3 -72614,a surplus of vintage archive footage,2 -23990,, who can now add movies to the list of things he does well,3 -180585,, clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .,1 -34559,more emotionally assertive,3 -105582,Each scene wreaks of routine : the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense .,2 -56346,quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious,2 -109305,Sylvie Testud is icily brilliant .,4 -93563,storytelling instincts,2 -50753,delivers the same message,2 -229564,by Phifer and Black,2 -173211,that suggests it,2 -84423,is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way,3 -85743,laid-back way,2 -217776,treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .,1 -188587,The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists,0 -234214,nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore,1 -39554,um,2 -101236,your cup of blood,2 -22186,that it 's hard to know what to praise first,4 -58509,the most thoughtful fictional examination,4 -5799,credits,2 -206741,musty as one of the Golden Eagle 's carpets,1 -226018,Swinging , the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit .,1 -166719,new standards,3 -54146,larger moralistic consequences,2 -229688,can not engage,1 -78587,dramatic treatment,3 -203084,is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened,1 -170561,seeking with Trouble,2 -212980,surprisingly anemic disappointment,1 -115615,be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product,2 -220175,wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits,0 -208064,of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies,3 -208444,on his life,2 -27397,a brief shooting star of love,3 -178094,where his ambitions have wandered,2 -207206,not one clever line of dialogue,0 -100381,with Sean Penn 's monotone narration,1 -202104,in what could,2 -220882,'s more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre,1 -175389,this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot,2 -125155,it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose,2 -17274,someone who resembles a real kid,2 -180984,, the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens,0 -167773,of the devilish complexity of the Balkans conflict,2 -89327,old schoolers,2 -120630,frantic efforts,1 -149876,The story is naturally poignant , but,2 -81308,grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration,3 -34606,more to grownups,3 -183886,Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set,2 -125444,jaw-dropping,3 -89946,oversized,2 -210795,save Oleander 's uninspired story,1 -55418,of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes,3 -30290,comparable,2 -135422,the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers,3 -135322,the film equivalent,2 -157081,cutoffs,2 -195142,by and,2 -219549,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 .,1 -66927,John F . Kennedy,2 -5983,discussed in purely abstract terms,2 -216923,to bust,2 -147065,Ladies Home Journal,2 -22781,who just happens to be her own worst enemy,1 -6716,fully endear itself,3 -197329,does n't know it 's a comedy,1 -88100,observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view,3 -182632,At best this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day .,1 -18948,I admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending .,3 -138174,toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater,1 -35449,of the familiar masterpiece,3 -33261,is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .,4 -80603,from both sides,2 -52215,goose-pimple genre,2 -104959,Caddyshack,3 -178218,who grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic,2 -197453,down badly as we absorb Jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance,2 -192955,anything , really,2 -59207,to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them,2 -70590,V .,2 -138339,tries to make sense of its title character,2 -107811,More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are,3 -28056,absolutely spooky,3 -90407,plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael,3 -209632,precious than perspicacious,3 -234662,on `` stupid,1 -22609,truly singular character,2 -155014,before it 's over,2 -208377,on '' The Mothman Prophecies '',2 -113203,about the main characters,2 -136750,there are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely .,0 -153213,also does the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us,1 -190233,a broken heart,2 -98917,uncertain start,2 -123746,is a filmmaker of impressive talent,4 -54939,moving pictures,2 -234526,of the bad reviews,1 -236582,that we needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us,2 -51905,friendship , love,3 -65534,Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it,2 -106061,Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake,3 -107260,Just too silly,1 -168184,one big laugh , three,2 -101570,'s absolutely no reason why Blue Crush , a late-summer surfer girl entry , should be as entertaining as it is,2 -231023,from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C.,2 -131470,rethink their attitudes,2 -72069,a nice little story in the process,3 -175437,this is not .,2 -36287,quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film,3 -152257,a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,1 -163979,its adherence,2 -168755,payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV,2 -10781,stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence,3 -181918,A prolonged extrusion,2 -91120,rather simplistic,1 -35134,of Wilson 's plight,2 -62749,: chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .,2 -30716,department,2 -60698,'ll be shaking your head all the way to the credits,2 -105703,Every sequel you skip will be two hours gained . Consider this review life-affirming .,0 -100679,with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact,3 -12823,wallowing,2 -63516,A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and,3 -64345,Bickle,2 -193217,are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy,1 -37165,sometimes bad,1 -214044,the Golden Eagle 's,2 -185096,It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter ,,1 -211485,should be thrown back in the river,0 -106511,I saw this movie,2 -9036,nerve-wracking,2 -79806,female friendship that men can embrace and women,2 -181895,A porn film,2 -17807,to his own race,2 -60788,'s Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .,3 -151964,a life sentence,2 -56738,schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless .,2 -227546,`` Nicholas Nickleby '' is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year .,3 -30684,delivered hokum of Hart 's War is never fun,1 -19916,any of these performances,2 -237483,think that A.C. will help this movie one bit,2 -155042,begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors,1 -8300,kill a zombie,2 -69062,Surprisingly,2 -175970,to be sober and educational,2 -118713,drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence,2 -196461,cross-country,2 -131786,saying that Ice Age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures,2 -75197,be a bit of a cheat in the end,1 -203298,is one reason it 's so lackluster,2 -221991,A fascinating glimpse,4 -226408,The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy .,4 -177981,what is the point ?,1 -144081,Beck 's next project,2 -135360,the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .,3 -232434,is cloudy ,,2 -205400,loosely connected,1 -228456,allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title,1 -126025,like My Big Fat Greek Wedding,2 -136747,there are for children and dog lovers,3 -171243,slashers,2 -38890,they do n't make 'em like that anymore,3 -32060,give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying,3 -164529,lacks all trace of wit,1 -80413,forbidden,2 -172207,substandard,1 -84247,is going to be something really good .,4 -206485,morning cartoons,2 -150075,There 's suspension of disbelief,2 -122026,he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny,1 -223877,I wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over .,0 -132629,slow pacing,1 -180240,( and educational,2 -6059,done ,,2 -117562,could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s,1 -186160,More of an intriguing curiosity,2 -35430,of the ` small ' movie,2 -59220,to do it,2 -102488,, do n't bother .,0 -177461,very sweet,3 -135499,the heart soar . Yes , soar,3 -779,definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category ,,3 -216611,three-to-one,2 -21556,of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully,2 -41036,Its direction ,,2 -10785,stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .,2 -198680,feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap,3 -13817,A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between : their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .,4 -182049,A technically well-made suspenser ... but its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide .,2 -10204,rote,2 -153696,any rate,2 -207658,of cliches that the talented cast generally,1 -11686,the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all .,3 -2416,stuart little 2,2 -214711,the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge,4 -51592,feels empty and unsatisfying ,,1 -23113,'s directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm,2 -206836,nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,1 -22994,'ll crack,2 -143011,A bloated gasbag thesis,1 -68743,She nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .,3 -5968,director m,2 -207872,of more recent successes such,3 -143081,A dumb movie with dumb characters,0 -101808,'s not only dull,1 -238762,will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds,2 -59561,try too hard to be mythic,1 -89116,of the year 's best,3 -28409,an unknowable past,2 -116628,can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work,3 -191245,a routine shocker,1 -81829,haunting tale,3 -191153,a purpose and a strong pulse,3 -73950,an unflappable air,2 -225696,Scarlet Letter,2 -14976,an old story,1 -126062,like a poor man 's,1 -224155,It 's an ambitious film , and,3 -65374,Even though many of these guys are less than adorable ( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ) , there 's something vital about the movie .,3 -113845,amusements,3 -226211,The biggest problem with Satin Rouge is Lilia herself .,1 -180935,, standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill,1 -193210,are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept . 11 ) .,2 -211222,sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose,2 -228945,as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects,1 -66919,Jiang Wen 's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut .,3 -140538,would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special,1 -30413,cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters,4 -211642,since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful,1 -79061,enormous packages,3 -112150,a huge cut,2 -72496,a spontaneity,3 -144210,Booty Call,2 -49193,are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie,4 -158072,dysfunctional and,1 -46657,Ryan Gosling ... is at 22 a powerful young actor .,4 -199197,for all its social and political potential,2 -175318,thirty-five minutes,2 -67998,One of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .,4 -235226,really horrible drek .,0 -27366,a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation,4 -93449,starting with Spielberg,2 -22938,' ... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . ',2 -84205,is first-rate , especially Sorvino,4 -38911,thinks,2 -109736,The effort is sincere and the results are honest ,,3 -188417,The movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .,1 -49327,as the direction is intelligently accomplished,4 -18043,who know it from bygone days,2 -65931,Hashiguchi,2 -62241,, stylized sequences,2 -51667,filmed the opera,2 -112097,a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind,4 -99821,well-told,3 -192730,and drag audience enthusiasm,2 -49054,and unsettling psychological,2 -158205,enamored of her own creation,2 -219452,wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double,1 -148734,Some of Seagal 's action pictures,3 -159187,first stab,2 -222031,A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage .,4 -65170,Dover Kosashvili 's,2 -209131,past your head,3 -197369,does n't tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes,0 -236593,that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment,0 -148380,Samira Makhmalbaf 's new film Blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal,0 -189350,Unfortunately , neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .,2 -95624,the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .,3 -15952,has a history,2 -43257,'s great cinematic polemic,3 -154873,because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters,2 -40816,Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted,4 -93126,some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo,3 -83260,increase the gravitational pull,3 -177041,ugliest movie of the year,0 -138172,took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,2 -32329,has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed .,2 -163506,is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid .,2 -116061,blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers,2 -171355,smoothes,3 -45346,Gary Larson 's,2 -102685,, its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .,3 -94464,thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances,3 -149632,The moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess,2 -117531,coping , in one way or another , with life,2 -212323,spied with my little eye,2 -118352,dismantle,2 -168330,ooky-spookies,2 -163499,is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity,2 -202266,insight to keep it from being simpleminded,2 -223225,Ecks vs. Sever '' or `` xXx '',2 -67243,Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .,4 -238188,uncomfortable movie,1 -116250,broke,2 -143751,An overemphatic,2 -201457,humorous , all-too-human look,4 -17444,that rare combination,3 -166551,naptime,1 -75772,blunder,1 -64429,Borg,1 -88346,of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ?,2 -149803,The screenplay sabotages,1 -32556,his large cast,2 -185174,It 's not the worst comedy of the year , but,1 -138286,traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity,3 -36024,plan,2 -63086,A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but,3 -79612,familiar subject,2 -60905,'s all a rather shapeless good time,3 -174660,the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug,1 -15235,beer,2 -48589,absorbing and unsettling psychological drama,3 -117612,courage and happiness,3 -41155,Possession is Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Nancy Drew , and it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm,2 -60622,youthful and good-looking,3 -88562,of exotic locales,2 -113276,acerbic repartee,2 -128543,of awakening and ripening,3 -181471,: Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .,1 -49952,by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine,2 -10126,resourceful and ingenious,4 -162125,increasingly incoherent fashion,1 -201152,his chest and gasps,2 -82031,healing process,3 -97635,thought-provoking New York fest,3 -126440,love it , too,4 -135709,the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough,3 -192805,animated comedy,2 -3932,a lot of its gags and observations,2 -4890,as social expos , skins,2 -116805,certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic , perhaps,2 -87202,moments out of an Alice,3 -140323,without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality,2 -134583,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,1 -127890,never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you,2 -109914,The jokes are flat,1 -33908,just enough spice to keep it interesting,2 -96883,the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face,2 -15657,enrapturing,4 -144554,Comedy troupe Broken Lizard 's first movie,2 -261,a sly,2 -99850,what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special,3 -157491,director Burr Steers,2 -53605,is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions,2 -79909,filmed Tosca,2 -142822,... too dull to enjoy .,1 -111177,Wise and deadpan,3 -84078,is bound to appreciate,3 -182855,Boasting,2 -222949,Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut,2 -99376,very ugly,0 -208209,of topical excess,2 -126131,like some corny television,2 -235337,replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around,3 -73364,airless cinematic shell games,2 -162886,is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .,1 -71684,a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images,3 -178031,when filmmakers throw a few big-name actors and cameos at a hokey script,0 -158756,fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye,1 -51687,final destination,2 -38775,the wheels turning,2 -48780,all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .,3 -184864,Impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .,2 -34233,love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off,4 -4992,banquet,2 -230191,did I miss something ?,1 -102958,, this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .,3 -81867,have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives,1 -188060,The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence,1 -104117,Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers ,,1 -942,face,2 -64219,Bai,2 -129313,often heartbreaking testimony,2 -153141,all the shooting,2 -98857,two surefire , beloved genres,3 -153151,all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .,0 -26638,Stein,2 -144256,Brett Ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act,2 -7106,her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or,3 -169168,precious little left,1 -212894,suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill,1 -122153,her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human,3 -123204,in the world 's religions,2 -13825,Absorbing,3 -151567,a cup,2 -234533,of the delusional personality type,1 -200181,graceless and devoid,1 -55633,of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance,3 -17663,the surface,2 -117732,croaks,2 -228525,an actor this uncharismatically beautiful,3 -205495,low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and,1 -17462,the Century,2 -149164,The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline,3 -174346,the movie is based on a Nicholas Sparks best seller,2 -162284,insufferable the character is,1 -206314,monologues,2 -87483,most thoughtful films,3 -73646,an account as Seinfeld is deadpan .,2 -112887,a thoroughly modern maiden,3 -132132,serious issues,2 -70901,While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one ,,3 -236155,super - violent,2 -101885,'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply ,,0 -59154,to Stevenson and to the sci-fi genre,2 -32238,half-wit remake,0 -192686,ancillary products,2 -73647,an acquired taste,2 -61480,( Rises ) 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,3 -64764,Combines,2 -136208,the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd,3 -145926,Huppert 's intensity and focus,2 -100853,works more often than it does n't .,3 -165080,little critical,1 -191342,a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time,1 -149214,The affectionate loopiness,2 -54238,like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie,4 -111661,a coherent rhythm going,3 -15253,best sense,3 -203112,is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us,1 -237847,to hope for any chance of enjoying this film,1 -69574,The film is saved from are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .,3 -40159,with Weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class,3 -85380,its screwed-up characters,1 -72152,a portrait of two strong men in conflict,3 -20546,figurative,2 -136422,the title character undergoing midlife crisis,2 -43279,'s movies to hit theaters this year .,2 -23640,, generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public,4 -186270,Naipaul ,,2 -232094,inferior level,1 -84296,is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians,3 -141931,, ( Ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .,1 -39025,though I 'm sure some will try,2 -34435,me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation,1 -219929,wo n't win any honors,2 -101614,'s an excellent 90-minute film,4 -19519,a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood,2 -221978,A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips,4 -135908,the only possible complaint,2 -25270,Exquisitely acted and masterfully if preciously interwoven,4 -50905,distinctive blend,2 -201517,if Kaos had n't blown them all up,1 -237607,though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking,2 -197232,do not involve a dentist drill,2 -35265,of having just witnessed a great performance,4 -23282,, '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change,3 -30633,deeply appealing,4 -163218,is out of her depth,2 -190918,a meaty plot and,3 -79227,ethnicities,2 -223947,If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .,1 -35517,of the young players,2 -122021,he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .,1 -1770,mouth,2 -231824,how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest,1 -42099,honest performances and,3 -177900,well-worn situations,1 -201559,if it were less densely plotted,2 -123537,into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny,1 -212234,somewhat disappointing and meandering,1 -143079,A dreary rip-off of Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans .,1 -156589,coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms,0 -236124,such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,2 -173811,the entertaining elements,3 -151781,a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts,1 -198863,film to review on DVD,2 -163488,is the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film,0 -123209,in their closed-off nationalist reality,2 -76043,burn,2 -117639,cradles its characters,2 -105251,Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man,2 -93671,stunningly,4 -88745,of love and companionship,3 -88115,occasionally brilliant,3 -100228,wildly popular Vin Diesel,3 -11513,the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations,3 -86084,like something wholly original,4 -142732,. Dick,1 -227634,`` The best Disney movie,4 -173032,that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time,1 -218319,upon us,2 -72930,about clung-to traditions,2 -3361,'s one of the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental,3 -7447,in its quest for deeper meaning,2 -187989,The bottom line with Nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series :,2 -91640,revisionist theories,2 -185129,It 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . And,0 -145491,Frenetic,2 -121718,has befallen every other Carmen before her,2 -66806,Its director 's most substantial feature for some time .,3 -96416,the pleasure,3 -40490,young people,2 -191234,a rock,2 -102992,, unpretentious,2 -116503,ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .,2 -118452,do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile,1 -20232,caretakers,2 -30653,deft staging,2 -30256,come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding,4 -96346,the path,2 -29468,because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities,3 -227298,You live the mood rather than savour the story .,3 -134805,the actors ' perfect comic timing and,3 -65093,Director Peter Kosminsky,2 -196087,computer effects,2 -91032,quite a bit of heart ,,3 -227008,Well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look,2 -169244,pretty and weightless,2 -150519,Truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films,2 -68129,Passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots,2 -191930,actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world,2 -25095,Dense,1 -55411,of its grand locations,3 -159889,gangster yarn,2 -69059,Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but,0 -142099,, bliss-less work,1 -180206,( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and,1 -187562,Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor,2 -206079,messy , murky ,,0 -212888,suffocation,1 -170245,rung of the series ' entries,2 -11973,the things,2 -219837,with the possibility,2 -94769,that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm,4 -176566,today 's version of Greek tragedy,2 -120706,from being this generation 's Animal House,2 -144871,Director Ferzan Ozpetek,2 -142763,... Hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves .,1 -19422,Who knows what exactly,2 -158882,faux-contemporary,2 -135675,the lousy Tarantino imitations have subsided,2 -157839,doing silly stuff,1 -2143,remain curious about each other against all odds,3 -197028,director Michael Cacoyannis,3 -126045,like a chocolate milk moustache,2 -85317,its namesake proud,4 -237652,throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue,1 -21890,rousing treatise,2 -4091,a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders,1 -94379,than advertised,2 -217756,traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations,0 -197331,does n't know what it wants to be,1 -8096,its own steadfast,2 -20838,humble effort,3 -22477,to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke,2 -1081,go to a picture-perfect beach,3 -31557,feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling,4 -59678,uneventful,1 -93778,such a gloriously goofy way,3 -232402,is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius,1 -167449,of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .,1 -216042,their surroundings,3 -166713,new levels,2 -118760,dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery,2 -13220,wladyslaw,2 -5457,cast ,,2 -192556,an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle,3 -131510,revived,2 -238467,watch Bettany strut his stuff .,2 -9127,not even,2 -56511,remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid,3 -101071,you 've actually spent time living in another community,3 -121035,get a few punches,2 -136520,the very special type,2 -16396,its running time,2 -200586,has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline,1 -166408,moviegoing audience,2 -41123,Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral,2 -161229,his autobiographical performance,2 -206912,nervous gags,1 -16059,host,2 -44000,A chilling tale of one of the great crimes,3 -94864,that shows what great cinema can really do,4 -142991,A baffling misfire,0 -231496,has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ?,2 -181262,. Shu,2 -90264,photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .,3 -161389,holes and,2 -184428,Hilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud .,2 -98691,tricky and,2 -109397,The 3-D vistas from orbit,3 -89198,of what it 's trying to do,2 -16752,of its own self-contained universe,3 -71509,a dash,2 -161568,if durable --,2 -167233,of Queen of the Damned,2 -27272,World,2 -6702,from the aristocrats ' perspective,2 -229068,atop wooden dialogue,1 -22758,what will happen to her,2 -99724,we do n't see often enough these days,2 -110931,Wars movie,2 -75842,both for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex,2 -8577,lumbering,1 -125939,lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair,1 -17395,teen flicks,2 -188762,The very simple story,2 -170029,researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . '',2 -81352,great actors,4 -129777,our best achievements and other times,3 -143969,Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far --,1 -180981,, the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .,1 -152430,a shoot - 'em - up,2 -226479,The sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .,3 -90496,popcorn work,2 -44275,A story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .,3 -39765,very expressive,3 -179570,'s a shame,1 -135042,the confusing sexual messages,1 -91183,real bump-in -,2 -159897,gasbag,1 -2407,still,2 -189001,This is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous .,2 -233468,likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time,3 -146112,I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War ... It 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink,0 -227661,`` dead circus performer '' funny,2 -151354,a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel,1 -195252,ca n't accuse Kung Pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . Unfortunately,0 -108651,Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl,3 -174408,the not-exactly,1 -57413,strides,2 -186965,Rob Schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .,0 -184010,Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger,3 -96332,the painstaking,1 -25939,Led by Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material .,3 -26192,Nijinsky,3 -143270,A plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot,0 -137357,to accomplish what few sequels can,3 -118562,does n't trust laughs --,2 -1513,its raucous,1 -36133,predecesora,2 -239067,wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat,1 -158030,dull and,1 -89411,on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,2 -68944,Spielberg ,,2 -145499,Friday '',2 -152325,a reactive cipher ,,2 -76625,cheap thriller,2 -140415,work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out,2 -90811,provides .,2 -162190,inflict,2 -41692,capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy,4 -158996,female empowerment fantasy,2 -90616,prepared,2 -117993,delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,4 -146961,Just like every other Seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail,1 -196172,continues to improve,3 -180199,( Siegel ),2 -138057,too bad to be good and,1 -20198,by Per Christian Ellefsen,2 -192797,angle ! Wow,2 -172658,tepid genre offering,1 -65520,Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury,2 -19857,and love,3 -154953,been better than the fiction,3 -107094,Italy beckons us all,2 -201545,if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ...,2 -86778,many film,2 -108690,Rose 's film , true to its source material ,,3 -149257,The cast is uniformly excellent ...,4 -67721,Murder by Numbers ' is n't a great movie ,,0 -232431,is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .,3 -43334,'s still damn funny stuff,3 -105452,Director Oliver Parker labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .,2 -112655,a scruffy Giannini,2 -204717,last-minute , haphazard theatrical release,2 -164814,license Avary,2 -222343,And I expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch .,2 -201368,hot-button items,3 -83370,inner and outer lives,2 -37148,some unexpected zigs and zags help,3 -167026,nothing but a sticky-sweet soap,1 -138779,unsympathetic,1 -52788,iconoclastic,2 -236904,the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability .,0 -234070,need not apply . ',2 -59374,to the big screen,2 -110835,Until ( the ) superfluous,2 -198774,fest The Mummy Returns,2 -52612,him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona,2 -77591,crisp storytelling,3 -31681,fish-out-of-water,2 -123019,in humanity,2 -59976,we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls,3 -87700,narrator,2 -44449,Among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation .,4 -41600,assuming , that is ,,2 -116007,biting , be-bop,2 -51005,downward spiral,2 -150162,This directorial debut,2 -31973,furious and full,4 -58512,the movie 's soundtrack ,,2 -73654,an action hero,2 -64712,Christian love,3 -201649,imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0 -14966,an effective and claustrophobic thriller,3 -206801,narrow to attract crossover viewers,2 -128023,no point during K-19,2 -19974,art direction,2 -173858,the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .,0 -51219,enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .,3 -205864,masquerade ball,2 -48121,a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with,2 -72722,a trove,3 -14381,Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .,3 -166750,nine,2 -85515,journey back,2 -147412,Melanie eventually slugs the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .,1 -166783,no excuse,1 -71827,a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey,4 -195536,caused,3 -149663,The only thing '' swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .,0 -30401,convey,2 -226524,The unexplored story opportunities of `` Punch-Drunk Love '',2 -350,alexandre,2 -40407,you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .,4 -168509,overall sense,2 -64315,Belinsky,2 -219300,while the third feels limited by its short running time,1 -238244,unpaid intern,1 -64252,Bart,2 -163931,it took another thousand to tell it to us,2 -197303,does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country,1 -210074,rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,2 -219465,wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step,0 -169458,pulling off,2 -197843,endearing about it,3 -197761,embellished by editing,3 -27086,Turnabout Is Fair Play,2 -153276,an Indian-American would recognize,2 -170056,respectable but,2 -10755,still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental,3 -58059,the best he 's been in years,4 -40641,A comic gem with some serious sparkles,3 -68652,Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary,3 -174005,the full brunt,2 -206775,mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience,2 -155005,been unearthed,2 -80434,forest,2 -158629,exhaust,2 -194811,books unread,2 -123739,is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain,3 -115134,astonishing revelation,2 -84804,is up to you to decide if you need to see it .,2 -134244,that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed,3 -25529,Here , Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .,3 -192940,any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject,1 -215568,the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year,0 -129892,overused cocktail,1 -69955,The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome,4 -226537,The very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure . '',1 -25550,Hilarious , acidic Brit comedy .,4 -147013,Kevin Wade,2 -177168,unessential,1 -176311,to please a crowd,2 -49948,by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices,1 -159937,generic sets and B-grade special effects,1 -160607,has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .,3 -195042,but dull and ankle-deep,1 -89787,other issues,2 -211596,silences,1 -107874,Much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .,3 -34119,like the novel upon which it is based,2 -177640,was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,1 -112857,a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .,3 -147038,Kraft Macaroni and Cheese,2 -1744,modern,2 -234753,one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches,4 -42933,twists worthy,3 -39869,was two centuries ago,2 -120202,fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more,1 -62815,A brilliant gag at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it .,2 -16077,humor in the foibles of human behavior,3 -6752,gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and,3 -15538,detailed,3 -104264,An awful lot,2 -14545,Though everything might be literate and smart,2 -210821,saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls,2 -9052,next ...,2 -111300,Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care ,,1 -228158,a single man 's,2 -232263,is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type,0 -186846,Ram Dass Fierce Grace moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour .,2 -179504,'s a brazenly misguided project,1 -2204,scene,2 -125341,its portrait,2 -87318,more revealing , more emotional and more surprising,4 -237417,there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,1 -128466,of a perhaps surreal campaign,2 -65987,Highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .,3 -198129,even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory,1 -110196,The talk-heavy film,1 -37752,that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons,2 -38066,the challenges of friendships between women,2 -189147,Though there are many tense scenes in Trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful .,1 -150717,Watch,2 -115070,as unusually and,2 -152459,a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically,1 -133103,spend $ 9,2 -36109,potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting,3 -131002,rare common-man artist,2 -199609,from such a great one,3 -51245,enough charming moments,3 -116716,carefully lit and set up,3 -124510,is so alluring,2 -77041,communal festival,2 -69812,The performances of the children,2 -52019,funny for grown-ups as for rugrats,4 -228516,an `` O Bruin,2 -16213,is a blast of educational energy , as bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes .,4 -175576,this wallow,2 -23258,( for the most part ),2 -145639,Gray 's,2 -34864,need ( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks,2 -127966,no , paralyzed --,2 -187819,The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat,4 -172516,takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power .,2 -114553,are asking of us,2 -90082,particular theatrical family,2 -70260,This is one of the year 's best films .,4 -145850,Hollywood Story,2 -146538,It 's loud and boring : watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert .,1 -112334,a moratorium , effective immediately,2 -72110,a perfect medium,4 -228420,aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .,2 -115059,as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count,1 -193192,are so unmemorable,1 -198321,exists only,2 -218070,unbalanced mixture,1 -82725,impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head,3 -200633,has shown up at the appointed time and place,2 -137672,to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family,3 -196688,definitive , if disingenuous ,,1 -194494,being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe,1 -172228,succeeds in the third of these,3 -89604,one of the best war movies ever made,4 -145204,Every so often a movie,1 -73101,achingly human,3 -89020,of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images,3 -8164,jacobson,2 -145317,Feels like one of those contrived , only-in - Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk,0 -14280,Mike,2 -14607,Weddings,2 -223270,Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation,1 -64730,Clarissa Dalloway,2 -90506,populist comedies,2 -133689,surprisingly buoyant tone,2 -200504,has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players,3 -204406,joylessly extravagant pictures,1 -12185,this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun,1 -83522,into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy,0 -128471,of a psychological breakdown,2 -31902,from start to finish,2 -159856,funny premise,3 -79626,family history,2 -24993,Cinema Paradiso,2 -150497,Trekkie,2 -18666,An intelligent fiction,4 -187123,Saving Ryan 's,2 -121838,has some of the best special effects ever,3 -87586,much colorful eye candy ,,2 -18629,All the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .,4 -86576,make lesser men run for cover,2 -110562,This thing,2 -28397,an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt,3 -178070,when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack,2 -223883,I would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered,0 -189199,Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making,2 -200889,have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things,2 -180205,( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence ,,2 -205222,little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy,1 -148264,Reginald Hudlin,2 -36558,reviewing,2 -23297,, El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .,3 -55010,neatly ,,3 -153786,are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .,1 -220069,would come in handy,2 -180142,( François and Michèle 's ),2 -107584,Madonna 's cameo,2 -85129,it sets out to tell,2 -9048,new ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .,0 -206828,near the story 's center,2 -179617,'s also far from being a realized work,1 -208926,overload,2 -217044,to force its quirkiness upon the audience,2 -8808,miscast leads , banal dialogue and,0 -12263,thrills,4 -126454,lovefest,3 -81697,has done his homework and,3 -211700,sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,1 -219828,with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau,2 -112979,a video game,2 -52623,his chemistry,2 -174455,the only thing that 's worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world,1 -64353,Big Fat Liar is a real charmer,4 -134506,that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination,1 -85272,its full potential,4 -135362,the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties,2 -110020,The music makes a nice album ,,3 -50512,countless other flicks,2 -95237,the boy,2 -132879,some fairly unsettling scenes,1 -127422,most crucial lip-reading sequence,2 -201064,heroism and abject suffering,2 -233131,its company,2 -17237,so far,2 -126284,long , unfunny one,2 -19909,another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture,2 -195018,burning , blasting,2 -162672,is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien,2 -75343,be waiting for us at home,2 -146715,It made me feel unclean , and,1 -224285,It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . '',2 -237740,to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals,3 -230223,dim,2 -54236,like '' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood,2 -196900,dewy-eyed sentiment,2 -113165,about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion,2 -189635,When the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . ',1 -87370,most aggressive,2 -47956,a devilishly witty script,4 -13865,As an entertainment,2 -89288,often fabulous,2 -118083,derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting ,,3 -23062,'s a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities,3 -190471,a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic,0 -103652,A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and,2 -200555,has humor and heart and very talented young actors,4 -145373,Flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as Morvern 's thick , working-class Scottish accent .,1 -98316,to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy,3 -184719,I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting,0 -199967,gives out,3 -189367,Unlike Trey Parker,2 -152777,about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment,1 -237396,then you so crazy !,2 -192827,another breathless movie about same,2 -23214,( Binoche and Magimel ) are being charming or angst-ridden,3 -26504,S&M,3 -166998,not the least of which is Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,1 -203139,is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for,0 -207091,no psychology here , and no real narrative logic --,1 -105656,Eric Schweig and,2 -178960,write home about,2 -141967,, Easter-egg-colored concoction,2 -12495,too interested,2 -99857,what a world we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve,3 -231873,if it 's filmed Tosca that you want,3 -118944,electoral process,2 -39780,very solid , very watchable first feature for director Peter Sheridan,3 -179193,young children threatened by a terrorist bomb,2 -113400,admire the film 's stately nature and,4 -84411,is mostly well-constructed fluff , which is all it seems intended to be .,3 -145124,Ethan,2 -131866,scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach,2 -132369,should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free,1 -50488,could ever have dreamed,2 -172740,than cardboard,2 -150337,Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end,1 -197024,director Michael Apted ( Enigma ),2 -96175,the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment,4 -42860,the snow games and,2 -94094,take a good sweat,2 -231791,hormonal melodrama,1 -38361,the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental,2 -110200,The thing about guys like Evans is this,2 -86730,manages a neat trick ,,2 -216741,tired , predictable,0 -205747,making it par for the course for Disney sequels,1 -138425,turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .,4 -195809,close to pro-Serb propaganda,2 -230687,explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens,1 -209655,predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda,1 -81595,has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care,2 -61369,'s worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through,2 -206312,money-grubbing,1 -226677,This method almost never fails him , and,3 -18510,- despite its myriad flaws,2 -78772,effective sight gags,2 -231676,her British persona,2 -183127,Clooney might have better luck next time,1 -91804,roughshod document,2 -59178,to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness,3 -139425,wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt,3 -39153,to capture the dizzying heights achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups,3 -87905,no lika da,1 -226702,This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one,1 -177463,veteran Joe Zwick,2 -42071,hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected .,2 -125548,keen eye ,,3 -75120,background and,2 -217279,to recommend Snow Dogs,2 -148445,Scooby Dooby Doo \ \/ And Shaggy too \ \/ You both look and sound great . \ \/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight !,2 -31533,favourite,4 -128640,of ensemble cast romances recently,2 -66728,It is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .,2 -159383,for action,2 -5272,bravado kathy,3 -132677,smartly and wistfully,3 -48171,a majestic achievement,4 -10000,rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit,0 -201845,in conversation,2 -134642,that would set it apart from other Deep South stories,3 -173129,that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies,2 -65353,Even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators,3 -159700,from a script,2 -133955,tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject .,2 -14432,Solid,3 -184945,Initially gripping , eventually cloying POW drama .,3 -144339,CIA and a lost U . S . satellite,2 -120736,from other Deep South stories,2 -101683,'s excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery,2 -112595,a recycling,2 -197212,do n't make often enough,2 -149728,The pivotal narrative point,2 -93533,stirring visual sequence,3 -219727,with dreams , visions,2 -17057,really want to know,2 -224043,In this,2 -143486,Academy standards,2 -147860,Offensive,1 -115928,better to do with 94 minutes .,2 -144562,Comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire,1 -111111,While kids will probably eat the whole thing up,2 -182263,Allied soldiers,2 -138398,truth and realism,3 -232470,is full of rabbits,2 -47858,a certain ambition,3 -99323,versus '' them '',2 -65101,Director-writer Bille August,2 -118221,die for,3 -38088,the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony,3 -95221,the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results,4 -83240,inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear,3 -180604,, director Fisher Stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors .,1 -30707,democracy,2 -3334,'s lazy for a movie,1 -15237,beginning,2 -208551,once she lets her love depraved leads meet , ( Denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle,0 -13462,'s in projects like the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid,2 -1235,howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere,3 -137127,those places,2 -169620,rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making,2 -207064,no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ),1 -145119,Essentially a collection of bits,2 -120506,for the geek generation,2 -130186,phenomenal , especially the women,2 -122724,if there was actually one correct interpretation,2 -32659,horses,2 -173192,that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes,2 -79756,feel movie,2 -230662,execution and,2 -184750,I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered,1 -2262,shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children,1 -111910,a film in which the talent is undeniable,4 -47557,Warren,2 -77204,conjuring,2 -96228,the movie mixes the cornpone and the Cosa Nostra,2 -113702,allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors,3 -35715,one-room,2 -219182,when the humans are acting like puppets,2 -66334,Impossible as it may sound,1 -189571,What begins brightly,3 -100795,wondrous love story,3 -25865,Joe Carnahan 's,2 -161960,in seconds,2 -35903,parents have for the possible futures of their children,2 -200507,has become , to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large without doing all that much to correct them,2 -109199,Stiller 's,2 -54893,most resolutely unreligious,2 -69503,The faithful,3 -155253,biopic hammers,2 -234010,muito de,2 -10329,seem,2 -19464,a bit too long to find its rhythm,1 -15969,has to do with Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband,2 -207058,no mistake,3 -53650,is that the screen is most alive when it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer .,2 -141692,'s tough \ \/ And Velma,2 -190062,a B-movie revenge,1 -156720,consciousness-raising,3 -187260,Sheridan is painfully bad , a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .,0 -188128,The film 's darker moments,2 -25277,Falls neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun .,3 -15112,any MTV puffery,1 -29061,are never what they first appear,2 -141420,'s missing from Blackboards,2 -228261,a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '',2 -223589,Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to ,,3 -232956,it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .,1 -31997,geeks and historians,1 -238070,too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book,1 -27252,Witty,3 -100377,with Molina,2 -100493,with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit,4 -10917,symmetry,3 -71421,a collaboration between damaged people,2 -222674,Bride 's,2 -3858,a great one,3 -85735,laden with plenty of baggage,1 -180275,( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull,3 -8909,ms . seigner and mr . serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .,4 -64363,Bill Plympton , the animation master,3 -17785,to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them,2 -223308,Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury .,4 -92721,sip your vintage wines and,2 -88848,of real life,2 -102632,, it 's pleasant enough,3 -150441,Too leisurely,2 -11412,the film tanks,0 -5309,brotherly conflict,2 -129540,one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground,2 -66700,It cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .,3 -192154,all four,2 -175992,to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,2 -159278,flying a lot of metaphoric flags,2 -47684,Writer,2 -201779,in a downtown café,2 -237822,to fulfill her dreams,2 -36997,sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ),0 -117903,dead man,2 -88665,of human power,2 -19825,and ethnicity,2 -169467,pump,2 -88180,of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,,2 -129479,on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis,1 -145574,Giovanni ,,2 -148021,Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss Wilde 's still-contemporary play,1 -154669,be a total winner,3 -109158,Star Trek II,2 -202858,is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved ,,1 -229824,cinematic devices,2 -4928,at a video store near you,2 -74714,as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life,2 -17211,singles scene,2 -223405,For the most part , the ingredients are there .,2 -56280,pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters,4 -36144,preposterous lying hero,2 -25469,Half Submarine flick , Half Ghost Story , All in one criminally,2 -207089,no psychology here , and,2 -195909,come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival,2 -33560,is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups .,3 -179144,you know you 're in trouble .,2 -187799,The Hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .,1 -139799,who wins,2 -199509,fried,2 -50231,collective action,2 -1407,is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn,4 -82490,how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie,2 -153315,an all-time low,1 -163480,is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes,0 -156457,coffin,2 -123395,inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers,2 -218303,up soon .,2 -2690,the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud .,1 -40521,yourself later,2 -56189,primary,2 -225339,Or both .,2 -99256,usual intelligence and subtlety,3 -162931,is how long you 've been sitting still,2 -212674,strip down,2 -29171,as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era,2 -195048,but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair,1 -82768,impressive achievement,4 -5656,comeuppance,2 -222065,A noble failure .,1 -175218,they 're not exactly flattering,1 -164799,let the subtitles fool you,1 -45414,Grant 's two best films,4 -31241,even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep,3 -161088,her as little more than a prop,2 -2540,the book,2 -22006,so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning .,3 -178731,witless attempt at mating Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller,1 -179595,'s actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places,1 -73689,an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema,3 -122073,heady , biting , be-bop,3 -148316,Roberts,2 -76928,come later,2 -27612,a landmark in Japanese animation,4 -204949,likable , but just,2 -192362,amazingly enough,2 -121550,hailed as the works of an artist,2 -192747,and no one,2 -78628,dreamy and evocative,4 -162958,is junk food cinema at its greasiest,2 -159129,final half hour,2 -140259,with the ferocity of a frozen burrito,1 -228589,an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a,2 -220692,'s a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '',2 -209419,plex,2 -166314,most insulting movie,0 -172005,stilted and unconvincing,1 -195229,by the sick sense of humor,1 -67158,Leaping from one arresting image to another,3 -3887,a horror picture,2 -173757,the drama of Lilia 's journey,2 -147387,Maybe it 's asking too much ,,2 -202190,induces a kind of abstract guilt,2 -235076,promised ( or threatened ),2 -62862,A coming-of-age movie that Hollywood would n't have the guts to make .,4 -136016,the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream,0 -118478,do with imagination than market research,2 -127962,nine-tenths,2 -112902,a tone as variable as the cinematography,2 -50581,crucial drama,2 -119005,emotionally honest,3 -23150,'s not there yet,1 -55063,ni duda cabe,2 -11773,the projection,2 -223438,Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived,1 -231798,horror '' movie,2 -55459,of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism,3 -197566,drug-induced bowel,1 -229262,become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams,2 -172561,target market,2 -15858,gambol,2 -186240,Muddled , trashy and,0 -227118,Whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste .,2 -132669,smarter than your average Bond,3 -135798,the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness,0 -25535,Heroes star Bob Crane,2 -204343,its titular,2 -133508,subject 's,2 -136771,these annoyances,1 -55508,of some of the 1,2 -20085,be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully,2 -210132,reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny,2 -44315,A touch,2 -9757,plucky british,3 -123304,incredibly dated and unfunny,0 -39462,trivial , cash-in features,2 -180950,, the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .,0 -165157,long ),2 -1512,its predecessor,2 -130433,popcorn movie fun,4 -47735,You ca n't go home again,2 -150556,Uncommonly stylish but equally silly,2 -160133,giving the whole thing,2 -178419,wincing back in repugnance,1 -68049,Otherwise,2 -27784,a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale,3 -230062,cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated,2 -225017,Ms. Bullock 's best work,3 -54259,like modern art,2 -46384,Old people will love this movie , and,3 -187378,Snow Dogs ' has both,2 -215323,the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800,0 -219438,why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,1 -156186,charming moments,3 -143583,Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston,2 -55034,nervous energy ,,2 -181810,A low-budget affair , Tadpole,1 -4190,a tasty,3 -110559,This tale has been told and retold :,1 -184783,If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ),2 -83921,is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce,4 -114917,as high,2 -154470,author of Death,2 -234773,open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set,3 -177038,uglier,1 -122316,his flick-knife diction,2 -55202,of Being,2 -87909,no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story,3 -189370,Unofficially , National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially,2 -12697,until,2 -9544,originality,3 -185626,Kjell,2 -95420,the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming,4 -213841,that something 's,2 -91042,quite good-natured,3 -4138,a sports movie,2 -204547,kid-movie,2 -94637,that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original,3 -214360,the costuming,2 -224467,John C. Walsh,2 -57840,that malice has a very human face,2 -127734,mystification,2 -199021,flashy , overlong soap,1 -205907,maximum comfort and familiarity,3 -19408,Weber and Weissman,2 -25461,Groove,2 -12639,uncommonly,2 -196169,content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago,0 -50807,determined not to make them,2 -140795,you places you have n't been , and also places you have,2 -156552,comedy genres,2 -31591,fiction for grown-ups , with only a few false steps along the way,2 -140296,with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy,3 -30156,chilling sights,2 -47521,Venice,2 -169220,presenting the '' other side of the story,2 -173880,the film 's first five minutes,2 -192821,another .,2 -23032,'s New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan,2 -108554,Randall Wallace film,2 -38870,there is something worth seeing,4 -49310,as much humor as pathos,3 -56631,road movie ,,2 -29778,busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores,4 -66042,Holofcener,2 -193241,are worse,1 -149583,The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens .,1 -145586,Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer,2 -86823,mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .,2 -23266,( s ) nail-biting suspense and credible characters without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue,4 -191,a latino in the lead,2 -10857,surprise,2 -97768,timeless and,3 -75453,been attached to before,2 -80183,food movies,2 -237579,this story and the 1971 musical,2 -39468,true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic .,2 -179222,your intelligence,2 -138151,too self-satisfied,1 -52377,has a very human face,3 -135788,the motions,2 -233385,lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .,3 -20734,has just the right amount of charisma and menace .,4 -147264,Lovely and Amazing , ',3 -120035,fills the time,2 -237500,this ` credit ' on their resumes,2 -162959,is junk food cinema at its greasiest .,2 -203441,is so relentlessly harmless,2 -90218,permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own,2 -12398,to make the most of a bumper,2 -119318,even analytical,2 -74210,aplomb,2 -18089,with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure,4 -163014,is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters,3 -194786,bohemian boorishness,1 -95449,the desperation of a very insecure man,1 -95219,the biggest names in Japanese anime,4 -45817,It is n't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems .,2 -7330,if the filmmakers just follow the books , they,1 -115472,be bad,1 -99882,what it was to be Iranian-American in 1979,2 -54585,making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers,3 -82034,heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format,2 -216090,there 's ),2 -232933,it 's as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in .,1 -59034,this stylistic juggling act,2 -224390,It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt,2 -43977,A brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others,3 -106705,In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This , but it is a respectable sequel,2 -107321,Kirshner and Monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( Kirshner wins , but it 's close . ),1 -235844,snooze .,1 -173122,that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy,2 -24211,1999 hit,2 -238781,will have an intermittently good time,3 -55405,of its characters,2 -20509,examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last,4 -188488,The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game,1 -213722,that it has n't gone straight to video,1 -207420,of Egypt from 1998,2 -101425,'m not even,2 -27052,Tierney and the inimitable Walken especially --,3 -213493,that 's so bad it starts to become good .,2 -122458,holding it all together,2 -170072,restrained Ribisi,2 -128241,occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy,2 -137358,to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society,3 -154206,as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate,3 -89564,one facet,2 -159136,financial extortion,0 -83738,is Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context,3 -138308,treating female follies with a satirical style,2 -116510,ca n't rescue Adrian Lyne 's Unfaithful from its sleazy moralizing,2 -226053,Tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet,1 -89498,on the usual tropes,2 -5066,beard,2 -122333,his impressions,2 -3537,` difficult ' films,2 -211298,set the cause of woman warriors back decades,1 -115530,be lulled into a coma,0 -226593,There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2,3 -52825,imagery or music,2 -33992,laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all,3 -120440,for its participants,2 -162624,is a little like a nature film,2 -31703,flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment .,2 -7141,highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting,4 -23813,, paths worth following,2 -137880,to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare,2 -105163,Columbine acerta,2 -217983,two 20th-century footnotes,2 -178932,would work much better as a one-hour TV documentary,2 -209500,pompous references,1 -91207,real-life events,2 -221156,, I did n't care .,1 -84065,is better than ` Shindler 's List ',4 -135430,the full story of Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory --,2 -17048,real subject,2 -231671,help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something,3 -52774,human cost,2 -98717,truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible,2 -136690,their uplift,2 -211677,sinks further and further into comedy futility .,1 -185517,Julie Davis is the Kathie Lee Gifford of film directors , sadly proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent .,1 -86038,like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish,3 -199671,full-frontal attack,2 -54280,limited sets,1 -55008,naturalistic performance,3 -62178,, reflective and beautifully,3 -114079,an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love,3 -184842,If you do n't laugh , flee,1 -159243,flies out the window,1 -137195,thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change,3 -131469,rethink,2 -121865,has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .,3 -21203,lead performance,2 -218565,virulent and,2 -27162,We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes,2 -237750,to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality,2 -167591,of many of the characters,2 -199221,for critics,2 -208985,own jokes,2 -163377,is something of an impostor itself,2 -69477,The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed .,3 -233176,its storytelling prowess and,3 -188399,The movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but,1 -71558,a director enjoying himself immensely,3 -12586,tsai ming-liang 's,2 -66940,Jolting into Charleston rhythms,2 -193404,as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,1 -137051,this so-called satire,1 -48174,a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and,4 -32311,has given us in his past two movies,2 -211096,seems obligatory,2 -236657,the Pieces,2 -200514,has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf,1 -74272,are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .,3 -25830,Jaglom,2 -107577,Made for teens,2 -3,' ( the cockettes,2 -142666,, you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .,1 -80734,full of the kind of energy it 's documenting,3 -153158,all wrapped up into one .,2 -14946,always surprising way,4 -211709,sits behind his light meter and harangues,2 -177588,want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes,0 -117900,de una cinta,2 -102734,, namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .,2 -238355,w British comedy , circa 1960,2 -233697,makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun,3 -203872,it does cathartic truth telling,3 -8872,more than the,2 -3297,'re not,2 -85256,its fantasy and adventure,2 -130958,rackets,2 -118757,dry humor and jarring shocks,3 -62158,, pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .,3 -113353,actor Raymond J . Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .,4 -27351,a Count for our times,2 -170878,shimmering picture postcard,2 -128723,of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers,2 -168916,play pranks,2 -123776,is a little like a chocolate milk moustache,3 -212432,staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .,1 -16607,mostly little-known performers,2 -218670,wanting more out,2 -132681,smile-button,3 -207243,nothing about Kennedy 's assassination,2 -165117,little we,2 -63167,A manically generous Christmas,3 -122657,icky,0 -121238,go out to them,2 -60409,with this challenging report so liable,2 -135071,the culprit early-on,2 -93573,straightforward bio,2 -214807,the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long,1 -109873,The gags ,,2 -58107,the characters and,2 -80480,formula redux,2 -44406,Allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .,3 -202505,is , given its Labor Day weekend upload , FearDotCom should log a minimal number of hits,2 -202853,is debatable,2 -106683,In Praise,2 -186258,Musicians,2 -66991,Katz 's,2 -155087,being yet,2 -127712,my eyes,2 -112519,a pretentious and ultimately empty examination,0 -20768,heart-on-its-sleeve,3 -78520,don,2 -57857,that omnibus tradition called marriage,1 -171538,soggy leaves,1 -120933,garnered,2 -201155,his cipherlike personality,2 -88879,of sexual obsession,2 -11999,the verge of either cracking up or throwing up,2 -134866,the backdrop,2 -95277,the cast is impressive,4 -63325,A return to pure Disney,3 -85816,lawmen,2 -229049,at life in U.S. relocation camps,2 -98351,to the always hilarious Meara and Levy,3 -9208,of ` jason x ',2 -78726,easily forgettable film,0 -215909,the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders , of playing with narrative form,2 -151151,Young is cool,3 -88748,of making them,2 -31154,entangled,2 -12245,though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it,2 -91393,relationship and personality,2 -111495,a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest,0 -175383,this film , which is immaculately produced,3 -39638,unindicted,2 -114315,animation back 30 years,1 -167269,of ` there but for the grace of God,2 -72801,a wartime farce in the alternately comic and,3 -17908,uncompromising insight,3 -231160,gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but falls apart long before the end .,1 -209170,peekaboo,2 -177124,underestimate,2 -67173,Left me,2 -43391,( Auteil ),2 -80283,for its audience,2 -5797,creator of adaptation,2 -185461,Jerry Bruckheimer productions,2 -15622,ebb,2 -56688,sake,2 -204617,labelled,2 -209553,portrays their,3 -62552,... a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ...,4 -127536,mounting,2 -234124,no character , loveable or otherwise,0 -202065,in the works,2 -198232,everything you 'd expect -- but nothing more,1 -157105,dangerous entertainments,2 -132563,skeleton,2 -14955,amusing about how we go about our lives,3 -140913,' undertone,2 -67785,Nelson,2 -13079,wilder,2 -149469,The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough . The reality of the new live-action Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque,0 -212802,substituting,3 -214579,the film , while it 's not completely wreaked,1 -149190,The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island -- and the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year,0 -148376,Sam Mendes has become valedictorian at the School for Soft Landings and Easy Ways Out .,1 -98623,trades in,2 -49946,by director Peter Kosminsky,2 -37804,that gradually and artfully draws us into a world where the personal and the political get,4 -123359,inexperienced children play the two main characters,1 -94070,synergistic impulse,2 -63838,An awfully good , achingly human picture,3 -33515,is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee,3 -89699,only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen,2 -9595,pallid,1 -44808,Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,,3 -216208,they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .,1 -204068,it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans,1 -145132,Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it,0 -18531,. DeMeo,2 -226402,The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less,3 -43201,'s an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends,2 -34476,metaphysical point,2 -51138,embroils,2 -34260,lying hero,2 -234305,of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth,2 -102080,( De Niro ),2 -155132,best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids,2 -55107,nonchalant Grant,2 -67453,Marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .,4 -122997,in genre cliches,1 -28666,and inconsistencies,1 -6567,for a shoot-out in the o,2 -206550,most unpleasant things,1 -151741,a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock,1 -49980,ca n't wait for the sequel,4 -147359,Mask and The Musketeer,2 -32260,happiness to their loved ones,3 -138746,unparalleled proportions ,,2 -19154,Often,2 -30728,deserves to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier .,4 -219291,while nothing special,2 -196894,devolves into a laugh-free lecture .,1 -70884,While centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel .,4 -140641,yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy,4 -165990,minimal imagination,2 -64193,Austrian society,2 -229836,clear point,3 -132240,shambles,1 -85612,keep the plates spinning as best he can,2 -182572,As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor ,,3 -23122,'s fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other .,3 -181820,A man leaving the screening,2 -2418,style,2 -214720,the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves,1 -63687,Alice Krige 's,2 -20618,from first frame to last,2 -168238,one point,2 -95507,the early '80s,2 -111287,XXX and Vertical Limit,2 -223423,Frank McKlusky C.I.,2 -188839,There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not , Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects .,0 -73293,affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad,4 -144835,Dickensian decency,2 -195312,called '' Jar-Jar Binks,2 -153265,an 85-minute brush-up course,1 -49827,brilliant movie,4 -1674,make,2 -101691,'s funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt,3 -220878,'s mildly entertaining , especially,2 -119108,engross even the most antsy youngsters,3 -226796,Traffics,2 -217535,today in Manhattan,2 -57785,that exquisitely blends music , dance,3 -23996,, whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups,2 -147146,Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie,2 -113628,all the answers,2 -87890,no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane,2 -98991,understated performance,2 -154763,be long before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you,2 -177604,wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible .,2 -164907,like a high school film project,1 -4332,abiding,2 -172105,striking and slickly staged,2 -84249,is going to happen,2 -155378,bore .,1 -95158,the avant-garde,2 -163856,it looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab,1 -142621,, we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .,1 -133069,spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick,3 -223487,German film industry,2 -4339,about a man who loses his faith,3 -206899,neither as sappy as Big Daddy,2 -237386,then by all means check it out .,3 -22844,with this movie,2 -29770,budget affair,2 -59008,this kind of thing,2 -147033,Kmart blue-light-special effects,1 -128710,of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them,1 -128648,of expectations,2 -200011,go , pack,2 -227779,a bit early,2 -210358,remade,2 -125451,jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology,4 -60374,with psychic abilities,2 -232276,is a fierce dance of destruction,2 -38110,the crowd,2 -129167,of this worn-out , pandering palaver,0 -21220,like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .,3 -222387,André,2 -116192,breathtaking mystery,3 -166568,naturalistic small talk,3 -54108,kitschy,2 -202926,is fascinating , though ,,3 -30416,corners,2 -61062,'s good enough to be the purr,3 -36491,remind,2 -112757,a spectator and not a participant,2 -158273,engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism,2 -161073,held back,2 -228688,another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .,0 -135821,the movie or the character any good,2 -114420,any of these three actresses,2 -12455,to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies,2 -51211,engrossing and,2 -228569,an enthusiastic charm in Fire,4 -227399,` what if,2 -26654,Stuart Little,2 -89971,own comfortable niche,2 -147800,Not since Freddy Got Fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through .,0 -61448,( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto,3 -232096,infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products . .,2 -4746,any chance of the movie rising above similar fare,2 -87591,much further than we imagine,3 -69482,The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task,4 -44104,A good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .,3 -147163,Like a can of 2-day old Coke . You can taste it ,,2 -84278,is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .,3 -220549,'50s sociology ,,2 -140375,wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender,4 -70271,This may be Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut ,,3 -26048,Marshall,2 -86362,love and companionship,2 -13313,wry and engrossing,3 -47777,` Solaris ',2 -23043,'s a bittersweet and lyrical mix of elements .,2 -192801,angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence,1 -111178,Wise and deadpan humorous .,3 -165203,look elsewhere,1 -114363,answers all questions,2 -73414,all lose track of ourselves by trying,2 -124483,is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .,0 -183503,Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .,0 -48656,action and reflection,2 -228596,an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --,2 -210229,reasonably entertained,3 -236523,that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority,2 -21075,is unforgettable , deeply absorbing,3 -123699,is Eric Rohmer 's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama,2 -130346,plucks '' The Four Feathers '',2 -236651,the L.A. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids,2 -233132,its conclusion,2 -75874,bounds,2 -188893,There is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights .,0 -220940,'s packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message,4 -138271,transporting is that it 's also one of the smartest,3 -116888,chase movie,2 -168136,on the story 's least interesting subject,2 -132532,sincere to a fault , but,2 -33449,is one occasion when they have unearthed a rare gem,4 -50919,dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker,2 -199091,fogging up,2 -187025,Rosenthal ( Halloween II ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .,1 -198695,feeling guilty for it ...,2 -181278,. You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .,1 -50247,combustible,2 -1367,is a sentimentalist,2 -172804,than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York ),2 -179763,'s gone to Manhattan and Hell,3 -220770,'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet,0 -15785,flair,2 -183750,Even if it is generally amusing from time to time , I Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .,1 -222149,A.S. Byatt ,,2 -152402,a second assassin shot Kennedy ? Moot point .,1 -100602,with scores of characters , some fictional , some,2 -136357,the subject 's mysterious personality,2 -169725,real contenders,3 -92060,seduce and,3 -124583,is sung in Italian,2 -204399,joy and energy,4 -235352,reshaping of physical time and space,2 -228909,as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery,2 -216575,though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy,1 -162903,is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .,1 -186856,Raymond Burr,2 -237682,titled `` Glory,2 -179862,'s next ? Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane ?,1 -83281,indie tatters and self-conscious seams,1 -107881,Much like its easily dismissive,1 -18191,( plus one sheep dog ),2 -150907,While Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future , is perfect casting for the role,4 -138844,urban desperation,2 -137077,this tortured , dull artist,0 -4117,a smart ,,3 -76810,clever and very satisfying picture,4 -56577,retro thriller,2 -39464,troubling interpretation,1 -179789,'s ice cold,2 -64867,Credit director Ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .,3 -186292,Neil Marshall 's,2 -190082,a Jet,2 -94054,sword,2 -156048,careens from dark satire,2 -4088,a sampler,2 -166292,most charmless,1 -119990,few nonbelievers,3 -38989,this time there 's some mold on the gold .,1 -40815,Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but,2 -139110,voyeuristic spectacle,3 -214037,the Farrelly brothers ',2 -33492,is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer,4 -12854,was i scared ? only at the prospect of beck 's next project . let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp ?,1 -139658,which makes its message resonate .,3 -201003,hectic and,2 -25175,Dumas,2 -214764,the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack,2 -236320,than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose,2 -221182,, Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many .,2 -175580,this waste of time,0 -102839,, sometimes funny,3 -35725,only part,2 -93031,sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .,1 -18158,you 're seeing,2 -178976,writer\/director\/producer Robert Rodriguez,2 -227236,XXX '' crowd,1 -189131,Though excessively tiresome , The Uncertainty Principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore .,2 -168861,physique to match,2 -60588,you to ponder anew what a movie can be,2 -202444,into theaters,2 -191768,about spousal abuse,2 -228353,action-comedy .,2 -103335,65th,2 -189178,To Blandly Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago ...,1 -237002,the ironic,2 -167447,of enjoyable thanks,3 -134261,that borders,2 -105522,Don Simpson,2 -42697,stock redneck `,2 -225275,Of course,2 -161415,hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .,1 -190009,` dog ',2 -62634,127 years,2 -125735,landmark as monumental as Disney 's 1937 breakthrough Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,4 -95131,the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making,2 -211865,smeary and blurry,1 -141021,'m not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s .,2 -82991,in itself,2 -162866,is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .,3 -222579,Below may not mark Mr. Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream ,,1 -125619,kitchen-sink homage,1 -19372,Though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .,4 -191197,a relationship like Holly,2 -196606,deadeningly,1 -217552,tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't,1 -107015,It is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .,0 -62223,, so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .,3 -181450,80-minute,2 -102262,, Hélène Angel is definitely a director to watch .,4 -17889,truly excellent,4 -172973,that did not figure out a coherent game,1 -225641,Rock 's stand-up magic,4 -9533,opera,2 -225311,One of the best rock documentaries ever .,4 -99683,watching a documentary,2 -115030,as steady,2 -34034,less than the,2 -48778,all the usual Spielberg flair,3 -46498,Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair,3 -130974,raises serious questions about the death penalty and,2 -111823,a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence,1 -44837,Caine ),2 -234309,of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway,3 -152725,about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer,0 -29819,but is relatively slow to come to the point .,2 -186171,More trifle than triumph .,1 -209410,plenty of action and almost no substance,2 -12850,was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son,0 -211840,small fortune,2 -7123,hey arnold !,2 -129692,oppressively,1 -223572,Happily for Mr. Chin,3 -124024,is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .,2 -205595,made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire .,1 -106316,Hopkins\/Rock collision,1 -227013,Well-meaning but,2 -189945,Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .,2 -226065,Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes,3 -10949,takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker,1 -97317,think it 's a tougher picture than it is,1 -201185,his inescapable past and uncertain future,2 -123365,infatuation and overall strangeness,2 -227736,a Wonderful Life marathons and bored,1 -33071,inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France,2 -89731,opportunities,2 -120114,find their humor-seeking dollars,2 -202312,intelligence or sincerity,2 -210200,really get weird , though not particularly scary,1 -53966,its pleasure,3 -92864,small favors,2 -135190,the essence of magic,3 -235509,see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings,4 -94709,that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that,2 -221729,-- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story --,2 -123374,inflate the mundane,2 -227100,Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite,0 -128754,of its two main characters,2 -169566,quirky excesses,2 -130322,plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially,3 -238756,will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story,4 -180507,, and not worth,1 -19936,aquatic life,2 -143756,An overstuffed compendium,1 -87012,memorable and resourceful,4 -173091,that it now seems pedestrian,2 -93871,super-powers,2 -10955,takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never,2 -189182,To me,2 -143123,A graceless,1 -238961,wonderful , imaginative script,4 -160910,have the antiseptic , preprogrammed feel of an after-school special,1 -8546,looks and,2 -12524,tosses,2 -80205,for Wow !,3 -112495,a potentially sudsy set-up,1 -160206,goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before,1 -200828,have intended,2 -35770,or even keep your eyes open .,1 -120524,for the women,2 -116378,by Lane and Gere,2 -76701,chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause,2 -107116,Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters,2 -208589,one good one,3 -115520,be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black,3 -181170,- as-it - thinks-it-is joke .,2 -231494,has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .,3 -184314,Harris is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden .,2 -175851,to a racehorse,2 -53752,it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven,3 -128733,of irreparable damage,1 -100367,with 20 times,3 -168697,particularly well-drawn,3 -81463,guns , violence , and fear,2 -54276,liked this film a lot,4 -171582,some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war ,,2 -234813,outnumber the hits by three-to-one,2 -102901,, the movie stirs us as well .,3 -23694,, intelligent manner,2 -11438,the first one,2 -169142,pound away,2 -106632,If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy,3 -176186,to his earlier films,2 -133404,strikes a defiantly retro chord , and,2 -20976,invites,2 -42803,the description '',2 -173039,that in a good way,3 -126261,live in unusual homes,2 -150364,Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here , but a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary .,3 -136511,the very concept makes you nervous,2 -135509,the highest,2 -136124,the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride,2 -11732,the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action,2 -149370,The film 's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place .,2 -57046,sleeve,2 -141799,( Nelson 's ) movie,2 -64689,Cherish does n't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller,2 -94442,than the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true,2 -39954,what drives Hollywood,2 -171683,sometimes tedious film,1 -63710,All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette,3 -203814,it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal,2 -203596,is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky,1 -204583,knock-off,1 -16523,maintains,2 -199984,glacially paced , and often just plain dull,0 -137751,to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences,3 -204085,it will stay with you,3 -70664,Walk to Remember '',3 -139955,will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy,3 -5350,by antwone fisher,2 -14643,Yet,2 -204630,lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter .,1 -223466,García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and,4 -233726,manic and,2 -73678,an anomaly,2 -77270,constantly pulling the rug from underneath us ,,3 -217973,twinkly-eyed close-ups and short,2 -186455,Not that any,2 -8477,like most,2 -168701,pass an entrance exam,2 -98899,unabashedly Canadian,2 -72342,a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most,3 -102331,, Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .,1 -13194,without ( de niro ) , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed,1 -163347,is so low-wattage,0 -188492,The only reason,1 -166171,more dramatic meat on its bones,2 -181300,... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus,0 -108369,Peter Jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us ,,4 -9099,nonchalantly freaky and,2 -87450,most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,0 -160653,has been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging,2 -21677,overindulgence forgivable,3 -162498,ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against,1 -57418,string together,2 -210927,screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation,1 -52596,high-profile,3 -195508,cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects,3 -160059,getting hit by a bus,1 -39390,too stylized by half,2 -182502,Any Color Or Warmth,2 -27472,a daring work,4 -86343,lovable-loser protagonist,2 -83845,is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings,2 -176213,to its style,2 -41434,a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and,4 -135218,the experiences of most battered women,2 -51975,fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler ,,3 -161108,her love for the philandering Philip,2 -121431,gripping documentary,4 -131225,refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map,0 -45967,L,2 -100625,with such provocative material,3 -132600,slice of Hitchcockian suspense,2 -13213,wittgenstein and,2 -132696,snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie,1 -236302,than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,2 -147858,Of Disaster,2 -144266,Britney 's,2 -51433,explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition,3 -126651,make you laugh,3 -101899,'s so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,0 -221616,, then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .,2 -125163,its 2002 children 's,2 -203278,is one baaaaaaaaad movie,0 -101377,'d much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies,1 -213624,that fails on so many levels,0 -155426,bother remembering it,2 -85257,its final 10 or 15 minutes,2 -92197,seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity ,,1 -232832,is this bad on purpose,0 -159038,fiction fans,2 -29492,been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,2 -84747,is the piece works brilliantly .,4 -88795,of one unstable man,3 -168001,old European candor,2 -117989,deleting emotion,2 -18707,Attal,2 -159945,genre conventions,3 -126649,make us,2 -47747,Young Hanks and Fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .,4 -65594,For most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .,3 -92243,self-discovery handled with such sensitivity,3 -205644,make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes .,2 -132254,she 's ever done,2 -180717,, it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair,1 -117025,classic story,3 -78916,emotionally belittle,1 -71205,` The film is stark , straightforward and deadly ... an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . ',2 -176638,too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of,1 -107231,Jr .,2 -210660,rude lines of dialogue,2 -56183,prevalent,2 -167506,of hip-hop arcana,2 -115775,before him,2 -169886,reimagine,2 -200669,has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom,1 -223329,Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .,1 -39207,to himself,2 -31430,faced,3 -163089,is n't much in the way of character development in the script,1 -106244,His work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .,3 -184244,Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility,2 -70166,Thi Kim,2 -64556,But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself,4 -20067,based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .,4 -180388,, I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...,0 -161209,hip . The end result is a film that 's neither,1 -159808,full scale WWII flick,2 -213711,that it comes off as annoying rather than charming,1 -170908,shorter than Britney 's cutoffs,1 -88495,of couples,2 -210159,real interest,3 -105859,Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession,2 -40187,with an invitation,2 -236802,the cynicism right out of you,3 -131648,ropes,2 -121630,hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy,1 -52679,his vitality,3 -62580,... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .,4 -34875,neglected,1 -225258,Occasionally funny,3 -105294,Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists,2 -37205,speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass,4 -216527,this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door,2 -7608,into rap,2 -216626,thriller remarkable,3 -1120,greek,2 -173490,the audience 's awkward silence,1 -68847,Smoking,2 -5441,captures the chaotic insanity and personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked,3 -154055,as Mr . Deeds was to that of Frank Capra,2 -203521,is that its own action is n't very effective,1 -157409,did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps , to make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood .,1 -127998,no getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited -- again,1 -8265,just too,2 -212333,spiffy bluescreen technique and,3 -36044,plentiful,3 -206727,must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ',2 -180274,( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience,2 -47981,a fabric of complex ideas here , and,3 -65776,Girardot,2 -202535,is Serving Sara,2 -130715,propaganda film,1 -113659,all the outward elements,2 -160027,gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound,0 -224589,Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine,0 -57752,that both thrills the eye,3 -223535,Great dragons !,3 -191661,abandoned their slim hopes and dreams,1 -128855,of problems,2 -5135,between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress,2 -217251,to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book,1 -12588,tsai ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being,1 -225671,Sacre bleu,2 -238194,uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! '',1 -14065,Gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film .,4 -19571,a seemingly serene marriage,3 -129290,offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity,2 -218775,was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles,0 -194647,big-fisted,3 -58537,the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away,0 -136752,there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .,4 -195357,can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already,0 -64459,Bravo for history,3 -82255,his first directorial effort,2 -81515,hallmarks,2 -120605,found the perfect material,3 -106754,Intacto 's '' dangerous and,2 -177053,ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .,1 -109471,The Rising Place,2 -91981,school brat,2 -25712,Is it a total success ? No . Is it something any true film addict will want to check out ? You bet .,3 -60150,who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So,2 -24797,Beau,2 -41881,expect any surprises,3 -181513,A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video,1 -23797,, nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers .,3 -214064,the Olympus,2 -144713,Dawn of the Dead,2 -117111,clotted,1 -36518,resolutely dramatic variation,3 -16142,in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question,2 -22057,stick,2 -136462,the turn,2 -59732,unnerving way,1 -223667,His scenes are short and often unexpected .,2 -181738,A guilty pleasure,3 -137745,to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it,3 -35822,out as competent but unremarkable,2 -106946,It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes Pauline & Paulette,3 -69037,Suffice,2 -95284,the catalytic effect a holy fool,2 -178863,would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .,0 -65384,Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ...,3 -157022,crooks,2 -95217,the biggest is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .,3 -147851,Occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story .,2 -155738,by dingoes,2 -25088,Dead Gorgeous,3 -119182,enter the theater,2 -41640,bedevils the film from the very beginning ...,2 -163196,is of Brian De Palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .,1 -180281,( including a knockout of a closing line ),3 -102501,, energetic and sweetly whimsical,4 -91462,remarkably mature,4 -172902,that Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time,2 -33470,is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death,2 -104544,Association,2 -31189,eponymous,2 -116876,charming and evoking,4 -35888,paced Scottish comedy,2 -19592,a strong performance from Zhao,4 -201871,in expression,2 -139695,whimsical folk,2 -210958,se transforma,2 -140808,you think you are making sense of it,2 -28213,all too suspiciously smooth,2 -228980,as simultaneously funny , offbeat and,4 -2941,to more than body count,2 -204775,leads meet,2 -71659,a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth,3 -145533,Gary Cooper,2 -115578,be so stupid,1 -99721,we believe in them,3 -90065,part of Mr . Dong,2 -146580,It 's not without its pleasures , but I 'll stick with The Tune,2 -53921,its epic scope,3 -117002,circumstantial,2 -162899,is flushed down the latrine of heroism .,2 -167934,off track in its final half hour,1 -226960,Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember,2 -149621,The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary ,,1 -91657,rich and full,3 -160719,has nothing fresh or very exciting,1 -112876,a tenacious demonstration,2 -104642,Basketball Association,2 -226342,The movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality .,1 -213228,teen thriller and murder mystery,2 -201492,idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well,1 -59277,to leave a light on every night from now on,3 -123868,is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .,3 -161476,how many drugs,2 -109810,The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose .,3 -93351,sports aficionados,3 -149063,That sure is funny ! B . ) That sure is pathetic,1 -215280,the original story,2 -73492,almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time,3 -173758,the dramatic potential,2 -170111,rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality,1 -201145,his castle,2 -82711,immersive,3 -126950,meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import,0 -193707,astronomically bad,0 -180212,( T ) he script is n't up to the level of the direction,1 -150022,Theology aside,2 -139375,we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9 .,3 -19893,and the marching,2 -117345,competing lawyers,2 -208647,one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian -,2 -60234,will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way .,3 -115509,be good,3 -68769,Shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles,3 -44746,Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy .,3 -88161,of Beast,2 -204824,leaving virtually no aftertaste,2 -97448,this is the ultimate movie experience,4 -233409,like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '',2 -28969,any boats,2 -57375,stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating,2 -63142,A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr,3 -32473,helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well .,3 -156920,courtroom dramas,2 -54157,laugh-a-minute,3 -85081,it lacks the detail of the book,1 -130317,pleased to discover that Tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus,3 -35663,on the novel,2 -218245,unqualified recommendation,2 -147026,Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors,1 -164052,its hints,2 -175111,their noodle,2 -174004,the frustrated maniac,1 -124457,is rather choppy,1 -128622,of downtime in between,2 -1562,laddish,2 -220796,'s directed by,2 -185553,Just the sort,2 -103244,... the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning .,1 -79937,finally lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .,3 -74227,appealing on third or fourth viewing,2 -183146,Cold , Sterile And Lacking Any Color Or Warmth,1 -198994,fitfully funny,3 -182424,An inept , tedious spoof,0 -20765,headlines,2 -57724,that HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news,2 -236403,that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out,2 -150732,Watching the film,2 -81730,has made in more than a decade .,2 -181507,A Sha-Na-Na sketch,2 -166361,mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl,2 -110225,The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas ,,2 -104287,An engrossing Iranian film,2 -116152,bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it,1 -89045,of the modern working man,2 -184827,If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .,2 -134736,the Music special,2 -88293,of ` Nicholas Nickleby,2 -15298,brisk pace,3 -6005,disturbing . disgusting,0 -196700,deja vu moments,2 -35348,of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes,3 -125917,less charming than listening to a four-year-old,1 -102587,, incoherence and sub-sophomoric,3 -105919,Full of bland hotels , highways , parking lots , with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .,1 -28739,and perception,3 -132648,small , intelligent eyes,3 -26690,TV,3 -190577,a film that does n't know what it wants to be,2 -3998,a movie as you can imagine,2 -212906,suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .,1 -24853,Bob,2 -112840,a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial .,3 -175309,third act,2 -201246,his storytelling skills,2 -29216,as powerful,2 -16058,horror trilogy,2 -131913,see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade,4 -117198,come to think of it,2 -222836,But what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing .,1 -135970,the peculiar American style,2 -14062,Goodall and her chimpanzees,2 -199260,for most of the characters .,2 -75920,breathes life,3 -123987,is delicately narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann,3 -83189,in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario,4 -67771,Nanook,2 -19050,Legendary,4 -171268,slickness and sophistication,3 -74671,as downtown,2 -156991,creepy about Never,2 -224965,Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .,3 -219959,work , especially,2 -175444,this is who you are,2 -156464,coincidence,2 -211201,self-mutilating sideshow geeks,0 -96713,the slickest,2 -230040,credit ',2 -23984,, which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line,1 -114823,as a one-hour TV documentary,2 -6693,from heaven '',3 -169964,remember the picture,3 -93066,some cute moments ,,3 -10356,self-mutilating,1 -55740,on his sentimental journey of the heart .,3 -136214,the screenwriters,2 -232295,is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults .,4 -83196,in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love,3 -169812,recite bland police procedural details,2 -134140,that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast,3 -159604,found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .,1 -142537,, their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting,1 -174423,the off-beat casting of its two leads,2 -220286,you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary,1 -195036,but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release,3 -83705,is , in fact , so interesting,4 -38702,the task,2 -142819,... think of it as American Pie On Valium .,2 -235787,sit through its tidal wave of imagery and,2 -90004,packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother .,2 -192288,almost arbitrary,2 -79502,exquisite craftsmanship,3 -53233,irresistible package,3 -219717,with cold vengefulness,1 -67840,No worse a film than Breaking Out , and Breaking Out was utterly charming .,3 -55350,of experimentation and improvisation,2 -93993,suspenseful spin,3 -152310,a rancorous curiosity,2 -18628,All the performances are top notch,4 -130964,raffish charm and,2 -104365,An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore .,3 -192121,albeit one made by the smartest kids in class,3 -100784,wonderful thing,4 -59665,understated piece,3 -235806,slapstick well,3 -91555,respects the material,3 -233555,lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X.,4 -107514,Longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .,2 -112201,a life interestingly lived,3 -94622,that do n't come off,2 -196715,delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone,1 -75325,be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images,3 -129787,our justice system,2 -93581,strange scenario,2 -224,a particularly toxic little bonbon ,,1 -180083,'ve had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful,0 -1591,lessons,2 -182822,Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .,1 -110325,There 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .,1 -109056,Some of the computer animation,2 -79323,every blighter in this particular South London housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .,2 -233877,mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people,2 -70282,This movie has the usual impossible stunts ... But,2 -35645,on predictable plot contrivances,2 -46442,Orders,2 -99862,what can easily be considered career-best performances,4 -88692,of its effectiveness,2 -214630,the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives,2 -44584,As gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be,2 -173402,the Police Academy series,1 -185557,Juwanna Mann,3 -71521,a defeated but defiant nation in flux,2 -40724,A truly moving experience ,,4 -22717,war that ensues,1 -101720,'s just as wonderful on the big screen .,4 -93391,stage icon,2 -77031,commercialism,2 -34448,meets-new mesh,3 -161513,human race,2 -221429,, it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .,3 -206714,mumbles his way through the movie,1 -134188,that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie,1 -231884,if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player,2 -72928,about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances,1 -135418,the friendship,3 -238625,when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but,2 -11095,that lacks juice and delight,1 -197455,down his spine,2 -130578,preserves Tosca 's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera .,3 -216381,this film has an ` A ' list cast and some strong supporting players,3 -232394,is an interesting movie !,4 -25123,Director Benoit Jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca ,,2 -12291,titus,2 -64924,Daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , Biggie and Tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .,3 -61570,) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,4 -199380,for those for whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile,2 -13533,, and self-absorbed,1 -81854,have been deeper,2 -195824,cloying messages and,2 -44097,A giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and,3 -200117,good laughs,3 -156189,charmless and,1 -224989,Mr. Taylor,2 -6750,gentle humor , bittersweet pathos,3 -80832,fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere,4 -146683,It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film :,2 -109465,The Player ,,2 -220212,you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .,1 -146619,It 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future .,1 -188259,The good thing,3 -134688,the Cosby-Seinfeld encounter,2 -21011,is aware of it,2 -177335,us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time,3 -236696,the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction,1 -152759,about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock,3 -233817,medical equipment,2 -175523,this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --,1 -144506,City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes . But what saves lives on the freeway does not necessarily make for persuasive viewing,2 -209874,psychological grounding,2 -111618,a charming and evoking little ditty,3 -229771,caught up .,2 -79722,fatherhood,2 -207678,of credible gender-provoking philosophy,3 -89910,overall feeling,2 -96661,the sense of fierce competition,3 -87270,more geeked,2 -213211,technically well-made suspenser,3 -191731,about coming to terms with death,2 -177440,very experienced,3 -93591,strangling,2 -118626,doomed,0 -165641,manages to do virtually everything wrong,0 -57655,tenth,2 -141003,'ll still like it now .,2 -15284,both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic,0 -191246,a ruffle,2 -192340,altered,3 -56048,play well,3 -106939,It 's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow .,1 -132753,so many of the challenges,2 -187510,Spreads itself too thin,1 -182723,Bean drops the ball too many times,0 -119622,face arrest 15 years after their crime,1 -133355,story opportunities,2 -119262,erratic as its central character,2 -58085,the blemishes of youth,2 -178135,which constantly threaten to upstage the woman sporting them,1 -82948,in future years as an eloquent memorial,3 -111851,a fairly revealing study of its two main characters --,3 -237192,the robust middle of this picture,3 -203782,it 's not completely wreaked,2 -116988,cinematic canon,2 -97540,this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad,2 -228024,a movie about fetishism,2 -153451,an objectionable or dull film,1 -103331,65 minutes,2 -43003,will ,,2 -18381,, but in Talk to Her , the women are down for the count .,2 -90437,poignant and gently humorous,3 -23270,( sinks ) into exploitation .,0 -175053,the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion,0 -170806,shake your head in disbelief -- and,2 -64407,Bluer,2 -29175,as bold as anything the cinema,3 -199165,for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense,3 -191475,a tart little lemon drop of a movie,2 -210715,saccharine thrust,2 -89625,one of the year 's best,4 -207404,of Brown and his writing,2 -92499,shimmeringly lovely,4 -128971,of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times,3 -213364,than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone,2 -23932,, this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .,3 -225862,Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future .,0 -224665,Lucas , take notes .,2 -67286,List ',2 -152088,a more generic effort in the genre,2 -77347,conversion effort,2 -76084,but no-nonsense human beings they are,2 -697,children,3 -150112,There is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction , and I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters .,1 -44531,An operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly,3 -235122,pure ',3 -57830,that lifts your spirits,3 -47602,What the film lacks in general focus,1 -150567,Undone,1 -41028,It uses an old-time formula , it 's not terribly original and it 's rather messy --,1 -24400,A perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy .,3 -1276,impossible to sit through,0 -10786,strong,3 -124449,is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior ),2 -93434,star-power potential,3 -6866,graceful,2 -142699,-- but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ? --,2 -108909,Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but,2 -145879,Hospital,2 -7471,in that setting,2 -134468,that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality,3 -121921,have been made under the influence of Rohypnol,2 -140619,written by Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher,2 -114574,are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit,2 -165448,made on the cheap,1 -32184,great evident care,3 -159793,full disclosure,2 -45049,Despite its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick,2 -66930,John Sayles,2 -228800,are incredibly captivating and insanely funny,4 -157041,cruelly tormented,0 -147523,Mr . Burns,2 -165759,may never think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing again,3 -65845,Grant ,,2 -24342,A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow .,3 -115418,based on the book by Antwone Fisher,2 -167690,of seriousness,2 -115,a big letdown,0 -230431,drugs and philosophy,2 -214836,the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell,2 -195105,by Julia Roberts,3 -9135,not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight ,,1 -29856,but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth,4 -108149,One of ( Jaglom 's ) better efforts,2 -77237,considerable wit,3 -234903,peculiarly moral amorality,1 -214619,the film of '' The Kid Stays in the Picture '',2 -18078,wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat,2 -189443,Wanker Goths,2 -58442,the level of the comedy,2 -103934,A suffocating rape-payback horror,2 -119069,endured,2 -237862,to just call it ABC Kiarostami,2 -55467,of our craving for fake stimulation,2 -50004,can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work,4 -167019,nothing 's happening,0 -46658,S . C .,2 -76121,by Numbers ',2 -86649,makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible,3 -200917,he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,3 -194436,begging for attention ,,1 -6798,gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms,3 -133942,telegraphed pathos , particularly,2 -24833,Bille August,2 -91616,reveals itself slowly , intelligently,4 -99098,unprepared,2 -150350,Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn , neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .,1 -178669,with the exception of about six gags,2 -88482,of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker,2 -222447,As any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death .,2 -188218,The filmmaker 's,2 -36242,pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong,3 -14384,Quills,2 -180692,, indescribably bad movie,0 -121832,has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better,2 -80848,games , wire fu , horror movies ,,2 -221134,, E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .,4 -141571,'s silliest and most incoherent movie,1 -143365,A sour , nasty offering .,0 -55774,one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies,3 -91065,rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads .,1 -28282,among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately,2 -31617,film industry,2 -60759,'re on the edge of your seat,3 -145902,Howard demonstrates a great eye as a director,4 -160558,hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable,1 -68059,Overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances,2 -169662,rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good,1 -183684,Enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise . Yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .,3 -129636,only eight surviving members show up,2 -155872,ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,1 -46067,Maelstrom is strange and compelling,3 -207188,not enough Pretty Woman,2 -136647,theatrics,2 -31826,form 's,2 -192544,an even less capable trio,0 -98356,to the chimps,2 -119837,feature sucked,1 -13911,British,2 -16616,moviegoing fare,2 -99665,watch these two together,3 -198557,far too fleeting,1 -203457,is someone of particular interest to you,2 -111106,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 .,1 -63840,An earnest , roughshod document,3 -131260,released by a major film studio,2 -215183,the near-impossible,2 -62721,72-year-old,2 -237857,to it , but like the 1920 's,2 -55162,objective documentary,3 -230278,ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side,3 -145708,Harland Williams,2 -59121,tidy little movie,3 -43242,'s equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started,4 -6386,fairy,2 -206869,need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers,2 -126566,magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,4 -187974,The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw ,,3 -222455,As ex-Marine Walter , who may or may not have shot Kennedy , actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .,3 -76206,by splendid performances,4 -13667,, uncontrolled , and intense,2 -163348,is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big,1 -166247,more substantial than a fitfully clever doodle .,2 -115611,be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal,4 -31844,frame look,2 -15536,desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to,3 -182910,Bridget Jones 's Diary,2 -140678,you 'll wish,2 -7368,imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma .,0 -103465,A charming , banter-filled comedy,3 -220397,your interest , your imagination ,,2 -185112,It 's hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom,3 -170428,scenic forest,2 -228355,actions and,2 -22056,sterling performances,4 -183866,Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it ,,4 -229198,be looking for a sign,2 -146200,If somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son , they 'd come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler .,1 -107034,It may be a no-brainer ,,2 -219523,will indie filmmakers,2 -153880,are more alive than its characters,1 -146568,It 's not that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film , because it is n't .,2 -104144,All the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject,2 -135343,the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .,3 -76754,civics,2 -37540,swashbuckling classic,3 -187786,The Fugitive ,,2 -119591,extra heavy-duty ropes would be needed to keep it from floating away .,2 -224586,Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time,2 -226751,Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers,2 -150338,Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end , his Rules is barely worth following .,1 -184806,If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .,1 -164230,jokes ,,2 -96337,the passive-aggressive psychology,2 -113886,an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters,3 -19662,acceptance and growth,3 -188101,The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and,1 -179392,'ll probably run out screaming .,1 -114509,applying definition,2 -103463,A chance to see three splendid actors,3 -130459,posible ver un elenco tan compenetrado con la historia , donde todos y cada uno de,2 -29592,beyond their own horizons,2 -65009,Depending,2 -149730,The plot combines The Blues Brothers and Almost Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure .,2 -27440,a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds,3 -226017,Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .,3 -125587,key strength,3 -227558,`` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be,3 -108844,Selby,2 -21102,it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .,4 -190408,a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy,0 -46914,The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .,3 -66863,Jagger 's,2 -211006,seeing The Scorpion King,2 -199222,for cryin,2 -164775,less worthy of Puccini,1 -66522,It 's always fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work .,3 -228476,also is difficult to fathom .,1 -143942,At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but,3 -211522,should pay reparations to viewers,1 -236531,that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid,2 -137427,to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play,2 -152891,action pictures,2 -2761,the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle,1 -63023,A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending .,3 -2718,the sleeper,2 -182773,Bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .,0 -183122,Cliffhanger,3 -52868,in Amélie,2 -161463,how complex international terrorism is,2 -136291,the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it,3 -54,'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '',2 -193521,as last week,2 -49941,by a talented director,3 -44672,Beauty and,3 -207293,number 1,3 -188858,There 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .,0 -94918,that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,3 -111816,a documentary -- but not very Imaxy,2 -63793,American blockbusters,3 -202798,is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel,2 -200834,have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .,2 -163303,is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands,1 -153854,are interesting,3 -211639,simulate sustenance,2 -67669,Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way,3 -164936,like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives,2 -238314,versus `` them '',2 -169106,positively decadent in its cinematic flash and,3 -149265,The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and,1 -198138,eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material,1 -45383,Gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .,3 -230026,crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment,1 -71796,a hardy group,2 -199196,for all its effective moments,2 -37989,the adults,2 -110703,Too campy to work as straight drama,1 -108852,Serious movie-goers,2 -70669,Walsh 's,2 -160327,greased,2 -11915,the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .,2 -28587,and endearing,3 -28380,an invigorating,3 -91553,respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,3 -164038,its genesis,2 -103501,A compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds,4 -86491,magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death ,,3 -65039,Devos,1 -217603,too little time,2 -114889,as delicately calibrated in tone,3 -228942,as cutting , as witty or as true,2 -110321,There 's no question that Epps scores once or twice , but,2 -1502,its lan,2 -93739,subtlest and,2 -202680,is about as humorous as,2 -169436,psychiatrist,2 -143286,A real clunker .,0 -133578,such exuberance and passion,4 -166979,not quite revelatory documentary,1 -147652,Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything,1 -229295,been better than the fiction it has concocted,2 -174242,the marquee,2 -176774,toy,2 -208659,one woman 's broken heart,2 -156461,coherent dialogue,3 -87852,new trick,2 -8952,murky,1 -179623,'s an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film,2 -100060,who are intrigued by politics of the '70s,2 -160584,harnesses to full effect the energetic cast,3 -109344,Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise,1 -110263,The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism ,,3 -37909,that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation,4 -103027,, with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .,3 -57571,take a deep bow,2 -93186,sometimes baffling and,2 -126514,made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,1 -181963,A road trip that will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet,2 -27415,a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination,3 -52888,in a hot sake half-sleep,1 -115395,barely shocking , barely interesting,1 -161429,horrific,1 -136500,the use,2 -41443,a heart and,3 -89592,one of his most daring , and complicated , performances,4 -134789,the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity,3 -208783,organic character work,2 -122445,hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all --,0 -164094,its otherwise talented cast,2 -190667,a good three days,3 -214760,the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing,1 -124414,is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling,3 -101585,'s already been too many of these films,2 -237937,to see `` Sade '',2 -124923,it beat by a country mile,2 -234887,passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house,2 -24035,-- a sleepy afternoon rental,2 -1643,lovers of the book,3 -73214,adds enough quirky and satirical touches,3 -8087,its overly complicated and derivative screenplay,0 -93187,sometimes baffling and quite often,2 -196653,decoder,2 -68631,Scorsese 's,2 -129222,of whatever,2 -161723,in '' Stuart Little 2,2 -42878,think and,2 -197197,do n't dismiss BarberShop out of hand,2 -122319,his funniest moment,2 -25444,Graham,2 -74589,as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it,2 -134308,that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome,1 -224090,Is `` Ballistic '' worth the price of admission,2 -860,during,2 -49710,between them,2 -98504,too enigmatic,1 -100727,without relying on animation or dumb humor,2 -216463,this piece,2 -57894,that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya,4 -83117,in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful,2 -28546,and commanding open spaces of the city,3 -115895,best spent elsewhere,1 -224504,Just plain silly .,2 -18846,Elling,2 -129131,of the toughest ages a kid can go through,2 -191117,a pop-influenced prank,2 -184085,G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H . G . Wells ' great-grandson,2 -106983,It all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .,1 -50368,concert,2 -60323,with a twisted sense of humor,3 -27500,a fascinating documentary,4 -31423,eye-opening,3 -200037,go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike,1 -223302,Execrable,0 -4145,a stellar performance,4 -40943,Hilarious , acidic Brit comedy,4 -142085,, anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this,1 -101950,'s the inimitable Diaz ,,2 -179155,you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,0 -27732,a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities,4 -201665,immortals,2 -188696,The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile,0 -236389,that ``,2 -189040,This latest installment,2 -53326,is a refreshingly forthright one,3 -142128,, confusing spectacle,1 -5606,clones,2 -84668,is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .,4 -163500,is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity .,0 -81104,gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances,4 -122884,in a cold mosque,2 -238555,went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood .,3 -24021,, young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness,3 -129357,on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the,1 -218787,was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD,2 -29338,audacious,2 -153335,an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri .,0 -1531,kappa,2 -52600,higher than he 's been in a while,3 -67534,Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again,2 -37398,stuff from Hollywood,2 -186306,Nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .,1 -117925,debt,2 -33772,its exacting author,2 -22431,this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk,4 -10258,satirical,2 -228036,a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn,3 -33946,knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions,2 -137405,to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .,4 -58900,then The Grey Zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .,4 -181996,A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken .,1 -188549,The plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back .,2 -180005,'s supposed to be a romantic comedy,1 -212058,soil,2 -142506,, the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .,1 -97751,time ,,2 -237145,the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live .,2 -157052,cultivated allergy,2 -182067,A tired , unnecessary retread,0 -74153,any flaws,2 -185994,Manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney,2 -159494,for the next installment,2 -49135,are better,2 -42411,observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France,2 -183203,Control-Alt-Delete Simone as quickly as possible,0 -161975,in territory,2 -170137,right there,2 -77229,conservative and,2 -55603,of the refuse of adults,1 -85942,let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best ,,3 -1495,its,2 -56755,screens,2 -168565,overtime someone,2 -201089,high-strung but,2 -238826,wish I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday '',1 -67015,Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and,3 -76539,centered on that place , that time and that sport,2 -28305,an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness .,3 -126958,meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults,4 -164484,knowingness,2 -182199,After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .,1 -93703,sua,2 -27192,What Time,2 -90873,pulls no punches,2 -11029,thank,3 -202365,interpreting the play,2 -40733,A work of intricate elegance ,,4 -60896,'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and,1 -19288,The Others,2 -18266,'s a beaut .,3 -175943,to be going for this time,3 -201966,in skimpy clothes,2 -108720,SANDLER !,2 -77009,coming close to bowling you over,3 -204564,killer cards,2 -129058,of the modern day Hong Kong action film,2 -195613,charge money for this,2 -33674,it is not,2 -177862,welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,3 -181095,, unsatisfying muddle,2 -202482,irreverent energy,3 -16779,of the biography in a manner,2 -68261,Pretty Woman,2 -82452,horror films,2 -93262,speaking even one word to each other,2 -224117,It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson , but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up,2 -11234,the chaotic,1 -114115,an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers,3 -60039,were focused on the characters,2 -99317,verite,2 -50824,different objective,2 -198627,feat ? It did n't go straight to video,1 -115068,as unoriginal,1 -224359,It makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .,0 -151474,a chronicle,2 -115650,beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game,1 -170210,rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .,1 -154933,becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be,2 -210855,scandalous,2 -232862,is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year,4 -224063,Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .,4 -106724,In theory , a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising ,,3 -98710,troubadour,2 -233521,look at teenage boys,2 -151304,a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video,2 -78600,drawing,2 -175216,they 're clueless and inept,1 -170423,scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .,1 -196321,could n't really figure out how to flesh either out,1 -61915,, funny , rather chaotic,3 -234498,of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore,1 -34989,not necessarily apply,2 -59364,to tell of the unspeakable,2 -69619,The fun of the movie,3 -56498,released eight years ago,2 -146939,Just a bloody mess .,1 -7077,heavily,2 -101598,'s also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .,0 -230858,flavour,2 -75093,away a believer,2 -76283,called ` the gift of tears,2 -56907,she makes a meal of it , channeling Kathy Baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on Boston Public just as much as 8 Women 's Augustine,2 -92048,second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies ,,3 -184617,I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie ,,3 -30386,contradiction,1 -156240,childhood nostalgia slumber,2 -105939,Gambling,2 -63992,Aniston,2 -10387,several greek-american weddings --,2 -200769,have been much better,3 -201173,his film is molto superficiale,2 -19731,an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy,1 -132166,set it,2 -149709,The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening,1 -15894,go to the movies to have fun,3 -56537,rent,2 -132948,something fresh to say,3 -81680,has considerable charm,3 -10173,rivals,2 -179202,your bailiwick,2 -12750,veered off too far,1 -117259,comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won,1 -180756,, it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .,1 -211736,sketchy work-in-progress,2 -96650,the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,2 -168838,perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness,2 -159419,for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish,3 -94441,than the real thing,3 -15614,earlier English-language movie,2 -152484,a sour taste in one 's mouth,1 -144385,Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause,2 -133014,soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile,1 -64251,Barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .,4 -209158,paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention,2 -89375,on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film,3 -208304,offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and,1 -115878,best Next Generation episodes,2 -70780,Western foreign policy,2 -174467,the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather,2 -178163,which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays,0 -237863,to just call it ABC Kiarostami .,2 -191979,adds 51 minutes,2 -111857,a familiar ring,2 -226786,Tony R. Abrams,2 -22654,up to mesmerize you,4 -55301,of black-and-white psychedelia,2 -215849,the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology,2 -162889,is far too self-conscious,1 -89089,of the summer 's most pleasurable movies,4 -97394,this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario,3 -235975,spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications,3 -36925,should find much to mull and debate .,2 -100497,with fantasy fetishes,2 -111902,a film , a Southern Gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack,3 -52545,heels,2 -83168,in their seats,2 -26806,The film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments,4 -136239,the sequel has all the outward elements of the original,2 -182288,Although purportedly a study in modern alienation,1 -60769,'s ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin,3 -162151,indie flick,2 -126156,liked about it,2 -98953,under the direction of Kevin Reynolds,2 -190065,a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend,2 -111855,a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ),3 -3898,a kind,3 -2389,squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story,2 -175499,this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned,2 -177605,wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled,1 -221766,... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .,1 -73966,an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy,2 -217006,to exist only for its climactic setpiece,2 -75211,be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles,3 -117047,clearly a manipulative film,3 -6676,friggin ',2 -86148,listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again,3 -34220,loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love,1 -77801,deceptively simple premise,2 -201899,in how Sand developed a notorious reputation,2 -106841,It 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .,4 -98939,undeniably exceedingly clever,3 -231101,gave us `` The Skulls '',2 -143850,Apallingly absurd,1 -194086,be as intelligent,3 -49780,books and movies,2 -196218,convince me,2 -218071,unbearable when it is n't merely offensive,0 -51479,fairly irresistible package,4 -9429,offers some flashy twists and,3 -237827,to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort,3 -147457,Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .,0 -188223,The filmmaker ascends , literally , to the Olympus of the art world , but,2 -179531,'s a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though Do n't Ask still finds a few chuckles .,2 -211124,seems to want both,2 -218203,unimaginatively,0 -8198,jesus ' son,2 -178485,with a blind orphan at its center , no less --,2 -207237,not-so-bright mother and daughter,1 -49284,as his most vital work since GoodFellas,4 -165270,loses all,1 -226200,The best Disney movie,4 -26079,Michel Piccoli,2 -131070,real star,3 -27978,a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation,4 -23698,, is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence,3 -60162,who have a passion for Musketeers,2 -83320,infinitely,2 -197934,ensues are much blood-splattering,1 -91225,realize your mind is being blown,3 -91770,rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative,4 -2685,the performances are so leaden,1 -165643,manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen,3 -81719,has fun with the quirks of family life,3 -160246,good acting and plain old bad filmmaking,1 -16002,heavy-handed ,,1 -130345,plucks '' The Four Feathers,2 -86631,makes for a touching love story,4 -4566,american art,3 -137314,to Mr . Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set,2 -79730,favors,2 -218046,ultimately flawed,1 -59784,us to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker,3 -101828,'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful whatsoever,0 -113931,an almost palpable sense of intensity,3 -61658,, Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .,3 -224149,It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .,1 -175284,think of it as American Pie On Valium,1 -207083,no place,2 -107512,Longley 's,2 -57198,somehow makes it all the more compelling .,3 -69023,Streamlined,2 -140830,young adults,2 -205691,make with a decent budget,2 -142143,, director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .,1 -71109,York fest,2 -130889,quest to be taken seriously,2 -72563,a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience,3 -83943,is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy,3 -227191,With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter,2 -183501,Distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,,1 -17308,standard moviegoing fare,2 -149720,The period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .,1 -209743,primary colors,2 -202347,interesting matters,3 -128251,odd enjoyably,3 -204782,lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest The Mummy Returns,2 -167760,of the artist 's conceptions,2 -52098,gets great laughs,4 -176490,to the myth,2 -48595,accept,2 -29433,be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time,3 -199473,frantic than involving,2 -169646,rarely gets beneath the surface of things,2 -22763,when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .,3 -235686,should be seen as a conversation starter,2 -128097,not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party,0 -13578,, finally , as artists,2 -178942,wrap a person,2 -83586,into the upper echelons of the directing world,3 -47336,This Orange,2 -131337,remorse,2 -53430,is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .,2 -20184,but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .,0 -187701,Technically and artistically inept,1 -40850,Desta vez , Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro,3 -193726,at an hour and twenty-some minutes,2 -75240,be carried away,2 -122269,his Dangerous Game,2 -234997,pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and,2 -17005,provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .,3 -163400,is such a blip on the year 's radar screen,1 -232546,is meant to make you think about existential suffering .,2 -39568,unassuming and pure of heart,3 -33160,into the life of a complex man,2 -63435,A stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling,4 -104130,All movie long,2 -159123,films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .,0 -221639,, this is that sort of thing all over again .,2 -228594,an insult to every family,1 -173158,that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon,2 -195878,collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush,2 -29151,as a shocking history lesson,3 -154729,be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far,2 -141075,'s Firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs,1 -228012,a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance,4 -54235,like '',2 -39275,to screen,2 -17892,truly moving experience,4 -59913,walk a fine line,2 -121804,has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .,2 -138429,turned his franchise,2 -125665,knows it 's won,3 -135130,the edge of sanity,1 -97195,there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .,4 -39519,two movies,2 -154096,as a single unbroken 87-minute,2 -35533,of thousands,2 -217327,to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film,2 -199876,gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .,1 -220836,'s hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie,0 -51986,fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .,4 -67941,Obligada para impotentes , daneses ,,2 -129139,of the wild,2 -186151,More a gunfest than a Rock concert,2 -110995,Were Soldiers to be remembered by,2 -157504,director Reginald Hudlin,2 -224929,Mr. Koshashvili,2 -14024,Fans,2 -71536,a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet .,4 -208844,our taste,2 -177678,was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness,1 -81710,has far more impact,2 -202956,is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe,3 -72362,a series of tales,2 -148394,Say this for the soundtrack,2 -234732,one of the finest films of the year,4 -44789,Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself ,,2 -50576,crowd pleaser,4 -106892,It 's like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed , but that 's neither completely enlightening , nor does it catch the intensity of the movie 's strangeness .,1 -233348,leave you cold,1 -64402,Bloody Sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . It 's a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .,4 -98965,undercuts its charm,1 -182,a good spaghetti,3 -224783,Message movie or an action-packed submarine spectacular,3 -217404,to task,2 -20040,attached,2 -74771,as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die,3 -226000,Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball .,3 -47703,Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic,2 -153543,and Howie Long,2 -227026,What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .,0 -226288,The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !,3 -133263,stayed there,2 -154366,at how clever it 's being,3 -99599,warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family,3 -214520,the exalted,2 -135872,the never flagging legal investigator,2 -182374,An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .,0 -63867,An engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement .,3 -194911,brainless flibbertigibbet,1 -167222,of Mars,2 -165087,little indie film,2 -94727,that is sure to win viewers ' hearts,3 -172499,takes few chances,2 -23959,, twist-and-turn thriller,3 -66777,It tends to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing,4 -16091,if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .,4 -21665,other side,2 -118698,dramatic enough to sustain interest,3 -69959,The storytelling may be ordinary ,,2 -15217,be unaffected . Dramas,2 -188904,These self-styled athletes,2 -117499,contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .,3 -224991,Mr. Tsai,2 -32022,get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane,2 -98036,to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation,2 -130928,quirky rip-off prison,1 -214311,the cliched dialogue rip . Or else,2 -145785,Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable ,,2 -41704,charm all but,3 -217465,to the pre-teen crowd,2 -53926,its flabbergasting principals,2 -30553,cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend,3 -85752,larga,2 -61668,, Payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .,3 -206953,nevertheless works up a few scares .,3 -209261,phrase ` fatal script error,1 -56861,separation and loss,1 -231828,hugely enjoyable,4 -155412,both repulsively sadistic and mundane,0 -47089,The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective .,3 -63058,A full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence,3 -141429,'s much too big for its britches,1 -224622,Like The English Patient and The Unbearable Lightness of Being , The Hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .,3 -2384,sprung,2 -30516,cross-shaped,2 -48339,a retread of '' Dead Poets ' Society,2 -219951,wordless,2 -194085,be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it . If you go , pack your knitting needles,1 -119105,engineering a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie,2 -8250,just like,2 -98187,to make it entertaining,2 -7547,insightfully written ,,4 -233602,made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped,2 -56933,should .,2 -8877,most comics,2 -233295,larger socio-political picture,2 -216948,to convince us that acting transfigures Esther,1 -42829,the kind of detachment,1 -192900,any insightful discourse,2 -76752,circus,2 -166734,next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ?,2 -21298,matter-of-fact performances,2 -149043,Terri,2 -72356,a series of abrasive , stylized sequences,2 -126868,may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,1 -121733,has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history .,3 -74316,are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty,3 -142356,, most of all ,,2 -130153,perform,3 -13129,with ease and confidence,3 -136212,the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George,2 -156266,choppy , surface-effect feeling,1 -232181,intolerable company,1 -196936,dies .,1 -82912,in business and pleasure,2 -78155,diplomat,2 -77213,connect in a neat way,3 -12653,undercut,1 -171326,smacks more of good intentions than talent,2 -54251,like dying and going to celluloid heaven,2 -45688,Irish settings,2 -183749,Even if it is generally amusing from time to time,2 -37689,than a lengthy jail sentence,2 -160714,has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures,1 -190026,` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks,1 -29932,by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups,2 -167763,of the cast or the redundant messages,1 -87722,natural-seeming actors,3 -2744,the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone,3 -183596,Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top .,1 -156319,class reversal,2 -212606,stories and,2 -189798,With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller : with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie,1 -238688,who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss,2 -159747,from the Crypt,2 -49102,appeal to a mainstream American audience,3 -183572,Donovan ...,2 -102411,, because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas ,,2 -8377,leads,2 -41738,contrived and,2 -51035,drinking twelve beers,2 -46028,Likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer .,2 -58596,the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure,2 -106334,However stale the material , Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect,2 -133511,subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer,1 -37607,talk about their goals,2 -45693,Is an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style,3 -167419,of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy,3 -63865,An engaging ,,3 -98786,turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '',2 -196470,crossing-over mumbo jumbo ,,2 -41964,gawk at or,2 -124675,is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film .,1 -99749,wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles,1 -20555,find its rhythm,2 -27308,You wo n't like Roger , but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .,3 -71722,a genre gem,3 -178155,which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog,1 -7021,haute,1 -172780,than perfunctory skill,1 -156827,cool compassion,2 -71206,` What 's the Russian word for Wow ! ? ',4 -48361,a scenario,2 -74827,as well-written as Sexy Beast,3 -7352,if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .,4 -152493,a spell,2 -9617,pasolini,2 -210575,riot-control,2 -136136,the rest is n't more compelling,1 -114619,are made of,2 -27344,a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman,3 -10417,shopping mall theaters,2 -225430,Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is,4 -47279,The vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful,3 -58333,the form,2 -34475,metaphysical,3 -84859,it 's a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .,2 -32014,gently,2 -206019,mediocrity . Not bad,2 -112780,a step further , richer and deeper,4 -212099,some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing ,,3 -76161,by characters who are nearly impossible to care about,0 -76622,chase scenes and swordfights,2 -73597,amounts of beautiful movement and inside information,3 -95347,the company 's astonishing growth,3 -137161,thought I 'd say this,2 -41561,appropriated turfs,2 -49705,between consuming self-absorption,2 -148344,Ruh-roh,2 -228006,a mask , Splat-Man,1 -37225,spice to keep it interesting,3 -86787,many of us , that 's good enough,3 -74031,and flat-out farce,1 -83356,inherently,3 -107285,Kaufman 's approach,2 -43380,'ve got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions,3 -156507,com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense,1 -6061,done to death,1 -184737,I was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD .,2 -135935,the other actors,2 -233902,modern L.A. 's show-biz and media,2 -82744,important developments,2 -229355,belongs to Nicholson .,2 -195813,closed,3 -76449,carefully nuanced,3 -115670,because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes,2 -56012,pertinent,2 -5149,big bloody chomps,1 -179826,'s little to recommend Snow Dogs ,,1 -137083,this unknown slice of history affectingly,2 -176446,to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there,1 -204687,laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans,2 -30681,deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions,4 -176017,to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane,2 -146919,Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do,1 -76516,catching,2 -233991,movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .,2 -206067,merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from Bambi and The Lion King , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .,1 -48567,about the image,2 -198798,few seconds,3 -224425,J. Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear,2 -190483,a driver 's,2 -54485,magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length,4 -181989,A sleep-inducing thriller with a single,0 -175025,the whole central section,2 -132864,some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors,2 -35943,peep show,2 -73899,an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness,4 -150471,Too simple for its own good .,2 -178074,when to let a gag die,2 -166123,moralism,2 -58518,the movie should win the band a few new converts , too,4 -87390,most brilliant,4 -51287,entitled,2 -152731,about a multi-million dollar,2 -29499,been making for the last several years,3 -101517,'s a lot of good material,3 -236509,that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0 -80487,forwards and,2 -192457,an actual story,3 -130835,push on,2 -15263,bigger-than-life screen,3 -8138,its second,2 -210146,reading lines from a TelePrompTer,1 -51008,drag them,2 -139681,while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death,1 -230276,disturbingly close-up look,1 -155338,bobbed,2 -9936,puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously,1 -157155,death bed,2 -106259,Holds,2 -121764,has ignored,2 -202152,including mine ),2 -85022,it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't,3 -60163,who have nothing,2 -128632,of easy answers,2 -70292,This odd , poetic road movie ,,3 -123950,is basically a matter of taste,2 -75801,bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery,0 -50401,confront their problems openly,2 -51264,ensemble casts,2 -5281,bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters,3 -222619,Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik,2 -174685,the same old,1 -158602,excess while remaining heartless,1 -92281,sense is a movie that deserves recommendation,3 -165081,little critical heresy,2 -141402,'s kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?,0 -4599,an actress,3 -155444,boxing promoter,2 -210103,rather thin,1 -162395,into gay love,2 -214249,the carnage that claims so many lives around her,1 -160419,gum,2 -195379,can happen,2 -107220,Jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts .,1 -116735,carries you along in a torrent of emotion,3 -55093,no way,1 -232225,is Jack Ryan 's `` do-over .,2 -94586,that casts an odd , rapt spell,2 -62345,, this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .,3 -9416,of your time,2 -194918,brash and mainly unfunny,1 -44705,Besco,2 -42253,jazzes it up,2 -181719,A good-natured ensemble comedy,3 -17338,struggles,1 -2861,this is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't ...,3 -165879,metaphoric,2 -215615,the simpering soundtrack and editing more so,1 -213072,tabloids,2 -62260,, the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin,1 -54427,low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .,1 -148273,Resnick,2 -63737,Alternately hilarious and sad,3 -208175,of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential,1 -122597,hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as,3 -212914,summer-camp talent show,1 -189436,Walt Becker 's film,2 -184602,I believe Silberling had the best intentions here ,,3 -92583,should see it as soon as possible,4 -223454,Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot,0 -188360,The most horrific movie experience I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful .,0 -62556,... a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence,4 -209661,preliminary notes,2 -26360,Piper,2 -27591,a huge fan,3 -79663,far better,3 -109440,The Man Who Wrote Rocky,2 -184035,Freeman ca n't save it,1 -177908,went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time,2 -191630,a wickedly undramatic central theme,1 -228670,and\/or restroom,2 -97068,the wounds,2 -97721,through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people,3 -136883,this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,3 -182145,About Schmidt ),2 -2412,strange,1 -171392,so badly of hard-sell image-mongering,2 -23059,'s a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies,4 -98628,traditions,2 -227966,a hobby,2 -7373,imagine o . henry,2 -104111,Alarms for Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks .,3 -136265,the skewed melodrama,3 -231693,here 's a glimpse at his life .,2 -236229,take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year,2 -21430,no small amount of poetry in Girls,2 -13624,, questing look,2 -180532,, at 66 , has stopped challenging himself,1 -95251,the buttons,3 -157401,did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot,1 -237636,thriller junk .,1 -161957,in script and production,2 -121029,genuinely inspirational,4 -66115,I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled,2 -220955,'s rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .,2 -66660,It 's still Adam Sandler ,,2 -32312,has just enough spice to keep it interesting,3 -238627,when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .,1 -199943,given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation,2 -238978,works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era,3 -10764,stories,2 -238202,underlay,2 -14493,The appearance of Treebeard and Gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes . I loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !,4 -120112,find the authority it 's looking for,2 -192779,and star Kevin Costner,2 -217653,too optimistic,2 -187450,Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that I ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck .,0 -30853,distinctive ` blundering ' style,3 -165458,made-for-TV,1 -91352,refreshed and,3 -72446,a smartly written motion picture,4 -161876,in his American debut,2 -75072,available bias,2 -18224,paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,4 -10389,several greek-american weddings -- but ,,2 -178231,who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act,2 -168271,only a sophisticated cinephile,2 -74594,as a historical study,2 -40781,As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions,1 -68555,Sad to say --,1 -49718,biblical,2 -68598,Saturday Night Live-style parody ,,2 -199312,for the Bollywood films,2 -93090,some hippie getting,2 -188532,The people in ABC Africa are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras .,2 -221039,'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world,4 -33930,keep your eyes open,3 -8140,its simplicity,3 -56419,real poignancy,3 -31217,established by Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release,2 -210846,saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate,1 -172188,stylized with lots of flash black,3 -53860,it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity,3 -229312,been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill,1 -107067,It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all,2 -168978,plods,2 -16393,its power,2 -217158,to leave this loser,1 -165559,makes a fine backdrop,3 -160892,have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve,1 -173030,that he obviously does n't have his heart in it,1 -76072,but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly,3 -173023,that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun,1 -222866,C.H.O. Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .,4 -39620,unfamiliar,1 -49962,by the incessant use of cell phones,1 -158291,enjoys a bad slasher,2 -221888,3000 tribute,2 -96497,the publishing world,2 -123472,intelligence and originality,3 -237886,to many clichés,1 -39645,unknowable,1 -180187,( Screenwriter ) Pimental took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and feminized it ,,3 -174954,the upcoming trial,2 -103181,... Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .,1 -53086,injects just enough freshness,3 -15208,be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas,2 -140961,'d have them mate,2 -4280,a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms,3 -88498,of courtship,2 -42683,staring hypnotically at her ,,2 -62210,, shadowy black-and-white,2 -7427,in from an episode of miami vice,1 -238451,was particularly funny,3 -125672,la suerte,2 -10004,rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring,0 -107031,It makes me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens,1 -103367,95-minute commercial,0 -89016,of the funniest jokes of any movie,4 -96477,the problems,1 -102037,'ve seen it,2 -18670,An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson .,4 -85730,lacks irony,2 -128232,obvious rapport,2 -163086,is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward,0 -76732,cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama,4 -222481,Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film,3 -124103,is having fun with it all,3 -213762,that malarkey,1 -29462,because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars,3 -109600,The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve .,3 -133399,strike a chord with anyone who 's ever,3 -82549,humanism,3 -28705,and masterfully if preciously interwoven,4 -98745,truths emerge .,3 -130930,quit .,2 -95759,the forefront,2 -165293,lost its edge,1 -1945,on its own ,,3 -51835,for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change,3 -164106,its own gore,2 -142292,, it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks,2 -236110,succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids,3 -53084,inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic,4 -201904,in its ` message-movie ' posturing,1 -213154,takes to task,2 -115369,banal spiritual quest,2 -196730,demented-funny,2 -73172,actual work,2 -13919,Burger,2 -216227,they did n't mind the ticket cost,2 -179475,'s ,,2 -198513,familiar situations and,2 -198595,fast and furious,2 -56950,show-stoppingly hilarious , but,3 -115912,better judgment,2 -221700,, you can do something fun tonight .,3 -146672,It does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28K modem .,1 -67569,Minkoff,2 -41015,It helps that Lil Bow Wow ...,3 -176559,to write home about,2 -139514,were right .,2 -64062,As Antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community,2 -17851,to travel on the fame freeway,2 -144100,Begins as a promising meditation on one of America 's most durable obsessions,2 -49808,bounces ) all over the stage ,,2 -71895,a lioness,2 -222360,And in a sense , that 's a liability .,1 -181563,A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be,1 -48841,although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ),1 -56320,put on 30 pounds for the role,2 -60450,wonderful as the long-faced sad sack,3 -171512,social context,2 -37169,sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing,3 -108314,Pasolini,2 -16453,like a badge of honor,3 -73426,all sing beautifully and act adequately .,3 -212144,some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink Laurence Olivier,1 -147641,Nervous,2 -221843,... the implication is Kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive .,2 -211806,sloppy , over-the-top ,,0 -14758,a landmark role,4 -197359,does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal .,1 -217874,try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses ),1 -116254,brooding personalities,2 -19133,Never mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man . The kooky yet shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .,4 -59229,to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny,1 -36707,screen escapism,2 -92306,serendipity,2 -88829,of pop culture,2 -69161,Tense,1 -79735,featuring a fall,2 -20312,creates,2 -134639,that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit,1 -29351,average,2 -76789,cleaner,3 -10962,talents,3 -117388,compromise his vision,2 -186795,Prophet,2 -17732,this flick is fun,4 -217597,too great,3 -54807,morally,3 -24055,-- but unquestionably alive,3 -164742,lengthy riff,2 -65688,Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence,2 -74777,as substantial,3 -23906,, the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .,3 -140002,winter,2 -88158,of Arwen,2 -631,breathless anticipation,3 -80874,gaze,2 -221230,, `` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .,1 -185701,Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,0 -143533,Afraid to pitch into farce ,,1 -164877,like Solaris , but with guns and jokes,2 -230467,earthly reason,2 -26014,Madonna,2 -218341,used my two hours better watching,1 -32709,hypnotically,2 -67820,Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business,3 -186675,Perry 's good,3 -223047,D.J. Qualls as Indiana Jones,2 -71485,a crowdpleaser as,4 -28518,and at the same time,2 -134788,the ability of images,2 -123404,inquisitive film,3 -169196,preferred a transfer,2 -216439,this movie just goes on and on and on and on,1 -75709,biting off such a big job,2 -227228,Wow .,3 -118347,dislocation,1 -22957,'' In the Bedroom,2 -106471,I have given this movie a rating of zero . But,1 -154333,astonishingly bad,0 -109730,The early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between , and it works,3 -192459,an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .,2 -30925,does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm,3 -72059,a necessary enterprise,2 -75384,because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope,3 -198532,fans of the gross-out comedy,2 -133176,squander,2 -85070,it is n't entirely persuasive,1 -197746,eludes Madonna,2 -124432,is otherwise,2 -205020,like a film so cold and dead,1 -228087,a political context,2 -128652,of faith , love and power,2 -173118,that makes Chaplin 's City Lights,2 -158804,falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,0 -208482,on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries,3 -106735,Indian musical,2 -120101,find compelling,3 -31884,from being the funniest movie of the year,3 -224215,It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean ,,0 -108291,Parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but,2 -161718,improve,2 -83125,in the most unlikely place,2 -143003,A better title , for all concerned , might be Swept Under the Rug .,1 -96949,the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural,2 -59278,to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .,3 -134116,than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone,2 -87658,must be quirky or bleak,1 -146263,Imagine if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno .,1 -60158,who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here,3 -21966,simple film,2 -83501,internal combustion engine,2 -105106,Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists,3 -34425,may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .,2 -94268,teeth-clenching gusto,3 -227485,`` Frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .,4 -90751,proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls,3 -100839,works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller,3 -115478,be called the best Korean film of 2002,4 -227719,a Dickensian hero,3 -31855,fresh examination,3 -235260,recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad,2 -234580,of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking,2 -103991,A visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects .,4 -169320,proceeds in such a way that you 're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships,1 -202847,is dark,2 -87982,nos,2 -229799,charge money for this ?,0 -35042,o pomo de ouro,2 -32690,human scale,2 -84858,it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable,4 -168250,one thing worse,1 -196696,degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing,0 -23548,, character development -- and more importantly , character empathy -- is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .,3 -223930,If the title is a Jeopardy question,2 -16828,on being cartoonlike,2 -144338,CIA and a lost U . S .,2 -232607,is never clear .,1 -237771,to check it out,2 -223636,Here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .,4 -184598,I also believe that Resident Evil is not it .,1 -197314,does n't give you enough to feel good about,1 -126185,lip-reading sequence,2 -202563,is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters,0 -142551,, they 'd come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler .,2 -214848,the inherent absurdity,1 -133452,stubborn,2 -170762,set new standards for thrills , suspense ,,3 -5213,bomb,0 -196190,contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive,1 -70684,War Photographer,2 -27682,a miracle akin to the story the film portrays,4 -189296,Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery ,,3 -228537,an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so,0 -58759,the streets,2 -167150,of ( Besson 's ) earlier,2 -238563,went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II,2 -115467,be as entertaining as it is,2 -73825,an important director,3 -228779,are both listless .,2 -77774,deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams,2 -236006,staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but,2 -43243,'s ever,2 -79661,fantasy fetishes,2 -39227,to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue,3 -177231,unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced,1 -187919,The acting is just fine ,,3 -216943,to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy,2 -80995,gets us,3 -77340,conventional but heartwarming,3 -222924,Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .,3 -155188,between vertigo and opacity,1 -78908,emotional tensions of the Papin sisters,2 -143738,An instant candidate,3 -189814,Wittgenstein and,2 -69976,The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings,3 -208918,overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence,2 -98415,to transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil .,2 -214997,the makers of The Singles Ward,2 -147428,Message movie,2 -186353,No French people,2 -104523,As warm as it is wise,4 -57755,that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart,3 -99548,want to be jolted out of their gourd,3 -172673,terrible movie,1 -53406,is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for ,,3 -170673,self-congratulatory 3D IMAX rah-rah,2 -198378,exploring motivation,2 -173419,the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear,2 -157423,different destination,2 -57102,so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .,4 -26413,Ramsay,2 -193919,back when thrillers actually thrilled ? When the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40,2 -37266,spunky , spirited fashion,3 -119751,fans of British cinema ,,2 -67523,Mexican Cinema a-bornin ',2 -210793,sausage,2 -52191,good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart,4 -232501,is ingenious fun,3 -210343,relentlessly harmless,2 -53758,it 's released,2 -190373,a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy,2 -78885,emigre,2 -69237,The AAA of action,3 -8433,light-hearted,3 -59621,uma premissa curiosa , o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória,2 -196521,curve,2 -206353,more compelling than the execution,2 -160651,has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian .,1 -97933,to be released in IMAX format,3 -70037,The work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .,3 -14799,a parka-wrapped dose,2 -39349,to think about another,2 -192317,almost saccharine domestic interludes,3 -194423,before its time,2 -161257,his fictional Yvan 's neuroses,2 -72334,a scrapbook,2 -90675,prima,3 -40307,without relying on technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue,3 -66521,It 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .,4 -157634,do it ,,3 -234033,my problem with the movie 's final half hour,1 -139455,well , I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop,1 -36835,service,2 -178797,working on the production,2 -167455,of everyone,2 -159676,from Abbass,2 -41079,May be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but ...,2 -227677,`` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome,1 -86929,may not have heard before,2 -16341,it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique,3 -117873,dashing and resourceful hero,3 -99386,vibrance and warmth,3 -108039,North,2 -148740,Some of it is clever , but it is never melodic \ \/,2 -151219,` Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .,0 -35175,of author J . K . Rowling 's books,2 -166529,my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers,1 -86309,looks so much like a young Robert DeNiro,2 -102142,( T ) oo many of these gross out scenes ...,1 -47919,a culture in the throes of rapid change,2 -25994,Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .,2 -133550,succumb,2 -41192,Simone ,,2 -87378,most anime , whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes,1 -124563,is something like nostalgia .,2 -207930,of pre-9 / 11 New York and,1 -50400,confront their problems,2 -43691,, selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness,2 -69373,The Widowmaker is a great yarn .,3 -7003,has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film,3 -29859,but still,2 -134179,that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting,2 -27091,Two generations,2 -54814,more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .,3 -52879,in Venice,3 -219384,who ultimately expresses empathy for Bartleby 's pain,2 -4924,assassin,2 -193978,balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy,2 -15844,from standard moviegoing fare,2 -23397,, and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage,3 -165478,maintains the same snail 's pace,1 -56817,seen by anyone,3 -191431,a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . ,,1 -165627,making them jell,2 -156875,could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature,2 -57148,solid pedigree,3 -145967,I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree,1 -155767,by people who have never sung those blues,3 -222320,An uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ',3 -185230,It 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name .,0 -168548,overproduced and generally disappointing,1 -5923,despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart,0 -205308,longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ),1 -92808,slight but,1 -208814,other sloppy,1 -238142,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 -20881,in French,2 -227971,a hundred times,2 -35748,openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull,3 -99651,watch ,,2 -13039,while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,1 -117803,cut it,2 -238329,vibrant whirlwind,3 -203969,it may not add up to the sum of its parts,2 -50993,done , but slow,1 -76163,by director,2 -25935,Leave it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago,3 -182464,Angels With Dirty Faces,2 -144088,Bees Knees,3 -108662,Robinson 's,2 -140820,you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .,0 -38637,the skin of a man who has just lost his wife,1 -23378,, and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .,4 -149532,The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures ,,0 -194438,beginning to feel,2 -232746,is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .,0 -155325,blue-light-special effects,1 -60653,'' Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .,3 -72969,about people,2 -197350,does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .,1 -122170,her share,2 -85985,life-size,2 -91660,rich and intelligent film,3 -207537,of a good cast,3 -156400,clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long .,1 -225536,Punitively affirmational,3 -201822,in an impossible spot,1 -151623,a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little,1 -227022,Wewannour money back,1 -34130,likely to have one helluva time at the movies,3 -183708,Episode,3 -73350,aimed at the youth market,2 -210414,repeated at least four times,1 -228281,about `` Fence,2 -60757,'re not totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema,2 -217480,to their era,2 -96374,the performances by Harris , Phifer and Cam ` ron seal the deal,3 -47500,Ultimate X,2 -6909,gymnast,3 -39669,unrepentant,2 -49075,anticipated family reunion,2 -104245,An admitted egomaniac , Evans is no Hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson .,1 -110793,Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career ,,4 -17873,traditional moviemaking all the way,3 -96026,the lessons of the trickster spider,2 -132083,send your regrets,2 -133484,stuporously solemn film .,2 -193484,as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum,2 -177381,vacant,1 -201803,in a series of relentlessly nasty situations,1 -48823,almost unbearable,1 -86614,makes How I Killed My Father compelling,2 -92872,smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play,4 -158505,every cheap trick,1 -76823,climactic events,2 -29868,but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .,3 -88275,of Spielbergian,2 -1919,of the difficulties,2 -191948,acts like a doofus,1 -213039,sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal,1 -12382,to kill a zombie,2 -191836,absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters,0 -120875,funny humor make '' '',3 -65283,Elder,2 -196546,cutesy film references,2 -163604,it 's a long time before the fat lady sings,1 -23683,, in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit,3 -103693,A marvel of production design,3 -119710,falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic ',2 -176219,to justify its pretensions,1 -126917,may put off insiders and outsiders alike,2 -144604,Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie,2 -224010,In an ART FILM !,3 -67968,Oleander,2 -98135,to its community,2 -236024,stands for Milder Is n't Better .,1 -66652,It 's secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours .,3 -32027,get out,1 -121154,give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs,2 -100601,with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching,4 -160017,get-go,2 -159635,frantic spontaneity,2 -65288,Elegant and eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions , love .,4 -83428,instead of a grown man,2 -74009,and about his responsibility to the characters,2 -55610,of the situation in a well-balanced fashion,3 -24436,A recent favourite,4 -208818,other virtually,2 -234396,of coffee,2 -150045,There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan,2 -112861,a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters,3 -162890,is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world,1 -161140,here except for some awful acting and lame special effects,0 -68726,Shattering,2 -22885,wrench,2 -177850,weighty revelations , flowery dialogue ,,3 -225451,Petter Næss ',2 -73879,an interesting story of pointed personalities,3 -125500,just bad,0 -197474,drag audience enthusiasm,1 -187801,The Hot Chick ,,2 -82497,how they make their choices,2 -59606,two-hour,2 -176485,to the kid from The Sixth Sense,2 -79818,ferocity and,3 -108848,Sensitively,2 -220213,you 'd spend on a ticket ?,2 -207506,of a Hallmark Hall of Fame,2 -180672,, however entertainingly presented ,,1 -27335,` small ' movie,2 -42968,warmth and,3 -120108,find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination,3 -34944,nonstop romance , music , suspense and action,3 -197458,down the reality drain,1 -155908,came up with for his actors,2 -191250,a ruse ,,2 -129292,offers large rewards,3 -178832,worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture,0 -99216,us to find the small , human moments,2 -121202,giving it a strong thumbs up,4 -156942,crashing and banging,2 -206880,needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about,1 -15962,has nothing,1 -150663,Vinnie Jones,2 -81012,getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively,2 -169370,promising ideas and failed narrative ,,2 -160756,has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters .,2 -62897,A culture-clash comedy that ,,2 -179916,'s notably,2 -64805,Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .,4 -66639,It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed ,,2 -143588,All 's well that ends well , and,2 -155878,cacophony,2 -171543,solemn and,2 -215161,the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story,1 -229847,clichéd and shallow,0 -141209,'s also heavy-handed and,2 -82614,if it 's far tamer than advertised,2 -174103,the impossible task,3 -97447,this is the movie for you,3 -190370,a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,0 -139005,very real and amusing,4 -7778,is smarter and subtler than ( total recall and blade runner ),3 -51804,for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .,3 -164393,keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it,2 -13070,whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday,3 -162678,is a throwaway , junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself .,1 -5505,charged with loitering --,1 -50071,cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .,2 -70846,When the movie mixes the cornpone and the Cosa Nostra,2 -82582,iced,2 -220662,'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene,1 -159763,from the reality,2 -144679,Culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character .,1 -103897,A solidly constructed , entertaining thriller,4 -66222,Ian Holm,2 -30602,de force,2 -160609,has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances,3 -18861,Express,2 -98383,to the press,2 -66963,Julianne,2 -159966,genuinely funny moments,3 -138937,ver,2 -64466,Breaking Out ,,2 -141235,'s as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .,1 -190677,a grating , mannered onscreen presence,2 -41782,despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break,4 -102496,, elliptically loops back to where it began .,2 -45652,In addition to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic,3 -60027,well-directed and , for all its moodiness ,,3 -63039,A flawed but engrossing thriller .,3 -141812,( Serry ),2 -194152,be intriguing,3 -146968,Just one bad idea after another .,1 -151989,a long and clunky ending ...,1 -138835,upset or frighten young viewers,2 -71452,a conniving wit,2 -107389,Lathan and Diggs carry the film with their charisma , and,3 -31245,even keep your eyes open,2 -76597,characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .,2 -61925,, grown-up voice,2 -39655,unlikely , but likable , hero,2 -91474,remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing,4 -166276,more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .,3 -129073,of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies,3 -198194,every print,2 -228946,as expected,2 -226429,The plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish , and,0 -165593,makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time,2 -154622,basic plot trajectory,2 -142680,- West Side Story show tunes .,2 -28415,an unusual biopic and document,2 -108792,Scherfig ),2 -227585,`` Simone , '',2 -144443,Chinese history :,2 -228710,any kind of masterpiece,2 -133702,surrendering,2 -182066,A tired , predictable , bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .,0 -178922,would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year,0 -200132,good-for-you quality,3 -27355,a Pentecostal church,2 -98960,under you,2 -10706,standard crime drama,1 -136706,then again,2 -30991,easy answers,2 -80750,fumbled,1 -552,be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful,3 -45128,Efficient , suitably anonymous chiller,3 -165297,lot more,2 -23447,, anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love,3 -64222,Bale,2 -42578,saucy and,3 -74311,are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it,3 -200446,hard young life,2 -12136,this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick,3 -225745,Sexy and romantic .,4 -206619,movie-going life,2 -156543,come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler,2 -161348,hit-to-miss,1 -63591,A work of extraordinary journalism ,,3 -20441,emotional , though still positive ,,3 -116780,cautions children,2 -129552,one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama,2 -237837,to have been lost in the translation this time,1 -164041,its good nature and some genuinely funny moments,3 -160251,good design,3 -21141,its intricate intellectual gamesmanship,3 -214981,the love scenes all end in someone screaming . Maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .,2 -100549,with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at,1 -10337,seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore,1 -211780,slick production values,3 -35360,of pawns , bishops and kings,2 -185406,Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously ,,2 -27081,Tsukamoto,2 -108872,Sex With Strangers is fascinating ...,4 -161518,humans ,,2 -237168,the proper cup,2 -90767,protagonist Alice,2 -111188,With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful,2 -178603,with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions,0 -164549,lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground,1 -238310,varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition .,2 -59829,varying ages,2 -168147,on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America,2 -209467,point-to-point driving directions,2 -215024,the members of the commune,2 -99504,vowing , `,3 -116201,bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .,3 -147773,Not an objectionable or dull film :,3 -94861,that should please history fans,4 -190123,a bad Clive Barker movie,1 -90741,promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and,3 -6085,drivel,1 -166279,more than six years old,2 -157229,defunct,1 -7871,it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it,0 -205560,made The Full Monty,2 -54223,liberating,3 -92711,single-handedly,2 -10595,solution,3 -158065,durable obsessions,3 -228312,about ten minutes,2 -99513,vulgarity , sex scenes,1 -204241,its message and the choice of material,2 -198104,even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck,1 -35249,of formula,2 -195865,coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this,0 -63654,Afghan tragedies,1 -126645,make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see .,4 -237963,to suicide attempts and tragic deaths,2 -186404,No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and,0 -46378,Offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends,3 -119064,ends up sounding like satire,1 -136086,the psychopathic mind,2 -73001,about the ownership and redefinition of myth,2 -169362,projects such noble and lofty ambitions,3 -209149,pay reparations,2 -78274,disjointed ,,1 -86564,make it an above-average thriller .,3 -136660,their dogmatism ,,2 -146751,It takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .,1 -77269,constantly pulling the rug from underneath us,3 -81634,has a real filmmaker 's eye .,3 -186452,Not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream,1 -46506,Philadelphia and American Beauty,2 -236137,sucks the blood,1 -196853,despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself,2 -164690,leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script .,0 -168395,other characters,2 -172081,strainingly cute film,3 -63272,A portrait of hell so shattering it,2 -111225,Without resorting to camp or parody , Haynes ( like Sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .,4 -73116,acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face,3 -114840,as a tragic figure,1 -148453,Scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent : Perdition , meanwhile , reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas,2 -109638,The cameo-packed , M : I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ...,4 -112703,a sight to behold,4 -112628,a rip-off,2 -154624,bass-heavy soundtrack,2 -127016,mental illness,1 -76345,can not be acted .,1 -88850,of recent decades,2 -33794,its macabre , self-deprecating sense,1 -39294,to sink in unobtrusively,1 -61717,, a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .,3 -189423,Wait for pay per view or rental but,1 -104012,A well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone .,4 -48207,a movie .,2 -47424,Though only 60 minutes long,2 -146637,It all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .,0 -159794,full effect,2 -155531,brush-up,2 -193302,artsy and often pointless visuals,2 -81154,gluing,2 -120124,finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise,3 -237245,the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai,4 -211697,sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's,1 -229038,at best , I 'm afraid .,1 -171447,so memorable,3 -209619,preach exclusively,2 -32135,good sense,3 -91255,reasonably fulfilling,2 -80145,floppy,1 -198236,evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .,1 -96200,the most undeserving victim of critical overkill,2 -44616,Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and,3 -102250,, Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .,4 -8197,jesus ',3 -147419,Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel . The story is less vibrant , the jokes are a little lukewarm ,,1 -83796,is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,4 -60739,'re engulfed by it,2 -211111,seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation,2 -40404,yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer .,4 -41717,clarify ,,2 -76025,building up to the climactic burst of violence,3 -196668,deeply biased , and,1 -33973,ladies,2 -118633,double - and triple-crosses,2 -107589,Maggie Smith,2 -78635,driven by appealing leads,3 -197215,do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both .,1 -125818,lays,2 -179974,'s simply unbearable,0 -154175,as hip knowingness,2 -140712,you already like this sort of thing,2 -27156,Washington .,2 -209999,quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double,2 -161220,his American wife\/colleague,2 -195784,cliché and foreshadowing,1 -74575,as a comedy,3 -74346,are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise,3 -114352,another sexual taboo,2 -211556,showcases pretty mediocre shtick .,1 -128217,obligatory cheap,1 -178249,who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects,2 -159245,flim-flam,2 -43014,will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and,4 -102422,, but differently,2 -152193,a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame,1 -79027,enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals,3 -59973,ways kids,2 -57659,terrific B movie,4 -197811,emphasizes the Q in Quirky , with mixed results,2 -217406,to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .,2 -34257,luminous,4 -83086,in the end ,,2 -170533,see the last James Bond movie,2 -83934,is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .,4 -161684,implausible situation,1 -28054,absence,2 -117541,corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago,2 -70002,The trick when watching Godard,2 -128414,of a Buñuel retrospective,2 -65498,Feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but,2 -181207,-- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --,1 -89091,of the theories of class,2 -69656,The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure ,,3 -10535,smarter,3 -114659,are priceless,3 -232184,introduce video,2 -204491,justify a three hour running time,2 -157881,double in value,2 -199326,for the earnest emotional core,3 -205354,looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .,0 -76840,closest friends,2 -95604,the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as Brother-Man vs . The Man .,3 -172020,stolid to be funny,1 -44066,A fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .,3 -108773,Savvy director Robert J . Siegel,3 -3145,whimsy and spoon,3 -44767,Brecht faced as his life drew to a close,2 -92802,slice of comedic bliss,3 -228503,among cinema 's finest this year,4 -227512,`` In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film,2 -18110,with time .,2 -23583,, dithering way,2 -167442,of eating oatmeal,2 -67220,Light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl -- it 's simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat,3 -2752,the strange horror of life,0 -84895,it 's good enough to be the purr,4 -39124,to be a little different,2 -202439,into the modern rut of narrative banality,1 -149975,The vintage,2 -86123,limited but enthusiastic,3 -163981,its alleged provocation post-9 \,2 -56219,promenade,2 -148959,Swamp Thing-type animation ,,2 -109217,Stortelling ,,2 -135938,the other good actors,2 -148836,Stars,2 -78863,embellishment,3 -90854,public service,2 -213505,that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough,2 -670,can,2 -94852,that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again,1 -185370,Italian freakshow,1 -181930,A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not , and,1 -4706,an unwieldy,3 -80098,flawed human,2 -106810,It 's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic ',3 -49791,both funny and irritating,3 -104684,Believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic , and it is too cute by half . But arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .,3 -214597,the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .,0 -217308,to scratch a hole in your head,2 -19751,an examination of a society in transition,2 -176605,too convenient,1 -149017,Tambor , almost makes,2 -93820,sudden shocks,2 -63918,An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .,3 -107863,Ms . Griffiths,3 -135681,the maker 's minimalist intent,2 -156108,celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge,2 -47637,Wilco fans will have a great time ,,4 -222113,A vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that,4 -151886,a historical text,2 -146505,It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins,1 -65545,Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .,3 -20213,by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit,2 -125852,learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',2 -78002,depicts this relationship with economical grace ,,4 -122132,help sustain it,3 -73866,an intense indoor drama,3 -108161,One of the film 's most effective aspects is its Tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .,2 -180126,( Crudup ),2 -197521,dreaming up,2 -73660,an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly,3 -11388,the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously , it,0 -147874,Oft-described as the antidote,2 -64680,Charlotte 's,2 -206882,needles,2 -64915,Dani,2 -205357,looking back,2 -144886,Disaster,1 -128018,no other film,2 -203245,is not as well-conceived as either of those films,1 -47737,You wo n't like Roger ,,1 -74814,as this may sound,2 -53573,is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists,4 -38061,the category,2 -145643,Great story,3 -9157,nothing left over for jokes,0 -142384,, out of embarrassment or stupidity,1 -125597,kiddie flicks,2 -101810,'s not only dull because we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .,2 -70023,The usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director Michael Apted and writer Tom Stoppard .,3 -166272,more than obvious .,2 -64866,Credit director Ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it,3 -105954,Gangster No . 1,2 -142273,, it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .,1 -27197,What could have become just,2 -59485,traced back,2 -128393,of The Last Kiss,2 -174253,the mediocrity,2 -100854,works nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful,2 -161301,his pretty-boy laurels,2 -173350,the Crypt,3 -67962,Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .,3 -147463,Mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming,1 -206349,more challenging than your average television biopic,2 -189489,We have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .,1 -108679,Roman Polanski 's The Pianist,2 -79921,filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen,4 -164333,just more of the same ,,1 -37120,some .,2 -108721,SONNY,2 -26371,Polson,2 -116132,both kids and church-wary adults,2 -57055,slight .,2 -67364,Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while,3 -185233,It 's tough being a black man in America , especially when the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .,2 -78113,did ,,2 -107119,Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers,2 -183544,Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) .,0 -65609,Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five .,4 -195844,co-writer Gregory Hinton,2 -196729,demented premise,1 -60916,'s all true,2 -138322,triangle,2 -27205,When,2 -1110,gory,2 -219901,without the highs and lows,2 -1939,on '',2 -192098,aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives ,,2 -31717,for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow .,2 -141813,( Serry ) wants to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .,2 -16001,heavy reliance,2 -197237,do the subject matter justice,3 -181874,A nearly 21/2 hours , the film,2 -58764,the subject,2 -40819,Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain,2 -114963,as its 83 minutes,2 -82265,his gun,2 -37810,that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos,3 -145804,Hey Arnold ! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .,1 -178514,with a script,2 -151256,a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi,2 -74783,as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise,3 -96379,the perils of a certain outré sexual practice,2 -168903,plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages,2 -226303,The history is fascinating : the action is dazzling,4 -58229,the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache,3 -116241,brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .,4 -146119,I still ca n't relate to Stuart,1 -35930,patronized Iranian lad,2 -58169,the creation,2 -6248,epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood,2 -41582,are never,2 -228857,are unfamiliar with .,2 -46197,MollÃ,2 -91349,reflective and beautifully,4 -67025,Killed My Father compelling,2 -67394,Manhattan 's,2 -27903,a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons,1 -208668,ones in formulaic mainstream movies,2 -87136,mind-bending,3 -104348,An intimate contemplation of two marvelously,4 -50143,cheap , B movie way,1 -2200,savvy about celebrity,3 -181948,A relatively effective little,2 -103648,A high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of Berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .,3 -28590,and engaging,3 -32869,in hindsight,2 -6153,either cracking up or throwing up,2 -154539,bad as its trailers,0 -89148,of those all-star reunions,2 -151162,Yu 's cinematic alchemy produces nearly as much lead as gold .,1 -8512,literally bruising jokes .,1 -39262,to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong,2 -61423,( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up,4 -4983,bad,0 -61926,, guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .,3 -60612,your kids,3 -118177,devoid of anything,2 -38441,the most navel-gazing film,3 -105687,Even though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks , it 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .,3 -233353,leaves you giddy,3 -29271,at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier,4 -55714,older and wiser eyes ,,3 -230226,dire drama partway,1 -97299,thick clouds,2 -193447,as entertaining as the final hour,3 -223009,Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia ,,2 -167074,oafish,1 -160432,had , in fact,1 -146773,It wo n't be long before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you .,1 -35052,observes life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year,4 -229251,because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product,1 -11811,the record industry,2 -216906,to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing,1 -103612,A gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .,3 -61978,, intimate and intelligent,4 -128636,of emotional desperation,1 -181291,... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .,0 -39830,wallop,2 -203751,it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage,1 -8133,its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar,2 -127247,morality play,2 -186215,Mr . Taylor,2 -63043,A fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family,3 -29094,are working on hard decisions,2 -232271,is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music,4 -135024,the cleverest,3 -184008,Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining ,,3 -107410,League,2 -78513,dominate,2 -86814,marred only,2 -215696,the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow,1 -201469,hustling,2 -55575,of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times,3 -121145,give the movie points,2 -162344,interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time,0 -110861,Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt,2 -147132,Less worrying about covering all the drama in Frida 's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie .,2 -69407,The best way,3 -147068,Lake Camp,2 -98580,touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy,3 -217796,tries to make a hip comedy,2 -195221,by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy,1 -35687,one occasion,2 -53262,is a compelling quest for truth .,3 -115889,best little '' horror '' movie,3 -118254,dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle,1 -63828,An ambitious movie,3 -13996,Elizabeth,2 -46419,One of the best silly horror movies,4 -191345,a sleeper success,3 -123276,inappropriate and wildly undeserved,1 -17909,unconcerned,1 -102058,( A ) stuporously solemn film .,2 -148650,Slow , dry,1 -141826,( Two ) fairly dull,1 -211306,setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon,2 -214540,the explosions start,2 -147450,Milder,2 -143859,Apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap,1 -202552,is a brand name,2 -119410,every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm,1 -28712,and most other,2 -154030,artificial and soulless,1 -121765,has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper,3 -105853,Foreman 's,2 -142018,, Miramax should have hidden it from everyone .,0 -124740,is ultimately what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors,4 -176032,to cartoonish slapstick,2 -84616,is so convincing,3 -12785,view nor a compelling reason,1 -223732,I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .,1 -100148,whole notion,2 -202126,inane , humorless and under-inspired,0 -168768,penis , breast and flatulence gags,1 -223132,Did the film inform and educate me ?,2 -58615,the prism,2 -168090,on its shaky foundation,1 -115382,bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene,3 -149263,The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time,1 -17459,the 21st Century 's new '' Conan,2 -49704,between commerce and creativity,3 -211548,show virtually no understanding of it,2 -194503,believe that Resident Evil is not it,1 -86091,like the movie does,2 -207270,nothing will,2 -51609,fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .,3 -121126,give '',2 -155066,being exciting,3 -98711,trove,2 -203646,is undone by his pretensions,1 -238064,too many characters saying too many clever things,2 -47076,The film is quiet , threatening and unforgettable .,4 -209870,psychodramatics,2 -12289,titled ` the loud and the ludicrous,1 -11870,the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor,4 -131139,recently,2 -27801,a seamless ensemble .,3 -183930,Final verdict,3 -197671,easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster,2 -85221,its defining philosophical conscience,3 -196026,coming-of-age/coming-out,2 -100949,would-be public servants,2 -123139,in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special,2 -131474,retiring,2 -164274,junk food cinema,1 -179937,'s plenty of evidence here,2 -33744,its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy,1 -190075,a Hollywood satire,2 -173649,the comedy goes,2 -210998,see the it,3 -132951,something like nostalgia,2 -25017,Company,2 -173605,the center of the story,2 -114808,as a double feature with mainstream foreign mush like My Big Fat Greek Wedding,2 -210312,rehashes several old themes,1 -182301,American action-adventure buffs ,,2 -120974,generally insulting,1 -73153,action-packed,3 -72486,a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch,3 -44595,As the movie traces Mr . Brown 's athletic exploits,2 -6362,exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time,3 -228058,a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness,2 -99965,wherein,2 -228069,a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year,4 -186977,Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers,2 -141445,'s no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version,0 -168591,own sketchy material,2 -149135,The Ring just left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear .,0 -211021,seem barely,2 -125328,its own making,3 -15084,and sound,2 -207899,of other , better movies,1 -227567,`` Roger Michell ( '' Notting Hill `` ) directs a morality thriller . '',2 -237346,the world 's political situation,1 -100829,working man,2 -174791,the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating,3 -19284,The Good Girl,2 -84560,is quite a vision,2 -224221,It 's not too racy and,3 -80065,flat-out,2 -95728,the first part,2 -7130,hideously,0 -56334,quiet endurance,3 -232089,indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest,1 -105427,Die Another Day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with,3 -221812,... is dudsville .,0 -217861,trust an audience 's intelligence,3 -161966,in some ways is a rather indulgent piece,2 -189460,Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when Carol Kane appears on the screen,0 -234655,on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script,4 -144664,Criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama .,3 -47107,The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry,3 -141739,'ve only,2 -184528,Howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .,2 -193445,as either of those films,2 -60718,'ll never,2 -63099,A hard look,2 -100164,whose friendship,2 -222960,City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving :,1 -206871,need to chew,2 -111001,Wesley Snipes ',2 -218673,wants desperately,2 -216452,this new jangle,2 -23224,( Fessenden ),2 -82825,in Narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood,3 -130470,possesses all the good intentions in the world ,,3 -196803,described as a ghost story gone badly awry,1 -29942,by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar,2 -67267,Like its predecessor,2 -53526,is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy,3 -185979,Mandel Holland 's,2 -70857,Whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy,1 -69929,The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr . Day-Lewis roars with leonine power,3 -171658,something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant,2 -109882,The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .,1 -214735,the good and different,3 -198879,filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible,0 -55746,on old problems,2 -162646,is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still,1 -54976,my audience,2 -168774,people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other,1 -137158,though well dressed and well made,3 -237268,the tiny two seater plane,2 -191190,a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears,2 -203473,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 .,0 -68621,Schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past .,4 -166635,needs less of,2 -111320,You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half ,,2 -32707,hyperbolic,2 -36892,shattering,2 -3050,virtually impossible,1 -164823,life stinks,1 -83567,into the con,2 -120235,flawed , compromised and sad,0 -5696,confidence,3 -163994,its big-screen entry,2 -185087,It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted,4 -29706,both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love,2 -97783,times too many , although in reality they are not enough . Every child 's story is what matters .,2 -14995,and a story,2 -17670,the traffic,2 -168383,ostensible,2 -91228,really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages,4 -32278,has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it,4 -16421,know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to,4 -114289,and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics,3 -214338,the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success,4 -180362,, Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .,1 -38560,the power of this movie,3 -239107,you 're going to face frightening late fees,1 -55197,of Aliens,2 -141009,'m afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . Rather,1 -12745,variant,2 -3309,'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor,3 -30343,conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books,3 -71169,Your response to its new sequel,2 -77984,denouements,2 -160127,giving a damn,1 -123033,in its two central performances,2 -14616,Whether or not you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's lectures on '' the other '' and '' the self,2 -40265,with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie,2 -228523,an action-packed submarine,2 -152696,a writer,2 -216409,this is it,2 -194628,bid to hold our attention,2 -13516,, albeit depressing view,2 -191543,a tighter editorial process and firmer direction,2 -51283,entirely convincing,3 -130148,perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny,4 -222251,Almost as offensive as `` Freddy Got Fingered . '',1 -136242,the serious weight behind this superficially loose , larky documentary,2 -120515,for the movie 's failings,1 -142709,-- shall we ? --,2 -66793,It works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .,3 -167939,off-the-rack,2 -29656,boisterous comedy,4 -86290,looking for,2 -135030,the cold vacuum of space,2 -101916,'s something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties .,1 -222979,Collateral Damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end .,1 -46152,Mention '' Solaris,2 -53819,it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful,3 -167224,of Moore 's pasteurized,2 -182907,Breitbart and,2 -138822,upon the first,2 -1075,gives,2 -193604,as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game,2 -33653,it has clearly been made with affection and care .,4 -89255,offers a great deal of insight,3 -39242,to make this a two-actor master class,2 -102742,, nothing does,2 -42294,lively ,,3 -17656,the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies -LRB- plus one sheep dog -RRB-,2 -113877,an act,2 -124701,is the stuff,2 -142689,-- Peter and Bobby --,2 -98890,ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments,2 -64179,Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching,0 -3517,86,2 -24673,And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes,3 -173066,that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot,0 -115680,because your nerves just ca n't take it any more,1 -6863,governance,2 -35614,on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel,2 -72974,about something and then,2 -79990,fine character study,3 -40551,'s a humble effort ,,2 -149518,The latest Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film of the year,0 -223171,Do you say `` hi '' to your lover when you wake up in the morning,2 -31330,excellent company,4 -206625,movie-of-the-week tearjerker,2 -80618,from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story,2 -84768,is to frighten and disturb,1 -63735,Alone formula,2 -11656,the movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality . it,1 -35843,outright enjoyable,4 -188848,There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life ,,3 -52007,funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated ,,4 -20114,best movie,3 -23767,, making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca ,,3 -171805,spit,1 -91353,refreshed and hopeful,3 -54564,makes its characters,2 -173134,that might have made it an exhilarating,3 -196536,cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both,3 -86653,makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .,3 -213580,that celebrates radical,3 -94576,that breaks your heart,1 -105739,Expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished .,2 -163630,it 's at important times,2 -192197,all the Halloween 's,2 -191726,about as humorous as,2 -198578,fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and,1 -168944,plays like a bad soap opera ,,0 -115859,belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,2 -8754,melodramatic,2 -62902,A dark ,,2 -122559,how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents,2 -209688,presiding,2 -3296,'re never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins,0 -232981,it 's too long and too convoluted and,1 -95394,the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper .,2 -99334,very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable,3 -143188,A mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes Chaplin 's City Lights,1 -27126,Villeneuve 's,2 -135033,the comic effects of jealousy,3 -31796,for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor,3 -169154,pranks and,2 -116446,by sparking debate,2 -170940,should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere,1 -236599,that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies,3 -63987,Angela Gheorghiu as famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .,3 -142338,, lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes .,1 -216210,they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears,2 -184195,Goldman,2 -70748,Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances,4 -201989,in the Elizabethans,2 -164951,like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers,1 -42971,watch them,2 -130486,poster-boy,2 -154339,at Disneyland,2 -126308,look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .,3 -25756,It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .,2 -149480,The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable , but,3 -3929,a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments,3 -141759,( DeNiro ) brings to this part,3 -7133,high crimes were any more generic,0 -24282,A byzantine melodrama that,2 -234597,of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes,2 -11653,the movie 's downfall,1 -149088,The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas,2 -174108,the ineffectual Broomfield,1 -126851,maternal instincts,2 -88172,of Cardoso,2 -68426,Rice 's second installment,2 -220660,'s Robert Duvall,2 -54883,most intriguing movie experiences,4 -124013,is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story,3 -186113,Michael Paul,2 -61933,, he 's not making fun of these people ,,2 -26405,Quite,2 -218549,violence overshadows everything,1 -183438,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 ?,1 -1382,is for you,2 -56258,psyche,2 -185872,Loud ,,2 -49771,bodies,2 -64646,Caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely .,3 -14619,Whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you 'll still feel something .,3 -111104,While Van Wilder may not be the worst National Lampoon film , it 's far from being this generation 's Animal House .,2 -117221,comes across as both shallow and dim-witted,1 -173865,the fat lady sings,2 -65967,Heart,3 -14283,Miyazaki himself does,2 -87427,most good-hearted yet sensual,3 -163091,is n't nearly as good to his crew,2 -181568,A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` In space , no one can hear you snore . ',0 -56069,plot 's,2 -128823,of nearly epic proportions,3 -6277,evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention .,1 -12320,to be surefire casting,2 -46057,MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .,3 -189015,This is not a Jackie Chan movie . It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference .,1 -90037,pan-American movie,2 -59445,tons,2 -124842,it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with,2 -134370,that is , more often then not , difficult and sad,1 -201739,in Murder,2 -194604,between flaccid satire and what,3 -35905,part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece,2 -60149,who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns,2 -189198,Toback 's detractors,2 -136048,the preachy,1 -107937,Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility,2 -179609,'s all surprisingly predictable .,1 -11619,the monster 's psychology,2 -195686,chosen to make his English-language debut with a film,2 -85459,its visual imagination is breathtaking,4 -218026,typical late-twenty-somethings natter,1 -120031,fillers,2 -177456,very stoned college students,2 -76205,by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway,2 -147577,Murphy recycles Murphy,2 -170063,respectful critical praise,2 -192070,agency,2 -168895,placing them in contrived , well-worn situations,2 -40777,Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme,2 -122158,her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled,3 -202465,involved here,2 -106666,Imagine Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey,2 -1278,in all its forms,2 -233522,look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers,2 -232938,it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .,4 -163929,it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .,1 -162469,invest their hard-earned bucks,2 -124962,it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes,2 -224049,Incoherence,1 -90822,provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc,3 -41669,bring happiness,3 -125037,it is unwavering and arresting,3 -51470,factory,2 -124568,is somewhat problematic,3 -165211,look like a masterpiece,3 -110134,The result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood .,0 -59013,this little parable,2 -229596,by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore,2 -132738,so insanely dysfunctional,1 -233753,mature than Fatal Attraction,2 -164884,like a Hallmark commercial,2 -170836,share screenwriting credit,2 -175586,this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings,1 -235425,sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture,0 -49630,begins with promise,2 -166101,moments in Etoiles,2 -80580,from TV shows,3 -56710,savage,2 -206022,meets Electric Boogaloo,2 -135838,the movies ' creepiest conventions,2 -174634,the repetition,1 -76323,can come in enormous packages,2 -138846,urban living,2 -141432,'s never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma .,2 -151699,a few cute ideas and,3 -139134,waiting for,2 -70325,This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly ,,0 -238911,with the documentary Derrida,2 -134385,that is n't just offensive,2 -238134,truncheoning,2 -105226,Cook Island locations,2 -24794,Barrett,2 -76289,calm and thoughtful,3 -136217,the script 's potential,2 -84231,is funny and looks professional,4 -165481,major problem,1 -62011,, it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .,3 -211013,seek and strike,2 -146121,I still ca n't relate to Stuart : He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough,1 -76580,character creations,3 -200729,have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea,3 -114227,and comedy bits,3 -207228,not without merit,3 -193354,as a community-college advertisement,2 -115899,bestowed,2 -165155,logically,2 -52207,good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation of ego,2 -193788,at once laughable and compulsively watchable,3 -136305,the spectacular,3 -231168,getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks,1 -102071,( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark .,0 -52737,horror movie,2 -43378,'ve figured out Late Marriage,2 -3763,a feature-length , r-rated,2 -183159,Collapses under its own meager weight .,1 -226273,The film is explosive , but,1 -60803,'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor,4 -3916,a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002,3 -14135,In its ragged , cheap and unassuming way,1 -2481,tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs,1 -142000,, I want a little more than this,2 -61093,'s incredible,3 -170494,second assassin,2 -2096,provides,3 -225443,Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .,0 -110176,The story is virtually impossible to follow here,1 -145596,Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future , is perfect casting for the role,4 -124243,is merely,2 -143342,A simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is,2 -199552,from a distance,2 -163846,it is so densely packed,2 -125821,lazier,1 -134690,the Dogtown experience,2 -229417,bland , obnoxious 88-minute,0 -65969,Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .,3 -137640,to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol,1 -150540,Two hours of junk,0 -113447,affable but,2 -160197,goes further,3 -21057,is something quite fresh and delightful,3 -193104,are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks,0 -84679,is surprisingly brilliant,4 -115485,be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs,2 -202238,inhalant blackout,2 -132081,send you off,2 -91661,rich details,3 -141740,'ve only come face-to-face with a couple dragons,2 -224035,In the end , Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did .,1 -113649,all the hallmarks of a movie,3 -73636,an Oscar nomination,3 -7576,institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force,1 -97522,this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .,4 -25713,Is it something any true film addict will want to check,3 -128604,of dazzling entertainment,4 -179233,your neighbor 's,2 -112612,a respectable sequel,3 -165095,little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .,1 -126,a certain scene,2 -106491,I know we 're not supposed to take it seriously ,,2 -234728,one of its writers , John C. Walsh,2 -136307,the spell,2 -84975,it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't .,2 -68507,Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here,4 -176572,tonal or,2 -40761,An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage --,4 -42212,is shapelessly gratifying ,,3 -4609,an agonizing,1 -156749,constant referencing,2 -40877,Doug Liman , the director of Bourne,2 -215869,the warden 's daughter,2 -192539,an essentially awkward version,1 -169360,project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',0 -84861,it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one,4 -64180,Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching ,,1 -158069,dust-caked stagnation,1 -228336,accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel,1 -42048,has long,2 -167580,of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy,2 -234272,of Hollywood vs. Woo,2 -226455,The question hanging over The Time Machine,2 -219675,with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master,3 -29391,basketball,2 -89229,off the hook,3 -17664,the temper,2 -217180,to love it,2 -219386,who values the original comic books,3 -31658,fine performances,4 -230336,does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift,4 -81593,has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,3 -181057,, this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .,2 -126330,lookin ' for their Mamet instead found their Sturges .,2 -140814,you value your time and money,3 -170370,save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought,1 -82494,how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians,3 -200208,great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting,3 -21812,razor,2 -200042,goes along,2 -18649,An absorbing trip,3 -83748,is a challenging film,3 -46512,Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron,3 -175791,title role,2 -105823,Flynn,2 -126048,like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries,1 -117214,comedy film,2 -20860,immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out,4 -85579,just right,4 -78101,devoid of objectivity,2 -179197,young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .,0 -167290,of a good cause,2 -77859,definite weaknesses,2 -208376,omission,2 -51496,false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices,1 -110197,The talk-heavy film plays like one of Robert Altman 's lesser works .,2 -58146,the complexity of the Catholic doctrine,2 -101664,'s dark but,2 -75352,beasts,2 -158090,earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent,4 -139025,vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition,4 -224140,It 's a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ... Grant and Bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun .,4 -17311,startling,2 -99156,unwieldy cast,1 -74962,at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty,4 -151682,a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '',1 -72806,a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking,3 -204595,know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,1 -10399,shayamalan,2 -95757,the fore,2 -185748,Lifetime movie,3 -127088,might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach,2 -234266,of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference,2 -132021,seems to care about the bottom line,2 -150402,Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship,2 -152412,a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary,2 -108986,Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his Halloween trip to the Haunted House .,0 -18235,! '',2 -132147,serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .,4 -9403,of watching o fantasma,2 -142985,A TV episode,2 -43465,, Goodfellas image,2 -76911,combines two surefire , beloved genres,4 -118631,dotted,2 -75957,bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,3 -142102,, bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy .,2 -54549,makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 .,3 -184277,Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice,3 -127369,more than recycled,2 -173047,that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin,2 -127585,movie-movie,2 -103381,A '' black Austin Powers ?,1 -187096,Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .,4 -231126,get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff,1 -13334,you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any,4 -201963,in sentimentality,2 -40410,you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story,3 -95273,the cast , particularly,2 -208135,of the rollicking dark humor so necessary,3 -199392,for youthful anomie,2 -233037,it is a whole lot of fun and,4 -13728,2 couples,2 -124948,it did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli as De Niro 's right-hand goombah,2 -150607,Val,2 -108065,Not only are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .,0 -162877,is exhausting,0 -187976,The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep,2 -56583,returns to his son 's home,3 -17601,the near-disaster,1 -199309,for that matter , Shrek ),3 -84977,it also treats the subject with fondness and respect,4 -5789,created,2 -10009,rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation,3 -109408,The Benjamins,2 -5678,competent ,,3 -197377,does n't work for me .,1 -135708,the message of our close ties with animals,2 -221311,, cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .,1 -119504,exhibit,2 -90226,personal film,2 -104609,Baby-faced Renner,2 -24856,Bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid .,3 -104865,British children,3 -172779,than part of the scenery,2 -109222,Straightforward and old-fashioned,3 -156283,cinematic corpse,1 -12222,thoroughly unpleasant,0 -45059,Diane,2 -187486,South Fork,2 -30575,dangerous damsels,2 -43105,'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum .,2 -159726,from its ending,2 -220297,you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just bring on the Battle Bots , please !,1 -14425,She must have a very strong back .,3 -201200,his little changes ring hollow,2 -218865,watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet,0 -55359,of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty,2 -213797,that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands , i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable,0 -156999,crime does n't pay,2 -181249,. It 's too bad nothing else is .,2 -229672,can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al.,2 -20713,has a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake .,3 -174383,the myth,2 -176994,turns out to be as ill-starred as you might expect,1 -163501,is to Gary Cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse,1 -151211,` Great White Hope ' undertone,2 -13763,A disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly,3 -238058,too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge,2 -172449,synthesis,2 -153853,are inherently funny,3 -223795,I expected,2 -35630,on fatality , classism , and ignorance .,1 -172269,suffer from the chosen format,1 -144598,Consists of a plot and jokes done too often by people far more talented than Ali G,1 -106945,It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but,3 -230960,for years in China,2 -207835,of kid-movie clichés,2 -42060,have their say away,2 -135197,the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack,2 -213772,that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in,1 -101782,'s no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance,1 -170563,seeks to frighten,2 -227815,a classroom play in a college history course,2 -178783,work much better,2 -57842,that manages to invest real humor,3 -161843,in common with them,2 -117071,cleverness , wit or,3 -46436,Open-minded kids,2 -38794,the writing,2 -36839,set on a truly grand scale,3 -239197,you thought of the first production -- pro or con --,2 -47634,Wife,2 -11734,the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable .,3 -19947,are engaging,3 -16978,possible for a sequel,3 -31172,entire people,2 -133081,sparkling retina candy,3 -61365,'s work as well as a remarkably faithful one,3 -38828,their screen rapport,2 -39822,wagers,2 -27610,a kind of attentive concern that Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons,3 -22423,third-act,2 -41684,by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but,2 -64790,Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations,2 -65944,Hatosy ... portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .,3 -85267,its flow,2 -121920,have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play,1 -182281,Although Barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .,1 -133518,substantive,3 -148777,Southern Gothic drama,2 -199099,follow the same blueprint,2 -22648,unnerving , heartbeat-like,2 -80382,for the struggle of black manhood,2 -94482,that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film,2 -42065,he does make for excellent company , not,2 -124694,is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness,3 -239071,yes .,2 -121973,have n't seen before from Murphy,2 -145228,Excessive , profane ,,0 -118677,dragged down,1 -18102,with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions,4 -110009,The movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true .,1 -8842,mood,2 -47173,The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but,2 -184047,Frida is certainly no disaster,2 -135614,the labyrinthine ways,1 -90982,quest to be president,2 -42245,its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and,3 -7271,i could just skip it,1 -112679,a shallow rumination,1 -144123,Besides,2 -92074,see Scratch for the music,2 -88538,of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution,2 -16710,of Irish movies,2 -52400,has felt,2 -80307,for many of us , that 's good enough,3 -125454,jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and,4 -26295,One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness,4 -208190,of this slapstick comedy,2 -180302,( the dog from Snatch ),2 -154014,arrested development,2 -191396,a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess,0 -92308,series ',2 -237413,there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .,3 -205658,make any sense,2 -102657,, it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .,2 -89677,ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project,2 -195942,comedy only half as clever,2 -89747,oral traditions,2 -163145,is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it,1 -59248,to get out of a peculiar premise with promise,2 -223726,I 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief .,2 -162638,is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck,0 -60325,with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts,2 -37026,slow and pretentious,2 -140407,work better,3 -128925,of stunning images and effects,4 -236649,the L.A. beach scene,2 -167327,of a taxicab,2 -234740,one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right,4 -85577,just plain awful but still,0 -190882,a lot to be desired,2 -98190,to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary,3 -198415,extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted,2 -33758,its conflicts,2 -179373,'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .,0 -175620,those who love movies that blare with pop songs,2 -192056,afterlife and a lot more,2 -200909,he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst,2 -23352,, a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .,3 -172260,sucks the humanity,1 -34007,lean,2 -186108,Michael Jackson sort,2 -172776,than most,2 -197362,does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it .,0 -29031,are as intelligent , exuberant,4 -52078,get a kick,2 -82807,in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press,2 -124721,is too cute by half .,3 -21904,savvy exploration,3 -187094,Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip,1 -168596,own worst instincts,1 -4251,a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .,4 -90387,pleasant piece,3 -166294,most cinema-besotted critic,2 -237017,the larger socio-political picture of the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation,3 -136250,the shapeless,2 -60787,'s Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue,3 -32141,good-deed\/bad-deed reversals,2 -181443,75,2 -111328,You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles,1 -89415,on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen,3 -1341,into the story,2 -107757,Mike Myers,2 -53375,is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .,2 -125904,legendary actor Michel Serrault ,,2 -39890,we go to the movies,2 -219017,well-drawn , if standard issue , characters,3 -215415,the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked .,0 -74938,at least he provides a strong itch to explore more,3 -153316,an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction,0 -107706,Mediterranean,2 -48624,achingly,2 -52603,highly entertaining,4 -180870,, overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle . ',2 -212460,standard issue,1 -6624,for this,2 -4990,band,2 -29095,arguable,2 -222752,But if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .,0 -40599,( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow ...,4 -182020,A sour attempt at making a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .,1 -214397,the days,2 -4629,an emotion,2 -31786,for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking,3 -39083,time-honored truth,3 -184884,In all the annals of the movies,2 -155306,bloodshed taking place,2 -7028,have been for them to make it,2 -86198,lives lived in a state of quiet desperation,2 -58839,the way we were,2 -205047,like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast,1 -89813,our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one feels when it is missing,2 -154275,as they promise,2 -104210,American Indians in modern America,2 -31162,entertaining period drama ... both Caine and Fraser,3 -25130,Disney 's,2 -168798,perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia,2 -137106,thoroughly satisfying entertainment,4 -122500,hopefully inspire action,3 -71012,With one exception , every blighter in this particular South London housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .,2 -192291,almost as much as they love themselves,1 -145899,Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but,3 -57653,tenor and,2 -36513,resembling reality,2 -176147,to get the full brunt of the comedy,2 -235794,sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .,0 -108404,Plays like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown,2 -18636,America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -15694,everyone in this comedy,2 -201437,humanly possible,3 -34211,looks there is something worth seeing,3 -205081,like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women .,2 -154491,avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida,2 -163984,its approach,2 -213271,telling a country skunk,2 -46492,Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool,4 -113038,a wonderous accomplishment,4 -159706,from behind,3 -152203,a patchwork in script and production,1 -123593,into the gay '70s,2 -134834,the arguments,3 -38378,the leveling,2 -160746,has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .,1 -100843,works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .,3 -73043,absolutely , inescapably gorgeous ,,4 -7961,it looks neat,3 -51268,entangled interrelationships and,2 -152635,a truck ,,2 -163019,is magically,3 -83265,increasingly important,2 -65634,Freeman and Judd,2 -164942,like character development and coherence,2 -20275,comparative accuracy,3 -34987,not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes,2 -124208,is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .,1 -204794,learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with,1 -54222,liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances,3 -209709,pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious,1 -17810,to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to,3 -217346,to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,2 -71019,Witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but,2 -15200,be fascinated,3 -174136,the intrigue and suspense and mystery,4 -163231,is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and,1 -165933,might have helped .,2 -168917,play that flute,3 -39130,to be remembered at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier,4 -221145,, Hush !,1 -138129,too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy,1 -18498,, which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ...,2 -69346,The Quiet American is n't a bad film,2 -70330,Thomas Anderson,2 -43342,'s the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion .,2 -68349,Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and Purgatory County show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon,3 -174464,the original any particular dishonor,1 -24156,... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .,3 -208890,over the,2 -66814,Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism ,,2 -33516,is the one established by Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release,2 -58521,the movies of the 1960s,2 -200453,harmed,1 -65054,Dickens ' words and,2 -156342,clever and devolves,2 -132973,something-borrowed,2 -172035,stop-go slow motion,2 -237964,to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '',2 -24502,A warm , funny , engaging film .,4 -18492,, though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances,2 -144893,Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure,3 -22016,some truly unique character studies,3 -235336,replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy,1 -171147,sink this,1 -174503,the patchouli oil,2 -200855,have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation,3 -57828,that keeps you,3 -71614,a feast of bleakness,2 -104377,An unintentional parody of every teen movie,2 -116795,central performances,2 -64966,Death to Smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision,3 -62776,A beautiful , timeless and universal tale,4 -197995,erotic or sensuous charge,3 -164855,like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler,2 -44910,Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ...,1 -76930,come to Earth,3 -31109,enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen,3 -76110,by England 's Roger Mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing,3 -87479,most substantial,2 -25312,Fire,1 -191580,a valentine sealed with a kiss,3 -155841,ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that .,1 -57897,that the murderer never game his victims,2 -95423,the cynicism right,2 -38006,the audience with its emotional pull,3 -20872,impresses,3 -8586,lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own,2 -117258,comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head,2 -235627,sets Ms. Birot 's film,2 -54738,might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .,0 -90907,pure adrenalin,4 -173946,the filmmakers ' paws ,,2 -81110,gives the neighborhood --,2 -67532,Michael Caine 's,2 -222301,An excellent sequel .,4 -43848,... a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .,3 -12842,war,1 -138349,triumphant,3 -120444,for juicy roles,3 -46800,Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn,2 -191035,a new angle,2 -100378,with Musset,2 -35616,on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality,3 -128944,of temptation , salvation and good intentions,3 -44972,Corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all .,2 -104342,An infuriating,1 -227970,a hundred of them can be numbing,1 -115232,atmosphere of the post-war art world,2 -184586,I 've seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material,1 -173689,the creepy ideas,1 -28127,admire,3 -151020,With tiny little jokes and nary an original idea,1 -118260,directed ,,2 -9086,no sugar-coating,2 -103995,A vivid ,,2 -286,a thought-provoking , haunting film,4 -10501,sleep,1 -144643,Craven,2 -159181,first few villians,2 -82621,if it is n't entirely persuasive,2 -168222,one of the film 's stars,2 -113076,a younger crowd,2 -197794,emotionally malleable,1 -88372,of a therapy-dependent flakeball,2 -165724,maudlin influence,2 -120661,from Japan,3 -2113,races,2 -136624,the worst way,2 -69033,Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture,3 -110040,The notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced Prozac Nation,1 -178214,who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England,2 -56807,seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities .,1 -231911,imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned,1 -56377,ranks with the best of Herzog 's works,4 -149087,The Dogwalker,2 -123056,in need of another couple of,2 -117948,deeply authentic,3 -14528,This delicately observed story,3 -19700,all that and a whole lot more,3 -205559,made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .,3 -180429,, National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially,2 -123135,in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy,3 -122750,if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still,1 -231442,has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive .,3 -132130,serious debt,2 -25233,Entertainment Tonight subject matter,2 -13895,Between,2 -176380,to see end,2 -147626,Need Him,2 -93789,such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much,3 -63496,A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation .,3 -52511,he 's been in a while,3 -159423,for good measure,2 -74221,appealing as Pumpkin,2 -80668,from the now middle-aged participants,2 -8092,its own rules,2 -105399,Despite these annoyances , the capable Clayburgh and Tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .,2 -77173,confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually,3 -3402,( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , '' far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .,4 -148642,Slick piece of cross-promotion,3 -149510,The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming,3 -14644,Yet the act is still charming here .,3 -96582,the right choices at every turn,3 -121691,has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness,2 -223998,Important,3 -174016,the funniest thing in the world,4 -48751,all at once .,2 -125045,it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling,2 -219802,with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --,1 -199809,gesturing ,,2 -43929,270,2 -211393,she , Janine and Molly --,2 -153486,an overly deliberate pace,1 -5484,challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad ,,2 -46458,Otar,2 -160452,had n't already seen,2 -162035,in the single digits,2 -228933,as bad as you might think,1 -96653,the second great war,2 -11502,the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways,2 -2342,some children who remain curious about each other against all odds,2 -49454,backstage,2 -183055,Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . ',1 -142905,40 years of cinematic history,2 -43699,, so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .,2 -134304,that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done,3 -220815,'s fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience,4 -113564,all ages ,,2 -28754,and pure,3 -9003,national lampoon,2 -229313,been unturned,2 -58593,the pocket,2 -84900,it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But,2 -90220,perplexing,2 -232384,is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up,0 -106752,Instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .,1 -41993,give in,2 -217577,too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .,2 -135019,the class,2 -175378,this equally brutal outing merely sustains it .,1 -238785,will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes,3 -65253,Eerily,2 -150636,Verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action,1 -18287,'s hard to know what to praise first,3 -202212,inevitable incarnation,2 -218198,uniformly well acted,3 -144405,Chan and Hewitt,2 -118493,does Rabbit-Proof Fence,2 -157862,done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel ,,2 -102469,, cultivation and devotion,3 -196028,command,2 -98630,tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief,2 -183710,Episode II --,3 -174457,the only way to pay for his next project,1 -106832,It 's always enthralling .,4 -137052,this space-based homage,2 -182673,Auto Focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report,2 -174822,the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .,1 -155689,by Joseph Finder,2 -130420,poorly written,1 -74597,as a landmark in film history,4 -76412,capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy,4 -104877,Broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture,1 -227183,With `` Ichi the Killer '' , Takashi Miike,2 -60129,while focusing on the what much more than the why,2 -234069,need not apply .,1 -43715,, the film certainly does n't disappoint,3 -70913,While the story 's undeniably hard to follow,1 -110224,The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas,2 -9952,quickly,2 -29426,be savored,3 -181737,A great script brought down by lousy direction . Same guy with both hats . Big mistake .,2 -227362,` Enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .,0 -162916,is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt,3 -105722,Evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking,4 -166833,no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock,2 -28981,any youngster who loves horses,4 -171578,some important comment,2 -87301,more or,2 -166439,much facile technique , such cute ideas,2 -92841,slow , painful,2 -234936,picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience,4 -153425,an innocuous game of fill-in -,1 -3421,( p ) artnering murphy,2 -152967,adolescent melodramatics,1 -50856,director Anne Fontaine,3 -74184,any thinking person is bound to appreciate,3 -86906,may even,2 -183080,Chicago 's,2 -238615,what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -110675,To the civilized mind,2 -99154,unusually surreal,3 -229748,carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story .,2 -34669,most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads,3 -53162,interesting real people,3 -97423,this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .,3 -40572,'s not always,2 -41762,daring ,,3 -214788,the history or biography channel,2 -139572,what we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society,2 -24016,, you 've got ice water in your veins .,2 -32248,handily,3 -209214,peroxide blond honeys,2 -205645,make a credible case for reports,2 -167692,of several other mob tales,2 -9461,on the projection television screen of a sports bar,2 -236800,the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot,0 -193793,at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine,2 -205321,look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten,0 -220131,wrapped things,2 -86164,little more humanity,2 -233606,madness and light,2 -32277,has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on .,3 -235601,send it to Cranky .,2 -38972,this one included ),1 -40210,with his affection for Astoria and its people,3 -104607,Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics,3 -21475,of Castro,2 -130334,plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff,1 -55403,of its 170-minute length,2 -47588,What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain,3 -122159,her first starring role,2 -113929,an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs,3 -181964,A road trip that will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet ?,1 -44028,A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone ,,4 -184034,Freaky Friday , '' it 's not .,1 -152575,a taste of fame and fortune,2 -153093,all pretense,2 -209675,preposterously,1 -206771,my two hours better watching,1 -39960,what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained,4 -66822,Ivory,2 -144502,City Lights,2 -200129,good video game movie,3 -43149,'s a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties,3 -40754,An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids,4 -150346,Though Howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this Southern Gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .,1 -175188,there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner,1 -55428,of knowledge,2 -109492,The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball,2 -89136,of this ancient Indian practice,2 -47033,The film 's intimate camera work,3 -67779,Native,2 -221672,, we get another scene , and then another .,2 -200950,he script is n't up to the level of the direction,3 -226801,Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but,2 -26605,So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists,1 -137431,to be passionate and truthful,3 -58168,the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief,4 -49740,bitchy frolic,1 -62653,170 minutes long,2 -147273,Lástima,2 -131336,reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed .,2 -43437,( and better ),3 -80497,found its sweet spot,3 -167364,of attending Cannes,2 -175647,thoughtfulness and,3 -207094,no real reason,3 -92384,sexism,2 -140581,would topple the balance,2 -141466,'s not good with people,2 -192477,an almost feature-length film,2 -71815,a high-end John Hughes comedy,4 -217819,trope,2 -165954,mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes,1 -209610,pratfalls but little else,2 -158609,exciting scenes,3 -12086,there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ),1 -17707,there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema,3 -226028,TV shows ,,2 -35059,obvious laughs,2 -34520,mistake it for anything resembling reality,2 -175014,the weakest movie,1 -215088,the most random of chances,2 -132105,sensuous and,3 -43795,, wizened,2 -9780,political blair witch,2 -24953,Caviezel into a movie star,3 -98650,transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair,3 -175716,throwaway movie,1 -107225,Journalistically dubious ,,1 -55891,overdose movies like '' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '',2 -12140,this halloween,1 -138705,uninspired,1 -11733,the philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable,3 -25630,I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first,2 -16650,never took off,1 -66059,Houseboat and Father Goose,2 -91408,relentlessly globalizing,1 -238600,what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman,3 -10103,rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday,4 -153787,are a little lukewarm,2 -140983,'ll enjoy it .,3 -144146,Bicycle Thief,2 -238679,while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media,3 -204906,liberally,2 -165569,makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism .,1 -180198,( Seems ) even more uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .,1 -232420,is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff,4 -45521,Holm,2 -108489,Prozac Nation,1 -180944,, swooning melodrama,2 -84034,is as adult as you can get,3 -226763,To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .,1 -186198,Most of the movie,2 -70098,There 's something about a marching band that gets me where I live .,2 -81351,great , fiery passion,4 -171783,spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ),1 -204364,its yearning,2 -137481,to catch Freaks as a matinee,2 -31134,enough interesting,3 -65149,Dong ),2 -166589,nearly enough fun,2 -204398,journalism at all,2 -83799,is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs,3 -204303,its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations,2 -37211,spectacle,3 -61536,( its ) earnest errors,2 -218776,was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles :,1 -118136,despair and love,2 -63956,An undeniably moving film to experience , and,4 -68923,Sparse,1 -20429,dynamite,2 -137997,to understand her choices,2 -140288,with trenchant satirical jabs,2 -64052,Armenians,2 -173427,the TV series,2 -123201,in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,2 -233799,maybe `` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '',0 -75909,break through the wall,2 -80342,for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it,3 -192683,anciently,2 -232599,is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?,2 -8522,little more,2 -215642,the soggy performances,1 -149314,The doofus-on - the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood,1 -133187,squirm with recognition,2 -151222,` Tonight the maid is a lie,2 -84774,is told,2 -198762,felt they owed to Benigni,2 -107165,Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',2 -214636,the filmmakers clearly believe,2 -118082,derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting,4 -130587,pretends to be something,2 -162330,interesting racial tension,2 -159536,for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --,2 -44673,Beauty and the Beast,2 -61598,, Danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .,3 -205249,little wit and,2 -107883,Much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here .,0 -122848,in Goldmember '',2 -215717,the superficial tensions,1 -66681,It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not,3 -114488,appeal to Asian cult cinema fans and,2 -83379,innocent , childlike and inherently funny,4 -96804,the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events,2 -920,everyone,2 -66874,Jake Gyllenhaal,2 -138964,very compelling ,,4 -20023,asset,3 -229369,bet there is,2 -48038,a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work,4 -199868,gets added disdain for the fact,1 -5925,despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places,1 -187016,Romantic Comedy,2 -168737,pathologically,2 -9784,pompous,0 -55869,our special talents,2 -170300,said about Stealing Harvard,2 -72174,a pretty decent little documentary,3 -2000,palma . if you love him , you 'll like it,4 -103059,, you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .,0 -44939,Clearasil over the blemishes of youth,2 -4306,a white-empowered,2 -63706,All of it works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely .,4 -4059,a quirky cast of characters,3 -101255,your reaction,2 -35446,of the director 's previous Full Frontal,3 -131159,recommended as a video\/DVD babysitter,2 -109884,The heedless impetuousness of youth,2 -33407,is mesmerizing,4 -231532,have a confession to make,2 -69977,The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings .,3 -129620,one-of-a-kind work,3 -138847,urgency and,2 -47289,The vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy , but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination .,3 -197744,else yawning with admiration,2 -115881,best achievements,3 -159912,geeky or,1 -224862,Mr. Brown 's,2 -92191,seen pornography or documentary,2 -30804,director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .,3 -202149,including a knockout of a closing line ),3 -1136,half,2 -190973,a more credible script ,,3 -86561,make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch,3 -50454,conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .,4 -182088,A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads,1 -20300,could change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment .,4 -116917,checkout line,2 -11698,the nincompoop,1 -181643,A dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .,0 -19147,Now trimmed by about 20 minutes,2 -37371,storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line,2 -214337,the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ),2 -9145,not only a pianist , but,3 -186408,None of Birthday Girl 's calculated events,2 -174452,the only thing Avary seems to care about,1 -203093,is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance ,,0 -73435,all the enjoyable randomness,3 -60399,with the consequences of words,2 -187034,Rumor ,,2 -43566,, economical movie,3 -165381,lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist,1 -52590,high drama,2 -74125,another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic . Why ?,1 -82503,how this gets us in trouble .,1 -156625,complete misses,1 -189769,With Rare Birds,2 -198847,fills the screen,2 -218191,unhidden,2 -121180,gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship,3 -96667,the sexes,2 -89814,our heads,2 -89021,of the girls ' environment,2 -43100,'d sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .,4 -220320,you saw it on TV,2 -113632,all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations,3 -180356,, Caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .,0 -47880,a collection of wrenching cases,2 -34586,more satisfying,3 -177513,visual Rorschach test,2 -132812,so-called satire,1 -199009,flaccid satire and what,1 -917,every way,2 -228013,a minute,2 -30962,drop-dead,2 -14636,Without,2 -238743,wiggling energy,3 -190533,a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack,3 -152847,accomplishing,2 -202422,into my future,2 -137152,though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear,2 -153991,are weak,1 -196695,degraded ,,2 -24050,-- but George Pal 's low-tech 1960 version,2 -226296,The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought --,2 -35183,of cat and mouse,2 -96455,the precision of the insurance actuary,3 -117906,dead-undead,2 -209862,pseudo-intellectual,2 -123492,interest Attal and Gainsbourg,2 -158961,feels like a sugar high gone awry,1 -121462,growing strain,3 -26681,Swedish,3 -61692,, Spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .,4 -171034,shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .,2 -174596,the protagonist 's death bed,2 -53599,is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by Allen 's astringent wit .,3 -31785,for the David Mamet enthusiast,3 -131548,ride through nighttime Manhattan , a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego .,3 -159543,force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach,1 -61153,'s no lie,2 -6611,for the bare-midriff generation,2 -2845,this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest,3 -216444,this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage,1 -49282,as harrowing and painful,2 -57166,some interesting real people,3 -150974,Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes,0 -45165,European-set,2 -60740,'re engulfed by it .,4 -293,a visual delight and,4 -15948,hard to get back into the boys ' story,1 -24694,Anthony,2 -156651,complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious,1 -94804,that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age,3 -197840,end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster,1 -83012,in other cultures,2 -49394,at the big time,2 -185629,Knockaround Guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up .,1 -62992,A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi,2 -161711,imprint,2 -238221,unindicted here , which is probably for the best,2 -3868,a guest appearance,2 -210653,routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny,1 -203896,it feels,2 -199082,fluidity and sense,3 -232288,is a form of bravery,3 -190929,a medium-grade network sitcom,2 -42633,shut up '',1 -168751,paying it a compliment,3 -138565,unchecked heartache,1 -30475,created a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful,4 -219706,with bodily functions,2 -25844,Japanese animation,2 -44501,An impeccable study in perversity,2 -164605,late-night made-for-cable action movie,0 -2576,the difficulties,1 -166602,need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes,0 -107860,Mr . Soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .,1 -190215,a boring movie,0 -211064,seeming just a little too clever,2 -205365,looking for something to make them laugh,2 -47372,This is wild surreal stuff , but,3 -236089,students that deals with first love sweetly,3 -181615,A disaster,1 -221283,, but fun .,3 -106521,I suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .,1 -39029,though unhappily for his subjects,2 -64623,Captivates and shows,3 -133442,struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .,0 -54021,joined,2 -234577,of things that go boom,2 -171694,somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film,1 -150323,This time Mr . Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again,2 -96195,the most severe kind of personal loss,2 -99875,what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer,3 -121338,gorgeous , passionate,4 -133465,stuffs,2 -105405,Devotees,3 -173670,the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean .,1 -109324,Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride,3 -12403,to pro-serb propaganda,0 -146316,In the process of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes,2 -36453,relates,2 -138226,tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage,2 -133766,swirl,2 -19771,an unnerving , heartbeat-like score,2 -114194,anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .,3 -179023,yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up,1 -60977,'s both degrading and strangely liberating,2 -67945,Of,2 -6097,dubious,1 -62396,, urgent,2 -83488,interesting slice,3 -220077,would have a hard time sitting through this one .,1 -164361,just want to string the bastard up .,2 -119340,even lazier,1 -64472,Brilliantly written and,4 -164161,its story of irresponsible cops,2 -67499,Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story,3 -66253,If only,2 -203909,it had a sense of humor,3 -155718,by a willful single-mindedness,2 -235611,sequels can never capture the magic of the original,1 -117653,cram,2 -135151,the emotional realities of middle age,2 -81167,go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories,4 -180196,( Seems ),2 -180642,, flat dialogue,1 -213104,take the warning literally,1 -107349,Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast,3 -175062,the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses,1 -139536,what a reckless,1 -175254,thick , working-class Scottish accent,2 -148917,Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum .,0 -6663,frequent,2 -36855,sexual politics,2 -84678,is surely what they 'd look like .,2 -150852,What would Jesus do if He was a film director ?,2 -78306,distinct and very welcome,4 -104107,Ah Na 's life,2 -57708,that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big,3 -155575,bungling the big stuff,1 -39549,ultimately , it wins you over .,2 -37027,slow and repetitive,0 -31181,enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic,3 -86149,listen to old Tori Amos records,2 -154821,be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious,1 -109237,Sturges,2 -83726,is Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance,3 -177338,use a little American Pie-like irreverence,2 -130611,pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone,1 -186784,Prince,2 -183448,Director Kevin Bray excels,3 -179457,'re not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices,1 -27908,a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful,3 -21339,modern China,2 -142829,... will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks . After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .,1 -131811,scattered moments,2 -112087,a handful,3 -18289,'s most striking about this largely celebratory film,3 -60478,worth seeing for Ambrose 's performance,3 -12135,this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers,2 -158382,error,1 -59919,wanes in the middle,2 -131063,real documentary,3 -158521,every leading character,2 -143630,All the well-meaningness in the world,2 -196057,complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days,3 -18205,Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .,3 -92027,script and,2 -235779,sink the movie,2 -166622,need to use more poetic license,1 -5629,combat,2 -43260,'s guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp,3 -174850,the summer movie pool,2 -4386,actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution,2 -218433,vectors,2 -26929,The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art -- is giddily entertaining .,4 -7923,it cold have been,2 -11314,the dubious feat,2 -17748,this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades,0 -105662,Estela,2 -149985,The whole damn thing is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd .,1 -148255,Redford 's,2 -106314,Hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't .,2 -161821,in an emotionally unavailable rut,1 -59440,told with sharp ears and eyes,3 -89816,our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man,3 -96292,the one thing this Wild film,2 -59547,true , lived experience,3 -79575,fairy tale,2 -51596,feels the dimming of a certain ambition ,,2 -38236,the film version of High Fidelity did,2 -164444,kind of enjoyable thanks mainly,3 -113062,a wry and,2 -97455,this little-known story of Native Americans and,3 -70137,There is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .,3 -8720,may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,1 -150744,We have n't seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So !,4 -151531,a complete failure,0 -183300,Day weekend upload,2 -233492,live the mood rather than savour the story,2 -204521,keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow,2 -2301,skin,2 -215809,the true light,2 -149917,The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt , but,3 -215797,the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull,2 -133111,spent screen series go,2 -6835,good movie . good actress,4 -114922,as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism,2 -74039,and intermittently hilarious,4 -176762,tough time,2 -75910,break through the wall her character erects,2 -152596,a thousand years old ,,1 -16769,of sizzle and very little steak,1 -78937,emptiness one,2 -2158,respectful,3 -218664,want to think twice before booking passage,1 -106331,However sincere it may be,2 -201520,if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story,1 -11506,the humor,2 -117137,cold comfort,2 -88383,of a wintry New York City,2 -66186,I loved on first sight and , even more important,4 -179999,'s still too burdened by the actor,1 -89473,on the edge of your seat,4 -228427,all , Brown Sugar,2 -49067,another winning star vehicle,3 -110362,There are things to like about Murder By Numbers -- but , in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel .,2 -148246,Rates an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring .,1 -83166,in their recklessness,1 -123435,inspire action,2 -115607,be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way,2 -157037,crude '70s throwback,1 -139138,waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line,2 -208984,own joke,2 -238370,walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible ,,0 -176410,to somehow tack one together,2 -191788,about the swinging subculture,2 -105943,Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White .,2 -192513,an elaborate dare,2 -137155,though the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks,2 -158517,every idea,2 -64565,Buñuel 's,2 -92423,shake off your tensions,2 -82567,humour and pathos,3 -221024,'s worth the concentration .,3 -67604,Mordantly funny and,3 -193765,at least funny,3 -10043,recycling,3 -126226,little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale,2 -68758,Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but,2 -23074,'s a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .,4 -206559,mostly wordless ethnographic extras,1 -28425,and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it,2 -50221,closer than many movies,3 -1756,more guts and,2 -122666,identification,2 -60426,withstand,2 -200343,had no obvious directing involved,1 -42132,intriguing and,3 -178696,with which to bludgeon myself unconscious,1 -21964,simple,2 -141860,( by Paul Pender ),2 -186279,Natalie Babbitt 's,2 -169933,religious films,2 -161593,if the real story starts just around the corner,2 -230622,ever made , how could it not be ?,2 -30449,courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion,4 -138664,unexplored,2 -72656,a therapy-dependent flakeball,2 -205339,look much like anywhere in New York,2 -171350,smelly enough to bother,1 -109357,Tchaikovsky soundtrack,3 -51936,from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C .,2 -199532,from Heaven,2 -215379,the point of real interest - --,3 -119151,enough gun battles and throwaway,2 -193234,are uncomfortably strained .,1 -106553,Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw,1 -14646,You 'd think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold .,2 -142495,, the humor did n't quite engage this adult,1 -135949,the pantheon of wreckage,2 -22832,with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right,1 -223068,Dawson Leery did what ?!? ),2 -185271,It does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .,1 -211786,slightest aptitude,2 -147955,Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and,2 -189761,Wins,4 -235906,some nice twists but the ending,2 -194926,brawny frame,2 -68342,Ratliff 's two previous titles ,,2 -205822,many scenarios,2 -199783,generic bloodbath,2 -107329,Klein,1 -47511,United,2 -187309,Silberling had the best intentions here,3 -227088,When it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama , `` Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .,3 -214616,the film more silly than scary,1 -236774,the charm of Satin Rouge,4 -24042,-- and more importantly , character empathy --,2 -3239,your random e,2 -168129,on the production,2 -3910,a lightweight,1 -157161,debut ( she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honoré ),2 -105188,Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and,1 -128107,not least the notion,2 -78174,directive to protect the code at all costs also,2 -222727,But an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents Nettelbeck 's film from coming together .,1 -181629,A dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness,1 -44722,Birthday Girl,2 -229876,collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .,1 -225788,Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '',2 -100586,with plenty of entertainment value,4 -57210,sometimes tender ,,3 -27758,a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude,4 -229580,by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.,1 -206092,middle-aged moviemaker 's,2 -222621,Big Fat Waste of Time,0 -171442,so many of the little things right,2 -101073,you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson,3 -32871,in his Hong Kong films,2 -14670,a big family and its trials and tribulations,2 -133812,take in this creed,2 -216512,this turkey,2 -120270,florid but,2 -94049,swooping aerial shots,2 -133217,standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .,1 -12472,told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it,1 -228793,are fine,3 -195290,cable sexploitation,1 -169062,poor woman,2 -186729,Plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King .,1 -44608,At all,2 -140525,would be needed to keep it from floating away,2 -110825,Unfortunately , there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either .,1 -151615,a director or actor,2 -153098,all right . Extremely dumb .,0 -157364,developing,2 -1214,holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals,3 -215317,the payoff for the audience,3 -14339,Nobody deserves any prizes here .,0 -190831,a little less product,1 -220850,'s invigorating about,3 -197236,do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth,1 -83546,into another kind of Chinese,2 -7199,his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,1 -58807,the unsung heroes of 20th century,3 -154637,battling a monster loose in a spaceship,2 -180074,'s worse , routine,0 -221558,, that 's good enough .,2 -116982,churn out one mediocre movie after another,0 -129921,own invention,2 -62413,, what makes the movie fresh,3 -182663,August upon us,2 -77343,conventional material,2 -151838,a great subject,4 -79000,engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing,4 -58094,the button,2 -176002,to bother pleasuring its audience,1 -22391,their dock,2 -50640,darker turns,1 -75122,backstage drama,2 -173698,the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential,1 -176492,to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row,0 -50463,cool . Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool,3 -56634,road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire,3 -54837,more than a few,2 -152160,a new collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial,0 -183410,Did no one on the set have a sense of humor,0 -12531,touch,3 -122276,his best screen,3 -141304,'s dumb,1 -192804,angst-ridden territory,2 -120421,for him,2 -239112,you 're not into the Pokemon franchise,2 -54855,morose,2 -197357,does n't reveal an inner life,2 -82043,heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic,3 -171973,sticks his mug,2 -208852,out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will,1 -143612,All that ( Powerpuff Girls ) charm,3 -41919,felt and,2 -148182,Proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie .,0 -155760,by lowering your expectations,1 -14454,Steve,2 -94754,that keeps throwing fastballs,2 -80150,flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch,3 -218532,viewers ' time,2 -57387,strafings,2 -157581,disloyal satyr,2 -60032,well-established genre,3 -47009,The emotions are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma .,3 -22790,whole cast,2 -69268,The Chateau ,,2 -42445,people together in a sweet and charming way ,,3 -154725,be entertained by,3 -189339,Uneven performances and,1 -9835,prevents them from firing on all cylinders,1 -196758,departs from the 4W formula,2 -212295,specific to their era,2 -91454,remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective,4 -15504,deals with a real subject in an always surprising way,3 -25021,Complex , affecting and uniquely Almodóvar,3 -38550,the political,2 -59040,this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-Hollywood that it seems positively French in its rhythms and resonance,3 -177293,unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff ,,1 -8565,lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half,1 -70849,When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given,1 -65825,Gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences,3 -96136,the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway,3 -113090,able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100,2 -121335,goosebumps,3 -82361,history , esoteric musings and philosophy,2 -232856,is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad,3 -185909,Lurid and less than lucid work,0 -106852,It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters : and the action and special effects are first-rate .,4 -120916,gamely,2 -216633,thrills , too many flashbacks,1 -47245,The sentimental cliches,1 -102106,( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions ,,4 -152258,a preschooler,2 -5877,delicately,2 -120956,gay coming-of-age tale,3 -130015,passable family film,2 -149574,The movie fails to live up to the sum of its parts .,1 -52799,if not entirely fresh , look at war .,2 -6687,from both a great and a terrible story , mr . nelson,3 -119761,far as art is concerned,2 -99103,unrelentingly grim,1 -26186,Nickleby,2 -37141,some tasty boogaloo beats,3 -165000,like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network .,1 -196472,crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality ,,2 -81771,has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year ,,4 -207056,no matter what,2 -121361,got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile,1 -55720,on Imax,2 -183074,Chen films,2 -142382,, originality and delight,3 -108638,Rising Place,2 -40236,with more laughs,4 -204766,lead a group of talented friends astray,3 -212616,story to fill two hours,2 -60121,which is probably for the best,2 -1013,for an hour,2 -180130,( Crudup ) a suburban architect , and a cipher,2 -181233,. 11,3 -10280,scare the pants,3 -31179,entry,2 -62285,, the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .,4 -162084,in which it studiously avoids provoking thought,1 -120911,gait,2 -8548,looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer,1 -163020,is magically ` significant ' because of that,3 -200007,glumly,2 -217746,transmogrification,2 -162207,initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy,3 -213858,that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women,1 -67475,Matthew Lillard is born to play Shaggy !,4 -138437,turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach,1 -1394,is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children,2 -208294,offer you precisely,2 -53006,in the most depressing places,1 -161992,in the characters you see,3 -163338,is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .,2 -107607,Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist,2 -46189,Miss,2 -182008,A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis .,1 -148469,Screenwriting 101 class,1 -15032,and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen,4 -36381,really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?,0 -22816,wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean,3 -236810,the description `` unelected '',2 -56732,scattershot affair,1 -70499,Tully,2 -43996,A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore .,3 -220973,'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority,2 -127395,most Hollywood romantic comedies,1 -163476,is the same as what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation,1 -192448,an action icon,3 -183554,Does what should seem impossible :,3 -96000,the lake,2 -173432,the Touched,2 -151280,a Diesel fix,2 -166222,more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career,1 -198161,every bit as imperious,1 -131087,realized on the screen,3 -205463,lousy lead performances,2 -237654,throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` Look at this,2 -221205,, Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .,3 -179208,your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement,1 -68703,Sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction,3 -32347,hastier,2 -177198,unified showing,2 -12003,the very people,2 -35666,on the perfect ending,4 -115978,big letdown,0 -204725,late-twenty-somethings natter,2 -16606,mostly little-known,2 -141785,( Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors,1 -170073,restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging,0 -28628,and giving it humor and poignancy,3 -182396,An enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good , it 's a conundrum not worth solving .,2 -87594,much larger historical context,2 -50715,deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences,2 -53751,it 's invaluable,2 -62664,1915 with some difficult relationships in the present,2 -51147,emotional blockage,2 -82044,heartfelt and,3 -115688,become a major-league leading lady , ( but ),3 -105842,For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs of New York,3 -34256,lucky,2 -157276,denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan,3 -47358,This film seems thirsty for reflection , itself taking on adolescent qualities .,1 -198339,expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show,1 -180868,, overblown and tie-in,1 -40590,'s too slowly,2 -220802,'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .,4 -227563,`` Quills '',2 -196119,consciousness .,2 -192150,all end in someone screaming .,2 -216828,to an air ball,1 -51377,evocative images,2 -135179,the ensemble player who gained notice in Guy Ritchie 's Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch has the bod,2 -213328,terrifically told by the man who wrote it,2 -218914,we '' ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes,2 -153194,alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .,0 -221691,, you 'll want things to work out,2 -348,against her natural likability,1 -175959,to be poignant,2 -43112,'ll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture,3 -198228,everything that 's good,3 -227261,You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .,0 -217235,to ourselves and each other,2 -127950,niche hit,2 -21453,not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --,0 -93773,succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future,2 -58650,the repressed mother on Boston Public just,2 -84948,it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .,3 -17291,special effects,2 -217598,too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span,1 -37528,suspected,2 -227628,`` The Simpsons '',2 -94059,swung me around,3 -186982,Robert John Burke,2 -64411,Bluer than the Atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie ... is , also , frequently hilarious .,4 -223358,Feral and uncomfortable .,1 -226957,Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through,0 -129607,one true ` Chan moment ',2 -81017,ghetto fabulousness,3 -172274,suffers from a bad case of arrested development .,1 -174181,the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch,1 -97971,to call Domino 's,2 -9096,non-reactionary morality,2 -224669,Luis Buñuel film,2 -209932,pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart,1 -204678,lame and sophomoric,0 -4464,ai n't pretty,1 -130679,produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar,2 -188253,The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him .,1 -22773,which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs,3 -11334,the escape,2 -47754,Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house,2 -184128,George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King ,,2 -13811,A taut , intelligent psychological drama .,4 -54861,most Westerners,2 -146110,I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War,1 -45969,L . A,2 -137763,to pay if you want to see it,2 -149541,The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and ,,1 -233866,might soon be looking for a sign,2 -133502,sub-formulaic,1 -90328,placing their parents in a coma-like state,2 -128502,of acting-workshop exercises,2 -141598,'s so preposterous,1 -67718,Murder By Numbers ),2 -56619,ripping,2 -207973,of sensitive observation,3 -10344,seen in a long time,2 -178884,would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins,1 -122051,he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .,1 -117316,compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction,1 -181267,. Strictly middle,2 -23174,'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun,3 -220787,'s better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists,2 -23784,, music , cinematography and sound,2 -159529,for two hours,2 -177269,untidy , condescending and mild,1 -227467,`` Ecks vs. Sever '' or `` xXx '' was going to be,2 -184949,Instead of letting the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .,0 -29356,avoids the more serious emotions involved,1 -16989,previous,2 -170229,rules .,2 -131215,refracting all of World War II,2 -112584,a reality,2 -226752,Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers ,,1 -116273,buck or,1 -214625,the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation,1 -205506,low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off,0 -125234,its easily dismissive,1 -213661,that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh,0 -182186,Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , Jane Campion might have done , but,2 -34649,most painfully marginal,1 -62944,A different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers,2 -54327,loneliness and desperate grandiosity,1 -42466,please anyone,3 -66898,Jelinek,2 -164076,its many excesses,1 -227454,`` Chicago '' in 2002,2 -196588,dark-as-pitch,1 -168945,plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast,0 -196106,confines himself to shtick and sentimentality,1 -56736,schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray,2 -8370,laurel and,2 -210051,rally to its cause,2 -103266,10th,2 -183500,Distances you,1 -62039,, it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .,3 -163722,it all is a moral,2 -57068,small confined and dark spaces,1 -237241,the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose,3 -61543,( of all places ),2 -10889,swim,2 -122606,human race splitting,2 -233416,like Woo 's a P.O.W.,2 -217752,trapped inside a huge video game,1 -161947,in planning to marry Ben Affleck,2 -211897,snobbery,1 -146793,Its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary .,1 -228377,admit I walked out of Runteldat,0 -9385,of the year 's best films,3 -166794,no good inside dope ,,2 -29781,but Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .,3 -165339,lovely costumes , Southern California locations,2 -54665,may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .,3 -127559,movie audiences,2 -171019,showcases Carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff,1 -31021,effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats,1 -199382,for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots,1 -20563,fizzles,1 -59048,thoroughly enjoyed themselves,3 -47614,While Undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .,3 -181416,30 minutes,2 -168041,on a deeper level,2 -163647,it 's going to be great,3 -145157,Even horror fans,3 -100607,with solid performances and eerie atmosphere,4 -191241,a rousing success nor,2 -79280,even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic,2 -44938,Clearasil,2 -187548,Starts out strongly,3 -50325,compelling and brilliantly,4 -5372,by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez,2 -112068,a gritty style,2 -163934,it tries to make us jump out of our seats,2 -155134,best films , '',3 -22133,tempered,2 -218008,two hours better watching,3 -223229,Eight Legged Freaks ?,1 -30559,cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over,4 -211663,single female population,2 -133075,spark or two,2 -44515,An interesting story,3 -115432,battered women,2 -21622,on the nature of revolution .,2 -128403,of World War II,2 -43827,. Caruso,2 -216488,this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .,2 -175307,thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book,2 -125211,its content , look , and style,2 -100121,who normally could n't care less,1 -85563,just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play,3 -15160,as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today,3 -52264,great time,3 -112971,a very goofy museum exhibit,2 -80234,for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover,3 -131064,real heart,3 -70067,There 's a lot to recommend Read My Lips .,3 -177858,weirdly fascinating,3 -228658,and snappy dialogue,3 -16653,new '' Conan,2 -7769,is powerful,4 -168093,on leftover Enron stock,2 -143108,A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality,2 -87989,not a lot,2 -60860,'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining .,3 -213628,that feels,2 -153859,are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .,2 -209865,pseudo-philosophic twaddle,1 -7276,i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood .,0 -58712,the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis,3 -237462,they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff,3 -20029,at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995,2 -58052,the best and most mature comedy,4 -191693,about World Traveler,2 -184573,I 'm just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike,2 -167294,of a haunted-house movie,2 -125489,just a waste,0 -226084,That death is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions .,2 -211033,seem like mere splashing around in the muck,1 -104261,An amused indictment of Jaglom 's own profession .,3 -98905,unbelievable,3 -11038,that 's not much to hang a soap opera on,1 -143772,An uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously .,1 -19437,Windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live .,3 -76836,close to the chimps,2 -130292,plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .,1 -188927,They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes,1 -178726,without the snap-crackle,1 -83392,inside and,2 -13488,, 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer,3 -190648,a gobbler,2 -125172,its agonizing , Catch-22 glory,1 -87087,might add,2 -220411,your pooper-scoopers,1 -230595,even flicks,2 -148551,Shirley Jackson ,,2 -192093,aimless , arduous , and arbitrary,1 -160326,greaseballs mob action-comedy .,2 -187814,The Irwins ' scenes are fascinating : the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts .,0 -104414,Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller,4 -27675,a mile,2 -213011,suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production,1 -145335,Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,2 -52343,happen again,2 -117912,dealing with right,2 -212848,such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty,2 -197700,edgy camera work,3 -185288,It has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references .,1 -115548,be overstating it , but '' Spider-Man,2 -138128,too many tried-and-true shenanigans,0 -17078,regard Mr . Andrew,2 -226633,This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .,3 -82308,his pulpy thrillers,2 -21164,just a leading man away from perfection,3 -191714,about angels,2 -77445,could make a sailor,2 -50702,deeper realization,3 -170998,shouted , ` Thank you !,3 -222851,By the end of it all,2 -150479,Too stagey ,,1 -126287,long as 3-year-olds,2 -208277,offensive , puerile,1 -30507,criminal,2 -148232,Rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families,2 -26920,The very definition of the ` small ' movie,2 -124470,is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .,3 -112548,a promise nor a threat so much as,2 -133185,squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had,1 -187993,The camera twirls ! Oh , look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !,3 -114401,any fiction,3 -115498,be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both,1 -140008,wiseacre,2 -178935,would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately .,1 -164612,laugh at,2 -130531,precious and finely cut diamond,3 -126662,makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful,1 -207826,of its scrapbook of oddballs,2 -212145,some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory,0 -61019,'s face is ),2 -196931,did they not have the nerve to speak up,1 -43433,( and ),2 -188857,There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups .,1 -118252,dimensional,2 -44365,Adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book,3 -66337,Impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter ' was .,4 -108080,Nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises,1 -237024,the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it,2 -96637,the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie,3 -46873,T .,2 -76558,challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture,2 -185976,Manas,2 -178865,would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun .,0 -56192,primitive,2 -122923,in a way that verges on the amateurish,1 -1308,inauspicious,2 -158659,experiences you bring to it,3 -85445,its understanding,2 -214295,the choice,2 -181725,A grating,1 -88779,of myth,2 -139480,well-rounded,3 -211315,settles too easily,1 -141838,( a ) strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense,1 -170351,sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme,1 -108394,Pinocchio,2 -70587,Using an endearing cast,3 -78220,directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .,3 -66482,It 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .,4 -29665,bone-crushing,2 -151234,` comedy gag,2 -104346,An instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .,1 -201176,his fun friendly demeanor,4 -206623,movie-of-the-week , plain old,2 -103408,A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat ,,2 -147448,Might have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .,2 -24512,A work of the utmost subtlety and perception,3 -18766,By the end of No Such Thing the audience , like Beatrice , has a watchful affection for the monster .,3 -186952,Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but,2 -220543,'' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .,0 -79609,familiar issues , like racism and homophobia ,,2 -121548,hail,2 -162397,into inconsequentiality,2 -203466,is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .,0 -202560,is a depressing experience,1 -207726,of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers,2 -50257,comedic spotlights go,2 -233642,make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not,1 -14114,If nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .,3 -187794,The Greatest Musicians of All Time,2 -191118,a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent,3 -66636,It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet,2 -84422,is n't a stand up and cheer flick,2 -231235,go rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance,3 -103006,, we had no trouble sitting for Blade II .,3 -111949,a fragment,2 -77024,commands attention .,3 -170704,selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation,2 -6858,gossip , wealth , paranoia,2 -40534,'ll definitely,3 -108020,Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant,1 -130568,presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio,3 -231129,get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .,2 -226374,The movie is well shot and very tragic,4 -205095,like someone going through the motions,2 -173065,that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking,1 -174045,the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters,2 -133526,suburban Jersey,2 -82067,hell-jaunt,1 -31346,exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor,4 -184042,French people,2 -140477,worse stunt editing or,1 -12565,treats women like idiots,0 -189944,Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but,2 -45935,Kaufmann 's '' Quills '',2 -82455,horror genre,2 -43894,14-year-old Robert MacNaughton,2 -83330,infuriating about Full Frontal,1 -180987,, the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .,1 -144576,Completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that I 'm not sure,1 -30918,does n't hold them in contempt .,2 -152757,about everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other,2 -101432,'m the One That I Want , in 2000 .,2 -111543,a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature,2 -65894,Handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .,3 -153462,an open can,2 -131353,rent the original and get the same love story and parable,2 -58575,the perfect star vehicle for Grant,4 -127629,much rather,2 -76804,clever , offbeat and even gritty enough,3 -238035,to work out,2 -108276,Painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic , this film should not be missed .,4 -52304,grown-ups as for rugrats,2 -211326,severe body odor,0 -48774,all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters,2 -39486,tumultuous,2 -197582,dues,2 -160106,gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it .,2 -11249,the cold light,1 -25668,Imamura,2 -42893,those terrific songs and,3 -228685,another gross-out college comedy,2 -236709,the absurdities and inconsistencies,1 -202548,is a bomb .,0 -162719,is all too familiar,1 -169981,rent '',2 -175400,this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick,2 -175122,their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting,0 -65457,Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .,3 -218456,verve and fun,4 -170765,set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs,3 -224567,Last Dance , whatever its flaws ,,2 -177656,was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious,1 -113114,about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future,2 -213572,that are n't so substantial or fresh,1 -161548,idea is '',2 -89176,of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned,2 -114482,appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking,0 -116945,children 's entertainment , superhero comics ,,3 -28060,absorbing narrative,4 -181993,A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices,0 -26781,The disarming cornball atmosphere,2 -113985,an emerging Indian American cinema,2 -161284,his movie is,2 -159832,funnier and more innocent,3 -65220,Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry,2 -46958,The Son 's,2 -195199,by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could,1 -22290,the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz,3 -101294,zings along with vibrance and warmth .,4 -126270,living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle,2 -220341,you want to laugh at it,2 -87213,moral compass,2 -86599,make this an eminently engrossing film,4 -142327,, junk-food movie,2 -57190,some surprisingly violent moments,2 -135999,the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .,2 -60502,writer-director Anne Fontaine 's,2 -154867,becalmed .,2 -227974,a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some,4 -116421,by humanity 's greatest shame,1 -129972,pantheon,2 -166638,needs love like this ?,2 -72570,a strong sense,2 -227506,`` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '',1 -157570,dishonor,2 -53932,its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ) and,3 -22060,still positive ,,4 -78801,electric guitar,2 -62136,, or inventive,3 -38087,the claustrophobic on-board quarters,2 -88441,of battle,2 -4140,a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it,3 -206074,message-movie ' posturing,2 -206555,mostly off-screen,2 -179293,' tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience .,1 -134747,the Psychology 101 study,2 -91817,routines,2 -206046,mends,2 -231865,if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '',1 -4453,against progress,1 -231706,hilariously ,,3 -74353,are intriguing,2 -75776,boarders,2 -137750,to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget,1 -59268,to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,1 -63729,Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in,2 -123880,is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work,1 -137611,to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal,3 -159139,find a ` literary ' filmmaking style,1 -30063,cathartic,1 -201092,high-tech splatterfests,2 -62994,A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare ,,2 -166980,not really funny,1 -72611,a sure hand,3 -183770,Every joke,2 -190185,a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing,1 -11908,the story , like ravel 's bolero ,,1 -135932,the original magic,2 -236160,super-serious,2 -120547,for youngsters,2 -19858,and lyrical,2 -36506,replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music,4 -200465,has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and,1 -10462,signs is a good film , and it is,3 -166815,no larger point ,,2 -229347,believe that Resident Evil is not it .,1 -724,competent,3 -215398,the power of poetry and passion,3 -120781,frozen winter landscapes,2 -92979,so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness,1 -118985,emerges from the shadow of Ellis ' book .,2 -224482,Joshua,2 -29894,by Al Pacino,2 -37160,something strangely diverting,3 -91597,return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich,3 -192485,an artist who is simply tired,1 -51112,either gender,2 -138204,torturing each other psychologically,1 -15897,gone a long way,3 -158895,featured,2 -39917,weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .,2 -15998,hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news,2 -41253,The director , Steven Shainberg,2 -109272,Supposedly,2 -132498,simple telling,2 -85966,libretto,2 -181430,51 minutes,2 -152471,a sometimes interesting remake,2 -172855,that , at one point ,,2 -202137,incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one,1 -147036,Know How to Have Fun,2 -190054,a '70s exploitation picture,2 -86223,long , intricate ,,2 -74190,anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels,1 -38584,the reality of the grim situation,2 -122560,how serious-minded the film is,3 -76775,classic satire,4 -32644,hoops,2 -68911,Sorvino,3 -149837,The smug , oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream is just repulsive .,0 -162055,in their movie,2 -66288,If you can swallow its absurdities and crudities Lagaan really is enormously good fun .,3 -169670,rather than dramatizing this premise,2 -235916,somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton,3 -107549,Lovingly photographed in the manner of a Golden Book sprung to life , Stuart Little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .,4 -145292,Fatal Attraction,2 -103160,. Siegel,2 -124654,is the audience for Cletis Tout ?,2 -128597,of costly analysis,2 -2392,star,2 -57632,technology around a gripping story,3 -139021,very valuable film,4 -31102,engaging film .,3 -74230,appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ),2 -221709,, you might want to check it out,3 -26318,Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand,4 -141395,'s just plain lurid,1 -229831,class `` us vs. them '',2 -227065,What they 're doing,2 -118001,delicious and,3 -178495,with a few remarks so geared,2 -214882,the irksome , tiresome nature,2 -198401,extraordinarily silly,2 -77983,denial,2 -7080,heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin,1 -35573,offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding,4 -162565,is Wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .,2 -79164,equally solipsistic in tone,2 -171193,skeeved,1 -116232,bring you into the characters,3 -127464,most of its running time,2 -182417,An imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie,1 -194736,blood-soaked tragedy,2 -13399,yourself,2 -75422,become not so,2 -153014,agitprop cartoon,2 -121914,have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day,2 -84683,is surprisingly refreshing,4 -218232,unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set,0 -211688,sit in neutral,1 -196191,contrived and artificial,1 -165574,makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase,0 -175878,to anyone who can locate a genuinely honest moment in their movie,0 -184691,I liked the movie , but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further . I 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .,2 -189002,This is more a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique ' .,2 -181415,24/7,2 -190784,a joke in the United States,2 -145325,Femme Fatale has going for it,2 -89676,ongoing - and unprecedented -,3 -28482,and a hoary plot,2 -202663,is a third-person story now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it,2 -232354,is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .,1 -90317,pity and terror,1 -36268,questioning,2 -133322,stirs us,3 -67275,Like the best 60 Minutes,4 -1854,not for,2 -121144,give the movie,2 -89601,one of the best gay love stories,4 -235070,problems than finding solutions,2 -136168,the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store '',1 -82989,in its storytelling,2 -158091,earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent ,,3 -51422,experienced by millions,3 -202624,is a particularly vexing handicap,1 -99115,unscathed,2 -96586,the right vent,2 -215309,the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations,1 -192605,an interesting character to begin with,3 -72738,a universal human impulse,2 -52708,homosexuality,2 -170383,saw Knockaround Guys,2 -8045,its end,2 -224714,Man cliché,1 -191870,accuse,2 -304,able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn,4 -183772,Every joke is repeated at least four times .,1 -147081,Lanie 's,2 -134230,that afflicts so many movies about writers,2 -179382,'ll go out on a limb,2 -205100,like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .,1 -109377,That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring,4 -202782,is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . ',0 -52712,honorable,2 -31216,established,2 -45139,Ending,2 -62680,1972,2 -168128,on the printed page of Iles ' book,2 -31849,frat boy,2 -66579,It 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops . You want to call Domino 's .,2 -139706,white culture , ',2 -22323,the ones,2 -40870,Do we really,2 -232277,is a fierce dance of destruction .,2 -53560,is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee .,4 -159913,geeky or nerdy,2 -63045,A flick,2 -120697,from any cinematic razzle-dazzle,2 -132146,serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm,4 -66573,It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and,2 -176726,tortured ( and torturing ) artists,1 -37920,that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history,4 -3862,a grinning jack o,2 -202492,is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie,1 -160752,has this franchise ever run out of gas .,2 -139523,what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful,3 -57869,that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why,1 -45850,Its sheer dynamism is infectious .,3 -51228,enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment,3 -188634,The script , the gags , the characters,2 -14817,a resolutely realistic path,3 -213166,taking up,2 -213149,takes its title all too literally,1 -159103,film references that make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated,2 -117955,deeply pessimistic,1 -158012,dug,2 -121982,have seen it,2 -60668,'' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades,3 -34365,many , many moments,2 -115620,be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and,3 -237150,the pleasures of a well-made pizza,3 -187181,Seemingly,3 -13383,young romantics out,2 -27765,a ravishing consciousness-raiser,3 -220720,'s a scathing portrayal .,2 -224130,It 's a ripper of a yarn and I for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill,4 -5075,beck 's next,2 -173166,that profound,2 -224762,Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .,1 -201218,his own joke,2 -194547,bestowing,2 -104904,Brutally honest and,3 -208465,on my paycheck,2 -162435,into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery,1 -221025,'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard,1 -99395,victorious revolutionaries,3 -182327,Amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .,1 -170800,shaggy human tale,1 -230863,flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book,2 -25301,Field,2 -208692,only mildly funny,3 -62961,A fairly enjoyable mixture of Longest Yard ... and the 1999 Guy Ritchie caper Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .,3 -53313,is a pretty amazing accomplishment,3 -78049,desperation worthy,1 -90148,peek .,2 -57362,stimulation,2 -41648,believe it or,3 -89840,out bizarre,2 -115425,bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,2 -157406,did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?,1 -114999,as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year,4 -196721,delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans,3 -55630,of this little $ 1,2 -142512,, the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better,1 -159671,frisk,2 -73972,an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual,2 -179073,you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma,2 -38480,the novel,3 -24137,... and '' His Best Friend Remembers '',2 -232657,is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven .,1 -92282,sensibilities,2 -90796,proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience,2 -136659,their dogmatism,2 -83311,inextricably,2 -59669,undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors,0 -13374,you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,1 -148461,Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni,2 -238867,with a tinge of understanding for her actions,2 -22384,the women,2 -42478,preposterous and,0 -71192,` Blue Crush ' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .,3 -18885,French,2 -129596,one terrific story with lots of laughs,3 -164564,lapel,2 -102913,, the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .,2 -124445,is perfectly creepy and believable .,3 -93127,some serious suspense,3 -197079,disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas,1 -203478,is strictly routine,1 -28074,achieved by motocross and BMX riders , whose balletic hotdogging occasionally ends in bone-crushing screwups,4 -208451,on hypertime in reverse,2 -194982,brought out of hibernation,2 -37479,superficially understands his characters,3 -87466,most resonant film since The Killer,4 -24051,-- but his subjects are charmers .,3 -51477,fairly effective one,3 -116096,book jacket,2 -24558,Alabama,2 -97018,the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,3 -207353,occasionally interesting but,2 -210658,rude and crude humor,1 -135260,the feeling,2 -41963,gambol fluidly through the story ,,2 -65829,Gosford Park,2 -152516,a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles,2 -191484,a teen gross-out comedy,2 -129850,overall strangeness,2 -31833,found a summer,2 -108837,Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .,4 -121839,has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation,3 -140542,would have been better off staying on the festival circuit,1 -105554,During The Tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time,2 -233041,it is effective,3 -215391,the positives,3 -22203,that the compact 86 minutes breezes by,3 -136019,the plot is equally hackneyed,2 -11163,the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here,0 -185539,Just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be .,1 -98367,to the finale,2 -54621,many of us,2 -20258,cloying,2 -237716,to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,2 -78771,effective portrait,3 -30427,could correct in their sleep,2 -199572,from adhering to the messiness of true stories,2 -87296,more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice,3 -66950,Joseph Heller or,2 -202113,in which the kids in the house will be gored,1 -3794,a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and,3 -222921,Check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on .,1 -159791,full admission,1 -230567,entrée,2 -183823,Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film --,3 -82609,if by cattle,2 -99989,which is all it seems intended to be,2 -82851,in a fresh way,3 -81422,growing up in a dysfunctional family,2 -27468,a cute and sometimes side-splittingly funny blend of Legally Blonde and Drop Dead Gorgeous,3 -143943,At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin,1 -49739,bitchy,0 -219180,when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up,3 -136722,theory , sleight-of-hand ,,2 -35127,of Steve Irwin,2 -7475,in the escape from new york series,2 -32176,great , scary,4 -3744,a fairly disposable yet still entertaining,2 -132167,set it apart,2 -116787,celeb-strewn,2 -211349,shake us in our boots,2 -140092,with actorish notations on the margin of acting,1 -26485,Ross 's,1 -108400,Pixar 's industry standard,2 -122771,imaginative and successful,4 -69180,Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings,2 -118592,dog lovers,2 -192,a less manic,2 -189161,Throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth,2 -18872,First,3 -227988,a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers ,,2 -226220,The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .,0 -188015,The characters are interesting and,3 -111996,a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself ,,2 -133312,still thumbing his nose at convention,2 -154618,based on Philip K . Dick stories .,2 -103733,A movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls .,0 -5773,counterpart,2 -93781,such a mesmerizing one,4 -150234,This is n't even Madonna 's Swept Away .,1 -17774,time to tell its story,3 -151203,` Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . ',2 -180061,'s trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years,1 -89822,our moral hackles,1 -142447,, stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .,1 -63092,A great cast,3 -15965,has preceded them,2 -190035,` post-feminist ' romantic,2 -38113,the death report,1 -105631,Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story,3 -6096,drumming,2 -133371,strands his superb performers,2 -62191,, sad without being shrill , '' A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .,4 -19970,aroused,3 -170320,same old formula,2 -162213,inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves,3 -194798,boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .,0 -184250,Grisham,2 -157585,disquiet,2 -162924,is highly enjoyable .,4 -106194,He 's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness .,3 -138486,typical American horror film,2 -72026,a movie about fetishism . It is a movie about passion,2 -231986,in advancing this vision,2 -216280,think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,2 -130996,rapidly absorbed,2 -98389,to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman,2 -47683,Would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial New Yorker if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic .,3 -31196,era,2 -121829,has put in service .,2 -179352,'d have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .,2 -5794,creativity,3 -24053,-- but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .,3 -165517,make it tough for them to really care,1 -195851,coasting . There are a few modest laughs,3 -154764,be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans,1 -61683,, Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .,3 -181090,, unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness,1 -80357,for the first 89 minutes,2 -137494,to comparing The Evil Dead with Evil Dead II,1 -126150,like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing,2 -11394,the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but,2 -204009,it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before,1 -175723,thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell,1 -29613,bitter,0 -195782,cliches that the talented cast generally,2 -217958,turns the stomach .,2 -211656,sing the lyrics to '' Tonight,3 -171917,starred in borders on the grotesque,1 -145728,Hartley 's least accessible screed,2 -6419,farewell-to-innocence,2 -234682,on melodrama,2 -150880,When not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .,1 -176336,to read the time on my watch,1 -161787,in a mess of purposeless violence,1 -53574,is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and,4 -186725,Plot , characters , drama ,,2 -232141,interesting storyline,3 -170594,seems a dead weight .,1 -159695,from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter,2 -202855,is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid,0 -182315,American young men,2 -143031,A chaotic panorama that,2 -82733,impersonation,2 -187445,Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but,2 -190726,a handful of quirks,2 -142751,. Schaeffer,3 -48542,about alienation , separation and loss,2 -80395,for this otherwise challenging soul,2 -225626,Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr. , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script : it 's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative .,0 -202620,is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents,1 -234625,offer an advance screening,2 -140812,you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves,1 -181246,. Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .,0 -52940,in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans,2 -28039,about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater,4 -127106,milks drama when she should be building suspense,1 -113974,an devastating , eloquent clarity,2 -148663,Snuggle Fabric Softener bear,2 -187468,Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .,1 -110443,This flat run,1 -165583,makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .,1 -6382,fairly disposable,0 -140711,you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important,2 -178078,when you can rent a pedigree instead,2 -93973,suspect it might deliver again and again,3 -117896,dazzle and delight us,3 -35670,on your feet,3 -87639,muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch,3 -100170,whose legacy,2 -184341,Has not so much been written as assembled , Frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups,0 -166274,more than perfunctory skill,2 -193182,are simply too bland to be interesting,1 -209228,personal reflection,2 -220867,'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .,1 -200375,halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and ,,1 -114913,as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism,2 -44213,A quiet treasure --,3 -217792,tries to force its quirkiness upon the audience,1 -49897,bumpy but satisfying,3 -206904,neither is it a monsterous one,2 -123407,insanely staged ballroom scene,2 -22973,'' begins with a simple plan,3 -100023,while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other,2 -197230,do not fit,1 -115623,be watching a rerun,2 -237123,the opening strains of the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces '',2 -114196,anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age,3 -10898,swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then,0 -96920,the truth about two love-struck somebodies,2 -75704,bite cleaner , and deeper,2 -97738,thus giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible .,2 -1008,for all its technical virtuosity,2 -58848,the wholesome twist of a pesky mother,2 -182583,As a film director , LaBute continues to improve .,3 -183261,Daddy,2 -57817,that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors,3 -148692,Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , '',4 -139960,will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have,3 -69025,Streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , '' Big Trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .,3 -76877,collectively,2 -19670,actual people,2 -203551,is the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved,0 -149826,The script kicks in , and,3 -220156,writing and acting,2 -220857,'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good,0 -105544,Dull,0 -122737,if you 're going to alter the Bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative,2 -133373,strands his superb performers in the same old story .,2 -151011,With its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere , The Ring makes its stupidity more than obvious . It 's painful .,1 -166652,neither is well told,1 -162988,is laugh-out-loud ludicrous,2 -73521,also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience,4 -55595,of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's,2 -223709,Hugh Grant and,2 -217271,to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period,1 -21122,it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship,1 -179717,'s dying for this kind of entertainment,2 -147106,Leaves you,2 -150446,Too loud,1 -99053,unique residences,3 -64946,David Lynch jones ?,2 -148919,Suffocated at conception by its Munchausen-by-proxy mum . Punish the vehicle to adore the star,1 -229481,bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants,2 -49540,be sensational,3 -28622,and game cast,2 -84788,is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself,3 -9007,national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion,1 -90952,puts a human face on Derrida , and,2 -74833,as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted .,3 -109519,The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough,3 -101064,you 're not deeply touched by this movie,1 -235641,shackles,2 -190277,a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout,1 -210769,sanitised and,1 -224659,Lord of the Rings,2 -57629,technical know-how,2 -105412,Dey,2 -19704,allowed,2 -210222,reason except,2 -86078,like movies that demand four hankies,3 -88632,of hilarity,2 -43545,, but it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories,1 -38230,the film rolls on,2 -197631,during their '70s,2 -33398,is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess,4 -217379,to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue,1 -118112,deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities,3 -71258,a Uruk-Hai,2 -174738,the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit,3 -68325,Raimi 's,2 -72323,a sane eye,2 -25916,LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession,3 -122244,him a problematic documentary subject,1 -29876,but together they are magnificent .,4 -164701,leaves viewers feeling compromised ,,1 -45027,Defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it,2 -36125,preciously interwoven,3 -71819,a highly gifted 12-year-old,3 -205642,make a classic theater piece,3 -186245,Murphy 's expert comic timing,3 -102403,, as was more likely ,,2 -183671,Enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts ... What is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting,2 -81379,greatest adventure,4 -11241,the chloroform-soaked,2 -97028,the well-wrought story,4 -148467,Screenwriters Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni,2 -117772,cultural differences,3 -197354,does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes,1 -217543,toilet seat,2 -58668,the same strengths and flaws,2 -211380,sharp objects,3 -57444,stunned,2 -168888,pitch your expectations,2 -192225,all the loss we,2 -15438,coloring rather than substance,2 -204871,less mature,3 -97825,to John Sayles,2 -117770,cultivation and,3 -16216,is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance,3 -77760,de larga duración,2 -174983,the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding,2 -211255,serious contender,3 -16098,imaginatively,3 -139959,will surely widen the perspective of those of us who see the continent through rose-colored glasses,3 -74923,at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor,3 -97404,this film might be,2 -96966,the values of knowledge , education , and the,3 -23602,, especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken,2 -61887,, energetic and smart,3 -222153,Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .,2 -47645,Winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars,4 -2551,the cannibal,1 -219090,what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,1 -120704,from being a complete waste of time,1 -223280,Every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked .,2 -235730,shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .,4 -9821,pretension ,,1 -56705,satisfyingly odd and intriguing,3 -28256,always fast,2 -3292,'re in the right b-movie frame of mind,2 -50943,does full honor,3 -36744,see it at the first opportunity,4 -70153,These characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and I 'm all for that,4 -13038,while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim .,1 -65679,From a deceptively simple premise,2 -170077,retain their lunch,1 -108213,Only about as sexy and,2 -53451,is economically packed with telling scenes,2 -27249,Without ever becoming didactic , director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .,3 -185767,Like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .,1 -225944,Stanford,2 -206504,most excruciating,0 -38788,the world 's best cuisine,4 -139893,will be way ahead of the plot .,2 -197304,does n't even try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses ),1 -145933,I 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here,0 -55210,of Clones ' last 45 minutes,2 -87173,modern Israel,2 -106526,I trust,2 -68441,Rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language .,3 -150134,These spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but,2 -52068,gently funny , sweetly adventurous film,4 -75039,attractive men,3 -164322,just how dangerous entertainments like it,2 -140570,would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .,1 -104589,Avary,2 -173448,the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder,2 -184080,Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony --,2 -120562,forget most of the film 's problems,2 -49124,arch and rather cold-blooded comedy,0 -180788,, loud , bang-the-drum,3 -4274,a very well-made , funny and entertaining,4 -14909,admired this work a lot,4 -176425,to strong , determined monarch,2 -7055,having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it,1 -79703,fascinating literary mystery story,4 -107122,J . Lo,2 -101247,your interest until the end,2 -187890,The Tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas,1 -214943,the less,2 -145683,Hallmark card,2 -18025,what you 're seeing,2 -163341,is so formulaic,2 -126140,like the work of someone,3 -95078,the West African coast,2 -62823,A canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a London sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .,2 -149360,The fetid underbelly,2 -28219,all-stars,3 -21807,rare in film today,3 -220728,'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .,1 -36459,relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . ',4 -118408,diver Rusi Vulakoro,2 -147134,Let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line,1 -89673,ongoing -,2 -8253,just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half,1 -175425,this interesting study,3 -237358,the year 's most enjoyable releases,3 -183083,Cho may have intended,2 -110666,To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .,4 -103047,, you 're desperate for the evening to end,1 -58376,the heels,2 -10555,so fresh,3 -54780,modus,3 -23179,'s the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones,2 -105504,Dog,2 -78375,do what he does best,4 -71699,a freshness and modesty,3 -215630,the slow , lingering death,2 -71856,a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate,3 -21653,open-ended,2 -19954,are not the only subjects to learn in life .,2 -20637,gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty,2 -118652,downhill,1 -74162,any less entertaining,3 -230314,do no wrong with Jason X.,3 -58971,this Hollywood contrivance orbits around,1 -138985,very good comedic songs,3 -123477,intelligent eyes,2 -183373,Despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .,1 -121219,glorified episode,2 -168638,palpable chemistry,3 -31952,fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame,3 -42300,looking through a photographer 's viewfinder,2 -181225,-- to its own detriment --,2 -163039,is more mindless love,1 -71958,a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end,2 -58100,the center of that world,2 -218463,very effective,4 -179394,'ll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .,1 -1155,has never,1 -201883,in handy,2 -166161,more conscientious than,2 -58245,the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists,3 -61649,, Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .,3 -82289,his or her own beliefs and,2 -217553,tome,2 -34674,motherland,2 -200576,has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation,1 -50374,confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece,4 -80760,fun and,3 -122347,his latest effort , Storytelling,2 -109267,Sullivan and,2 -182713,Bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .,1 -133678,surprising discovery,3 -214670,the first half of his movie,2 -187209,Serving Sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza,2 -164707,left a few crucial things out,1 -1737,millennium,2 -182989,Call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but I believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .,0 -176132,to frighten,1 -116429,by its smallness,1 -103130,. Entertaining,4 -185078,It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old .,1 -219811,with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type,2 -1227,hour ,,2 -39748,vale,2 -126778,many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times,3 -59394,to the little things,2 -122226,highlight reel,3 -128141,not very good .,0 -177725,watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing with mounting disbelief .,0 -101555,'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie .,4 -66454,Israeli,2 -232926,it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .,4 -32198,grim situation,1 -94145,takes aim on political correctness and suburban families,2 -131383,repulsive and depressing,0 -17407,than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,2 -173197,that snake-down-the-throat business,3 -229718,can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .,1 -144778,Depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then,2 -203225,is no '' Waterboy !,2 -225166,No thanks .,1 -194442,begins as a Seven rip-off,0 -52037,gender normative narrative,2 -44613,Audrey Tatou,2 -156010,canines,2 -223217,Eastwood films,2 -21821,realistic and greatly moving,4 -22943,' movie,2 -104757,Bisset delivers a game performance , but,2 -7288,i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .,3 -90707,proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies,2 -150411,Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .,1 -58921,there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .,4 -38121,the depths,3 -121047,get him a few laughs but nothing else,1 -237317,the wan ,,2 -179424,'re convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic,1 -69701,The moral shrapnel,2 -178096,where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain,1 -66774,It seems Grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all .,2 -60635,' A fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . ',4 -95997,the knowledge imparted,2 -111511,a Yiddish theater clan,2 -101661,'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long,1 -199749,gasps,2 -188697,The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .,0 -200197,gratingly unfunny groaner,0 -163309,is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well,0 -102109,( Kirshner wins , but it 's close . ),2 -22741,well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth,4 -137055,this spy comedy franchise,2 -189878,Writer/director Burr Steers emphasizes the Q in Quirky , with mixed results .,3 -82391,hold up,2 -8294,kicking,2 -162845,is courageous,3 -152999,afternoon TV,2 -119552,exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent,2 -216708,ticket cost,2 -234872,part of Mr. Dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in America,2 -26514,San,2 -237503,this `` un-bear-able '' project,1 -136673,their lofty perch,3 -101619,'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes,3 -207368,of '' Charade,2 -203467,is static,2 -90943,put it this way,2 -73855,an inspirational love story,4 -51224,enjoy seeing how both evolve,4 -188111,The exclamation point,2 -57244,speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle ,,3 -97180,thematic heft,2 -208935,overly convenient,1 -36014,pigeonhole-resisting,3 -147802,Not so much funny as aggressively sitcom-cute , it 's full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies .,1 -9909,punch,2 -3654,a clunky tv-movie,1 -79053,enjoyed the love story,4 -76651,chief reasons,2 -10303,screenplay,2 -67778,Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .,3 -149688,The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy,1 -198887,final product,2 -67533,Michael Caine 's performance,2 -164872,like Oscar Wilde,2 -171382,snoozy,1 -100075,who could too easily become comic relief in any other film,3 -138261,transcends ethnic lines .,1 -206056,merely bad,1 -122228,highly ambitious and personal project,3 -17037,rattled,2 -74336,are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .,3 -77916,delightful little film,3 -64375,Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get ,,3 -205113,like their characters,3 -141933,, ( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .,2 -108703,Rusi Vulakoro,3 -160599,has a few characters and ideas,2 -174567,the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative .,1 -58998,this human condition,2 -169560,quickly named Blossom , Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural,2 -227890,a few advantages to never growing old,3 -198250,examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative,2 -229868,co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's,2 -131327,remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State,2 -61290,'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series,3 -67944,Ocean,2 -11203,the banger sisters,2 -143411,A very bad sign,1 -118176,develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .,2 -166421,much about,2 -39734,used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee,3 -68763,Short-story,2 -217536,together frustrating,1 -226414,The performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .,0 -127319,more insight,2 -221906,87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't,2 -148150,Preposterous and,1 -224744,May be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today,3 -134835,the arguments of competing lawyers,2 -16890,outshine the original,3 -48444,a tragic dimension,1 -30277,coming to a head,2 -75934,bright ,,2 -12549,trash,0 -68856,Snowball 's,2 -56816,seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist,2 -205424,losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar,2 -221865,11 , an antique ,,2 -22375,the very end,2 -191390,a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,1 -125042,it just seems manufactured to me and artificial,1 -40869,Do we,2 -13271,wrestle disbelief,2 -117187,come full circle,2 -120433,for its depiction,2 -53237,is - the books are better .,2 -12591,turning,2 -75831,both a level,2 -231077,fun to watch .,4 -140334,without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself,2 -189181,To call this film a lump of coal would only be to flatter it .,0 -123815,is a real subject here,2 -129555,one of the lucky few,2 -11499,the hotel,2 -238085,toss logic and science into what is essentially a `` Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...,2 -6302,everyman 's,2 -115417,based on stock clichés,1 -72380,a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions,4 -112983,a virgin,2 -209975,puzzling real-life happening,2 -173825,the evil aliens ' laser guns,2 -106879,It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements , and Schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas,3 -13726,1998 's,2 -210169,realistic ',3 -239105,you 're desperate for the evening to end .,0 -34768,my spirit soaring out of the theater,4 -86535,make Personal Velocity,2 -23129,'s getting busy on the basketball court because that 's when he really scores,2 -72401,a sincerely crafted picture,3 -61232,'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original,3 -147759,Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports,3 -67639,Most of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure are still there .,3 -161570,if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones,1 -184723,I think it was Plato who said , ' I think ,,2 -105442,Director Chris Wedge and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson and,2 -151921,a kilt,1 -201326,honors,2 -178496,with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel,1 -146732,It offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .,1 -15456,compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question,3 -124377,is of the darkest variety,1 -10987,teen-pop,3 -18231,think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid .,2 -214543,the extensive use,2 -177883,well-acted clunker,2 -35096,of Harry Potter,2 -52796,if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories,1 -55725,on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with,1 -182542,Aptly,3 -133432,strong themes of familial ties and,3 -7845,it 's a brilliant , honest performance by nicholson ,,4 -146975,K . Dick,2 -8625,make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life,0 -9384,of the witless ageism afflicting films,1 -157267,demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet,3 -132998,somewhat mannered,3 -209156,paying dues for good books unread,2 -18508,, you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .,3 -135674,the lousy Tarantino imitations,1 -153079,all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence,2 -65652,French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama,4 -173232,that the movie is n't scary,1 -128890,of screen time,2 -108581,Reggio and Glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .,1 -214191,the best-sustained ideas,3 -155492,bring anything new to the proverbial table,1 -186369,No big whoop,1 -183595,Each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top,0 -104909,Bullwinkle,2 -68693,Seems,2 -114654,are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family ...,3 -215913,the world 's most generic rock star,1 -93326,spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame,2 -21020,is enormous fun for thinking audiences,4 -8894,movie '',2 -225423,Pedro,3 -141576,'s slow and unwieldy,1 -220120,would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .,1 -85855,leave you thinking,2 -213614,that even he seems embarrassed to be part of,1 -140029,with Harris Goldberg,2 -46970,The Wild Thornberrys Movie,3 -109337,Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but,2 -97875,to and about others,2 -166078,modern context,2 -130404,ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here,3 -191000,a movie that ends with Truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will,0 -4841,as a tribute,3 -92896,smartly directed , grown-up film,4 -65742,Gently,3 -235024,pouty-lipped poof,1 -83662,involving in its bold presentation,3 -60222,will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious,4 -6619,for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,1 -201578,if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum,2 -205398,loose-jointed,2 -163100,is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .,1 -25710,Is it a total success ?,2 -102397,, any John Waters movie has it beat by a country mile .,1 -138843,urban angst,2 -206823,navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness .,1 -163559,is very funny but too concerned with giving us a plot,3 -2599,the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle,1 -148208,Qatsi,2 -187883,The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia .,0 -119921,feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain,3 -20143,brilliantly,4 -191700,about a chocolate,2 -110616,Though this saga would be terrific to read about,2 -95170,the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated,3 -194433,beg the question `,2 -38449,the most transporting or gripping film,4 -77291,contained,2 -24940,Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach,3 -181635,A dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture .,0 -67044,Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .,2 -37358,stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars,3 -12756,veers uncomfortably,1 -54882,most intriguing explorations,3 -127214,modest little number,2 -25869,Johnny Dankworth 's,2 -40712,A sports movie with action,4 -41967,gender ,,2 -230184,devoid of pleasure or sensuality,1 -8375,lazy for a movie,0 -102898,, the movie is rather choppy .,0 -151956,a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake,2 -120802,fuertes para el futuro del director , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya,2 -14568,Treebeard,2 -135519,the hot Oscar season currently,2 -222079,A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer,0 -154343,at a hokey script,2 -184307,Hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast .,2 -5056,be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,2 -194206,be the only one laughing at his own joke,1 -191628,a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence,1 -141219,'s also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .,0 -90881,pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia,3 -76514,catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them,3 -86857,masterfully controlled .,3 -28706,and meaningful,3 -217142,to keep it from being simpleminded,2 -97034,the whole notion of passion,2 -186422,Norma Rae,2 -8543,looking for a return ticket,0 -9087,no sugar-coating or,2 -157874,dopey,1 -182612,As self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ? is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing .,2 -93513,still happen in America,2 -121739,has deftly trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .,3 -176047,to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion,2 -25498,Having never been a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel,1 -234235,obvious copy,1 -123887,is also as unoriginal,0 -108159,One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect .,3 -206437,more propaganda,1 -43748,, this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .,2 -109827,The film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy,1 -197059,discerned here that producers would be well to heed,1 -1514,its raucous intent,2 -90946,put you,2 -139010,very stylish and,3 -70493,Tsai Ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being .,2 -218911,wazoo,2 -151214,` Lovely and Amazing , ' unhappily ,,2 -237797,to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything,0 -8120,its recycled aspects , implausibility ,,1 -44401,All-in-all , the film is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .,3 -77130,compulsively watchable,3 -154994,been so painful to sit through,0 -178080,when you instantly know whodunit,1 -130097,pegged into the groove of a New York dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify,3 -56789,seem entirely convincing,3 -195212,by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent,1 -148439,Science Theater 3000 guys,2 -5950,did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing,1 -114598,are in place for a great film noir,3 -128213,o perdão,2 -78823,elements cribbed from Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane , and Eisenstein 's Potemkin,3 -89524,on-camera and off --,2 -35281,of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy,2 -65075,Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films .,3 -112435,a number,2 -223803,I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration,0 -129376,on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached,3 -86910,may have been inspired by Blair Witch,2 -143028,A cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself,2 -232839,is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .,2 -227522,`` Last Dance '',2 -175119,their screen time is sabotaged by the story 's inability to create interest,1 -151473,a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise,1 -88120,occupational,2 -148287,Ridiculous,1 -199447,found Orson Welles ' great-grandson,2 -220646,'s ',2 -170347,sank from quirky,1 -167214,of John,2 -214915,the last exit,2 -168471,outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination,2 -159629,frame right,2 -165079,little comic\/thriller,2 -29943,by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling,3 -120590,formulaic and forgettable,0 -175726,thrown into a pot of boiling water,1 -153655,anti-Darwinian,1 -190977,a more original story,2 -143448,A working class '' us vs . them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause,2 -195496,case while,3 -80067,flat-out amusing ,,4 -169634,ranges from bad to bodacious,1 -99112,unruly,2 -9249,of constant smiles and frequent laughter,4 -118385,distinct rarity,3 -147910,One long string of cliches .,1 -48720,after decades,3 -150349,Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn,3 -177449,very low,2 -23515,, but odd ,,2 -1614,little,2 -143760,An ultra-low-budget indie debut that smacks more of good intentions than talent .,1 -53045,inability to stand in for true , lived experience,1 -114912,as he defecates in bed,2 -147423,Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB , but recycles the same premise .,1 -96097,the marvelous Verdu,3 -221426,, it has some problems,1 -35173,of attentive concern,2 -194398,been there , done,1 -219416,whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world,2 -77513,crawling on a dead dog,2 -107922,NBA,2 -126594,major role,2 -30652,definition,2 -52905,in and of,2 -71058,Woolf,2 -236189,suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it,0 -144541,Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .,1 -162246,inspirational ',2 -58426,the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions,3 -184239,Green ruins every single scene he 's in,1 -218061,um passatempo descompromissado,2 -130514,powerful moments,3 -83071,in the annals of cinema,3 -234715,one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another,1 -87198,moments of hilarity to be had,3 -217068,to goose things up,2 -64512,Bros . B picture,2 -72098,a party worth attending,4 -160847,have come to term an '' ambitious failure,0 -73608,amusing characters,4 -205978,me to jump in my chair,2 -115863,bender,2 -105313,Dass 's,2 -48070,a good charitable enterprise,3 -97184,themselves and their clients,2 -200186,grandeur ' shots,3 -31270,even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit,3 -54388,love , betrayal , revenge and above all ,,2 -110775,Tsai Ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , What Time Is It There ?,3 -117303,common tenet,2 -198846,filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots,1 -123998,is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches,2 -106649,If you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .,3 -127611,much else,2 -225450,Petter,2 -99276,utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story,1 -78755,educates viewers with words and pictures,3 -54689,maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI,3 -131947,seeing it,2 -170175,rolling over,1 -41546,an elaborate haunted house each year,3 -221154,, I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `,0 -97944,to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images,3 -182488,Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt,1 -19185,Post 9\/11 the philosophical message,2 -101426,'m not even a fan of the genre,2 -75561,belongs to the marvelous Verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public,3 -107232,Judaism,2 -51363,every night,2 -19944,are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances,3 -120862,funny . And for all the wrong reasons,1 -105404,Devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .,0 -1035,freely,3 -24300,A cockamamie tone poem,2 -184898,In one scene,2 -76174,by his lack of self-awareness,1 -113526,agreement,2 -73230,admirable one,3 -127831,need of some trims,1 -216641,through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .,0 -68854,Snipes,2 -133898,tasty and sweet,4 -86712,malnourished,1 -94704,that intersect with them,2 -146116,I should be enjoying this . ',1 -8865,more palatable,3 -59717,unlike many revenge fantasies,2 -231522,hated myself in the morning,0 -102667,, it never seems fresh and vital .,2 -54441,luminary,3 -100214,wild , endearing , masterful,4 -158955,feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play,1 -222740,But fans of the show should not consider this a diss .,2 -209933,put away,1 -180139,( Enigma ),2 -110360,There are things to like about Murder By Numbers -- but ,,2 -231970,in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other,0 -190081,a Japanese monster,2 -190893,a lower I,2 -101153,you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .,3 -63007,A film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .,3 -1330,intent,2 -25393,Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn,2 -52695,hits its mark,3 -123129,in the city,2 -135010,the children they so heartwarmingly motivate,2 -222372,And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .,3 -43278,'s movies to hit theaters this year,2 -155152,better suited for a movie titled '' Glory,2 -180951,, the acting is robotically italicized ,,0 -141450,'s no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution .,1 -96982,the very top rank of French filmmakers,3 -224625,Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .,1 -214203,the biggest disappointments,1 -47182,The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but,1 -147725,No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through The Master of Disguise .,0 -62162,, provocative drama,3 -124545,is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl,1 -98079,to get through,2 -144189,Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .,4 -175016,the weaknesses of ,,1 -13555,, but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique .,2 -205057,like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel,1 -213866,that the ` best part ' of the movie comes from a 60-second homage to one of Demme 's good films,2 -165804,meaningless prattle,1 -113932,an almost visceral sense,2 -123676,is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .,3 -8797,mirthless,1 -113993,an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need,4 -132912,some very good acting,4 -204351,its undoing,2 -209946,put through torture,0 -168537,overly deliberate,1 -206036,melodramatic style,2 -187168,Screenwriter Dan Schneider and director Shawn Levy,3 -4800,are only,2 -171593,some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe,2 -41965,geared more,2 -197490,drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ),1 -49670,bends,3 -60057,what a movie can be,2 -17400,tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators,2 -24600,American films,2 -149452,The furious coherence that ( DeNiro ) brings to this part,3 -103226,... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .,2 -165140,liver spots,2 -44342,A winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .,3 -160248,good bits,3 -232993,it also rocks .,4 -70925,White 's dry wit,3 -40251,with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,3 -210837,say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly .,1 -1385,is laughingly enjoyable,4 -146408,It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal ...,0 -216975,to do so . The movie,2 -29720,brand-new,2 -175477,this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior,1 -190449,a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary,1 -3327,'s got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease,1 -220029,worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés,1 -38438,the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable,1 -554,be impossible to sit through,0 -41465,a photo of yourself,2 -106550,Ice Age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures,0 -85413,its stupidity or,1 -72088,a painful elegy,2 -157058,cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie,0 -219214,where nothing really happens .,1 -221309,, credulous , unassuming , subordinate,2 -178463,with Austin and Dr Evil,2 -205598,made the first film,2 -95107,the adventure is on red alert,2 -49636,beguiling , slow-moving parable,2 -50657,dead-center,2 -115120,assignment,2 -236173,sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins,1 -147335,Marcus,2 -114111,an odd purity,2 -192232,all the same problems,2 -25897,Kevin Molony,2 -172708,than a feature film,2 -179961,'s really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia,1 -204091,it would be easy for critics to shred it .,1 -74875,assumption that '' crazy,2 -204923,life or life,2 -201533,if indeed there is one,2 -193698,assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .,2 -217886,try very hard,2 -91732,riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity,3 -120519,for the spotlight,2 -157896,down the toilet in favor of bright flashes,0 -35726,only qualify as a terrible tragedy,1 -25284,Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show,3 -205492,low-brow humor,1 -152383,a scary movie,2 -30132,cheerfully,3 -110021,The music makes a nice album , the food is enticing,3 -27387,a boldly experimental , contemporary stylist,3 -122512,horrifyingly , ever on the rise .,2 -99912,what you thought of the first film,2 -21743,positive,3 -203215,is never especially clever,2 -102388,, and of the thousands thereafter,3 -190272,a change in expression,3 -229554,by Diane Lane,2 -131391,rescue,2 -34287,make 'em like that anymore,2 -98583,touching film,4 -37746,that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater,4 -203993,it plays worse now,0 -172321,superficial arthouse middle-brow film,2 -15661,entertaining for what it does,3 -197508,drawn into the party,2 -46305,Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead , but,2 -72561,a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,4 -10378,sessions,2 -44503,An important movie,3 -55758,on the virtue of imperfection,2 -132883,some glimpses of nature and family warmth,3 -29369,bad journey,0 -13344,you 're not a prepubescent girl,2 -78121,did n't entirely grab me,1 -167712,of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions,1 -146298,In exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo,0 -84443,is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch,3 -206579,moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour,1 -7821,is tragically,1 -89032,of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm,4 -211476,should be ingratiating,2 -137799,to record the events for posterity,2 -74632,as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it,3 -76882,college student,2 -224878,Mr. Clooney , Mr. Kaufman,2 -104978,Can I,2 -96747,the stage versions,2 -123041,in light of his recent death,2 -70714,We 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director Hoffman , with great help from Kevin Kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher,3 -82214,his actors,2 -119500,exercises,2 -162612,is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died,0 -164683,least interesting subject,1 -106077,Grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . The little girls understand ,,2 -47687,Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice,4 -229774,celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ),3 -172017,stoke,2 -183402,Devolves,2 -177054,ultimately disappointing,0 -3622,a calculating fiend or just,2 -143776,An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job,1 -72268,a remarkably original work,4 -218244,unqualified,2 -103404,A baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .,1 -98363,to the edge of your seat,3 -105237,Cosby-Seinfeld,2 -190598,a flat script and,1 -55277,of a ticket,2 -143712,An atonal estrogen opera that demonizes feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding .,0 -169359,programs ',2 -205639,make Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated .,2 -97435,this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,3 -180872,, painful , obnoxious,1 -144761,Demands too much of most viewers,1 -170143,rigid and evasive,1 -41461,a nice little picture ,,4 -142567,, this is lame .,0 -123912,is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler,3 -230176,despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break !,4 -124044,is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .,3 -196504,culled,2 -161060,heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter,1 -72474,a somber trip,2 -41040,Its gross-out gags and,1 -127990,no easy , comfortable resolution,2 -46341,No screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes .,4 -35868,overwhelmingly,3 -119853,feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .,2 -79001,engaging historical drama,3 -133317,stinker,2 -181502,A Meatballs for the bare-midriff generation .,2 -227481,`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker,1 -99040,unhibited,3 -12636,ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .,2 -2867,this magnolia,2 -98592,touchingly,3 -176876,trippy,2 -170172,roll vampire novel,2 -141928,, '' a convolution of language that suggests it,2 -157138,dead ends,1 -135890,the numerous scenes of gory mayhem,1 -212267,sounds whiny and defensive,1 -151526,a community theater production,1 -35558,of you-are-there closeness,2 -95801,the genre and,2 -160252,good ear,3 -212419,squeeze too many elements,2 -220550,'50s sociology , pop culture,2 -198526,fanciful film,3 -206451,more specimen,2 -72883,ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong,3 -41892,extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world ,,3 -226539,The voices are fine as well .,3 -155787,by the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense,1 -224941,Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos,3 -4855,as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn,2 -95029,the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama,3 -227037,What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again,3 -115696,becomes a concept doofus,2 -207918,of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still,2 -32335,has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it,3 -151658,a dull , ridiculous attempt,1 -26707,The 3D images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .,4 -163861,it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama,0 -180446,, Shrek ),3 -206193,mined,2 -116932,chemically,2 -219778,with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's,2 -100509,with guns,2 -68391,Remove Spider-Man the movie from its red herring surroundings and,1 -80074,flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue,4 -33140,into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time,2 -33189,invitation,2 -171847,spunk and promise,3 -145036,Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But even a hero can stumble sometimes .,3 -52259,great power,3 -231266,goo,2 -159930,generational,2 -223957,If you 're paying attention , the `` big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but that does n't make the movie any less entertaining,3 -2530,the artificial,1 -157358,determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul,2 -28016,about big questions,2 -135550,the incongruous,2 -91831,run out of ideas,1 -193319,as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy,2 -134409,that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling,0 -216549,those jokes,2 -72176,a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own,4 -184088,Gabriele Muccino,2 -81642,has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .,4 -39195,to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor 's Club,2 -94321,terms of what it 's trying to do,2 -237563,this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .,3 -77887,degrading and strangely liberating,3 -59711,unique and,3 -235943,soulful ,,3 -63071,A generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith .,4 -2009,partly from,2 -173090,that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects,1 -143404,A turgid little history lesson,2 -50510,counterparts,2 -47808,a Vietnamese point,2 -139856,wild Welsh whimsy,2 -99740,we take pictures,2 -189955,Zoom,2 -143266,A perplexing example of promise unfulfilled ,,1 -109954,The misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .,0 -69600,The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun,3 -102960,, this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among Wiseman 's warmest .,4 -131842,screaming captain,2 -93815,sucks,0 -224689,Made me,2 -96878,the time the credits roll across the pat ending,2 -31631,filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon,2 -81185,goes to the essence of Broadway,3 -221945,A bland , obnoxious 88-minute,0 -173150,that not only fails on its own , but makes you,2 -18944,Hunter,2 -10125,resourceful and,3 -38168,the era 's creme,3 -161695,important to us,2 -83681,irritates and saddens me,0 -174200,the latrine,1 -157465,dipped in milk,2 -149392,The film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers,1 -152930,acute character study,3 -58887,their project so interesting,3 -19616,a very cliched drum,1 -215300,the overall impact of the film,2 -169376,promotes is beyond us,2 -147193,Limbo offers,2 -235837,sneaks up on you and,3 -138238,traditional thriller,2 -150991,Winter Sleepers,2 -84101,is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer,3 -96123,the mentally ill,2 -164251,juggle and juxtapose three story lines but,3 -117270,comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties,2 -107191,Jews were Catholics,2 -201333,hope it 's only acting .,2 -197540,drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise,2 -92260,self-reflection or cautionary tale,2 -89505,on their own,2 -86727,manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum,4 -136193,the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation .,0 -39414,touching reconsideration,3 -27241,Windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop .,4 -54715,merrily,3 -168254,one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes,1 -138295,treads predictably,1 -52674,his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona,2 -82789,in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present,2 -40065,who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte,2 -210466,rescue this effort,2 -28237,alongside,2 -22219,the Marks family,2 -216735,time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference,1 -166060,missing here,1 -108918,Shot largely in small rooms,2 -109589,The beauty of Alexander Payne 's ode to the Everyman is in the details .,3 -152097,a movie , largely devoid,1 -66227,Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...,4 -38283,the good sense,2 -113009,a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off,1 -102471,, dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters,3 -122783,immature and,1 -81667,has become of us all in the era of video,2 -54306,live happily ever after,3 -47596,What could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .,3 -226887,Upper Teens,2 -203677,is way too stagy,1 -149426,The film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .,1 -117136,cold blanket,1 -69975,The structure is simple , but,3 -115736,been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama,2 -160700,has made just another safe movie,2 -229180,be faulted,2 -126198,lit by flashes of mordant humor,2 -113220,about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying ,,2 -168940,plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .,1 -195421,can work the words '' radical,2 -19479,a deadpan suspense,3 -97763,time living in another community,2 -169623,rancorous curiosity,3 -42290,like this presuppose religious bigotry or,2 -227945,a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat,2 -196232,convincing way,3 -69317,The Laramie Project,2 -148729,Some elements of it really blow the big one,1 -156723,conservative route,2 -94213,tar,2 -34324,makes up for a lot,2 -235855,so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope,1 -178196,white mask,2 -143809,Anemic,1 -65540,Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber,3 -12001,the very issues,2 -39632,uniformly,2 -217184,to make a big splash .,3 -97800,tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers,2 -121288,good a job,2 -238604,what it lacks in outright newness,1 -58677,the sci-fi genre,2 -148723,Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one,0 -166997,not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes,2 -154033,artistic license Avary employs,2 -217711,tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing,1 -123817,is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .,4 -151915,a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day,3 -218587,visually atrocious , and often downright creepy,0 -136227,the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children,1 -231506,has to be a few advantages to never growing old .,3 -49205,are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya,3 -49979,ca n't stop loving anime,3 -189233,Too clumsy,1 -130112,people who just want to live their lives,2 -128216,obligatory,2 -169600,raging hormones and sledgehammers,2 -235921,something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for,2 -95623,the film ( at 80 minutes ),2 -91195,real pleasure,3 -8441,like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer,2 -99911,what we see,2 -108475,Private Ryan,2 -210405,rent those movies,2 -157421,die-hard fans,2 -82168,high-wattage,3 -224511,Just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .,1 -65272,Eisenstein,2 -8682,many a parent and,2 -17880,travel on the fame freeway,2 -199332,for the film 's publicists or,2 -146451,It 's as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker .,0 -18052,why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind,3 -143525,Admirable , certainly,3 -174189,the last one living,2 -205016,like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate,1 -89674,ongoing - and,2 -87358,more thorough transitions,3 -25797,It moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss : it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise .,3 -52682,his works,2 -141906,) Byler,2 -52145,gives brutal birth,1 -200288,guises,2 -94879,that strays past the two and a half mark,2 -186078,Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated,3 -72710,a trenchant critique,2 -225025,Ms. Leoni 's,2 -184226,Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But,3 -146428,It 's a very sincere work,3 -65711,G-rated,2 -40476,you-are-there,2 -142365,, neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .,1 -198998,fits the profile too closely,3 -153875,are missing,2 -203788,it 's on slippery footing,2 -6540,flounders in its quest for deeper meaning,2 -195495,carved from a log,2 -53364,is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey .,3 -189611,What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie . In other words , it 's badder than bad .,0 -218015,two parts exhausting Men in Black mayhem to one part family values,2 -60974,'s betting her third feature will be something to behold,3 -179214,your film becomes boring , and,1 -45229,Feature debuter D . J . Caruso,2 -222465,As quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself,3 -23812,, passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel,3 -85948,lets you,2 -154620,based on a real-life person,2 -99752,weasels,2 -213570,that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could,1 -114041,an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards,2 -65315,Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .,3 -124274,is n't especially realistic,1 -105474,Disguise,2 -205833,map thematically and stylistically , and,3 -39788,viciously honest,3 -102256,, Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired .,1 -60830,'s a lot to recommend Read My Lips .,2 -226944,Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .,4 -167875,of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys,2 -85696,know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California,2 -45434,Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ...,3 -481,as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes,1 -191238,a room,2 -34896,new generation,2 -117761,crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .,4 -216591,three hours and,2 -164470,know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too,1 -54452,lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food,3 -132619,slo-mo,2 -63065,A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what you wish for,3 -83892,is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise,3 -78086,devastating indictment,3 -184063,Friggin,2 -27437,a coming-of-age story we 've all seen bits of in other films,2 -114129,an orange prison jumpsuit,2 -48655,action and,3 -164782,less-than-objective stance,2 -179393,'ll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard,2 -82220,his best film,4 -161525,humor to lighten things up,3 -220727,'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish,0 -19664,act in ways that real people would n't,1 -18458,, sophisticated entertainment,4 -202677,is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies,2 -94280,tells a deeper story,3 -101116,you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy,4 -187189,Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and,1 -159360,for a moment in these villains or their plot,2 -151881,a heretofore unfathomable question : Is it possible for computer-generated characters,1 -45794,It has the ability to offend and put off everyone , but it holds you with its outrageousness,2 -168262,only 10 minutes prior to filming,2 -5130,better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh . an excellent sequel .,4 -182701,Barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference .,1 -124327,is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain,2 -41239,That rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind,4 -175197,these developments and challenges,2 -22427,this cast,2 -78237,disassociation,2 -176705,took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender .,2 -212630,straining to produce another smash,1 -140518,would be a total washout .,1 -133503,sub-formulaic slap,1 -213532,that Kate is n't very bright ,,2 -167839,of the type of project,2 -215256,the only one,2 -181339,... the cast portrays their,2 -148346,Ruh-roh ! Romething 's really wrong with this ricture !,1 -149376,The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation :,1 -6168,eloquent,4 -71688,a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops ',3 -232958,it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .,1 -17353,suffering,1 -196250,costume shop,2 -184142,Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor,2 -222954,Cinematic pratfalls given a working over .,2 -54184,leave a light on every night from now,3 -20455,energetic music,3 -8508,listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,1 -7147,hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers,1 -114854,as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight,2 -213846,that special annex of hell,0 -29155,as a vaguely discontented woman of substance,2 -225415,Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven,1 -164108,its own postmodern conceit,2 -137226,through to the bitter end,2 -65906,Happy Hour,3 -236315,than fresh,2 -204052,it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama,2 -224921,Mr. Holland 's,2 -47122,The ingenuity that Parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself .,4 -88269,of Sergio Leone,2 -76533,celebrities,2 -230007,could take a look at his kin 's reworked version,2 -37524,surviving,2 -161469,how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is,0 -166336,most of which,2 -182204,After the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing,3 -71463,a convincing one,3 -187055,SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both .,1 -31158,entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude,3 -129006,of the current political climate,1 -145279,Fans of the TV series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored,1 -156623,complete and utter lack,0 -170004,represents Bartleby 's main overall flaw .,1 -50551,creativity , and fearlessness,4 -94434,than spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .,4 -38871,there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz .,2 -121906,have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation,2 -204273,its own preciousness,3 -116533,called the best Korean film of 2002,3 -39423,tragic,2 -171466,so poorly thought-out and substance-free,0 -24288,A captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners .,3 -127953,nightmare versions,2 -114343,another generic drama,1 -19777,and Jim,2 -100234,will be baffled,2 -57135,social expectation,2 -237279,the traditional Almodóvar style,2 -216766,tits,3 -119651,fails to spark this leaden comedy,0 -224822,More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal and more relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks,3 -157937,dramatic through line,2 -189567,What a pity ... that the material is so second-rate .,1 -12648,under the right conditions ,,2 -155581,buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary,0 -129766,otherwise tender movements,2 -172395,sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably,1 -74553,as Nicholas ' wounded,2 -230533,enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film,2 -226425,The plan to make Enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .,0 -196360,cracker,2 -196418,creative storytelling,4 -117606,countless interpretations,2 -236941,the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead,1 -17612,the phone book,2 -24009,, yes , melancholy film,2 -119049,end result,2 -179824,'s likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ),1 -208759,or cinema seats,2 -38512,the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame,2 -72489,a specifically urban sense,2 -58553,the optic nerves,2 -19496,a gem . His characters are engaging,4 -181766,A listless and desultory affair .,1 -159227,fleetingly,2 -153217,also unlistenable,1 -200875,have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned,3 -73811,an image of Big Papa,2 -66623,It 's not particularly subtle,2 -85397,its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case,3 -175778,tired of hearing people,1 -130567,presents himself,2 -180042,'s too bad nothing else is,1 -38624,the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer,3 -87117,mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation,2 -36869,shaky as the plot,1 -105930,G,2 -113876,an achievement,4 -63985,Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna,2 -51374,everything meshes in this elegant entertainment,4 -138370,true study,2 -101831,'s nothing remotely topical or sexy here,2 -135835,the moviemaking process,3 -125067,it offers large rewards,4 -105765,Fails as a dystopian movie , as a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix .,0 -96132,the middle of hopeful,2 -16196,invigorating,4 -187837,The Mothman Prophecies ,,2 -119112,enjoy The Hot Chick,3 -90699,problems than finding solutions .,1 -179362,'d probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .,1 -225736,Serious and thoughtful,4 -115297,awkward age,2 -62092,, memorable cinematic experience,4 -225912,Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '',2 -142392,, pointless and depressing , even if you,0 -52681,his work,2 -133700,surrealist,1 -74264,archive footage,2 -189331,Uma,2 -46166,Meyjes,2 -160819,have been called ` Under Siege 3,1 -161035,heart attack,1 -177980,what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller,1 -230455,dupe,1 -185306,It looks good,3 -68595,Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity,3 -151108,You 're better off staying home and watching The X-Files .,0 -221203,, Pa.,2 -75878,bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '',3 -169998,repeats it,2 -66794,It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .,0 -12404,to prove a female director,2 -223656,Hill ``,2 -131454,resurrect a dead man,2 -83163,in their 50s working,2 -236763,the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre,2 -96559,the region 's,2 -122682,if Woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him,2 -42898,times ,,2 -143745,An occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story .,1 -188629,The screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .,1 -2647,the miracle of shainberg 's film,4 -8804,miscast,2 -101185,you to accept it as life and go with its flow,3 -189046,This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre,1 -16791,of the piece,2 -35431,of the animated wildlife adventure show,2 -149832,The sinister inspiration that fuelled DeVito 's early work is confused in Death to Smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .,0 -100780,wonderful but sometimes confusing,3 -37703,than in execution,2 -4432,afraid,2 -105448,Director Lee has a true cinematic knack , but,2 -118559,does n't sustain a high enough level of invention,1 -110289,There 's a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger . But what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script,3 -151372,a big ole ' miss in the way of story,2 -181661,A faster paced family,2 -17533,the familiar story,2 -150230,This is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic .,3 -126978,mediocre horror film,1 -190274,a character 's hands,2 -207988,of sloppiness,2 -194822,bore-athon,1 -238379,wallowing in hormonal melodrama,1 -199573,from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook,2 -200147,gore for suspense,1 -46924,The Lion King was a roaring success when it was released eight years ago ,,3 -151901,a home movie of Audrey Rose,2 -121997,have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X .,3 -29627,bleep,2 -219422,whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer,2 -9957,quirky characters,2 -149022,Tara Reid,2 -202670,is a wish a studio 's wallet makes,4 -3365,'s rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies,3 -107292,Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey,2 -46908,The Evil Dead,2 -215282,the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ),2 -45116,Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films,4 -208767,or edit , or score ,,2 -150895,Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U . S . satellite,1 -210491,restate,1 -19192,Presents an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it .,3 -99488,vivid characters and a warm , moving message,4 -151089,Yes , 4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to Spirited Away,1 -137555,to engross even the most antsy youngsters,3 -53853,it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears,2 -73545,always a narratively cohesive one .,3 -197421,done in the United States,2 -11673,the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .,2 -133178,squandering,2 -58055,the best case,3 -141143,'s a pretty big problem,2 -231726,his disparate Manhattan denizens --,2 -206751,muy loco , but no more ridiculous,1 -166853,no pleasure in watching a child suffer,1 -127071,might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but,1 -88283,of Tim Allen,2 -199457,four letter words,2 -233195,itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum,2 -36322,ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with,2 -15814,for its posse of trailer park denizens,1 -10482,sits uneasily,1 -192185,all portent and,2 -76968,comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .,3 -179499,'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .,1 -71229,a Holocaust movie,2 -173983,the first sci-fi comedy,2 -33318,is anything but cathartic,2 -120691,from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects,2 -186365,No amount of good intentions,2 -41961,gambol fluidly,3 -179838,'s meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments,1 -162985,is lame,1 -200140,goofy , life-affirming moments,3 -156604,common with them,2 -125050,it may be,2 -70902,While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and,4 -15870,gets a nice wintry look from his locations,2 -41286,The principals in this cast are all fine , but,3 -216462,this particular film,2 -73882,an intimacy that sucks you in and dares you not to believe it,4 -119547,exploitative for the art houses and,1 -5496,chaplin,2 -94200,talking fish,2 -79641,famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia,2 -178872,would be precious little left .,1 -49488,bathos,2 -95956,the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic,3 -97353,this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist,1 -127286,more common saccharine genre,2 -10373,seriously,2 -154245,as tawdry trash,0 -12593,turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy,3 -26171,Neither Parker nor Donovan is a typical romantic lead , but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .,3 -76087,but not sophomoric,2 -227278,You can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed .,0 -66028,Hollywood movie,3 -208449,on how well you like Chris Rock,2 -29307,at the expense of cheap-looking monsters,0 -197622,duplicate,2 -152368,a routine courtroom drama ,,2 -173869,the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ),1 -46031,Lion King,2 -55811,only the most patient and,2 -137731,to me,2 -123882,is almost an afterthought,1 -166308,most fail miserably and in the end , Pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny,0 -224768,Men in Black II ,,2 -13057,who cares if the story 's a little weak,3 -221325,, either liberal or conservative,2 -187356,Sling Blade and South of Heaven , West of Hell,3 -167186,of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,3 -200826,have hoped,2 -85807,launch the New Age .,2 -55378,of her life,2 -179799,'s just a weird fizzle,2 -9163,notorious c . h .,2 -145430,For close to two hours,2 -104470,As action-adventure,2 -101219,young talent,3 -198122,even those,2 -55077,no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun,4 -47766,\/ several warp speeds \ \/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful Insurrection . Which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors,2 -173348,the Country Bear universe,2 -160005,get the impression,2 -1029,for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre,1 -68892,Some people want the ol' ball-and-chain and then,2 -161490,how to please a crowd , and that 's about all it does well,2 -147764,Not a cheap slasher flick , as the subject matter would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey .,2 -1012,for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .,0 -20329,cultures,2 -153481,an overbearing series of third-act crescendos,2 -66237,If Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure,1 -155243,bigger rant,2 -94628,that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them,3 -132844,solemn film .,2 -205849,marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits .,2 -232131,interaction .,2 -34061,life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year,4 -59587,twice about,2 -111533,a batch,2 -175858,to a whole lot of sense,2 -131418,resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this,1 -201269,hitting a discernible target,2 -178153,which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry,2 -996,flaws,1 -40434,you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .,3 -152128,a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous ',0 -194424,before month 's end,2 -161562,if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ',2 -193905,awkwardly contrived exercise,1 -191575,a twist --,2 -64060,Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism,2 -98949,undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation,4 -33644,it enough to recommend,3 -98145,to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess,2 -127204,modern-office anomie films,2 -41218,Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it . But he somehow pulls it off,3 -191426,a stylish exercise,3 -238718,who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams,2 -58579,the picture is unfamiliar,2 -119333,even if they spend years trying to comprehend it,2 -19243,Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances,4 -213040,swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard,1 -637,brings tears to your eyes,2 -158744,failing to exploit them,1 -207161,nonsensical and laughable plotting,1 -36074,pops Nathan Lane,3 -236750,the big screen postcard,2 -67747,Naipaul 's novel,2 -204005,it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide,1 -201806,in a superficial way , while never sure,1 -112254,a lot to chew on ,,2 -10612,some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma,0 -12945,what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms,2 -213358,than a polemical tract,2 -96583,the right eyes,2 -176391,to sell the material,2 -112614,a retooling of Fahrenheit 451,2 -155466,breast,2 -76769,class resentment,1 -37135,some neglected all-stars,2 -126701,makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should ,,3 -161188,highlight the radical action,2 -63192,A modestly surprising movie,3 -132719,so crisp and,3 -14861,a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises,3 -193562,as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac,3 -237589,those D.W. Griffith,2 -1309,incredibly,3 -85441,its treatment,2 -229039,at cheapening it,1 -119975,few cute,2 -213318,terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting :,0 -230133,delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story,4 -141640,'s target market,2 -128218,obscure this movie 's lack of ideas,1 -162747,is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away,1 -223982,If you have n't seen the film lately,2 -222834,But what are adults doing in the theater at all ?,1 -152151,a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy,2 -144018,Bad and,1 -164493,knows when to let a gag die,3 -76189,by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others,3 -77338,conventional , even predictable remake,2 -123052,in modern America,2 -107371,Laggard drama,2 -123211,in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium,3 -210215,really stupid,0 -15537,destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,4 -101857,'s pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone,1 -63403,A solid , psychological action film from Hong Kong,3 -141212,'s also rarely coherent,2 -70896,While obviously aimed at kids , The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .,3 -45694,Is this love,2 -216525,this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert ,,1 -169898,rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept . 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .,1 -147404,Me If You Can is n't badly made,3 -50419,considered as a possible successor,3 -65970,Heidi,2 -194194,be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,2 -51159,emphasizes the isolation of these characters,2 -93493,steaming cartons,2 -126051,like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place,1 -52451,haunts , horrifies , startles and,1 -191659,a young woman 's breakdown , the film,2 -201490,icy stunts,2 -4269,a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings ,,2 -74631,as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work,4 -771,deadly,2 -48675,add movies,1 -218500,very small children,2 -171995,still evolving story,2 -26731,The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...,4 -9361,of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma,1 -126596,major-league,3 -220633,'re meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane .,2 -235517,see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '',0 -189924,You ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .,0 -227990,a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability,3 -152221,a piece of dreck disguised as comedy,1 -12032,the whole thing,2 -39984,when cartoons were cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable,1 -233326,layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and,0 -20842,hyper-time,2 -75695,bigger and more ambitious than the first installment,3 -215775,the ticket cost,2 -164225,jettisons all opportunities for Rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense,1 -208429,on course,2 -137912,to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors,3 -114952,as it is revealing,2 -177078,unapologetic mess,0 -114362,answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy,2 -49085,any number of fascinating issues,3 -62835,A charming but slight comedy .,3 -101878,'s similarly,2 -33543,is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .,3 -64223,Bale 's,2 -43354,'s told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times,2 -59464,totalitarian,1 -36140,prefer,2 -233758,may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie,2 -213334,testosterone-charged wizardry,2 -38051,the brilliance of his Hong Kong films,4 -202066,in the worst elements of all of them,1 -218984,weighs down his capricious fairy-tale,1 -81327,gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas,2 -214639,the filmmaking in Invincible,3 -170186,romp that , if nothing else , will appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz .,2 -193259,around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,0 -112674,a sermon for most of its running time,1 -139333,water-camera,2 -121626,hard-to-swallow premise,0 -66037,Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin,4 -64291,Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and recreating it an in an African idiom,3 -29940,by providing good , lively company .,4 -209274,pictures .,2 -48635,across the walls that might otherwise separate them,2 -56021,photography Benoit Delhomme,2 -127756,narrative gymnastics,2 -172640,tempted to change his landmark poem to,2 -125152,it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film :,3 -84663,is such a perfect medium for children,3 -55940,pass up,1 -37624,taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .,3 -62517,. He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .,3 -219522,will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .,0 -96125,the mere presence,2 -237067,the most disappointing Woody Allen movie,0 -102933,, they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .,2 -47099,The fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural French school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .,3 -52307,grumbling for some tasty grub,2 -107363,LITTLE EYE,2 -151552,a convolution of language that suggests it,1 -50569,critical and,2 -41400,You have to pay attention to follow all the stories ,,2 -109551,The actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types,2 -222606,Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh,4 -169655,rather dull,1 -81206,going to be released in IMAX format,2 -236426,that effort,2 -99241,uses the last act,2 -61032,'s filmed Tosca that you want .,2 -8668,manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental,3 -145629,Good for a few unintentional laughs , '' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .,1 -38207,the film 's scenario is certainly not earthshaking,2 -101242,your first instinct,3 -228716,any other year,2 -33885,jail,2 -44520,An inventive ,,3 -132709,so awful,1 -175257,thin line,2 -69716,The most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-Semitism and neo-fascism .,4 -225099,Neatly constructed thriller .,3 -100203,wickedly funny,4 -212244,soon .,2 -49886,build in the mind of the viewer and,2 -103697,A marvelous performance by Allison Lohman as an identity-seeking foster child,4 -10003,rates,2 -154454,audience to focus on,2 -237671,tiny two seater plane,2 -1016,for children ,,2 -72218,a rather unbelievable love interest and,2 -57821,that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems,2 -79014,engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary,4 -222999,Consider it ` perfection . ',4 -170546,see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie,2 -171245,slavishly copies,1 -99997,which occurs often,2 -5057,be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character,2 -231456,has many of the things that made the first one charming .,3 -153776,archival foot-age,1 -33193,irresistible,3 -28941,another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .,4 -120449,for maximum moisture,2 -184813,If there 's a heaven for bad movies,0 -179583,'s a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun,3 -189935,You have once again entered the bizarre realm where director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal .,2 -166471,much suspense,3 -89383,on and on,2 -131500,reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth,3 -111504,a Sunshine State,2 -107326,Kirshner wins , but it 's close .,3 -156558,comes across rather too plainly,2 -195334,camera movements,3 -27267,Workmanlike,2 -150972,Wince-inducing dialogue,1 -140777,you liked the previous movies in the series,3 -30512,critics,2 -106400,I 'm the One That I Want , in 2000 .,2 -168521,overcome blah characters,3 -63228,A naturally funny film , Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .,4 -6338,experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,1 -60515,yearning ,,2 -37157,something likable about the Marquis de Sade,3 -123976,is conversational,2 -119188,entertaining , if somewhat standardized ,,3 -152550,a substitute for humor,1 -48495,a wickedly subversive bent,3 -203090,is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .,0 -51576,feel genuinely good,3 -26163,Nathan Lane,2 -94951,that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck,2 -151381,a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned,3 -83262,increasingly amused,3 -29298,at once surreal,2 -177349,uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat,1 -182792,Best described as I Know What You Did Last Winter .,2 -6334,experience,2 -56529,reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies,4 -131629,romantic nor comedic,2 -180978,, the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .,1 -172941,that blare with pop songs,2 -117908,deadly bore,0 -108083,Nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one,4 -231913,imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al.,2 -190966,a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again,1 -123434,inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience,0 -188028,The characters seem one-dimensional , and,1 -151592,a deeper level,2 -145173,Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles ...,1 -189252,Totally overwrought ,,0 -227498,`` Glory '',2 -20068,based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins,2 -116554,can and will,2 -77924,delightfully charming -- and,4 -228888,as Jack Ryan , Tom Clancy 's intrepid hero,2 -102558,, heartfelt , mesmerizing King Lear,3 -3109,west,2 -135784,the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies,3 -132952,something more recyclable than significant,1 -209387,plays like a tired Tyco ad .,1 -142858,123 minutes,2 -182831,Blair Witch Project real-time roots,2 -25125,Director Nalin Pan,2 -159765,from the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions,1 -32996,in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal,2 -49429,authentic and dark .,3 -203449,is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film,1 -51493,fake documentary,1 -92810,slight but sweet film,2 -222564,Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected,1 -211768,sledgehammer sap,2 -186214,Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .,1 -110296,There 's an excellent 90-minute film here,3 -223387,For a film about explosions and death and spies , `` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .,1 -17165,self,2 -42808,the eye ,,2 -38401,the many , many moments,2 -219050,were at home,2 -58590,the plot 's hot brine,2 -211887,snail-like pacing,0 -228958,as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary .,1 -233160,its off,2 -199651,from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ),2 -129998,particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses,2 -44719,Bill,2 -15244,beloved,3 -146193,If looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride,2 -78120,did n't entirely,2 -157119,dateflick,2 -234108,next :,2 -225812,Slap her - she 's not funny,0 -81573,hard-driving narcissism is a given,1 -178974,writer\/director John McKay,2 -134189,that Chabrol spins,2 -113560,all , Road to Perdition,2 -139023,via surrealist flourishes,2 -224258,It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .,1 -195984,comes through all too painfully in the execution,1 -129502,once it gets rock-n-rolling,2 -68998,Steers refreshingly clear,3 -47361,This illuminating documentary,3 -182667,Aussie David Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .,1 -63688,Aliens and,3 -201118,hip comedy,3 -53097,innuendo .,2 -80575,from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera,2 -60667,'' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .,4 -170588,seemingly brainless,1 -3607,a bouncy score,2 -81203,going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops .,1 -65979,Here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .,3 -27726,a photo of yourself you did n't know,2 -51455,extremely imaginative through out,3 -95937,the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower,2 -46357,Not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .,3 -37715,than the trivial , cash-in features,1 -225735,Serious and,2 -233636,make it human .,2 -79002,engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers,3 -129946,paean,3 -182679,Babbitt 's,2 -21580,of those turbulent days,2 -177613,wants to have it both ways,2 -65994,His scenes are short,2 -157883,double in value a week from Friday,3 -122867,in Trouble Every Day,1 -152960,admire the ensemble players and,3 -54934,moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and,3 -47845,a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16,3 -170626,seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video,1 -146012,I can make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday .,2 -144558,Comes across,2 -210143,read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame,1 -211719,sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and,1 -164363,justify its pretensions,2 -155386,boring , and occasionally annoying,0 -207374,of '70s,2 -110192,The strength of the film lies in its two central performances by Sven Wollter as the stricken composer and Viveka Seldahl as his desperate violinist wife .,3 -58123,the cinema world 's,2 -118588,does the movie or the character any good,2 -11554,the knees should be,2 -179889,'s not enough to the story to fill two hours,1 -93542,stomach-turning violence,2 -211077,seems done by the numbers,2 -42953,uses and,2 -224730,Marinated,2 -67719,Murder by Numbers ',2 -56514,remarkable ensemble cast,3 -77028,comments,2 -93298,spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative,4 -3203,wonder why it 's necessary,1 -168817,perilously close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation,2 -52912,in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen,2 -184076,Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature,1 -131671,ruins,2 -212585,stink bomb,2 -57910,that understands characters must come first,2 -192994,appears not to have been edited at all,0 -162948,is it hokey,1 -4762,appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights,1 -42371,more interesting , less symmetrical,3 -204084,it will probably be a talky bore .,1 -97859,to a new age,2 -163117,is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them,2 -5491,challenging , sometimes clever , and,3 -123309,incredibly thoughtful,4 -218886,watered down,1 -205215,little less charm,2 -146646,It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . '' Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .,2 -151343,a bad rock concert,1 -86304,looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships,3 -133375,strange hairs,2 -116946,children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and,2 -92638,sibling,2 -73304,after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage,2 -130335,plot and pornographic way,1 -150950,Wild Wild West,2 -97885,to assume is just another day of Brit cinema,2 -115740,been patiently waiting for,2 -215837,the upper class,2 -201988,in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s,2 -229470,bring their characters to life .,3 -133622,summer popcorn movie,2 -162110,include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays,1 -176183,to her scenes,2 -171815,spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .,1 -44998,Danis Tanovic 's,2 -127795,near-hypnotic physical beauty,3 -3982,a modern motion picture,3 -33198,is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .,4 -191935,actor to save it,2 -176651,too many repetitive,1 -15778,finds a new way to surprise and amuse .,3 -113212,about the subject,2 -196270,could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy,1 -178262,whole enterprise,2 -149553,The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult,2 -138277,trapped,2 -206922,never feel anything for these characters,1 -106589,If it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for,4 -155913,camp classic,3 -70640,Visually striking,3 -23649,, gorgeously shot and beautifully,4 -37861,that mind,2 -144850,Directed in a paint-by-numbers manner,2 -145929,I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo,2 -29639,blobby old-school CGI animation,1 -211857,smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em -,2 -135920,the opposite,2 -96550,the recording sessions,3 -75863,both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake,2 -193736,at both endeavors,2 -228021,a mostly magnificent directorial career ,,4 -31784,for terror .,1 -100190,whose teeth,2 -117348,complete denial about his obsessive behavior,1 -156758,consumer-advice,2 -182963,Butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .,2 -19694,all fine,2 -225577,Rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations .,1 -112965,a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker,3 -155669,buying into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie,1 -11115,that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder,3 -38143,the earlier films,2 -176042,to clown,2 -19891,and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family,4 -7220,horror and,2 -213995,the Alien,2 -207546,of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast,2 -227285,You do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace .,1 -116362,by Bernard Rose,2 -175641,thought-out,2 -148754,Something About Mary and both American Pie movies . Oh,2 -54948,much more than the why,2 -166900,non-God,2 -20569,foil,2 -1886,of artistic collaboration,3 -26537,Scottish,2 -35543,of visual amazement,3 -145163,Even if Britney Spears is really cute , her movie is really bad .,1 -202515,is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter,2 -42557,reveals unexpected depths,3 -232904,it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies,1 -156770,contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when Carvey 's Saturday Night Live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .,0 -106284,Hollywood romantic comedies,2 -137620,to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi,2 -79069,enough charm and,2 -228445,all the bad things in the world \/,0 -151184,\ \/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight,1 -210365,remained,2 -79181,escapism without requiring a great deal of thought,4 -158350,environmentalism,2 -84702,is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .,3 -109150,Standing in the Shadows of Motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow .,4 -188420,The movie has generic virtues , and despite a lot of involved talent , seems done by the numbers .,2 -57573,take a reality check,2 -67535,Michael Cunningham 's,2 -117718,creepy-scary thriller,3 -37815,that is a brief shooting star of love,3 -87487,most trouble,1 -183285,David Letterman,2 -225102,Neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment .,2 -24213,2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over,3 -201772,in a barrage of hype,2 -38776,the whole of Safe Conduct,3 -224236,It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .,1 -96403,the pitch of his movie ,,2 -55191,of 1 to 10,2 -87014,memorable character creations,3 -29688,both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --,3 -30213,clearly been made with affection and care,4 -226691,This new Time Machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable .,2 -226914,Vin Diesel is the man .,4 -26974,This cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit,3 -14308,Much of the way,2 -143251,A one-trick pony whose few T&A bits still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .,0 -142063,, accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc .,1 -183853,Fangoria subscriber,2 -112096,a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions,4 -177470,vice , murder , kids ' TV,2 -107474,Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/,0 -198199,every punchline predictable . There 's no energy,0 -236011,staggered from the theater and,2 -103844,A remarkable movie with an unsatisfying ending , which is just the point .,3 -49418,athletic exploits,2 -25232,Entertainment Tonight,2 -17918,understand,2 -111632,a choice,2 -86640,makes it a failure as straight drama . ',0 -102467,, cry and realize ,,1 -34990,not once,2 -172789,than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon,1 -4909,as well as,2 -112642,a satisfying well-made romantic comedy,4 -142620,, we deserve the trash that we get .,1 -101325,'' Laissez-passer '',1 -14999,and admirable for what it does n't do,3 -37461,sugar-coating or interludes,2 -230155,depravity,2 -192579,an inconclusive ending,1 -165483,major stunt Seagal 's,3 -89568,one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination,4 -179206,your dreams ,,2 -223259,Even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .,0 -201382,house music,2 -156172,charisma and audacity,3 -5152,bigelow offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable,1 -51664,filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória,2 -236298,than ` Magnifique ' .,2 -170223,rowdy participants,3 -229255,become ``,2 -220729,'s a testament to the film 's considerable charm,3 -29416,be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance,3 -57893,that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one,3 -170559,seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year,1 -200977,heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .,3 -147750,Nonsensical , dull '' cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .,0 -97850,to a certain degree,2 -128058,nod in agreement .,2 -127557,movie , '' Minority Report '',2 -114437,any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect,3 -102568,, hospitals , courts and welfare centers,2 -150184,This film , starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock ,,2 -74459,are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman,2 -190995,a movie star and,2 -94927,that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer,3 -14232,Like,3 -86435,luvvies,2 -59472,touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by Rachel Griffiths,4 -41070,Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but,1 -149584,The movie gets muted and routine .,1 -176710,took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot,2 -67367,Majid Majidi shoe-loving,2 -193238,are unintentional .,2 -93812,suck the audience in,3 -74551,as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English,2 -98510,too human,2 -215203,the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,1 -228372,admire it,3 -189546,What 's next ? The Porky 's Revenge : Ultimate Edition ?,1 -64612,Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .,3 -92478,she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina,3 -15636,enemy,2 -190714,a group of talented friends,3 -153167,alleged youthful fire,3 -180793,, lumpish cipher,1 -157865,done so,2 -95163,the balm,2 -214866,the intelligence or sincerity,2 -227166,Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution , but American audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic,1 -86444,made a movie about critical reaction,2 -130426,pop up in nearly every corner of the country,3 -169733,real movie producers are n't this nice .,2 -124815,it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted,1 -97345,this French shocker,2 -237601,those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,2 -110374,There is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care,4 -224734,Marisa Tomei is good , but,2 -52201,good sitcom,3 -117967,defines us all,2 -17723,think Undercover Brother has run out of steam,1 -206385,more focused,3 -66078,Humorous and,3 -65595,For once,2 -94858,that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale,3 -50015,can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts .,3 -5798,credibility,2 -3783,a film living far too much in its own head,0 -219554,will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .,1 -143339,A silly , self-indulgent film about a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker,1 -93552,stories the Holocaust,2 -211387,she 's not funny,1 -131673,rumblings,1 -65171,Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut,3 -143467,Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists .,0 -71957,a masterpiece of nuance and characterization ,,4 -109818,The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people ,,2 -217341,to shtick and sentimentality,3 -97300,thick clouds of denial,1 -99963,where the old adage '' be careful what,1 -42573,rousing ,,3 -156626,complete with blade-thin characters,1 -192026,affected and boring,1 -217395,to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory,2 -141370,'s impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .,1 -92411,sexy slip,3 -65645,French filmmakers,2 -157344,despite the title,2 -156401,close to Phantom Menace for comfort,2 -113904,an adolescent dirty-joke book,2 -178623,with on any deeper level,2 -145809,Hilariously,3 -145336,Fight,2 -139332,water-bound action,2 -112443,a one liner as well as,2 -231962,in ``,2 -88734,of little moments,2 -10412,shoplifts shamelessly,1 -46149,Melodrama with a message .,2 -128278,of Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` Signs ',2 -66173,I know I should n't have laughed , but,3 -44792,Brosnan a la cabeza , pero de que entretiene,2 -183657,Elizabeth Hurley 's,3 -198059,even '' Indecent Proposal '',2 -121254,goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .,3 -167200,of Grief,2 -70718,We do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .,1 -134619,that we did at seventeen,2 -215465,the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops,4 -74636,as any of David,2 -8918,much interest,3 -131930,see the world of our making .,2 -46424,One of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme,3 -34854,nearly three,2 -78028,deserves a chance to shine,3 -6211,enjoy good trash,2 -154959,been co-opted,2 -34852,nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl,2 -200323,had a week to live,2 -174096,the imaginative gore,2 -25864,Joe,2 -12713,upper west,2 -210965,second-rate,1 -96114,the melodramatic aspects,2 -208247,of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals,2 -190830,a little less charm,1 -221151,, I 'm afraid .,2 -139115,w,2 -66757,It may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie , but,1 -173692,the crime story and the love story,3 -140028,with Expecting,2 -130724,pros,3 -236068,storytelling prowess,3 -137671,to humanize its subject,2 -224330,It is about irrational , unexplainable life and,2 -157582,dismiss them,1 -199460,fourth book,2 -186820,Put,2 -119894,feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo,1 -45364,Gerbosi,2 -166215,more poetic,2 -25468,Half Ghost Story , All in one criminally,2 -81347,gratitude,3 -124391,is on the screen,2 -16539,marks,2 -149984,The whole damn thing,2 -224443,Jack Ryan , Tom Clancy 's intrepid hero,3 -27520,a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war,4 -225579,Raymond J. Barry as the ` assassin ',2 -26975,This cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap .,3 -93787,such a wallop,2 -205030,like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers .,1 -31984,fuzzy treat,2 -2804,then,2 -162079,in werewolf films,2 -102089,( Goldbacher ),2 -185208,It 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison .,0 -78340,do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .,2 -189608,What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom,1 -82762,impotentes,2 -12432,to the endless action sequences,1 -63546,A very well-meaning movie , and it,3 -36255,qualify as a terrible tragedy,1 -99038,unhappy , repressed and twisted,1 -170615,seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one .,1 -75780,bogged down in earnest dramaturgy,0 -108042,North Korea 's recent past and,2 -227636,`` The turntable is now outselling the electric guitar ... '',2 -97729,throw,2 -90155,penetrating,3 -158063,durable best,2 -224992,Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium,3 -31687,five principals,2 -146499,It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable ,,1 -139817,whose meaning,2 -124877,it 's still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .,3 -76683,chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss,3 -123351,inept direction ,,1 -75042,audacity and openness,3 -139329,water torture seem appealing,1 -83473,intentional or not,2 -76668,chilling advantage,3 -122150,her choices,2 -12481,too bad,1 -68246,Pompeo,2 -158377,ergo,2 -125737,landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,3 -92014,screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin,2 -148906,Sucking all the ` classic ' out of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and Disney-fied adolescent angst,2 -141001,'ll stick with The Tune,2 -227751,a `` What was it all for,2 -171795,spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure,1 -173347,the CliffsNotes with pages missing,1 -60596,young , Black manhood,2 -134517,that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but,3 -142793,... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .,1 -131297,remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end,4 -31061,emotional integrity,2 -113909,an adrenaline boost,3 -169009,plus the script by Working Girl scribe Kevin Wade,2 -214679,the first two films ',2 -17629,the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity,3 -201272,ho 's,2 -191453,a surprisingly juvenile lark ,,1 -43059,& J sandwich,2 -199047,flawed support structure,1 -45864,Jae-eun Jeong 's,2 -47505,Undiscovered Country,2 -223619,He drags it back , single-handed .,3 -66928,John Hughes comedy,3 -233411,like Mr. Schepisi 's,2 -22714,want to miss,1 -223282,Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible,4 -70632,Vincent 's complaint,2 -128566,of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry,4 -113584,all gradually reveals itself,2 -69936,The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . The performances are all solid,3 -99282,valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view,4 -204311,its scrapbook of oddballs,1 -2241,self-styled,2 -23318,, Mr . Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .,3 -86567,make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .,3 -208838,our eyes,3 -12820,walked,2 -25875,Josef,2 -15250,best film,4 -35738,onscreen,2 -78354,do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies,2 -46913,The Hot Chick,2 -72337,a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess,2 -62443,, you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .,4 -45329,From the opening strains of the Average White Band 's '' Pick up the Pieces '' , you can feel the love .,4 -40336,work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind,3 -152971,adult entertainment,2 -164837,lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary,3 -8501,linger,2 -118637,double-pistoled,2 -58497,the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path,3 -160382,grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance,2 -211173,selecting,2 -96356,the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music,2 -135371,the film works as well as it does because of the performances .,3 -127699,musty memories,2 -24061,-- go see it,3 -146733,It plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness .,2 -67365,Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while .,3 -19355,This bold and lyrical first feature,3 -66710,It excels because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .,3 -80655,from the affection of that moral favorite,2 -150449,Too loud , too long and,1 -134977,the character dramas,2 -229699,can not help but love Cinema Paradiso , whether the original version or new Director 's Cut .,3 -88788,of obstacles,3 -83482,interesting and accessible,3 -37196,sparklingly inventive and artful,4 -49247,as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight,3 -131539,riddled,2 -113660,all the outward elements of the original,3 -89861,outdoes its spectacle .,3 -22590,transcends ethnic boundaries,3 -182484,Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke -,0 -162091,in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs,2 -51512,fanatical,2 -90947,put you off,1 -214132,the alternate sexuality,2 -42112,incredibly clever and,4 -89009,of the finest films of the year,4 -50315,common concern,2 -90404,plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't,2 -8222,juicy,3 -74774,as soon as possible,2 -71379,a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer,3 -24169,... the movie becomes a heady experience .,3 -207610,of an intriguing curiosity,3 -1835,no,1 -127799,nearly as downbeat,2 -110194,The symbols float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees .,2 -153398,an hour 's worth,2 -149493,The jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and,1 -45806,It is about irrational , unexplainable life,2 -183081,Chicago 's South Side,2 -215142,the movie is better than you might think .,3 -105406,Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan,2 -10048,reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler,2 -46635,Richard Gere and Diane Lane,2 -85447,its understanding , often funny way,2 -158131,either Esther 's,2 -235498,seater plane,2 -141082,'s Something About Mary and both American Pie movies . Oh,2 -20333,damn,1 -193794,at sea,2 -218791,was shot two years ago,2 -236046,steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work,2 -69288,The Fast Runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space,2 -138670,unfolding a coherent , believable story,2 -172345,surface frenzy,2 -171271,slides,2 -16699,of Behan 's work and of Irish movies in general,2 -17336,struck,2 -170462,screaming and exaggerated,1 -185268,It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time,0 -76541,centering,2 -25003,Clothes,2 -165422,made for cable rather than for the big screen,1 -85580,just seven children,2 -215928,the worst kind of hubristic folly,0 -71291,a big bowl,2 -170603,seems just a long , convoluted ploy,0 -183052,Chan has done in the United States,3 -232823,is the spontaneity , originality and delight .,4 -85960,liberal or,2 -115099,asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for Holm 's performance,2 -237084,the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . ',3 -85504,jolts of pop music,2 -202006,in the execution,2 -65813,Gong Li and a vivid personality,3 -60793,'s a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness,0 -118215,did n't sell many records but helped change a nation,2 -110474,This is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope .,4 -227137,White Oleander ,,2 -55760,on these guys when it comes to scandals,2 -233842,mid-seventies,2 -69119,Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but,2 -29421,be new,2 -147608,Mystery Science Theater 3000 video,2 -140156,with humor , warmth , and intelligence,4 -58837,the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods .,2 -34315,makes its own , quieter observations,3 -26133,Music,2 -223976,If you do n't flee , you might be seduced .,2 -136071,the procession of costumes in castles,2 -46147,Melodrama,2 -66458,It 's ),2 -163112,is n't very funny .,1 -110990,Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd,1 -98442,to watch Marker the essayist at work,2 -192024,affect,2 -96676,the showdown,2 -116065,bloody chomps,2 -113002,a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast,1 -32523,his approach to storytelling,2 -77373,cool event,3 -87164,missteps,2 -2111,purpose,3 -176263,to make than it is to sit through,2 -69765,The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much,3 -132658,smallness,1 -35872,own conceit,2 -94431,than simply a portrait,2 -59087,three excellent principal singers ,,3 -3767,a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama 's family,2 -103086,-- but bad,2 -4573,among,2 -159147,find little of interest,1 -104409,Animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .,1 -129266,offer much more,2 -59486,traced back to the little things,2 -72347,a self-hatred instilled,1 -130220,piece ,,2 -224121,It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '',2 -169585,racehorse,2 -51825,for the film,2 -103915,A stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us,3 -58155,the conflicted complexity of his characters,3 -69153,Tattoo borrows heavily from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs,2 -210418,repeating what he 's already done way too often,1 -50322,compelling anatomy of grief,2 -144514,Class,2 -90273,pick the lint,2 -182641,At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance,1 -170345,sane rationale,2 -126094,like binging on cotton candy,2 -167623,of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness,2 -216801,to a chosen few,2 -94863,that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety,3 -74132,anthropology,2 -40822,Complex ,,2 -61113,'s like having an old friend for dinner,3 -159492,for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject,0 -25401,George Pal 's low-tech 1960 version,2 -57281,spook-a-rama,3 -152297,a psychological mess,0 -31522,fatality , classism , and ignorance,1 -76991,comfort in familiarity,3 -121731,has created a brilliant motion picture .,4 -80292,for its overwhelming creepiness,1 -232675,is one big , dumb action movie .,0 -3455,, please,2 -92812,slightest difficulty,1 -232655,is not rooted in that decade .,2 -197920,enough to become comparatively sane and healthy,3 -56205,probes,2 -237814,to fil,2 -102052,( A ) soulless,1 -214258,the casting call for this movie went out,2 -165856,merely grim,2 -186837,Quentin Tarantino when they grow up,2 -149791,The reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year,1 -149869,The story is familiar from its many predecessors,2 -203435,is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .,2 -57661,terrific and bewilderingly,4 -127701,my 6-year-old nephew,2 -57581,take us on his sentimental journey of the heart . It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn,4 -224502,Just one problem : Fish out of water usually die,1 -237753,to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '',2 -120432,for its charms,2 -138566,uncinematic but,1 -98722,truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne,3 -170051,resolutions,2 -92319,serve,2 -141089,'s a bad sign,1 -186450,Not once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings : to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . ',1 -56319,put off everyone,1 -74531,artistic significance,3 -122861,in One False Move,2 -90687,pro,2 -108114,Offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .,0 -18173,your gut,2 -120368,for a quarter,2 -110220,The trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .,1 -140362,women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust,3 -43434,( and ) personal illusion,3 -81746,has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies,3 -47833,a bit exploitative but also nicely done ,,4 -17240,so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one,3 -96678,the shrill side,2 -202497,is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein ,,1 -40086,why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives,3 -55056,new humor,2 -139489,wending its way,2 -110144,The script 's snazzy dialogue establishes a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis , but the lazy plotting ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off .,2 -68500,Romantic,3 -82607,if also somewhat hermetic,2 -196255,could be,2 -160026,gets more tiresome ,,1 -162828,is closer to Slowtime .,2 -161730,in 1978,2 -135768,the most moronic screenplays of the year ,,0 -231140,get to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,,3 -66419,Inventive,3 -77329,contrived and predictable,1 -49083,any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen,1 -38628,the sheer insanity of it all,1 -232717,is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives,0 -211505,should have been the ultimate IMAX trip,3 -173515,the basic plot trajectory,2 -108224,Open-ended,2 -132765,so much farcical as sour,2 -214897,the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either,2 -163975,its Byzantine incarnations,2 -5998,distract,1 -111319,You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half,3 -232226,is Jack Ryan 's `` do-over . '',2 -110375,There is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care .,4 -204556,kids or adults,2 -79701,fascinating character study,4 -105228,Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original,2 -212208,something meaningful about facing death,2 -89795,otherwise appalling ,,2 -223738,I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .,2 -65981,Herrmann,2 -152335,a real downer,1 -79589,fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal,2 -218465,very far,2 -44397,All in all , The Count of Monte Cristo is okay ,,2 -114592,are great rewards,3 -21056,is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -161805,in a spray can,2 -211212,semi-throwback,2 -129869,overheated,2 -143023,A broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right .,1 -208958,overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama,1 -30492,credit,2 -108728,Sade set,2 -194783,bogus profundities,2 -216456,this one gets off with a good natured warning,3 -230280,divorce,2 -55132,not to make them,2 -145223,Excellent acting and direction,4 -15079,and sincere,3 -219584,win him any new viewers,2 -208507,on the market,2 -176290,to one,2 -174434,the old story is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted,2 -181426,4/5ths of it,2 -120482,for some very good acting , dialogue ,,3 -178952,wrench my eyes out,1 -165474,mainstream audience,2 -227427,`` Ballistic '' worth,2 -238237,unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven,2 -137209,through mainstream Hollywood,2 -157480,directed by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick,3 -225574,Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .,0 -153738,apartheid drama,2 -222962,Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork,1 -65874,Group,2 -212477,star performances,3 -71372,a chance to prove his worth,2 -5408,camaraderie,3 -75901,bracing truth,3 -191459,a sweaty old guy,2 -219209,where it 's supposed to feel funny and light,2 -25723,It 's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .,4 -184632,I can think of,2 -162539,is 100 % missing here,1 -150433,Too clunky and,1 -116648,canned corn,2 -29002,appealing lead performances,3 -123584,into the Exxon zone,2 -113979,an electric pencil sharpener,3 -83109,in the late 15th century,2 -18184,( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,3 -26496,Russell and Dreyfus,2 -59685,unexpected thing,2 -45214,Family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy,2 -61382,'ve got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson,2 -6539,flounders,0 -233500,lives of gay men,2 -90265,photographic,2 -54657,may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality,2 -155687,by Joel Schumacher,2 -69207,That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of Witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate ),3 -117397,concentration,3 -129783,our emotional investment,3 -151752,a for-fans artifact,2 -172997,that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's,2 -214057,the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for,3 -177694,was vile enough . Do we really need the Tiger Beat version,1 -217371,to squeeze too many elements into the film,1 -107208,John Waters movie,2 -114955,as it may be in presentation,2 -48004,a fascinating arc,4 -36795,self-interested,1 -95130,the ante,2 -71226,a Hollywood career,2 -90385,pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men,3 -197952,entertainingly presented,3 -36798,selfless,2 -9776,pokey,1 -70608,Vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .,3 -32179,great cinematic innovation,4 -161534,hurting,1 -193503,as it develops,3 -178554,with craziness and child-rearing,2 -122964,in comedies like American Pie,2 -182497,Any Chekhov is better than no Chekhov,2 -96277,the off-the-wall dialogue,2 -117980,deja vu,2 -150728,Watching it,2 -72599,a subtle and richly internalized performance,4 -175159,there 's enough here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering,3 -50059,carefully structured plot points,3 -101518,'s a lot of good material here,3 -166489,mummified,2 -19008,It would be interesting to hear from the other side,2 -53704,is what George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .,3 -229659,can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial .,4 -163921,it still feels like it was made by some very stoned college students,1 -86399,loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature,4 -147997,PG-13-rated piffle,1 -124078,is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment,2 -233882,mind-bender .,3 -30185,cinematic flotsam,1 -57001,simple and innocent,3 -189441,Wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own .,1 -149444,The final result makes for adequate entertainment,3 -234514,of the 37-minute Santa vs. the Snowman,2 -201001,heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment,0 -213971,the '' Gadzooks,2 -68829,Slow and,2 -120410,for crimes against humanity,3 -117813,cuts all the way down to broken bone,2 -218124,underdramatized but overstated,1 -210048,raised on Oprah,2 -171816,spoil,2 -169297,prisoners,2 -12323,to be uplifting but not overly sentimental,3 -162626,is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey,2 -162779,is apt to encounter in an entire career,2 -167160,of Attraction,2 -47347,This breezy caper movie,2 -211458,shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . ',1 -118421,do it one more time , as far as,2 -188091,The entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .,0 -206542,most random,2 -85869,leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home,2 -220620,'re a fan of the series,2 -24875,Bow 's,2 -224916,Mr. Hartley 's,2 -198647,feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting,1 -145782,Helmer DeVito ... attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge .,1 -116622,can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in Italian ) and you like ` Masterpiece Theatre ' type costumes,3 -195057,but its just not a thrilling movie,1 -27432,a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight,3 -155024,before the show goes up,2 -10021,read,2 -55307,of charisma,2 -205498,low-budget series,1 -142817,... there just is n't much to laugh at .,1 -48104,a haunting ode,2 -74096,animé,2 -151320,a Times Portrait,2 -156252,chloroform-soaked handkerchief,2 -193485,as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum .,2 -71014,With so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .,3 -62872,A compelling pre-WWII drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message,3 -59897,vivid lead performances,3 -173373,the Hanson Brothers,2 -221848,... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...,1 -238327,very very strong `` B +,3 -76824,climactic hourlong cricket match,2 -91342,redux,2 -83665,ironically killer soundtrack,3 -116347,butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees,2 -77042,communal spirit,3 -60807,'s a feel movie,2 -141954,, Chelsea Walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .,2 -46983,The best film about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams,3 -149601,The movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain,0 -153604,and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses,2 -15317,but gripping , questing look at a person,3 -165807,means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life,2 -148265,Reginald VelJohnson,2 -143172,A long slog for anyone but the most committed Pokemon fan,1 -37147,some unexpected zigs and zags,2 -131362,repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences,1 -139952,will smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures,2 -146806,Ja Rule and Kurupt should have gotten to rap .,2 -229591,by sparking debate and encouraging thought,3 -83360,inimitable scenes,3 -171143,sinister inspiration,3 -232429,is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities,3 -163191,is obviously looking for a moral to his fable,2 -115162,at first , Mr . Koury 's passive technique,2 -182287,Although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .,1 -722,coming-of-age,2 -230281,dizzily gorgeous,4 -149557,The most hopelessly monotonous film,0 -175064,the writing unintentionally,2 -102861,, the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .,2 -228029,a movie is more than a movie .,3 -147536,Mr . Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .,1 -48900,an artistic collaboration,2 -55120,not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy,4 -96058,the long haul,2 -124018,is engage an audience,3 -48630,acknowledging the places , and the people ,,2 -115081,as weakness,2 -197771,emerges from the simple fact,2 -184676,I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .,2 -175224,they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha,2 -22453,though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .,2 -229855,clicks .,2 -122168,her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth,2 -160897,have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears,3 -71700,a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament,2 -129470,on the subject,2 -188584,The problem with the mayhem in Formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .,1 -216521,this wildly uneven movie,2 -16855,or rolled,2 -221078,( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around ),3 -50530,crack ensemble,1 -55969,pee-related sight gags,2 -199913,giant-screen,2 -138097,too good to be bad,3 -205908,may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank ,,2 -5341,but the payoff,2 -85558,just as their characters do in the film .,2 -83750,is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .,2 -156512,come along for an integral part of the ride,3 -169136,potentially interesting subject matter,3 -210482,resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing,2 -190549,a few tasty morsels under your belt,3 -214474,the el cheapo margaritas served within,2 -17394,technology,2 -194218,be too narrow to attract crossover viewers,1 -99722,we consume pop culture,2 -124255,is more in love,2 -102424,, but director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .,3 -12547,transported,2 -73935,an small slice of history,2 -182923,Bronx Tale,2 -10919,symptom,2 -77637,culture and,2 -162499,irrepressible,2 -224009,In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .,0 -222677,Brisk,2 -160040,gets so tangled up in The Twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten,2 -64229,Ball and Chain,2 -20456,energetic music ,,3 -138727,unlike ( Scorsese 's Mean Streets ),2 -188377,The movie 's downfall,1 -108247,Oscars,2 -127186,models and bar dancers,2 -196000,comic premise,2 -142204,, heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . It 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .,1 -172783,than scripted,2 -184237,Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment,1 -158344,entirely too much focus,2 -203296,is one only a true believer could relish,2 -211003,see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best,1 -81564,hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary,4 -177983,what it claims to be,2 -123590,into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people,2 -182264,Almost as offensive,1 -139211,war-weary marine,1 -210967,secondhand ,,1 -139344,way more,2 -163674,it 's not without style,2 -184303,Hardly a nuanced portrait,1 -133474,stunning fusion,3 -146695,It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny ,,1 -184488,Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book,2 -26864,The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .,4 -49059,animated epic,3 -224229,It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids .,4 -128740,of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt,1 -46899,The Chateau,2 -175763,time-travel fable,2 -231384,hard to say who might enjoy this,0 -38399,the man in a way,2 -28130,adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .,2 -146862,Jean-Luc Godard,2 -192368,ambitious ` what if ? ',2 -118153,destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .,3 -36416,reduces the situation to simple melodrama,2 -103713,A metaphor for a modern-day urban China searching for its identity .,3 -92116,seeing himself in the other , neither,2 -73087,accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people,3 -95222,the bizarre,2 -167611,of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers,4 -124214,is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .,2 -72322,a sane and breathtakingly creative film,3 -6671,freundlich,2 -133524,subtlest works,3 -48500,a winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world,3 -3678,a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .,4 -207195,not heard on television,2 -238999,would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .,0 -52616,his ` angels,2 -193386,as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques,3 -150545,U . S . art,2 -11728,the philosophical,2 -86412,loyal fans,3 -13906,Bow,2 -205226,little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out,0 -85587,just what,2 -159495,for the next shock,2 -204101,italicizes the absurdity of the premise,2 -66111,I 'm not generally a fan of vegetables,1 -96120,the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet,3 -170473,screenwriter Paul Pender,2 -28009,about all kinds of love,3 -66455,Israeli children,2 -3404,( herzog 's ),2 -100636,with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting,3 -98516,too original,2 -69595,The filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance,3 -203352,is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another,2 -187836,The Monster horns,2 -21819,real people would n't,1 -91242,really solid Woody Allen film,3 -82397,holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm,3 -61240,'s saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years,4 -235105,provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns,1 -157643,do n't add up to a whole lot of sense,1 -170365,satisfy those who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly .,2 -46438,Open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny .,2 -49049,and refugee camps,2 -126161,liked the previous movies,2 -112635,a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages,4 -89167,of tones in Spielberg 's work,2 -52867,in America . It 's a scathing portrayal,2 -215614,the simpering soundtrack and editing,1 -86911,may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives,2 -70752,Welles ',2 -231236,go since Simone is not real,2 -121874,has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs ...,2 -145712,Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson,2 -176291,to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes,1 -37128,some great one-liners,3 -208718,only young people,2 -28169,agreeable,3 -202319,intended to be a different kind of film,2 -26655,Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over,4 -211266,served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick ,,2 -174216,the life of Harry Potter,2 -82855,in a laugh-out-loud way,3 -221547,, superficial humour,2 -93296,spellbinding fun,4 -63911,An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the,3 -112850,a surprising , subtle turn,3 -65156,Doris,2 -29744,brilliance,3 -114177,an unsatisfying ending,2 -230756,feel your veins,2 -214759,the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy,1 -182031,A sugar-coated Rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks .,1 -3021,understatement,1 -3033,very,2 -57770,that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors,4 -34909,nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored,4 -100982,writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship,2 -42836,the modern B-scene :,2 -7269,i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms,3 -209316,plain , unimaginative,1 -168770,people 's faces,2 -190709,a gross-out monster movie,2 -194222,be utterly entranced by its subject,2 -26879,The path Ice Age follows most closely,2 -21064,is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first .,4 -19844,and horrid,0 -128146,not-so-funny,0 -231598,have to admit I walked out of Runteldat .,0 -89027,of the happily-ever,2 -80045,fit the incredible storyline,3 -216597,three or,2 -202826,is clumsy,1 -86709,maladjusted teens,2 -10377,served up with heart and humor,4 -75625,between Chaplin and Kidman,3 -42437,particular interest to students and enthusiast,3 -38180,the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...,4 -127570,movie milk,2 -103110,-- reality shows for God 's sake ! --,1 -105541,Drop Dead Gorgeous was n't enough,2 -95126,the animé tradition and,2 -32725,idoosyncratic terrain,2 -65623,France 's most inventive directors,4 -148066,Perry and Hurley,2 -14860,a welcome return,4 -40123,will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania,3 -23116,'s endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie ',2 -75136,baffled,2 -73353,aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value,3 -5919,desire to enjoy good trash every now and then,3 -88615,of hard , cold effect,2 -196429,credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects,1 -116369,by Disney,2 -11708,the other,2 -147252,Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode,1 -138918,variable,3 -2510,that it ca n't help but engage an audience,3 -232913,it 's `` Waking up in Reno . '',2 -36256,qualify as art,3 -237779,to cover your particular area of interest,2 -1484,it migraine-inducing,0 -210761,same old silliness,2 -81372,great submarine stories,4 -184012,Formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .,2 -190447,a depressing experience,1 -39331,to the max,3 -207523,of a closing line,2 -201020,her - she 's not funny !,2 -33598,it 's nonsense,1 -53905,its complexity,2 -113935,an aloof father and,2 -12113,this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .,1 -203821,it , offering fine acting moments and pungent,4 -37133,some mold,2 -210875,scented,2 -145297,Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison,1 -178671,with the frustrated maniac,2 -89998,packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history,4 -31425,eyeball-to-eyeball,2 -213356,than a night out,2 -72831,a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone,4 -228587,an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book,1 -128692,of her characters,2 -143733,An ill-conceived,1 -3984,a modest pleasure,4 -201026,her lead role,2 -28828,and terribly hip bit,3 -202216,inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality,1 -231439,has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong,0 -81356,great cast,3 -843,doses,2 -63386,A smart , compelling drama,4 -169980,rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion,3 -107487,Like these Russo guys lookin ' for their Mamet instead found their Sturges .,2 -32099,glories,3 -62737,9-11,2 -43494,, The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .,4 -215874,the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy,0 -87739,nearly everything,2 -205291,long and tedious,0 -217446,to the highest bidder,2 -148708,Soldier,2 -126132,like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers,2 -96505,the purr,2 -155914,campy enough,2 -231854,hybrid .,2 -12241,though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted,1 -85015,it does n't take itself so deadly seriously,3 -193829,attempt another Project Greenlight , next time out,2 -203318,is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill,1 -120338,for God 's sake !,2 -151720,a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,1 -20320,crowd-pleaser 's,3 -230022,crass , contrived sequels,0 -91437,remains to be seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again,1 -153707,anyone should bother remembering it,2 -98429,to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams,3 -231364,handguns , BMWs and,2 -21919,see what they do next,2 -221585,, the film ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip .,0 -122769,images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic,3 -34549,mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place,3 -1465,it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people,1 -149692,The overall feel of the film is pretty cheesy , but there 's still a real sense that the Star Trek tradition has been honored as best it can ,,2 -8419,life on the rez is no picnic,2 -162852,is creatively a great whale,3 -48109,a high water mark,3 -134544,that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest,1 -83894,is a strong , character-oriented piece,4 -67642,Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments :,2 -90575,powerfully evocative,4 -203957,it lacks the zest and,1 -56110,portrayal,2 -136746,there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile,2 -29971,called Celebi .,1 -7376,immaculate,3 -11387,the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously ,,0 -106093,Guy Ritchie 's Lock,2 -18384,, but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .,3 -169213,prequel,2 -39543,typically solid performance,3 -12060,the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood,2 -26220,Not everything,1 -32552,his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca,2 -114151,an underachiever,1 -78024,deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still ,,3 -200479,has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying,2 -133459,study .,2 -28320,an ambiguous icon in Chinese society,2 -147630,Needless,1 -215634,the small moments,3 -20237,change America , not only because it is full of necessary discussion points , but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -4920,asks,2 -10124,resourceful,3 -217558,tones and styles,2 -224326,It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .,4 -6443,feel involved with the story ,,3 -215922,the worst excesses of nouvelle,1 -43393,( Caine ),2 -175519,this project than it deserves,2 -49805,bought this movie,2 -105437,Director Carl Franklin ,,2 -70703,Watts,2 -155231,big-budget , after-school special,1 -34733,much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes,2 -173004,that feels five hours long,2 -112133,a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party,1 -209973,puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie,2 -189674,While Hoffman 's performance is great,3 -20530,far above the level of the usual maudlin,3 -51962,from the vast collective memory of the combatants,3 -111572,a blunt indictment,2 -188125,The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept,1 -27830,a small town life,3 -77812,deemed,2 -116035,blank,2 -116675,captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago ,,3 -178600,with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor,1 -233139,its country conclusion ',2 -114937,as intellectual masterpieces,3 -140057,with a few new swings thrown in,2 -44266,A solid examination of the male midlife crisis .,3 -151888,a hit-to-miss ratio that does n't exactly favour the audience,1 -160152,gloomy words,1 -121814,has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism,2 -146562,It 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks,1 -155997,can taste it,2 -29313,at the sordid life of Hogan 's Heroes star Bob Crane,2 -147570,Murder by Numbers just does n't add up .,1 -88980,of the careers of a pair of spy kids,2 -21229,like this should be like .,2 -104879,Broomfield has a rather unique approach to documentary . He thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject .,2 -21149,its myriad flaws,0 -45276,For devotees of French cinema,3 -106812,It 's a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX .,4 -98609,toward a crossover,2 -4773,aptly named , this shimmering , beautifully costumed and filmed production does n't work for me,1 -96381,the perkiness,3 -141106,'s a cheat,2 -197100,dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated,1 -154574,badly acted,0 -168451,outcast,2 -71978,a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace .,2 -105740,Expands,3 -219850,with the weak payoff,1 -172606,teen sex ,,2 -198523,family-friendly fantasy,3 -154783,be not much more than a shaggy human tale,1 -106894,It 's like an all-star salute to Disney 's cheesy commercialism .,1 -215776,the tides,2 -115546,be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people,1 -72411,a skateboard film,2 -97134,their mothers,2 -75266,be familiar,3 -75071,available,3 -88257,of Read My Lips,3 -51111,eight years ago,2 -16433,latent 15-year-old romantic,1 -27723,a persona,3 -79368,evil , monstrous lunatic,1 -212778,subject us,2 -128974,of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle,2 -35986,personalities,2 -212962,sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment,1 -172030,stoned,1 -220479,'' certainly is n't dull .,3 -58605,the powerful who have nothing,2 -22536,to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live,3 -1722,merchant,2 -18576,A film,2 -131442,restore ( Harmon ) to prominence ,,3 -226354,The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them .,3 -43760,, tidy little movie,3 -108832,Seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .,0 -228017,a morbid one,1 -24901,Building slowly,2 -138968,very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and,4 -169085,portal,2 -214134,the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good,1 -227704,`` they '' wanted and quite honestly,2 -41837,eagerly and,3 -131932,see this terrific film,4 -19162,Others,2 -16823,old story,1 -115603,be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,2 -93666,stumbles in search of all the emotions,1 -228018,a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,4 -203589,is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people,2 -151143,You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and,2 -194506,believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it,2 -104445,Apuestas fuertes para el futuro del director , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cinta lo comprueba ...,2 -158846,far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R . Abrams , in their feature debut,2 -163059,is n't a redeeming moment here .,1 -116071,blunt indictment,2 -206901,neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic,2 -85475,jam,2 -184892,In his role of observer of the scene,2 -196377,crash-and-bash,1 -28093,acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte,3 -65301,England 's Roger Mitchell,2 -127003,memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between,2 -10186,robert de niro,2 -135502,the hell was coming next,2 -239022,would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .,1 -217549,told us that we '' ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes,2 -121786,has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll,4 -229733,captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . '',3 -57317,statesmen,2 -19482,a few of the characters,2 -28560,and daft,2 -220474,'' PG-13 rating,2 -86340,lots of somber blues and pinks,2 -213478,that 's enough to sustain laughs,3 -204649,lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships,1 -58151,the conflict,2 -237013,the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill,1 -48714,aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed,4 -184665,I had entered,2 -16912,parental eyes,2 -225202,Not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and Daniel Radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry , but the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books .,4 -127527,mothers , daughters,2 -114130,an ordeal,1 -107180,Jeremy Renner,2 -199067,flinging,2 -211819,slow , uneventful,1 -40110,will catch some off guard ...,2 -19805,and arithmetic,2 -188860,There 's very little hustling on view,2 -133795,tail,2 -127250,morally bankrupt characters,1 -141113,'s a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story .,1 -172267,sudsy tub,2 -139593,when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public,2 -26011,Madame D . refer,2 -44857,Carmichael,3 -69162,Tense ,,2 -207788,of human emotion,2 -195678,choppy ending,1 -199767,generate a lot of energy,4 -38937,this documentary,2 -185753,Like Mike is a slight and uninventive movie : Like the exalted Michael Jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal .,1 -83923,is a warm and well-told tale of one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City,3 -157746,does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films,0 -41217,Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges :,4 -49935,by a comically adept ensemble,3 -51130,embark a major career,3 -38390,the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid,2 -41718,clarify , and,2 -105612,Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride,3 -50285,comes to scandals,2 -18452,, reflective and reasonable,3 -52150,giving Conduct,2 -223244,Entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel,2 -57594,takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and,2 -61676,, Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .,4 -33300,is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness,2 -54135,lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy,1 -100576,with or without,2 -57583,take you down a familiar road with a few twists,3 -94390,than anything that 's been done before,3 -133869,talented , charismatic and tragically,3 -140135,with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage . Viva le Resistance,3 -125209,its content , look ,,2 -24828,Biggie,2 -28419,ancient,2 -6380,fair,2 -131971,seem pretty unbelievable at times,2 -175956,to be on afternoon TV,1 -135642,the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,1 -70361,Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone,3 -86578,make ordinary life survivable,2 -35295,of its antagonists,1 -77901,delicate canon,2 -5599,climax,3 -190291,a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,0 -234250,of ( Godard 's ) vision,2 -223627,Heaven Allows,2 -224125,It 's a masterpeice .,4 -197484,drags , underscoring the obvious,0 -152142,a multi-million dollar,2 -114683,are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .,3 -194044,be a different kind of film,3 -98101,to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story,2 -87608,much of the writing,2 -43030,words and,3 -38344,the inner rhythms,2 -64598,Call this The Full Monty on ice,2 -193575,as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer,1 -238312,vent (,1 -11065,that fits in a sampler,2 -32634,honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way,3 -38319,the higher brain functions,2 -184387,Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .,0 -22797,why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so,3 -159135,financial,2 -212126,some last-minute action,2 -220340,you turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot,1 -228819,are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year .,4 -78739,eccentric , accident-prone characters,1 -3237,your eyes,2 -222132,A working class `` us vs. them '',2 -61528,( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment,3 -148014,Park , New,2 -77828,deepest tragedies,1 -75519,being advertised as a comedy,2 -145974,I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed .,1 -44288,A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience : The Pianist does not .,1 -78373,do well to check this one out,3 -51992,fun with it,3 -45106,E .,2 -202932,is firing his R&D people,1 -192100,aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .,2 -136866,thirteen-year-old 's,2 -22493,to beat,2 -236070,strange route,2 -105701,Every sequel,2 -224091,Is `` Ballistic '' worth the price of admission ?,2 -93835,sugarcoated,2 -72961,about never giving up on a loved one,3 -155224,big one,2 -198483,falls flat as a spoof,0 -167197,of Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans,2 -46309,New York 's,2 -183725,Evans is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .,1 -116604,can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore,1 -196253,could almost,2 -49128,are about what you 'd expect,2 -225950,Starts slowly , but Adrien Brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying,3 -81241,good period reconstruction,3 -103962,A triumph ,,3 -25725,It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .,4 -15016,and contradictions,1 -21007,is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions,3 -217618,too many nervous gags,1 -39314,to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original .,3 -162313,intentional and,2 -104721,Bette Davis , cast as Joan,2 -190478,a dozen times,2 -106027,Goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse .,2 -78040,desolate,1 -225182,Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,1 -24929,CGI animation,3 -178944,wrap things,2 -186748,Possession , ' based on the book by A . S .,2 -65656,Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and,4 -209557,posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse,1 -173710,the dark spookiness of Crystal Lake Camp,2 -194552,betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work,1 -208656,one visual marvel,3 -85136,it struck a chord in me,3 -175468,this might be apt,2 -82417,honor the many faceless victims,3 -135898,the odds and the human spirit triumphs,3 -26831,The format,2 -84498,is now outselling the electric guitar,2 -22601,trouble and hope,2 -71127,You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And it is .,4 -8979,named,2 -64406,Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .,3 -12480,too abundant,1 -93661,studio production,2 -78312,distinguished and thoughtful film,4 -46866,Swedish fillm,2 -64552,Busby,2 -67336,Lynch-like vision,2 -113335,action sequences,2 -54094,kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,3 -193969,badly-rendered CGI effects,1 -1206,hit,3 -52370,has a flair for dialogue comedy,3 -186606,Oprah,2 -80375,for the same reason,2 -210233,reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears,2 -15560,do n't be fooled,1 -22387,the year 's most thought-provoking film . But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .,4 -212309,spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children,1 -164536,lacks punch .,1 -166065,mistaking the fact,2 -78208,director Shohei Imamura 's,2 -64462,Break Your Heart,2 -92453,sharp and,3 -160974,he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace,1 -43228,'s compelling and heartfelt,3 -174038,the good , the bad and,2 -190263,a cast of competent performers from movies , television and the theater,3 -3669,a cocky , after-hours loopiness,1 -77665,cut through the sugar coating .,2 -114653,are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally '' superior '' friends , family,3 -213930,that was right about Blade,2 -233025,it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh,4 -141233,'s as flat,2 -112207,a little flat,1 -7830,is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size,2 -8267,just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows,1 -132904,some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process,2 -223699,How can you,2 -156425,clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard,1 -129906,owes Frank,2 -157202,deeper level,2 -196534,cute animals and clumsy people,2 -154120,as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun,0 -154374,at least 10 complete misses ,,2 -46774,Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans,3 -72384,a show,2 -125302,its message is not rooted in that decade,2 -44802,Burning Man ethos,2 -224251,It 's sweet and fluffy at the time , but it may leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied .,1 -11925,the stunt work is top-notch ;,4 -145943,I 'm almost recommending it , anyway,3 -25648,If The Count of Monte Cristo does n't transform Caviezel into a movie star , then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .,2 -101790,'s not all new,1 -63199,A movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you,4 -157207,deeply serious movie,3 -151133,You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory ...,3 -55520,of technology around a gripping story,3 -166607,need a magic watch,2 -172315,sunk by the film 's primitive approach,2 -135833,the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .,1 -68964,Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Karen Sprecher,2 -231690,her petite frame,2 -172292,suicide attempts,2 -22809,wink,3 -117867,dark room,3 -228309,about surprising us,2 -200303,guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing,2 -67688,Muccino ,,2 -55647,of varying ages in my audience,2 -42855,the right place ...,3 -112745,a solid base,3 -26964,This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film .,1 -11326,the endless action,3 -143552,Again '' worthwhile,3 -55029,neo-Augustinian theology : Is God,3 -56090,pokes,2 -61443,( Has ) an immediacy,3 -113647,all the good intentions,2 -121046,get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby,1 -158198,emptying rat traps .,1 -168400,other parts are decent,2 -14486,The Rock,2 -202079,in this every-joke-has - been-told-a,0 -135639,the least bit mesmerizing,1 -117346,complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore,1 -111609,a certain part,2 -103800,A powerful , chilling , and affecting study,4 -80092,flawed but engrossing thriller,2 -194133,be found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film,1 -157354,detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',1 -181827,A manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse .,1 -193096,are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .,1 -129560,one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today,4 -32604,historical archives,2 -42755,talented and,3 -158082,early underground work,2 -65285,Elder Bueller 's Time Out,2 -23933,, this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you,1 -47619,While it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets,2 -14483,The Isle,2 -80118,flick formula,2 -212751,sturdiest example yet,3 -149576,The movie feels like it 's going to be great,2 -118533,does n't have all the answers .,2 -21224,like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .,0 -24878,Bow Wow,2 -88166,of Bollywood,2 -129547,one of our best actors,4 -84700,is that it 's not nearly long enough .,2 -157578,dislike,1 -204976,like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable,0 -208556,one 's interest,2 -36433,refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale,3 -6414,farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners,2 -89471,on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness,3 -718,combines,2 -195052,but it never quite adds up,1 -16661,nice departure,3 -200066,goes right,3 -157834,doing in the theater,2 -47314,There 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache .,3 -202557,is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama,1 -45699,It 's a beautiful madness,3 -30836,dismiss the film,0 -42402,nicely acted and,3 -181912,A preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in Brooklyn circa 1958 .,2 -205914,may be convinced that he has something significant to say,1 -176812,travelogue and,2 -232100,ingenious fun,4 -76456,carnage and re-creation,2 -116836,character development and,2 -147443,Michael Rymer 's direction,2 -200937,he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them,1 -163028,is merely mildly charming,3 -54405,love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions,3 -127280,more charming than in About a Boy,3 -161144,here of Scottish director Ritchie,2 -100261,will have luvvies in raptures,2 -191213,a retread story , bad writing,0 -233632,make for some robust and scary entertainment .,4 -193297,artistic merits,3 -376,almost every turn,2 -162225,innovation or pizazz,2 -15315,but do n't be fooled,2 -34771,myths,2 -9473,once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film,3 -94648,that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling,3 -185041,It 's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places,2 -179762,'s going on,2 -114282,and then only as a very mild rental,1 -20995,is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .,4 -164596,last year 's exemplary Sexy Beast seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie,3 -157613,ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows,2 -221307,, consistently funny .,4 -214829,the imaginary sport,2 -182419,An inconsequential,1 -6622,for the tv-cops comedy showtime,2 -212060,solemn insights,3 -9609,participants,2 -221331,, ever ,,2 -84742,is the number of lasting images all its own .,3 -234607,of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble,2 -83219,in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear,2 -44064,A fascinating , dark thriller,3 -160482,half-hearted in its spy mechanics,1 -43998,A chilling tale,3 -153697,any real transformation,2 -12576,trip,2 -53659,is the film Roman Polanski may have been born to make,3 -208001,of staring at a blank screen,2 -61244,'s secondary to American Psycho but still has claws enough to get inside you and stay there for a couple of hours,3 -128873,of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,3 -184477,Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and,3 -174195,the last two,2 -158545,everyone in the cast,2 -40485,young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness,3 -46392,Oliver Parker 's,2 -67809,Nia,2 -48217,a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ',1 -94238,tear your eyes,3 -126547,made its way into your very bloodstream,2 -54169,laying out some of the major issues,1 -185344,It should be interesting , it should be poignant ,,2 -112225,a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one,2 -46043,Lookin ' for sin , American-style ?,1 -37649,teen movies go , '' Orange County '' is a refreshing change,4 -20158,but Bishop and Stevenson are standouts .,4 -147715,No movement,1 -50987,dogged good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .,3 -185796,Like the Tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on,0 -172420,sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans,2 -90432,poetry and politics,2 -172887,that Ford effortlessly filled with authority,2 -180044,'s too clever for its own good,2 -136204,the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ),3 -56714,saves this deeply affecting film,3 -180961,, the director 's experiment is a successful one .,4 -35506,of the utmost subtlety and perception,3 -221165,, I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .,0 -37060,snags and stumblings,1 -153155,all windup,2 -169891,rejected ABC Afterschool Special,1 -199185,for a science-fiction horror film,2 -141251,'s badly,1 -4277,a victim,2 -18711,Audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit .,1 -18824,DeMeo,2 -173840,the existential overtones of a Kieslowski morality tale,3 -176987,turns into a film wreck,0 -22400,then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .,0 -145749,Have Antlers,2 -109024,So genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .,3 -109182,Steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture .,4 -228153,a shifting tone,2 -35679,one for the ages,4 -207049,no light touch,2 -107453,Like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . The film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet .,3 -103513,A damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film,1 -111846,a fairly disposable yet still entertaining B picture,3 -58982,this dark tale of revenge,2 -77017,coming-of-age portrait,3 -154009,around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears,1 -40843,Dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver,3 -119235,epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve,0 -57125,so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside,4 -116277,buffeted,2 -199357,for the rest of it,2 -52433,has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie,3 -32197,grim,2 -177844,weighs it,2 -124342,is not as funny or entertaining,1 -116594,can go through,2 -147472,Molested,1 -61465,( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it .,4 -32960,in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it,2 -95816,the gifted Pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically,3 -129741,other psychologically,2 -106845,It 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .,0 -205824,many spots,2 -84288,is his best film,4 -164678,learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about,2 -236061,stoop,2 -152134,a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still,0 -165312,loud and thoroughly,3 -26046,Marquis,3 -83960,is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material,1 -50394,conflicted characters,2 -200577,has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation .,2 -122702,if languidly paced ,,2 -49766,bluff,1 -16911,parental,2 -155012,before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart,2 -38058,the cast and director Stephen Herek 's polished direction,4 -24783,Baran,2 -2954,to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '',0 -56593,reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls .,3 -218047,ultimately insignificant,0 -110638,Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .,2 -201153,his chest and gasps for breath,2 -225042,Ms. Seigner and Mr. Serrault,2 -100210,wide-eyed actress,2 -50599,cunning,3 -66924,Joel Zwick,2 -192610,an irrepressible passion,3 -80601,from being a bow-wow,2 -109615,The big-screen Scooby,3 -102972,, to some extent ,,2 -90797,proves that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo,3 -200774,have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted,1 -151186,\/ 11,2 -118722,dreamlike ecstasy,4 -24043,-- and the Cold War datedness --,2 -22659,updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom,3 -8337,lacks the inspiration of the original,1 -223008,Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia,2 -208500,on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged,1 -238617,whatever its flaws,2 -86027,like Silence,2 -128827,of nudity,2 -219979,work without all those gimmicks,2 -177010,twists and,2 -201304,homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry,1 -95685,the film to be more than that,2 -32555,his increasing weariness as much existential,2 -100374,with Herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles,2 -178724,without the jokes,2 -14035,For,2 -187019,Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory ,,2 -76378,can weave an eerie spell,2 -129049,of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience,3 -16865,originally,2 -71116,You 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness,2 -81965,he 's got as potent a topic as ever here,3 -175381,this far,2 -169230,pretentious , meaningless prattle,0 -201156,his cipherlike personality and,2 -165911,might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track .,1 -145074,Elizabeth Hurley,2 -25482,Harsh , effective documentary,3 -203118,is more like,3 -37489,supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us,3 -211310,settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .,2 -81071,given a part,2 -202613,is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy,0 -191839,absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes,0 -239153,you get it,2 -52380,has all but,2 -6383,fairly disposable yet,1 -190164,a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .,0 -128256,odd-couple,2 -184031,François and Michèle 's ),2 -96462,the press,2 -222058,A modest masterpiece .,3 -178511,with a physique to match,2 -203694,is why I have given it a one-star rating,0 -100422,with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor,3 -41068,Light ,,2 -177750,watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might,0 -63195,A movie that 's just plain awful but still,0 -206816,nature ',2 -238289,used a little trimming,2 -234679,on its plate at times ,,2 -237777,to comfortable territory,2 -30329,concocts,2 -190717,a gunfest than a Rock concert,2 -82504,how to make us share their enthusiasm,3 -46232,Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .,4 -89279,offers winning performances and some effecting moments,3 -178035,when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable,1 -195279,ca n't rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness .,1 -907,entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable,2 -148798,Spinotti 's,2 -27124,Viewed on its own terms , Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment , but true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic .,2 -74688,as good , if not better,3 -200939,he just slopped 'em together here,0 -129177,of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party,4 -209258,phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism,0 -161100,her hair and,2 -6953,happened only yesterday,2 -81465,gusto,3 -235090,proves that even in sorrow you can find humor,3 -214517,the events unfold,2 -93879,superb actors,4 -98,`,2 -109166,Star Trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy .,1 -13909,Brendan Fraser,2 -68614,Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ),3 -184526,Howard 's appreciation of Brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere,4 -237920,to regain his life , his dignity and his music,1 -41046,Its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but,2 -217656,too placid,1 -109240,Successfully blended satire ,,3 -155372,booming,2 -173789,the editing room,2 -71118,You 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but,2 -233975,most repugnant,0 -60875,'s a tougher picture,2 -68563,Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .,3 -6317,excess,2 -166285,more worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story,3 -61985,, is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .,2 -226275,The film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet .,2 -185021,It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s,0 -64911,Dana Janklowicz-Mann and,2 -124063,is funny , scary and sad,2 -159421,for generating nightmarish images,2 -126313,look down on their working-class subjects,2 -157822,does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .,2 -61267,'s something there,3 -139882,will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .,1 -189204,Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic,1 -84030,is appealing,3 -155365,bombards the viewer with so many explosions,2 -104089,Adults , other,2 -51518,fans who ca n't stop loving anime,3 -121827,has plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .,2 -13472,'s significant without being overstated,3 -12640,uncommonly pleasurable,3 -137034,this review life-affirming,3 -78540,double portrait,2 -129833,over national boundaries,2 -93977,suspense ,,3 -194405,been tweaked up a notch,2 -147686,Nick Davies,2 -165181,long time to reach its destination,2 -73362,air conditioning inside,2 -194420,before he took to drink,2 -134677,the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys,2 -74722,as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients,2 -235600,send it to Cranky,2 -161149,heretofore,2 -120315,follows its standard formula in this animated adventure,3 -210879,schematic and,2 -119487,exciting new filmmaker,4 -157355,determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness,1 -108399,Pixar 's,3 -207676,of creating a more darkly,2 -216581,thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except,1 -3849,a gracious,3 -161407,honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .,1 -224416,Its one-sidedness ...,2 -128768,of life , hand gestures , and some,2 -201621,ill-advised and,1 -238470,watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped,1 -83583,into the structure of relationships,3 -2280,simply,2 -30174,cinema , eu estava feliz,2 -97893,to be a New Yorker -- or,2 -117368,complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way,3 -220140,writer-actor,2 -36830,seriousness and compassion,4 -213887,that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and,1 -94939,that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered,2 -129864,overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .,1 -35009,notches,2 -22051,stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes .,1 -122645,hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale,2 -171734,soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .,0 -210748,salvos hitting a discernible target,2 -195124,by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story,1 -37359,stock,2 -65211,Dumb and Dumber ' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script,2 -211602,silly Hollywood action film,1 -178423,winding,2 -42825,the higher brain functions as well as,2 -49688,best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey,2 -70819,What makes Barbershop so likable,3 -66354,In between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .,4 -105753,Exposing the ways,2 -30373,contemplative film,1 -101976,'s undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references,4 -49631,begins with promise ,,3 -115131,assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .,3 -71149,You may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .,1 -41391,Workmanlike ,,2 -172294,suicide attempts and tragic deaths,1 -146481,It 's dumb , but,1 -131062,real consequence,2 -214784,the highs and lows,3 -172370,surreal kid 's,2 -120850,funniness,3 -224751,Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .,4 -129984,parents ',2 -88605,of good old-fashioned escapism,3 -18074,winning style,4 -15092,and thoroughly misogynistic,1 -109257,Suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer demands .,0 -101021,yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth,3 -73742,an encouraging new direction for La Salle,3 -44805,Burns ' visuals,2 -95466,the director of such Hollywood,2 -76255,ca n't possibly be enough,1 -186411,None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond ,,2 -209985,questionable kind,1 -119205,entire 100 minutes,2 -169656,rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours,1 -218850,watch in quite some time,2 -56725,scandals,2 -96913,the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look,3 -222216,Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .,0 -50680,decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .,2 -63110,A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic ,,3 -145235,Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery,1 -2934,to life,2 -224620,Like Schindler 's List,3 -61320,'s the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent,4 -93550,stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle,2 -61492,( Sports ) admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency,3 -73513,already possess , with or without access to the ballot box,2 -167275,of a Diesel fix,2 -138891,usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies,2 -112319,a middle-aged romance,3 -230854,flattens instead of sharpens .,1 -72898,about Anakin,2 -33651,it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer,4 -168087,on its own depiction,2 -182861,Bogs,2 -13101,win any academy awards,2 -96368,the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear,3 -171499,so uninspired,2 -8821,missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay,1 -154039,arts movies,2 -84598,is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time,1 -199709,future Lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter,1 -134532,that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body,3 -197858,ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah,1 -165049,lip-synching , tragedy ,,1 -23280,, '' In the Bedroom,2 -220641,'re the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid,2 -182427,An inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .,0 -212303,speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence,1 -54773,modern day family parable,3 -96828,the taboo subject matter,2 -129879,overplayed and exaggerated,0 -114862,as any noir villain,2 -38086,the classics,3 -89661,one whose lessons,2 -18341,, Steven Shainberg ,,2 -233794,may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story .,2 -198435,fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere,0 -135779,the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies,2 -94265,teenager,2 -112741,a solid , anguished performance,4 -197488,drained of human emotion,1 -220276,you do n't laugh,2 -98248,to question what is told as the truth,2 -139622,where much of the action takes place,2 -116386,by a gritty style and an excellent cast,4 -85381,its script and execution,3 -117059,clever dialogue and likeable characters,4 -193505,as it goes along,2 -93,2 1/2,2 -105586,Earnhart 's film,2 -124008,is dudsville,1 -187892,The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .,1 -234530,of the charm of Satin Rouge,3 -160546,hard to achieve this little fun,1 -143163,A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan .,0 -123419,insight and humor,4 -2086,professionals,3 -75962,bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies,4 -151952,a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days ,,2 -45569,I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry !,4 -171722,sorry use of Aaliyah in her one and,1 -197282,does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain,3 -150533,Two ),2 -205496,low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard,0 -216154,there is plenty of room for editing,2 -41573,are among cinema 's finest this year .,4 -226473,The script ?,1 -157674,do n't think I laughed out loud once . And when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem,0 -184094,Gallic ` tradition,2 -186363,No amount of good acting,1 -218099,under a rock,1 -103290,20 years apart,3 -154251,as the comedy goes,2 -46182,Miller .,2 -36593,rivaling,3 -4152,a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .,3 -207573,of a straight-to-video movie,2 -205352,looked like crap ,,1 -182777,Belt schtick,2 -1609,literary purists may not be pleased,1 -82611,if cheap,1 -136010,the plot 's persnickety problems,2 -45510,Hollywood comedies,2 -134621,that we were aware of,2 -146275,Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances,3 -226666,This is n't my favorite in the series ,,1 -106489,I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie,2 -200991,heavy handed with his message at times,2 -152517,a story that is all too predictable,1 -106803,It 's a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding .,0 -238030,to witness in a movie theatre for some time,2 -129525,one for this kind of movie,3 -199689,funny ( but ultimately silly ) movie,2 -159482,for the credits,2 -162367,into a blender,2 -147913,One of the more glaring signs of this movie 's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears .,1 -208230,of visual and verbal clichés,1 -91504,repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences,2 -217020,to feel like other movies,3 -230361,does n't quite know how to fill a frame,1 -175747,time Mr . Burns,2 -40092,wide audience,2 -44852,Candid and comfortable,3 -123384,inhabit their world,2 -102810,, salvation and good intentions,3 -166189,more importantly , it 's just not scary,0 -148402,Scarlet Diva has a voyeuristic tug,2 -107858,Mr . Soderbergh 's direction and,3 -64828,Could,2 -118504,does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard,3 -215410,the preteen boy in mind,2 -211696,sit still for two hours and,2 -100710,without bludgeoning the audience over the head,3 -195852,coat shopping,2 -149738,The plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling .,1 -210682,running on hypertime in reverse,2 -205052,like an overcooked soufflé,1 -850,drawn,2 -42818,the heartbeat of the world ,,3 -3256,$ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life,0 -216553,those rejected must have been astronomically bad,2 -91936,saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo,3 -205241,little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation,1 -1132,guys,2 -170550,see where this dumbed-down concoction is going,1 -97387,this engaging film,4 -136535,the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive,1 -130173,perpetrating Patch Adams,2 -75977,brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel,3 -209858,provocative and vainglorious,2 -177662,was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV,1 -209825,prove to be too great,2 -83521,into a believable mother\/daughter pair,3 -167111,obtuse,2 -133036,sought it,2 -194653,bigger budget,2 -13954,Cube ?,2 -64811,Cool-J,2 -24274,A bold and subversive film that cuts across the grain of what,4 -203105,is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous .,2 -180269,( but ultimately silly,1 -111815,a document about him,2 -96513,the ranks,3 -104614,Bad Company,1 -170885,shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,1 -29743,bright future,3 -114634,are not to be dismissed,3 -179774,'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash,0 -148833,Star Trek tradition,2 -95809,the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images,3 -6343,explore religion,2 -182126,ABC Africa,2 -196100,concerned with cultural and political issues,2 -124471,is remembering,3 -112722,a slow study,2 -115605,be too busy,2 -7753,is n't that much different from many a hollywood romance . what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings,2 -38421,the mold of feel-good movies,4 -82758,impossibly long limbs,3 -49362,astoundingly rich,4 -170373,save the script , rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder ,,2 -152783,about teenagers,2 -196233,convoluted plot,1 -186773,Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun , but,1 -196437,cries .,2 -98877,uh , shred ,,1 -60351,with human kindness and hopefulness,4 -193993,barbed enough for older viewers,2 -220178,yahoo-ing,2 -238832,wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .,3 -89748,orchestrated,2 -110989,Welsh whimsy,3 -145041,Ecks this one off your must-see list .,0 -57925,that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,3 -33173,intuitively,2 -114195,anchoring the characters,2 -153455,an odd amalgam,2 -86617,makes The Banger Sisters,2 -158578,exactly the same thing in mind,2 -183986,For its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .,0 -208892,over the edge,2 -41999,gives his best movie,3 -199630,from the movie gods on a silver platter,4 -6803,gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time,0 -199273,for older viewers,2 -29951,by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks,1 -226127,The Master of Disguise is funny -- not,0 -203705,is wondrously creative .,3 -160049,gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .,1 -157442,diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough,1 -222111,A very pretty after-school,3 -102557,, he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading,2 -215043,the miniseries and,2 -206453,more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,3 -1356,irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy,2 -64753,Collateral Damage is trash ,,0 -94048,swooping,2 -149383,The film 's tone and pacing,2 -179129,you get with Empire is a movie,2 -32147,gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess,3 -76444,career-best,4 -42770,than I actually did,2 -135376,the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent,3 -237935,to say who might enjoy this,2 -160955,he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have,3 -163248,is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent,1 -204237,its longevity gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive,1 -130002,particularly welcome,2 -137088,this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .,1 -235167,racist humour,1 -153721,anything approaching a visceral kick , and,2 -230066,cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end,1 -181031,, then Blood Work is for you .,3 -94671,that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air,2 -131003,rare depth,3 -199280,for overstimulated minds,1 -125684,labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two,1 -206646,much a home,2 -183800,Everything its title,2 -216379,this film 's impressive performances and adept direction,3 -157349,destructive,1 -132393,show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people,1 -119611,exuberance and,2 -9344,of screen comedy,2 -209139,pathetically compare notes about their budding amours,0 -100811,work us,2 -94659,that final , beautiful scene,3 -237533,this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus .,3 -219208,where it 's on slippery footing,1 -15719,extends,2 -227260,You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... ',1 -182274,Altar Boys ',2 -183539,Does n't deliver a great story ,,1 -22312,the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia,2 -137282,tired , unimaginative and derivative variation,2 -127305,more fragile,2 -206598,mouthpieces , visual motifs ,,2 -57293,spree,2 -144519,Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers : neither of them deserves Eric Schaeffer,2 -165771,may yet have a great movie in him,3 -136981,this laboratory,2 -230698,face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero,2 -176449,to take to get there,2 -122054,he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact,2 -31639,find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago,3 -184887,In between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . ',3 -50104,certain degree,2 -197912,enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded,3 -195712,cipherlike,2 -61100,'s its first sign of trouble,1 -206497,most damning censure,1 -79777,feeling refreshed and hopeful,3 -73594,amor,3 -91416,relies on subtle ironies and visual devices,3 -78645,dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film,4 -202130,inane ramblings,1 -138449,twenty,2 -58113,the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them,2 -46142,Mehta 's,2 -64595,Cahill,2 -75253,be delightfully compatible here,3 -12985,when the fantastic kathy bates turns up,3 -205936,may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not,1 -44110,A gorgeous , high-spirited musical from India that exquisitely blends music , dance , song , and high drama .,4 -212240,somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard,3 -153136,all the more infuriating,1 -99926,when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,4 -166176,more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds,0 -132119,serenity,3 -236799,the cultural moat,2 -115731,been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over,3 -129889,overstating it , but,2 -35826,out halfway through,2 -42988,went along,2 -39887,we can share,2 -199592,from its demented premise,2 -101544,'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...,3 -88509,of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure,3 -55887,overdose,2 -120491,for teens to laugh , groan and hiss,3 -26071,Melrose Place .,2 -227313,You wo n't miss its messages , but,2 -107454,Like a precious and finely cut diamond,3 -159466,for some awful acting and lame special effects,0 -84740,is the movie for you,3 -135192,the essence of the Dogtown experience,2 -219252,which he portrays himself in a one-note performance,2 -110714,Too ordinary,1 -164135,its quirky sentiments but the taste,2 -201795,in a one-note performance,1 -84173,is even better than The Fellowship .,4 -63953,An undeniably moving film,4 -178844,worthy environmentalism,3 -232004,in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type,1 -232995,it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness,3 -142832,... would be more at home on a daytime television serial,1 -180607,, done,2 -26072,Men,3 -166177,more fun to make than it is to sit through,1 -35730,only superficially understands his characters,0 -101462,'re ready to hate one character , or,2 -190559,a film -- rowdy,2 -146352,Involves two mysteries -- one it gives away,2 -63281,A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .,3 -121326,good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face,2 -354,alienation,1 -44176,A movie with a real anarchic flair .,3 -126927,maybe twice ),3 -114038,an expert thriller,4 -226717,This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes,2 -107489,Likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? Let 's hope not,1 -124606,is that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next,4 -114865,as bad,1 -66407,Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral,2 -19877,and relatively sincere,3 -43497,, The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...,4 -40321,wo n't rock any boats,1 -20840,humour,3 -207451,of Love Story,2 -208098,of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls,2 -194377,been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks,1 -31284,ever seen,2 -140521,would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly,2 -133636,superficiality,1 -99224,use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D,4 -216371,this facetious smirk,1 -127091,might want to look it up,2 -218525,video-cam footage .,2 -209245,perverse pleasure,2 -127237,monstrous murk,2 -21654,open-ended finale,3 -24189,180 degrees,2 -124586,is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag .,0 -18485,, this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .,4 -232930,it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0 -103529,A different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling,3 -176912,truly odd , at times confusing ,,1 -40459,you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane,1 -15052,and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .,3 -168284,only excitement,3 -238889,with its company,2 -99802,well-constructed fluff ,,2 -143288,A real clunker . A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker ,,2 -174384,the nagging suspicion,1 -27592,a huge fan of Dickens ' 800-page novel,3 -126378,loses its fire,1 -42525,recognize it,3 -18783,Charles A . Addessi,2 -71765,a great writer,3 -76357,can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .,3 -221845,... the one thing this Wild film has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .,2 -41634,be the most memorable cinema session,3 -35323,of many ages,2 -31305,everything right,3 -159628,fragile framework,2 -153754,appearing either too serious or too lighthearted,2 -3610,a brilliant , honest,4 -216772,to Billy Joe,2 -15159,as something rare,3 -147209,Literally nothing in The Pool is new , but,1 -143635,All this,2 -47066,The film is beautifully mounted , but,3 -189874,Writer-director Walter Hill and,2 -200238,groaners,1 -540,banged their brains,1 -35989,personified,2 -145870,Hollywood-action cliches,1 -72784,a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre,2 -205913,may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .,2 -107459,Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz,0 -54217,levels and,2 -44245,A simple , but gritty and well-acted ensemble,4 -210422,repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense,0 -94123,take the viewer inside the wave,3 -182215,Aimed,2 -159926,generate cheap Hollywood tension,1 -38956,this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .,4 -72741,a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view,3 -157011,criminally badly acted,0 -78813,elegant technology for the masses --,3 -155998,can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it,1 -17329,still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all,3 -93627,strokes,2 -76254,ca n't possibly,2 -232158,into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ',4 -168023,omnipotent,2 -111164,Williams ' usual tear and,2 -235306,relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius,4 -197664,early laughs,3 -171948,stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .,1 -58697,the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice,4 -31910,from the constraints of formula,2 -223019,Could the whole plan here have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison ?,1 -159497,for the past,2 -27992,ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s,3 -101771,'s nice to see Piscopo again after all these years,3 -86716,manage to keep things interesting,3 -56694,same sort,2 -104521,As the princess,2 -198024,essentially '' Fatal Attraction,3 -175363,this disposable tissue,2 -9772,point,2 -208794,original nor terribly funny,1 -160193,goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy,0 -188851,There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes .,1 -152885,action and romance,2 -194485,being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone,1 -42996,whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man,2 -28886,and unaffected,2 -30474,created a masterful piece of artistry right here,4 -220476,'' and `` terrible,0 -151812,a good design,3 -87208,mood , look and tone,2 -111362,You will likely prefer to keep on watching .,3 -120640,fresh and dramatically substantial spin,3 -86986,meditation ),3 -134985,the characters and the film , flaws and all,2 -232252,is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .,3 -7400,in 2002,2 -56905,she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession,3 -234098,new Director 's,2 -119798,fascinating they may be as history,3 -216036,their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own,1 -59399,to the nonconformist in us all,3 -76822,climactic burst,3 -108191,One of those,2 -78387,documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it,1 -111329,You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles ,,2 -27955,a wholesome attitude,3 -38967,this never-ending confusion and hatred,1 -37560,sympathetic,2 -17559,the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies,4 -61437,( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence,3 -237235,the story as,2 -197722,either moderately amusing,3 -179653,'s bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction,2 -21500,of aquatic life off the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico,2 -62694,2 , 500 screens,2 -98246,to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese,3 -187848,The Porky 's Revenge : Ultimate Edition ?,2 -175551,this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy,2 -104773,Blade II ',2 -139829,whose seeming,2 -25849,Jason X,2 -13937,Century,2 -119103,engagingly primitive animated special effects,2 -172492,takes a long time to reach its destination,1 -37655,tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world,2 -216752,tireless,2 -121379,grad,2 -10128,resourceful and ingenious entertainment .,4 -192019,advert,2 -94717,that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film,3 -221100,( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),2 -191879,achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence,1 -8763,mentally,2 -138655,unexpected blast,1 -151006,With generic sets and B-grade special effects , Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .,1 -146795,Its save-the-planet message clashes with its crass marketing,1 -138345,trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness,3 -111953,a fresh and dramatically substantial spin,3 -46330,No , it 's not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original , but,2 -71487,a cruel story of youth culture,2 -169848,reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment,0 -11577,the long,2 -190522,a fellow,2 -15120,anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled,3 -230142,delivers on that promise .,3 -133181,squanders Chan 's uniqueness,1 -80053,flamboyant female comics,3 -93635,strong dramatic and emotional pull,3 -80669,from the people laughing in the crowd,3 -19763,an intriguing snapshot,4 -141077,'s French,2 -123937,is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly,0 -55906,own preoccupations and obsessions,2 -14549,Tim,2 -139673,while certainly clever in spots,3 -104121,Alice 's,2 -89540,one 's mother,2 -120746,from the Palestinian side,2 -209250,phone commercial,2 -173992,the folly of superficiality that is itself,1 -142310,, it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program .,2 -162682,is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material,2 -141864,( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen ,,3 -180320,) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard,1 -159558,forced to watch the host and hostess,1 -56751,screaming,2 -215538,the same number of continuity errors,1 -222926,Child IV,2 -95007,the Cary Grant,2 -157000,crime melodrama\/character study,2 -156734,considering some of the other dreck,2 -161269,his games,2 -120042,film Son,2 -119238,epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller .,3 -125582,kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,1 -129894,overweight and,2 -198136,eventually cloying POW drama .,1 -51523,fantastically,3 -137996,to underscore the action,2 -49010,an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style,3 -45462,Hearst or,2 -50424,consistently intelligent,3 -146876,Jewish Nazi,2 -116258,brought to the screen,2 -157094,damn moldy,1 -70566,Unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling .,3 -123140,in the end , the disparate elements do n't gel,2 -142780,... del Toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .,1 -62976,A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation,3 -167126,occasionally directed trifles,2 -152927,actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s,3 -165741,may be the only way to pay for his next project,2 -150784,Wes Craven 's,2 -149363,The fight scenes,2 -806,despite the gravity of its subject matter,3 -205643,make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes,3 -43675,, passion and talent,3 -141775,( I ) f you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you 've already seen this kind of thing .,1 -51072,earns its moments of pathos,3 -100161,whose derring-do puts the X into the games,3 -156285,cinematic essay,2 -128751,of its raw blues soundtrack,2 -190006,` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates,2 -158154,elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich,1 -34837,nasty sea,2 -169468,pump it,2 -40016,while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull,4 -163683,it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it,0 -50213,cliche,1 -220782,'s been acted out,2 -120554,forced than usual,2 -128822,of near-hypnotic physical beauty,4 -55965,peculiar and always entertaining costume drama,3 -215006,the market,2 -195296,cafeteria goulash,1 -238524,we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images,1 -195677,choppy editing,2 -100358,wit and empathy,3 -182339,An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 ,,3 -214379,the crime movie equivalent,1 -115272,autocritique,2 -158257,endurance challenge,2 -239230,zippy jazzy score,4 -40820,Clever ,,3 -51387,examining,2 -82833,in Williams,2 -57487,sudden lunch rush,2 -47069,The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented ,,3 -94905,that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but,2 -208826,others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting,1 -104961,Cage 's war-weary marine,2 -1231,howard,2 -183662,Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .,1 -92607,shows excess in business and pleasure ,,3 -147000,Kazmierski,2 -129649,only self-aware neurotics engage in,3 -232863,is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .,4 -61270,'s something vital about the movie .,3 -189145,Though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .,1 -170328,same snail 's,1 -20689,green-guts,2 -197969,entirely too straight-faced,2 -59790,used to make movies , but,2 -104571,At least ),2 -136103,the rappers,2 -42745,takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it ,,2 -48861,an Actress,2 -119209,entire script,2 -176015,to burn out of your brain,0 -219315,white American zealously,2 -156929,crafted but emotionally,2 -140925,'' Roger Michell,2 -60674,'' people,2 -122776,imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 ,,2 -113454,affirm,3 -157829,dogma,2 -77051,como muchas,2 -44150,A lyrical metaphor,2 -117292,commend,2 -186104,Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks .,2 -140708,you ,,2 -144645,Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison,1 -201841,in class,2 -214185,the best , most,3 -43259,'s great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .,3 -73482,allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range,3 -42844,the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset ,,2 -184970,Irish playwright , poet and drinker,2 -198172,every facet,2 -209050,parables,2 -67581,Molina,2 -222562,Bebe,2 -120829,fun , curiously adolescent movie,3 -227541,`` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,2 -97962,to break free of her old life,4 -198302,exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .,2 -90045,parapsychological,3 -23126,'s frustrating and still oddly likable,3 -195922,come off as pantomimesque sterotypes,1 -177160,unedited,2 -235594,self-aware movies go,2 -217904,trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years,1 -224960,Mr. Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .,3 -212107,some fun in this jumbled mess,3 -228023,a mountain,2 -157964,drenched-in-the,2 -200131,good-for-you,3 -163404,is supposed to be a gift,2 -192032,after ( Seagal 's ) earlier copycat Under Siege,1 -85412,its stupidity,1 -124957,it does have a few cute moments,2 -204859,less attention,2 -33714,it special,3 -184531,Hrs .,2 -176040,to claim that it is '',2 -88299,of a London,2 -143984,Avengers,2 -217823,trotting,2 -83138,in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining,3 -134438,that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political Blair Witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen,2 -93538,stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage,2 -165789,mean giggles and,1 -127434,most immediate and,2 -113149,about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units,2 -117764,culprit early-on,2 -224758,Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story .,3 -15437,coloring,2 -183874,Far-fetched,1 -82859,in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow,4 -8655,making,2 -129076,of the mountains,2 -214344,the conceit of setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition in the era of Richard Nixon,1 -116505,ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another,1 -116605,can kill love,2 -131804,scary , action-packed chiller,3 -20092,beaut,3 -149830,The sinister inspiration,2 -183094,Christian storylines,2 -238769,will do for a set .,2 -143857,Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess,0 -194528,best dramatic performance,4 -85647,key grip,2 -114052,an extreme action-packed film,3 -107409,LeBlanc thought,2 -174846,the sum of the parts equals largely a confused mediocrity .,0 -131072,real visual charge to the filmmaking,3 -151848,a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting,0 -31060,emotional heft,1 -130320,plenty of funny movies,3 -167194,of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv,2 -90346,played and,2 -95896,the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,2 -30463,crafting,3 -28948,another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do,3 -105730,Examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as Wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers,2 -98160,to lament the loss of culture,1 -69752,The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess,3 -202249,inner life,2 -174553,the point of it,2 -170294,sadistic bike flick,1 -146519,It 's just disappointingly superficial,1 -83935,is a wonderful thing,3 -177738,watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker,0 -219474,will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting,1 -5449,career,3 -217119,to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets,1 -19274,Sundance,2 -107145,Jacquot seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set .,1 -135435,the funniest film,4 -130163,peril,3 -42797,the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals,3 -131229,regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people,2 -16990,previous adventures and perils,3 -33344,is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical,4 -176811,travelogue,2 -164374,keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,1 -49479,baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic,0 -169950,remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut,2 -32741,if not more so ,,3 -26359,Pinochet Case,2 -46538,Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way,3 -126509,maddeningly insistent and repetitive,0 -148093,Philosophically,2 -173964,the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog,1 -163220,is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .,1 -95086,the Ya-Yas,2 -140915,'' An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . '',2 -139979,win many fans over the age of 12,2 -45026,Defies,2 -215889,the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time,1 -204126,its beautiful women,4 -169660,rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives .,1 -142653,, yikes , uproarious,3 -28853,and the political,2 -228088,a popcorn film,2 -149851,The story ... is moldy and obvious .,0 -83642,inventive director,4 -52480,have chemistry both as friends and lovers,3 -208004,of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes,1 -189907,Yo,2 -168946,plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness .,2 -8443,like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness,1 -40649,A deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy,3 -198591,fascinating curiosity piece,4 -205066,like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .,2 -28781,and scored,2 -17995,we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved,3 -51499,familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same,3 -236803,the darker side,2 -4923,aspires,3 -169350,profit,2 -127804,nearly epic proportions,2 -178411,willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps,2 -147304,Madonna still ca n't act a lick .,0 -59729,unnerve the majority,2 -52518,he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions,2 -194892,bottom-of-the-bill fare,1 -173803,the ending credits,2 -10771,strictly middle of the road,2 -28208,all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies,3 -55963,peculiar and,2 -156779,context and waltzes,2 -6709,from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics,1 -234865,pale Mr. Broomfield,2 -208296,offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious,2 -158287,enjoyably over-the-top,4 -214743,the grayish quality of its lighting,2 -74968,at only 26,2 -99300,various characters,2 -233947,more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution,3 -50869,directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life .,3 -145105,Enron stock,1 -58038,the bard 's,2 -211703,sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,0 -215073,the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio,2 -7793,is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic,3 -21797,raise,2 -134625,that will amuse or entertain them,3 -187398,So why is this so boring ?,2 -64610,Canada 's,2 -179296,'' Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .,0 -110920,Walt,2 -213378,than doting on its eccentric characters,2 -17144,science,2 -35170,of artistry,2 -233537,looks genuinely pretty .,3 -102435,, but rather by emphasizing the characters,3 -45487,Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light,2 -216397,this interminable , shapeless documentary,1 -208884,over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel,2 -157966,dress down,2 -79379,evolved from star to superstar,3 -55090,no special effects ,,2 -83883,is a somber trip worth taking,3 -1874,occasionally really,2 -100138,who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history,2 -225343,Or intelligent .,2 -169820,recoiling,2 -132682,smile-button faces,3 -216434,this movie for ? Not kids,2 -96463,the price of making them,2 -166295,most committed,2 -236167,sure is funny,3 -36994,singular character study,2 -230448,dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ...,0 -70888,While it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .,3 -10584,sock-you-in-the-eye,2 -47507,Undisputed is n't exactly a high,2 -117542,corny television,1 -97059,the working poor,2 -177415,vertigo and opacity,1 -195683,chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,0 -161252,his fake backdrops,1 -220498,'' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work .,0 -149622,The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and,2 -51648,film a must,4 -99279,vacuum,2 -175501,this one feels like a life sentence,0 -57871,that rare luminary,3 -133340,stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .,2 -71267,a atacar ,,2 -60670,'' is never lethargic,3 -232427,is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s,2 -39741,utmost,2 -238357,w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et,2 -202058,in the title , many can aspire but none can equal,2 -72050,a music scene,2 -134487,that never pretends to be something,2 -9874,proved important to him,2 -86817,marry,2 -140107,with an ultimate desire,2 -159577,forgetting only to retain a single laugh,1 -108686,Rose 's,2 -112365,a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .,0 -186951,Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory ,,2 -164677,learnt,2 -69909,The simplicity,2 -189137,Though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal , I felt disrespected .,2 -15550,disarming indie,2 -237232,the spinning styx,2 -21045,is now .,2 -169119,possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen ) has made in the last twenty years,0 -111551,a better thriller,3 -191251,a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,2 -135090,the delicate ways of Dong Jie,2 -145318,Feels like one of those contrived , only-in - Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk .,0 -160045,gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1,3 -100076,who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --,3 -50006,can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them,4 -22409,these bastions of individuality,2 -70738,Weimar Republic,2 -180980,, the film of '' The Kid Stays in the Picture '' would be an abridged edition,1 -103742,A much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation , writer-director Anthony Friedman 's similarly updated 1970 British production .,3 -90829,proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary,3 -209125,passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese,3 -110041,The notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced Prozac Nation ,,2 -9318,of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears,1 -79553,facing change in both their inner and outer lives,3 -2851,this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff,1 -108143,One False Move,2 -126524,made a difference,3 -155245,biggest offense,1 -84111,is credible and remarkably mature,3 -115229,ate,1 -45095,Drops you,2 -85407,its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese,3 -238788,will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated,1 -135972,the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here,2 -95470,the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin,2 -92866,small movie,2 -225263,Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style .,4 -43955,: a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .,4 -164873,like ROSE RED,2 -202864,is disappointing,1 -161893,in its characters ' frustrations,1 -180267,( but ) from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold,1 -144070,Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad,0 -115245,attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago,0 -71481,a cross,3 -162398,into itself,2 -107966,Neither the funniest film that Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made , Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .,2 -178924,would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes,0 -123530,interweaves individual stories,2 -88046,notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen,2 -222365,And it is .,3 -33666,it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .,4 -25542,Highbrow,3 -202633,is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess,0 -157935,dramatic inflection,2 -34253,loyal,3 -16566,midnight movie,2 -134277,that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma,3 -22540,to recommend to anyone looking for something different,3 -170592,seems , well , contrived,2 -204510,keep men,2 -24511,A work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense .,3 -152171,a nightmare date with a half-formed wit,2 -206575,motorized,2 -149804,The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture .,1 -151311,a Spanish butler,2 -164697,leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting .,1 -160559,hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends,1 -154540,bad as its trailers ?,0 -196643,decent performances,3 -27138,W,1 -34831,narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ),1 -204470,just not a,2 -171613,some truly heinous crime,2 -127295,more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition,3 -93400,stakes,2 -144624,Could The Country Bears,2 -33679,it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth,3 -118304,directorial feature debut,2 -140670,you 'll find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for,4 -59655,underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing,4 -75106,awfully good , achingly human picture,4 -143174,A long-winded,1 -190012,` fatal script error,0 -42050,has nothing but,2 -97442,this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .,3 -191179,a real stake in the American sexual landscape,2 -50186,cinematography and,2 -153716,anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock,2 -96955,the ups and downs of friendships,3 -170471,screenwriter 's,2 -132649,small ...,1 -24803,Beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .,4 -131878,searching for a quarter,2 -168970,pleasuring its audience,3 -32719,idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested,2 -157614,ditties,2 -61772,, and yet at the end,3 -88449,of being the big,1 -202947,is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you,1 -228064,a parent and,2 -67664,Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that,3 -89847,out of you,2 -195088,buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters,2 -227152,Why `` they '' were here,2 -89824,our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions,3 -182229,All Analyze That proves is that there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise .,2 -146815,Jacquot 's rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion and,2 -20038,athletic,2 -186619,Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry,1 -196642,decent performance,3 -72355,a separate adventure,2 -214039,the Fist is hilarious,3 -173956,the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond,1 -182645,At times , it actually hurts to watch .,0 -173831,the exception of about six gags,1 -175406,this half-hearted messing-about,1 -76865,cold have been,1 -183135,Clyde Barrow 's car,2 -224702,Make Chan 's action sequences boring .,1 -111520,a bad premise ,,1 -114719,are worth the price of admission,3 -178355,will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll,1 -69337,The Paradiso 's,2 -13796,A sad , superior human comedy,2 -236755,the boomer,2 -136873,this Argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .,3 -173085,that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time,1 -233260,know how to fill a frame,2 -132382,shouts classic French nuance .,3 -125280,its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel,2 -37318,steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions,2 -736,could possibly find it funny,2 -21926,seldom brought to light on the screen,2 -228905,as a classic movie franchise,3 -96967,the variety,2 -118842,eardrum-dicing gunplay ,,2 -226304,The history is fascinating : the action is dazzling .,4 -113670,all these years,2 -110925,War II experience,2 -115484,be consumed and forgotten,1 -15401,charming old reel-to-reel recordings,3 -69253,The Bard,2 -38471,the narratives,2 -92976,so much to look,3 -57301,stand in,2 -72548,a strength,3 -235315,remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout,1 -119562,explores the awful complications of one terrifying day,3 -83251,including those intended for adults,2 -4377,accuracy,3 -134704,the Hermitage,2 -178149,which is immaculately produced,3 -175326,this 21st century,2 -231879,if only it were that grand a failure,1 -43593,, he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy,4 -135334,the film is a hilarious adventure and,3 -34219,loss,1 -227904,a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar,4 -146076,I highly recommend Irwin , but,3 -219332,who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up,1 -199514,frightening and compelling ` What if ?,2 -56754,screenings,2 -226947,Warner Bros. costumer,2 -78742,eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story,3 -116701,care about the story,2 -194213,be thrown back in the river,2 -8022,its courage , ideas , technical proficiency,3 -169649,rat,2 -12630,ultimately too,2 -48226,a natural , unforced style,2 -68014,One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time,4 -13099,williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia . he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .,3 -167677,of ruins,2 -83436,insurance,3 -214274,the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours,0 -71423,a college student,2 -226179,The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .,0 -222971,Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings,1 -99106,unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing,3 -174062,the hapless facilitator,1 -137356,to accomplish,3 -60496,wrapped,2 -151495,a clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy 's club,0 -66080,Humorous and heartfelt , Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . Not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .,4 -185373,Its and pieces of The Hot Chick,2 -34636,most honest,3 -7953,it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy,2 -203883,it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the Dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s,1 -148893,Stultifyingly,1 -128981,of the actors involved in the enterprise,2 -225194,Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker,3 -2716,the sickly sweet gender normative,1 -205889,matches about it,2 -234844,own \*\*\*,2 -145241,Extreme Oops - oops,1 -28689,and kings,2 -90777,protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain ,,2 -49149,are due,2 -186436,Not exaggerated,2 -192986,appeared in 1938,3 -3464,-- peter and bobby --,2 -22026,sophisticated entertainment,3 -113710,almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation,1 -48673,adapting,2 -119731,family , forgiveness and love,3 -173276,that we just ca n't get no satisfaction,1 -222059,A morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take,0 -63975,Anakin,2 -5985,disguise,2 -69978,The subtitled costume drama,2 -225859,Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn,0 -115832,being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema,1 -5170,bizarre comedy,2 -90906,pure Disney,3 -111240,Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . But I had a lot of problems with this movie,2 -26782,The disarming cornball atmosphere has a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on .,2 -100801,work -- is charming ,,3 -113849,amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise,2 -85699,knowledge , education,2 -104382,An unremarkable , modern action\/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title .,2 -106793,Israel in ferment,2 -28816,and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry,4 -142180,, forgettably pleasant from start to finish,2 -214832,the imagined glory of their own pasts,1 -203445,is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory,1 -19931,appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art,2 -130224,piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .,0 -169910,relatives swap one mundane story after another,1 -50236,collegiate gross-out comedy,2 -194519,benevolent deception,2 -237464,thick shmear,2 -61980,, intriguing,3 -142395,, preemptive departure,2 -89951,overtly determined,2 -210920,scratching your head in amazement over the fact,1 -168748,pay for a shimmering picture postcard,2 -215476,the resonant,2 -27119,Vietnamese-born,2 -218839,watch Snatch,2 -117449,consistently funny . And educational !,3 -179069,you 're more than six years old,2 -3134,while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere ,,2 -125903,legendary actor Michel Serrault,3 -23514,, but never showy ,,3 -168639,pancakes,2 -86541,make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson,1 -32819,in a journey of rebellion,2 -121958,have him switch bodies with a funny person,2 -137274,timid parsing,1 -233898,mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .,3 -187685,Tango,2 -188405,The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film,1 -132517,since 1997,2 -233384,lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo,3 -4207,a thoughtful , emotional movie experience,4 -107293,Khan,2 -4116,a smart,3 -12953,what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than '' bladerunner '',4 -225522,Psychologically,2 -95824,the glorious chicanery and self-delusion,3 -236143,suggests ,,2 -4445,afterwards,2 -116576,can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure,3 -132730,so grainy and rough ,,1 -152633,a trite power struggle,2 -239217,your own \*\*\*,2 -245,a retread of material already,2 -152007,a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube,1 -193500,as is,2 -171936,starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .,1 -139216,warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality,3 -37181,soul adventure,3 -198299,exercise .,2 -226596,There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market .,4 -18499,, which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs,3 -7784,is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time,3 -190240,a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway,1 -17712,these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .,3 -235111,pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother,2 -201778,in a comedic context,2 -61461,( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,4 -301,a young audience ,,2 -130699,progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration,2 -56429,reality and,2 -17087,replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them,3 -36549,reveals unexpected depths as an actor,3 -115506,be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .,2 -104003,A vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from,4 -12781,victim,1 -72835,a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout,4 -197823,empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun,1 -156831,cop or,2 -185291,It has the right approach and the right opening premise , but,2 -72214,a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him ,,2 -55829,operatic grandeur,2 -207509,of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing,2 -105515,Don,3 -228554,an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features,2 -26446,Reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes,3 -72899,about Canadians,2 -36753,seem more like disturbing hallucinations,1 -170931,should , indeed ,,2 -190990,a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects,2 -49673,bent,2 -178886,would have been groundbreaking,2 -175500,this on video,2 -114143,an overwhelming pleasure,3 -15852,fun lacking any MTV puffery,3 -181758,A laughable -- or rather , unlaughable --,1 -115012,as rude and profane as ever ,,0 -123978,is conversational bordering on confessional .,2 -48201,a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror,2 -123375,inflate the mundane into the scarifying,2 -23751,, lightweight and bizarrely original,4 -78381,documentarian,3 -43600,, hope and despair,2 -167010,not-quite,1 -114307,animated filmmaking,2 -103468,A charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .,3 -90377,plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness,3 -79047,enjoyable trifle,3 -228294,about fetishism,2 -65730,Garcia and the other actors help,2 -131161,recommended only for those under 20 years of age,2 -69345,The Quiet American '' begins in Saigon in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble .,2 -147040,Kung Pow :,2 -36120,precinct,2 -52936,in its audience,2 -221953,A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale,0 -163789,it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .,1 -186843,R&D people,2 -231399,has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .,3 -56799,seems positively,3 -190007,` comedy ',2 -135164,the end an honorable , interesting failure,1 -163810,it has no sense of humor,0 -221674,, what a thrill ride,4 -16591,more thoughtful,2 -22636,understandable,3 -204451,just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them,1 -142825,... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .,0 -88886,of slapstick sequences,3 -111331,You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles , but it 's worth yet another visit,3 -91051,racial tension,1 -64972,Deep intelligence and,3 -186360,No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing . Robert John Burke as The Monster horns in and steals the show .,3 -138530,unaccountable,2 -47442,Tom Green a grimace,1 -214040,the Gallic ` tradition,2 -192489,an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights , of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders,2 -64214,BV 's,2 -66187,I loved on first sight and , even more important ,,4 -159571,forget the sheer,2 -112717,a slight , weightless fairy tale,1 -100884,worm its way,2 -24516,A worthy entry,3 -95707,the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well,3 -149089,The Farrelly Brothers,2 -41781,despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack --,2 -18174,your senses,2 -39516,two men,2 -115048,as the movie tries to make sense of its title character,2 -37924,that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats .,3 -52435,has the ability to offend and put off everyone,1 -206194,mined his personal horrors,2 -200378,ham-fisted sermon,2 -133704,surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion,2 -158009,dud,1 -67101,Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .,0 -225523,Psychologically revealing,3 -37941,the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors,2 -14440,Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though,1 -78911,emotionally accessible,2 -188016,The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops,3 -224109,It 's Young Guns,2 -699,cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin,3 -161838,in cheek,2 -4794,are introduced as '' spider '' and '' snake,2 -90286,picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .,4 -112419,a nice change,3 -186193,Most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another,2 -205148,limited welcome,2 -128498,of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen,3 -66568,It 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .,4 -175010,the way of story,2 -183963,For a film about action,2 -121389,graphic treatment,3 -159816,full-throated,2 -115825,being good,3 -164868,like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination,1 -185058,It 's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise .,1 -210035,quota,2 -169108,positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness .,1 -107898,Murray,2 -29397,be acting,2 -165045,linguistic fumbling,1 -221548,, sweet and romantic,4 -238591,what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like,2 -83103,in the gang-infested , East-vs .,2 -4481,all its excess,2 -200761,have been edited at all,2 -228034,a movie that is what it is,2 -161906,in its story of irresponsible cops,2 -190346,a compulsion,2 -196323,could never really have happened this way,2 -64249,Barry ),2 -235569,seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick .,1 -229800,charge money for this ? ',1 -225599,Remember when Bond had more glamour than clamor,1 -19072,Michael Reilly Burke,2 -15036,and good-natured,3 -79966,find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour,1 -56041,placed and,2 -85462,its whimsical humor,3 -37137,some off guard,2 -30003,can share,2 -12501,too ludicrous and,1 -148391,Saving Private Ryanovich,2 -231239,go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike,1 -196245,corner office,2 -214289,the charm and little,3 -189898,Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination , but it 's also a failure of storytelling .,1 -105123,Claire is a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains .,3 -164018,its difficult these days,2 -227221,Would n't one about their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc. ,,2 -182677,BMX rider Mat Hoffman,2 -158346,entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy,1 -66978,K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but,3 -192134,all I sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them .,2 -81810,has to offer,2 -233516,look and sound great,4 -81633,has a real filmmaker 's eye,3 -95643,the film deliberately lacks irony,2 -150153,This 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes , but,2 -123535,intimate relationships,2 -55967,pedigree,2 -197443,double-barreled rip-off,0 -161307,his second,1 -223547,Griffiths and Mr. Pryce,2 -143786,An unsatisfying hybrid,1 -145628,Good for a few unintentional laughs,3 -38082,the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner,4 -97088,theatrical family,2 -2826,these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation .,1 -162847,is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven,3 -134076,than ingenious,2 -213646,that had no obvious directing involved,1 -55319,of complex ideas,2 -150608,Val Kilmer,2 -154702,be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign .,1 -106848,It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters,3 -4529,almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .,0 -233270,know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,2 -5631,combined,2 -182661,Attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .,0 -85915,less conspicuous writing strength,1 -62839,A chilling movie without oppressive,3 -46574,Quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and,2 -191476,a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra,2 -213679,that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance,0 -226846,U.S. art house screens for no reason other,2 -210411,renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices,1 -219377,who suffers through this film,2 -193587,as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive,1 -23970,, wacky and wonderful,3 -48103,a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension,3 -174011,the fun of Toy Story 2,3 -63056,A full experience,3 -103114,-- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --,1 -78685,dutiful efforts,2 -236047,step further,2 -159346,for Wilson to play his self-deprecating act against Murphy 's well-honed prima donna,1 -196635,decades-spanning,2 -65539,Filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann area headed east , Far East , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie,3 -215122,the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .,1 -9194,nyc 's drug,1 -60980,'s bright,3 -99124,unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints,3 -9435,old,2 -92931,so deadly,2 -125656,knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely,4 -15602,drive to show how its done,3 -65913,Hare,2 -212191,something awfully deadly,1 -200746,have anything really interesting to say,2 -207008,no charm,1 -201683,imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie,1 -138734,unlikely release,2 -182751,Been there done that,1 -228226,a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor,4 -159636,frat boy 's,2 -192398,amusedly , sometimes,2 -216579,thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners ,,2 -105728,Examines,1 -98438,to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages,4 -120998,genre cliches,1 -117254,comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . ',1 -147355,Mary Gaitskill 's,2 -202689,is actually quite vapid,2 -20027,at ` face value ',2 -101618,'s an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation,2 -196315,could n't help,2 -152083,a moral punch,2 -40766,An involving true story of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution,3 -224977,Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .,1 -56216,proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .,2 -139967,willing to do this , then you so crazy,1 -162966,is just futile silliness looking to tap into the kiddie sensibilities,1 -180357,, Chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master . ',2 -21898,satisfy,4 -39573,unbelievably hilarious moments,4 -230111,declared this year,2 -119404,every performance respectably muted :,2 -164499,kvetch,2 -140462,world \,2 -137790,to reality,2 -93173,something really good,4 -131666,rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys,3 -111234,Wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message,3 -113802,amazingly evocative film,4 -67289,Little Nicky .,1 -146874,Jesus ',2 -170853,she is nothing,2 -9779,political blair,2 -213895,that there 's really not much of a sense of action,1 -58903,then without in any way demeaning its subjects,2 -150917,While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,3 -123623,intoxicating show,3 -40174,with a smooth sleight of hand,3 -105747,Exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable,0 -23348,, a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .,3 -75588,best and most exciting movies,4 -203718,it 's '' Waking up in Reno . '' Go back to sleep .,1 -182325,Amid the cliché and foreshadowing , Cage manages a degree of casual realism ... that is routinely dynamited by Blethyn .,2 -178327,wild card,2 -26382,Pray 's film,3 -104482,As directed by Dani Kouyate of Burkina Faso,2 -151022,With virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on,1 -10207,rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except,1 -31799,for the man 's greatness,3 -87374,most amazing,4 -110642,Time Out is as serious as a pink slip . And more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .,1 -80855,games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi,2 -162957,is itself a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very , very low .,1 -217444,to the grayish quality of its lighting,1 -196295,could have looked into my future,2 -216268,things , but does n't,2 -138297,treads predictably along familiar territory ,,1 -233939,more simply intrusive,1 -226114,The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies ... but the film suffers from its own difficulties .,2 -19211,Reilly,2 -92863,small but rewarding comedy,3 -232374,is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .,0 -148343,Rug,2 -38907,think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions,2 -96252,the new release,2 -33114,interrelationships,2 -74721,as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time,2 -13526,, and enough beauty to make it unforgettable,3 -238946,wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises,1 -6927,halloween : resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been,2 -69931,The story ,,2 -94515,that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability,3 -214865,the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .,0 -29850,but one,2 -56747,scored and powered,3 -40478,young Gaghan 's,2 -103989,A visual spectacle,3 -156365,cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects,1 -68218,Pipe Dream does have its charms . The leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .,3 -40744,All the performances are top notch and,4 -53094,innocent yet fervid,3 -224122,It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .,4 -75118,back to Vietnam and the city,2 -225058,Much of it is funny , but,3 -84928,it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe,2 -112630,a riveting movie experience,3 -176712,took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long,0 -21874,richer in the bargain,3 -184228,Grant and Bullock 's characters are made for each other . But you 'd never guess that from the performances .,2 -57529,surreal as a dream and,3 -200290,guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect,2 -188196,The film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables .,0 -132839,soft-core,2 -231742,his most personal work yet .,3 -80216,for a lifetime,2 -238648,where Mr. Besson is a brand name,2 -74863,aspires to be more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,2 -145158,Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day,1 -13521,, and acts circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg,2 -141789,( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .,1 -134572,that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time,1 -92734,sit through , enjoy on a certain level and,3 -190976,a more engaged and honest treatment,3 -135893,the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution,1 -183610,Earnest and tentative,3 -111222,Without a fresh infusion of creativity,1 -62595,... manages to fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal .,2 -188462,The narrator and,2 -114470,apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,3 -142169,, exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,0 -87285,more mainstream audience,2 -115752,been to the movies,2 -238910,with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time .,0 -213808,that presents an interesting , even sexy premise,3 -232520,is life,2 -114383,any Oscars,2 -109406,The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker,0 -196937,different bodies,2 -14439,Somewhere short,2 -96964,the utter authority of a genre gem,3 -16479,locations,2 -226085,That is a compliment to Kuras and Miller .,3 -56856,sentimental journey,3 -21402,nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling .,4 -36067,pomo de ouro,2 -214731,the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about,1 -174681,the same kind of bittersweet,2 -96862,the terrifying message,0 -140842,young-guns,2 -204411,juicy writer,3 -40333,wonderfully respectful of its past,4 -94591,that comes along every day,2 -59714,unique relationship,3 -102445,, charismatic and tragically,3 -56704,satisfyingly,3 -169677,raunchy language,1 -15861,gangsta,2 -51506,family dysfunctional drama How I Killed My Father,2 -168845,personifies,2 -216632,thrilling movie,3 -67854,None of his actors,2 -15183,away the jeweled beads of sweat,2 -157234,del Toro,2 -40983,It 's a terrific American sports movie and,4 -103425,A bittersweet film ,,3 -196974,dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors,3 -125089,it risks monotony .,1 -234738,one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original,1 -185211,It 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength,2 -197281,does in the execution,2 -4836,as a tolerable diversion , the film,2 -39791,viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong,4 -168738,patience to get to the good stuff,2 -92942,so fast,2 -196843,despite a few whopping shootouts,2 -105149,Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds,2 -77943,delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing,2 -143655,Alternative medicine obviously has its merits ...,2 -237484,think that sequels can never capture the magic of the original,1 -57096,snowballs out of control,0 -167152,of 2-day old Coke,1 -142298,, it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .,1 -59230,to everyday children,2 -212506,startle,2 -202441,into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes,3 -60846,'s a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .,3 -5714,conspiracy,2 -222773,But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .,3 -180149,( Herzog 's ) personal policy,3 -151822,a good performance in a film that does n't merit it,1 -9408,of what films,2 -224827,Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around,2 -211518,should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?,2 -127630,much right,2 -38039,the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score,4 -4204,a thoughtful ,,3 -168368,original any particular dishonor,2 -231558,have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format,2 -92940,so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes,2 -44859,Carpenter 's,2 -169630,random moments of a Chris Rock routine,2 -60871,'s a talking head documentary , but a great one,3 -487,as happiness was,3 -230495,elusive ...,1 -126245,little of our emotional investment pays off,2 -76379,can wreak havoc in other cultures,1 -91869,sadness and obsession,1 -222094,A supernatural mystery that does n't,2 -82489,how much they may really need the company of others,2 -206790,named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper,2 -56639,rollicking,3 -223959,If you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before,2 -34976,not in a hurry,2 -150737,We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal,2 -170749,served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it,1 -21917,see it and enjoy .,4 -181953,A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger,1 -157934,dramatic fire,2 -40128,will make you very happy .,3 -14678,a book,2 -36620,root for the patronized Iranian lad,3 -24836,Binoche and Magimel,2 -22611,truly unique character studies,3 -49090,any way,2 -170264,rushed,1 -44818,By no means a great movie , but it is a refreshingly forthright one .,3 -77822,deeper , more,2 -172406,swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy,2 -54079,keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .,4 -100357,wistful everyday ironies,3 -213845,that special annex,2 -6041,does n't really know or care about the characters ,,0 -63790,American Psycho,2 -14567,Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .,1 -167434,of dramatic inflection,2 -91902,satire and unabashed sweetness,3 -55177,ocean,2 -194757,boards,2 -189102,This would-be ` James Bond,2 -68102,Para Hitler , o mundo era sua tela : e o horror , seu pincel . E Max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica,2 -107603,Malkovich 's,2 -33272,is a surprisingly engaging film .,4 -198632,feature-length running time,3 -87844,new routes,2 -149847,The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .,1 -194022,bastards ,,1 -8354,larceny,1 -101590,'s also nice,3 -195562,certainly no,3 -3002,turns maddeningly predictable,2 -17982,was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space,3 -4092,a sea,2 -5298,broadway 's,2 -91018,quirky ,,2 -68530,RunTelDat is something of a triumph .,3 -103968,A very pretty after-school special,3 -117325,compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject,3 -231774,hooting it 's praises,3 -130282,playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans,1 -198351,experienced ',2 -194550,bet most parents had thought,2 -181736,A great script brought down by lousy direction . Same guy with both hats . Big mistake,1 -116206,brightly,3 -139711,white-trash situation imaginable,2 -45573,I had been thinking about the visual medium,2 -140931,'' a convolution of language that suggests it,2 -2736,the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset,2 -138482,two-hour-and-fifteen-minute,2 -64543,Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking,2 -154044,as '' Spider '' and,2 -79015,engrossing film,3 -104689,Ben Stiller 's,2 -127592,moviemaking process,2 -155612,but certainly hard,2 -56485,regimen,2 -70964,Wiseman is patient and,3 -165819,measurements,2 -197492,drama fare,2 -16846,operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe .,2 -82334,his supple understanding,2 -115864,beneath it,1 -72609,a supremely kittenish performance,3 -125091,it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration,3 -121872,has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .,2 -174929,the true creativity,3 -228382,adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .,2 -80017,first hour,2 -48039,a film that deftly balances action and reflection as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work .,4 -186491,O Bruin,2 -15142,art -- when done right -- can help heal,3 -61945,, hilariously wicked black comedy ...,4 -10324,see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again,2 -112591,a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker,1 -8984,nap for an hour and not,2 -205891,material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence,1 -46496,Payne,2 -215004,the manifesto,2 -19816,and comedy makes,2 -221204,, Punch-Drunk Love is one of those films that I wanted to like much more than I actually did .,1 -47206,The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life ,,4 -37476,supercharged,3 -31860,friendly film,4 -103327,52,2 -53680,is to say,2 -122827,improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper,3 -105287,Curling,2 -201352,horribly depressing and not very well done,1 -82379,hits home,3 -115588,be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work .,3 -194763,bode,2 -104770,Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford,2 -195152,by carefully selecting interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda,1 -118775,dulls,1 -179855,'s neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is,1 -59588,twice about immigrants,2 -213003,surrounding them,2 -15688,ever have with a documentary,2 -177359,ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,2 -160837,have been to produce something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison,1 -148951,Sustains,3 -46386,Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way :,3 -234675,on forced air,2 -47545,Vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .,4 -196486,crummy-looking,2 -98878,ultimate Scorsese film,3 -178549,with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters,2 -213371,than bad,1 -50408,conjured up,2 -213163,taking angry potshots,2 -67560,Mike shoots and scores,3 -40623,... the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? '' something the true film buff will enjoy,3 -235385,robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other,2 -203264,is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album,1 -142945,97,2 -111085,When you resurrect a dead man,2 -95238,the brass soul,2 -66328,Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses,3 -227442,`` Big Trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .,2 -179213,your film becomes boring ,,1 -11787,the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in,2 -222368,And more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .,3 -132861,some clever scripting solutions,3 -24991,Chuck Jones,2 -65584,For a movie audience , The Hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .,2 -177625,wary,2 -204024,it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life,2 -13424,'ll still feel something,3 -157142,dead weight,2 -42744,takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it,3 -95531,the end of Kung Pow,2 -120257,flimsy excuse,2 -213178,talking-animal thing,2 -215081,the most pitiful directing,0 -13275,wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief,0 -223750,I admit it , I hate to like it .,2 -17009,puffery,1 -13695,-LRB- Drumline -RRB- is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do .,3 -192298,almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch ,,2 -72827,a wildly inventive mixture,4 -195118,by There,2 -202993,is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee,0 -226267,The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time .,3 -38918,this a two-actor master class,3 -60084,when humor ends and tragedy begins,3 -159173,finished film,3 -28860,and the virtues of simplicity and economy,2 -121816,has not,2 -95426,the dark areas,2 -214797,the horrible pains,1 -144655,Credit must be given to Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson , who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves,3 -75254,be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically,2 -95820,the giggles,3 -129674,open yourself,2 -34370,many fine,3 -122718,if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite,2 -92177,seen and,2 -1642,lovers,2 -232482,is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .,1 -46333,No Man 's,2 -135269,the festival circuit,2 -201971,in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,2 -70564,Unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow .,3 -73422,all of us,2 -131181,redemption and regeneration,2 -229993,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but,2 -182173,Admirably ambitious but self-indulgent .,2 -37858,that many more people should check out,3 -237712,to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music,2 -11340,the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting,2 -22607,truly inhabited a character,3 -47325,There is nothing outstanding about this film,0 -125549,keen eye , sweet spirit,3 -60819,'s a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure,4 -150097,There are touching moments in Etoiles , but,2 -14100,I admired this work a lot .,4 -136699,thematically complex,3 -41143,One of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade,4 -90530,possible angle,3 -64325,Berry,2 -111367,Your Neighbor 's Dog,2 -65581,For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy,1 -66409,Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,3 -205336,look like a good guy,2 -81613,has a kind of hard , cold effect,1 -131342,remotely topical or sexy,1 -236010,staggered from the theater,1 -7278,i had expected,3 -194045,be a drama,2 -25025,Cool,3 -38522,the perfect ending,4 -110865,Vereté has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs .,3 -211612,silly than scary,2 -227201,With the exception of McCoist,2 -65297,Elvis,2 -170318,same lazy affability,1 -180218,( The Big Chill ),2 -88438,of awe,3 -562,beau,2 -115203,at the conclusion,2 -69918,The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get,3 -15371,capture,2 -216218,they are few and far between,2 -75889,box office bucks,2 -204353,its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability,1 -96131,the middle of a war zone,2 -141892,( subjects ),2 -78460,does n't offer any easy answers,2 -159121,films are weak , as,1 -37184,sound stages,2 -117194,come to New York City,2 -21426,no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy,2 -229884,colour and depth,2 -156301,cinematic stunt,2 -24261,A beautiful and haunting examination of the stories,3 -213033,sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .,1 -51621,fica na memória,3 -179166,you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense,0 -52563,her face and,2 -125742,languidly paced ,,2 -43739,, there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone .,4 -138145,too predictable and far too cliched,0 -33101,intelligent manner,3 -190643,a glimmer,3 -136834,think about,2 -184446,Hollywood 's answer to an air ball .,2 -36320,raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy,2 -14821,a responsive chord with many South Koreans,3 -228004,a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent,2 -133361,straight to video,1 -173604,the center of a kids ' story,2 -157811,does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed,1 -185477,Jimmy,2 -8041,its elbows sticking out where the knees should be,1 -56111,portraying both the turmoil of the time,2 -158130,egotistical endeavor,1 -53195,into the proceedings,2 -159849,funny in drag,3 -97529,this stylish film,3 -97734,throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto,3 -6882,green,2 -106816,It 's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .,3 -69284,The Emperor 's Club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .,4 -10158,ricocheting,2 -54571,makes their project so interesting,3 -219268,which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through,0 -98155,to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .,3 -81490,had n't seen,2 -232512,is just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics,2 -196396,create characters out,2 -34033,less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped,2 -54783,moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree,4 -22350,the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality,2 -45283,For movie lovers as well as opera lovers , Tosca is a real treat .,4 -214095,the acting is robotically italicized,2 -93516,still have to see this !,3 -215196,the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .,0 -126906,may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures,2 -48896,an appropriate minimum of means,2 -148349,Rule and Kurupt,2 -18615,About A Boy,2 -33285,is about a couple of crazy guys,2 -157034,crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction,1 -190168,a better satiric target than middle-America,2 -26313,Oscar nominated films,4 -158057,dumped a whole lot of plot,1 -216817,to act like Pinocchio,2 -170854,she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground,1 -72460,a solid ,,3 -66157,I had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies .,4 -187272,Showgirls and Glitter,2 -71818,a higher plateau,3 -99833,were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities,1 -8737,mean,1 -42236,its director ,,2 -85602,keep parents,2 -214730,the glamorous machine,2 -180151,( I ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context,2 -54522,make its way past my crappola radar and,3 -13841,An engaging overview,3 -145741,Has something,2 -176581,too \,2 -237541,this little $ 1.8 million charmer ,,3 -172047,story . You 've seen them a million times .,2 -126357,looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .,0 -31106,engulfing you in its world,4 -98548,torn apart,1 -114707,are usually abbreviated in favor of mushy obviousness and telegraphed pathos , particularly where Whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned,2 -142179,, for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?,1 -120450,for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon,3 -34656,most powerful thing,3 -22017,some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana,3 -338,admirably ambitious but self-indulgent .,2 -93082,some fictional , some,2 -76017,budding demons within a wallflower,2 -138949,versatile,2 -206144,might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill .,1 -91438,remains unfulfilled,1 -36673,savor every minute of Cox 's work,3 -159668,friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive,1 -20076,be as palatable as intended,2 -215193,the new adaptation,2 -197885,engaging . Oh,4 -36808,sensitive,2 -225422,Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected,2 -102682,, it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .,3 -27443,a compelling journey ... and '' His Best Friend Remembers '' is up there with the finest of specials .,4 -55404,of its cast,2 -102398,, are charged with metaphor,2 -143113,A gimmick in search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices as possible,1 -51331,ethereal,3 -188472,The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated , and Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard,1 -185351,It sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .,1 -122414,historia , donde todos y cada uno,2 -119493,excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins,1 -46093,Marilyn Freeman,2 -148849,Starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter .,1 -89201,of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,0 -207146,none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '',1 -210808,savvy street activism,3 -218359,uses a totally unnecessary prologue,2 -183002,Can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .,1 -217157,to leave a lasting impression,2 -149795,The result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died .,1 -77520,crazy things,2 -234890,passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick .,2 -23909,, the film suffices,2 -174618,the rare ones,2 -167881,of trimming the movie to an expeditious 84 minutes,2 -226133,The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and,1 -107758,Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything,0 -81124,gives viewers,2 -52571,her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael ,,2 -116439,by sheer force of charm,3 -58610,the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI,2 -219328,who ca n't help herself,2 -19799,and alive,3 -163287,is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd .,1 -24970,Chilling,3 -117670,crazy confluence,1 -94014,sweet , charming,4 -116387,by a leaden closing act,2 -33457,is open to question,2 -100244,will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy,2 -30521,cruel,1 -176417,to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr,1 -78993,engaging , wide-eyed actress,3 -147255,Louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother Hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense,1 -82692,imaginatively mixed cast,4 -53441,is currency,2 -151082,Xerox of other , better crime movies,3 -119399,every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --,3 -173979,the first full scale WWII flick from Hong Kong 's John Woo,2 -801,despite its raucous intent ,,1 -123427,inspector,2 -144384,Cassavetes,2 -187196,Seldhal,2 -93468,stay in touch,2 -2354,some other recent efforts,2 -29376,balletic,2 -185530,Juliette Lewis,2 -181025,, the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .,3 -235202,real magic , perhaps,3 -114308,animated filmmaking since old Walt,3 -220714,'s a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something .,3 -85014,it does n't need it,2 -43399,( D ) oes n't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies --,2 -143238,A movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end .,0 -50633,dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography ,,4 -179706,'s difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion .,1 -98261,to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again,1 -86193,lived there in the 1940s,2 -51680,filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake,2 -169493,purposeless,1 -46383,Old people will love this movie ,,3 -140381,wonderfully sprawling soap opera,4 -94042,swirling,3 -68411,Returning director Rob Minkoff ...,2 -204720,last-place basketball,1 -176759,tough for them to really care,1 -124565,is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .,1 -105984,Girl '' a film worth watching .,4 -157350,destructive escapism,2 -101205,you wo n't be disappointed,4 -59654,underrated,2 -51766,for Grant,2 -138499,ultimate desire,2 -176633,too lighthearted,1 -93105,some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .,1 -83884,is a somber trip worth taking .,3 -129395,on going,2 -61927,, handbag-clutching Sarandon,2 -140914,' will appeal to No One,0 -85848,leave them singing long after the credits roll,3 -48919,an engrossing entertainment,4 -113561,all , a condition only the old are privy to,1 -70291,This odd , poetic road movie,2 -30008,can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .,4 -215119,the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good,0 -97964,to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise,2 -173123,that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,1 -225669,SOOOOO tired,1 -60992,'s cut open a vein,2 -32888,in its relentless descent,2 -132860,some Westerners,2 -132028,seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition,2 -222957,City ),2 -122829,improves on it,2 -89132,of these people,2 -180832,, movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now,1 -239129,you avoid the Godzilla,1 -72631,a tasteful , intelligent manner,3 -212819,succumbs to gravity and plummets,1 -61162,'s not a brilliant piece of filmmaking,3 -107405,Lawrence lovefest,2 -231954,in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read,2 -131516,rhapsodize,2 -105357,Del Toro,2 -205413,loses faith in its own viability and,1 -234258,of Brits,2 -200195,grating endurance test,2 -232200,irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time,2 -36602,rock music doc,3 -28490,and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .,3 -106247,Hmmm,1 -171943,stationary camera,2 -71632,a few nifty twists,2 -232116,inspiring tale,4 -5708,conservative christian,2 -69392,The amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .,3 -171283,slightly better than Men in Black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies,3 -160659,has built his career on,2 -162412,into sugar shock,2 -123114,in that decade,2 -62280,, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .,3 -14834,a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster ... done up by Howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand,3 -61039,'s flawed but staggering Once Upon a Time in America,2 -9374,of the recent hollywood trip tripe,2 -134772,the Vertical Limit,2 -192020,advertisement,2 -196975,dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors .,2 -130092,peevish,1 -212770,suavity or classical familiarity,2 -203904,it goes along,2 -70594,Vampire,2 -131054,reading your scripts,2 -157744,does n't believe in itself,1 -52633,his first attempt,2 -9118,not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it .,3 -183615,Eastwood is off his game,1 -97543,this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one,0 -11204,the barbarism,2 -211529,should serve detention,1 -156800,control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy,2 -12594,turns that,3 -33788,its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it .,3 -209571,post-September 11 ,,2 -126812,market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences,2 -25815,Its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces ... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . Still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .,2 -211088,seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business,1 -2583,the dumbest ,,1 -160278,goofy Brits,2 -152542,a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem,2 -152450,a slapstick comedy,3 -232030,in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison,1 -110230,The unexplored story opportunities of '' Punch-Drunk Love,2 -185152,It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy ,,2 -7649,is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation,3 -139781,who may or may not have shot Kennedy,2 -130044,pat and familiar to hold my interest,2 -120509,for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire,2 -113920,an aging filmmaker,2 -70367,Though it runs 163 minutes,1 -42188,is n't my favorite in the series,1 -173323,the 9-11 terrorist attacks,2 -197998,eroticized,2 -25551,Hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .,4 -108037,Norris,2 -72537,a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos,4 -190313,a clever gimmick,3 -27648,a lovely film,3 -156121,certain timeless quality,3 -221282,, but forgettable,1 -192646,an unbalanced mixture,0 -47705,Writer\/director Mark Romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in America . It 's a scathing portrayal .,3 -186317,Never inspires more than an interested detachment .,1 -193299,artistically inept,1 -19233,S .,2 -172033,stop-and-start pacing,1 -89769,oscura,2 -15033,and genuine tenderness,3 -181838,A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that , in terms of authenticity ,,2 -40166,with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth,3 -209549,portrays , tiresomely,1 -78492,does so without compromising that complexity .,3 -177615,wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security,2 -173702,the cutting-room floor,2 -90421,plot twists,2 -184340,Has not so much,2 -149939,The title not only,2 -32699,hundreds,2 -112996,a war tribute is disgusting to begin with,0 -89988,own views,2 -34230,love Motown music,3 -230760,feels a bit anachronistic,2 -228452,alleged provocation,2 -175123,their surfaces,2 -102817,, serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue , comedy , direction and especially charm .,3 -24834,Bille August does best,4 -238238,unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet,0 -71752,a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement,4 -11537,the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez,2 -48304,a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures,2 -189359,Universal Studios and,2 -122275,his aversion to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star,2 -148984,TV sets,2 -150376,Through the Looking Glass,2 -72590,a subject you thought would leave you cold .,2 -81293,got as potent a topic as ever here,3 -75974,brings together,2 -34935,nominated films,3 -140918,'' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .,1 -66969,Just how these families interact may surprise you .,2 -131005,rare pictures,2 -160504,hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes .,2 -32390,have to pay attention to follow all the stories,2 -73211,addressing,2 -41215,Starts off with a bang,3 -200955,he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it,2 -67786,Nelson Eddy,2 -104290,An engrossing Iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people,3 -11021,than challenging,2 -73715,an awful lot like life -- gritty,2 -220435,zeroes,2 -109527,The acting , for the most part,3 -15421,circles around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg,3 -74466,are woven together skilfully,4 -56952,showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy,4 -208863,out windows,2 -62250,, tampoco es tan superficial como muchas,2 -105476,Disney 's cheesy commercialism,2 -228529,an admittedly limited extent,1 -180843,, nor,2 -205307,longing ?,2 -219190,whenever he 's not onscreen,2 -62086,, many artists exist in one,2 -157060,curious sense,2 -198932,finds a consistent tone,3 -187198,Sendak nor,2 -59719,unlike many romantic comedies,2 -213339,than Hanna-Barbera 's half-hour cartoons,2 -229586,by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .,0 -136154,the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .,2 -20082,be keeping an eye out for his next project,3 -141323,'s first quarter,2 -131992,seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it,2 -87295,more of a poetic than a strict reality ,,3 -7741,is n't exactly profound cinema,1 -10455,siegel,2 -168241,one scene,2 -192034,after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene,1 -66127,I Killed My Father compelling,3 -39897,we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?,0 -176356,to resolve to be a total winner,3 -103737,A movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .,1 -17527,the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear,2 -168651,paper party hat,2 -140888,$ 100 million,2 -105649,Epps scores once or twice,3 -63208,A moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war,2 -204929,life-at-arm 's,2 -225161,No laughs .,1 -92626,shrewd,2 -234127,no earthly reason,1 -226140,The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty,0 -121851,has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .,3 -20291,considering,2 -10183,rob,2 -71121,You 're not merely watching history,3 -162711,is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time,2 -42582,scored to perfection,4 -235169,radical , nonconformist values,2 -223265,Even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs .,2 -67440,Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness --,2 -70575,Unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , Metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .,3 -134364,that in itself is commentary enough,2 -169391,protagonist Genevieve LePlouff,2 -36146,preschool,3 -119971,fever-pitched melodrama,3 -61283,'s stylishly directed with verve,3 -1365,is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead,1 -224033,In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film,2 -62928,A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie .,4 -186200,Mostly , Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .,1 -140120,with audiences,2 -80484,forum,2 -44878,Challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . But,2 -77940,delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away,4 -101063,you 're not a fan,1 -130712,promisingly,3 -65597,For the most part , it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .,3 -67634,Morvern Callar confirms Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema .,4 -64086,As commander-in-chief of this film , Bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world .,4 -122897,in a jar,2 -72109,a perfect Wildean actor,4 -54868,most compelling Wiseman epic,4 -89833,our tears ,,2 -71134,You could love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long . You could hate it for the same reason .,2 -138777,unsure,2 -190803,a large human tragedy .,1 -146585,It 's often faintly amusing , but,1 -167994,oh-so convenient plot twists,2 -27609,a kind of attentive concern,3 -114797,as Vincent became more and more abhorrent,1 -28567,and definitely not in a hurry,2 -83956,is actually quite entertaining,4 -64034,Are we a sick society ? ' journalism,2 -179723,'s episode of Behind the Music .,2 -52272,grief and recovery,2 -98137,to its full potential,3 -203735,it 's all about the silences and,2 -21252,looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by,3 -79454,expect these days from American cinema,2 -192473,an all-inclusive world,2 -20730,has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke,3 -159813,full-length classic,3 -40275,with the material,2 -46746,Smart , provocative,4 -223903,If Mr. Zhang 's subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially American , his approach to storytelling might be called Iranian .,2 -111440,` ick ',1 -30752,detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully,4 -135874,the next Animal House,3 -175436,this is n't worth sitting through,0 -92374,sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip,4 -184249,Gremlins,2 -4849,as a work of drama,2 -85200,its bizarre heroine,2 -216960,to despairingly awful,0 -184823,If this is cinema,1 -103395,A 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker,1 -156199,chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .,2 -138211,totalitarian themes,2 -28338,an engaging look,3 -112054,a great , participatory spectator sport,3 -146530,It 's leaden and predictable ,,0 -38062,the category of Good Stupid Fun,2 -40890,Enjoy it,4 -164468,know exactly where it 's heading,1 -56842,sensibility and,3 -103592,A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself,4 -94633,that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk,3 -191293,a sense of action,3 -58396,the humanizing of one woman,3 -15880,gives Secret Life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self,3 -212020,so-five-minutes-ago,2 -101680,'s enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins .,3 -55902,own bathos,2 -35065,occasionally stretches believability to its limits and relies on predictable plot contrivances,1 -101592,'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly,3 -228308,about surprising,2 -198234,evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks,1 -226227,The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge .,0 -158878,fast editing,2 -11090,that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen,1 -3793,a fine-looking film with a bouncy score,4 -173041,that inhabit Cherish,2 -58420,the ins and outs of modern moviemaking,3 -140218,with slow pacing,1 -120404,for certain movies,2 -58594,the politics,2 -180526,, as the main character suggests ,,2 -23791,, no-budget approach,3 -216754,tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included,0 -219256,which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast,1 -97554,thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy,3 -80459,fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord,2 -157391,dictate,2 -121130,give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .,2 -79659,fantastic premise anchors,4 -2466,tame,3 -17213,sizzle,2 -148593,Simon Wells,2 -136493,the unmistakable stamp,2 -101576,'s all pretty tame .,2 -8205,jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .,3 -211342,shake the feeling that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album,2 -177253,unremittingly awful,0 -59055,those energetic surprises,3 -212727,stuffy and,1 -197835,encumbers,2 -161479,how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs,2 -126626,make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow,2 -141648,'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .,1 -177757,water ',2 -50693,deep into the Hearst mystique,2 -91439,remake Sleepless in Seattle,2 -40418,you 're not fully aware is being examined ,,3 -178936,would-be surprises,2 -26022,Maggie Gyllenhaal,3 -63423,A strong and confident work which works so well for the first 89 minutes , but ends so horrendously confusing in the final two,3 -24433,A real story,3 -119186,entertain or inspire its viewers,3 -161549,idea is '' new,2 -4685,an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but,2 -235357,resumes,2 -101195,you wide awake and,2 -123846,is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona,1 -16329,it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .,2 -56030,picture that illustrates an American tragedy .,2 -74911,at a tough-man contest,1 -193720,at a public park,2 -96517,the rapidly changing face of Beijing,2 -141814,( Solondz 's ),2 -124553,is so thoughtlessly assembled .,1 -29106,arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -204548,kid-movie clichés,2 -55014,necessary and timely one,3 -229544,buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie .,1 -135679,the magic of the original . Well,2 -12825,walls,2 -197845,endeavor than its predecessor,2 -45371,Gil and,2 -152641,a vague sense,2 -206977,next year,2 -227029,What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .,3 -59453,too restrained,0 -212951,supposed to be madcap farce,2 -158805,falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .,0 -132293,shiny,2 -165290,lost U,2 -198667,feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament,2 -78899,emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt,3 -213190,tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '',2 -28262,amalgamating,2 -78967,ends up delivering in good measure,3 -216046,their victims,2 -169181,predictable than their consequences,1 -185485,Joe Dante 's,2 -116656,capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable,2 -183929,Filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life .,1 -25306,Finds,2 -29283,at its finest,3 -40263,with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed,2 -35537,of two men,2 -31343,exemplary costumes,3 -118319,disastrous,1 -160778,hateful to be classified otherwise,2 -51222,enjoy it,3 -218552,violently,2 -216103,there 's no place for this story to go but down,1 -162732,is almost laughable as a consequence .,1 -199892,gets sillier , not scarier ,,1 -127437,most important and exhilarating,4 -144008,Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly ,,0 -43863,... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .,4 -90277,pick up the slack,1 -48017,a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience,3 -37017,sleep-deprived,1 -43517,, and resonant,2 -79235,even better than The Fellowship .,3 -130880,quandaries,2 -159110,filmed opera,2 -223696,How Long,2 -80543,freshly painted Rembrandt,3 -123312,indecipherable plot complications,1 -202543,is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in Japan,2 -85360,its predecessors proud,3 -91645,reworking,2 -37505,surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .,4 -118464,do no wrong,3 -26872,The movie is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances .,2 -91444,remarkable and,3 -66257,If the film has a problem,1 -115950,between sappy and sanguine,2 -225767,Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected .,2 -11786,the question,2 -38152,the election,2 -21310,melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast,4 -189193,To the vast majority of more casual filmgoers,2 -43284,'s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun .,3 -29164,as an actress,2 -17516,the director of Bourne,2 -108208,One thing is for sure : This movie does not tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou-Chou,2 -149237,The best that can be said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie ... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .,1 -100928,would like to skip but film buffs should get to know .,2 -1230,how not to act like pinocchio .,2 -166491,mummified and thoroughly,1 -77909,delight in the images,3 -6543,focusing,2 -101816,'s not that funny,1 -46433,One of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it .,4 -166606,need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,2 -214112,the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or,2 -16570,mild headache,1 -175471,this movie 's servitude to its superstar,2 -142955,: lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .,1 -221693,, you 're entirely unprepared .,1 -216345,this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot,0 -144260,Brimful,2 -118702,dramatically moving,4 -132588,skullduggery,2 -43733,, then go see this delightful comedy .,3 -123938,is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly .,1 -178535,with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt,1 -230472,echo,2 -178306,why Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie,2 -110507,This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior ) ,,2 -219149,whatsoever .,2 -152695,a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings,2 -119109,engrossing Iranian film,2 -204579,knitting,2 -176312,to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage,1 -102481,, delusional man,1 -214027,the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film,1 -238887,with humour and lightness,3 -369,allowing,2 -118571,does not a movie make,1 -107728,Meticulously,2 -43103,'ll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub,1 -220958,'s really done it this time .,3 -157458,dimmer characters,2 -54471,made such a strong impression,4 -148866,Steven Spielberg would know how to do,2 -104371,An ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily,1 -51171,encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past,3 -114635,are not to be dismissed .,3 -8661,mama,2 -180315,) becomes more specimen than character,1 -217148,to keep you from shifting in your chair too often,2 -104665,Before,2 -147830,Now it 's just tired .,1 -236618,the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another,0 -214136,the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative,1 -92110,seeing ` Analyze,2 -215404,the precise nature,2 -194077,be anything,3 -102932,, they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .,1 -91095,rare film,3 -25220,Emperor 's,2 -144125,Besson 's ),2 -161985,in the TV-to-movie franchise game,2 -15885,giving the same 15-cent stump speech,2 -47174,The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time,3 -63972,An unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .,4 -39884,we 've shared a great adventure .,3 -236811,the desert,2 -113078,a younger lad in Zen,2 -202392,into a movie,2 -204545,key problem,2 -117015,clashing cultures and,1 -13893,Best,4 -80026,first sight,2 -84386,is more accurately Chabrolian,2 -70082,There 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and,2 -116416,by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing,0 -21844,remarkable 179-minute meditation,3 -163102,is n't really good enough to be in theaters,2 -130249,piss on trees , b .,1 -224662,Love to Hate .,2 -172647,tend to let the guys off the hook .,2 -125849,leaps over national boundaries and,2 -201418,however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .,2 -112577,a rating,2 -86115,likely to seduce and conquer,3 -205107,like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series .,2 -65770,Giggling at the absurdities,2 -131877,searches for their place in the world,2 -177699,was written by teenagers,2 -77489,crackles with tension,2 -46144,Mel Gibson,2 -202526,is Cletis Tout,2 -37725,thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy,2 -17060,recasts,2 -200141,goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial,2 -204030,it switches gears to the sentimental,2 -30155,chilling but quite human Berling,3 -129735,other good actors,2 -22974,'' fun,3 -10865,surrender,2 -103746,A muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much,0 -159689,from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense,2 -72472,a somber film , almost completely,2 -114072,an important movie , or even a good one,3 -63042,A flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds .,2 -124805,it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .,4 -135160,the end Sum of All Fears,2 -120925,gaps,2 -35340,of more universal concerns,2 -210330,relatively short amount,2 -146739,It should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . So I just did,3 -93346,spooky action-packed trash of the highest order,0 -148886,Strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery .,1 -118458,do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both .,1 -61516,( and it does have some very funny sequences ),3 -137414,to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script,1 -75701,biographical,2 -96465,the primary visual influence,2 -80900,genre-busting film,4 -101638,'s because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .,2 -108325,Patricio,2 -116936,childhood awakening,2 -204614,knows nothing about crime,2 -49738,bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance,2 -3096,were funniest,3 -18215,is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists,3 -141375,'s inoffensive,3 -149659,The only question,2 -51553,fascination , and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement,3 -62233,, standard , connect-the-dots storyline,2 -221131,, City By The Sea would slip under the waves .,2 -171122,since The Bad News Bears has been,2 -150481,Too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good .,1 -151469,a child suffer,1 -224132,It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic .,3 -89911,overall feelings,2 -110237,The unique niche of self-critical , behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman,3 -38641,the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time,3 -220038,worth waiting for,3 -104618,Bad in such a bizarre way that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste .,2 -41785,detail and,2 -92513,shock-you-into-laughter intensity,3 -171589,some memorable images ...,3 -118368,display greatness,3 -164635,laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy,1 -54940,moving pictures today,2 -16289,is the best American movie about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever .,4 -34974,not fully aware is being examined,1 -20264,comedy .,2 -133400,strike some Westerners,2 -3432,( that would be reno,2 -97445,this is surely what they 'd look like .,2 -160401,grows tedious,1 -99151,unusual space,2 -188477,The nonstop artifice,3 -103332,65 minutes for theatrical release,2 -101090,you ca n't fake,2 -63617,Able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history,3 -89293,often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy,3 -29956,by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is,2 -53832,it is derivative,1 -162863,is easier,2 -219666,with a little more attention paid to the animation,2 -225815,Sleek and arty,4 -154292,as with most late-night bull sessions,2 -6105,dumbed-down,1 -66816,Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work,4 -108836,Secretary '' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen,3 -20277,complete with trouble and hope,3 -3097,were high,2 -51919,from a faraway planet,3 -109153,Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up,1 -101443,'re in for a painful ride .,1 -39460,triumphs,3 -127179,mixer,2 -127984,no doubt , it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer,0 -13873,At about 95 minutes , Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .,2 -50649,dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder,3 -98395,to the titular character 's paintings and,2 -158260,endure instead of enjoy,1 -166393,movie neverland,2 -74517,arthouse . The power of this script ,,3 -154923,becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against,1 -156829,cooler,2 -53776,it 's what makes their project so interesting,3 -156372,cliches whose lives are never fully explored,1 -19107,Mostly Martha,2 -128202,numbness .,1 -25707,Is Beautiful,4 -42000,gives its subject,3 -22506,to gawk at or applaud his special effects,4 -37125,some clever writing and sprightly acting,3 -189037,This is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .,1 -30118,charming romantic comedy,3 -55931,paranoia , and celebrityhood,2 -186324,New York and L,2 -131234,regrets,2 -7594,interview with the assassin,2 -174972,the videogame series,2 -84515,is one of those all-star reunions,3 -79625,family film sequel,3 -128287,of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle,3 -81732,has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry,3 -196174,continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage,0 -144861,Director Brian Levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots,2 -155701,by Rohmer,2 -181850,A movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series .,2 -28800,and sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience,2 -194367,been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea,2 -67148,Lead actress Gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .,4 -168915,play it on the tube,2 -178580,with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .,1 -88736,of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation,3 -234752,one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface,2 -85312,its most delightful moments,3 -33761,its dark soul,2 -227911,a fleeting and precious commodity,3 -19898,and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world,3 -64952,De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .,4 -31549,featuring some of the year 's best acting,4 -227458,`` Conan,2 -2859,this is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary .,2 -153512,an unnecessary and clumsy last scene,1 -3824,a good human being,4 -140320,without reeking of research library dust,3 -68251,Pow,3 -171108,simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant,2 -122356,his most critically insightful,3 -88069,now 72-year-old Robert Evans,2 -101472,'s Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford,3 -7291,i saw this movie,2 -61440,( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass,3 -37114,solid meat-and-potatoes,3 -150705,Was I,2 -57265,spellbinding African,3 -227489,`` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,4 -122427,hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures,2 -117560,could be this good,3 -3902,a lie and,1 -137476,to care about the bottom line,2 -48644,acted psychological drama,2 -172527,taking a child younger than middle school age,2 -218964,wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers,2 -99223,use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years,2 -205549,mad queens , obsessive relationships,2 -178842,worthwhile about Collision Course,3 -142767,... a bland , pretentious mess .,1 -119458,examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart,2 -147477,Monty Python sketch,2 -206872,need to know about All the Queen 's Men,2 -200665,has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun,1 -18621,Alias Betty is predictable,1 -172344,sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening,0 -123444,instead found their Sturges .,3 -192306,almost feature-length film,2 -43974,A breezy romantic comedy that,3 -82218,his back,2 -34736,much thought,2 -1018,for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all,1 -185615,Killing Me,2 -80364,for the material,2 -197578,drying out from spring break,2 -110973,We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and Michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest,0 -33136,into attending services,2 -178484,with a blind orphan at its center , no less,2 -123097,in sorrow,1 -76418,captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling American in Europe,1 -64256,Based on Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name,2 -12327,to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series,2 -43595,, helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .,2 -151978,a little off-kilter,1 -54740,mild culture,2 -32470,help throwing in a few of his own touches,2 -8077,its moments,2 -216558,those staggeringly well-produced,3 -217876,try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther,2 -93027,societal,2 -53797,it does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time,3 -181786,A long , dull procession,2 -23955,, touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .,3 -33862,its subjects,2 -160344,greater intelligence,3 -90401,pleasingly upbeat,3 -143423,A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ... a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more,2 -215695,the storyline and its underlying themes ...,2 -63424,A strong first act,3 -36519,resonance,3 -225516,Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever .,2 -204939,light , comic side,2 -235152,quintessential Bollywood,3 -169967,remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,2 -117203,comedian,2 -218045,ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .,1 -117775,cultural differences and emotional expectations collide,2 -22216,the Hogwarts Express,2 -55453,of murderous vulnerability,2 -146148,I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but,1 -113483,after their crime,2 -16372,its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .,4 -191327,a simple misfire,1 -150321,This time Mr . Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode ,,2 -35440,of the books,2 -32811,in a culture,3 -29666,bone-crushing screwups,0 -111475,a David and Goliath story,2 -126891,may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .,2 -40313,witty and inventive , too,4 -75712,bits and pieces,2 -29516,begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik,3 -55272,of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable,4 -156571,comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs,0 -17697,their say away from watchful parental eyes,2 -156874,could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy,2 -76791,clear picture,2 -71235,a Lynch-like vision,3 -154462,augmentation,2 -140629,y la cinta lo comprueba,3 -216718,tie-in,2 -158657,expensive,2 -59721,unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers,2 -153165,alleged,2 -237825,to give each other the willies,2 -88065,nourishing,3 -18470,, the Cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .,4 -166375,move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama,2 -107205,John Pogue ,,2 -103090,-- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --,4 -137700,to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',2 -79302,ever here,2 -11417,the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention,1 -91161,re-voiced version,1 -9083,no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim,2 -197469,drab and inert,0 -196383,crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz,0 -129860,overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution .,3 -57946,the Average White Band 's,2 -123299,increasingly disturbed,1 -47734,You 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . But not a whit more .,1 -199975,gives us mostly fool 's gold,1 -82913,in by the dark luster,2 -131541,riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .,1 -119965,fertility,2 -72821,a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .,1 -116134,both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,3 -219914,wives,2 -199747,garage,2 -144689,Danilo Donati 's witty designs and Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography,3 -109852,The film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book .,2 -152640,a vague reason,2 -107644,Matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives .,2 -214265,the central story,3 -117567,could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt,2 -64775,Compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , RunTelDat is something of a triumph .,3 -170314,same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously,1 -203882,it does n't need Gangs of New York,2 -107785,Miyazaki 's nonstop images are so stunning ,,3 -226845,U.S. art house screens,2 -35234,of fact and fiction .,2 -4394,adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place,2 -62075,, like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough,3 -162715,is all the more annoying,1 -193595,as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable,1 -153723,anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all,0 -19869,and one that speaks volumes about the ability of the human spirit to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever,3 -228350,action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering,1 -68650,Scratch,2 -32097,glitches,1 -74181,any stripe,2 -83139,in the second great war,2 -112194,a leaden closing act,2 -92889,smart new comedy,4 -108575,Reeses,2 -43735,, there 's guilty fun to be had here . Chomp chomp,2 -229663,can find humor,3 -26868,The movie is n't always easy to look at . But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .,3 -48232,a nerve in many,2 -138361,trouble-in-the-ghetto,2 -59519,treading desperately,1 -2448,sweet,4 -117540,corny dialogue and preposterous moments,0 -38352,the intermingling,2 -44660,Based on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller,3 -200765,have been lost in the mail,2 -6727,future,2 -213607,that elusive , lovely place,3 -88670,of ideas and wry comic mayhem,2 -2808,there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue,3 -181101,, violent and mindless,1 -131725,same stuff,1 -183993,For this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers,2 -17441,that long-held illusions are indeed reality,2 -93257,sparkling with ideas,3 -168952,plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl .,2 -2730,the sort,2 -230596,even for adults,2 -48027,a few evocative images and,2 -85114,it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama,2 -85469,itself , a playful spirit and a game cast,3 -181296,... an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .,0 -175340,this anything,2 -63388,A smart , provocative drama,3 -220614,'m telling you,2 -83862,is a riveting , brisk delight,3 -78883,emerging in world cinema,3 -51017,dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage,3 -21232,likely inadvertently --,1 -170810,shaky foundation,2 -3368,'s released ,,2 -122173,her sophomore effort,2 -107414,Leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .,1 -218170,unfairly,1 -23300,, Half Ghost Story , All in one criminally,2 -228494,always very colorful,3 -30268,comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form,3 -213307,termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible,1 -166015,miserable excuse,0 -187649,Swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress Andie MacDowell .,0 -103831,A real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever,3 -135441,the game of love,2 -19559,a pure comedy,4 -47582,What 's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children .,3 -36651,sandwiched,2 -93852,sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph,2 -83710,is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes .,3 -223685,Home Alabama '',2 -160564,hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious,2 -205538,luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing,1 -46216,More romantic , more emotional and,3 -116608,can never capture the magic of the original . Well,2 -81734,has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him,4 -132969,something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar,1 -215263,the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky .,1 -147053,Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked --,1 -156247,chipper,3 -188937,Third time 's,2 -54446,lurid fiction,2 -220133,wrapped things up at 80 minutes,2 -65556,Flamboyant,3 -219390,who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters,3 -19580,a snapshot,2 -151837,a great movie in him,3 -25408,Gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife .,3 -48455,a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .,4 -188742,The three leads produce adequate performances , but,3 -79857,fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew,3 -121933,have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',1 -99946,when various characters express their quirky inner selves,3 -202941,is funny .,3 -127378,more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .,0 -44735,Bleakly funny,2 -14133,In a normal screen process,2 -187281,Showtime deserves the hook .,1 -225383,Painfully,0 -68531,Runner ',2 -79260,even predictable remake,1 -115627,be why it works as well as it does,3 -176970,turned completely and,2 -24456,A slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered .,4 -239090,you 'll cheer .,3 -155832,bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material,1 -127838,need to suddenly transpose himself into another character,2 -157471,directed , cowrote and,2 -34020,led,2 -43470,, Jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment .,3 -186412,None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond , but,1 -19693,all ages at any time,3 -77391,corniness and cliche,0 -233903,modernizes A.E.W. Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers '' bare,1 -105520,Don King , Sonny Miller , and,2 -193529,as many drugs as the film 's characters,2 -48485,a weirdly beautiful place,3 -149018,Tambor , almost makes '',2 -211815,slow , lingering death,2 -17866,too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,2 -99469,visualize,2 -195187,by now intolerable morbidity,1 -191466,a tad less for grit,2 -128688,of hardware,2 -237481,think of it as `` Pootie Tang with a budget,2 -214894,the kids in the house will be gored,2 -159185,first quarter,2 -117998,delicate treatment,3 -130736,proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery,1 -53875,it was a century and a half ago,2 -196124,considered work,2 -169379,proportion,2 -40416,you 're in the mood for,2 -232704,is pathetic !,0 -75241,be college kids,2 -123812,is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience,2 -85763,largest-ever historical canvas,3 -109938,The locations,2 -148365,SWEPT,2 -219148,whatever obscenity is at hand,2 -237350,the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ),2 -223430,Frida is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance .,1 -30354,consider our own eccentricities,2 -238933,without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius,2 -44048,A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose , ivans xtc .,3 -21720,personal vision,2 -65271,Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .,3 -8644,makes s & m seem very romantic ,,2 -78917,emotionally belittle a cinema,1 -123327,indigenous,2 -132637,slow to those of us in middle age and,1 -85712,knows its classical music , knows its Freud,2 -180491,, almost generic,1 -81895,have many agendas,2 -64477,Brims with passion :,3 -25474,Happily for Mr . Chin,3 -70235,This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men,3 -160795,have a right to our grains of salt,2 -210274,redone,2 -29828,but it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .,4 -43231,'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain,4 -238521,we have no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are,2 -154457,audiences guffaw with a script,2 -189885,Written , flatly , by David Kendall and directed , barely , by There,1 -64740,Clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .,4 -227812,a classic text,3 -234008,muddy psychological,1 -195622,chatter,2 -99133,unstinting look,2 -2528,the all-too-familiar dramatic arc,1 -71315,a blown-out vein,1 -3170,will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts,2 -73198,added clout to this doc,3 -111399,\/ Thinking,2 -162493,involving character study,3 -78537,double,2 -18722,Bellini and Mullinski,2 -22877,would be interesting to hear from the other side,2 -1178,help but engage an audience,3 -147489,More maudlin than sharp .,2 -98366,to the film 's music,3 -105169,Compassionately,2 -72357,a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory,2 -35884,owned,2 -217277,to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry,2 -42756,talk up,2 -223769,I can see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies '' .,2 -83762,is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements .,2 -198854,film is yet to be made,1 -54231,light modern day family parable,3 -174363,the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God,2 -228295,about following your dreams,2 -141985,, I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .,1 -84658,is stirring,2 -67410,Many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside,2 -48404,a succinct low-budget film,2 -103206,... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic , perhaps .,3 -182346,An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing ,,3 -202036,in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes .,2 -159656,frenzied comic moments,2 -164289,just about everything,2 -195190,by on its artistic merits,2 -22645,unique tug-of-war,3 -189496,Weighted,2 -229127,based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal,4 -37208,specials,2 -120093,find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon ),0 -112071,a grouchy ayatollah,2 -73336,ahead of Generations,2 -154527,background material,2 -190227,a brilliant college student,3 -70038,The writing,2 -143498,Acting ,,2 -172069,strained,2 -152031,a man with enough charisma and audacity,3 -130101,penetrating glimpse,2 -159322,foot-dragging,1 -28204,all spot,2 -223103,Dense ,,2 -120780,frozen burrito,2 -120669,from Solondz 's social critique,2 -84547,is possible,2 -112897,a time and place,2 -2724,the smeary,1 -150959,Will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings .,1 -127308,more genial than ingenious,2 -201714,in All of Me territory,2 -158225,ending credits,2 -154329,associations,2 -197730,elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect,1 -158011,due to the general sense that no two people working on the production,2 -155272,bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York ),3 -175459,this likable movie,3 -186289,Needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism,1 -10298,score,3 -60761,'re paying attention , the '' big twists '',2 -232207,is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment,1 -138552,unblinking candor,2 -179956,'s really just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows .,0 -171133,single digits,2 -117050,cleavage,2 -175143,then as an occasionally insightful acting exercise .,3 -219137,what the filmmakers clearly believe,2 -156230,chemistry between Chan and Hewitt,2 -58394,the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation,3 -221009,'s too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge,1 -162690,is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .,2 -100143,who-wrote-Shakespeare controversy,2 -10382,sets,2 -111053,What ultimately makes Windtalkers,2 -94223,tatters and self-conscious seams,2 -28307,an abundance of mindsets,3 -147352,Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7 : The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie,1 -206052,mere splashing around,2 -23065,'s a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro,3 -191087,a personal low for everyone involved,0 -203266,is nothing redeeming about this movie .,1 -141312,'s essentially over by the meet-cute .,2 -186344,Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career .,1 -66367,In many ways , reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .,2 -39545,ugly and diverse forms,1 -170946,should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it .,0 -121261,goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over,1 -205755,making reference to other films,2 -230479,either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth,2 -140309,without being memorable,1 -6653,frankly,2 -177273,untugged,2 -95566,the experience of its women,2 -12479,tonight the maid is a lie and this,1 -204704,last few cloying moments,2 -150361,Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here ,,1 -75145,balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other .,3 -203863,it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened,1 -132340,should be punishable by chainsaw,0 -26500,Ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it .,2 -20716,has a watchful affection for the monster,3 -174535,the picture strains to become cinematic poetry,1 -15336,by Howard,2 -100613,with soul,3 -128126,not the last time,2 -221657,, today , can prevent its tragic waste of life,1 -168975,plodding teen remake,1 -224369,It may not be history -- but then again , what if it is ?,2 -200485,has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much,2 -136860,thinly-conceived,1 -151447,a candle,2 -3118,when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey,2 -223700,How can you charge money for this ? ',0 -36135,predictable enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller,1 -33824,its predecessor . A movie,2 -195484,carrier,2 -236483,that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony,1 -74148,any comedy,2 -201556,if it were an obligation,2 -6480,fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country,1 -57707,that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist,3 -25191,Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .,4 -73367,aliens come to Earth,2 -147747,Nonsensical,1 -100553,with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera,3 -100969,wrinkles,2 -145075,Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit,2 -124195,is less successful on other levels,1 -206409,more like Danny Aiello,2 -230213,did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?,1 -189800,With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge,2 -25355,Francophiles,3 -10972,taylor,2 -76436,capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries,3 -57619,tear their eyes,2 -120769,from this character that may well not have existed on paper,2 -59032,this story,2 -171572,some genuinely funny moments,3 -232381,is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes,1 -105790,Feels at times like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place .,0 -201658,imitation movie,1 -58405,the illogic of its characters,1 -222461,As it is , it 's too long and unfocused .,0 -44490,An exhilarating serving of movie fluff .,2 -183442,Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but,2 -67609,More good than great,3 -7350,if you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' the isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you,3 -11076,that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except,2 -73124,across time and distance,2 -38978,this regard,2 -161504,howlers,2 -233379,levels and levels of dilithium crystals,2 -165989,mindless action,1 -8246,just how ridiculous and money-oriented,1 -196808,deserve a passing grade,3 -71326,a brilliant piece,4 -81765,has seen certain Trek films,2 -231745,his performance as,2 -136677,their movie mojo,2 -151944,a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well,1 -59830,varying ages in my audience,2 -145169,Even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .,1 -48577,about what you 'd expect,2 -72437,a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy,3 -38130,the devastating horror suffered by an entire people,2 -181899,A potentially good comic premise and,3 -176070,to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best , I 'm afraid,1 -172460,take a good joke,2 -43640,, it still manages to string together enough charming moments to work .,3 -42991,were simply,3 -60159,who fights back at her abusers,2 -236453,that if the filmmakers just follow the books,1 -179519,'s a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick,2 -351,alexandre dumas,2 -144556,Comes,2 -101924,'s still not a good movie,1 -194595,between Yosuke and Saeko,2 -168212,one long tourist spot for a Mississippi,2 -66269,If you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for . It depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept .,2 -2202,saying,2 -203320,is plainly dull and visually ugly,1 -49447,back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly ,,2 -126327,lookin,2 -166610,need a stronger stomach,2 -85268,its footage,2 -78997,engaging criminal,3 -220292,you have a problem,1 -215217,the obligatory moments,2 -214879,the intrigue from the TV series,3 -115810,behind The Little Mermaid,2 -125602,kids-in-peril,2 -165896,middle-brow film,1 -194879,bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera,0 -158576,exactly the same ( as The Full Monty ),1 -191385,a stale copy,1 -101583,'s almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste,3 -83875,is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .,3 -79869,figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm .,3 -131057,real '' portions,2 -98935,uncut,2 -79787,feels when it is missing,2 -219996,works , including its somewhat convenient ending .,3 -193436,as deflated as he does,1 -144208,Book Guy,2 -150815,What John does is heroic , but,2 -177599,wanted to build ,,2 -146120,I still ca n't relate to Stuart :,1 -130991,rank with its worthy predecessors,3 -221286,, but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .,3 -164441,kind of dark comedy,2 -139441,weightless,2 -238021,to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet,2 -18689,Anna Battista,2 -94548,that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor,3 -176020,to camouflage its sameness,1 -154244,as spoof takes itself too seriously,1 -4624,an ebullient affection,3 -90773,protect the code at all costs also,2 -141229,'s another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue,0 -26709,The AM-radio soundtrack and game cast -- Tierney and the inimitable Walken especially --,2 -185668,Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck .,0 -237776,to come out in weeks,2 -223971,If you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle '',2 -11418,the filmmakers just,2 -93953,surrounding us,3 -157827,does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,1 -60531,you 're going from one room to the next,2 -108478,Producer John Penotti,3 -124419,is one-sided ,,1 -85627,keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over,3 -86028,like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin,2 -8479,like snapshots of memory,3 -19005,It ultimately stands forth as an important chronicle of the abuses of one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes .,2 -25170,Droll,2 -69764,The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ... but,2 -182510,Any intellectual arguments,2 -176350,to register as anything distinctive or daring,2 -156897,could roll over and take a nap,1 -157524,directs a morality thriller . '',2 -107099,Its plot and animation offer daytime TV serviceability , but little more .,1 -33306,is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero,4 -94735,that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success,3 -23375,, and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .,3 -84376,is missing,2 -147003,Kennedy assassination,2 -184504,How I Killed My Father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only it never melts .,2 -190672,a goofball movie,2 -97310,things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably,3 -151436,a by-the-numbers patient\/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground,1 -95984,the kind of greatest-hits reel,2 -91382,rejection,2 -87114,mildly enjoyable,3 -126592,major film studio,2 -26296,One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece .,4 -146589,It 's one long bore .,1 -131476,retiring heart to venture forth,2 -217447,to the idiocy of its last frames,1 -120938,garnish,2 -102869,, the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .,2 -61049,'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom,3 -106539,I wo n't be sitting through this one again,1 -100828,working in movies today,2 -13176,with the solution to another,3 -21734,polished and relatively sincere,4 -53208,intriguing and honorable,3 -20200,by about 20 minutes,2 -3715,a derivative,2 -196247,corny sentimentality,1 -124034,is familiar but enjoyable,3 -207168,nor will he be ,,2 -133656,supposed to take it seriously,2 -223285,Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?,1 -73232,admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint .,4 -34338,making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca,2 -134551,that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit,3 -123180,in the right B-movie frame of mind,2 -176568,together and not quite enough characterization,1 -144752,Deconstructionist theorizing,1 -112268,a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters,1 -222005,A fun,3 -13252,worth your time,3 -56959,shows a remarkable gift for storytelling,4 -4055,a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino,4 -238948,wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking,3 -63543,A very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .,3 -214254,the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent,1 -206039,melts,2 -42869,the worst ,,1 -118763,dualistic battle,2 -18579,A hip,3 -116080,bogs down,2 -96313,the other actors help,2 -44195,A perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy,3 -211935,so embellished by editing,2 -200211,great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense,4 -16092,illusions,2 -201797,in a poorly,1 -206228,miserable and,0 -156640,completely unaware,2 -84622,is so different from The Apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .,3 -138518,ultra-violent,1 -215493,the ridiculousness of its premise,0 -66670,It 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .,3 -78413,does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,3 -97103,their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment,3 -11564,the larger,2 -15356,bygone,2 -142172,, exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant,0 -66140,I do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director,2 -230594,even better than The Fellowship,3 -167588,of lumpen life,2 -88387,of abuse,1 -164464,know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater,2 -76077,but could have and should have been deeper,1 -101935,'s suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh,3 -96548,the recording industry,2 -173138,that misfires,1 -28080,achieves a mesmerizing poetry .,3 -80695,frothing,1 -151591,a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible,2 -17082,regular minefield,2 -26873,The movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .,3 -232367,is a sweet treasure and something well worth,4 -238936,witty , improbable romantic comedy,3 -15432,clichés,1 -166541,mystery scenario,2 -211998,so resolutely,2 -103386,A '' black Austin Powers ? '' I prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget . '' Sa da TAY,1 -129718,original and highly cerebral,4 -144710,Dawdles and drags when it should pop : it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding,1 -64296,Because Eight Legged Freaks is partly an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s,2 -11769,the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher,1 -181788,A long , dull procession of despair ,,0 -34824,nail-biting thriller,3 -117749,cruelty,2 -180890,, quite simply , should n't have been made,0 -31188,epochs,3 -99530,walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre,2 -161247,his directorial efforts , La Femme Nikita and The Professional,2 -49633,begins with promise , but runs,1 -157315,deserves Eric Schaeffer,2 -183124,Clive Barker movie,2 -201768,in a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York,2 -25115,Deutchland,3 -190305,a clarity,2 -218658,want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears,2 -57141,solid , spooky,3 -170095,revered TV show,3 -116292,built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters,2 -154201,as it should have been,2 -215160,the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .,1 -120887,funny with the material,3 -170627,seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video .,1 -141709,'s worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .,2 -145619,Going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film .,1 -124054,is for sure,2 -13280,writer-director david,2 -45031,Definitely funny stuff,4 -206060,merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them,0 -90602,predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol,4 -24584,Although the editing might have been tighter,1 -155784,by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept .,2 -172110,string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization,1 -117030,classification,2 -129497,once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .,3 -51180,endings,2 -117974,deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .,3 -121700,has arrived from Portugal .,2 -145466,Formulaic to the 51st power , more,2 -128561,of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers,2 -152422,a shameless sham,1 -108610,Resident,3 -227926,a geriatric,1 -155974,can refuse,2 -232742,is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth,3 -76051,bursting,3 -236834,the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ),1 -188994,This is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .,1 -3029,urban,2 -14365,Painful to watch,0 -214862,the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated ,,2 -111849,a fairly revealing study,3 -126194,listless , witless , and,0 -130740,proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs,3 -127923,new favorite musical,3 -10443,showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .,3 -9747,plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point,0 -53871,it to sell us on this twisted love story,2 -46567,Puts,2 -15329,but still has the chops and drive to show how its done .,3 -4084,a return ticket,1 -100782,wonderful ensemble cast,4 -118223,different and emotionally reserved,2 -78480,does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies ,,2 -224883,Mr. Day-Lewis,2 -8482,like the st . louis rams,2 -221301,, caring,3 -145511,From the opening scenes , it 's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie .,1 -146647,It believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile .,2 -86645,makes it worth a recommendation,3 -40831,Daring , mesmerizing and,4 -32194,greed,2 -157112,dark , dull thriller,0 -47659,With or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny,4 -145998,I ca n't quite recommend it,1 -120425,for instance,2 -16856,or rolling your eyes,1 -78854,eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic,3 -121354,gorgeousness .,3 -59683,unexpected places,2 -202948,is genial but never inspired , and little about it will stay with you .,1 -21614,on his characters,2 -233710,making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work,4 -189298,Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task,3 -6512,first and,1 -187491,Southern blacks as distilled,2 -115676,because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain,2 -175229,they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill,1 -8219,juice,2 -42609,self-sacrifice and,2 -36078,popular destination,2 -5487,challenging,2 -179796,'s just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference,3 -160749,has the temerity to run over two hours,1 -186848,Randolph,3 -91500,reopens,2 -118312,dirty-joke book,2 -11945,the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways,3 -201320,honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher,1 -39189,to finish,2 -209137,pathetic idea,0 -127165,mistaken,2 -30223,closeness,2 -139206,war-ravaged,2 -223949,If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake .,1 -23717,, it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing,1 -118182,dia,2 -184065,From its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast,1 -143894,As an actor,2 -80108,fledgling democracies,2 -62291,, the journey does n't really go anywhere .,1 -50275,comes far closer than many movies,3 -157566,disguised as comedy,1 -220370,your arm,2 -211655,sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism,1 -167315,of a rejected TV show,1 -124817,it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation,3 -81023,gifted Korean American stand-up,3 -103068,- worst of all -,0 -168229,one of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures,1 -52553,helped especially,3 -44916,Chomp,2 -156268,choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland,2 -5295,britney spears ' movie-starring,2 -175875,to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers,3 -152032,a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films,4 -26208,Nolan bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity ...,3 -73978,an urban Hades,2 -194132,be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already,0 -27478,a delicate balance,3 -205381,looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .,4 -185260,It could have been something special ,,2 -51091,eats , meddles , argues,2 -236336,than the results,2 -109612,The big ending surprise,3 -118323,discards the potential for pathological study , exhuming instead , the skewed melodrama of the circumstantial situation .,1 -60170,who read , kids who dream,2 -221902,79-minute after-school `` cartoon '',1 -110534,This movie sucks . ',1 -84534,is particularly impressive .,3 -229104,bad it starts to become good,2 -65823,Gooding is the energetic frontman ,,3 -30384,continued,2 -99346,very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes,3 -67694,Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . But,2 -20669,good job,4 -165503,make another Austin Powers movie,2 -35026,now it is time for their first public recital .,3 -121629,harder and harder to understand her choices,2 -154774,be more at home,2 -100233,will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .,3 -226652,This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent,4 -109800,The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if '' gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time,2 -45456,Haynes ' absolute control,2 -221007,'s too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .,1 -118657,downright intoxicating,4 -158555,everything you do n't go to the movies for,0 -38369,the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides,4 -47896,a consideration that the murderer never game his victims,2 -192207,all the complexity and,3 -22541,to respect than enthuse over,2 -160953,he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause,3 -34560,more emotionally assertive this time around as Harry,3 -21853,reminder,2 -168396,other direction,3 -214918,the last movie,2 -32622,holds the film together with an engaging and warm performance,4 -75465,been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker,1 -168141,on the title of ugliest movie of the year,1 -154815,be slightly bored,1 -184710,I skipped Country Bears . But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title,2 -28833,and that shading is what makes it worthwhile .,3 -71279,a beautiful film ,,4 -94839,that really gives the film its oomph,3 -56972,shows them,2 -79773,feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying,2 -193157,are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .,1 -62678,1970s action films,2 -167541,of intelligible story,2 -20109,being there at the time of these events,2 -56134,powerful acting clinic,3 -134101,than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role,3 -183473,Dirty Faces,3 -26848,The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .,4 -9468,on-camera,2 -108753,Sara,2 -127978,no clear-cut hero and,2 -222374,And that is where Ararat went astray .,1 -93227,soulful gravity,4 -144047,Bartleby 's main overall flaw,2 -40540,'re each,2 -76474,cartoon adventure,2 -119924,feels like just one more in the long line of films,1 -62199,, seldom hammy ,,2 -183619,Eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . It 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting .,2 -116974,chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body,2 -47647,Wiseman,2 -100451,with an edge,2 -186810,Purdy,3 -231616,he 's neglected over the years .,2 -167390,of central casting,2 -24397,A must-see,4 -232621,is nicely shot ,,3 -139247,was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson ...,4 -225509,Pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery .,2 -226375,The movie is well shot and very tragic ,,4 -114226,and childhood awakening,2 -10571,so thick,2 -51606,fest,2 -14631,With,2 -205785,manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach,2 -137202,through 300 years of Russian history,2 -198458,fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise .,1 -207177,not all that good .,1 -236645,the IMAX cinema,2 -77289,consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt .,3 -154657,be a joyful or at least fascinating subject,2 -205216,little less product,2 -175672,threefold expansion,3 -40140,wimp,1 -31865,friendships between women,2 -78356,do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper,1 -106751,Instead of building to a laugh riot,2 -165591,makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy,1 -197855,endlessly repetitive scenes,2 -144884,Dirk,2 -87071,messy and frustrating,1 -157181,decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces,1 -227315,You wo n't miss its messages , but you 'll be entertained as well .,2 -105562,Dwarfs,2 -141022,'m not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence,1 -104912,Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,4 -106866,It 's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but,2 -226270,The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose .,1 -167396,of characters worthy of its strong cast,3 -25820,Jackie,2 -148641,Slick piece,3 -89372,on a patient viewer,2 -213564,that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment,2 -31285,every bit,2 -24791,Barlow,1 -110058,The only time 8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers .,2 -63185,A mix,2 -119519,expand a TV show,3 -137157,though we know the outcome,2 -58857,the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep,3 -46213,More romantic,3 -126434,love and familial duties,2 -64422,Bolstered by exceptional performances,3 -49930,by Michael Gondry,2 -43799,, you 're in luck .,3 -237434,they ',2 -147751,Normally,2 -56833,sell,2 -85872,leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer,2 -212507,startled,2 -148821,Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .,0 -5778,court,2 -52241,grasp and feel,2 -105300,Dalrymple 's,2 -215101,the movie 's not .,2 -83670,irresistibly than in ` Baran,3 -156165,characters worthy,2 -8410,let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp,1 -198814,fifteen-year-old 's,2 -194153,be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ',3 -34947,nor Donovan,2 -206322,monumental achievement,4 -223489,Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun .,3 -186421,Norma,2 -154137,as best it can,3 -147185,Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away,0 -237516,this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0 -187087,Sandler is losing his touch,1 -3359,'s often discussed in purely abstract terms,2 -229829,claim to express warmth and longing,3 -154095,as a seemingly brainless,1 -118811,dying a slow death ,,2 -98200,to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries,2 -204516,keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired,1 -72943,about his responsibility to the characters,2 -193877,avert our eyes,1 -95702,the final two,2 -80656,from the audience,2 -167776,of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good,1 -149081,The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme,2 -238087,totally suspend disbelief,2 -156163,characters sound,2 -210329,relatively effective little,2 -126322,look-see,2 -126057,like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown,3 -197742,eloquence , spiritual challenge,3 -175897,to be a cheap knockoff,2 -2855,this gourmet 's mouth,2 -83354,inherent in how medical aid is made available to American workers,3 -79717,fastballs,2 -79864,figured out the con and the players,2 -178097,where it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere,1 -239126,you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices,3 -19061,Mama,2 -159465,for sociology,2 -46514,Pick,2 -104444,Apuestas,2 -123767,is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is .,3 -216783,to Manhattan and Hell,2 -177864,well , it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning,2 -170892,shooting the latest System of a Down video,2 -175256,thin characterizations,2 -91432,remains prominent ,,3 -216237,they love themselves,2 -183162,Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but,2 -167407,of coffee every few minutes,2 -106436,I did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .,1 -236890,the film ends with a large human tragedy .,1 -179639,'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream,2 -49077,any better,2 -193118,are many things that solid acting can do for a movie,3 -106938,It 's not particularly well made , but since I found myself howling more than cringing , I 'd say the film works .,3 -24675,And just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane .,2 -27548,a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent,4 -142024,, Norton has to recite bland police procedural details ,,1 -142246,, is the script .,2 -83886,is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man .,2 -28528,and both leads are up to the task .,3 -128528,of an expert thriller,3 -3719,a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .,2 -205001,like Woo 's a P . O . W .,2 -138156,too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted,3 -64419,Bollywood\/Hollywood,2 -224154,It 's an ambitious film ,,3 -79660,fantasy and adventure,3 -83853,is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .,4 -35897,paint,2 -161900,in its impact,2 -214627,the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .,0 -62988,A fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries,3 -100064,who are nearly impossible to care about,1 -83459,intelligent romantic thriller,4 -205782,manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference,1 -97967,to bronze,2 -211131,seems to want to be a character study , but,2 -22035,speaks,2 -67952,Offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .,4 -157151,dealing with childhood loss,2 -67911,Not since Ghostbusters has a film used Manhattan 's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way .,4 -154858,bears , and,2 -168032,on Pluto,2 -121026,genuinely funny,3 -38749,the usual obvious laughs,2 -64587,C . H . O . Cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy .,4 -96658,the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling,3 -108502,Pull ( s ) off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel .,2 -228678,another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,2 -198469,fairly impressive debut,3 -110843,Upsetting and thought-provoking , the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .,3 -91899,sassy,3 -121909,have a showdown,2 -135261,the feelings,2 -55431,of light,2 -179468,'re simply not funny performers,1 -162666,is a rewarding one,3 -74329,are faithful to Melville 's plotline ,,2 -192402,amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story,2 -74725,as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators,3 -157951,drawn characters that its outcome hardly matters,2 -44991,DVD,2 -112815,a stumblebum,0 -28770,and restrained,2 -29475,become almost redundant to say so,1 -95794,the gang-infested ,,2 -30854,disturbing hallucinations,0 -185346,It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring .,1 -26148,Naipaul 's lively mix,3 -125035,it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd,2 -190996,a movie star and the man,2 -174768,the slowest person in the audience -- just pure slapstick with lots of inane , inoffensive screaming and exaggerated facial expressions,1 -31624,film version,2 -37427,subtle strength,3 -8973,naipaul,2 -210381,remarkably strong cast,3 -153694,any particular dishonor,2 -221668,, watch Snatch again .,2 -42597,see this movie -- for its historical significance,4 -184431,Hip-Hop Scooby-Doo,2 -209315,plain ' girl,2 -141095,'s a bargain-basement European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there,2 -234109,next : ``,1 -141379,'s intrepid hero ? Ridiculous . What 's next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?,2 -133401,strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo,1 -176113,to exploit them,1 -72491,a spectacular completion one,3 -45944,Kept,2 -191181,a really bad imitation,0 -170397,say what or why,2 -202518,is -- to its own detriment -- much,1 -8,' a nightmare on elm street,1 -178475,with Steven Seagal,3 -87680,mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense,4 -109907,The innocence of holiday cheer ai n't what it used to be .,2 -12029,the who-wrote-shakespeare,2 -43772,, twisted , brilliant and macabre,4 -169092,pose,2 -107147,Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films,1 -176930,trying to make the outrage,2 -108944,Signs is a good film , and,3 -165484,majorly,2 -62731,85-minute,2 -232201,irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere,0 -69502,The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear .,3 -57209,sometimes still can be made,2 -223242,Enough said , except : Film overboard !,0 -231083,funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny,3 -185483,Joan and Philip 's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery,1 -148780,Spain 's,2 -177886,well-crafted family film,3 -150460,Too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller,2 -157320,designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home,3 -27180,Well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .,4 -22073,strength , warmth and vitality,3 -81499,half a parsec,2 -61869,, distant Portuguese import,2 -156361,cliche-riddled but self-serious,2 -209213,peroxide,2 -189031,This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here,1 -177420,very , very slow . It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie . That 's pure PR hype,0 -219560,will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .,3 -59147,to Lau,2 -185209,It 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead .,1 -197007,director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson,2 -2468,teach,2 -40440,you do n't see,2 -152278,a procession,2 -30065,caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all,3 -226190,The appeal,2 -40841,Dazzling and,3 -125422,its writers ,,2 -41571,are also,3 -179813,'s just too dry and too placid,1 -63906,An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation .,3 -1847,not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite,3 -122078,hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line,2 -4502,all the writhing and wailing , tears ,,1 -66750,It may not be a great piece of filmmaking,1 -204271,its own meager weight,1 -72112,a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower,4 -17649,the sexual permutations,2 -89908,overall effect,2 -159579,forgive me --,2 -153430,an insider clique ,,2 -194373,been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .,3 -171274,slight and obvious,1 -230929,for most of the characters,3 -125494,just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and,4 -40671,A masterful film from a master filmmaker,4 -236321,than many , no question,2 -101494,'s a better actor than a standup comedian,2 -78523,done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age,4 -196821,deserves every single one of them,2 -212664,stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film,1 -231903,if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible,2 -158297,enough ),2 -73720,an eagerness,2 -226931,Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .,0 -621,book,2 -133662,sure of its own importance,2 -119471,except : Film overboard,1 -127084,might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .,0 -108578,Reggio and,2 -8021,its courage , ideas ,,3 -103825,A rather brilliant little cult item :,4 -32951,in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances,3 -175278,think of a single good reason,2 -20330,dabbling,2 -232026,in sorrow you can find humor,2 -235715,show up at theatres for it,2 -15403,charming results,3 -14885,about the dangers of drugs,2 -103941,A thoughtful , reverent portrait of what,3 -65562,Floria Tosca,2 -9130,not in order to excuse him,2 -176255,to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense,1 -83765,is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned,2 -209943,put so much,2 -27300,You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting .,3 -22260,the direct antithesis of what it gets right,1 -219382,who tries to help a Jewish friend,2 -205453,loud , painful , obnoxious,2 -234744,one part romance novel , one part recipe book,2 -5920,despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry,3 -109459,The Piano Teacher is not an easy film .,1 -58869,the year 's most intriguing movie experiences,4 -154399,at telling a story,2 -228641,and drab wannabe,0 -201727,in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution,3 -11551,the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics,0 -195202,by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime,1 -64037,Argentine retread,1 -198770,feminist conspiracy theorist,2 -39851,warmly,3 -35466,of the land,3 -48971,an introduction to the man 's theories,2 -9775,pokemon,2 -142479,, the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .,1 -111781,a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,2 -197185,do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast,2 -31853,fresh , quirky charm,3 -191741,about generating suspense,2 -139414,we were aware of,2 -197546,driving directions,2 -170633,seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler,0 -189981,` Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .,2 -14478,Tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable .,4 -165803,meaningless downer,1 -6542,fly,2 -229385,better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen,2 -206885,needs better material,1 -47957,a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller,3 -54325,loneliness,1 -196609,deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism,2 -108351,Peralta 's,3 -55231,of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure,3 -103127,. Cantet as France,2 -190527,a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores,2 -208823,others ',2 -65239,Earnest , unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable , Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .,3 -32217,growing,2 -78370,do the girls ' amusing personalities,2 -165513,make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn,2 -182978,Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful,1 -232647,is not easy,2 -198181,every human,2 -139436,wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,1 -167740,of the Balkans conflict,2 -86010,lightweight escapist film,2 -60240,will just as likely,2 -154280,as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab,0 -201217,his own film,2 -61965,, in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music,3 -156209,cheats on itself and retreats,2 -185719,Ledger,2 -193477,as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ',1 -160709,has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner , flailing away,1 -94211,tapping,2 -160018,get-out,2 -60521,yet so fragile,2 -211146,seen as a conversation,2 -130266,plant,2 -74706,as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man,2 -11688,the narration helps little,1 -169548,quick-cut,2 -57154,somber , absurd , and,1 -152734,about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem,0 -55632,of this trifle,2 -169285,previous vehicles,2 -47489,Twilight Zone '' episode,2 -64144,At its worst the screenplay is callow,1 -71154,You wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .,2 -204667,lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature,1 -27370,a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,3 -225002,Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances,4 -83758,is a convincing one , and,3 -158643,expanded and worked,3 -127604,moving as the filmmakers seem to think,2 -77404,cost thousands and possibly millions of lives,2 -186152,More a gunfest than a Rock concert .,1 -58719,the skate\/surf culture,2 -107631,Maryam is a small film ,,2 -234318,of `` Abandon '',2 -151723,a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry,2 -136316,the spot,2 -73941,an uncompromising film,3 -185828,Lisa,2 -239147,you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -211674,sink this ` sub ',1 -204875,less sense,2 -54866,most colorful and controversial,3 -120236,flawed humanity,3 -6433,featherweight,1 -232558,is more than a movie,3 -29596,biennial,2 -173538,the best efforts,2 -207514,of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack,3 -66752,It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but,2 -111837,a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks,2 -17850,to them reading the phone book,2 -137540,to drag on for nearly three hours,1 -226142,The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic .,4 -123716,is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride,1 -206374,more emphasis,2 -40885,Elling really is about a couple of crazy guys , and,3 -92930,so darned assured,2 -205209,little eye,2 -167045,now is an exercise in pointlessness,1 -1453,it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny,0 -15796,fluidly through the story , with charming results,4 -27796,a salute to the universal language of rhythm,4 -12174,this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film,1 -75826,borrows heavily from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs,2 -126992,meets-John Ford,2 -86852,massive waves,2 -6708,from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes,3 -169577,quite frankly,2 -234575,of these girls,2 -97829,to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm,2 -162500,irrepressible eccentric,2 -139752,who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns,2 -15288,bouncy animation and catchy songs escort you through the entire 85 minutes,3 -205943,may leave you speaking in tongues,2 -112313,a mesmerizing performance,3 -76288,calm and,2 -224769,Men in Black II , '',3 -44825,By turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .,3 -20727,has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days .,3 -133377,strangely funny,3 -79155,epic scale,3 -220414,your secret agent decoder ring at the door,2 -98188,to make it sting,2 -140668,you 'll enjoy this movie .,3 -47656,With each of her three protagonists , Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .,4 -40834,Dark and,2 -129529,one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels,1 -146994,Kate and Jed,2 -212347,spirals downward,1 -225414,Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes,1 -53604,is sacred in this gut-buster .,3 -29096,arguments,2 -19116,Murderous,1 -80337,for something just outside his grasp,2 -53556,is nothing outstanding about this film,1 -35847,outta,1 -166932,not a champion,1 -183493,Disney-style,2 -107983,New ways of describing badness need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is .,0 -79960,find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults,4 -150033,There 's a solid woman - finding-herself story somewhere in here , but,2 -167023,nothing but Costner,2 -185140,It 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and,1 -184475,Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded,2 -222390,Anemic , pretentious,1 -123810,is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking .,3 -200298,guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams,2 -148301,Robert Forster,2 -92573,should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .,3 -72807,a weary journalist,1 -224327,It is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some .,4 -9778,policy,2 -123255,in which the developmentally disabled,2 -9827,pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- chelsea walls deserves a medal .,3 -158977,feels unfocused and underdeveloped .,0 -46728,She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .,3 -194839,boring despite the scenery,1 -174310,the most succinct review,2 -139297,watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another,1 -127974,no amount of imagination , no creature,1 -144831,Diane Lane shines in Unfaithful . Almost everything else is wan .,2 -76031,bullfighters,2 -226685,This movie is to be cherished .,4 -23355,, a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent,3 -227303,You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride .,3 -72523,a stately sense,3 -124113,is high,2 -12469,together,2 -174829,the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf,1 -117441,considerable skill and determination ,,3 -192391,amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film,1 -216931,to cello music,2 -32861,in films over and over again,1 -158509,every dreamer with a burst bubble,2 -117204,comedic agony,1 -9729,platonic,2 -88356,of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people,2 -185501,Jon,2 -67341,M . Night Shyamalan,3 -72153,a portrayal,2 -12299,to absurd lengths,0 -162630,is a major problem in contemporary society,2 -13063,who loses his faith,1 -175199,these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before,1 -48703,adult surprises,3 -39835,wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes , that 's enough,2 -9684,permeate,2 -154098,as a storyteller,2 -19285,The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ),1 -47566,Watching these eccentrics,2 -64921,Danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .,2 -116129,both innocent and jaded,3 -50005,can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So,3 -31127,enjoys one of his richest roles in years,4 -188597,The punch lines that miss , unfortunately , outnumber the hits by three-to-one . But,1 -13617,, or bored or frustrated by the film,1 -206718,mundane soap opera,1 -162497,iota,2 -119768,far from,2 -56820,sees,2 -44648,Band,2 -36082,portrayals,1 -63801,American workers,2 -155909,camouflage,2 -129720,original cartoon,3 -50820,differences,2 -92704,sing beautifully and act adequately,3 -73012,about the ways we consume pop culture,2 -7588,interested,3 -209483,police-procedural,2 -209953,put you to sleep,1 -108001,No , I hate it . No , I love it ... hell,2 -67726,Murderous Maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and Parmentier .,3 -239119,you 've got seven days left to live .,2 -171001,show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but,3 -7574,institutionalized,2 -992,fine,3 -42281,life in U,2 -210183,realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through,2 -83483,interesting and at times,3 -72060,a necessary one,2 -104430,Anton Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard,2 -46760,Some movies blend together as they become distant memories . Mention '' Solaris '' five years from now and,2 -123411,insecurity is a work of outstanding originality,2 -164843,lighter and sunnier,3 -156386,clips from Brian De Palma,2 -59713,unique and entertaining twist,3 -138599,underachiever,1 -62636,129-minute,2 -133711,surveyed high school students ... and,2 -4850,as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor,2 -78468,does n't take itself so deadly seriously,3 -190304,a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns,2 -41184,Scores a few points,3 -52691,hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago,2 -9713,pile too many '' serious issues,1 -147561,Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie,0 -217487,to this Western ear,2 -161874,in high school,2 -178887,would have been groundbreaking .,2 -173470,the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid ,,2 -213058,switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s,1 -55824,operandi,2 -177768,way too,2 -112142,a horror spoof,2 -219691,with all the films,2 -107441,Like Smoke Signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,3 -232308,is a horrible movie,0 -89245,offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations,2 -42981,well , that,2 -223228,Eh .,2 -213799,that organ,2 -138935,venturesome , beautifully realized,4 -118949,elenco,2 -227111,Whether or,2 -209892,pulling the pin,2 -106080,Grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . The little girls understand , and McCracken knows that 's all that matters .,2 -214889,the island,2 -231906,images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic,3 -61014,'s entertaining enough and worth a look,3 -12522,top-notch,4 -21263,made headlines in 1995,2 -92577,should n't be half as entertaining as it is,2 -40170,with a mean streak a mile wide,2 -29088,are times when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --,1 -73444,all the hype and recent digital glitz,2 -121178,gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill,4 -40705,A slick , skillful little horror film,3 -17122,roles,2 -79308,ever quite,2 -117143,collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway,1 -228115,a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero,2 -112812,a student film,3 -146893,John , in the movie,2 -53061,incredibly layered and stylistic film,3 -15954,has a lot to offer,3 -148884,Strong setup and,3 -30365,consistently odd,2 -46155,Menzel,2 -127027,mesmerizing King Lear,2 -121147,give the transcendent performance,3 -49737,bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and,3 -179372,'ll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser,0 -10137,resuscitation,2 -121450,grooved,2 -50811,devilishly witty script,3 -137651,to help us,2 -122605,human need,2 -15770,film 's,2 -101931,'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .,4 -69535,The film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .,3 -163223,is overwhelmed by predictability,1 -167693,of sex-as-war,2 -163434,is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr . Desplechin is content to state it .,1 -23634,, from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks,3 -65705,Funny , though,3 -72161,a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt,4 -221046,( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ),2 -32095,glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue,3 -130343,plucks,3 -132653,small pot,2 -169765,really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters,3 -191012,a movie-industry satire,3 -140735,you could say about Narc,2 -19800,and also strike closest to the truth,2 -76949,comedy fare,3 -224813,Moonlight Mile should strike a nerve in many .,3 -105808,Fierce Grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .,2 -79859,fighting hard for something that really matters,3 -227735,a T.,2 -23057,'s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi,4 -196598,daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope,4 -118019,deliver remarkable performances .,3 -207550,of a mixed bag , with enough negatives,1 -122457,holding it,2 -200580,has made Tucker a star,3 -86770,many agendas,2 -90116,pastry,2 -202546,is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing,0 -132830,social status,2 -228146,a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film,2 -119358,even touch us,3 -30830,discomfort,1 -126040,like a Mobius strip,2 -19067,Marks family,2 -204275,its own self-consciousness,2 -217573,too clever for its own good,1 -21431,no small amount of poetry in Girls Ca n't Swim,2 -169618,rancid,2 -32051,giddily,3 -45369,Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis,2 -188872,There are many definitions of ` time waster ' but,1 -170284,sad man,2 -238205,understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie,1 -138868,used some informed , adult hindsight,2 -25834,Jakob the Liar,2 -132770,so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through,0 -92130,seek,2 -42320,made richer,3 -7981,it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,2 -200709,hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work,1 -87793,nerve-rattling,2 -42813,the film ,,2 -57596,takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart,4 -179632,'s an unhappy situation all around .,1 -39659,unmentioned victims,1 -112891,a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power,3 -64626,Captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper .,3 -202415,into heaven,3 -7002,has n't,2 -68118,Parris ',2 -10467,simon,2 -43742,, they succeed,3 -127760,narrative strength,2 -189291,Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .,1 -152102,a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices,1 -60985,'s common knowledge that Park and his founding partner , Yong Kang , lost Kozmo in the end,2 -5092,before indigestion sets,1 -103145,. It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...,3 -133688,surprisingly buoyant,3 -75481,been with this premise,2 -74374,are n't many conclusive answers in the film,1 -149234,The best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . Quitting,2 -163583,is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps,2 -56266,puberty,2 -56042,placed and dead-center,2 -46527,Poetry in motion captured on film . While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .,3 -168739,patient predator,2 -55023,negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .,4 -195716,circles it obsessively ,,2 -109420,The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox,2 -115327,bad animation and mindless violence,1 -120733,from one,2 -9501,one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then,3 -72300,a ripping good yarn,3 -160668,has ever done,2 -96397,the picture is so lovely toward the end,4 -13060,who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress,2 -201212,his nimble shoulders,2 -49380,at its visual delights,4 -173531,the best actors , directors,3 -70360,Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking .,3 -114120,an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups,2 -103054,, you may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?,1 -94013,sweet , and intermittently hilarious,3 -176610,too dull to enjoy .,1 -162674,is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship,1 -209867,pseudo-rock-video opening,2 -27075,Touched,3 -159956,genuine promise,3 -219511,will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things .,1 -61539,( no pun intended ),2 -152708,aboul '' Full Frontal,2 -162507,irritating character late,1 -86326,lost .,1 -148463,Scottish director Ritchie,2 -146980,K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich,0 -216603,three people and their mixed-up relationship,2 -213974,the ( teen comedy ),2 -160061,getting irritating,1 -18402,, downy-cheeked moppets,2 -12087,there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances,4 -130,a certain style and wit,3 -174563,the pot,2 -224353,It looks like an action movie ,,2 -160528,happened in Point Pleasant,2 -144785,Desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats .,0 -124167,is its Tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret,2 -165005,like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant,2 -162839,is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial .,2 -68066,Ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .,2 -139016,very subject,2 -85618,keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically,2 -85803,laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell,3 -101233,your consciousness,2 -219645,with Windtalkers,2 -27739,a portrait,2 -196570,damaged dreams,2 -183318,Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end,2 -210209,really long , slow and dreary time,0 -155854,ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog,1 -224927,Mr. Kilmer 's,2 -225911,Spader and Gyllenhaal,2 -58111,the chasm,2 -150904,While ( Hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .,1 -161793,in a museum,2 -70348,Though Lan Yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .,3 -213193,target demographics,2 -100077,who dared to mess with some powerful people,2 -46996,The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .,4 -121818,has nothing else to watch,1 -9921,put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals,0 -81512,hallelujah for small favors,3 -94738,that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,3 -209405,pleasure B-movie category,2 -153958,are the big problems,1 -131240,rehashes to feed to the younger generations,1 -130479,post-war,2 -168425,ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives,2 -234873,part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality,2 -52985,in the audience,2 -8134,its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar ,,2 -36395,recent comedies,3 -54791,mood-altering drug therapy,2 -212563,stifled,1 -86357,love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ),2 -21359,mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty,3 -109394,That the e-graveyard,1 -189,a joke,2 -24176,101,2 -164779,less-than-magic,1 -7463,in purely abstract terms,2 -190463,a disservice,1 -48574,about to turn onto a different path,2 -130374,pointless , tasteless and idiotic,0 -146923,Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but,3 -205401,loosely connected characters,1 -105638,Enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary .,4 -225205,Not really as bad as you might think !,3 -21167,just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics . Is this progress,2 -23487,, but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing .,3 -183422,Diesel is n't the actor to save it,1 -45558,I bought this movie,3 -235047,prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense,4 -39935,well-known,3 -217432,to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script,1 -164349,just tired,1 -185204,It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy :,4 -15190,barbed and bracing,2 -21157,its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia,4 -238220,unholy hokum .,1 -136745,there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time,3 -29691,both hokey,1 -62591,... it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .,4 -178295,whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution,1 -1987,out midway,2 -201549,if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,1 -116828,changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film,1 -220690,'s a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` Can This Marriage Be Saved,2 -12228,those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself,3 -13227,wo n't miss its messages,2 -39381,too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000,1 -68219,Play-Doh,2 -117626,cowering and,2 -222110,A very bad sign .,0 -99078,unlimited access,3 -124644,is that sort of thing all over again,1 -73650,an action cartoon,2 -138621,undermining the movie 's reality and,1 -188074,The documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .,1 -71964,a measure of faith in the future,3 -91246,really strong,2 -129931,own thinness,2 -5392,by-the-numbers,2 -28280,among all who are party to it,2 -166125,morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense .,0 -131134,recent Argentine film Son,2 -64172,Attal looks so much like a young Robert DeNiro that it seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle ',2 -179709,'s difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002,0 -74489,arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact,3 -57855,that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone,3 -135347,the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .,4 -179094,you are in dire need of a Diesel fix,2 -165758,may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination,2 -64364,Bill Plympton , the animation master ,,3 -197585,dull , dumb and derivative horror,0 -65632,Fred Schepisi 's tale of four Englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .,3 -106792,Island locations,2 -90344,play their roles,2 -15310,but Mr . Earnhart 's quizzical,2 -146276,Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances ,,2 -222388,André Turpin,2 -170637,seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .,2 -3797,a flawed film,0 -139399,we have fingers to count on,2 -98794,turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .,3 -173617,the characters straight out of central casting,2 -148731,Some elements of it really blow the big one , but,1 -176493,to the paradigm,2 -13442,'s a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene,3 -238296,uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,1 -135420,the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts to find love,2 -155304,blob of desperate entertainment,0 -72819,a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper,1 -127667,mush,1 -89643,one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed,2 -117069,cleverness ,,2 -20120,between old and new cultures,2 -161432,horror director Dario Argento,2 -160284,got a headache watching this meaningless downer,0 -204462,just is n't a very involving one,1 -163822,it is as tedious as one,1 -180165,( Janey ),2 -178162,which to hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,1 -195144,by any means,2 -69205,That ` Alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability,3 -225433,Perry 's good and his is an interesting character,3 -76661,children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death,3 -143132,A great ending does n't make up for a weak movie , and Crazy as Hell does n't even have a great ending .,1 -131700,saccharine movies,2 -24032,-- a film to be savored .,3 -151622,a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title ...,1 -157049,crème brûlée,3 -14106,I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory .,1 -63862,An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up,3 -60353,with information and impressions,2 -226209,The best way to describe it is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr.,2 -210173,reality drain,1 -149358,The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one : the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not .,0 -64374,Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get,3 -231686,her nomination as best actress even more,3 -191933,actor Crispin Glover,2 -101053,you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life,2 -102955,, this movie proves you wrong on both counts .,3 -15443,comedy\/thriller,2 -231070,fun , popcorn movies,3 -44706,Besson,2 -61099,'s invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn,3 -164455,knees in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye are inherently funny,2 -28351,an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl,2 -135617,the land and,2 -7289,i mean,2 -121758,has found the perfect material with which to address his own World War II experience in his signature style .,4 -1260,if you love him,3 -195512,castle,2 -197592,dull , unimaginative,0 -101288,zinger-filled crowd-pleaser,3 -104767,Black Hawk Down and We,3 -15842,from my memory,2 -229785,certainly does n't disappoint .,3 -211159,seen on the screen,2 -74793,as the importance of the man and the code merge,2 -165294,lost its originality,1 -182994,Call me a cynic , but there 's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .,1 -111665,a cold old man,2 -59575,turned upside down , first by passion and then,2 -215852,the viewer 's face,2 -236758,the brink of womanhood,2 -92804,slickness,2 -72944,about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,2 -198596,fast fade,1 -182835,Blair and Posey,2 -176952,turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins,2 -22770,which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality,1 -127255,more ,,2 -52262,great power , yet some members of the audience,3 -45916,Just about the best straight-up,3 -95667,the film is well-crafted and this one is,4 -2677,the new,2 -214082,the Venezuelans say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly . '',0 -39443,treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know,3 -162571,is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience,4 -103444,A brilliant , absurd collection,4 -131365,replace past tragedy,2 -15455,compassionate drama,3 -164563,lapdance,2 -99366,very silly,2 -23254,( aunque sea condensada ),2 -156102,cautionary tale .,2 -51338,even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation,3 -86912,may have expected to record with their mini DV,3 -181138,, you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .,1 -27742,a precious twinkle of insight,3 -197419,done by the numbers,2 -89559,one black and,2 -52649,his own idiosyncratic strain,1 -61535,( its ),2 -154602,band camp,2 -125048,it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .,2 -98252,to read the subtitles,2 -132031,seems twice as long as its 83 minutes,0 -183360,Deserving,3 -136580,the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit,2 -219102,what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings .,2 -174194,the last twenty years,2 -190461,a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous,2 -181584,A cross between Blow and Boyz N The Hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there . Good performances keep it from being a total rehash .,2 -187916,The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing,1 -218931,we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .,1 -238853,with a `` 2 '',2 -81275,gored bullfighters,2 -80200,for Roman Polanski,2 -187729,Thandie Newton,2 -147012,Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent,2 -92188,seen or,2 -65229,E Max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica,2 -32747,if to prove a female director,2 -237018,the late show,2 -52666,his story with a sensitivity,2 -42636,simple and,2 -70181,This cinema verite speculation,2 -92723,sisterhood,2 -235256,recount his Halloween trip to the Haunted House,2 -55538,of the South Korean cinema,2 -130046,pathetic as Dahmer,1 -164163,its subject than the popular predecessor,2 -8201,john malkovich,2 -9683,perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity,1 -94812,that place ,,2 -117218,comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives,3 -19399,Visits spy-movie territory,2 -22700,visual effects,2 -106409,I 've yet to find an actual Vietnam War combat movie actually produced by either the North or South Vietnamese , but,2 -154793,be profound,3 -77088,competition,2 -36264,quench,2 -104827,Both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter .,3 -30182,cinematic entertainment,2 -167797,of the latter,2 -138241,traditionally plotted popcorn thriller,2 -192749,and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans,3 -35987,personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun,3 -132279,sheer nerve,2 -204349,its true colors come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes .,2 -154667,be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .,2 -1197,him,2 -160758,has to recite bland police procedural details,1 -558,be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs,1 -82507,how to win the battle,3 -218954,weak payoff,1 -237270,the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding ,,2 -27203,What might have been a predictably heartwarming tale,1 -89555,one big point,2 -74084,animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame,3 -46164,Meyer,2 -121534,had more fun,3 -178681,with the worst,0 -180514,, and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .,2 -147587,My god , I 'm behaving like an idiot,2 -182268,Almost everything about the film,2 -119421,everywhere,3 -72987,about the hypocrisies of our time,3 -7043,have to,2 -195725,clamorous,2 -209643,predictable denouement,1 -129397,on her defiance of the saccharine,2 -125005,it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings,2 -183064,Charming and funny ( but ultimately silly ) movie,4 -105338,Days,2 -169164,preaches strictly to the converted,1 -178055,when it tries to make us jump out of our seats,2 -156095,caught up in an intricate plot,3 -29345,aunque sea condensada ),3 -228763,are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills,1 -292,a visual delight,4 -36584,right through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another .,2 -222551,Based on True Events ,,2 -14509,The seaside splendor and shallow , beautiful people,3 -170114,rhyme or reason,2 -131420,resolved,2 -51298,epic struggle -- inner and outer --,2 -109816,The film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .,1 -126768,manipulative yet needy Margot,2 -139612,when you 're a struggling nobody,1 -12893,we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat,1 -229339,being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,1 -87241,more coming-of-age stories,3 -143696,Amidst the action,2 -122,a brilliant , absurd collection,4 -118089,derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances,2 -11738,the picture,2 -8626,make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again,0 -147966,Others may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .,0 -166499,must be given to Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson,2 -231617,he 's one bad dude,2 -167443,of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes,1 -225416,Paul Bettany is cool .,3 -41398,You could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but,2 -175533,this sad-sack waste of a movie,0 -150437,Too intensely focused on the travails of being Hal Hartley to function as pastiche,1 -217396,to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s,2 -137804,to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop,3 -215863,the visual panache , the comic touch , and,4 -145839,Hole,2 -87806,never lacks in eye-popping visuals,3 -53401,is analytical,3 -72905,about Men,2 -141428,'s movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .,1 -116754,casting .,2 -70733,Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin,3 -37809,that ignites this gripping tale,3 -186126,Midnight Run and 48 Hours,2 -230012,covers the same period as Kaufmann 's `` Quills '',2 -118828,each one of these people,2 -154388,at least until the problematic third act,2 -220800,'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances,3 -149988,The whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .,1 -136128,the remarkable feat,3 -65003,Denis forges out of the theories of class,2 -84166,is entirely appealing as Pumpkin,3 -27875,a subtle way,2 -82686,images you wish you had n't seen,1 -119831,fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved,3 -108521,Quiet , adult,2 -186295,Neither as scary-funny as Tremors,1 -97277,they have made to our shared history,2 -94427,than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand,1 -221522,, she 's really done it this time .,2 -13916,Brother,2 -90772,protect the code at all costs,2 -35058,obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats,3 -44316,A touch of humor,3 -225836,So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals,1 -131535,richer than anticipated,2 -124468,is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .,1 -200364,half-hour cartoons,2 -55806,only one good idea,2 -111984,a game performance,3 -179318,'' The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors,3 -154886,because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,2 -8851,more as a,2 -236033,starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out,0 -218570,visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find,2 -167167,of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living,1 -200440,hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death,0 -21186,keeps you guessing from first frame to last,4 -94915,that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ',2 -56416,real charm,3 -179594,'s actually pretty funny , but,3 -220923,'s not merely about kicking undead \*\*\*,2 -36021,place .,2 -131856,screenplay to die for,3 -224559,Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood .,3 -86939,may really,2 -100417,with a moving camera,2 -4020,a pale imitation of the real deal,0 -47420,Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited , the score is too insistent,1 -186238,Muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious .,0 -53206,intriguing , bizarre,3 -67184,Leigh makes these lives count .,3 -196243,copyof,1 -61215,'s pretty enjoyable,4 -175920,to be as ill-starred as you might expect,1 -51340,even cranky adults,2 -223037,Curiously , Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .,1 -143193,A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .,1 -125321,its overall impact,2 -175950,to be made,2 -113405,admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life,3 -80534,frequently hilarious,4 -32758,ignored in contemporary American film .,2 -182524,Apart from anything else,2 -24269,A blessed gift to film,4 -179343,'53 original,2 -114958,as it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say,2 -186905,Represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .,1 -80414,forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today,3 -45527,Holy mad maniac in a mask , Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back !,2 -209779,proficient , dull Sorvino,1 -119061,endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long,1 -98411,to those familiar with Bombay musicals,2 -27299,You have to pay attention to follow all the stories,2 -119554,exploitive,2 -181221,-- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle,2 -207912,of people who try to escape the country,2 -106002,Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum,0 -18309,'s solid and affecting and exactly as thought-provoking as it should be .,4 -27065,To the film 's credit,2 -59053,those D . W . Griffith,2 -40031,who are,2 -236633,the French-produced,2 -51299,epic tale,3 -60923,'s also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .,4 -149756,The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but,1 -30462,crafted meditation on mortality .,3 -10907,swoony lyricism,2 -212262,sound promising in theory,2 -45592,I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .,3 -206592,mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism,1 -236171,sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation,3 -181186,-- and disposable story --,1 -118704,dramatized,3 -113101,about 25 minutes,2 -61703,, The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .,3 -84878,it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies,3 -213350,than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening,2 -7208,homage,3 -163808,it has been unearthed,2 -30888,do most films than,2 -46162,Mexico 's,2 -219308,whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes,0 -218893,wavers between Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial,1 -175,a good,4 -207413,of Clue,2 -83660,involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen,2 -112753,a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core,2 -157713,does display an original talent,3 -83033,in search of all the emotions,2 -175509,this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore . But as a movie,1 -227093,When she speaks , her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .,0 -135807,the movie ended so damned soon,2 -100389,with a bigger , fatter heart,2 -66532,It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) , and Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile,3 -187240,Shankman,2 -157627,do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap,1 -99847,what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted,3 -71135,You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch,3 -25073,David Jacobson 's,2 -205660,make fun of me,2 -74813,as they were in the 1950s,2 -110014,The movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and,3 -182605,As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,,0 -37460,suffused with complexity,3 -186025,Martha Stewart decorating program run amok,1 -84879,it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .,4 -50535,cranky,1 -165138,liven up its predictable story and will leave even,1 -235915,some wickedly sick and twisted humor,3 -76450,caring,2 -34247,loving little film,4 -88490,of composition,2 -216310,thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .,1 -145919,Human Nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal .,1 -50062,carry waydowntown,2 -50130,characters to go over the edge,2 -175784,tiring in no time at all,0 -531,back-stabbing,1 -25192,Eight,2 -142270,, it 's low-cal Woody at best .,2 -156336,clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and,1 -82776,impressively true for being so hot-blooded,3 -11317,the edge,3 -38030,the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining,4 -126002,lighting effects and,3 -220042,would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .,1 -27420,a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned,3 -72455,a social injustice , at least,1 -31880,from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind,4 -34391,masses,2 -60200,widescreen,2 -59735,unseen,2 -72247,a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman,3 -167918,of writer-director Roger Avary,2 -135952,the parade of veteran painters,2 -65201,Drumline is its energy,3 -8236,just do,3 -56094,polemic,2 -221176,, Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .,4 -160338,great idea,3 -214391,the curse of blandness,1 -203620,is too optimistic a title .,1 -61846,, cop-flick subgenre,2 -51016,dramatically,2 -28619,and from the many , many moments when we recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing,3 -13839,American people,2 -41579,are equally,2 -26791,The fact,2 -203187,is n't painfully bad ,,2 -118170,develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground,2 -229537,butterflies that die,1 -10623,someone,2 -18528,. ' Lucas,2 -2414,structure,2 -148253,Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,2 -152075,a modest , snoozy charm,2 -53642,is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings,3 -55174,occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .,2 -123026,in its midst,2 -15607,du sarcasm,2 -22369,the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .,3 -67818,Nicholson 's understated performance,2 -151446,a can of 2-day old Coke,1 -89979,own responsibility,2 -18665,An incendiary , deeply thought-provoking look at one of the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy,4 -135099,the dignity,2 -192757,and plastic knickknacks,1 -127311,more harmless,3 -38474,the noble characters,3 -201581,if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance,1 -116296,bullets ,,2 -148950,Suspects,2 -78417,does give you a peek . The main problem being that it 's only a peek .,1 -207745,of genres that just does n't work,1 -197147,diverting and,2 -180502,, and entirely implausible,1 -71130,You can sip your vintage wines and watch your Merchant Ivory productions : I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week,2 -70609,Verdu,2 -65756,Gere in his dancing shoes,2 -96590,the romantic comedy genre,2 -167158,of Ana 's future,2 -113774,also wanted a little alien as a friend,2 -154164,as flat,2 -120045,film anything,2 -124228,is long on narrative and ( too ) short,1 -71650,a film that 's being advertised as a comedy,2 -111172,Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie,4 -160852,have enough innovation or pizazz,2 -78022,deserved .,2 -234249,odoriferous thing ... so,2 -238915,with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building,2 -13821,A very funny movie,4 -78821,elemental,2 -61677,, Sade is your film .,2 -96335,the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural --,3 -17409,than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth,1 -224430,J. Wilson,2 -196798,descompromissado,2 -211563,shown up,2 -88682,of institutionalized slavery,2 -168545,overpower,2 -133324,stirs us as well .,3 -212004,so short could be so flabby,1 -174814,the story 's emotional thrust,2 -188819,There 's an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending , but as those monologues stretch on and on , you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down .,1 -73638,an absolute delight,4 -215661,the spirit of the previous two,2 -152866,across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',0 -159972,get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices,1 -152462,a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study,0 -46065,Made to be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . The charming result is Festival in Cannes .,3 -14152,Irwin,2 -183996,For this sort of thing to work , we need agile performers , but the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and Rodan is out of his league,1 -21106,it hit you where you live,3 -72829,a winning , heartwarming yarn,4 -51065,early Italian neorealism,2 -85959,liberal on the political spectrum,2 -30721,depressing confirmation,1 -135085,the dead,2 -116749,cast pair,2 -137325,to The Road Warrior,3 -167483,of going to a film festival,2 -145966,I 'm sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself ... Me , I did n't care for it .,2 -1056,gangs ,,1 -157707,doddering , misogynistic boy,1 -194009,barely tolerable slog,0 -151796,a general air of misogyny,1 -228366,adamant,2 -180798,, macabre sets,2 -187845,The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade,2 -212528,states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth,1 -13908,Brendan,2 -183861,Fans of so-bad-they 're,1 -58018,the art,2 -110211,The town has kind of an authentic feel ,,3 -43315,'s slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue,1 -185600,Kevin Bray , whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude with acting , tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut,2 -164085,its natural length,2 -229667,can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff,2 -51055,dynamic first act,4 -53140,intelligent jazz-playing exterminator,3 -237808,to express warmth and longing,2 -56332,quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why,0 -77890,dehumanizing and ego-destroying,1 -202589,is a little scattered -- ditsy ,,1 -166010,misconceived enterprise that only a sophisticated cinephile could have perpetrated .,0 -129214,of virtuosic set pieces,3 -84972,it allows the mind to enter and accept another world,4 -133595,suffered and,2 -205373,looks better than it feels,2 -3394,( de niro ),3 -24048,-- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --,3 -14993,and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,,4 -216647,through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,0 -22828,with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy,3 -85313,its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves,3 -8640,makes s,2 -99390,vibrant and intoxicating,4 -226410,The path Ice Age follows most closely , though , is the one established by Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .,2 -216249,they strip down often enough to keep men,2 -235643,shadowy vision Clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .,4 -12468,todd,2 -112724,a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed,1 -223451,G.I.,2 -84047,is astounding on any number of levels,3 -227308,You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz,0 -139865,will all but take you to outer space,3 -180022,'s the butt of its own joke,1 -138062,too bleak , too pessimistic and,1 -92410,sexy razzle-dazzle,3 -34772,myths and wonder,2 -12206,this sort,2 -175583,this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree,3 -65828,Gosford,2 -214855,the intelligence level,2 -84651,is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,2 -152851,according to the press notes,2 -30394,controversial eponymous,2 -93109,some of the back-story is a little tired,1 -167565,of its script,2 -86908,may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour,1 -34838,nations,2 -6974,hart 's war,2 -87562,moving and important,4 -60952,'s as crisp and to the point,3 -31682,fish-out-of-water story,2 -32536,his characters ' crises,2 -142812,... the movie is just a plain old monster .,0 -30905,does best,3 -207434,of Heaven , West of Hell,2 -197534,dressed in pink jammies,2 -203640,is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact .,2 -226736,Thoughtless,1 -226988,We can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .,1 -38020,the beginning of time,2 -174573,the press notes,2 -136409,the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change,3 -109642,The cast ...,2 -143045,A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious,0 -140394,wooden one,2 -146549,It 's not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe ... but,2 -189828,Woody , what happened ?,1 -96933,the ultimate movie experience,4 -214560,the filling missing,2 -106196,He drags it back,2 -28538,and charmingly,4 -53168,intermittently,2 -102444,, characterization , poignancy , and intelligence,3 -24538,Add yet another hat to a talented head,4 -46375,Offers much to enjoy ... and,3 -192847,another movie,2 -124585,is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s . one another and put on a show in drag,0 -202476,ironic implications,2 -47441,Tom Green,2 -237944,to see this movie,2 -41660,both De Niro and,2 -196369,crap like this,0 -226188,The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .,0 -1464,it accurately,2 -117051,cleaving,2 -214389,the current teen movie concern,2 -68794,Simple , poignant and leavened,3 -36065,politics and local commerce,2 -62355,, this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .,4 -171720,sorry use of Aaliyah,2 -137752,to offend everyone,2 -99788,well executed .,4 -194443,begins as a Seven rip-off ,,1 -201687,impressed by this tired retread,2 -127235,monsters this side of a horror spoof , which They is n't,2 -157920,drag gags,1 -86125,line between passion and pretence,2 -15002,and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer,2 -169657,rather inconsequential,1 -80749,fully successful,4 -221367,, humor and snappy dialogue,3 -222054,A meatier deeper beginning and\/or,2 -234438,of innuendo,2 -40753,An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute,4 -166859,no real conflict ,,1 -109456,The Pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List . But Mr . Polanski creates images even more haunting than those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic,4 -60520,yet permits laughter,3 -153824,are disconcertingly slack,2 -16830,on its head,2 -154546,bad high school production,0 -144777,Depicts,2 -199696,further .,2 -85842,leather,2 -15594,doubtless give his blessing to,2 -48426,a taste of the Burning Man ethos,2 -33335,is beautiful to behold,3 -136387,the teen-exploitation playbook,1 -137876,to strongly present some profound social commentary,2 -116764,catastrophic,2 -30898,do n't stand a chance alone,1 -52163,go down,2 -3596,a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .,0 -227949,a grisly sort of way,2 -16144,incisive,2 -203192,is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ),2 -234599,of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes,1 -85426,its supposed target audience,2 -18163,you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas,2 -177043,ugly , pointless and depressing , even if you hate clowns .,0 -140119,with as little cleavage,2 -208865,out-of-field ),2 -154040,artsy in his American debut,2 -43344,'s the music,2 -162961,is just a plain old monster,1 -51879,four primary actors,2 -15970,has to do with Yvan and Charlotte,2 -150549,Uncertain in tone,1 -156322,classic disaffected-indie-film mode,2 -42339,makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .,3 -4950,attack of the clones,1 -110369,There is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid,1 -188453,The movie spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his .,1 -110605,Though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown 's life .,3 -74032,and frequently funny thrill,3 -208124,of the plot almost arbitrary,2 -41134,On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick ,,2 -99479,visually stunning rumination,4 -63748,Although What Time offers Tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .,4 -115019,as serious as a pink slip,2 -109320,Take away the controversy , and it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera .,0 -126729,making much of an impression,2 -45830,It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn,2 -237514,this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable,1 -25862,Joan 's,2 -57052,slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing,2 -160309,graphically excessive,2 -30598,de cultura,2 -49347,as you,2 -127820,necessary viewing for sci-fi fans,3 -90937,put a human face,2 -181252,. Men,2 -156759,consumer-advice bottom line,2 -7823,is undeniable,2 -132907,some studios,2 -156238,childhood dream,2 -134046,than a worthwhile effort,3 -80538,fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances,4 -73110,acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .,2 -189148,Though uniformly well acted,3 -156324,classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,2 -156399,clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long,0 -205029,like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers,1 -134944,the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters,2 -155780,by the Kathleen Soliah trial and,2 -18035,while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner,1 -224284,It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind .,1 -27769,a refreshing absence,3 -74293,are as timely as tomorrow,3 -205444,lots of boring talking heads , etc . --,2 -40070,who would like to dismiss the film,1 -230995,fresh view,3 -142883,2 's,2 -60408,with their own eyes,2 -96155,the more nationally settled,2 -64431,Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape,2 -146021,I can take infantile humor ... but,1 -50672,debuter D . J . Caruso,2 -56825,self-conscious scrutiny,2 -5675,compelling as it is exotic , fast runner,3 -55048,nevertheless,2 -177936,were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare,0 -142932,76-minute,2 -92598,showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around,2 -153642,another example of the sad decline of British comedies,1 -141725,'ve been offered this summer,2 -51421,expedience,3 -117602,count on,3 -4196,a tendency,2 -110112,The production values are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable .,3 -3876,a haunted house ,,1 -124595,is terrific,4 -139121,waged,2 -131140,recite,2 -33740,its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .,4 -58846,the whodunit,2 -137311,to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable,1 -71941,a magnetic performance,4 -44206,A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder,4 -213402,than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by Julia Roberts,2 -226104,The Four Feathers '',2 -226967,Watching `` Ending '',2 -238664,which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and,2 -84110,is credible,2 -171074,silly , self-indulgent,1 -69551,The film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .,2 -56898,sharp slivers and,2 -140429,working class community,2 -117233,comes from its vintage schmaltz .,2 -21338,mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage .,3 -203635,is ultimately rather silly and overwrought ,,1 -131427,resorts to easy feel-good sentiments,3 -143326,A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes .,1 -57017,since he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray,2 -150783,Wes,2 -160494,hammer,2 -222950,Cinematic poetry,4 -20470,enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism,3 -39469,true film addict,3 -82644,if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh , the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story,2 -46297,NOT,1 -212115,some good material,3 -190780,a hundred of them can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever,1 -106839,It 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space,4 -91378,reincarnation,2 -91140,ravaging,2 -102328,, Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .,4 -75736,bleakness,2 -186518,Olympic,2 -161194,hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism,2 -210128,reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan .,3 -156685,condone it,2 -32488,here in a way,2 -18515,-- and bad --,1 -19045,Latin,2 -56786,seem disappointing,1 -217185,to make a classic theater piece,3 -154276,as thick as the cigarette smoke,1 -160481,half-formed wit,1 -231673,helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses,3 -52384,has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .,3 -91189,real filmmaker,2 -196491,crush each other under cars ,,2 -78718,earnestness remarkably well,4 -93601,strength and,2 -10115,represents everything,2 -221829,... post-September 11 , `` The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .,0 -126444,love song,3 -228563,an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book,3 -101637,'s because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat,2 -8129,its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places,1 -65898,Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away,2 -88699,of its political edge,2 -65758,German occupation,2 -152488,a spaceship,2 -15215,be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan,2 -118228,different versions,2 -18422,, intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .,4 -140006,wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness,3 -42314,loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless ,,2 -44254,A smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire,4 -11659,the movie 's power,2 -23697,, inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun,4 -19733,an album,2 -213219,teen .,2 -166530,my preferred way,2 -7571,instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick,1 -162692,is a truly , truly bad movie .,1 -149231,The backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense .,0 -71831,a historic legal battle in Ireland over a man,2 -198535,fantastic Reign,3 -115020,as sexy,3 -190908,a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream,2 -185366,It was a dark and stormy night ...,2 -35332,of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical,3 -231142,get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies,2 -130943,quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks,3 -90890,punching people in the stomach,2 -234282,of Justine,2 -143408,A valueless,1 -144224,Both stars manage to be funny , but , like the recent I Spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie .,2 -21938,set for goofy comedy,2 -54045,just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect,2 -99180,upping the ante,3 -53471,is for you .,2 -93994,sustain its initial promise,2 -220824,'s good enough .,3 -165921,might expect,2 -84757,is the ultimate movie experience,4 -23542,, but you will quickly recognize him . And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies .,3 -118121,designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering,0 -22696,virtues,2 -61224,'s quite another to feel physically caught up in the process,2 -29937,by one artist to think about another,2 -8667,manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy,3 -125869,leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .,1 -99773,weirdo role,2 -227200,With recent tensions rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept. 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .,2 -53497,is impressive,3 -25406,Gets,2 -189854,Would I see it again ?,2 -1071,get,2 -181164,- '90s,2 -135940,the otherwise bleak tale,2 -212369,splendid-looking,4 -5926,despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz,1 -116943,children 's entertainment ,,2 -102253,, Hard Copy should come a-knocking,1 -48538,about a much anticipated family reunion,2 -61757,, and not necessarily for kids,2 -157872,doomsday thrillers,2 -119563,explores the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts to find love,2 -173183,that serves,2 -141794,( Morgan ) ,,2 -90115,pastiche winds,2 -66457,It 's,2 -70388,Thumbs up,3 -1811,n't,2 -237384,then again , I hate myself most mornings .,0 -116918,cheek,2 -179628,'s an opera movie for the buffs,3 -33587,it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting,3 -26538,Scottish comedy,3 -206057,merely bad rather than,1 -146599,It 's painful .,0 -91705,right ways,3 -92654,sights and sounds,2 -67456,Marvin Gaye or,2 -230456,dupe the viewer,1 -57519,sure-fire prescription,2 -131375,represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe,1 -218858,watchable yet hardly memorable,2 -125895,left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity,1 -215573,the script 's refusal of a happy ending,1 -23285,, 1983 's Koyaanisqatsi and 1988 's Powaqqatsi,2 -200391,handle the truth '' than High Crimes,2 -198980,first two films ',2 -18239,'' Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple '' Goddammit ! '' near the end takes on a whole other meaning .,4 -13216,witty dialogue,4 -89652,one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers,1 -198030,essentially juiceless,1 -107897,Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime,2 -169200,pregnant,2 -22661,upon her makes it successful and accessible,3 -122538,how deep,2 -168111,on the basis of this film alone,2 -198115,even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making,1 -229594,by the dunce of a Screenwriting,1 -82947,in full regalia,2 -54857,morose and humorless,1 -63965,An unflinching , complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen .,3 -142513,, the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .,2 -112817,a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal,4 -238362,walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions,2 -45692,Is It There ? is not easy .,2 -182278,Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking,3 -227910,a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them,2 -40117,will fly right over everyone 's head,2 -39352,to this sensitive material,3 -89086,of the spaceship on the launching pad,2 -192875,anti- Castro rhetoric,2 -189414,Visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying,2 -61185,'s now,2 -110139,The script 's snazzy dialogue,3 -196868,determination to inject farcical raunch,1 -75872,boundary-hopping,2 -5967,directed this movie,2 -37372,straight,2 -232658,is not unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven . '',1 -7867,it 's lazy for a movie to avoid solving one problem by trying to distract us with the solution to another,0 -212530,static , stilted,1 -40678,A movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship Lil ' Bow Wow,3 -133150,spoofy,2 -156606,community theater production,2 -46811,Steven Spielberg,2 -172674,terrible true story,2 -150344,Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .,1 -199815,get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .,1 -26556,Several,2 -123645,invented for,2 -99104,unrelentingly grim --,1 -228220,a tinge of understanding for her actions,2 -168430,our grains of salt,2 -82748,important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson,2 -143104,A free-for-all,2 -170034,resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences .,1 -116546,camera and documentary feel,2 -126517,made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist,2 -124894,it , no wiseacre crackle or,2 -161814,in all its florid variety,2 -58834,the way many of us live --,2 -143844,Any one episode of The Sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .,0 -47680,Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change .,3 -52186,going from one room to the next,2 -197579,dubious distinction,2 -539,banged,2 -83213,in ways that elude the more nationally settled,2 -16862,original gem,4 -147973,Outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent,3 -83545,into an urban Hades,1 -154278,as this film,2 -14960,an always surprising way,3 -93999,sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material,3 -22061,still pretty darned good,3 -163845,it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . As your relatives swap one mundane story after another,1 -234118,no , we get another scene , and then another .,1 -211304,setpiece,2 -45644,Immersing us in the endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world of hip-hop DJs,2 -48409,a suitable entry,2 -114213,and Two Smoking Barrels,1 -121609,happily glib and,2 -223468,García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out .,3 -102525,, fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .,0 -233579,loved the people onscreen ,,4 -170538,see this , or any ,,2 -142067,, albeit a visually compelling one ,,3 -133737,sustain interest,3 -93259,sparse,2 -44412,Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences,3 -117274,comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life,3 -82130,her pursuers,2 -227435,`` Bellini '',2 -215308,the paper-thin characterizations and,1 -139696,whip,2 -169724,real conflict,3 -166739,next installment,2 -76519,catharsis,2 -239189,you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises,3 -216668,through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture,1 -73355,aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats .,4 -34530,modest pleasure,2 -201717,in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance,0 -121286,good , Sonny,3 -184077,Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .,1 -38848,thematically moving,3 -122916,in a torrent of emotion,2 -78020,deserve but rarely receive it,1 -152554,a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum,1 -238257,unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations,1 -66258,If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints,2 -96435,the positive change,3 -103360,90-plus years,2 -3926,a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending,2 -31125,enjoyed it enough to recommend .,4 -228166,a smear of lip-gloss,2 -120657,from Elysian Fields,2 -4744,any academy awards,2 -226432,The power of this script , and,3 -117395,concealment,2 -51456,exuberance,3 -20193,buy,2 -116996,cinematically powerful,3 -199463,fragmentary narrative style,1 -19617,a very cliched drum at times,1 -22578,tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by,2 -155770,by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense,1 -29877,but true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic .,1 -43222,'s better,3 -119664,fairly inexperienced filmmaker,2 -58005,the aging Sandeman,2 -114298,anguish , anger and frustration,1 -68547,Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ),2 -121188,gives her best performance since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game .,3 -135068,the crudity,2 -186963,Rob Schneider 's,2 -206167,milked,1 -77438,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film,3 -69128,Takes,2 -130518,practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over,1 -114434,any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one,0 -185690,Laurence,2 -1654,low-cal woody at best,2 -212079,some blondes , ( Diggs ),2 -88238,of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy,2 -180782,, lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious,0 -194948,briefly flirts with player masochism,2 -2343,some good,3 -132820,soar,2 -81095,gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die Another Day .,4 -40193,with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn,3 -152655,a visceral kick,2 -36603,roller-coaster ride,3 -153927,are plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through,0 -84548,is possible .,2 -59192,to be sure , but one,2 -127787,navel-gazing Kaufman,2 -187454,Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .,1 -89850,out-depress,2 -150955,Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But,3 -140645,yet another visit,1 -11851,the saddest,0 -3427,( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .,1 -214837,the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .,1 -69433,The charm of Revolution OS is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers .,3 -178415,win over a probation officer,2 -170285,sad schlock merchant,1 -133584,sucking you in ...,3 -78695,e o horror , seu pincel . E Max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica,2 -26977,This ecologically minded , wildlife friendly film teaches good ethics while entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family,4 -26599,Smith 's point,3 -101034,yields,2 -51173,encounter as we journey through life,2 -18527,-- you wo n't want to miss .,3 -33174,intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death,3 -165070,literary ' filmmaking style,2 -237134,the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers,4 -68152,Payne has created a beautiful canvas,4 -161824,in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters,1 -118455,do n't have a clue on the park .,1 -167624,of observation and outrage,2 -46449,Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece ,,4 -219144,what we demand of the director,2 -157125,days and,2 -162950,is its complete and utter lack of tension,1 -145860,Hollywood picture,2 -189545,What 's next ? Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey and Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story ? David Spade as Citizen Kane ?,1 -132695,snappy prose,2 -107534,Louis Stevenson 's,2 -54047,just as I hoped I would,2 -234288,of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics,1 -220933,'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time,1 -87517,mourns her tragedies in private,1 -111862,a far bigger , far more meaningful story,4 -118457,do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both,2 -236388,that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro,2 -107314,Kind,3 -175762,time-travel,2 -197186,do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition,1 -206657,much as they love themselves,2 -226294,The fourth in a series,2 -85796,laugh-out-loud way,3 -73490,almost constant,2 -197328,does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .,1 -83358,inhuman,1 -107392,Latin actors,2 -50376,confident filmmaking and,3 -175864,to add any genuine tension,2 -97194,therapy-dependent flakeball,1 -107976,New Age-inspired good intentions,3 -200781,have been something special,2 -6460,feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach . but is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition,1 -39379,tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...,2 -60615,your spirits,2 -127080,might not give a second look if we passed them on the street,1 -236817,the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives,2 -40980,It 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . But what spectacular sizzle it is ! ... In this incarnation its fizz is infectious,2 -88040,not to mention mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete with virtuoso throat-singing .,3 -1997,pale,1 -63306,A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up,4 -14179,It will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days .,4 -210673,run out screaming,1 -212106,some fun,3 -212629,straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company .,1 -27768,a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make,3 -84013,is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .,3 -74026,and deceptively buoyant,2 -110766,Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes,2 -70955,William,2 -107203,John Penotti,2 -171175,situations and jokes,3 -18098,with action that 's exciting on the field and a story,3 -99720,we are undeniably touched .,3 -140878,zero compelling storyline,0 -178236,who love alternate versions of the Bard,3 -24876,Bow 's best moments,2 -48692,admittedly middling film,2 -62525,. O . Cho,2 -127552,moves between heartbreak and rebellion,3 -55863,our imagination,3 -157809,does not work .,1 -144459,Cho 's life story,2 -15728,fair , even coming from the drive-thru,3 -112100,a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings,2 -104548,Assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .,4 -39094,titles,2 -92035,seams,2 -139222,warnings,3 -100924,would have you believe,2 -68544,Ryan '',2 -115346,bad writing,0 -99226,use that term as often as possible .,2 -78541,down in earnest dramaturgy,2 -65765,Ghetto,1 -233243,keep you watching , as will the fight scenes,4 -60676,'' versus '' them '',2 -178029,when even,2 -16922,past year,2 -10087,remains fairly light,2 -191507,a terrible movie in every regard,0 -140064,with a hard-to-swallow premise,1 -135226,the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film,4 -227042,What `` Empire '' lacks in depth,2 -227164,Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution ,,3 -167953,offers little,1 -229034,at a window,2 -38205,the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen,3 -97784,times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp,1 -128040,no signs of life,1 -124098,is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful ,,3 -80356,for the film 's winning tone,3 -56428,reality ' show,2 -77215,connect-the-dots storyline,2 -42729,take a vicarious voyage,3 -12163,this is standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull,0 -129965,palaver,2 -219936,woman warriors,2 -179901,'s not scary in the slightest,1 -159107,film to be made,2 -46556,Probably the best case for Christianity since Chesterton and Lewis,3 -54623,many revenge fantasies,2 -658,by,2 -67144,Lead actress Gaï,2 -110668,To paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel,3 -93700,stylized humor throughout,3 -166989,not taken,1 -166744,nice concept,3 -96118,the memorable character creations,3 -80880,general absurdity,1 -104852,Breen 's script,2 -231145,gets his secretary to fax it .,2 -60448,wondered,2 -150393,To portray modern women the way director Davis has done,2 -113622,all sides of the political spectrum,2 -152231,a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,0 -184551,Hypnotically,2 -182425,An inept , tedious spoof of '70s,1 -177080,unapproachable .,1 -3020,underpinnings,2 -63024,A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something,3 -182351,An amalgam of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension,1 -164524,lackluster , unessential sequel,0 -18157,you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film,2 -210271,rediscovers,3 -26962,These are lives worth watching , paths worth following .,4 -7554,inspiring , ironic,4 -158458,even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting,1 -159441,for laughs,3 -14706,a culture most of us do n't know,2 -147623,National Lampoon since Class Reunion,3 -4775,archetypal,2 -45809,It is amusing,3 -164306,just does n't make the cut,1 -120334,for Duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks,2 -175210,thesps,2 -13674,, with charming results,4 -25526,Her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant .,0 -119094,engaging characters,3 -78039,desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power,2 -32075,gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance,4 -163816,it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich,1 -147434,Meyjes 's movie , like Max Rothman 's future , does not work .,1 -58271,the excellent performances,4 -225902,Sometimes is a brilliant movie .,3 -188192,The film is all over the place , really .,0 -213747,that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an,1 -39211,to hit theaters since Field of Dreams .,2 -3364,'s played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up,3 -105924,Full of detail about the man and his country , and is well worth seeing,4 -164514,lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination,1 -29481,becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing,3 -115355,baffled the folks in the marketing department,1 -94260,teen-pop exploitation,1 -48706,adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .,4 -48537,about a much,2 -61731,, after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers,4 -126027,like Saturday morning TV in the '60s,1 -12005,the video,2 -219429,why Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf,2 -128067,nonbelievers,2 -98578,touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and,3 -188941,Third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby !,4 -102249,, Godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .,4 -221675,, what an idea , what a thrill ride .,4 -174279,the mods,2 -142777,... attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge .,2 -224014,In fact , even better .,3 -217977,twirls,2 -207801,of information,2 -110445,This flat run at a hip-hop Tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines .,0 -150079,There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter,0 -194968,broiling sun,2 -64984,Deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film .,3 -64812,Cooper,2 -102891,, the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .,3 -118966,eloquent , deeply felt,3 -85519,joyous,3 -108805,Schneider 's mugging is relentless,2 -148356,Russos ',2 -123070,in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs,2 -233460,like the dreaded King Brown snake,2 -177351,uses the pain and violence of war,2 -207076,no one on the set,2 -125320,its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .,2 -93501,stereotypes in good fun ,,3 -130812,punitive minutes,1 -88277,of TV 's Big Brother,2 -128625,of dreamlike ecstasy,3 -226356,The movie does,2 -8788,might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ',0 -136589,the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes,1 -44414,Although Jackson is doubtless reserving the darkest hours for The Return of the King , we long for a greater sense of urgency in the here and now of The Two Towers .,2 -53352,is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been,2 -163588,is worse,1 -188385,The movie 's major and most devastating flaw,1 -121726,has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .,3 -139426,wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening,0 -113613,all of its marks,2 -172036,stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed,1 -215023,the megaplexes,2 -188200,The film is strictly routine .,1 -54847,more traditional action genre,3 -81420,grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience,1 -206158,mildly funny,2 -222849,By that measure , it is a failure .,0 -29170,as an unusual biopic and document of,3 -61632,, I 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .,3 -104785,Blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .,4 -143846,Any rock pile will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .,1 -234348,of `` The Ring '',2 -143497,Achilles ' heel,2 -220362,young leads,2 -179001,wrote , directed,2 -143273,A poky and,2 -179512,'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction,3 -40839,Day is not a great Bond movie , but,2 -236489,that jazz,2 -150568,Undone by its overly complicated and derivative screenplay , the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters,1 -14752,a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people,3 -41537,ambiguity and creating,3 -90394,please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state,2 -196394,create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career,1 -165175,long enough to intimidate , but,2 -94302,tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and,3 -164983,like scrubbing the toilet,1 -71761,a great performance and,4 -122298,his difficult , endless work,1 -237810,to face your fears,2 -191006,a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service,2 -236611,the 21st Century 's new `` Conan,2 -72302,a risky venture,2 -109202,Stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom,0 -197066,discount its ability,2 -43951,90-minute , four-star movie,4 -17512,the culture clashes between the brothers,2 -158345,entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction,1 -184947,Instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games , we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .,0 -189482,We get light showers of emotion a couple of times,2 -18042,who have reached the absolute top of the game,4 -205781,manages for but a few seconds,1 -76448,careful handling,2 -30164,chorus line,2 -20498,events that could easily crush it forever,1 -170396,say the star,2 -111834,a durable part,3 -228202,a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama,4 -142252,, it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .,1 -175693,through CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality,1 -213431,than the finished product,2 -229679,can not be denied,2 -154155,as distasteful,1 -217281,to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago,1 -14223,Kurys ' career to a whole new level,4 -70730,Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak,1 -172431,swinging still,2 -23024,'s ( Ricci 's ),2 -224932,Mr. Koury 's passive technique,2 -77647,curiously stylized,3 -145280,Fans of the TV series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored .,2 -61064,'s good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .,4 -160789,have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn,2 -208855,out of control on a long patch of black ice,2 -77146,concerned with morality,2 -58843,the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle,2 -187315,Simpson voice-overs,2 -137970,to the video store,2 -212095,some fine sex onscreen,2 -35280,of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know,3 -202433,into the category of Films,2 -188882,There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film . It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .,1 -192712,and abject suffering,2 -27194,What Time Is It There ? well worth the time,3 -24013,, you 'll love this documentary .,4 -15433,close look,3 -187086,Sandler fare,2 -97233,these lives count,3 -218301,up seeming just a little too clever,2 -50090,celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light,3 -137253,tiene,2 -108078,Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives .,1 -149292,The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts ' haunting is routine .,1 -142141,, didactic cartoon,2 -207386,of Altar Boys ' take on adolescence,2 -88979,of the campaign-trail press , especially ones,2 -116458,by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie,2 -193769,at least see a study in contrasts : the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian .,2 -115990,big-budget\/all-star movie,3 -181967,A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling,1 -110423,This amiable picture,3 -20871,impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension,3 -144012,Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .,1 -118590,does to the experiences of most teenagers .,2 -189532,Wertmuller 's social mores and,2 -230755,feel weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/ Like puppies with broken legs \/ And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens,2 -231740,his mid-seventies ,,2 -109531,The acting in Pauline And Paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .,4 -210061,rampant vampire devaluation,1 -231615,having things all spelled out,2 -163997,its brains are in no particular place at all,1 -16328,it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,3 -146906,John McTiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider .,0 -70384,Throwing it all away,1 -194451,behave,2 -169041,politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one,1 -120711,from darkness,2 -27727,a photograph,2 -163509,is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon,1 -219397,whole segment,2 -118315,disappointed by a movie in a long time,1 -172200,subsequent event,2 -19429,Will,2 -142385,, overplotted , Anne Rice rock,2 -102459,, confusing and , through it all , human,2 -174497,the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks,3 -163229,is perhaps,2 -178785,work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .,0 -116227,bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope,3 -5111,benigni,2 -28221,allow,2 -85209,its characters and communicates something,3 -80993,gets under your skin and , some plot blips,1 -7740,is n't exactly,2 -35841,outrageous central gimmick,1 -46350,Not everyone will welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger as faithful portraiture,2 -47013,The entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .,4 -62863,A compassionate,3 -18095,with a welcome pinch of tartness,4 -38004,the audacity,2 -149323,The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused ,,0 -143825,Another rent installment for the Ian Fleming estate,1 -12852,was i,2 -40411,you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story .,4 -153379,an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career,1 -208174,of their surroundings,2 -81788,has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...,3 -223655,Hilariously inept and ridiculous .,3 -66848,Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad,4 -164772,less than saintly,2 -11099,that makes chaplin 's city lights,2 -185304,It just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .,1 -19215,Remarkably accessible and affecting .,4 -61730,, aesthetically and sexually,2 -55116,not '' if,2 -191325,a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,1 -231657,heard a mysterious voice ,,2 -41377,We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer,4 -31072,empathy,3 -128668,of four fine,3 -212377,spookily enough,2 -152414,a serious critique,2 -37678,terrifying,2 -8025,its courageousness,4 -62335,, this film 's heart is even more embracing than Monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition .,3 -97400,this film has ended,2 -144803,Despite impeccable acting ... and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns , Love is just too , too precious in the end .,2 -107707,Mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent,2 -46161,Methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , Secret Ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .,4 -45950,Killed My Father,0 -158232,endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison,1 -152827,absurdly sentimental,1 -91283,recent history,2 -74634,as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy,1 -96406,the pitch-perfect Forster,3 -165626,making the movie go faster,2 -169952,remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest,2 -3956,a mawkish,2 -21490,of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution --,2 -212210,something on crummy-looking videotape,1 -42214,is so accessible,3 -107200,John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere,3 -147120,Leroy,2 -125888,lector,2 -36765,seems overlooked,3 -186674,Perhaps the most annoying thing about Who Is Cletis Tout ? is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime .,2 -197402,doing all that much,2 -34450,meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .,4 -191379,a stab at soccer hooliganism,1 -70782,Western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures,1 -95682,the film special,3 -420,anthony,2 -162217,injuries , etc,2 -191669,able to find better entertainment,2 -59468,touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship,3 -190255,a captain,2 -135082,the dating wars,2 -221424,, it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .,0 -157869,done with noticeably less energy and imagination,1 -144394,Cedric,2 -232936,it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .,4 -8274,juwanna mann,2 -127118,mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as movies are concerned .,0 -54815,more compelling,3 -86242,longing ,,2 -149355,The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one,3 -37718,than usual,2 -98465,together in a manner,2 -217263,to pro-Serb propaganda,2 -157663,do n't quite,2 -153715,anyone without a fortified sweet tooth,2 -61609,, Eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .,0 -39425,transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages,4 -87299,more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display,1 -187081,Same guy with both hats,2 -235808,slight , pale Mr. Broomfield,2 -104372,An ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .,0 -182531,Applegate,2 -117914,dealing with right now in your lives,2 -28729,and outlandish,2 -152463,a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast,0 -100368,with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper .,2 -179277,' girl,2 -130230,pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times ,,1 -156177,charm and,2 -93567,straight versus gay personal ads,2 -188353,The milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch,0 -142427,, she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .,1 -84075,is both gripping and compelling,3 -1089,gone,2 -178018,when I saw this one,2 -65382,Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and,3 -60523,yet there 's no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .,3 -191113,a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating,0 -228114,a regurgitation of cinematic violence,1 -140476,worse stunt editing,1 -113732,almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs of New York,2 -147104,LePlouff,2 -18045,who resembles a real kid,2 -12043,the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette,2 -133013,soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison,0 -161267,his formula,2 -204765,lead a group of talented friends,3 -189886,Written , flatly , by David Kendall and directed , barely , by There 's Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter .,1 -123979,is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago,2 -118527,does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,0 -180390,, I do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .,0 -234552,of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year,4 -210853,says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good,1 -28814,and subversive,2 -88384,of a woman,2 -206576,motorized scooter chases,2 -207611,of an odd love triangle,2 -239132,you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly,2 -220927,'s not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .,1 -24099,. One of the best of the year,4 -64087,As home movie gone haywire,2 -139372,we Westerners,2 -84316,is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience,4 -117444,considering Barry 's terrific performance,3 -169466,pummels another,2 -116224,bring off,3 -116521,ca n't wait to see what the director does next,3 -199095,folks they do n't understand ,,2 -227955,a hammer,2 -17028,ragged,2 -49370,at a grade-school audience,1 -192558,an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents,1 -78428,does its predecessors proud .,3 -52619,his being,2 -224466,Joffé,2 -130107,people 's lives cross and change,2 -200918,he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .,0 -59075,thought-provoking foreign cinema,3 -203737,it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it,2 -133337,stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time,1 -52365,harrowing drama,3 -167075,oafish idiot,1 -224051,Inconsequential,1 -109769,The film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .,3 -59449,too insistent,1 -58472,the marquis ( Auteil ) and,2 -216737,time waster ',1 -94354,testing,2 -209923,pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons,3 -154239,as slapdash,2 -59764,urbane,2 -140198,with only Caine,2 -39113,to adolescent self-absorption,2 -83757,is a convincing one ,,3 -160612,has a major release been so painful to sit through,1 -13559,, but most powerful of all,2 -13269,wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare,1 -139773,who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized,4 -174249,the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection,1 -62599,... portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .,3 -141486,'s not that Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time,2 -116082,bogs down in genre cliches here,1 -42051,has often,2 -117001,circa 1960,2 -94339,terrifying , if obvious , conclusion,2 -161326,his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short,2 -175195,these Flowers,2 -175681,thriller offering,2 -216418,this junk,1 -156263,choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,1 -108320,Past,2 -134069,than franchise possibilities,3 -213648,that happens to have Jackie Chan in it,2 -85567,just how much more grueling and time-consuming,1 -141959,, Crossroads comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .,0 -150450,Too loud , too long and too frantic by half,0 -226217,The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .,3 -30367,constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another,3 -230543,enjoyed Barbershop,3 -19990,as ever,2 -117990,deleting emotion from people,2 -197944,entertaining and , ultimately ,,3 -115767,before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro,3 -61533,( improvised over many months ) and,2 -15220,beautiful film,4 -79032,enjoy its own transparency,3 -101556,'s a very valuable film,3 -5253,bots,2 -5576,clarity,3 -191018,a muddled drama about coming to terms with death,2 -125049,it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today,3 -205205,little curiosity about,2 -96942,the universal themes,2 -161388,hole,2 -25081,Dazzling,4 -196528,cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and,0 -22681,very cliched,1 -32710,hypnotically at her,2 -159064,fiftysomething,2 -229072,attempts to be grandiloquent ,,2 -117695,creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,3 -33041,inequities,2 -43466,, Haneke has a different objective in mind,2 -235774,sing the lyrics to `` Tonight,2 -185785,Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior,1 -130764,provocative conclusion,2 -10994,tell a story,2 -88006,not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics,3 -20205,by his own experiences,2 -122123,held my interest precisely,3 -165466,magazine,2 -43887,11 years,2 -116278,buffeted by events seemingly out of their control,2 -54296,little ride,2 -32822,in a long , long time,3 -178994,wrong turn,2 -137350,to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie,3 -119786,farcically bawdy,1 -156652,composed .,2 -136935,this film : honest,3 -76245,ca n't fight your culture,2 -216435,this movie for ? Not kids ,,2 -80449,forgettable film,0 -67847,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,3 -181785,A live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .,3 -97396,this film 's heart,2 -150622,Van Wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers .,2 -38000,the atmosphere of wartime England,2 -6758,gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters,3 -185657,Labor,2 -200803,have done to survive,2 -122574,however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .,1 -20832,how to spin a tale and one,2 -47876,a clear-eyed portrait,3 -209202,perfunctory directing chops,2 -125061,it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did , too,2 -67473,Matters play out realistically if not always fairly,3 -161191,highly recommend Irwin,4 -237285,the trip to the theatre,2 -99173,upon the viewer 's memory,2 -144288,Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma,2 -88249,of New York locales and sharp writing,3 -58027,the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus,3 -162168,ineptitudes,1 -74846,as you remember .,3 -214230,the bulk of the movie,2 -111385,Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '',1 -183011,Carpenter 's The Thing,2 -173936,the film ultimately fails,0 -170950,should bother remembering it,2 -111900,a few punches,3 -68925,Sparse but oddly compelling .,3 -23567,, coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .,3 -97866,to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion,2 -174806,the stalker flicks,2 -50416,considerable potential,3 -135337,the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .,2 -152693,a world-class filmmaker,4 -88747,of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults,4 -40860,Disney has always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen ... Tuck Everlasting is a little of both,3 -72090,a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale,2 -184004,Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie,1 -48187,a mask , Splat-Man ! Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack,3 -189554,What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original,1 -166735,next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or,2 -15579,does n't feel like one,2 -187908,The acting is amateurish,1 -193149,are nowhere near,1 -85953,lets you feel the beat down to your toes,2 -86114,likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies,3 -120636,frequent allusions,2 -83038,in society,2 -171324,slummy Hollywood caper flick,2 -189915,Yosuke and Saeko,2 -23934,, this girl-woman who sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will,1 -144318,By getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters,2 -210568,right opening premise,3 -167673,of ridiculous sourness,1 -152533,a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews,3 -48318,a real treat,3 -104352,An invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent .,4 -86063,like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . You do n't want to call the cops .,3 -21840,rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects,2 -23056,'s a little crazy,2 -68737,She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew .,3 -36706,scream of consciousness that is tortured and unsettling -- but unquestionably alive .,3 -58368,the heart and,3 -110010,The movie starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true . This is the stuff that Disney movies are made of .,3 -232017,in outright newness,2 -106055,Grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length,1 -19995,as her work,2 -148257,Redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .,3 -104447,Argentinean,2 -236925,the first few villians are introduced as `` Spider '' and `` Snake '',2 -25580,Hopkins,3 -124544,is so pedestrian,2 -135123,the dullest kiddie flicks,0 -170355,satanic business,2 -177884,well-acted movie,3 -75310,be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike,3 -153373,an embarrassment , a monotonous,0 -162354,interrupted by a middling car chase,2 -238916,with the movie 's final half hour,2 -126579,maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity,3 -227097,When the twist endings were actually surprising ?,2 -59,'s something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer,2 -20096,because you ca n't wait to see what they do next,4 -42816,the haphazard administration of it and,1 -141389,'s just incredibly dull .,0 -121953,have given this movie a rating of zero,0 -23172,'s subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially American,2 -27142,WWII,2 -72351,a sense of his audience,2 -182988,Call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie,1 -6706,from the ricocheting,2 -33030,incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy,2 -162149,indie film,2 -196435,crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies,0 -73813,an image of black indomitability,2 -26819,The film is exhilarating to watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .,4 -103802,A powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall .,4 -8150,its stylistic austerity,3 -34853,nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie,1 -121489,guide,2 -103462,A captivating and intimate study about dying and loving ...,4 -104067,Ackerman,2 -87761,need to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California,2 -66442,Is Red Dragon worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ? As Hannibal would say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .,3 -169721,ready to take off ... the other direction,1 -133889,targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic,1 -221057,( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but,1 -214346,the conception than it does in the execution,2 -171249,sleek sociopath,2 -86509,maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman,3 -176505,to the real deal,2 -15873,giant,2 -115328,bad at a fraction the budget,0 -129340,old neighborhood,2 -110910,Waiting for Godard,2 -197225,do n't want to think too much about what 's going on,1 -73260,adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover,3 -178748,woman - finding-herself story,2 -188346,The metaphors are provocative , but,3 -51367,every sense ,,2 -220508,'' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal .,3 -152343,a reason to care about them,2 -217366,to split up so that it can do even more damage,1 -159255,floating around,2 -232057,in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying,1 -227948,a grisly sort,2 -213014,suspense , surprise and,3 -236854,the exit sign,2 -106114,H . G . Wells,2 -37992,the ages,2 -4840,as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not .,1 -3399,( haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' all that heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply put , '',3 -98033,to ever get under the skin,1 -9994,rape-payback,1 -43371,'s witty and inventive,4 -100508,with great sympathy and intelligence,3 -145983,I 've heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .,2 -178333,wildly uneven,2 -125133,it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad ',0 -139835,why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention,3 -21928,self-assured,2 -49352,ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .,4 -56591,reveals his martial artistry,2 -133582,sucking you,1 -105023,Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie,2 -29230,as the plot,2 -197956,entertainment opportunism at its most glaring,1 -143829,Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal,1 -160196,goes from being an unusual sci-fi character study to a chase flick that detracts from its ending .,1 -157075,cute accents,2 -86141,linking,2 -221662,, unaccountable,2 -207156,nonexistent --,2 -190148,a bathtub,2 -185255,It briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely .,2 -835,does a good job,4 -157902,downer than corruscating commentary .,2 -43033,works on several levels,3 -93312,spiked,2 -224422,J.,2 -52505,have to know about music,2 -183221,Craig Lucas,2 -140630,yarn-spinner,1 -13818,A truly moving experience,4 -68486,Rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view,2 -169333,produced such a script,2 -137628,to go down with a ship as leaky as this,1 -26023,Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight,4 -68355,Read My Lips with such provocative material,3 -175541,this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release,3 -103608,A funny , triumphant , and moving documentary .,4 -40228,with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness,2 -130492,potential twist,2 -226110,The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies,4 -16305,it 's a metaphor for this love story,3 -24944,Carmen and Juni,2 -171107,simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes,1 -86596,make this,2 -64860,Crane 's life,2 -231711,him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight,2 -232820,is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating .,0 -98789,turning in some delightful work on indie projects,3 -109275,Supposedly , Pokemon ca n't be killed , but,2 -1840,no longer,2 -6143,efficient,3 -59450,too lethargically paced,1 -141424,'s more like entertainment for trolls,0 -220779,'s because relatively nothing happens .,0 -227172,Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .,2 -88007,not for everyone,2 -31705,fluctuating,2 -189558,What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and,1 -206008,mechanical apparatus,2 -47509,Unflinchingly,1 -41468,a profound way ,,2 -173024,that have all but ruined his career,1 -39570,unbearable,0 -109935,The lively appeal,3 -205092,like soap operas,2 -6808,glee,3 -163555,is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet .,1 -51453,extreme,2 -37294,starting to show in his Hong Kong films,2 -95246,the broader vision,2 -201666,impacts,3 -51777,for a surprisingly cinematic experience,4 -204799,leave everyone else yawning with admiration,1 -38019,the beauty of baseball and melds it,2 -194941,breaks the mood,2 -213836,that so many talented people could participate in such an,2 -144793,Despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .,1 -70194,This film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .,3 -1246,humor,4 -23134,'s intense and thrilling at times,4 -120052,film pantheon,2 -11872,the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda,4 -197091,disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and,1 -22513,to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects,2 -58813,the usual Spielberg flair,2 -22462,thriller nonsense,0 -208704,only problem,2 -34753,museum walls,2 -52205,good will of the parents and ` vain ' Jia 's,2 -21546,of sense,2 -138529,unable to save the movie,0 -201465,hurts the overall impact of the film,1 -236127,such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life,2 -133723,suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .,2 -148078,Pet Rock,2 -29176,as close,2 -84374,is masterly,4 -210164,real reason,2 -215714,the suit,2 -7282,i hoped,2 -37782,that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport,3 -156557,comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy,1 -186995,Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .,1 -25867,John Polson,2 -161770,in Wilder 's,2 -204300,its questionable satirical ambivalence,1 -196013,comin ' at ya --,2 -203270,is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from,1 -135258,the feel,2 -58850,the window,2 -218000,two fine actors , Morgan Freeman,3 -42738,takes its time to tell its story ,,2 -50748,delivers its share of laughs and,3 -7405,in a nightclub sequence,2 -112492,a poster boy,2 -204872,less pimps,2 -226415,The performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life .,3 -192581,an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot,1 -83972,is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate,3 -115719,bed,2 -57769,that delivers its share of laughs and smiles,4 -11229,the celebrated irish playwright,3 -143965,Attempts by this ensemble film to impart a message are so heavy-handed that they instead pummel the audience .,1 -119498,exercise in style and mystification,3 -204858,less about the horrifying historical reality,2 -210555,rife,2 -88809,of parent-child relationships,2 -136192,the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation,1 -108253,Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender,0 -10062,reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens,1 -44369,Affleck and,2 -143986,Avon,2 -108409,Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .,1 -46317,Nicholas,2 -84750,is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing,1 -88749,of malaise,1 -173822,the ethos of a stream of consciousness,2 -199750,gathering,2 -28993,anything the cinema,2 -222584,Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan , Tom Clancy 's intrepid hero ?,2 -50270,comedy to evoke surprising poignance,3 -97531,this territory,2 -92324,served Jews who escaped the Holocaust .,2 -45051,Despite its shortcomings,2 -107814,More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch .,3 -238579,what ?!?,1 -218224,unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and,0 -123437,inspired Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi,2 -176003,to break the audience 's awkward silence,1 -165193,longs,2 -141153,'s a sense,2 -169753,really bad so much as distasteful,0 -129353,olives,2 -53615,is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and,2 -92877,smart , sassy,3 -13747,: Nobody deserves any prizes here .,0 -70212,This is a harrowing movie about how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them .,2 -130886,queasy,1 -7748,is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been,2 -152069,a mix of Cheech and Chong,2 -218478,very light,3 -131387,requisite,2 -138103,too immature and unappealing to care about,0 -98892,ultimately takes hold and grips hard .,4 -110510,This is the best Star Trek movie in a long time .,4 -213627,that feel like long soliloquies,2 -2535,the back roads,2 -95647,the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals,0 -239152,you get another phone call warning you that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees .,2 -188203,The film is way too full of itself,1 -151335,a bad idea,0 -117068,cleverly written,3 -164371,keep a more general audience even vaguely interested,2 -63873,An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients,3 -43942,6-year-old,2 -51251,enough romance,2 -46320,Niels,2 -109651,The characters are based on stock clichés , and,1 -110516,This kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .,3 -155772,by similar works,2 -162706,is about lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray .,2 -204117,its animatronic roots,2 -180634,, female and single,2 -113804,ambiguities,2 -84743,is the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing,3 -119351,even non-techies can enjoy,3 -54977,my choice,2 -213903,that they are doing it is thought-provoking,3 -124669,is the director 's epitaph for himself,2 -53868,it succeeds,3 -125924,less successful on other levels,2 -104952,CD,2 -227023,Wewannour money back ,,0 -91843,runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes,3 -88721,of left field,2 -165022,like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before,1 -225347,Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century .,3 -78672,duration,2 -81440,guessing plot,2 -130143,perfectly executed,3 -56214,proficiently,2 -212804,substituting mayhem for suspense,2 -169250,pretty cool characters,4 -218977,week to live,2 -120834,fun and reminiscent,3 -99034,unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head,0 -1536,keep your appetite,2 -40348,works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .,4 -216919,to bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life,2 -102231,, Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .,4 -169158,pre-dawn,2 -70136,There is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .,3 -158813,falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid,1 -83941,is able to visualize schizophrenia but,2 -235819,sloppily written,1 -18340,, Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .,4 -220707,'s a movie that ends with Truckzilla ,,2 -158608,exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes,0 -106106,Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really ,,1 -98489,tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches,2 -144451,Chinese society or,2 -91165,reaches,2 -136974,this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental,2 -69447,The concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers .,3 -211733,skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman,2 -45804,It inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows . ',4 -122765,illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood,1 -186208,Mr . Chicken,2 -30004,can smell a mile away,1 -24909,But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .,4 -197450,doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers,1 -234695,on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza,4 -234110,next : `` My Mother the Car,2 -140097,with almost as many,2 -93929,surprisingly charming,3 -16256,is fun,3 -31752,for by its wryly subversive tone,2 -16643,nervous,1 -137585,to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character,1 -51970,frustrations,1 -106466,I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it ! - I also wanted a little alien as a friend !,1 -42189,is n't my favorite in the series ,,2 -47710,Ya-Ya 's,3 -23670,, however , it is not,2 -197326,does n't just slip,2 -123257,in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped,3 -136475,the typical Pax,2 -28374,an interest,3 -127794,near-hypnotic,2 -189389,Veggie Tales Movie,3 -79326,every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,3 -46795,Star Trek VI,2 -94992,the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version,3 -217551,told with a heavy Irish brogue,2 -151922,a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program,2 -16598,most fun,4 -89377,on a subject few,2 -220597,'ll probably love it .,4 -231839,humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,1 -15017,and curiosity,3 -191611,a weird fizzle,1 -141145,'s a pretty mediocre family film .,1 -83220,in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy,2 -183645,Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire .,0 -93791,such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many,4 -25706,Iron Man,2 -191182,a really bad imitation of the really bad Blair Witch Project,2 -158014,duking,2 -108259,Over,2 -65833,Gosling 's ) combination,2 -225442,Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness , yet Miller lingers on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire .,2 -233390,life is too short,2 -85617,keep things on semi-stable ground,2 -89713,open the door to liberation,2 -157918,drabness endemic to digital video,1 -104396,Analyze This , not even,2 -214310,the cliched dialogue rip . Or,2 -100901,worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ?,3 -72935,about environmental pollution ever made,2 -119967,fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic,2 -110933,Washington 's,2 -61310,'s the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies,4 -30376,contemporary stylist,2 -132297,shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable,3 -122772,imagine ,,2 -133170,spy film The Sum of All Fears,3 -166907,non-stop techno or,2 -29839,but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .,2 -140720,you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,3 -233797,may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .,1 -94605,that crosses sexual identity,2 -60307,with a certain degree of wit and dignity,3 -24390,A moody horror\/thriller,2 -137788,to rank with its worthy predecessors,3 -29187,as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,2 -220765,'s another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic .,2 -10418,shopping mall theaters across the country,2 -223157,Disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ...,1 -84277,is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction,3 -168234,one of those conversations,2 -202803,is both a snore and utter tripe .,0 -62588,... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .,4 -61341,'s updating works surprisingly well,3 -141356,'s hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable,1 -151911,a joke out,2 -26422,Rarely,2 -48716,after Greene 's story ends,2 -107565,MTV show,2 -58283,the fantastic and,3 -163904,it seems to be on auto-pilot,1 -45473,Hell House ,,1 -55899,overmanipulative Hollywood practices,1 -71314,a blow,2 -202662,is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .,1 -32363,have been as resolute in their emotional nakedness,2 -126360,looks pretty,3 -3450,( total recall and blade runner ),2 -31334,except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes,3 -41090,My goodness ,,3 -179544,'s a lousy one at that,1 -233820,meet them halfway,2 -222907,Chao was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China .,2 -148645,Sliding Doors,2 -84026,is anything,2 -135622,the last 20 minutes,2 -17487,the best film,4 -193650,as with The Shipping News before it,2 -144863,Director Brian Levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle .,1 -18894,Girls gone wild and gone civil again,2 -189958,/ Marine/legal mystery,2 -34713,moving film that respects its audience and its source material .,3 -235244,recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around,1 -101373,'d expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably,2 -159685,from Leroy 's,2 -16327,it 's told by the people who were there,2 -31912,from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative,1 -142851,110 claustrophobic,2 -96732,the soulful development,4 -226381,The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge,3 -179888,'s not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff,1 -236544,that tells you there is no sense,2 -122774,imagine acting that could be any flatter,1 -100050,white-knuckled and unable to look away,3 -164357,just utter ` uhhh , ',1 -131162,record the events,2 -73595,amoral,1 -20042,attempt,2 -205738,making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be,1 -36819,separate,2 -155057,being Hal Hartley to function as pastiche,2 -121904,have a good time here,3 -113308,acted and directed,1 -103530,A different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling .,2 -224373,It may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied,3 -59917,walked away from this new version of E . T . just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .,3 -234645,old lady,2 -35532,of those terrific songs and spirited performances,4 -97853,to a highway patrolman,2 -212356,spiritual people,2 -21309,melodrama .,2 -174158,the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career,1 -228149,a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom,0 -105502,Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome,3 -157472,directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque,1 -211926,so director Nick Cassavetes,2 -38385,the list,2 -223304,Explosions , jokes ,,2 -179908,'s not too much of anything .,1 -114754,art houses,2 -9235,of beck 's next project,2 -170301,said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie,2 -188672,The sight of the name Bruce Willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much .,2 -158677,explore beyond the surfaces of her characters,2 -185594,Kennedy 's assassination,2 -16260,is in the right place ... innocent and well-meaning,3 -121634,harks,2 -195994,comic antics,2 -88750,of man,2 -117802,cut glory,2 -99013,unexpected ways , touching,3 -37012,slap them,2 -227770,a beautiful food entrée,3 -140473,worries,2 -84164,is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .,4 -17507,the clichés,1 -220544,'' were , what `` they '' looked like,2 -177741,watching in Birthday Girl , a film,2 -170338,sanctified heroine,2 -109196,Still rapturous after all these years,4 -98262,to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .,2 -1993,palatable,2 -176085,to do than of what he had actually done,2 -194314,becomes more specimen,2 -30259,come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only,1 -100167,whose idea of exercise,2 -222764,But it 's surprisingly harmless .,3 -185616,Killing Me Softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .,2 -66000,History,2 -197475,drag it,2 -38279,the glass slipper does n't quite fit,1 -99123,unsettling psychodrama,2 -104766,Black Hawk Down and,2 -27753,a psychological masterpiece,4 -176984,turning pain,2 -156375,clichés and,2 -206085,metropolitan life ! Alas,2 -40420,you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But fans should have fun meeting,2 -205416,loses himself,2 -2323,so earnest,2 -40125,will laugh at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all,3 -226023,T.,2 -45312,Fresnadillo,2 -133382,strategically,2 -65267,Eileen Walsh,2 -67012,Kids five and up,2 -143713,An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study,1 -237571,this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .,0 -117709,credible compassion,3 -654,but its abrupt drop in iq points as it races to the finish line,2 -152756,about everything,2 -219630,with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting,2 -13046,while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer is much sillier .,2 -182595,As it stands , there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .,2 -88516,of delights,2 -207989,of smart jokes,3 -30077,centuries,2 -215932,the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama .,0 -224885,Mr. De Niro,2 -103424,A bittersweet film,2 -12580,true and historically significant,4 -41379,Westfeldt and,2 -131690,runs them,2 -109958,The modern remake,2 -39518,two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone,2 -127033,messy emotions,2 -210465,rescue Brown Sugar from the curse of blandness,0 -28911,and wise,4 -86572,make it work,2 -221398,, it 's a feel movie .,2 -152201,a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film,2 -16163,insecure,1 -16189,into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands,2 -51713,finger,2 -151132,You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory,2 -223867,I want music,2 -130375,pointless meditation,1 -217107,to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0 -18577,A film of precious increments,3 -231280,goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan,1 -40332,wonderfully dyspeptic,3 -103412,A beautiful paean,3 -42349,matters less than the characters ,,2 -34923,no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality,0 -93254,sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers,3 -181467,90-minute dud,1 -63014,A fine , rousing , G-rated family film ,,3 -55855,otherwise comic narrative,4 -177870,well . The problem,1 -169966,remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period,2 -174210,the letter of Behan 's book , but missing,2 -167166,of Beijing Bicycle,2 -188109,The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own DV poetry with the Beat he hears in his soul,1 -187384,So bland and utterly forgettable,1 -168614,packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .,2 -53462,is existential drama without any of the pretension associated with the term .,4 -235712,show this movie to reviewers before its opening,2 -43160,'s a glorious spectacle,4 -5106,being washed away in love 's dissolution,2 -107839,Mr . Deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .,0 -156918,course , by more objective measurements,2 -85737,lagging near,2 -81748,has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't,2 -208547,once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy,1 -238145,tumbleweeds,1 -69699,The mood , look and tone of the film,2 -14784,a minor comedy,2 -30399,convert,2 -164487,known to man,2 -13983,Doug Liman,2 -195261,ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth,1 -178576,with funny bits surfacing every once in a while,2 -175965,to be really funny,3 -176567,together and not quite enough,2 -54129,knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort .,2 -121557,hairy,2 -110003,The movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality,1 -68367,Really,2 -207840,of letting,2 -39681,unusual comedy,3 -74034,and hellish conditions,1 -194914,branched,2 -158950,feels incredibly hokey,1 -125806,laughs to sustain interest to the end,2 -190258,a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique ',3 -96256,the next generation,3 -186495,Observant intelligence,3 -17510,the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations,3 -23092,'s an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life,4 -118346,disintegrating vampire cadavers,2 -129026,of the film 's most effective aspects,3 -168391,other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies,1 -129983,parental units,3 -155842,ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi,1 -98227,to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies,3 -123126,in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales,2 -146553,It 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .,0 -47359,This flick,2 -6881,greek-american,2 -56719,say that I liked Homeboy,3 -105346,De Niro and,2 -105803,Few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with,2 -94902,that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field,3 -53593,is quiet , threatening and unforgettable,3 -84524,is our story as much as it is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale,2 -105395,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 .,0 -3941,a lumbering ,,2 -186301,Nelson 's intentions are good,3 -63360,A sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception,2 -57668,test audiences,2 -97462,this melancholic film noir,2 -99111,unrepentantly trashy take on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles .,1 -161369,hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think ,,2 -93478,stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper,1 -42837,the most haunting ,,3 -871,elm,2 -210607,roller coaster life,2 -113718,almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson,1 -109094,Somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems , but the field of roughage dominates .,2 -100141,who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor,3 -77706,dare I say , entertaining,3 -204511,keep on looking,2 -33903,just about right,3 -95819,the gifts of all involved , starting with Spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .,3 -109900,The inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise , but the only drama is in waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line,1 -157696,do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,1 -167903,of what he had actually done,2 -102679,, it still works,3 -17571,the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense,3 -126162,liked the previous movies in the series,2 -169717,reading the lines,2 -174385,the nail,2 -225246,Nós gosta muito de,2 -41410,You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) ,,1 -36505,repetitions and inconsistencies,0 -191296,a sentence,2 -124954,it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it,0 -239091,you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair,1 -162164,ineffectual,1 -86405,low-budget constraints,1 -188988,This is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of :,3 -175038,the wonder and menace,2 -104034,A zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking Morlocks,1 -85159,it will be , and,2 -85843,leather pants,2 -158605,excited,3 -19272,Such,2 -120049,film entertainment,2 -85361,its predictability,1 -173266,that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch,1 -201002,heavy-handed screenplay,2 -206241,misogyny and,2 -117276,comic voice,3 -74170,any of David,2 -162544,is Dawn of the Dead,2 -86701,making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true,2 -152644,a very good job,3 -197022,director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap,1 -184007,Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining,3 -226426,The plot 's clearly mythic structure,3 -188429,The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn ,,1 -176914,truly prurient,2 -202643,is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves,1 -18930,Ho-Tep,2 -79570,fairly ludicrous plot,1 -178159,which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them,1 -131095,really a thriller,3 -1078,gives us,2 -82370,hit the silver screen , then this first film,2 -22402,theocracy,2 -109819,The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people , but,3 -202393,into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker,2 -94247,technical flaws,1 -48276,a playful respite,3 -33807,its noticeable lack,1 -64282,Beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing .,4 -203834,it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors,4 -4523,almost any horror film,2 -161330,his story flattens,1 -138144,too predictable and,1 -177892,well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative,2 -38214,the film can only be applauded .,4 -107540,Love Story,3 -46962,The Trials of Henry Kissinger,2 -189062,This overlong infomercial ,,0 -178009,what your parents think,2 -54382,love ,,2 -237242,the studio did n't offer an advance screening,2 -147769,Not always too whimsical,2 -84457,is never lethargic,3 -31739,for all,2 -66408,Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .,3 -27288,Yang,2 -113965,an assassin 's,2 -197174,do interesting work,2 -95488,the divine calling of education and,2 -201267,hit-and-miss enterprise,2 -231734,his latest has nothing going for it,0 -15507,deceptive grimness,2 -154105,as a writer,2 -187039,Russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features .,1 -230187,dialog between realistic characters,3 -196869,determination to lighten the heavy subject matter,2 -4723,anonymous,2 -82237,his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words ,,3 -41973,get on your feet and,2 -142351,, more complicated story,2 -61031,'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .,1 -119052,end zone,2 -72844,a word :,2 -131743,satisfied,3 -56228,proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study,2 -173396,the NBA,2 -120766,from the usual two-dimensional offerings,2 -153933,are selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation,2 -236975,the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,4 -172242,such cute ideas,2 -144820,Determined,3 -178268,whole plan,2 -36267,question your own firmly held positions,2 -6295,every effort,2 -198788,few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .,0 -79311,ever so gracefully,3 -106208,Heavy with flabby rolls of typical Toback machinations,1 -152715,about 300,2 -20322,crystalline,2 -28337,an engaging and warm performance,3 -191189,a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea,3 -28851,and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .,3 -235390,rolling musical back,3 -159618,found the movie as divided against itself,1 -119131,enjoyed as a daytime soaper,2 -166216,more poetic license,2 -126984,meditative and,3 -166404,movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess .,1 -19937,aquatic life off the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico,2 -17105,rewarded with two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances,4 -24627,An exciting and involving rock music doc,4 -105064,Cherry Orchard,2 -154691,be as ill-starred as you might expect,1 -18377,, but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -52701,holes,2 -57652,tenor,2 -12651,under the waves,2 -214573,the film 's predictable denouement,1 -236574,that virtually no one is bound to show up at theatres for it,0 -46597,Raymond J . Barry as the ` assassin ',2 -180735,, it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .,0 -31769,for its soccer action and its fine acting,3 -92613,shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places,1 -8531,liven things up,2 -226504,The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real --,1 -85511,jones ?,2 -213422,than silly fluff . Nor is it,1 -30485,creative forces,3 -122144,her bully,2 -186210,Mr . Drew Barrymore,2 -96973,the vengeance they,2 -14733,a good half-hour,3 -25471,Hamilton,2 -159784,fryers and hamburgers,2 -228224,a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score,4 -187004,Rodan is out of his league,1 -192429,an ` A ' list cast and,3 -93598,strays past the two and a half mark,1 -37832,that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man,4 -33939,kids and parents,2 -173186,that set in at this time of year,2 -180318,) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . '',0 -187232,Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda,0 -205513,lowly studio hack,1 -76735,cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and,3 -200023,go get,2 -58379,the here and now,2 -193145,are not Hepburn and Grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore,2 -206461,more than a run-of-the-mill action,3 -137408,to be consumed and forgotten,1 -138276,transvestite comedy,1 -38506,the other three great , scary times at the movies,3 -154695,be called Beta Alpha Delta,2 -24183,13 Conversations '' holds its goodwill close,2 -30022,capsule,2 -13087,will likely,3 -141417,'s mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes .,1 -187972,The beautiful , unusual music,3 -128603,of dark satire and childhood awakening,2 -136582,the winning shot,2 -148960,Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score,2 -54739,might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion,2 -82927,in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing,4 -64566,Buñuel 's casings,2 -166575,nauseatingly,1 -102661,, it is worth searching out .,3 -60877,'s a tour de force , written and directed so quietly that it 's implosion rather than explosion you fear,1 -193263,around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .,2 -113440,adventure story and history lesson,3 -46742,Sly,2 -141349,'s hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story,2 -48431,a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team,4 -214840,the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,1 -32823,in a memorable ensemble piece,4 -161677,impeccable acting ... and,3 -52293,gritty and well-acted,3 -6003,disturbing,1 -182207,After the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .,2 -18147,yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times,3 -200370,halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .,1 -123899,is among Wiseman 's warmest .,3 -91940,say , yes ,,3 -35055,obsessive-compulsive 's,2 -200422,happening over and over again,2 -74516,arthouse . The power of this script,2 -143473,About as,2 -208216,of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior,1 -237263,the third row of the IMAX cinema,2 -139157,walled-off but,2 -115532,be missed,2 -142529,, the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .,1 -213407,than most of,2 -37543,sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place,3 -115833,being stupid,1 -54778,modern-day royals,3 -8016,its comic,3 -44283,A subject,2 -81181,goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults,4 -14344,O,2 -17717,they can drink - it 's the ultimate redneck road-trip .,2 -134564,that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action,2 -1014,for anyone involved in the high-tech industry,2 -133086,special effects and backgrounds,2 -31050,embrace,2 -174916,the title of ugliest movie of the year,0 -182472,Anne Geddes , John Grisham,2 -159341,for Shamu the killer whale,2 -160661,has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry,2 -85163,it won -- and wins still,4 -75097,awe and affection,3 -159191,fish out,2 -185628,Kline 's agent,2 -41817,does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism,2 -176050,to comfortable,2 -235351,reshaping,2 -55299,of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C .,2 -182543,Aptly named,2 -184982,Is it possible for a documentary,2 -113239,above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,3 -105289,Curling may be a unique sport but,2 -21911,screams,1 -15995,heal,2 -48439,a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival,3 -129947,page-turning,3 -183844,Falls short in explaining the music and its roots,1 -78392,does Dickens,2 -96039,the lines work,4 -13904,Borstal Boy,2 -90393,please its intended audience -- children --,2 -156563,comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special,1 -57695,than the pitiful,1 -226144,The New Guy does have a heart .,3 -66967,Julie Taymor,2 -83061,in that,2 -51024,draw people,2 -21851,remembers the '60s,2 -123808,is a poster boy for the geek generation . ',3 -129683,opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful,0 -107125,J . Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear : She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl,2 -100197,why human beings long for what they do n't have ,,2 -101557,'s a very valuable film ...,3 -233958,most disappointing,1 -76747,cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and,4 -173576,the brainless insanity,1 -30732,desperate attempts,1 -64817,Coral,2 -2316,smoother or,2 -214510,the era of Richard Nixon,3 -79413,excels because , unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope,3 -224816,More intimate than spectacular,2 -87457,most plain white toast comic book films,2 -28522,and beautifully,4 -4731,another platter,2 -42517,re-enactments , archival footage ,,2 -164368,juxtapose,2 -109139,Stale,1 -104529,Ash,2 -36895,she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will,3 -104215,American life,2 -43086,'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery,3 -174572,the presence of some appealing ingredients,3 -212768,stymied by accents thick as mud .,1 -88036,not to mention gently political,2 -67063,Kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .,3 -180060,'s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .,0 -55753,on the characters,2 -5290,brisk , amusing,4 -194260,because it 's true,2 -190560,a film -- rowdy ,,2 -33578,it 's an emotion closer to pity,2 -146169,Ideal,3 -4003,a moviegoing,2 -228466,almost guaranteed,2 -44,'s low-cal woody at best,1 -214012,the Big Payoff,2 -178973,writer\/director ) Schaeffer,2 -135310,the film , which director Gerardo Vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama,3 -194656,bigger-name cast,2 -97706,through sincerity,3 -54880,most importantly ,,3 -36472,relocation,2 -148783,Spanish butler,2 -182752,Been there done that .,1 -65362,Even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .,3 -224982,Mr. Soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .,0 -136328,the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller,3 -125554,keep on watching,2 -60998,'s definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .,2 -109160,Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan,2 -76363,can rise to fans ' lofty expectations,3 -112172,a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another,1 -202360,intermittently good time . Feel free to go get,3 -131376,represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .,0 -35858,overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference,2 -230505,empty theatres,1 -24817,Benshan,2 -47357,This film,2 -190750,a high school setting,2 -55295,of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship,2 -187983,The biggest problem I have ( other than the very sluggish pace ),2 -186136,Minnie,2 -122508,horrifyingly,1 -116185,breathes more,3 -215892,the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun,1 -19087,Ming-liang,2 -214993,the main event,2 -178223,who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes,1 -210895,schticky,1 -6378,failing,1 -60891,'s about as convincing,2 -79573,fairly solid -- not to mention,3 -53176,intimate camera work,2 -166863,no real plot , no real conflict , no real point,1 -71497,a curious sick poetry , as if,2 -84014,is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling,4 -10803,stylistic,3 -212427,staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby,2 -40427,you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,2 -95385,the couch of Dr . Freud,2 -180288,( or Robert Aldrich ),2 -138926,veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and,0 -87470,most romantic comedies ,,3 -154037,arts adventure,2 -79976,finds its moviegoing pleasures,3 -6216,enough secondary,1 -202648,is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore .,1 -205168,lip-gloss,2 -76432,capturing inner-city life,2 -72887,able to creep the living hell out of you,2 -80692,frontman,2 -149061,That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents,4 -45217,Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .,4 -158969,feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie .,1 -19438,Wollter,2 -216236,they lack their idol 's energy and passion for detail,1 -131154,recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room,1 -221083,( Taymor ) utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work .,4 -9622,passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k,2 -113379,acute expressiveness,3 -72193,a provocative,3 -6187,emotional,2 -217004,to everyone else,2 -45310,French-produced,2 -25138,Disturbing and brilliant documentary,3 -134783,the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball,2 -151626,a disjointed , substandard fashion,1 -215709,the subject of love head-on,2 -1613,literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds .,3 -117160,com o perdão do trocadilho ),2 -50728,delightful comedy,4 -52,'s quizzical,2 -55423,of its two-hour running time,2 -100351,wish for,2 -86217,lonely,2 -69439,The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .,3 -222846,By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie , and,2 -183288,David Letterman and The Onion have proven,2 -180599,, despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .,1 -213240,teendom,2 -182585,As a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , Murder by Numbers fits the profile too closely .,2 -52661,his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and,3 -192238,all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another,3 -24942,Carlos Carrera,2 -180112,( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while , and,1 -157546,discernible,2 -140821,you will probably like it .,4 -158606,excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture,1 -4902,as the credits roll,2 -55823,opera lovers,3 -117950,deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of Russian history .,3 -182734,Because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .,0 -230604,even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated,2 -232810,is the one established by Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release .,2 -57218,somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .,3 -113809,ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut,4 -221797,... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .,3 -116271,bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .,3 -104387,An uplifting ,,3 -30388,controlled,2 -194102,be coasting . There are a few modest laughs,2 -101435,'re a Crocodile Hunter fan,2 -79598,falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions,1 -12230,those unforgettably uncertain days,2 -53764,it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels,2 -167478,of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense,1 -193177,are sexy,3 -39624,unfinished,1 -67551,Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ,,4 -204096,it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality,1 -78648,drug dealers , kidnapping,2 -228122,a riot,3 -133830,take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane,1 -76086,but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,3 -224135,It 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish .,0 -128579,of childhood imagination,2 -24996,Clara and Paul ),2 -75049,audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him,4 -140936,'' flick,2 -38738,the ultimate '' Bellini,2 -89379,on aging , suffering and the prospect of death,2 -217124,to its clever what-if concept,3 -225932,St.,2 -164954,like it did,3 -203260,is not the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects,2 -77195,confusing and,2 -205825,many such biographical melodramas,1 -137137,those vanity projects,2 -87158,misconceived final 5,1 -58502,the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies,3 -110208,The things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .,1 -152099,a movie -- a bad one,0 -52982,in the French coming-of-age genre,2 -175536,this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .,1 -7458,in order to kill a zombie,2 -140942,'' one of the film 's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia .,0 -179784,'s harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it,0 -55560,of the credit for the film,2 -73276,affecting , amusing , sad and reflective,3 -206016,mediocre screenplay,1 -104487,As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer,2 -66542,It 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen .,3 -93004,so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart,3 -101841,'s often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion,1 -87947,no-frills ride,2 -152358,a rewarding one,3 -135344,the film is not only a love song to the movies,3 -78800,election process,2 -209380,plays better on video with the sound,2 -77708,dare I say it twice,2 -15947,happy to listen to them reading the phone book,3 -134813,the agony,2 -128799,of modern cinema,2 -93418,stand to hear,2 -145293,Fatal Attraction =,2 -167717,of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed,1 -28460,and Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager,2 -128091,not always for the better,1 -166232,more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here ,,2 -101220,younger kids,2 -172733,than an infomercial,2 -135537,the hype , the celebrity , the high life ,,2 -33604,it 's rarely been told with such affecting grace and cultural specificity .,4 -197113,dissing,2 -204790,learns her place as a girl,2 -108130,Ohlinger,2 -159767,from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year,1 -188149,The film 's stagecrafts are intimate and therefore bolder than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design .,2 -154521,awkwardly staged scenes,1 -229303,been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format,4 -184289,Hanna-Barbera 's,2 -745,crossed,2 -207849,of lunacy,2 -18867,Fidelity,2 -63929,An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation : its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves,3 -106312,Hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but,2 -131922,see on,2 -48316,a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings,3 -97530,this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,4 -151414,a bright sheen,3 -138015,to watch this movie,2 -18610,A wonderful character-based comedy .,4 -77968,demands and receives,2 -135773,the most positive comment,2 -229816,choppy and sloppy,0 -137205,through every frame,2 -203022,is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .,1 -176832,trend-hoppy,2 -89419,on its visual merits .,3 -57483,such gentle but insistent sincerity,2 -73189,adapted by David Hare from Michael Cunningham 's novel ),2 -158765,fails to rise above its disgusting source material,0 -177749,watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And,0 -158599,excepting,2 -72718,a troubadour , his acolytes,2 -192173,all menace and atmosphere,1 -66782,It was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo .,3 -14667,a better film,4 -164805,lets you know exactly where it 's heading,2 -153945,are sophomoric,2 -78545,down to the key grip that this bold move works .,3 -190957,a minute idea,2 -211902,so . The movie,2 -134920,the biggest husband-and-wife disaster,1 -162687,is a travesty of the genre and even as spoof takes itself too seriously,1 -202871,is downright doltish and uneventful,0 -106272,Hollywood expects people to pay to see it,1 -39233,to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz,2 -225692,Scarcely worth,0 -13945,Children may not understand everything that happens,2 -78964,ends or,2 -90287,picture book,2 -50420,considered as a possible successor to the best European directors,4 -63509,A thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world .,3 -153021,airborne TV sets,2 -152547,a substantial arc of change,2 -166084,modern women,2 -27011,This surreal Gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .,3 -225163,No one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best .,2 -102114,( N ),2 -86996,melancholy and,2 -187213,Set in a 1986 Harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in New York .,1 -61880,, eerie film,2 -106426,I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al .,2 -13375,you wanting more answers as the credits roll,2 -47964,a distinctive blend of European , American and Asian influences,3 -128983,of the auteur 's professional injuries,2 -204557,kids or their parents,2 -231980,in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero,2 -174064,the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome,1 -40608,( and peculiarly venomous,2 -77981,demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .,4 -5845,david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness --,3 -168202,one feature-length horror,2 -66714,It grabs you in the dark and shakes you vigorously for its duration .,3 -229458,bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage,2 -127669,mushy , existential exploration,1 -2708,the seeds,2 -184537,Human Nature is a goofball movie , in the way that Malkovich was , but,2 -45630,If you 've ever wondered what an ending without the input of studio executives or test audiences would look like,2 -67806,New Yorkers,2 -133813,take it,3 -188713,The story is lacking any real emotional impact , and,1 -223661,His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...,3 -72812,a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure,2 -55600,of the price of a ticket,2 -203983,it never quite adds up,1 -8990,narcissism and,1 -74320,are equally strange,1 -49672,bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight,3 -70967,Wiseman reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror .,2 -42646,slow and,1 -231022,from its own difficulties,2 -49334,as the repressed mother on Boston Public just,2 -172974,that died,2 -194934,breaking glass and,2 -106673,Imagine the CleanFlicks version of ` Love Story , ' with Ali MacGraw 's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes .,1 -18737,Bishop and Stevenson are standouts,3 -68900,Sometimes this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist ...,1 -212508,startled when you 're almost dozing,2 -53394,is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema,2 -35208,of culture,2 -86524,major studio production,2 -13332,you 'd think by now america would have had enough of plucky british eccentrics with hearts of gold . yet the act is still charming here .,3 -204465,just letting the mountain tell you what to do,2 -164982,like saying the sun rises in the east,2 -59145,to Hollywood teenage movies that slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth,2 -84744,is the performance of Gedeck , who makes Martha enormously endearing .,3 -64883,Crudup 's anchoring performance,3 -47578,Well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .,4 -204955,like '' horrible '',1 -43860,... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...,3 -55124,not his plot,2 -226714,This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted,1 -25673,Impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises .,4 -167528,of impact rather than stunning,2 -47369,This is it .,2 -219200,where adults behave like kids,2 -54843,more than that,2 -8020,its courage , ideas,3 -60416,without any of the pretension associated with the term,3 -61870,, distracted rhythms,2 -29279,at how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage,2 -70332,Those prone to indignation,2 -182825,Blade Runner , and,2 -22227,the accents,2 -106464,I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it ! -,1 -71006,With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining , but,3 -83184,in this crazy life,2 -25999,Little,2 -36634,run-of-the-mill,1 -136700,thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama,2 -81758,has rarely been more fun than it is in Nine Queens,3 -6179,embraces it,2 -69577,The film just might turn on many people to opera , in general,4 -81029,girls ,,2 -209168,pedestal higher,2 -137603,to fruition in her sophomore effort,3 -238371,walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '',0 -231387,hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour .,1 -72973,about sociopaths and their marks,2 -47335,This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film . And just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane,1 -193640,as ugly as the shabby digital photography and,0 -148852,Static , repetitive , muddy and blurry,1 -258,a script,2 -92620,shows why , after only three films , director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers,3 -6644,formulaic,1 -174290,the most cinema-besotted critic,1 -50868,directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life,4 -151134,You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory ... but,2 -6893,grounding,2 -194239,beast-within,2 -220814,'s extreme , all right .,2 -238689,who build a seamless ensemble,4 -83416,insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean,2 -228035,a movie that is what it is :,2 -66920,Jim Brown ,,2 -60036,well-realized,2 -216106,there 's no real sense of suspense , and,0 -229111,badly handled screenplay,0 -221449,, it would be rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest .,1 -227491,`` Freaky Friday , '' it 's not .,1 -199033,flat script,2 -71656,a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history,3 -12605,two,2 -136102,the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus,1 -198659,feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life,0 -175788,titillation , raw insight or both .,2 -154230,as personal therapy,2 -153645,another kung-fu sci-fi movie,1 -9038,never fresh,0 -145920,Hunger,2 -210375,remains mostly undeterminable,1 -94436,than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered,2 -70918,While this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .,2 -38671,the startling optimism,2 -118203,did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli,2 -14265,Maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades,0 -138513,ultimately satisfies with its moving story,3 -160450,had more glamour than clamor ? No more,1 -71506,a dark comedy,2 -63261,A poignant comedy,3 -53409,is as seductive as it is haunting .,3 -60477,worst possibilities,1 -86737,manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,3 -144414,Characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs .,1 -30631,deeper than expected,3 -11254,the comedy makes social commentary more palatable,3 -149038,Teen,2 -98815,twisted characters,2 -213164,taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .,1 -110279,There 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments . And,1 -115373,bang your head,1 -18842,Easier,2 -201823,in an inarticulate screenplay,1 -136882,this a diss . Consider it ` perfection,3 -108174,One of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies,3 -88363,of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience,3 -159439,for its titular hero,2 -2768,the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi,2 -205834,map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own,1 -7997,its australian,2 -130382,points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion,2 -228283,about `` Gangs '',2 -199536,from McCrudden,2 -42530,reflective and,3 -74202,anything quite like this film,2 -171696,somewhere in here,2 -107323,Kirshner wins ,,2 -164972,like one of Hubert 's punches ),1 -158636,existential overtones,2 -233878,mind ugly,1 -69028,Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .,2 -90457,political correctness and suburban families,2 -44557,Apesar,2 -233362,less on forced air,2 -205530,lurches,2 -163208,is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome .,1 -152592,a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,1 -16712,of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder ,,2 -161288,his or her first psychology class,2 -223590,Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but,3 -174513,the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .,1 -97772,timeless danger,2 -82680,illustrated by a winning family story,3 -4189,a taste of tangy new humor,3 -45616,If this story must be told and retold,2 -118290,director Patricio Guzman 's camera,2 -75813,boredom never takes hold .,3 -195338,camouflaging,2 -123648,inventive moments,3 -615,bloodless,1 -96578,the rich details,3 -5482,challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business,2 -8488,like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .,1 -210896,schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins,3 -83621,intriguing characters and a sad ending,3 -152239,a point of view,2 -186707,Plays like a checklist of everything Rob Reiner and his cast,2 -184285,Haneke 's script,2 -113095,ably intercut and involving,2 -150267,This loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy,1 -92669,simple but absorbing,3 -19204,Raja Amari,2 -17457,the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid,1 -94384,than any English Lit,2 -170670,self-analysis,2 -76635,cheer . Otherwise,3 -7173,his open-faced , smiling,3 -135073,the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema,2 -30500,creepiest,2 -74785,as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it,0 -73896,an irresistible blend,4 -23392,, and challenges its audience,3 -27669,a mean streak,1 -819,dismiss,1 -236836,the empty theatres,1 -139286,watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost,4 -63417,A stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films,4 -184490,Horrendously,1 -201934,in my ears,2 -31400,extended episode,2 -16728,of both,2 -31345,exhausted than the athletes onscreen,1 -130541,prefeminist,2 -33997,lavishly built,3 -171132,single digit age,2 -211401,she dies .,2 -125870,leave you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied,1 -163820,it is all windup and not much of a pitch,1 -31295,every nuance in your mind,2 -206125,might have been an eerie thriller,2 -200738,have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if Kaos had n't blown them all up,1 -191425,a stuttering script,1 -66550,It 's definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .,3 -15302,buoyant , darkly funny dance,3 -107228,Journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull,0 -12023,the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .,4 -91853,s face is chillingly unemotive ,,3 -71697,a fresh way,3 -199735,gander,2 -144225,Both the crime story and the love story,3 -127471,most of the movie 's success,3 -205956,may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces,1 -208964,overwrought emotion,1 -161433,horror director Dario Argento ( a producer here ),2 -123110,in swank apartments , clothes and parties,3 -49578,beauty and power,2 -80196,for La Salle,2 -197584,dull , brain-deadening hangover,0 -11380,the film 's strength is n't in its details ,,3 -125643,knowing that,2 -27378,a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past,2 -237003,the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time,1 -17630,the release,2 -175369,this dud,0 -221487,, only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists .,2 -145797,Hey Arnold ! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and,2 -195366,can do even more damage,1 -113367,actual Vietnam War combat movie,2 -223183,Don Mullan 's script,2 -219530,will likely call it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates,2 -66084,Huppert and Girardot give performances of exceptional honesty .,4 -143789,An unsuccessful attempt,1 -202252,innocent boy,2 -9972,qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere .,3 -164247,juggle,2 -112502,a powerful political message,3 -48835,also refreshingly literary,4 -12375,to it,2 -122895,in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way --,3 -155392,boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct,0 -234802,our parents,2 -39547,ultimate '' Bellini,3 -152929,actually tell a story worth caring about,2 -59186,to be liberating,3 -121935,have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot,1 -16224,is a good place to start .,3 -120209,flagging,2 -99711,we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why,3 -75844,both gentle and biting,3 -188279,The holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot,1 -182571,As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor,2 -184460,Hollywood is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !,1 -54256,like long books and movies,2 -39607,uneasily as a horror picture,1 -128289,of Being Earnest movie,2 -169064,poorly executed action sequence to the next .,2 -85610,keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease,3 -54185,leave a light on every night from now on,2 -22496,to confront what 's possible,2 -152674,a weak movie,1 -143799,Analyze That '' is one of those crass ,,2 -213789,that often detract from the athleticism,2 -126256,little too obvious , but,1 -236568,that underlay the relentless gaiety,2 -105862,Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and,2 -130104,penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .,0 -146442,It 's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial high wears off , the film 's shortcomings start to shine through .,2 -39397,topic,3 -78677,during the German occupation,2 -91330,red lights,2 -221386,, involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .,3 -157831,doing 20 years ago,2 -63810,Amir Mann area,2 -233965,most improbable feat,2 -104008,A well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog,4 -232021,in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience,4 -17741,this make it human,2 -96093,the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel,3 -122391,his sense of humor,2 -111549,a better movie experience,4 -185008,It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson,4 -151102,Yes .,3 -95793,the gang-infested,1 -89059,of the nation,2 -152717,about 45 minutes,2 -94276,tell : his own,2 -4289,a visual tour-de-force and,4 -65811,Gong Li,2 -167929,off the idea,1 -14692,a challenge,2 -191058,a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test,1 -108122,Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile,3 -181137,, you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .,1 -183830,Faces,2 -149191,The acting is stiff , the story lacks all trace of wit , the sets look like they were borrowed from Gilligan 's Island -- and the CGI Scooby might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year .,0 -159981,get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team,2 -137802,to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I,0 -89766,orphans,2 -44238,A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama,4 -132256,she 's pretty,3 -182761,Behind the Music,2 -118605,dolphin-gasm,2 -75476,been recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war,2 -217928,turn stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot,1 -80956,get past the taboo subject matter,2 -133307,still lingers in the souls of these characters,2 -131025,rather than one,2 -70539,Uncle Ralph .,3 -87362,more valuable,3 -158322,enough to sustain the comedy,2 -126370,lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work,3 -58476,the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and,2 -234444,of its lead character,2 -34348,manages to be tender and darkly comic,4 -152098,a movie , largely devoid of charm,1 -39778,very solid , very watchable,4 -68151,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 .,3 -141615,'s something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about,1 -160950,he 's been burning to tell a war story,2 -173311,the 1979 Alien,2 -5529,chefs,2 -85938,lesser men run for cover,2 -166834,no mention,2 -29538,believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones,3 -3188,with intellectual underpinnings,2 -229192,be history,2 -169854,reductionist view,2 -89543,one , Ms . Mirren ,,2 -122842,in Black and White,2 -150043,There 's just no story , folks,1 -191491,a telanovela,2 -47797,a Brian DePalma movie,2 -167451,of evaporation,2 -212705,structuring,2 -140566,would not likely,2 -212232,somewhat convenient,2 -36497,renown,3 -129654,only the odd enjoyably chewy lump,3 -217378,to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself,2 -151212,` How many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? ',2 -45313,Fresnadillo 's,2 -184900,In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year,0 -205283,loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience,3 -4692,an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back,3 -87713,native,2 -158820,familiar to produce the transgressive,2 -114701,are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together,0 -236263,teens ',2 -133804,take an entirely stale concept,2 -223324,Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .,3 -233,a pleasant enough romance,3 -200152,got a huge mess,2 -82238,his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press,2 -193708,at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic,1 -63212,A moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .,3 -194917,brand name,3 -149143,The Santa Clause 2 's,2 -14939,almost certainly be fascinated,3 -159014,fetid underbelly,1 -65112,Disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin ,,1 -235503,see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next,2 -177977,what is happening in America in 2002,2 -173817,the entire production,2 -2577,the direction,2 -177609,wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film,2 -167922,of your brain,2 -199997,glossy Hollywood,1 -64760,Colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .,2 -162765,is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work .,3 -9440,omitted nor a clich left,2 -31665,fire-breathing,3 -197003,direction and timing,2 -52829,imaginative and,3 -213578,that ca n't support the epic treatment,2 -198542,far less about the horrifying historical reality,2 -203651,is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .,0 -44424,America , history and,2 -28220,allegorical,3 -204755,lax,1 -73205,addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat,3 -127076,might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John,1 -216407,this is cinema,4 -31867,frighteningly capable,3 -75133,bad of a movie,1 -24896,Bros .,2 -213724,that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary,3 -238167,two signs that M. Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema :,2 -108772,Savvy,2 -230388,done it,2 -151048,Works hard to establish,3 -129339,old gags,1 -191563,a transcript,2 -60060,what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels,1 -54792,moodiness,1 -78350,do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold .,3 -76067,but a camera,2 -81805,has there,2 -92436,shame Americans,1 -1837,no doubt the star and everyone else involved,3 -19759,an impossible romance,2 -230524,engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture,2 -100287,will play the dark , challenging tune taught by The Piano Teacher,2 -162748,is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away -,1 -158546,everyone involved,2 -212795,substantial or fresh,3 -195864,coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .,1 -177793,we expected .,2 -41655,boasts a huge charm factor and,3 -40566,'s hard,2 -172137,strung together into one feature-length horror,1 -232500,is incredible !,4 -105099,Christian or,2 -75829,both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs,2 -36566,richly,3 -217560,tons and,2 -16882,out of watching them today,2 -172197,subjects ),2 -118901,edge to it,3 -153295,an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults,2 -46300,National,2 -49973,by-the-book scripting,2 -217502,to up-and-coming documentarians,2 -126758,manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .,3 -193581,as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder,2 -20344,deadpan,2 -174521,the photography grainy,2 -227126,While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .,1 -169953,remains sadly unrealized,2 -26124,Much monkeyfun,3 -212101,some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more,1 -98362,to the dustbin of history,1 -17471,the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer,2 -72244,a recommendation,3 -173329,the Beatnik generation,2 -127410,most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit,2 -204200,its fusty squareness,1 -19171,Personal,2 -172288,suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s,2 -82818,in Manhattan,2 -24481,A subtle and well-crafted,3 -65083,Director Juan Jose Campanella,3 -164883,like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi,1 -180774,, jaded,2 -127845,needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic,1 -208185,of this calibre,2 -67304,London housing project,2 -182849,Blue Crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .,1 -112538,a product of its cinematic predecessors so much,2 -74046,and often-funny drama,3 -198382,explosions and death and spies,2 -3301,'re up,2 -124622,is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness,1 -79732,fear and paranoia,1 -65868,Griffin &,2 -103886,A small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it,3 -35792,originated,3 -192975,apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .,1 -77898,deliberative,2 -145876,Honoré,2 -176640,too many conflicts,1 -106965,It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And , thanks to the presence of ` the King , ' it also rocks,4 -223039,Cuts right through the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another .,2 -17281,song,2 -56478,regal charisma,3 -60689,'d rather listen to old Tori Amos records,0 -191751,about its titular,2 -161776,in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage,1 -189943,Your nightmares , on the other hand ,,1 -130316,please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they,2 -165790,mean giggles and pulchritude,2 -220522,'' novels,2 -197116,dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . In this case zero,1 -146798,Its underlying mythology,2 -233399,like E.T.,2 -175275,think much,2 -28920,and yell ` Safe,1 -74137,anti-war,2 -161867,in full,2 -184543,Humor in I Spy is so anemic .,1 -124041,is faster , livelier and a good deal funnier than his original .,4 -210006,quiet evening,2 -44349,A woman 's,2 -181142,, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .,0 -97302,thin and,2 -178205,who also executive produces,2 -178859,would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it,1 -62148,, personal film,3 -93476,stay with the stage versions , however,2 -123195,in the title,2 -93742,subtlety and acumen,3 -30233,code-talk,2 -144365,Capra,2 -19514,a high-energy movie,4 -99484,vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw,3 -73212,addressing a complex situation,2 -202352,interior,2 -201106,hijacks the heat of revolution and,2 -51174,encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale,4 -82516,howlingly,2 -212943,supposed family-friendly comedy,2 -21343,morbid appeal,2 -79295,ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman,2 -191787,about the silences,2 -139861,will absolutely,2 -153523,an unsympathetic hero,1 -173170,that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr . Desplechin is content to state it,2 -206815,naturalistic tone,2 -37743,that 's what you 're in the mood for,2 -174076,the helping hand,2 -30810,director Jackson,2 -69636,The history is fascinating,3 -5647,comes,3 -234210,nothing but boilerplate clichés,1 -78561,dragon drama,2 -155480,bright spot,3 -87818,never seen or heard anything quite like this film,2 -186285,Nearly every attempt at humor,3 -58771,the teary-eyed original,2 -166683,never mixes and stirs,2 -80332,for self-deprecating comedy,3 -15306,bust,1 -151894,a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .,0 -42919,treads where few American films dare to delve --,2 -16446,lifts,2 -199942,given audiences,3 -136352,the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,2 -162233,insensitive people who take turns hurting each other,2 -117232,comes from its vintage schmaltz,2 -27751,a promising young lad,4 -73913,an old dog,2 -209662,preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film,3 -109633,The byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , Carmen ( Vega ) and Juni ( Sabara ) Cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .,4 -188461,The narrator,2 -85611,keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .,3 -137513,to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment,4 -184727,I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious,0 -213886,that the new film is a lame kiddie flick,1 -19753,an eye out,1 -2234,seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable,1 -169534,putting you to sleep than a sound machine,1 -105497,Does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story .,3 -212912,summer playoff,2 -199274,for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter,2 -211185,self-consciously flashy camera effects ,,2 -220015,worrying about a contract on his life,2 -204816,leaves an awful sour taste .,2 -180850,, nothing will,2 -28665,and incendiary movie,2 -119129,enjoyable above average summer diversion,3 -126872,may aim to be the next Animal House,2 -70261,This is pure , exciting moviemaking .,4 -73421,all of their pity and terror,2 -108090,O2-tank,2 -179699,'s depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen .,1 -150379,Time Dead ?,2 -223278,Eventually , it wins you over .,3 -112798,a strangely sinister happy ending,3 -44122,A gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .,4 -65846,Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him,4 -208955,overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm,1 -93246,spanning history , rather than,2 -201874,in filming opera,2 -182665,Aussie,2 -217869,trusting the material,3 -231114,genuine heart,3 -176327,to put them on the same path,2 -40412,you 'll want to slap them,0 -237534,this is that sort of thing all over again .,1 -221836,... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ),3 -232419,is better than any summer blockbuster,4 -209295,pitiful , slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .,0 -119338,even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick,3 -161325,his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay --,3 -9014,nature against progress .,2 -121853,has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .,2 -227702,`` them '',2 -3249,your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children,1 -185418,Jack O ',3 -55366,of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast,3 -194296,become wearisome,1 -172054,story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .,0 -72991,about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling,2 -15380,cartoonlike,2 -149772,The problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . Had anyone here done anything remotely intelligent,1 -152364,a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production,1 -121222,glory,2 -13912,British eccentrics,2 -81727,has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up,2 -19684,ages,2 -117201,come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free,1 -68007,One of the funniest motion pictures of the year ,,4 -43645,, languid,2 -110054,The only thing that distinguishes a Randall Wallace film from any other,2 -125586,key plot moments,2 -47886,a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey,3 -116056,blight,2 -61642,, Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .,4 -185277,It follows the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works,2 -225284,Oh , and more entertaining , too .,3 -173939,the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing,1 -211829,slurs,1 -13966,Digital-video documentary about stand-up comedians,2 -198959,firebrand,2 -44460,An artful , intelligent film that,3 -7087,helps little,1 -177590,want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project,1 -158726,facile technique,2 -191679,about Charlie,2 -84503,is on red alert,2 -193288,artificial structure,1 -19468,a character,2 -166317,most legendary,3 -236204,swashbucklers,2 -188560,The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess,1 -226271,The film is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge .,2 -239191,you think , hmmmmm,2 -84208,is flawed,0 -139686,while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,1 -95465,the director 's previous popcorn work,2 -65020,Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .,4 -37182,souls,2 -145162,Even if Britney Spears is really cute,1 -93987,suspense thriller,2 -175654,thrall,2 -224037,In the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .,2 -231935,in A.I.,2 -135404,the floor,2 -36984,since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,2 -43499,, The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .,4 -97381,this doc,2 -194463,behind the project,3 -143503,Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes '' Never Again '' worthwhile , but,2 -154207,as its title is nearly meaningless,2 -158842,far better title,2 -141215,'s also stupider,1 -148710,Soliah,2 -84617,is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others,3 -173245,that they drain all the film of its energy,0 -237901,to parody,2 -234930,phone rings,2 -50651,de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman,2 -137665,to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100,2 -34411,may be his most demented film to date,1 -210835,say the obvious,2 -37694,than both Austin Powers films,2 -53699,is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie,4 -161001,he should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil .,2 -187697,Taylor 's cartoonish performance,1 -233343,leave a large dog alone with a toddler,2 -179490,'s The Days Of Our Lives,2 -92337,set against a few dynamic decades,2 -102187,( the ) superfluous,1 -58932,these thoughts hidden as,2 -66220,IMAX sound system,3 -125487,jungle,2 -168904,plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages .,2 -41605,at once exhilarating ,,3 -117694,creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .,4 -209503,ponderous and,1 -201107,hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool,1 -90230,personal portrait,2 -189449,Warriors,2 -32158,got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .,3 -156298,cinematic ride,3 -75808,boomers,2 -54039,just a simple fable,2 -54896,most thoughtful,3 -124409,is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout,4 -110397,They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .,3 -162837,is completely unintentional,3 -13987,Drumline,2 -89870,outright newness,3 -71686,a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions,2 -47650,With Dirty Deeds , David Caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .,4 -168465,outrun,2 -96500,the punching,2 -176763,tourist,2 -68061,Ozpetek,2 -172134,struggling artiste,2 -171146,sink it faster than a leaky freighter,1 -32676,how the whole thing works,2 -44148,A literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed,3 -192703,and Ms . Seldhal,2 -121206,glaring triteness,1 -117757,cry and realize ,,2 -143215,A mixed bag of a comedy that ca n't really be described as out of this world .,1 -99028,unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon,2 -164479,know whodunit,2 -135563,the influence of Rohypnol,2 -195374,can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes,2 -137288,tiresome rant,1 -48243,a nicely understated expression of the grief,3 -176669,too obvious or simplistic,1 -74069,and ultimate collapse,0 -150313,This series should have died long ago ,,0 -124658,is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists,3 -224053,Inconsequential road-and-buddy pic .,1 -109631,The byplay and bickering,2 -207686,of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation,1 -116515,ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going,0 -147261,Love may have been in the air onscreen , but I certainly was n't feeling any of it,1 -96322,the outstanding thrillers of recent years,4 -210455,require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good,2 -233308,laughed out loud once,3 -236217,swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises,4 -198117,even the funniest idea is n't funny .,2 -53863,it stays put in the past,2 -194691,blacken,2 -54311,lives and settings,2 -45368,Gibson ,,2 -157742,does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , The Selection , became in its final form .,1 -10999,tendentious intervention,1 -9252,of day,2 -84609,is smart,3 -117816,cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma,3 -151913,a joyful or at least fascinating subject,3 -31517,fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic,1 -68439,Rife,2 -141704,'s who,2 -123502,interesting .,3 -233091,it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears,1 -199846,get through The Country Bears,2 -66412,Intelligent , caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being .,3 -147439,Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune,2 -191226,a riot . The movie is a dud,0 -50094,cell,2 -165779,me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray,0 -234551,of the most inventive,4 -223516,Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs,1 -25936,Leave it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago .,4 -37586,takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it,2 -58660,the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions,2 -139633,whether or not they 'll wind up together,2 -211601,silly , stupid and pointless,1 -162194,influx,2 -42255,journey from childhood idealism,2 -91258,reassuringly,2 -202341,interesting and likable,4 -198427,face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself,2 -206029,melodrama and tiresome love triangles,1 -131350,rent from frame one .,2 -89281,office bucks,2 -225595,Remember it,2 -207642,of brusqueness,2 -74359,are lofty,2 -21350,most oppressive regimes,1 -1906,of material,2 -212339,spin-off,2 -121797,has moments of inspired humour , though every scrap is of the darkest variety,2 -221573,, the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .,3 -131832,scientific,2 -210302,refuses to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,1 -199980,giving it an unqualified recommendation,2 -33669,it is difficult to get really peeved at it,2 -175241,they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination,1 -108019,Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but,3 -150897,Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him,1 -208891,over the asylum,2 -104951,C . Walsh,2 -87798,never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding,1 -118539,does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',1 -94733,that it 's only a peek,2 -59403,to the service of psychological insight,2 -116756,casting Mick Jagger,2 -49269,as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films,4 -162611,is a fuzzy huggy .,2 -175042,the word '',2 -99478,visually ravishing,4 -229200,be made on the cheap,0 -64149,At just over an hour,2 -155918,can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level,2 -39927,well plotted , visually striking,4 -16300,it 's,2 -157385,dialogue and delightful performance,4 -19747,an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit,3 -113690,all-out villain,2 -50979,does thanks in large measure,3 -127263,more ambivalent set,1 -90071,part of that delicate canon,3 -190293,a chump,2 -59555,trust and,2 -231020,from her dangerous and domineering mother,2 -221806,... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has,2 -125786,latest news footage,2 -159371,for a shimmering picture postcard,3 -92192,seen the deep,2 -59736,unseen forces,2 -21646,only distanced,2 -155377,borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism,3 -136551,the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .,2 -142950,: Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb,0 -124049,is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition,2 -29173,as anything the cinema,2 -148057,Perceptive,3 -144852,Director ) Byler,2 -193853,attributable to a movie like this,3 -191309,a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism,3 -231723,his cynicism for reverence and a little wit,2 -19137,Nicely serves as an examination of a society in transition .,3 -152901,action-movie standards,2 -63708,All right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .,3 -206363,more credible,2 -179078,you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life,2 -127524,motherhood and desperate,2 -203785,it 's not too offensive .,2 -124104,is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender,0 -13392,your stomach,2 -75746,blithe,2 -132705,snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza,3 -179969,'s seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting,2 -208983,own ironic implications,2 -39033,thought it could have been more .,1 -131349,rent from frame one,2 -172930,that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent,3 -60766,'s ),2 -93772,succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful ,,2 -170109,rhetorical excess,1 -74653,as comedy goes,2 -41166,Reggio 's images and,2 -6521,fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ...,3 -98726,truly wonderful tale,4 -47571,We learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef .,2 -35257,of genuine feeling,3 -59841,very best,4 -37121,some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances,4 -159106,film that suffers because of its many excesses .,1 -213823,that sentiment,2 -77424,could hate it for the same reason .,1 -125640,know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both,2 -99457,visual coming right,3 -192464,an adoring , wide-smiling reception,3 -192047,after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank,1 -41935,find What Time Is It There ?,2 -6777,ghost,2 -10830,sufficient,3 -121038,get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing,1 -138340,tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process,2 -132805,so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar,4 -228102,a provocative piece,3 -126754,manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal,4 -192677,anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold,3 -220733,'s a very very strong `` B +,3 -63350,A sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters,4 -160673,has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .,1 -186242,Mulan,2 -110388,There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series , but,3 -2589,the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout,2 -216806,to a movie like this,2 -10792,student,2 -143896,As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness,2 -38950,this is a coming-of-age story with a twist,3 -231166,getting away with something,2 -56100,politically,2 -213115,taken for the comedian at the end of the show,2 -148860,Stepford Wives mentality,2 -105657,Eric Schweig and Graham Greene,2 -95712,the finish line winded,2 -234049,naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,1 -99061,universal theme,2 -233339,least favourite,1 -218408,vampire devaluation,2 -25639,Ice,2 -103517,A delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them .,4 -212864,sucks ,,2 -7854,it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america,4 -191861,accessibility,2 -219146,what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days,0 -122477,hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring,0 -36806,sensation,3 -80192,for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance,4 -74431,are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations,3 -225529,Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut .,1 -58252,the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition,2 -158663,explanation . Hilariously,2 -130748,provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket,1 -24884,Bridge,2 -11443,the former mr,2 -109341,Talky,3 -122099,heartily,2 -78862,embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean,3 -73405,all its plot twists,2 -127709,my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line,1 -130251,piss on trees , b . s .,1 -180434,, Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .,1 -93408,stalking,0 -231032,from movie comedies,2 -191072,a paunchy midsection ,,1 -164995,like the deli sandwich,2 -168980,plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing,1 -224237,It 's slow -- very , very slow .,0 -67161,Leave it to John Sayles,2 -120401,for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension,1 -49405,at the near future,2 -47862,a certain degree of wit and dignity,3 -212756,style massacres erupt throughout,1 -199480,frayed satire,1 -72081,a nostalgic , twisty yarn,2 -44804,Burns ',2 -30878,divining meaning,3 -130417,poorly scripted,1 -234120,no affinity for most of the characters,1 -185653,La cinta comienza intentando,3 -136984,this laughable dialogue,3 -14199,Johnson 's,2 -87831,new age,3 -141273,'s called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him,2 -191658,a young woman 's breakdown ,,2 -202738,is an interesting character , but '' Serving Sara '',3 -52337,handed down,1 -76937,come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny,3 -154057,as Pet Rock,2 -144021,Bad and baffling from the get-go .,0 -98690,trickster spider,2 -80840,future years as an eloquent memorial,3 -223109,Dense and enigmatic ... elusive ... stagy and stilted,2 -145216,Evil is interesting and good,3 -201132,his Prelude,2 -185549,Just entertaining enough not to hate,2 -168569,overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place .,1 -44810,Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot ,,2 -176878,trippy , ambitious downer,2 -147538,Mr . Schaeffer,2 -14737,a great actress,4 -113834,amuse or,2 -13064,who re-invents himself,3 -114841,as a very mild rental,2 -190289,a choke leash around your neck so director Nick Cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something,2 -133311,still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon,2 -208321,often detract from the athleticism,2 -227908,a film worth watching,3 -76424,captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .,3 -194577,better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking,2 -691,chance,2 -55288,of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster,0 -52844,immensely entertaining look,3 -237955,to sit through its tidal wave of imagery and not get this vision at all,1 -154831,be the worst special-effects creation of the year,0 -162163,industrialized world politics,2 -59901,volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show,3 -30246,colorful pop junk,2 -82275,his lack of self-awareness,1 -234047,naïveté and,2 -32832,in a way few current films do,3 -64578,By the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . ',3 -50108,certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories,3 -238771,will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture,3 -211438,shoot-em-ups,2 -18225,plus one sheep dog ),2 -172952,that can be said about Stealing Harvard,2 -175069,the year ,,2 -15322,but its boasts a huge charm factor and smacks of originality .,4 -20578,for both De Niro and Murphy,2 -108229,Opportunists,3 -39601,undertones,2 -224368,It may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of Weekend and Two or Three Things I Know About Her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ?,2 -41225,Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles ,,3 -62363,, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .,4 -117295,commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material,3 -13008,whether,2 -112776,a step further,2 -156622,complete and utter,1 -80605,from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also,3 -217832,truck-loving,2 -210623,romantic quadrangle,2 -137443,to be somebody , and to belong to somebody,3 -58793,the underlying caste system,2 -184711,I sort of loved the people onscreen,3 -215438,the project surrounding them is distressingly rote,2 -119906,feels labored,2 -118171,developed characters,3 -50411,consegue,2 -4002,a movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a bolly-holly masala mess .,0 -87228,more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is,2 -132184,sets out with no pretensions and,2 -35864,overkill,2 -59649,underestimated charm,3 -135959,the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --,3 -68558,Saddled,1 -166453,much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness,3 -34965,not be new,2 -204713,last week 's issue,2 -85443,its tucked,2 -5428,can you,2 -67562,Miller , Kuras,2 -223166,Do in Case of Fire,2 -36478,remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests,3 -88805,of ourselves,2 -131774,say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense,2 -230918,for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment,3 -52559,her book,2 -117638,cradles,2 -110980,Weighty and,2 -127171,mixed bag,2 -154318,assert,1 -31153,ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull,4 -129665,onto his head,2 -194954,bring cohesion,3 -135040,the concentration,3 -154228,as pastiche,2 -232319,is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,4 -39148,to bottom,2 -67810,Nia Vardalos,2 -204006,it reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza,1 -97720,through the wall,3 -129747,other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .,1 -65041,Devos and Cassel,2 -96436,the positive change in tone,4 -192916,any of the cultural intrigue,2 -135436,the funniest moments,3 -205846,marks for political courage,3 -7159,his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense,3 -100961,wrapped up in the characters ,,2 -226334,The most horrific movie experience,0 -59028,this shower,2 -183691,Ensemble,2 -82950,in good measure,3 -69864,The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . But,3 -205525,lunatic heights,2 -37378,street characters,2 -103422,A bit too eager to please,1 -20226,can '' warped logic,2 -165028,likely to lose interest before Sandrine,1 -148764,Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .,1 -62996,A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences,4 -184281,Handsome and sincere but slightly,2 -22004,so much fun,4 -5266,bratty for,1 -160098,given free reign over this project,2 -186909,Retard,1 -179977,'s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison,0 -135088,the decay,2 -181711,A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set,2 -21549,of style and ethnicity,2 -36778,self-absorption,2 -45977,Lampoon film franchise,2 -5645,comedic grand,3 -28035,about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees,2 -176676,too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .,0 -66882,Japanese director Shohei Imamura 's,2 -88034,not to mention,2 -34082,like a '' real Kaputschnik,2 -11676,the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic ,,1 -114671,are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun .,2 -76342,can move beyond the crime-land action genre,3 -203282,is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb . ',0 -84785,is turning in some delightful work on indie projects,3 -116992,cinematic poet of the workplace,3 -11045,that cold-hearted,1 -82015,head-trip,2 -165154,logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing,2 -156647,complex international terrorism is,2 -140578,would set it apart from other Deep South stories,2 -2346,some good , organic character,4 -157963,drek,1 -119824,favors to their famous parents .,2 -125438,jackass : the movie,2 -159612,found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced,1 -2032,pg-rated ,,2 -177436,very depressing movie,0 -121011,genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills,2 -19246,Sex and Lucía ),2 -131583,risks trivializing it,2 -125671,la historia , donde todos y cada uno,2 -1982,our,2 -201436,humanizing stuff,3 -35185,of characters from the page,2 -90274,pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape,2 -125934,let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,3 -162633,is a misfire .,2 -19368,Those who would follow Haneke on his creepy explorations ... are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel .,4 -149845,The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit,3 -61412,( Cho 's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .,3 -8364,laughing,4 -143441,A woozy , roisterous , exhausting mess,1 -192087,aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone,2 -74242,applies more detail to the film 's music,2 -168279,only blockbusters,2 -120844,funnier movies,2 -222718,But Daphne , you 're too Buff \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight !,2 -156903,could use a little American Pie-like irreverence,2 -140345,wo n't care,1 -108867,Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful .,1 -1800,must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding,3 -60497,wrapped up,2 -29281,at its best,4 -184293,Hannibal Lecter,2 -77603,crooning,2 -40245,with scams,2 -146826,James Eric ,,2 -183779,Every visual joke is milked ,,1 -77260,conspicuous success,3 -87488,most undeserving,1 -168482,over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage,1 -233801,mayhem '',2 -84228,is funny , insightfully human and,3 -32313,has just lost his wife,1 -166268,more than fitfully entertaining,3 -183037,Certain,2 -66101,I 'll put it this way : If you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you,3 -20030,at absurdist comedy,2 -150061,There 's not much going on in this movie unless you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant .,2 -159809,full visceral impact,2 -171476,so shameless and coarse,1 -33130,into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,1 -179217,your generic sand 'n',2 -47078,The film is visually dazzling ,,4 -232824,is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .,2 -154825,be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track,2 -232581,is n't heated properly,2 -97637,thought-provoking film,3 -36630,rousing spates of genuine feeling .,2 -69520,The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original ,,2 -166625,needed so badly,1 -90520,portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety,3 -32054,gifted director,4 -107340,Kong 's,2 -74234,appetizer that leaves you wanting more,4 -209872,psychological and philosophical,3 -25609,I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...,0 -84501,is of course the point,2 -71980,a millisecond,2 -92155,seems Grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all,3 -23732,, it wins you over,3 -161187,highfalutin title,2 -180023,'s the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge,4 -144770,Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship ,,2 -51603,felt performances across the board .,3 -141518,'s one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions,1 -126711,makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend,3 -24898,Browning,2 -72400,a sincere mess,2 -173494,the audience hostage,2 -31165,entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but loving family,4 -235172,raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '',1 -149193,The action switches between past and present ,,2 -44757,Boston Public just,2 -128370,of Raccoons,2 -226570,There 's plenty to impress about E.T.,3 -147609,NC-17,2 -30813,director Michael Dowse,2 -148424,Schmaltzy and,2 -231942,in Eastwood films,2 -113333,action movie production,2 -138193,topnotch foursome,3 -20683,gratifying,3 -116204,bright young men --,2 -53428,is careful,2 -94121,take pleasure,3 -101296,zips along,2 -164007,its characters idiots,1 -106278,Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .,4 -15171,at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse,3 -235557,seems like it does .,2 -7402,in a film that does n't merit it,1 -215662,the spirit of the season,2 -149042,Tel Aviv,2 -108418,Plotless collection,1 -124519,is so cool,3 -205786,manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun,0 -143922,As violent,2 -156086,casual approach,2 -115117,assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him,4 -158172,embroiled,2 -15496,cute and forgettable,1 -81008,getting more intense,2 -122808,important and,2 -162448,intricate construction one,2 -115694,become one of those rare remakes,2 -178309,why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us,1 -127737,nagging,1 -239042,would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane,2 -84095,is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance,3 -177766,way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong,2 -103229,... its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .,2 -92080,see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience,2 -196914,did n't have an original bone in his body,0 -77430,could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .,3 -153775,arcana,2 -129267,offer much more than the series,3 -109542,The action is stilted,1 -217415,to the Olympus of the art world,2 -193714,at M . I . T .,2 -91910,satisfactory overview,3 -9411,of which,2 -109668,The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is,4 -148940,Sunshine State surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . But the cinematography is cloudy,2 -93979,suspense , intriguing characters and,4 -150478,Too stagey,1 -26937,Theirs is a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical .,4 -43548,, but not necessarily with us,1 -52667,his team,2 -18774,Campbell,2 -50317,communal film experiences,2 -86180,live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and,2 -218762,was neither,2 -46798,Stephen Rea,2 -140023,with Ali MacGraw 's profanities,2 -97640,thoughtful , unapologetically raw,3 -20978,involving,2 -205750,making neither,2 -94010,sweaty-palmed,2 -219651,with a decent budget,2 -84504,is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen,3 -198274,excess and,2 -104446,Argentine film Son,2 -8254,just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .,1 -63997,Another entertaining,3 -22413,these flicks are just that damn good .,4 -123396,inner-city youth,2 -25309,Fine,3 -77776,dealing with the mentally ill,2 -227851,a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr.,2 -190572,a film so graceless and devoid,1 -89647,one that was hard for me to warm up to,1 -125342,its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro,2 -79219,etched with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch,2 -72958,about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives,2 -230957,for titillation , raw insight or both,2 -14829,a sense of pure wonderment and excitement,4 -143202,A minor picture,2 -106092,Guy Ritchie 's,2 -201676,impersonal and abstract,1 -85282,its hyper-realistic images,2 -162708,is above Academy standards,3 -128826,of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor,2 -180883,, preachy one,2 -179290,' should never have been brought out of hibernation,0 -126254,little too obvious,2 -49656,being snared in its own tangled plot,1 -84688,is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected,4 -82251,his family-film plot,2 -216796,to ` special effects ',2 -27008,This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England,3 -16844,operates,2 -58195,the delicate performances,3 -233914,morbid one,1 -154440,attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs,0 -35983,perhaps the simplest story of all ,,2 -213116,taken from a distance,2 -236420,that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release,4 -5978,disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler,0 -168437,out in the Seattle drizzle,2 -64698,Chinese immigrant 's,2 -189393,Very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .,0 -153510,an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of,0 -191573,a truly annoying pitch,0 -216248,they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance,1 -114078,an in-your-face family drama and black comedy,2 -163250,is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .,1 -88635,of his audience,2 -22546,to see what they do next,3 -131683,run-on,2 -116969,chop,2 -26490,Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers,4 -49803,bought a big tub of popcorn,2 -190836,a little more human being , and,1 -160665,has done .,2 -76142,by a surplus of vintage archive footage,2 -9032,neil burger 's impressive fake documentary,2 -40,'s frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high,0 -108822,Screenwriting award,3 -48213,a movie that understands characters must come first,3 -118573,does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this,0 -57323,stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and,3 -109171,Steadfastly,2 -138913,vampire fun,3 -207596,of adolescent violence,1 -47418,Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works , Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .,4 -200700,hastily dubbed disaster,2 -50518,courtroom,2 -75127,bad dude . When you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation,1 -92005,scrapbook,2 -182579,As a director , Eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising .,0 -79082,enough salt,2 -33665,it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness,4 -28313,an agreeable time-wasting device -- but George Pal 's low-tech 1960 version,2 -152537,a stronger stomach,2 -59690,unfilmable '',1 -93026,social\/economic\/urban environment,2 -100776,wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama,3 -17083,relationships,2 -125927,less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably,3 -2888,though it draws several decent laughs , it 's low-cal woody at best,1 -108673,Roger Kumble,2 -105177,Conceptually,2 -160606,has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people,3 -234507,of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,4 -125941,lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .,2 -124794,it 's a funny no-brainer,3 -186124,Midnight Run,2 -123402,innuendoes,2 -60597,young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated,3 -136457,the treat of the title,3 -233754,maudlin way,2 -89560,one black and one white,2 -134131,thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry,3 -167990,often-deadly boring , strange reading,1 -210991,see it again,4 -124822,it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something,3 -179663,'s boring,0 -102910,, the update is dreary and sluggish .,0 -159354,for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt,3 -81212,golf,2 -116012,bitter nor sweet,3 -86909,may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does,2 -133098,spectacle and pacing,3 -39355,to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism,1 -130745,provide an intense experience,3 -56186,prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos,2 -183259,Dad 's,2 -209307,place and age -- as in , 15 years old,2 -233114,it would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .,2 -63478,A tasty slice,3 -234959,play one lewd scene after another,1 -113250,absurd collection,1 -8209,jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory,3 -84820,is what matters .,3 -17480,the act is still charming here .,3 -34013,least inspired,1 -79264,even the corniest and,1 -186918,Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and,3 -40604,( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness,2 -45908,Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .,3 -90463,political madness and,2 -86624,makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view,3 -163518,is too contemplative to be really funny,2 -90992,quiet , confident,3 -70794,What ( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .,3 -28136,adroitly , and without fuss :,3 -53636,is still worth hearing,3 -181333,... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ? The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .,1 -124854,it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera,1 -118963,elliptically loops,2 -24656,An intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin,3 -81114,gives the story some soul,3 -71635,a fierce dance,3 -211960,so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type,1 -18319,( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .,4 -52038,general and,2 -64929,Darkly funny,3 -9016,naughty,2 -200896,have your head in your hands,2 -127197,modern girl 's,2 -171813,spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine,1 -71414,a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life,3 -87302,more or less,2 -126074,like a term paper,1 -83229,in which they lived,2 -61406,( A ) smarter and much funnier version of the old Police Academy flicks .,3 -178674,with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building .,2 -104658,Beautifully filmed,4 -233676,makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .,4 -72916,about a superficial midlife crisis,1 -2977,too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like,2 -98987,understands ,,2 -45689,Is God,3 -2515,that rare,2 -192036,after Oedekerk,2 -1820,necessary,2 -110482,This is a nervy , risky film ,,2 -75007,at times positively irritating,2 -70218,This is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .,4 -138944,verges,2 -84326,is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history .,3 -1334,interesting '',3 -6520,fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way,2 -96884,the tiny events,2 -914,events,2 -177032,two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this,1 -17155,seeing,2 -163905,it seems to lack substance,1 -115263,atypically hypnotic approach,3 -199348,for the masquerade to work,2 -189969,` Goodfellas ',2 -130234,pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice,1 -46865,Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor,3 -37737,that 's intense and thrilling at times,3 -48381,a solid build-up , a terrific climax ,,4 -61309,'s the best brush in the business,2 -71101,Yiddish culture and language,2 -230122,defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second,0 -133646,supplied by Epps,2 -137592,to find love,2 -215632,the slowest viewer,2 -234850,paced and satisfying,3 -73344,ai n't half-bad .,3 -134450,that little room,2 -141151,'s a self-congratulatory 3D IMAX rah-rah,2 -28376,an intimate and quaint reality,3 -133913,technical accomplishments,3 -91552,respect for its flawed , crazy people,2 -148911,Suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual,1 -71871,a laugh-out-loud way,3 -3973,a memorable directorial debut from king hunk,3 -209545,portent,2 -166425,much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them,1 -117518,cool ' actors,2 -214692,the fly --,2 -90345,play their roles with vibrant charm,4 -33809,its open-endedness and surprises,3 -199117,fool 's,2 -180857,, offensive and redundant,1 -151394,a blind orphan,2 -206219,mired in sentimentality,2 -155703,by Tambor , almost makes '',2 -114408,any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted,4 -182430,An inexperienced director , Mehta,2 -113607,all movies,3 -94328,terrific as Rachel,4 -179684,'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb,2 -188610,The result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .,1 -82394,holds the film together .,3 -218421,varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds,1 -15708,exciting on the field and a story,4 -195232,by the source material,2 -115239,attempt to get at something,2 -79969,finding their way,2 -167248,of Tales from the Crypt,2 -210332,released in 1987,2 -3372,'s see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp,2 -68477,Roger Mitchell,2 -202356,interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .,2 -64089,As home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable ,,3 -211535,shouting,2 -173765,the dreams of youth should remain just that,2 -57757,that breadth,2 -162240,insider clique,2 -165062,lists ingredients , but never mixes and stirs .,2 -62800,A bonanza,2 -194988,brought to life on the big screen,3 -101252,your orientation,2 -7025,have a universal product code instead of a title,2 -76960,comes along only,2 -140370,wonderful combination,3 -105579,Each scene wreaks of routine,1 -88402,of almost Bergmanesque intensity,3 -98281,to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,3 -20459,enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world,4 -146901,John Leguizamo 's cool jackets,2 -78676,during that final , beautiful scene,3 -205275,log,2 -149278,The charms of willful eccentricity , at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay , are beginning to wear a bit thin .,1 -167225,of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage,2 -58060,the best in recent memory,4 -107737,Michael Stewart .,2 -63853,An elegant and sly deadpan comedy .,3 -141719,'ve already seen this kind of thing .,2 -170340,sanctimonious , self-righteous,1 -168197,one day,2 -113676,all this strutting,2 -204830,left of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm,2 -30453,courting and marriage,2 -31943,full of sharp , smart satire,4 -166443,much falseness,1 -65017,Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook as a landmark in film history,4 -199131,for Chan,2 -88083,nurtures,2 -132278,sheer joy and pride,3 -58941,they sometimes still can be made,3 -42348,matters less than the characters,2 -17383,takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .,3 -59863,via,2 -126669,makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and,3 -171112,simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot,1 -69816,The performances of the children , untrained in acting , have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart .,3 -189284,True to its animatronic roots,3 -132807,so uninspiring,0 -57196,somebody else,2 -84608,is simply brilliant .,4 -74790,as the courageous Molly Craig,2 -77093,complete wash,1 -184921,In this film , Aussie David Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .,2 -88595,of fun , with an undeniable energy,3 -168356,opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through,1 -206863,need more X and less blab .,1 -79516,extraordinary film,4 -202638,is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,2 -225322,One-of-a-kind,4 -185436,Jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .,1 -183564,Done in mostly by a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment,1 -24152,... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .,4 -187802,The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian,1 -230906,for a sign,2 -35956,people still read,2 -150131,These spiders,2 -66307,If you ignore the cliches and concentrate on City by the Sea 's interpersonal drama,2 -9913,purely,2 -87859,newcomer Derek Luke,2 -85042,it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults,4 -128869,of redemption and regeneration,2 -81283,gorgeous companion,4 -236454,that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees,1 -3573,a bad,1 -181714,A glossy knock-off of a B-movie revenge,1 -18386,, but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave,3 -73734,an elegance and maturity,3 -162665,is a rather indulgent piece,2 -79429,exciting plot,3 -77825,deeper intimate,2 -95014,the Cockettes ' camera craziness,2 -53861,it should .,2 -122728,if they looked at how this movie turned out,1 -40465,you wanting more,3 -35028,nuanced,2 -133241,stars and direction,2 -10047,reduce it,1 -33227,is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent .,4 -138833,upset or,2 -171754,sources,2 -128611,of denuded urban living,2 -91941,say , yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ',3 -108335,Paxton , making his directorial feature debut ,,2 -172432,swings annoyingly,1 -168497,over two hours,2 -230598,even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player,3 -76861,cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly,3 -30934,done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks,1 -90125,pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone,1 -113990,an emotional tug,2 -234702,on the whole less,1 -227537,`` Moonlight Mile '' rise above its heart-on-its-sleeve writing,3 -197094,dislikable study in sociopathy,1 -144988,Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material,0 -219363,who needs to heal himself,2 -113242,above the material realm,2 -185524,Juliette Binoche 's Sand,2 -231132,get popcorn,2 -87314,more revealing,2 -968,feel familiar and foreign,2 -225287,Oh come on .,1 -105048,Charlotte Sometimes is a gem . It 's always enthralling .,4 -119916,feels like a prison stretch,0 -92419,shadowy metaphor,2 -123770,is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan,3 -31642,find much to mull and debate,3 -190438,a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen,1 -52296,grounded in an undeniable social realism,3 -100220,wildcard,1 -21083,it 's a beaut .,3 -199168,for a film that relies on personal relationships,2 -81314,grace this deeply touching melodrama .,4 -33178,invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .,3 -235583,seen the end of the movie,2 -63139,A little uneven to be the cat 's meow,1 -161608,if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original,0 -20846,if none of it makes a lick of sense,1 -149475,The impact of the Armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .,1 -194938,breaks no new ground and,1 -221085,( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but,1 -161632,ill-advised meddling,1 -83218,in where filmmaking can take us,2 -236176,surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie,4 -41240,The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan ...,3 -53397,is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .,3 -161606,if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker,0 -163940,it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness,1 -199588,from him,2 -237325,the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency,0 -131803,scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys,3 -129176,of those of us,2 -124448,is pleasant enough,3 -35823,out clever but veers into overkill,1 -16932,perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days,4 -81806,has there been a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest,2 -115036,as the boy puppet Pinocchio,2 -231349,had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever,3 -160351,grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island ,,2 -126120,like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content,2 -237510,this choppy and sloppy affair,0 -140898,' I once had a nightmare like this ,,1 -234558,of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work,3 -3141,while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer,1 -13883,Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas,2 -80935,get all five,3 -47778,` They ' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .,2 -33105,intense and thrilling at times,4 -180426,, Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .,1 -23346,, Zhang Yang of Shower ,,2 -119308,even a halfway intriguing plot,2 -93633,strong cast and surehanded direction,4 -122891,in a gone-to-seed hotel,2 -116164,brain strain,1 -135881,the notorious MTV show,1 -98053,to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,3 -229937,complexity to its not-so-stock characters,3 -140282,with this claustrophobic concept,2 -176722,tortuous,0 -207248,nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore,1 -201010,help herself,2 -209692,presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows,2 -116874,charming , sometimes infuriating,3 -24287,A captivating cross-cultural comedy,4 -224573,Lavishly,2 -182599,As original and insightful,3 -110169,The soundtrack,2 -40403,yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer,4 -223985,If you love reading and\/or poetry,3 -63679,Alfonso Cuaron,2 -197526,dreary and overwrought,1 -186471,Nothing but an episode of Smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget,1 -55422,of its sweeping battle scenes,3 -148834,Star Wars installment,2 -210999,see the same old thing,1 -195670,chocolate factory,2 -58865,the writing , acting and character development,2 -235541,seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough .,2 -128074,nonjudgmental kind,3 -8772,merry,3 -195276,ca n't remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail .,0 -229846,clichéd and,1 -7864,it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny,3 -192678,analgesic,2 -132442,shrieky special effects,1 -159302,following up on a deeper level,3 -40718,A taut , intelligent psychological drama,4 -157,a dreary indulgence,0 -223600,Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. --,4 -138177,top Japanese animations,3 -2774,their capacity to explain themselves,2 -122811,impossible .,2 -223216,Earnest but heavy-handed .,2 -115064,as though it was written for no one , but somehow,2 -57549,sweeping battle scenes,3 -230553,enough inspired,2 -77711,dare to build a movie around some flawed but rather unexceptional women , emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life .,3 -51833,for the term epic cinema,2 -217099,to heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism,0 -195931,comedic moment,2 -16351,it never took off and always seemed static .,0 -100413,with a modicum of patience,3 -8728,may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll,2 -131845,screen material,2 -38182,the faithful,3 -131613,rom-com,2 -31001,ecologically,2 -77048,community-therapy,2 -171390,so badly made on every level,0 -4979,back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious,1 -34386,marrow,2 -145102,Enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .,0 -24935,Campanella,2 -39471,true potential,3 -60031,well-established,3 -78837,elevates the material above pat inspirational status and,3 -187426,Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills . Men in Black II achieves ultimate insignificance --,0 -72169,a predictably efficient piece,3 -136772,these components,2 -133174,squaddie,2 -136490,the unknown,2 -171203,skewed to ever get a hold on,1 -137221,through the smeared windshield of his rental car,2 -193403,as art things,2 -149789,The reality of the new live-action,2 -237382,them '',2 -224440,J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth,2 -66974,K 19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick,3 -40926,Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and,4 -144877,Director Roger Michell does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .,2 -98270,to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong,2 -187596,Strident and inelegant,1 -83645,investigate,2 -144703,David Ronn,2 -69061,Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be .,3 -133740,sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion,2 -35857,overcome,2 -238019,to want to put for that effort,2 -27040,Thrilling , provocative,3 -212610,stormy,2 -150409,Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered,1 -198777,fetching,3 -9864,proposes,2 -94479,that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure,3 -218441,veers off course,1 -169719,reads more,2 -56985,silly , outrageous , ingenious,4 -89241,offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the X into the games,4 -217106,to ignite sparks,3 -227516,`` Iris '' or `` American Beauty,2 -164488,knows how to apply textural gloss,2 -210288,reference,2 -227122,While Scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic,3 -235278,regards Reign of Fire with awe .,4 -13579,, funny and good-natured,4 -117699,creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .,1 -85060,it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia,4 -75022,atreve,2 -120714,from fairly basic comedic constructs,2 -149853,The story and characters,2 -79764,feel the beat down,2 -62428,, with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes .,4 -44798,Bullock and,2 -24413,A potent allegorical,3 -20281,complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,3 -180565,, but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .,1 -151330,a bad , embarrassing movie,0 -23145,'s nonsense,1 -167242,of Seagal 's action pictures,2 -178427,winds up accomplishing neither in full,1 -122675,idiotic,0 -191231,a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns,1 -203145,is n't a disaster , exactly,2 -144248,Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , Deuces Wild represents,3 -68100,Para Hitler , o mundo era sua tela,2 -169222,presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean,1 -238566,were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn,1 -87412,most delightful moments,3 -24195,1950,2 -76360,can really,2 -32814,in a ferocious debate for years,1 -215903,the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious,0 -24959,Chan 's US influence,2 -85858,leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face,4 -206825,naïf 's,2 -225869,Some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie .,2 -93839,suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S .,2 -125137,it was put on the screen , just for them,2 -11894,the st . louis rams,2 -154629,bathing,2 -38386,the list of things he does well,3 -70000,The tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .,2 -80117,flick for guys .,2 -49474,barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .,3 -187133,Scherfig , who has had a successful career in TV ,,2 -6440,feel fully,3 -132438,shrewd enough,1 -127589,moviegoers not already clad in basic black,1 -55367,of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors,3 -151169,Zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .,1 -139057,viewing for sci-fi fans,2 -137086,this wedding,3 -41576,are as sharp as ever,3 -220968,'s so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller,4 -22162,that Williams has truly inhabited a character,3 -58163,the core of his being,2 -111615,a challenging one,2 -193552,as outrageous or funny,2 -58314,the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality,3 -111877,a fault , but,2 -104030,A wry , affectionate delight,3 -143523,Admirable,3 -51212,engrossing and different,3 -71786,a half mark,2 -5064,be uplifting but not overly sentimental,3 -227406,`` 2 '',2 -151850,a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films,1 -229899,come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '',1 -179079,you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies,2 -41303,There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior ,,3 -107822,Most of the storylines feel like time fillers between surf shots . The movie is n't horrible ,,2 -113538,aims for poetry,2 -88262,of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph,2 -66891,Jarecki and Gibney do find enough material to bring Kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives .,2 -171560,some awful acting and lame special effects,0 -164594,last walked out on a movie,1 -227009,Well , they 're ` they ' .,2 -170201,rough-trade,2 -91735,riveting and surprisingly romantic,4 -187044,Ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the CIA,2 -182250,All too familiar ...,1 -40617,-- and admirably,4 -157625,do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere .,2 -14361,Pabst,2 -109835,The film sometimes flags ... but,2 -124590,is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .,4 -22528,to make viewers of all ages,2 -158285,enjoy yourself,3 -151726,a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt,1 -26042,Manages to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer .,4 -208988,own most damning censure,0 -117586,could never fix,2 -41709,check it out and,2 -25435,Good ol' urban legend stuff .,3 -122300,his director,2 -93155,something is rotten in the state of California,1 -1439,it 's haunting,2 -177664,was n't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing,2 -188915,They crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness .,1 -123091,in so many ways,2 -173924,the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .,1 -130727,protective,2 -223592,Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original .,2 -161250,his earlier films,2 -208445,on his nimble shoulders,2 -193647,as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics,1 -25054,D,2 -150253,This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse ,,0 -197096,dismember,1 -36967,simple and obvious,2 -183417,Did we really need a remake of '' Charade ?,1 -213807,that praises female self-sacrifice,2 -191170,a rather toothless take,1 -237468,things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk ,,3 -167221,of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz,1 -194168,be more like hell,0 -145188,Even with a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder,2 -92865,small gem,3 -128644,of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story,3 -64509,Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .,4 -124835,it 's hardly watchable,0 -144160,Birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with Christophe Honoré ) is n't so much bad as it is bland .,1 -218605,vulgar and,2 -196569,daily activities,2 -125116,it to hit cable,2 -142335,, lifeless , and amateurishly,0 -177130,underground work,2 -19590,a sort of comfort food for the mind,4 -156865,could benefit from a Three 's Company-style laugh track,1 -238292,uses clips,2 -174271,the message is too blatant,1 -225806,Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour , but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and,4 -166547,name actors,2 -22468,tight,3 -58876,their counterparts,2 -22602,troubled African-American 's,2 -238418,warm .,3 -160579,harmless and mildly amusing family,3 -81998,he only scratches the surface,2 -104630,Barbershop . It 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters,3 -166632,needs a little gravity ,,1 -68003,One of the finest,4 -236323,than most of the rest of `` Dragonfly,2 -188855,There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ...,1 -222342,And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .,2 -103376,? Certainly .,3 -195823,cloying messages,1 -139764,who is chasing who,3 -134550,that segment,2 -213783,that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves,3 -199931,give most parents pause,2 -120405,for character and viewer,2 -51345,even if the heart belongs to a big,2 -96184,the most original in years,3 -53143,intense , brooding character study,3 -17932,unique in its deceptive grimness,2 -46687,Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron,4 -199258,for misfiring,2 -187997,The campy results make Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated .,3 -66839,Jackie Chan movies are a guilty pleasure,3 -88055,nothing original,1 -206708,muddy sound,1 -130844,put it on a coffee table anywhere,2 -234497,of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble,3 -80644,from serendipity,2 -81307,grabs you in the dark and,2 -22986,'' works,2 -68562,Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory,3 -211020,seem at least passably real,3 -31850,freak-outs,2 -100870,works well enough,3 -75861,both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters,2 -151209,` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer,0 -134919,the better drug-related pictures,2 -11321,the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide,2 -166378,moves his setting,2 -93798,such high-profile talent,4 -117667,crawls along,1 -23243,( Sade ),2 -161938,in one form or the other,2 -162701,is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .,2 -209310,place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than,2 -200813,have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense,1 -77230,conservative and hidebound,2 -121946,have finally aged past his prime ...,3 -191193,a recycled and dumbed-down version,0 -134758,the Seven Dwarfs,2 -590,being the big hit franklin,2 -148888,Stuffy,1 -46920,The Lion King,3 -157903,downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement,1 -54659,may be enough to keep many moviegoers,2 -101795,'s not difficult to spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller,2 -17914,uncontrolled , and intense,2 -65683,From the dull,1 -223987,If you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set,2 -56548,repressed teenage memories,1 -63910,An intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation,3 -9454,on soundtrack rights,2 -179119,you do n't go to the movies for,1 -202928,is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance .,1 -108596,Reno does what he can in a thankless situation , the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again ,,3 -63331,A riveting story,3 -11161,the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste,0 -129488,on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination,2 -40565,'s easily his finest American film ... comes,4 -192794,and writer David Koepp,2 -149882,The streets ,,2 -145254,Eyre 's failings,2 -138972,very compelling or much fun,3 -27960,a winner,4 -109770,The film 's heady yet far from impenetrable theory,2 -217508,to want to be a character study,2 -147638,Nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .,0 -96364,the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and,3 -6609,for sure,3 -41526,all ,,2 -108329,Pauline And Paulette,2 -8185,janice,2 -41597,as romantic nor,2 -142703,-- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --,2 -159449,for naughty children 's stockings,2 -13709,. Good fun , good action ,,3 -135971,the peculiar American style of justice,3 -207051,no matter how Broomfield dresses it up,2 -232892,is why anybody picked it up .,1 -36480,remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik . '',4 -196784,depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen,0 -60765,'re wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why,3 -169210,preprogrammed,2 -170601,seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future Quentin Tarantino picture,2 -80419,force himself,2 -51465,face and transmute,2 -70998,With exquisite craftsmanship ... Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .,3 -23958,, trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack,2 -162515,is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .,1 -87516,mourns her tragedies,2 -47982,a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them,3 -143372,A string,2 -132512,simply stupid , irrelevant and,1 -56227,proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film .,4 -27842,a solid mixture,3 -201732,in Glitter,2 -3672,a cohesive story,3 -129152,of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear,2 -7522,indigestion sets,1 -16732,of drugs,2 -21006,is also , believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out .,4 -110367,There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .,3 -149667,The only thing scary about feardotcom,1 -231127,get enough of libidinous young city dwellers,2 -167995,oil,2 -63112,A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .,4 -133906,teaming,3 -97907,to be an astronaut,2 -10935,take me,2 -126203,littered,2 -50017,can now,2 -141297,'s distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow,1 -168304,only so far,2 -91551,respect and affection,3 -36171,privileged,2 -53244,is Grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor,2 -118737,droll sense,2 -202827,is completely at sea,3 -192359,amateurish screenplay,1 -123856,is a whole lot of nada,1 -230029,creaky `` Pretty Woman '',2 -154002,arm 's,2 -100055,who 's the scariest of sadists,3 -38065,the challenges,2 -4551,amari,2 -28890,and unrepentant domestic psychopathy,2 -170685,self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .,0 -57808,that is funny , touching , smart and complicated,3 -238203,underlay the relentless gaiety,2 -150126,There is very little dread or apprehension , and though I like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill .,1 -186941,Richard Pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material ,,3 -110858,Venus,2 -151521,a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ),0 -64417,Bolero,2 -202466,involved talent,3 -49768,board,2 -60630,$ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket,2 -237850,to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks,1 -88074,nuance and,2 -110929,Warner Bros . costumer jived,2 -159892,gargantuan aura,3 -15353,by the people who were there,2 -112707,a sign . An EXIT sign , that is,1 -114939,as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject,2 -156939,cranked out on an assembly line,1 -211345,shake up the mix ,,2 -171431,so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -223000,Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .,3 -108147,One funny popcorn,3 -144544,Collinwood,2 -210144,read books,2 -114338,another combination,2 -120484,for something fresh to say,2 -143577,Alex,2 -51991,fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters,3 -213457,than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre,2 -145103,Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie,2 -221255,, and enjoyable,3 -209922,pursuing his castle in the sky,2 -165617,makes you want to like it,3 -208397,on a curve,2 -110472,This is a movie full of grace and ,,4 -200624,has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them,1 -118641,dough,2 -153131,all the goodwill it otherwise develops,2 -226529,The use of CGI and digital ink-and-paint,2 -227125,While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. ),2 -61247,'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching ,,4 -67174,Left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation,2 -51587,feelings that profoundly deepen them,3 -228917,as a virgin with a chastity belt,2 -140545,would have been preferable :,2 -141773,( I ),2 -200612,has no business going,2 -182593,As it stands,2 -181052,, they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .,1 -141678,'s too long , too repetitive ,,0 -73136,acting , direction , story and pace,2 -81302,grab a lump of Play-Doh,2 -18354,, and ultimate theme,2 -204103,items,2 -36116,prankish comedy,3 -223347,Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil , `` Sade '' covers the same period as Kaufmann 's `` Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .,4 -69552,The film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .,3 -44695,Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show , and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch Some Body first .,4 -114931,as if to say , '' Look at this ! This is an interesting movie,3 -224764,Mel Gibson and,2 -68515,Rubbo,2 -234556,of the multiplex,2 -100956,woven,2 -103224,... is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality .,4 -12405,to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges,3 -15758,feel-good picture,4 -4634,an emotional edge,3 -90958,puts enough salt,3 -179878,'s not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .,1 -229472,bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton,2 -163926,it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy,1 -121036,get a few punches in,2 -42613,sex and,2 -183643,Egypt,2 -37019,sleepy,2 -203299,is one reason it 's so lackluster .,0 -132451,shtick,1 -233613,make Enough,2 -53570,is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .,3 -17446,that rare combination of entertainment and education .,4 -24531,About nowhere kids who appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes,2 -185775,Like its parade of predecessors , this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .,2 -223923,If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea,1 -214373,the creative process or even,2 -167774,of the director 's brother,2 -196674,deer,2 -14136,In its ragged , cheap and unassuming way , the movie works .,3 -44678,Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese : it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film,4 -221118,) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .,2 -104153,All the pieces fall together without much surprise , but little moments give it a boost .,3 -150861,When ( De Palma 's ) bad , he 's really bad , and Femme Fatale ranks with the worst he has done .,0 -1288,in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy,0 -158863,far too clunky,1 -161761,in September,2 -155868,ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes,0 -110673,To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits . To others,2 -86479,made the original Men in Black,2 -238924,without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ),2 -143333,A shambles,1 -222213,Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash .,1 -68566,Safe Conduct is anything but languorous .,3 -152424,a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars,0 -219033,welt,2 -34707,movies to the list of things he does well,3 -47118,The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding,3 -198962,fireworks,2 -208476,on slapstick,2 -184554,Hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat,1 -100185,whose sharp intellect,3 -146878,Jewison 's,2 -88033,not to believe it,1 -152691,a word -- yes,2 -127786,naval personnel in San Diego,2 -232852,is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle,2 -115659,became more and more abhorrent,2 -172223,subversive little indie film,3 -204445,just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through,1 -141822,( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the Stepford Wives mentality does n't work in a modern context,1 -24434,A real story about real people living their lives,3 -206436,more predictable,2 -235649,shameless self-caricature,1 -48496,a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl,3 -17218,skilled ensemble actors,4 -79464,explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives,3 -122706,if possible ),2 -70344,Though Frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .,2 -23353,, a joyful effusion of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater,4 -37324,stepping stone,2 -11157,the abiding impression,2 -171449,so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them,0 -215862,the visual panache , the comic touch ,,3 -234949,pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss,2 -236430,that ends with Truckzilla,2 -28316,an all-American girl,2 -9871,prove too convoluted,1 -7566,instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart 's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl ,,2 -124744,is unashamedly pro-Serbian and,2 -51530,far closer than many movies,3 -52647,his most vital work,3 -50056,care about its protagonist and,2 -114483,appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction,0 -29524,being a different kind of time traveler,3 -170743,sermonizing,1 -68980,Stands as a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11,2 -67049,Kline,2 -217189,to make absurdist observations,1 -9579,pacing,2 -106930,It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but,1 -15209,be rewarded by Borstal Boy,3 -13580,, gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere,4 -221755,-- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering,2 -197580,dubious feat,2 -149440,The film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither .,0 -172112,string-pulling,1 -104099,After a while , Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .,1 -66423,Inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening,3 -157469,direct proportion,2 -179379,'ll find in this dreary mess,1 -58121,the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time,2 -69803,The overall result,2 -138915,vampire soap opera,2 -29611,bits,2 -224004,In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .,2 -182863,Bolado,2 -212759,styled,2 -93738,subtlest,2 -192436,an absurd finale of twisted metal,1 -47750,Zhang 's last film,1 -231509,has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,1 -99552,want to call the cops,2 -148100,Pie-type,2 -209117,passatempo descompromissado,2 -20864,implied,2 -100420,with a philosophical visual coming right,3 -209416,plenty of sturm,2 -49120,approaching the end of his vitality,2 -21303,may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth .,4 -119747,fang-baring,2 -79394,exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk ,,3 -127970,no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing,2 -97177,them time and space to convince us of that all on their own,2 -131925,see something that did n't talk down to them,3 -20606,freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke,3 -142377,, ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .,0 -27700,a nearly impeccable cinematic experience,4 -42279,lends its conflicts,2 -140753,you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more,2 -142910,401 ( k ) statement,2 -226312,The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen .,0 -117016,clashing cultures and a clashing mother\/daughter relationship,2 -18055,will be rewarded by Borstal Boy,3 -120812,full of life , hand gestures , and some,3 -37713,than the original,2 -12035,the wild thornberrys movie,2 -213052,swinging subculture,2 -75867,bothered to construct a real story this time,3 -63938,An original little film,3 -29946,by the exigencies of time,2 -9664,peppered,2 -32360,have become just,2 -234925,persecuted `` other,2 -20166,but be warned,1 -53089,injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .,3 -47086,The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama ,,2 -14238,Like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated .,3 -146761,It wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy .,2 -68027,One of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm .,4 -42053,has truly,2 -207153,none-too-funny,1 -230648,exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie,0 -177219,unless it 's that life stinks,2 -69911,The simplicity of The Way Home has few equals this side of Aesop,2 -206628,movie-star wife,2 -131150,recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile,3 -45172,Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart , you will enjoy seeing how both evolve ,,3 -9644,patch,2 -9018,near you,2 -128430,of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line,2 -145805,High Crimes miscasts nearly every leading character .,1 -128840,of outrageous force and craven concealment,1 -58549,the odds,2 -114677,are standard procedure,2 -148775,Sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , ( Ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .,1 -31802,for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .,2 -56482,regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century ,,2 -114321,animation work,3 -95306,the chill,2 -212397,sprawl,2 -126782,many directions,2 -208016,of talented friends,2 -37544,sweet and charming,3 -204665,lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success .,2 -62236,, still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .,4 -188303,The kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics,1 -114055,an honest and loving one,3 -216160,there is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags to be gleaned from the premise,1 -48685,admirable quality,3 -226568,There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris .,1 -25489,Has a shambling charm ... a cheerfully inconsequential diversion .,3 -113439,advantages,2 -21394,n't put down,3 -191067,a particularly slanted ,,2 -28604,and fiction,2 -132452,sibling rivalry,2 -165781,me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay,2 -173076,that it ends by blowing just about everything up,3 -231548,have been a good film in `` Trouble Every Day,2 -38460,the movie biz,2 -199526,from Bambi and The Lion King,2 -61079,'s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb .,4 -161266,his foolish prey,2 -21380,mythology,2 -21408,necessary discussion points,2 -152606,a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is,2 -86691,making a statement,3 -200804,have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster,2 -44006,A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply,3 -64487,Brings awareness to an issue,3 -149821,The script is n't very good :,1 -199981,giving it the old college try,2 -98171,to life in the performances,3 -29478,becomes a heady experience,3 -171087,silly rather than plausible,1 -23274,( which always relates to characters and story ),2 -68002,One of the best rock documentaries ever . Wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .,4 -41557,any arguments one way or the other,2 -6489,filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances,3 -91224,realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .,2 -106371,I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies,1 -84203,is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .,4 -6431,fears,1 -161790,in a movie,2 -225361,Over and,2 -176142,to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices,2 -159391,for astute observations,2 -188979,This is a heartfelt story,4 -24126,... a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations .,0 -96897,the top,2 -181851,A movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ',1 -217930,turned down .,2 -51757,following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition,3 -90280,picked me up,4 -77483,covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S .,3 -126732,making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present,2 -56458,reefs,2 -202766,is as predictable as the tides,1 -170984,should peak,2 -170258,runs only about 300 pages,2 -45318,Friday-night excitement,3 -41003,It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,,4 -104818,Both Garcia and Jagger,2 -200068,goes right over the edge and,2 -134058,than awe,3 -204596,know it 's a comedy,2 -166326,most of the characters,2 -39077,tighter,2 -225898,Sometimes , that 's enough .,2 -213699,that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring,1 -106504,I never thought I 'd say this ,,2 -96402,the pitch of his movie,2 -160182,go with it,2 -172206,substance-free,0 -200689,has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .,3 -30127,check it out and form their own opinion,3 -230745,feardotcom.com,2 -213460,than you might think,2 -53474,is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything,3 -70370,Though not for everyone , The Guys is a somber trip worth taking .,2 -196711,deliver for country music fans or for family audiences,2 -172763,than it was written by teenagers,1 -76125,by The Piano Teacher,2 -124444,is perfectly creepy and believable,3 -59382,to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya,2 -118908,effective moments,3 -131351,rent the original,2 -94953,that will capture the minds and hearts of many,3 -44432,American in sensibility and style,3 -121242,go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego,2 -72885,ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally,2 -181194,-- artsy fantasy sequences --,2 -125020,it is instead a cheap cliché,2 -80602,from both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs,2 -224180,It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,1 -19626,a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none,2 -127768,nationalist,2 -167401,of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very ,,2 -118964,elliptically loops back to where it began,2 -144346,Cabin Boy,2 -102010,'ve already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles,1 -230656,excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks,3 -125631,know nothing about the subject,2 -161827,in bad bear suits,2 -115187,at odds with the rest of the film,1 -199677,fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --,2 -212152,some outrageously creative action in The Transporter,3 -100670,with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face,2 -132424,shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this,2 -117006,clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf,2 -78833,elevates,2 -173651,the concept is a poor one,1 -151986,a long , convoluted ploy,1 -180516,, annoying , heavy-handed,0 -32910,in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first,2 -23463,, because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise,3 -181811,A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video,2 -188180,The film has ( its ) moments ,,2 -67790,Nettelbeck ... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .,3 -144685,Danilo,2 -6905,gussied up,2 -161280,his latest,2 -76247,ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters,3 -91348,reflections,2 -67536,Michael Cunningham 's novel,2 -191914,action flick formula,2 -51801,for much longer,2 -230254,discerning taste,3 -25660,If you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But fans should have fun meeting,3 -150656,Vile,1 -81245,good spirits,4 -171657,something inexplicably strange,2 -148529,Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed,1 -21,'s a certain style and wit to the dialogue,3 -180573,, but the execution is lackluster at best .,1 -67099,LaBute masterfully balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Something for everyone .,4 -159101,film project,2 -131275,religious fanatics,2 -74545,as Gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch,3 -177998,what the title of this film implies,2 -105141,Cletis Tout never becomes the clever crime comedy it thinks it is,1 -125423,its writers , John C . Walsh,2 -68639,Scotland looks wonderful ,,3 -143736,An incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been,1 -114024,an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes,3 -78012,desarrollarse,1 -66129,I already mentioned,2 -39881,way to lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor,3 -191632,a wing,2 -174266,the mere suggestion , albeit a visually compelling one , of a fully realized story,2 -4340,about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters,1 -120260,fling gags,2 -63779,Ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints,3 -39129,to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups,2 -43914,2 million Palestinians,2 -189562,What ` Blade Runner ' would,3 -238156,tv obsession,2 -102555,, he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .,2 -76853,co-writer Catherine di Napoli,2 -31612,filling,3 -36962,significant character study,3 -213372,than bite,2 -68991,Star\/producer,2 -175080,the-loose banter of Welcome to Collinwood,2 -3869,a half-hearted,1 -41697,catch some,3 -36764,seems more facile than the earlier films,2 -105114,Circuit turns out to be,2 -237219,the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach,2 -146760,It wants to be thought of as a subversive little indie film , but it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy,2 -98315,to squeeze his story,2 -38064,the central performers are experienced actors,3 -126562,madness , not the man,2 -235470,says it all .,2 -33483,is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it .,2 -83271,incurably,1 -23454,, as the prime villain ,,2 -1395,is so bloodless,1 -228269,about 3\/4th the fun,2 -153272,an Anne Rice novel,2 -60978,'s both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen,3 -29450,beats,2 -212121,some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of Jordan,1 -115482,be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly,1 -2925,to film,2 -18099,with charming results,4 -87013,memorable and resourceful performances,4 -166050,misses its emotions,1 -25921,Lane,2 -210932,screenful,2 -21608,old-time,2 -64416,Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period,3 -192568,an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be,2 -47723,York,2 -129196,of two marvelously,2 -109162,Star Trek was kind of terrific once,2 -206574,motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ),2 -8654,makes your teeth hurt,0 -89156,of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,3 -111907,a film can be,2 -1427,it 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story,3 -216706,tick-tock,1 -165740,may be the most tuneless tune,1 -71919,a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch,3 -112790,a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never,2 -131667,rude and,1 -164646,lazy and slipshod,1 -166759,no aspirations,1 -178759,wonder if Lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit,2 -98205,to mesmerize , astonish and entertain,3 -113175,about modern man,2 -52130,girls ',2 -10581,social commentary,2 -100266,will have you talking 'til the end of the year,4 -75518,being able to creep the living hell out of you,3 -195519,casual moviegoers who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek,2 -82763,impress about E . T,3 -203794,it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .,0 -144795,Despite all the talking , by the time the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .,2 -46321,Niels Mueller,2 -97062,the world 's dispossessed,2 -87596,much more than a few cheap thrills from your Halloween entertainment,2 -132773,so often less,2 -128357,of Mothman Prophecies,2 -169700,reach far beyond its core demographic,3 -226513,The thought,2 -57872,that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession,2 -18826,Denis and co-writer,2 -70571,Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue,2 -109740,The end result,2 -94083,tackling,2 -137734,to men and women,2 -45539,Huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling Kathy Baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on Boston Public just as much as 8 Women 's Augustine,3 -140799,you see because the theater,2 -214104,the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do . ',2 -165236,looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future,1 -81099,gives added clout to this doc,3 -53639,is strong as always,3 -81657,has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .,3 -189003,This is n't a '' Friday '' worth waiting for .,0 -90022,painted on their largest-ever historical canvas,3 -145340,Final,2 -61583,, Barbershop is tuned in to its community .,3 -211091,seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk,1 -191433,a successful career,3 -152234,a plotline,2 -111941,a formula comedy,1 -175324,this , or any,2 -181780,A little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon Wedding,1 -38886,they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula,4 -79172,errors,0 -224243,It 's still Adam Sandler , and it 's not Little Nicky,2 -30128,check out,2 -144610,Coolidge,2 -82007,he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together,2 -162286,insult,1 -143651,Altar Boys requires a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score .,2 -130670,problematic in its narrative specifics,2 -93834,sugar coating,2 -200072,goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen,2 -10407,shoot,1 -191892,act like Pinocchio,2 -131298,remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .,4 -37760,that allow it in,2 -227416,`` Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington .,3 -95862,the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story,2 -223128,Dickensian hero,2 -179867,'s no energy,1 -163558,is very funny but too concerned,3 -198766,female bonding,2 -47317,There are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness .,4 -210573,rings false .,1 -216988,to dwell,2 -50191,cities and refugee camps,2 -234084,neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be,0 -41622,be a kid again ,,2 -171661,something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler,2 -220293,you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet,3 -204262,its own cuteness,3 -206990,nihilistic,2 -195237,by this tired retread,1 -193724,at all the wrong moments,2 -110179,The story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue,2 -3316,'s an enjoyable one,3 -215721,the supernatural trappings,2 -72465,a solid cast,4 -28955,anti-Hollywood,2 -237980,to the classic Disney adaptation,3 -1736,migraine-inducing,1 -22871,world-weary colonel,2 -167638,of passion or uniqueness,2 -153794,are all by themselves ,,2 -168524,overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity,3 -72855,a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical,3 -89231,off the page , and for the memorable character creations,3 -7945,it is,3 -33066,innocence and wisdom,3 -106130,Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire,1 -89509,on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet,3 -26663,Subversive,2 -231576,have gone straight to video .,1 -33898,junk,2 -173892,the film 's target market,2 -26248,Noyce 's,2 -9316,of napoleon,2 -207261,nothing of boring,2 -237406,there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break,4 -46105,Martin and Barbara,2 -202542,is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .,2 -54289,little boys,2 -54302,little-remembered world,2 -203020,is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing,0 -191242,a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment,2 -215584,the sentimental,2 -67201,Less the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling ( though no less horrifying for it ) .,3 -90433,poetry and politics ,,3 -181904,A predictable , manipulative stinker . The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal,0 -122013,having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over,2 -31587,few too many weeping,2 -33639,it does n't go too much further .,1 -171611,some spunk and promise,3 -104855,Breheny 's,2 -124029,is eventually,2 -211757,slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one,0 -145662,Guillermo,2 -88542,of elaborate and twisted characters,3 -169643,rare ones,3 -106172,Has its moments -- and almost as many subplots .,3 -203601,is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .,0 -193891,awash,2 -142242,, ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against,1 -116425,by its lavish grandeur,3 -188735,The stunt work is top-notch : the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .,3 -221011,'s too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling,1 -209926,pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting,1 -43849,... a good , if not entirely fresh , look at war .,2 -61088,'s immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .,4 -116894,chasing who,3 -148291,Ritchie 's treatment,2 -4185,a symptom of artistic malnutrition,1 -224309,It has no affect on the Kurds ,,2 -19817,and create,2 -60957,'s as good as you remember . In fact , even better .,4 -20365,deserve,2 -12971,what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona ,,1 -164072,its likable performances and,3 -122669,identity and alienation,2 -22354,the slapstick antics,2 -123655,involves us in the unfolding crisis,2 -189322,Ultimately , Jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with .,2 -159436,for its own good ( but enough to do harm ) , this strange hybrid of crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy,2 -139811,whose aims,2 -21558,of the artists,2 -96978,the very fabric of Iranian,2 -226675,This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .,4 -36445,regurgitation,1 -65956,He 's the con ,,2 -121281,gone for broke,2 -95875,the high standards of performance,3 -124207,is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump,1 -224142,It 's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed,1 -119178,ensures the film never feels draggy .,3 -6746,generous,3 -129752,others do n't , and,2 -114374,antsy,2 -112782,a stereotypical one of self-discovery,1 -54858,mosaic,2 -50234,college humor,2 -230785,few nice twists,3 -133691,surprisingly engrossing,3 -83817,is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .,3 -84273,is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles,4 -51036,driven,2 -8922,much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics,1 -39980,what you know when deciding to see it,2 -34431,maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful,2 -230204,did n't find much fascination in the swinging .,1 -116678,captures a life interestingly lived,3 -116239,brings this unknown slice of history affectingly,3 -235129,pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority,2 -145554,German-Expressionist , ' according to the press notes,2 -212900,suited for the history or biography channel,3 -132576,skilled actors,3 -212884,suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .,0 -145814,Hills Have Antlers,2 -149260,The central story,2 -90692,probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .,2 -166972,not only manufactured,2 -59626,unadulterated,2 -211373,shaping the material to fit the story,2 -108086,Nothing too deep or substantial,2 -9512,one thing 's for sure if george romero had directed this movie , it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head .,0 -187869,The Simpsons ever has,2 -9741,played in the most straight-faced fashion ,,2 -32941,in the life,2 -96116,the members,2 -133970,tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises,2 -194441,beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay,1 -229759,cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold,2 -104712,Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ),3 -94694,that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,4 -27773,a refreshingly adult take on adultery,3 -175339,this adult,2 -150202,This idea has lost its originality ... and,1 -76800,clears the cynicism right out of you,3 -27791,a romantic relationship,3 -123207,in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers,2 -107528,Lots of effort and intelligence,3 -23496,, but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting,4 -230535,enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork,1 -143347,A slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits ,,1 -233896,mixed emotions,2 -30757,determined stylishness,2 -1799,must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others,4 -1648,lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life ,,3 -94798,that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life,2 -157262,demigod,2 -45954,Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance,3 -180224,( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy ,,1 -172984,that does n't produce any real transformation,2 -135442,the gamut,2 -126789,many have made it out to be,3 -77565,creep the living hell out of you,3 -96752,the steps,2 -161762,in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction,0 -166550,nanosecond,2 -18546,... if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .,4 -125827,lazy humor,2 -162099,inability to create interest,1 -113818,amiable but,3 -212282,spat,2 -94267,teeth-clenching,3 -184384,Her fans,2 -70001,The trick,2 -164960,like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness,2 -154112,as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune,2 -30580,daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual,3 -182867,Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up ,,3 -19918,any time,2 -150949,Wild West,2 -34226,lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone,3 -37562,sympathetically,3 -216533,thoroughly formulaic film,1 -148362,SLA,2 -10164,ring,2 -198484,falls flat as a spoof .,1 -35518,of theater,2 -134087,than its one good idea,2 -19143,Notting Hill,2 -156204,cheap slasher flick,2 -172739,than both,2 -69315,The Lady and the Duke surprisingly,3 -33643,it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .,3 -169389,prostituted,2 -53689,is utterly mad,2 -141828,( Two ) fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable Scandinavian settlers in 18th-century Canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now,1 -133537,succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system,3 -834,does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds,3 -54593,manage to get you under its spell,3 -84135,is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away,4 -39239,to make it memorable,3 -26818,The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .,3 -62276,, the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .,2 -20420,drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? '',2 -191053,a nuanced portrait,3 -180897,, repetitive and ragged,1 -134038,than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy,3 -237511,this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .,0 -83913,is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .,3 -45067,Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo . It is not what you see,4 -172775,than middle school age,2 -154260,as the first and trains,2 -181385,1958 Brooklyn,2 -116825,changed,2 -231147,gets old,1 -49804,bought from telemarketers,2 -18031,which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured,3 -137070,this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play,0 -88416,of an old dog,2 -188765,The whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .,1 -105567,ENOUGH,0 -131487,retrospective,2 -187269,Show me the mugging,3 -187447,Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude,3 -16992,probe,2 -26036,Makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness .,3 -96510,the quirky,3 -215507,the right tone,2 -1119,greatly,3 -108984,Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount,0 -179164,you slide in on a freebie,2 -197632,during your screening,2 -136287,the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore,3 -31146,enough to see it,3 -99294,van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure,3 -85632,keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows,2 -206920,never comes together,1 -167024,nothing but Costner ,,2 -167593,of marginalization,2 -67843,Nohe 's documentary,2 -7311,if nothing else , this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .,3 -150047,There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but,2 -229678,can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth,2 -17079,regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators,2 -136269,the skin of her characters,2 -172210,substantial arc,2 -72042,a moving camera,2 -60157,who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings,2 -100569,with nothing but a camera,2 -84671,is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll,3 -132158,set in Newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock,3 -83535,into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering,2 -164447,kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting,1 -201993,in the acting craft,2 -155616,but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy,2 -101083,you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time,2 -224600,Less than fresh .,1 -99426,vigorously,2 -48449,a trashy little,1 -184436,Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances,2 -126491,lulled,1 -159853,funny nor provocative - only dull,0 -28487,and a sobering rumination,3 -104081,Adam Watstein with finishing it at all,3 -84996,it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one,4 -12103,they takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending .,1 -121803,has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player . As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired,1 -218042,ultimate thrills . Men,3 -45992,Last Kiss,2 -113235,above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title,3 -89141,of this or any recent holiday season,2 -118635,double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much,2 -180334,, '' it 's not .,2 -121096,getting around,2 -223429,Freundlich has made just another safe movie .,2 -142609,, viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .,0 -130606,pretty much the same way,2 -93247,spanning history , rather than suspending it,2 -175374,this easily skippable hayseeds-vs,2 -194840,boring man,0 -223447,Funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director George Hickenlooper all takes place in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read . '',3 -43614,, interesting and confirming,4 -224810,Monsters , Inc. ,,2 -176890,troupe Broken Lizard 's,2 -75546,believe in them,2 -64243,Barrels,2 -64951,De Niro and Murphy,2 -86750,manages to fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal .,2 -9830,pretty darned good,4 -205163,lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it,1 -172860,that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame,1 -24299,A clever blend of fact and fiction .,3 -16031,his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth,2 -177128,undergraduate doubling subtexts and,2 -235561,seems to be coasting,2 -69798,The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities,3 -135567,the insightful writer\/director,3 -13413,'' the other,2 -90031,paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here .,2 -95206,the better film 's,3 -127601,moving , and adventurous directorial debut,3 -145441,For most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .,0 -112218,a little underconfident,1 -166386,movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids,2 -100062,who are n't part of its supposed target audience,2 -86238,long-lived,2 -171063,significant harm and,2 -238435,was for Jim Carrey,2 -90136,paying attention , the '' big twists '',3 -26064,McDowell,2 -58983,this deeply affecting film,3 -173637,the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan,3 -75341,be underestimated,1 -211507,should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson,2 -110982,Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title,3 -213337,textbook to intrigue,2 -65045,Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable .,4 -4366,abysmally,0 -149497,The journey toward redemption feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie .,2 -53363,is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey,2 -78884,emerging with a fine character study that 's short on plot but rich in the tiny revelations of real life,2 -18142,wrought suspense yarn,3 -183305,DeMeo is not without talent,3 -230582,essentially `` Fatal Attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .,1 -126079,like about Murder By Numbers,2 -55456,of nationalism,2 -77900,delicate ambiguity,3 -82972,in its bold presentation,3 -11693,the new film,2 -30364,considering the world 's best cuisine,3 -233559,loud once,2 -190167,a better satiric target,1 -148083,Peter and Bobby --,2 -106060,Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but,2 -62848,A classy , sprightly spin on film,4 -28771,and retribution,2 -111887,a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics,2 -151813,a good ear,2 -233549,lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile,1 -130897,quick resolution,2 -121635,harks back,2 -93340,spontaneous creativity and,3 -211226,sensitive observation,2 -26751,The acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound,2 -156588,coming away,2 -139397,we had no trouble sitting for Blade II .,3 -27285,Yakusho,2 -50223,closure,2 -76721,cinema had been around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's,2 -162482,invite some genuine spontaneity into the film,3 -52793,if 26-year-old Reese Witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic,2 -26635,Star Wars saga,2 -55615,of the unsung heroes of 20th century,3 -72616,a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor,4 -79043,enjoyable family fare,4 -24301,A cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history .,3 -101912,'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,3 -146544,It 's mildly amusing , but I certainly ca n't recommend it .,1 -201144,his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld,2 -94762,that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .,3 -12691,unrelentingly claustrophobic and,1 -5540,childhood innocence,3 -63373,A slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .,4 -125946,librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized,3 -56756,scripting,2 -71425,a coma-like state,1 -18113,with unexpected deposits of feeling .,2 -204144,its charms and,3 -34163,lively , funny and ultimately sobering film,4 -135985,the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe,1 -9080,no small,2 -95443,the delusions,1 -13168,with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler,2 -153491,an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing,1 -189588,What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and,1 -66819,Its rawness and,2 -137696,to keep you engaged,2 -89754,organic way,2 -223943,If you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with Jason X.,3 -57348,still dealing with its fascist past,1 -58361,the grown men,2 -161256,his fictional Yvan 's,2 -169565,quirky character study,2 -177227,unmemorable filler,1 -99734,we make , and the vengeance they,2 -88640,of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities .,3 -220009,worn a bit thin over the years ,,1 -193690,assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,1 -226932,Wait to see it then,1 -116752,casting , often,2 -85067,it is instructive,3 -125066,it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us,3 -134984,the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm,1 -73037,above-average brains,3 -37767,that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare,2 -214021,the Chelsea Hotel,2 -160275,good with people,2 -212109,some futile concoction that was developed hastily after Oedekerk,0 -174652,the ridiculous dialog,1 -139620,where big stars and high production values are standard procedure,3 -232771,is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie,0 -119369,eventual cult classic,3 -206902,neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are,2 -172334,supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before,2 -119311,even a movie,2 -53216,inventive , consistently intelligent and,3 -186189,Most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears .,0 -129938,paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors,1 -46805,Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and Alan Bates play Desmond 's legal eagles ,,2 -86708,maladjusted,2 -137183,three decades,2 -23636,, funny,4 -93497,step right up,2 -149441,The film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately .,0 -163497,is tiresomely grave and long-winded,0 -158263,energetic cast,3 -43970,A beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in Iran,3 -30305,complain,1 -185033,It 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .,0 -151628,a disloyal satyr,2 -42657,some ingenious plot devices and,3 -234151,no scene that screams `` bathroom break,2 -50660,deadpan tone,1 -100041,whipping out the dirty words,1 -202248,innate,2 -39552,ultimately touching,3 -62327,, this Dumas adaptation entertains,3 -204975,like Ghost Ship,2 -75558,belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers,4 -13897,Between the drama of Cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .,3 -25195,Eisenberg,3 -159771,from this story,2 -80915,genuine and singular artist,4 -57008,sin , American-style ?,2 -211279,serves mostly to whet one 's appetite for the Bollywood films,2 -46988,The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie,3 -54072,keep us riveted to our seats,4 -32791,in Auschwitz,2 -232592,is n't really about anything,2 -228418,aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once,3 -63863,An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up .,3 -70631,Vin Diesel is the man,3 -137225,through this one,2 -190701,a grenade with his teeth,1 -156731,considerable more interest,2 -4342,about anyone,2 -54991,na,1 -151370,a big mess,1 -58099,the center,2 -206186,mind-numbingly stilted,0 -14562,Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .,3 -200706,hate to like it,2 -208538,once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie,1 -39095,to Clooney fans or adventure buffs,3 -89529,once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy,2 -74409,are so believable that you feel what they feel,3 -57318,status,3 -83917,is a very funny , heartwarming film .,4 -61729,, achingly human,3 -174805,the stalker does n't do much stalking,1 -33255,is a refreshing change,3 -59228,to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .,3 -122952,in any working class community in the nation,2 -225730,Senegalese updating of `` Carmen '',2 -201807,in a surfeit of characters,2 -81047,give credit,2 -84505,is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen .,3 -27170,Weaver 's,2 -114212,and The Mummy Returns,2 -123854,is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast,0 -168984,plot holes big enough for Shamu the killer whale to swim through,1 -189714,While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way,3 -189073,This picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .,0 -125168,its accumulated enjoyment,3 -221658,, told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . '',3 -198010,especially clever,3 -81150,gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,4 -28610,and flair,3 -104125,All Fears,2 -161750,in Gangster No . 1,2 -186926,Reversal of Fortune ),2 -124486,is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls .,1 -97552,thoroughly enjoyed the love story,4 -236190,suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,0 -466,as a nike ad,2 -11149,that you avoid the godzilla sized soda,1 -174470,the other direction,2 -27974,a world where the personal and the political get,2 -239038,would say,2 -160908,have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them,2 -44787,Broomfield 's,2 -115210,at the prospect of the human race splitting in two,2 -155130,best drug,2 -208742,operas,2 -185866,Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again ,,1 -231926,impressive as its American counterpart,3 -53361,is about irrational , unexplainable life,2 -155852,ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar,2 -139846,why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood,1 -116031,bland hotels ,,2 -63243,A playful Iranian parable,3 -91102,rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .,4 -139670,while ( Roman Coppola ) scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story .,2 -206011,media-constructed ` issues ',2 -78444,does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark,1 -201820,in amusing us,3 -103018,, which makes its message resonate .,2 -171182,six-packs,2 -89344,omits,1 -85410,its strategies and deceptions,2 -195320,called ces Wild .,2 -223711,Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale ,,3 -183694,Ensemble movies , like soap operas,2 -45191,Evokes a palpable sense of disconnection,1 -107703,Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but,2 -211911,so clumsily sentimental,1 -132894,some of the better drug-related pictures,3 -56254,provoke adventurous adults,2 -174646,the resurrection,2 -125389,its title notwithstanding,1 -162475,invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God in the fifth Trek flick .,2 -62549,... The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .,4 -236734,the balm of right-thinking ideology,2 -11439,the first one charming,3 -5071,became in its final form,2 -50414,consider a DVD rental instead,1 -47784,` laughing,4 -220211,you 'd never guess that from the performances,2 -97314,think about the ways we consume pop culture,2 -103122,. Ambrose,2 -121453,gross out,1 -100729,without requiring a great deal of thought,2 -71085,X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average,2 -61400,( A ) devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama .,4 -138620,undermining the movie 's reality,2 -91136,raunch,1 -32028,get really peeved at it,1 -33853,its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought,3 -76394,canvas,2 -176613,too familiar,2 -128139,not very Imaxy,2 -226169,The Son Of The Bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .,4 -168024,on '' The Simpsons '',2 -46941,The Ring '',2 -2994,truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter,1 -204990,like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot,1 -53992,its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities,2 -32842,in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos,4 -6276,evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention,1 -894,enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright,0 -206835,nearly all the previous unseen material resides,2 -109441,The Man Who Wrote Rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .,1 -158554,everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other,2 -79321,every blighter,2 -224713,Mamá También,2 -149232,The best drug,2 -224640,Like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .,0 -190782,a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky,2 -24950,Casey Kasem-furnished voice,3 -208477,on slippery footing,1 -17442,that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self,2 -96484,the production,2 -23657,, headlong thrust,2 -14816,a refreshingly novel ride,3 -148007,Palma 's,2 -162215,injured by any of the gags,2 -221876,1971 musical,2 -213359,than a run-of-the-mill action,2 -228551,an easily accessible way,3 -16913,park,2 -42394,need n't,2 -193627,as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears,2 -128960,of the Concubine love triangle,2 -104654,Beating the Austin Powers films at their own game , this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .,3 -224747,Maybe LeBlanc thought , `` Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . '',1 -42564,right and,3 -164245,joyful or at least fascinating subject,2 -133719,surviving invaders,2 -75149,balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident,3 -87758,need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers,2 -202057,in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone,2 -50617,dancing , running ,,2 -207888,of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale,1 -77631,cultural and geographical displacement,2 -226040,Taken outside the context of the current political climate,2 -171172,sitting through,2 -103203,... bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .,4 -218498,very sluggish,1 -9277,of his butt,2 -132406,show-do,2 -50519,courtroom trial great fun,3 -218127,undergo radical changes,2 -120761,from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way,4 -140661,you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably,2 -102362,, a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .,0 -161990,in the center of The Salton Sea,2 -221050,( A ) mess .,1 -114761,artificial and,2 -233434,like a classroom play in a college history course,1 -62570,... and,2 -100717,without hitting below the belt,2 -228163,a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic,2 -85856,leave you wanting more,3 -60746,'re in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish,3 -28188,all aspects,2 -142569,, this is who you are,2 -125980,life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad,3 -63791,American actress,2 -209252,phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it,0 -17108,rhythm,2 -234877,participatory spectator,2 -98142,to its superior cast,4 -109247,Such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .,0 -159096,film debut something,3 -130983,rampantly,2 -37882,that revels in the true potential of the medium,3 -81790,has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...,3 -75525,being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem,3 -24383,A marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption .,4 -69296,The Guys is a somber trip worth taking .,3 -62346,, this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . If you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat Brussels sprouts .,2 -61373,'til the end of the year,2 -84074,is both convincing and radiant,4 -97630,thought out,3 -147306,Maelström is just another Winter Sleepers .,2 -48849,among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work,4 -144658,Creepy but ultimately unsatisfying,1 -7229,how parents know where all the buttons are , and how to push them,2 -15628,effective and claustrophobic,1 -167144,oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce,2 -1457,it 's sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show,2 -215691,the story would n't work without all those gimmicks,2 -195331,camera effects,2 -171703,songbird,2 -90922,purpose and,2 -156933,crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers,2 -29522,behind it,2 -221521,, she 's appealingly manic and energetic .,3 -205443,lots of boring talking heads , etc .,1 -103150,. Maggie G .,2 -319,aching,1 -114283,and thoughtful and brimming,2 -158179,emotional misery,1 -91713,rigid,1 -57435,stuck in Heaven because He 's afraid of His best-known creation,2 -124947,it deals with its story,2 -108073,Not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet,4 -93848,suited to capture these musicians in full regalia,3 -131461,retaining an integrity,3 -192469,an aimless hodgepodge,0 -165056,listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve,3 -152321,a raw exhilaration about it,4 -53377,is also beautifully acted .,3 -48507,a wonderful tale of love and destiny,4 -132703,sniping,2 -41177,Roman Coppola may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will . But,1 -234179,not a whit more .,2 -23644,, good and ill,2 -31561,feel-good movies,3 -95183,the best date movie of the year,4 -132573,skid-row,1 -4845,as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily ,,2 -170476,scribe,2 -216999,to escape the country,2 -212921,superficial tensions,2 -9534,operational,2 -230576,escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks,3 -135516,the history of our country,2 -113733,almost unbearably,0 -130111,people who have n't read the book,2 -235907,some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza,2 -153457,an odd amalgam of comedy genres ,,2 -35394,of sentimentality,3 -148607,Since the movie is based on a Nicholas Sparks best seller,2 -168336,opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made,1 -239005,would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo,3 -207129,non-Bondish,2 -222801,But that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .,1 -136800,they grow up and you can wait till then,1 -236575,that watching it leaves you giddy,3 -141675,'s too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience,0 -154234,as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie,1 -129178,of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow,2 -173415,the Seine,2 -22122,takes on a whole other meaning,3 -61799,, brisk 85-minute screwball thriller,2 -64629,Captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics,3 -24167,... that he hardly seems to be acting .,2 -204381,ivans xtc . is a mess .,0 -51614,few notches,2 -90883,pulpy concept,1 -29813,but his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness .,3 -143817,Anne Rice rock,2 -143864,Armenia ? No,2 -137601,to forgive its mean-spirited second half,2 -39385,too many weeping,1 -41149,Painful to watch ,,2 -106880,It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements , and Schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas .,3 -178846,worthy substitute,3 -166156,more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or some damn thing,1 -45025,Deeds,2 -229274,becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . '',1 -206414,more member,2 -9199,observant,2 -70750,Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process .,3 -111066,What you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height,2 -169367,promising ideas,3 -233689,makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,1 -67285,List,2 -164140,its relatively scant 97 minutes,1 -121747,has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .,3 -216966,to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent Electra rebellion,1 -6718,fun-seeking,3 -149287,The creaking , rusty ship,1 -156237,child-rearing,2 -192789,and von Trier,2 -216365,this dog,2 -235403,running around , screaming and,2 -156231,chemistry or lack thereof,1 -144529,CliffsNotes version,2 -58785,the true impact,3 -79254,even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring,3 -137159,thought . Better,3 -215925,the worst films of 2002,0 -61960,, if obvious ,,2 -229896,come out in weeks,2 -222496,At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford .,2 -41002,It 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth,3 -39858,wartime,1 -139903,will filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right,2 -121485,guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .,4 -14080,Hip-hop,2 -173785,the eccentric and,2 -173596,the cast delivers mildly amusing performances,3 -34484,might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film .,1 -130566,presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure,2 -54647,masterfully calibrated psychological thriller,3 -51830,for the role,2 -3829,a good-hearted ensemble,3 -176989,turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy,1 -129034,of the great films about movie love,3 -8823,missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read,1 -212233,somewhat convenient ending,2 -100051,who 's being conned right up to the finale,3 -28106,actual ideas,2 -163246,is present in the movie,2 -181713,A glossy knock-off,0 -50362,computerized Yoda,2 -198654,feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,1 -8967,my precious new star wars,3 -51557,fashioning an engrossing entertainment,2 -33915,just lost his wife,1 -8331,lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable,1 -167899,of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture,1 -67666,Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .,3 -172165,stupid Americans,1 -167268,of ` life problems ' most people solved,2 -75233,be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star,4 -134403,that it 's funny,3 -51660,film touching,3 -86745,manages to bring something new into the mix,3 -226692,This off-putting French romantic comedy,1 -161197,himself the bastard child of the Beatnik generation,2 -222037,A little melodramatic , but with enough,1 -170678,self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash,0 -72272,a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor,3 -184795,If The Last Man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .,1 -109097,Sonny Miller,2 -180580,, carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .,0 -133958,tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou-Chou,2 -98494,tonal transformation,2 -200793,have better luck next time,1 -165594,makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .,2 -22490,to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia,3 -109948,The makers of Mothman Prophecies succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .,1 -225486,Pollak,2 -190358,a contract on his life,2 -130264,plain crap,0 -237251,the swinging,2 -147684,Nicholas Nickleby celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge .,2 -128835,of our country,2 -221659,, too ,,2 -15491,culture clashes,2 -29224,as sound and cinematography,2 -35765,or careless,2 -173609,the characters ' ),2 -58733,the sort of heartache everyone,2 -108046,Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers,4 -130525,pratfalls given a working over . The cast is spot on and the mood is laid back,3 -136994,this modest little number,3 -178656,with terrorist motivations,2 -234284,of Monsters , Inc. ,,2 -132212,several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is,0 -118431,do most of the work,2 -162775,is anything but fun .,0 -236685,the `` Damned,2 -6006,disturbing . disgusting .,1 -163556,is utterly unlikeable,1 -125863,leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .,1 -111264,Worlds,2 -189836,World War II ? Um , no .,1 -46090,Marcken,2 -215049,the misery,1 -144920,Do n't let the subtitles fool you : the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action,2 -118495,does Rabbit-Proof Fence find the authority it 's looking for .,2 -131210,references to faith and rainbows,2 -114250,and inventive moments,3 -172854,that , at one point,2 -235370,rhetoric , which are included,2 -231042,from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,0 -147628,Needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance,1 -95174,the beat of a different drum,3 -85487,joie de,2 -197327,does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,2 -91714,rigid social mores,2 -91350,reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film,3 -231090,gag '',2 -191339,a sketch,2 -11727,the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings,4 -84855,it 's a sincere mess,1 -215021,the mediocre end,0 -157794,does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us,1 -165836,melodrama\/character,2 -2457,sweetness,3 -230716,familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human,3 -27537,a fresh take,3 -92670,simple message,3 -135912,the only rip off that we were aware of,2 -121671,has a rather unique approach to documentary .,3 -161831,in bizarre unjustified fashion,1 -4985,badness,2 -39399,topical comedy,2 -91297,recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out,3 -209843,proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .,0 -101548,'s a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .,1 -30572,dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts,2 -235804,slapdash disaster,0 -178382,will leave frowns on more than a few faces,2 -13167,with some fancy special effects,3 -119675,fairy tales and other childish things,2 -119012,emotionally stirring,3 -185263,It could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .,0 -143432,A well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker,2 -78072,determination,2 -95679,the film sits with square conviction,3 -66732,It is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .,3 -49632,begins with promise , but,2 -132549,sitting open,2 -188975,This is Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often .,1 -86935,may pick up new admirers,3 -110797,Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner ,,3 -234138,no new `` A Christmas Carol '',2 -209186,peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic,2 -73854,an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,4 -223337,Fatal Attraction '',2 -31037,electric movie,4 -230405,drama ?,2 -218282,up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist,2 -109794,The film has a childlike quality about it . But,2 -202935,is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .,1 -76793,clear-eyed chronicle,3 -140414,work in a McCulloch production,2 -187158,Scott Kalvert,2 -222158,Abandon '',1 -122326,his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny,2 -129893,overweight,2 -82878,in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly,2 -28859,and the trio 's absorbing narrative is a heart-wrenching showcase indeed .,3 -37583,takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read . '',3 -228983,as surely,2 -98762,tune,2 -22881,wounds,2 -20499,ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character,3 -1036,frequently,2 -152716,about 45,2 -175189,there just is n't much to laugh at,2 -121000,genre picture,2 -88315,of a documentary,2 -219938,wonder for ourselves,2 -134016,textbook,2 -53038,in today 's New Delhi,2 -77809,decisive moments,2 -81558,hard for me,1 -150793,Whaley 's,2 -117271,comic ingredient,2 -44454,An absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss,3 -51275,entertainingly,3 -168402,other quirky movies that try to score hipness,2 -16814,offering,2 -146480,It 's dumb ,,0 -30856,disturbing questions,1 -24825,Big Deal,2 -74436,are the whole show,2 -91306,recommend this film,3 -60616,your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub,2 -101059,you 're in the most trouble,2 -205933,may get cynical,2 -70096,There 's plenty to impress about E . T .,4 -140178,with lots of laughs,4 -46702,Secret Ballot,2 -24276,A bowel-curdling , heart-stopping recipe,2 -86480,made the original Men in Black such a pleasure,3 -206746,muttering,2 -186535,One Hour Photo lives down to its title .,1 -160649,has been,3 -211721,sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment,1 -39593,underdog sports,2 -33393,is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs,4 -224565,Last Dance ,,2 -144874,Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . But he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person,2 -193142,are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters .,1 -211947,so in,2 -165775,me ( horrors ! ),2 -12769,very human and very true to life,3 -159869,future Hollywood sellouts,1 -22495,to come to terms with his origins,2 -30669,deliciously,3 -7828,is unsettling ,,2 -37676,terrific performances from them all,4 -13184,witherspoon 's,2 -66641,It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .,3 -233658,makes ``,2 -104489,As gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy,1 -22114,take notes,2 -234540,of the film 's city beginnings,2 -120979,generate suspense,3 -133245,started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron ,,2 -109518,The Wild Thornberrys Movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .,3 -212176,somehow snagged an Oscar nomination,1 -144615,Corpus Collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .,1 -95565,the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it,1 -199024,flat , flat dialogue,0 -84677,is surely what they 'd look like,2 -211155,seen in a while , a meander through worn-out material,1 -156548,comedy and even dimmer characters,1 -187199,Sendak nor the directors,2 -154158,as each overwrought new sequence,1 -139085,visual virtues,3 -166002,mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc,2 -113903,an admirably dark first script by Brent Hanley,3 -130637,primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of,3 -170698,self-serious,2 -4400,adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '',2 -17358,superstar girls,2 -32148,gorgeous , ramshackle landscape,4 -140681,you 're after,2 -55542,of the actors,2 -29016,approached with imagination and flair,4 -205179,lists and,2 -228248,a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating,2 -23417,, and lots of fun,4 -91169,read about,2 -171656,something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode,3 -70556,Unexpected moments of authentically impulsive humor,3 -145333,Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent,3 -17000,provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film,4 -237902,to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet,2 -183690,Enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . The performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .,2 -94802,that open-minded Elvis fans,2 -162816,is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects,1 -7040,have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma,0 -28743,and poignancy,2 -121458,grow up,2 -47204,The picture,2 -185563,Kafka-inspired,2 -41082,Maybe it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades ... But honestly , Analyze That really is n't all that bad,3 -167042,noticeably less energy and imagination,1 -227829,a comic fan,3 -223484,George W. Bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide,0 -190888,a low rate Annie,1 -3013,ugly ideas,1 -115301,b & w British comedy,2 -189123,Though Harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .,1 -190068,a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher,3 -218090,und drung,2 -81055,give performances of exceptional honesty,3 -190595,a flashy , empty sub-music video style,2 -198176,every faltering half-step of its development,1 -92026,script 's,2 -217156,to lead a group of talented friends astray,1 -204502,keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking,2 -180220,( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all but,1 -114569,are charged with metaphor,2 -130807,punchlines,2 -95220,the biggest names in Japanese anime ,,4 -40466,you watch,2 -119466,excellent choice,3 -50782,derivative , overlong , and bombastic --,0 -101131,you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky,3 -140234,with style and empathy,3 -29585,between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable,2 -208373,older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,2 -117108,clothes,2 -28648,and his crew,2 -140080,with a slow , deliberate gait,2 -47095,The filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , B movie way , they succeed,3 -82981,in its own aloof , unreachable way,2 -91064,rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads,2 -214356,the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters,1 -100822,worked wonders,4 -96494,the prospect of their own mortality,3 -164053,its hints of a greater intelligence lurking somewhere,2 -67797,New Wave films,2 -216421,this kind of idea work,2 -97253,these women 's souls right open,3 -202432,into the abyss,2 -141170,'s a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .,2 -183747,Even fans of Ismail Merchant 's work,2 -139742,who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ',2 -230856,flatulence jokes and,2 -235871,so sloppily written,1 -131938,see what the director does next,2 -115777,before it begins to fade from memory,1 -167117,obviously constructed,1 -78710,early extreme sports ,,2 -32093,glib and posturing,2 -126759,manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it,3 -189962,` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938,2 -148135,Poor editing , bad bluescreen ,,1 -213927,that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time,1 -218992,weird little movie,1 -46755,Soldiers,2 -107011,It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches : it primarily relies on character to tell its story,3 -44627,Average White Band 's,2 -222526,B.,2 -89499,on the values of knowledge , education , and the,2 -127011,memories of Day of the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat,2 -57971,the Holy Land and its inhabitants,2 -219174,when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours,1 -233905,modest masterpiece .,4 -77996,depends on how well flatulence gags fit into your holiday concept,0 -7152,his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend,3 -133083,speak about other than the fact,2 -73861,an intelligent screenplay,4 -210539,rhino,2 -180552,, brooding and slow,1 -84739,is the man,2 -7101,her heroine 's book sound,2 -41269,The film is painfully authentic , and,3 -176495,to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .,2 -194149,be in two different movies,2 -134640,that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,3 -176023,to capture me,2 -82294,his own appearance,2 -224017,In his U.S. debut,2 -59631,unassuming and,2 -3624,a callow,2 -132015,seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter,1 -69676,The lightest,2 -9810,predictability,2 -74562,as Sexy Beast,3 -99132,unstinting,1 -68757,Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement ,,4 -161203,hinges on its casting,2 -52891,in a muddle,2 -200409,hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ?,1 -150336,Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida . Or , you can do something fun tonight .,1 -88604,of golf,2 -138413,tug at your heart in ways,4 -20204,by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun,2 -214326,the comic elements,2 -68533,Runs on the pure adrenalin,4 -39046,through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works,2 -188861,There ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .,2 -100640,with the entire period of history,2 -365,all that and a whole lot,3 -75931,brief nudity,2 -155440,boxing,2 -151220,` Synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .,1 -37698,than expected,2 -169469,pump it up,2 -216596,three narcissists,1 -175665,three minutes,2 -112117,a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane,3 -162250,inspired '',3 -213242,teeny-bopper,1 -123156,in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks,3 -207971,of self-help books,2 -62433,, wry humor,2 -198312,exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ),1 -113551,al .,2 -108252,Our culture,2 -121225,go anywhere new,2 -166344,most repellent movie,0 -34548,mopping his face,2 -74260,arcane area,1 -89125,of their personalities,2 -63232,A penetrating , potent exploration,4 -37455,suck as an actress,0 -213352,than a gripping thriller,2 -34085,like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in,3 -155000,been to more than one indie flick in your life,2 -93334,splashy,2 -91771,romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief,2 -44795,Building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise,4 -33722,it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago,2 -232364,is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams,4 -155131,best efforts,3 -239192,you think , zzzzzzzzz,0 -105438,Director Carl Franklin , so crisp and economical in One False Move,2 -235275,regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators,2 -128949,of that background for the characters,2 -150251,This is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September .,0 -186512,Officially,2 -106168,Has its charming quirks and its dull spots .,2 -69048,Summer,2 -111081,When compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .,4 -76809,clever and very satisfying,3 -233937,more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,2 -165546,make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering,3 -5371,by one-liners,2 -161437,horrors !,1 -176475,to the existence of this film,2 -89259,offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .,4 -147753,Normally , Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me ,,2 -87822,never takes hold .,1 -117317,compared to the usual , more somber festival entries,2 -185124,It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but,3 -4126,a sock-you-in-the-eye flick,2 -984,find anything,2 -158336,entertainment for trolls,1 -181832,A minor-league soccer remake of The Longest Yard,2 -117067,cleverly constructed scenario,3 -196180,contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art,1 -144057,Basically,2 -191972,add up to the sum of its parts,2 -159339,for Milder Is n't Better,2 -80091,flawed but engrossing,3 -110483,This is a nervy , risky film , and,3 -210737,salacious,2 -37076,so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack,3 -82056,heavy for all that has preceded it,3 -155565,built-in silliness,2 -75141,balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching,4 -231508,has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt,0 -175639,thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this,1 -95045,the Lion,2 -69719,The most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film .,4 -165173,long enough to intimidate,2 -232562,is mostly admirable .,3 -33056,inherent,2 -26290,One of ( Herzog 's ) least inspired works .,2 -209921,pursuing his castle,2 -114232,and documentary feel,2 -8389,left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism,1 -182565,Arthur Dong 's,2 -74498,art , ethics ,,2 -24073,-- or even keep your eyes open .,1 -207441,of Jaglom 's films,2 -107668,Mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage .,4 -152532,a strong , unified showing,3 -235990,spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie,2 -158160,elevates itself from being yet,3 -35230,of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania,2 -50923,do n't have to endure intermissions,2 -52375,has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work .,3 -98860,two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned,1 -72713,a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director,3 -182846,Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .,1 -61967,, in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,2 -19708,almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe,2 -198266,except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up .,2 -230288,do bad things to and with each other in `` Unfaithful,2 -234002,much more than I actually did,2 -185971,Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place,1 -221349,, funny , and even touching,3 -153692,any of the gags,2 -131503,reverberates,2 -187170,Seagal 's ),2 -57845,that may strain adult credibility,2 -190769,a huge disappointment coming,0 -41133,Often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests .,3 -200591,has n't aged a day .,2 -25014,Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro .,2 -213205,tattered finery,2 -156727,consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor,1 -37553,sweetest movie,3 -18412,, giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling,4 -182261,Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself,1 -234144,no points for originality , wit , or intelligence,0 -225521,Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending,4 -62512,. Except,2 -203304,is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew .,1 -88015,not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen,3 -26973,This cuddly sequel,3 -96625,the same reason,2 -8556,loses its creepy menace,1 -28677,and it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm .,1 -129891,overstating it , but '' Spider-Man,2 -91884,salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch,4 -28630,and hard to resist,3 -210293,referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal,1 -76292,calm us of our daily ills and,2 -40006,which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy,1 -186832,Quelle surprise,3 -178848,would 've been a far better title .,1 -21207,learn,2 -109520,The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough and,3 -128606,of decency,2 -194416,before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned,2 -92578,should n't have laughed,2 -80030,first sign,2 -160011,get to leave the theater,1 -166829,no matter how you spell it,2 -165363,lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags,2 -165172,long drag,2 -222622,Big mistake .,1 -114756,art world,2 -227794,a brief era,2 -947,familiar '' before landing squarely,2 -192270,all-over-the-map movie,2 -190842,a little scattered --,2 -81191,going for it , not least,2 -116200,brief amount,2 -22806,will win you over,4 -141866,( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short,1 -81898,have n't seen before,2 -94444,than the two-hour version released here in 1990,2 -126796,many records,2 -219135,what once was conviction is now affectation,1 -12216,this theme,2 -199857,get your money back,1 -110954,Watching Queen of the Damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .,1 -54199,legal eagles,2 -24852,Bloody Sunday connects on a visceral level that transcends language .,3 -190477,a downtown café,2 -49817,breathtaking scenery,4 -69257,The Bard as black comedy -- Willie would have loved it .,4 -20342,dazzlingly,3 -6232,entire,2 -82992,in large part,2 -150582,Unless,2 -21318,metaphorical,2 -87197,moments of hilarity,3 -117759,crystallize key plot moments,3 -189690,While it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .,1 -45532,Hot Chick,2 -204757,lax and limp,1 -16800,of the world,2 -232510,is just SOOOOO tired,0 -171860,stacked,2 -220788,'s better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .,3 -10963,talky,2 -84072,is born to play Shaggy !,3 -168517,overblown in its plotting ,,1 -165495,make a hotdog,2 -36932,should win over the most hard-hearted cynics,3 -115982,big stars,2 -8758,memories,2 -200172,grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments,1 -202685,is about the worst thing Chan has done in the United States,1 -7044,have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks,1 -5001,bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way,2 -221160,, I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . '',1 -236674,the Whale,2 -73943,an undeniable entertainment value,3 -129524,one demographic while,2 -178293,whose promising,2 -194848,borrows from,2 -168703,pass itself,2 -223450,G.,2 -239054,writer\/director ),2 -94147,takes care,3 -71768,a grisly corpse,1 -182158,According,2 -197218,do n't quite fit together,1 -5991,disguised,1 -186376,No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces Wild .,1 -184589,I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but,1 -100691,with vivid characters and a warm , moving message,4 -215796,the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters,2 -215159,the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue,2 -89614,one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave ' .,4 -226849,U.S. debut,2 -163073,is n't even,2 -10505,slice of droll whimsy,2 -41864,entertainment and,3 -80839,future years,2 -131806,scary . It hates its characters .,2 -215995,their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation,2 -7122,hey arnold,2 -184062,Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,2 -78691,dynamic decades,3 -13255,would be reno,2 -66475,It 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence .,3 -187712,TelePrompTer,2 -81248,good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem,2 -59641,und drang,2 -111275,Writer-director David Jacobson,3 -33800,its mawkish,2 -105026,Chabrol spins,2 -102276,, I have just one word for you - -- Decasia,2 -190932,a melodramatic mountain,2 -42711,successful and,4 -76491,casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and,2 -162960,is just a mess,0 -162444,intrepid hero ? Ridiculous .,1 -57836,that makes me miss Hitchcock , but also,2 -58127,the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and,1 -223815,I have returned from the beyond to warn you,1 -185534,Just a bunch of good actors,3 -235813,slo-mo gun firing and,2 -34818,n't think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,2 -135217,the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen,2 -13102,win some hearts,2 -178085,where Pokemon graze in peace,2 -7859,it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .,0 -31185,epic way,4 -119383,ever succumbing to sentimentality,2 -153516,an unseemly pleasure,3 -238963,wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002,1 -23613,, except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes,3 -45718,It 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .,3 -103515,A delicious and delicately funny look,4 -76699,choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic,3 -99308,vastly improved,3 -161887,in increasingly incoherent fashion,0 -6420,farewell-to-innocence movies,1 -149156,The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself ,,0 -146001,I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together --,0 -86122,limited but,2 -229909,comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy,1 -236073,stretches the running time,2 -133777,symbolic graphic design,3 -112039,a good line in charm,3 -7629,involvement,3 -189974,` Linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... ',1 -168910,plastic,2 -214899,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,2 -70610,Verete,2 -129241,off a spark or two,2 -194508,believing it was just coincidence,3 -18809,Daring , mesmerizing and exceedingly hard,4 -13396,your teeth hurt,2 -119391,every cheesy scene,1 -218653,want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up,2 -40163,with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report,2 -9701,phenomenal,4 -157677,do n't treat me like a fool,2 -69935,The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .,1 -78839,elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington the actor,3 -131354,rental car,2 -65026,Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .,3 -232134,interesting cinematic devices,3 -194131,be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy,1 -11781,the q in quirky,2 -238265,uphill or,2 -105410,Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu , and the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking,1 -225839,So young,2 -5853,davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly .,1 -19506,a good Bond movie , which still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs,3 -167705,of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ),2 -70834,What saves it ... and makes it,3 -199628,from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up,1 -55555,of the cinema world 's great visual stylists,3 -113473,after an all-night tequila bender,2 -33221,is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war,4 -17537,the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .,2 -189207,Tom Green and an Ivy League college should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 .,2 -95665,the film is well-crafted,4 -39215,to its hallucinatory production design,2 -143721,An awkward and indigestible movie .,1 -172894,that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .,0 -136428,the top and movies,3 -57646,tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise ,,3 -85628,keep you watching,2 -68389,Remove Spider-Man the movie,0 -120793,frustratingly,2 -117962,defies classification,3 -79731,fear and,2 -31768,for its mawkish posing by offering,1 -232298,is a great deal of fun,4 -115964,beyond his usual fluttering and stammering,2 -33337,is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions .,4 -10308,screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation,2 -157462,dingoes,2 -143107,A frustrating combination,1 -102020,'ve got to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane,3 -171155,sinuously plotted and,3 -207363,ode to tackling life 's wonderment,3 -44145,A literary detective story,2 -210050,rally anti-Catholic protestors,2 -147454,Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination,2 -187059,SOOOOO,2 -168887,piquant story,2 -168108,on that door,2 -77119,compressed,2 -39525,two strangers,3 -160486,halfhearted twist,1 -15131,are incredibly beautiful to look at .,4 -102841,, spicy footnote,3 -3781,a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma,1 -18394,, connect and create,2 -46856,Succeeds,3 -60218,will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny .,3 -49619,been worse,1 -110854,Vanessa Redgrave 's career,2 -127310,more hackneyed elements,1 -141824,( Takashi Sorimachi ),2 -115726,been as a film,2 -147578,Murphy recycles Murphy ,,1 -136072,the product,3 -151508,a cold , bliss-less work,1 -116545,cameo-packed,3 -223571,Happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .,3 -160036,gets over its rather lopsided conception,1 -96418,the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play,3 -99370,very sneaky,2 -139252,was kind of terrific once,3 -174733,the series ' entries,2 -105465,Directors John Musker and Ron Clements ,,2 -85160,it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation,3 -54784,moments of spontaneous intimacy,2 -129930,own story,2 -10105,reno,2 -13704,-RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind,4 -97728,throughout this funny film,3 -4225,a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda,2 -89056,of the most plain white toast comic book films,2 -220832,'s hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,0 -221480,, nutty , consistently funny .,3 -128880,of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy,2 -14719,a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them,3 -69923,The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble .,3 -50461,cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema,4 -124404,is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but,3 -55659,of work and 2002 's first great film,3 -207982,of shenanigans and slapstick,2 -52156,glides through,2 -178628,with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie,1 -38478,the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible,3 -180733,, it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie,1 -174609,the quality of the manipulative engineering . Average , at best,1 -97235,these people,2 -110305,There 's no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .,4 -9442,on a computer,2 -45302,French cinema,2 -14456,Steve Irwin 's method,2 -157056,cumbersome and,1 -119544,explicit detail,2 -176718,torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera,1 -49682,best play,4 -100188,whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people,2 -17602,the neurotic mindset,2 -7564,instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing,1 -32697,humorous,3 -81346,gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels,3 -23951,, to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago,4 -128554,of better films,1 -68729,Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury .,4 -171617,some way,2 -194734,blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor,2 -127035,meticulous,2 -170507,secularists,3 -210706,ruthlessly,2 -135052,the contradiction,2 -196904,dialogue exercise,2 -166881,no tension or surprise,1 -6094,drowned me in boredom,0 -1901,of its lan , humor , bile , and irony,2 -175026,the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler,1 -56200,privileged moments,2 -140271,with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson,2 -192414,an '' O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack .,2 -99717,we all ca n't stand,1 -111149,Wiel 's,2 -138009,to watch it,2 -188527,The pairing does sound promising in theory ...,2 -109565,The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed ,,3 -126951,meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot,1 -171145,sink it faster,2 -125159,it would have felt like a cheat,2 -10033,reasons enough to see it,3 -114171,an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver,2 -10361,self-promotion ends and,3 -32557,his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals,4 -4483,all its surface frenzy,2 -186733,Plympton 's shorts,2 -22211,the Baja California peninsula,2 -82156,hidebound,2 -119214,entirely stale,1 -56105,pop-induced,2 -123268,in-your-face,2 -65047,DiCaprio,2 -116835,character construct,2 -200198,gratuitous violence,2 -39371,together they are magnificent,4 -137317,to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance,3 -67001,Kenneth Branagh .,2 -74204,anything seen on Jerry Springer,2 -168416,otherwise develops,2 -219578,will win him any new viewers,2 -235822,slow -- very ,,1 -145637,Grave,2 -239151,you get a lot of running around , screaming and death .,1 -108248,Other,2 -174048,the grease,1 -2651,the modern masculine journey,3 -73439,all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving,2 -27236,Wilson,2 -232083,including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny,1 -187313,Simone is not a bad film . It just does n't have anything really interesting to say,2 -31393,exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .,4 -6756,george romero had directed this movie,2 -83006,in my seat,2 -3183,with a whimper,2 -203774,it 's like on the other side of the bra,2 -195486,carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .,1 -75005,at them,2 -78462,does n't put you off,3 -24351,A gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills .,3 -34243,lovely performances,3 -191965,add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring,1 -123124,in the act,2 -17201,shut,2 -221450,, it would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .,1 -228632,and Mr. Saldanha,2 -149274,The charms of willful eccentricity,3 -186583,One regards Reign of Fire with awe . What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea .,2 -224268,It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .,3 -116522,cada,2 -43724,, the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .,4 -189785,With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action,1 -161196,himself a task he is not nearly up to,0 -86376,love that strikes a very resonant chord,3 -27347,a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work,2 -84177,is even more embracing than Monty,2 -170993,should stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well .,1 -107733,Michael Berg , Michael J . Wilson,3 -159070,fighting each other,1 -29865,but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .,3 -213692,that it 's boring,1 -178847,would 've been a far better title,2 -204612,knows how to make a point with poetic imagery,3 -189202,Told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .,1 -212164,some staggeringly boring cinema,0 -182811,Birthday Girl 's calculated events,1 -215387,the politics and the social observation,2 -204065,it was n't,2 -180643,, flee,2 -191004,a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance,0 -9834,prevents them,2 -187884,The Sweetest Thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .,0 -143041,A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick,0 -98538,top-notch British actor,4 -18584,A model of what films like this should be like .,4 -182412,An extraordinarily silly thriller,2 -16781,of the documentary on its head,2 -26509,Sam Jones,2 -121181,gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson,4 -141300,'s drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational,1 -70425,Topics that could make a sailor,2 -176529,to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be,1 -115135,astounding technology,2 -234823,over some of the most not,2 -966,feeding,2 -53982,its sounds,2 -74842,as you do n't try to look too deep into the story,2 -63921,An intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ),4 -51630,fight scenes,2 -233830,men in a sardine can '' warped,2 -112734,a snail 's,2 -49188,are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma .,1 -62627,10th-grade learning tool,2 -40232,with its open-endedness and surprises,3 -76807,clever and funny,3 -16853,or not you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's,2 -76295,camareras,2 -49126,are a lot better,3 -26341,Pentecostal,2 -81768,has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired .,2 -22366,the time,2 -131968,seem like she tried,2 -113713,almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .,2 -168307,only starring role,2 -225153,No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing,2 -92096,see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen,2 -205059,like commiserating,2 -219683,with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes,1 -140325,without stooping to base melodrama,2 -230135,delightfully rendered,4 -21574,of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty,3 -213586,that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance,2 -213934,that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement,0 -211467,should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans,1 -83580,into the private existence of the Inuit people,2 -222141,A.E.W.,2 -94980,the '' big twists,2 -40303,without becoming,2 -202326,inter-family,2 -80555,frightening war scenes,1 -64120,Assured ,,2 -10894,swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds,2 -182286,Although no pastry is violated,2 -177469,vicarious redemption,2 -4651,an erotic thriller,2 -3339,'s much truth,2 -130839,pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics,0 -112608,a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls,2 -48267,a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,3 -14261,May,2 -110678,To those who have not read the book , the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .,3 -90246,phenomenal band,3 -194365,been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept,1 -7483,in the long , dishonorable history of quickie teen-pop exploitation,1 -41858,entertaining enough at ` face value ',3 -206624,movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney,1 -18635,America 's culture,2 -135992,the perspective it offers,2 -92193,seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots,3 -92279,sense .,2 -28962,any agent,2 -165498,make a lifeless movie,1 -152024,a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense,1 -67376,Malcolm D . Lee,2 -121175,gives ample opportunity,3 -114314,animation back,2 -138257,training and dedication,2 -9898,pull a cohesive story,2 -37217,spell-casting,3 -52147,gives itself,2 -38115,the decades,2 -173362,the Entertainer,2 -189430,Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor ,,2 -232007,in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli,2 -50833,digital filmmaking,2 -233414,like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,2 -67885,Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but,0 -182766,Being latently gay and,2 -10996,tendencies,2 -159430,for horror movie fanatics,3 -136896,this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .,2 -190275,a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .,0 -162935,is immaculately produced,4 -2030,peter out midway,1 -195786,cliché-laden screenplay,1 -128553,of belly dancing,2 -143337,A shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly ... its hilarity is completely unintentional .,1 -194669,bit of piffle,2 -24312,A comprehensive and provocative film -- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .,4 -15648,enough beauty to make it unforgettable,4 -37420,su,1 -140206,with recognition,2 -56791,seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .,3 -10266,savvy director robert j . siegel,3 -204346,its tone and several scenes run,2 -164839,light a fire with soggy leaves,1 -130618,previous collaboration ,,2 -124141,is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry,1 -38052,the camera,2 -175491,this must have been a difficult shoot,3 -197853,endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else,1 -203481,is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway,2 -87949,no-nonsense authority,3 -127209,modernizes A . E . W . Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare .,2 -112929,a travel-agency video,2 -33276,is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .,4 -134318,that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream,2 -130655,privy to,3 -42505,questioning social mores,2 -37049,smartly nuanced,3 -141411,'s little to love about this English trifle .,1 -177499,violates,2 -21022,is how much it 's not just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture,3 -109493,The Sopranos,2 -143078,A dreary rip-off of Goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans,0 -208051,of the charm and little,3 -24779,B-minus,2 -89523,on-camera and off,2 -140431,working today,2 -223611,He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent,3 -51704,find the seeds of hope,3 -239106,you 're entirely unprepared .,2 -228848,are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept. 11 ),1 -184489,Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it . '',0 -228422,aisle 's,2 -231367,handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well,3 -170861,shed more light,2 -178181,while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller,2 -110593,Though Nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .,3 -149850,The story 's so preposterous that I did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved .,0 -113930,an almost palpable sense,2 -2024,perfectly happy,4 -79482,explosive,3 -149708,The part where nothing 's happening , or,2 -58851,the window with the intelligent French drama,2 -192127,alert , if not amused,2 -106333,However stale the material,1 -5784,covers our deepest , media-soaked fears,2 -63077,A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up,3 -16756,of lynchings,2 -7388,important,2 -143269,A plodding teen remake,1 -124313,is nearly incoherent ,,1 -92474,she might not make for a while,1 -137967,to the typical Pax,2 -211827,slowly away,2 -164315,just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy,1 -124971,it feels accidental,1 -66067,Hubert,2 -129690,opposed to the extent of their outrageousness,3 -1824,nenette,2 -198871,filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,1 -236760,the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings,3 -204543,kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn .,2 -237890,to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .,2 -235846,snuck,2 -115145,at a particularly dark moment in history,2 -31998,geeks and historians .,2 -46475,Parker nor,2 -123387,inimitable Diaz,3 -52144,gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing,3 -49224,artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight,3 -141115,'s a disturbing ` Great White Hope ' undertone to The Other Side of Heaven that subtly undermines its message of Christian love and compassion,2 -179456,'re not interested in discretion,2 -26593,Smart science,4 -235128,pushed to one side,2 -193990,bang-the-drum,2 -56717,say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything,2 -212139,some of the gags,2 -133092,special-effects-laden extravaganzas,3 -198971,first film something,2 -50967,does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music,3 -234039,naiveté and,1 -19329,The scope,2 -235456,say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets,0 -64354,Big Papa,2 -8611,make a guest appearance,2 -38876,these great leaps of faith,3 -152921,actual tension,2 -15851,fully understand all the sexual permutations involved,3 -90396,pleasing at its best moments,3 -35000,not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed,3 -92506,shining performance,4 -127089,might want to catch Freaks as a matinee,2 -13306,written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher,3 -46807,Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and Alan Bates play Desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by Brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis,3 -29961,ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .,3 -150115,There is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false .,0 -46454,Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor,3 -224649,Liu faceoff,2 -239048,would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .,0 -171318,slugs the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .,1 -54699,medicine,3 -16613,moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film,2 -193465,as hilarious lunacy,3 -114769,arts majors,2 -188233,The filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story .,3 -61905,, for adults,2 -74295,are as valid today,2 -126568,magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .,3 -48284,a pop-induced score,2 -20773,helps '' Moonlight Mile '',2 -175051,the worst special-effects creation of the year,1 -143006,A bit of an unwieldy mess,1 -173898,the film ca n't help but go soft and stinky,1 -222657,Boring we did n't .,1 -111316,You 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon ) .,1 -109172,Steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully,2 -97279,they lived,2 -130227,piffle,1 -113902,an admirably dark first script,2 -96863,the theme does n't drag an audience down,3 -8334,lacks,1 -86777,many faceless victims,2 -70974,With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told .,4 -144894,Disney-fied,2 -183329,Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered .,0 -201525,if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra,2 -97,Saturday,2 -222166,About half of them are funny , a few are sexy,2 -166395,movie producers,2 -206091,middle-America,2 -226799,Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks ! '',1 -213189,tardier,1 -39513,two hours,2 -234531,of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '',2 -96788,the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia,2 -18285,'s got oodles of style and substance,4 -13539,, aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .,1 -222214,Ah , the travails of metropolitan life !,2 -230205,did n't go straight to video .,2 -192516,an elegant visual sense,4 -225715,Scream,2 -60836,'s a minor treat,3 -74493,arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .,3 -72296,a ripper of a yarn,2 -237870,to like much more than I actually did,2 -3241,your random e ! true,2 -209100,partner Laurence Coriat,2 -160483,half-hearted messing-about,2 -214594,the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .,1 -205835,marginal intelligence,1 -69034,Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .,3 -108518,Quando Tiros em Columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho ),3 -186936,Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer , but ultimately it 's undone by a sloppy script,1 -35136,of Zhao Benshan,2 -154340,at a bad rock concert,1 -28676,and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know,3 -29569,bet,2 -209784,program run,2 -63319,A respectable venture,2 -32400,he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000,0 -90653,pretty good job,2 -60468,works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .,2 -60073,what to whom and why,2 -80697,frothy `,2 -63969,An unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .,3 -208078,of the flamboyant , the outrageous,2 -27296,You do n't have to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance .,4 -229660,can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere,1 -11072,that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted,2 -94689,that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary,3 -192533,an episode of General Hospital,2 -55351,of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun,4 -93653,structure and rhythms,2 -91774,romances,2 -2231,seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing,2 -159581,forgiven,2 -31961,funnier,3 -70393,Tian Zhuangzhuang,2 -69495,The entire cast is first-rate , especially Sorvino .,4 -122093,heartbreakingly drably,2 -165901,might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments,1 -164578,las,2 -236963,the gorgeous piano,3 -92618,shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .,3 -227271,You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected .,2 -21099,it does n't have more flashes of insight,1 -27263,Woody Allen 's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz .,3 -11552,the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics .,0 -70997,With exquisite craftsmanship,4 -7009,has seen chicago on stage,2 -202879,is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .,1 -146964,Just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .,2 -39779,very solid , very watchable first feature,4 -17976,wait for the story to get going,2 -162394,into focus,2 -2580,the drama is played out with such aching beauty and truth that it brings tears to your eyes,4 -148080,Peter Pan,2 -4406,addict,1 -64298,Because the film deliberately lacks irony,1 -72518,a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire,3 -181988,A sleep-inducing thriller,0 -72586,a sturdiness and solidity,3 -110555,This submarine drama,2 -90679,primer,2 -74279,are a little too big,2 -27905,a total success,4 -118479,do with the casting of Juliette Binoche,2 -224493,Just about everyone involved here seems to be coasting .,1 -27643,a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative,3 -59141,to Betty Fisher,2 -170406,scant,1 -57360,stimulating eye and ear candy,3 -25579,Hook 's,2 -183894,Features nonsensical and laughable plotting,1 -115592,be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van,2 -50121,character portrait ,,2 -150137,They Might Be Giants,2 -12977,what the hell,1 -23068,'s a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .,3 -214974,the look and,2 -79162,equally engrossing,3 -197344,does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting,1 -131876,searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say,3 -121768,has in fact,2 -212578,still seems endless,1 -61348,'s very Beavis and Butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle,3 -42496,pulls it,2 -137526,to describe how bad it is,0 -96683,the sides,2 -104910,Burkina,2 -1378,is clearly well-meaning and sincere,3 -205019,like a drunken driver,1 -121659,has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .,3 -139373,we Westerners have seen before,2 -26468,Robin,2 -205818,many flashbacks,2 -115199,at the back of your neck,3 -91595,retrospectively,2 -60664,'' fan,2 -189698,While the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning David S . Goyer is much sillier .,2 -192257,all too familiar,1 -96198,the most trouble,2 -49078,any creature-feature fan,3 -221965,A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .,3 -154238,as simplistic as a Hollywood production,1 -132456,sick humor,1 -83259,increase an average student 's self-esteem,2 -81681,has considerable charm .,4 -84285,is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon .,3 -46651,Roman Polanski,2 -170585,seemed like a decent endeavor,3 -59169,to another ` spectacular spectacle,3 -48149,a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos ,,3 -171062,significant harm,2 -145401,For AIDS and Africa,2 -80934,gesture,2 -65,'ve seen many times,2 -29685,both children and adults,2 -226754,Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers , '' but,2 -5552,choppy,0 -191271,a scented bath,2 -121368,got to me .,2 -161016,he wrote , directed , starred and produced,2 -72051,a music scene that transcends culture and race,4 -195457,care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance,0 -169640,raps between the stars,2 -143759,An ultra-low-budget,1 -167090,obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered,1 -81016,ghetto,1 -206119,might enjoy this ,,3 -15435,coarseness,2 -185007,It 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .,3 -131008,rarely achieves its best,1 -231466,has no place to go since Simone is not real,1 -172380,suspecting,2 -166311,most hopelessly monotonous,1 -46698,Scotland , PA,2 -202329,inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133,2 -202409,into comedy futility,1 -138717,unique , well-crafted psychological study,3 -186182,Most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river .,1 -231588,have no idea who they were at our age : and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are,2 -199883,gets more inexplicable as the characterizations turn more crassly reductive,2 -32755,ignites this gripping tale,4 -234996,pointed personalities , courage , tragedy,3 -82107,her lover,2 -83322,infinitely wittier version,4 -85358,its potential audience ! Who knew,2 -213801,that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way,2 -2267,shorty,2 -79451,expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,2 -29234,as the story congeals,2 -60137,whimsical and relevant today,3 -57280,spoof them,2 -134455,that made me want to scream,1 -188825,There 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .,1 -78055,despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving,4 -157062,curmudgeonly,1 -167444,of embarrassment or stupidity,1 -113715,almost every scene,2 -220790,'s bright side .,3 -136688,their place,2 -230369,does n't win any points for originality,1 -163967,it would have a universal product code instead of a title .,2 -30270,comes only with experience,2 -57889,that takes nearly three hours to unspool,1 -28423,and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria,2 -65907,Harbor,2 -191016,a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue,1 -67910,Not since Ghostbusters,2 -99578,warm , inviting,3 -114804,as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters,3 -62497,-- that you should never forget,3 -148332,Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period,1 -173761,the dramatics that follow,3 -57908,that try too hard to be mythic,1 -199726,galled,2 -155898,called The Hills Have Antlers,2 -41768,defined ,,3 -73483,allows the mind to enter and accept another world,3 -48791,all your problems go with you,2 -28811,and stupendous performances,4 -47110,The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational ,,4 -192092,aimless , arduous , and,1 -150839,What parents,2 -65052,Dickens ' grandeur,2 -147736,No worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer ,,1 -66637,It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet ,,1 -49445,awesome to consider,3 -211693,sit still,2 -188436,The movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast . '',1 -224697,Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . ',3 -148056,Peploe 's,2 -130190,philosophers , not,1 -39929,well shot and very tragic,3 -184832,If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .,0 -119275,escort service,2 -8795,ming-liang,2 -115554,be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms,0 -198049,evacuations ,,2 -216369,this enough,2 -210234,recent Pearl Harbor,2 -143604,All in all , Reign of Fire,2 -132236,shallow and art-conscious,1 -6571,for all its surface frenzy , high crimes,2 -139834,why , for instance , good things happen to bad people,1 -149224,The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times ,,2 -242,a remake,2 -219628,with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together,2 -118643,down by hit-and-miss topical humour,1 -15039,and harsh,1 -180483,, acting and direction,2 -56494,relaxed in its perfect quiet pace,3 -86046,like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before,3 -206772,my vote,2 -228510,amusing for a good while,3 -16994,professionalism,3 -44953,Closely Watched Trains,2 -50532,crafted and acted tale,4 -36089,possess,2 -179314,'' Queen,2 -113169,about its subjects,2 -41594,as ` Jackie,2 -35887,paced .,2 -198442,fails at both endeavors,1 -28359,an extended episode of Touched by an Angel,2 -39144,to begin with,2 -221572,, the film 's power lies in its complexity .,3 -158058,dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of,1 -149459,The humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .,1 -55413,of its lurid fiction,3 -106283,Hollywood romance,3 -13590,, iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .,4 -202424,into our reality tv,2 -28572,and dialogue,2 -170562,seeking with Trouble Every Day,2 -140071,with a questioning heart,2 -30055,cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .,4 -142865,18th-century,2 -7968,it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness,2 -135171,the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work,0 -132692,snail,2 -73089,ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's,2 -229199,be lost on the target audience,1 -14190,Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder ,,2 -176078,to disguise the fact that the characters barely move,1 -179414,'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .,0 -180383,, I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .,2 -180039,'s the sci-fi comedy spectacle as Whiffle-Ball epic,2 -117901,dead circus,2 -98531,tooth and,2 -145275,Fans of the TV series,2 -190133,a bad plot,0 -52352,hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone,0 -149654,The only element,2 -190988,a movie ever could be,3 -39745,utterly convincing,3 -20643,get there,2 -218175,unfocused and tediously exasperating,1 -74610,as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter ',4 -41109,Not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and,3 -163210,is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage .,1 -103587,A film with almost as many,3 -178707,without a fortified sweet tooth,2 -64904,Daily struggles and,2 -210669,ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations,1 -157596,distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow,1 -121907,have a new favorite musical,3 -228729,anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations,2 -166896,noisy and,1 -191078,a pedestal,2 -107627,Martyr,3 -53589,is priceless .,4 -74820,as valid,2 -220534,'' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! '',2 -84880,it 's based,2 -96859,the tepid Star Trek,2 -43236,'s energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .,3 -177779,we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is,1 -14307,Much,2 -16205,is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists,4 -210618,romantic comedy boilerplate,1 -193630,as this particular film,2 -155133,best films ,,3 -53388,is an enjoyable Big Movie,4 -64136,At its best ( and it does have some very funny sequences ) Looking for Leonard,3 -220410,your own precious life,3 -8111,its rawness,3 -139998,windshield,3 -62955,A diverse and astonishingly articulate,4 -44572,As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless,1 -116798,certain era,2 -6226,entertaining and informative,4 -2890,though lovers of the book may wonder why it 's necessary,1 -75196,be a New Yorker,2 -109053,Some of the characters die,2 -36420,reflect life,2 -165997,mire,2 -134421,that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,1 -104560,At best , Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .,1 -93398,staircase gothic,2 -107571,MacDowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .,4 -104319,An extremely unpleasant film .,0 -57070,small place,2 -2083,primavera,2 -235176,rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year,4 -13137,with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy,2 -44114,A graceful , moving tribute to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief,4 -64484,Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life 's harshness,4 -106174,Has no reason to exist , other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .,0 -81834,have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament,3 -119583,extended , open-ended poem,3 -193015,arbitrarily,2 -236926,the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips,2 -69904,The series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives,3 -178619,with no good inside dope , and no particular bite,1 -148308,Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson,2 -73011,about the war between the sexes,2 -52813,if you do n't understand what on earth is going on,1 -138840,upstaged,2 -153338,an assembly line,2 -79309,ever quite falling over,2 -203965,it makes you feel like a chump,1 -120582,formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast,1 -5867,decipherable,2 -99505,vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ',3 -197713,egregiously,1 -83192,in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war,2 -228820,are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,2 -57999,the above,2 -218671,wanting more out of life,2 -123037,in knowing any of them personally,2 -100992,written and directed,2 -70923,Whitaker,2 -224479,Jonah and,2 -232780,is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness,3 -182515,Any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors .,0 -155034,beginning to wear a bit thin,1 -60693,'d watch these two together again in a New York minute .,3 -18041,who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters,2 -140597,wretchedly unfunny wannabe,0 -63055,A frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it 's a tougher picture than it is .,2 -100432,with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach,3 -83147,in the theater,2 -120885,funny popcorn,3 -66676,It 's the sweet Cinderella story that '' Pretty Woman,3 -238164,two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan,4 -219295,while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold,4 -32138,good story,3 -180457,, The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .,1 -131908,see a better thriller this year,1 -232386,is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington,2 -156006,cancer,1 -208448,on how interesting and likable you find them,2 -213870,that the basis for the entire plot,2 -190626,a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay,1 -236117,successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla,3 -58137,the collision of past and present,3 -144518,Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers :,4 -128879,of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters,4 -193983,ballsy and,3 -21277,make of Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal , though that did n't stop me from enjoying much of it,3 -103008,, we only wish we could have spent more time in its world,4 -95910,the idealistic kid,2 -228534,an ambiguous presentation,2 -83469,intense indoor drama,2 -9766,poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive ,,3 -63823,An affectionately goofy satire,3 -135728,the modern-office anomie films,2 -162402,into predictably treacherous situations,1 -103769,A perceptive , good-natured movie,3 -156856,could be a single iota worse,2 -158639,existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films,2 -143550,Afterschool Special,2 -111436,` dramedy ',2 -143783,An unpredictable blend of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy,3 -78535,doppelganger,2 -80964,get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that,2 -125604,kill love,2 -99458,visual delight,4 -16551,may have nothing left to prove,2 -51625,fields,2 -94140,takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth,3 -12132,this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .,1 -152710,about $ 40,2 -155577,buoys the flimsy story,1 -79220,eternity,2 -784,delivering,2 -86179,live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world,2 -4356,about women since valley of the dolls,2 -234445,of its own actions and revelations,2 -51967,front of,2 -184327,Has all the values of a straight-to-video movie ,,1 -128773,of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle,2 -48631,acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence,2 -103547,A farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise,1 -188479,The obligatory break-ups,2 -89270,offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor,3 -147813,Nothing in Waking Up in Reno,2 -146098,I may,2 -199017,flash that barely fizzle,1 -137232,throw us,2 -126122,like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it,0 -215761,the theater wondering why these people mattered,1 -161360,hitting your head,1 -215597,the shallow sensationalism characteristic,1 -79683,fare with real thematic heft,4 -74280,are a little too big for her mouth,1 -96423,the plot kicks into gear,3 -65403,Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible . That , in itself , is extraordinary .,4 -16533,makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound,3 -134420,that it does have a few cute moments,3 -10718,starts slowly , but adrien brody in the title role helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying,3 -216315,thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . ',1 -179805,'s just plain boring,0 -156509,combines The Blues Brothers and Almost Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure .,1 -191946,acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending,4 -123951,is because - damn it !,2 -48642,acted and funny\/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate .,2 -120145,finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom,1 -52416,has rewards ,,3 -134961,the capable Clayburgh,3 -56068,plenty to enjoy,3 -232988,it ABC Kiarostami,2 -45387,Good car chases,3 -25965,Leys,2 -106991,It deserves to be seen everywhere .,3 -78158,directed , grown-up film,2 -208977,own cremaster,3 -43527,, beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema,4 -140750,you figure it out,2 -143409,A valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the NBA .,1 -56112,positive impression,3 -183050,Chan .,2 -16799,of the way it 's told by the people who were there,2 -137911,to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry,4 -162806,is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged,2 -55287,of an Asian landscape painting,2 -151802,a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain,2 -114095,an intoxicating show,3 -224351,It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point . ',1 -233363,less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script,2 -59023,this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .,4 -212923,superficiale,2 -98529,tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in Korea .,2 -59410,to this film that may not always work,1 -158712,eye-filling,3 -82622,if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers,3 -15865,get a kick out of watching them today,3 -201067,hey ,,2 -174255,the meet-cute,2 -21889,rough edges,1 -22106,supportive,3 -10425,should be,2 -164908,like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day,4 -136529,the viewer wide-awake all the way through,3 -168414,otherwise compelling,2 -161566,if circularity itself indicated profundity,1 -199446,foul-natured,1 -18589,A slick,2 -232164,into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty,1 -88076,nuance and characterization,2 -44578,As broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is,2 -237763,to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants,2 -217364,to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters,2 -2828,they are of daytime television,2 -106142,Harks back to a time when movies had more to do with imagination than market research .,3 -232637,is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if,2 -38561,the powerful work,4 -7408,in a sampler,2 -132640,slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .,1 -159222,flat scares and bad acting,1 -193050,are big enough for a train car to drive through --,2 -229407,bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '',2 -98709,tropes,2 -130825,purposes,2 -119451,examines general issues of race and justice among the poor ,,2 -169639,raps,2 -26749,The WWII drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear .,4 -171542,sole purpose,3 -96925,the two-hour version,2 -183752,Even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .,1 -138756,unrealized potential,2 -28678,and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .,3 -179615,'s also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .,0 -21105,it great,3 -174494,the painted backdrops,2 -203608,is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications .,2 -72849,a workable primer,3 -11860,the script,2 -155315,blowing just about everything,1 -67955,Offers an interesting look,3 -113003,a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements,3 -154713,be described as out,2 -166740,next offering,2 -167015,not-quite-urban,2 -224739,Mary and both American Pie movies,2 -63587,A wonderful , ghastly film .,3 -4818,artificial as the video games,1 -189361,Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you,2 -15996,healing,3 -231710,hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter,4 -167292,of a great Broadway play,2 -61431,( Fincher 's ) camera sense and assured pacing,2 -103672,A lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get,0 -202824,is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing,1 -169887,reimagine it,2 -44922,Christianity,2 -69677,The lightest ,,2 -62375,, tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief,2 -74895,asylum,2 -212897,suitably kooky which should appeal to women,3 -207478,of The Adventures,2 -70483,Trouble '',1 -121320,good the execution,3 -26367,Playboy era,2 -31957,fun meeting,3 -89365,on a dead dog,2 -221688,, you 'll cheer .,4 -207213,not to be looking at,2 -23633,, for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .,3 -157231,deje,2 -12215,this superlarge format,2 -220044,would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film .,1 -25026,Cool as Ice,2 -14965,an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but,2 -113132,about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man,1 -227463,`` Die Another Day '',2 -183076,Chen films the resolutely downbeat Smokers Only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book .,1 -45435,Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions,4 -48269,a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating,3 -164748,less funny than the original , Killers,1 -238882,with energy and innovation,3 -100487,with enjoyable ease,3 -167499,of heroism,2 -105146,Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .,0 -79392,exalts,2 -138423,turn his movie in an unexpected direction,3 -13432,'s a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you .,3 -105057,Cheap ,,1 -145193,Every bit,2 -6748,gentle humor,3 -51910,frolic,2 -233953,more worshipful than your random E,2 -237570,this really did happen,2 -28412,an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life,4 -82433,hope and magic,3 -45784,It has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience .,3 -130977,raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids,4 -67575,Mirren,2 -26890,The reason this picture,2 -146561,It 's not original , and ,,1 -204213,its imaginative premise,3 -119353,even the most jaded cinema audiences,3 -37391,strong emotions,3 -97583,those relationships ,,2 -88011,not just ticking , but humming,3 -118536,does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants,3 -156976,creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation,1 -57960,the First World,2 -55985,perfectly entertaining summer diversion,4 -55673,offend,1 -126780,many complicated,2 -195468,carefully choreographed,3 -234114,nice , harmless date film,3 -121259,goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it,2 -149420,The film is like a series of beginnings and middles that never take off .,0 -22509,to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers,3 -52977,in store for unwary viewers,2 -116212,brilliant motion picture,4 -135968,the pay-off is negligible,1 -173104,that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it,1 -179390,'ll only put you to sleep .,0 -141715,'ve already seen Heartbreak if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original,1 -229432,boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus,2 -114090,an intense experience,3 -49564,bears out as your typical junkie opera ...,2 -107046,It may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding,3 -53250,is Oscar-worthy .,4 -158050,dumb movie,0 -21635,one that grows in power in retrospect .,3 -193306,arty and jazzy,3 -13368,you hate clowns,1 -95554,the era of video,2 -23101,'s at once surreal and disturbingly familiar,3 -236716,the annoying demeanour,1 -209904,punctuated with graphic violence .,1 -23227,( Gai ) comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form .,3 -199322,for the company,2 -163582,is willfully overwrought,1 -136780,these tragic deaths,2 -111852,a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably,3 -33720,it taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood .,3 -6615,for the most part ,,2 -69344,The Quiet American '',2 -208998,own viability,2 -40603,( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy ,,2 -132741,so insanely stupid , so awful,0 -126229,little green men,2 -239117,you 're too interested to care .,3 -154461,audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset,2 -189258,Trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the '' Gadzooks ! '',0 -62411,, what a thrill ride . This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,4 -25126,Director Nalin Pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question .,2 -48270,a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message,3 -204943,light showers of emotion,3 -174782,the sorriest and most,1 -183984,For every articulate player , such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman , are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '' into a sentence .,1 -11236,the chaotic insanity and,1 -116664,captain,3 -19152,Octopus 2 : River of Fear,1 -72986,about the grandiosity of a college student who sees himself as impervious to a fall,3 -153129,all the good stuff,3 -152800,about tortured ( and torturing ) artists and consuming but impossible love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods,1 -97704,through prison bars,2 -4435,afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men,1 -30425,could call this How Martha Got Her Groove Back -- assuming , that is , she ever had one to begin with,2 -48957,an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut,3 -170078,retch,0 -131771,say '' hi '' to your lover when you wake up in the morning,2 -107954,Neighbor,2 -65499,Feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work,2 -121859,has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment,3 -214533,the expense of character,2 -208101,of the men,2 -62243,, suffocating and chilly,2 -62339,, this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .,4 -116084,bogus story,0 -167698,of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations,2 -139920,will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .,1 -16812,of what makes a joke a joke,2 -90872,pulls a little from each film,2 -86829,marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I,3 -236083,struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music,2 -219532,will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades,1 -73272,affable Maid,2 -52376,has a terrific look,4 -49112,appreciated,3 -83669,irresistibly,3 -66625,It 's not particularly subtle ... However , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion,2 -213245,teenybopper Ed Wood film,2 -135987,the performances of Pacino , Williams , and Swank keep the viewer wide-awake all the way through,4 -115230,ate a Reeses,3 -12986,when the first few villians,2 -131638,room floor,2 -115089,as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment,3 -102545,, gritty story,2 -99581,warm , inviting , and surprising,4 -57472,succumbing to its own bathos,1 -15405,cheesiness,1 -57447,sturm und drang,2 -69524,The film 's only missteps,1 -182410,An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound,1 -18640,Americana,2 -21910,scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism,3 -227847,a couple of burnt-out cylinders,1 -158040,dull-witted and disquietingly creepy,1 -72514,a stand up and,2 -144648,Credibility levels,2 -139611,when they see the joy the characters take in this creed,3 -146418,It 's a loathsome movie ,,0 -219807,with repetition,2 -151845,a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame,2 -9849,project,2 -120314,follows its standard formula,2 -210819,saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .,0 -46750,Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .,3 -194087,be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline,2 -59709,uninitiated,2 -115496,be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this,3 -10632,sometimes quite funny,3 -179096,you believe any of this,2 -63292,A pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals,1 -129639,only has about 25 minutes of decent material .,1 -210914,scorchingly,2 -124829,it 's far from being this generation 's Animal House .,1 -160920,have to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved,0 -237623,thought the relationships were wonderful,4 -36642,said to suck,1 -56716,saw it will have an opinion to share,2 -6307,evocation,2 -124299,is n't nearly as funny,1 -77465,could want,2 -94227,taught by The Piano Teacher,2 -138950,versatile Stanley Kwan,3 -14690,a cast,2 -185766,Like a three-ring circus,2 -135806,the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . '',1 -151416,a bright sheen . Some,2 -232463,is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend,3 -92395,sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine,3 -8247,just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is,2 -155110,beloved-major,3 -141165,'s a trifle of a movie ,,2 -200273,guess that,2 -64302,Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact : it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before .,4 -214197,the big screen , some for the small screen,2 -5051,be shocked,2 -25790,It is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle .,3 -17875,trailer,2 -72097,a party worth,2 -197462,down-and-dirty laugher,3 -63382,A sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect .,3 -206541,most positive thing,2 -93484,steal a glimpse,2 -223499,Go .,2 -119037,encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed,2 -129226,of wills between Bacon and Theron,2 -79483,explosive physical energy,3 -219671,with a real stake in the American sexual landscape,2 -27083,Tuck Everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .,3 -62328,, this Oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .,3 -160301,grace-in-rebellion,3 -103348,8 Crazy Nights,3 -20057,bad --,0 -206777,mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story,1 -206102,might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor .,1 -3228,you do n't,2 -122352,his latest feature , R Xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form,3 -44997,Danis,3 -230330,does `` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan,2 -138179,top and movies,2 -157513,director are the big problems here,0 -86959,me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together,2 -135783,the most wondrous,2 -89204,of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation,3 -93892,supple,2 -198673,feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes,2 -235526,see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices,2 -5994,dishonorable,1 -199265,for national health insurance,2 -236460,that is n't heated properly , so that it ends up,1 -122872,in Zen,2 -13635,, special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures,1 -238256,until the silly showdown ending that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief,1 -29387,barrage,2 -170654,seen many times before,2 -46029,Lilo,2 -166406,movie-starring debut,2 -72189,a prostitute,1 -55329,of cultures and film genres,2 -48648,acting clinic,2 -5865,decided,2 -70810,What could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .,4 -202138,incidents,3 -80983,gets the tone,2 -122614,humanize,3 -144254,Brett Ratner,2 -155329,blurs the line between black comedy and black hole,1 -122012,having a nightmare about bad cinema,1 -29890,by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma,2 -19874,and reality,2 -188561,The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess .,1 -125497,just another voyeuristic spectacle,1 -217522,to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't,1 -39367,toe-tapping,3 -51794,for inner peace,2 -180221,( The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers,1 -30825,disarming , and just outright enjoyable,3 -162804,is believable ,,2 -619,bonbon,2 -231276,good for a laugh,3 -50956,does n't disappoint,3 -135475,the great blue globe,2 -212501,starter,2 -9427,offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness,1 -158812,falters , however ,,2 -118658,downright movie penance,1 -164682,least interesting,1 -237660,time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge,1 -115332,bad direction and bad acting,0 -167564,of its reality,2 -21397,n't wait to see what they do next,3 -46881,Taymor ,,2 -74931,at its best moments,3 -17136,sad picture,1 -48160,a lot of life,3 -93625,stripped-down dramatic constructs,2 -166255,more than a chuckle , and more jokes land,3 -160314,grasps the concept of actually investigating the case,2 -150145,Things,2 -182891,Braveheart,2 -126963,means scary horror movie,1 -153634,another big-budget bust,0 -228826,are now,2 -102326,, Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while . Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .,3 -78141,difficult relationships,2 -59567,trying to put together the cast and,2 -190200,a blinding embarrassment,0 -5852,davis has energy , but she does n't bother to make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly,1 -58659,the root,2 -93750,subversive silence can be,2 -81923,have taken an small slice of history and,2 -10120,resembling a spine,2 -168354,ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .,1 -220907,'s no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff,1 -91448,remarkable new trick,3 -93365,spring directly,2 -86913,may have many agendas,3 -219940,wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work,1 -206379,more engaging . Oh,2 -218896,waxes poetic,2 -162256,inspiring efforts,3 -11966,the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears,2 -162772,is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces,1 -158380,erotic cannibal movie,2 -10214,rubbo 's,2 -163977,its Munchausen-by-proxy mum,2 -174257,the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture,2 -233312,laughs -- sometimes a chuckle ,,2 -60792,'s a big , comforting jar of Marmite ,,3 -48627,acid viewpoint,2 -362,all pretty,3 -48057,a genuinely spooky premise,2 -213321,terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase,0 -195615,charismatic star,3 -20835,human spirit,2 -113027,a wind-tunnel,2 -88951,of the Summer award,2 -90818,provides no easy answers,2 -68184,Peter Bogdanovich,2 -114723,argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect,3 -115898,best-foreign-film Oscar,4 -126479,lows,2 -24060,-- filled with menace and squalor,3 -92796,slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness,1 -24969,Chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement .,4 -15888,glimpse,2 -60287,winning tone,4 -80762,fun and funny in the middle ,,4 -55780,one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises,3 -192345,alternative music,2 -10758,stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort,3 -106797,It 's ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .,3 -134870,the bad reviews,1 -218968,wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs,2 -168965,pleasurable . Something,2 -222182,Ace Ventura ' rip-off,0 -176120,to figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe,2 -32911,in some time,2 -222233,All That Heaven Allows,2 -90160,people ,,2 -126799,many things,2 -128627,of drooling idiots,1 -17244,so jarring,2 -141883,( long ) gone,2 -37895,that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war,3 -161919,in love with its own quirky personality,2 -152078,a monopoly,2 -91642,revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,3 -99974,whether we believe in them,2 -207707,of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun,0 -92719,sip,2 -196910,did n't convince me that Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side .,2 -74122,another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic,2 -23724,, it is not,2 -149092,The Gantzes ' interviews,2 -185181,It 's not too much of anything .,1 -234811,out there !,3 -201077,high hilarity,4 -52741,hot sake half-sleep,1 -114582,are flat,1 -1849,not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted .,3 -179141,you instantly know whodunit,1 -187668,TV reruns and supermarket tabloids,2 -65038,Devils chronicles,2 -40559,'s almost impossible,2 -81601,has a compelling story to tell .,4 -99473,visually and thematically,3 -57879,that score,2 -220694,'s a fun one .,3 -67906,Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe ,,2 -95710,the fingers,2 -45058,Despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .,3 -138036,today 's Hollywood,2 -204374,itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun,3 -516,at the core of this tale,2 -171716,sorely disappointed .,2 -201406,how not to act like Pinocchio .,1 -235545,seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .,0 -112177,a kingdom,3 -35745,opening,2 -65266,Eileen,2 -188457,The movie turns out to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness .,1 -98563,totalmente,2 -176637,too many characters and events,1 -153106,all that profound , at least,2 -16522,mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there,3 -179028,yesterday 's weather report,2 -70824,What makes it worth watching is Quaid 's performance .,3 -119887,feeling strangely unsatisfied,1 -215490,the revelation,2 -165437,made me feel unclean,1 -81489,had n't,2 -5704,connection,2 -209023,painfully unfunny,0 -90709,produced in recent memory,2 -205037,like a rejected X-Files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .,1 -1749,moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding,1 -237507,this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied,4 -179037,yields only a spectacular whiff .,2 -11562,the laramie project,2 -153381,an engrossing,3 -198268,exceptionally dark,2 -22181,that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense,3 -94765,that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature,4 -229714,can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing,2 -25910,Korean filmmaker 's,3 -141835,( Woody Allen ),2 -167329,of a title,2 -1921,of the holocaust escape story,2 -221209,, Sia lacks visual flair .,1 -55767,one 's,2 -10363,self-promotion ends and the truth begins,2 -204291,its position,3 -209037,pantomimesque,2 -120765,from the train,2 -88259,of Reign of Fire,2 -202434,into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear,3 -204272,its own most damning censure,1 -117868,dark satire and childhood awakening,2 -156666,conceivable area,2 -111335,You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes ,,1 -65553,Fire . Great dragons,3 -51539,fascinating , dark thriller,3 -2411,straightforward,3 -82704,immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before,3 -199801,genuine cackles,2 -61848,, crisp storytelling,3 -58083,the blacklight crowd , way cheaper ( and better ),3 -200651,has taken away your car , your work-hours,1 -128948,of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else,2 -167184,of Death,2 -68945,Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable,2 -59007,this kind,2 -126355,looks like an action movie ,,2 -131976,seem smart and well-crafted in comparison,3 -134592,that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .,3 -204780,leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go,1 -186928,Revolution Studios and,2 -48559,about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi,2 -27117,Vietnamese,2 -32580,his screenplay 's,2 -231602,have to dig deep to sink this low .,0 -158594,except for some awful acting and lame special effects,2 -32642,hood rats,1 -52408,has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions,2 -207681,of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating,1 -8078,its moments of swaggering camaraderie,3 -121128,give Blade fans,2 -120308,followed the runaway success of his first film , The Full Monty , with something different,2 -51488,fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same,2 -26844,The laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty,3 -220887,'s most improbable feat,2 -192259,all too painfully,2 -99569,war movies,1 -113986,an emotional level,2 -160695,has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else,2 -142617,, we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love ,,0 -228493,always pulls it back .,2 -45306,French director Anne Fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition,3 -37756,that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen,4 -174592,the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role,1 -170624,seems to be posing , rather than acting,1 -49463,balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply,4 -206094,middle-class Arkansas,2 -162785,is as far as you can get from racy,2 -33687,it more as a shocking history lesson,3 -91810,rouses,2 -196792,derivative horror,2 -39289,to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting,4 -87615,much time,2 -20803,his longer journey still,2 -41529,all comics -- even,2 -84532,is part of the fun .,2 -220122,would sink Laurence Olivier,1 -128785,of making people,2 -7154,his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress,3 -186203,Movie . '',2 -162072,in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy,0 -42994,whether you 're a fan of the books,2 -145174,Even legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles ... so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -226459,The reason to see `` Sade '',2 -147548,Muccino 's,2 -120478,for sick humor,1 -22300,the message of Trouble Every Day,2 -149116,The Loud,2 -207244,nothing about crime,1 -152421,a shaggy human tale,2 -23256,( but ) Lohman 's moist,2 -54264,like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away,0 -120859,funny . And,2 -214303,the cinematic equivalent of high humidity,1 -56699,sane regimen,2 -83716,is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching,3 -15672,erasing,1 -157338,despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view,2 -177166,unending,1 -60855,'s a sit down and,2 -10380,set the plot,2 -107370,Laggard,2 -104114,Alexander Payne 's ode to the Everyman,3 -236840,the engaging ,,3 -29587,between women,2 -20651,give superlative performances,4 -52358,hard-to-predict and,2 -98731,trusts,2 -200352,had the misfortune to watch in quite some time,1 -146744,It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected,0 -49009,an utterly charming French comedy,3 -58251,the emotional blockage,2 -235371,rich New York intelligentsia,2 -224421,Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?,0 -32107,go see it,3 -209148,pay full price,2 -185566,Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant,2 -14819,a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands,4 -76673,chilling and unsettling,2 -117445,considering that Baird is a former film editor,2 -7337,if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '',1 -185596,Kerrigan 's,2 -210798,save for a few comic turns,2 -194989,brutally honest individual,3 -140972,'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .,0 -45603,If ( Jaglom 's ) latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling,2 -151390,a blaring heavy metal much of the time,2 -205350,looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel,1 -131677,run , then at least,2 -201199,his little band , a professional screenwriter,2 -152093,a mouse , for cryin ',2 -150534,Two big things,2 -10254,sandra,2 -191486,a teenybopper Ed Wood film,2 -136104,the rappers at play,2 -143487,Accuracy,2 -42083,himself or,3 -41396,You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human,4 -81091,gives a performance that is masterly,3 -181048,, they 'll probably run out screaming .,1 -2712,the sensibility,2 -71362,a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight,3 -98723,truly larger-than-life,3 -103432,A bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will,3 -53800,it does not attempt to filter out the complexity,3 -25993,Lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous,1 -181548,A cellophane-pop remake,1 -147405,Meandering,2 -61044,'s fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty,3 -15544,directs the traffic well,3 -188361,The most ill-conceived animated comedy,0 -139050,view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight,2 -656,but the sad schlock merchant,2 -81396,grin,3 -165662,many charming moments,4 -126966,meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots,1 -100262,will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale,2 -51754,follow A . I . with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority,2 -69403,The best,4 -24867,Both deeply weird and charmingly,3 -113066,a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '',2 -124881,it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer,1 -126234,little insight,2 -223283,Every joke is repeated at least --,1 -217854,truly knowing your identity,2 -174580,the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship,2 -16119,in its deceptive grimness,2 -33928,keep this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit,3 -157013,crisp professionalism,3 -101768,'s never too late to believe in your dreams .,3 -138055,too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain,0 -116916,checkout,3 -142937,8217,2 -36095,possible futures,2 -73944,an undeniably intriguing film,3 -125854,learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture,3 -53852,it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant,2 -66134,I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but,2 -146766,It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either,0 -123389,initiation rite,3 -129295,offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .,3 -156445,coarseness and,2 -130090,peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .,3 -98999,undying,2 -3205,work,2 -190420,a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history,1 -139650,which is its subject,2 -114784,as Graham,2 -9601,parade,2 -57982,the One That I Want,3 -149746,The plot is very clever,3 -143458,AIDS and Africa,1 -106746,Insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . But,1 -73273,affair ,,1 -237139,the performances by Phifer and Black,2 -235108,pub,2 -86579,make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn,2 -47514,Uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be,2 -231644,he wanted,2 -188191,The film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .,1 -230519,ends with a large human tragedy,2 -111047,What sets this romantic comedy apart from most Hollywood romantic comedies is its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material .,3 -141338,'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us,1 -120705,from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion,3 -85968,lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .,3 -104886,Broomsticks,2 -226900,Val Kilmer 's two personas,2 -25554,His Best Friend Remembers '',2 -22444,this slight comedy,2 -227838,a confusing,2 -80683,from which,2 -225657,Ruh-roh !,2 -236347,thanks to the presence,3 -40486,young lad,2 -84355,is lightweight filmmaking ,,1 -232316,is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...,3 -196446,crisp framing ,,3 -124143,is in there somewhere .,2 -139342,way Chekhov,2 -17558,the greatest family-oriented,4 -236412,that clever angle,3 -25253,Even those,3 -210194,really busts out of its comfy little cell,3 -23907,, the film is almost unsurpassed .,4 -87209,mood and,2 -100857,works smoothly,4 -165525,make people laugh,3 -199772,generates little narrative momentum ,,1 -63303,A quietly moving look back at what it was to be Iranian-American in 1979 .,3 -177718,watch the host and hostess,2 -169845,reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic,1 -95092,the ` qatsi ' trilogy ,,2 -104286,An energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular .,4 -90087,particularly nightmarish,1 -224973,Mr. Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision,3 -144083,Beers,2 -51176,end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything,2 -88888,of sly humor,3 -138805,up all,2 -97903,to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11,2 -18232,to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,3 -95168,the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery,3 -64178,Audience Award,3 -216908,to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it,1 -118286,director I admire,2 -27808,a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue,3 -59327,to respond,2 -45384,Godard 's,2 -208598,one lewd scene,2 -132933,something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by,2 -191119,a porno flick,1 -227034,What 's the Russian word for Wow !? ',3 -46004,Legged Freaks,1 -113408,admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes,1 -201959,in sap,2 -105807,Fields,2 -190954,a minimalist Beauty and,3 -67691,Muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .,4 -50794,despite its patchy construction,2 -89413,on its fairly ludicrous plot,1 -238632,when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year,1 -68432,Richly,3 -158208,encounter in an entire career,2 -191451,a surgeon mends a broken heart : very meticulously but without any passion,1 -11440,the first time,2 -181940,A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel,1 -116685,captures the wonders and worries of childhood,4 -63602,A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .,4 -20062,bangs,2 -159076,figure out,2 -182649,Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight,1 -70933,Who cares,2 -125434,itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol,2 -222248,Allen movie,2 -188086,The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving .,1 -177037,uberviolence,2 -61753,, and funny . A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .,2 -19390,Using,2 -89776,other cultures,2 -102999,, voices-from-the-other-side story,2 -21801,randy film,3 -41661,both architectural glories and,4 -95224,the bizarre as the film winds down,2 -61416,( D ) espite its familiar subject matter , Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...,3 -100290,will please Eastwood 's loyal fans --,4 -132036,seen City,3 -62743,95 minutes,3 -165656,mannerisms and,2 -18406,, especially,2 -73697,an athlete , a movie star , and,3 -39827,wall,3 -114977,as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy,3 -229256,become `` the punk kids ' revolution,2 -45972,Laced,1 -227031,What 's missing in Murder by Numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .,0 -95660,the film is well under way,2 -144287,Buff \ \/ Fred,2 -675,capacity,2 -93424,standard horror flick formula,1 -127583,movie-goers,2 -102938,, this Argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .,2 -138674,unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller,4 -106737,Innocuous,2 -185359,It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is :,0 -176773,toxic in its own right,1 -27656,a manual of precinct cliches,2 -117737,cross swords,2 -153598,and underarm noises,1 -98434,to visit,2 -200919,he can to look like a good guy,2 -197265,does a disservice,1 -179465,'re over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license,1 -181273,. Upper,2 -202940,is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself,3 -48854,amuse and,3 -201236,his scripting unsurprising,1 -30279,coming-of-age story,2 -170616,seems skimpy and unclear,1 -49073,anti-Semitism ever seen on screen,2 -27323,` Charly ' will,2 -43891,12 songs,2 -151218,` Some Body ' will appeal to No One .,1 -135528,the humanity of its people,4 -200674,has the right approach and the right opening premise,3 -180933,, spiteful idiots,1 -129141,of the workplace,2 -108930,Shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes .,3 -235970,spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet,1 -138881,usher,2 -155923,can already be seen on television .,2 -95136,the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film,4 -236886,the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and,1 -27424,a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing,3 -232345,is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ...,4 -17642,the rules,2 -236057,still seems endless .,2 -79024,enhances the personal touch of manual animation,3 -179817,'s kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey,1 -75081,avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill,4 -208022,of testosterone,2 -80718,full advantage,3 -216946,to convey it,2 -226335,The most horrific movie experience I 've had since `` Ca n't Stop The Music . '',0 -112499,a powerful emotional wallop,3 -64245,Barris ' motivations,2 -74520,arthouse . The power of this script , and the performances that come with it ,,3 -72479,a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power,2 -171479,so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized,2 -94965,that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing,3 -90190,perfect for a ballplayer,3 -135483,the hail,2 -231388,harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks,1 -144289,Bullock 's complete lack,2 -183085,Chou,2 -215953,the writing is indifferent , and,1 -36976,simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies,2 -121116,gimmicky,3 -206644,moving truck,2 -49325,as the ` assassin ',2 -203003,is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable .,3 -51296,epic cinema,4 -24529,About nowhere,2 -35609,on Madonna Street,2 -135638,the lead performances,2 -230676,expanded vision,3 -198151,ever spill from a projector 's lens,1 -176270,to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering,3 -209551,portrays himself,2 -95410,the current climate,2 -167255,of Todd Farmer 's screenplay , which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship,1 -140968,'d merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul,3 -45263,First-time,2 -182146,About Something,2 -129500,once emotional and richly,3 -234889,passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick,2 -126571,main character,2 -219625,wit and compassion,3 -81620,has a needlessly downbeat,1 -200687,has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but,1 -153744,apparent motives to the contrary,2 -214362,the couples,2 -217544,told by Hollywood,2 -139235,was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars,0 -84536,is partly an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s,2 -74692,as good as the original,3 -133748,swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective,2 -219942,wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .,0 -189034,This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . ',0 -43224,'s brilliant,3 -226406,The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ... certainly raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .,3 -13015,whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll,2 -84764,is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but,3 -183343,Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh .,1 -43786,, well-directed , well-acted , bald,4 -49706,between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition,3 -42746,takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it,2 -223061,David Lynch,2 -70569,Unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck .,4 -174508,the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy,1 -147867,Offers very little genuine romance,2 -207816,of its making,2 -92186,seen on Jerry Springer,2 -42383,moved and love it , or,3 -45626,If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining,3 -122421,history affectingly,2 -76779,classical music,2 -185609,Kids '' sequel,2 -55649,of warmth,3 -138509,ultimately makes Windtalkers,2 -18169,you through the entire 85 minutes,2 -85562,just follow the books,2 -173736,the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .,1 -200621,has not spawned a single good film,1 -198324,exotic dancing,2 -172798,than the film itself,2 -21320,microcosm,2 -138427,turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental,2 -108535,Raccoons,2 -125625,knock yourself out and,2 -84053,is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends,3 -162604,is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic .,2 -207046,no interesting concept can escape,1 -19404,Wars,2 -176277,to match his subject,2 -38740,the ultimate mysteries,3 -4384,actual,2 -161644,illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land,1 -177235,unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable,0 -178529,with all the,2 -227396,` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and it 's now coming true ' bad,1 -36456,relationship study,2 -174336,the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand,1 -68608,Sayles has an eye for the ways people of different ethnicities talk to and about others outside the group .,3 -54959,mull over,2 -100240,will be something to behold,3 -133358,story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare,3 -32874,in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit,3 -19370,Though Mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .,3 -101006,wry comic mayhem,3 -106352,Humorous ,,3 -184999,It 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring,0 -232692,is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original .,0 -61852,, damaged characters,1 -54886,most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer,2 -198270,exceptionally dreary and overwrought,1 -146849,Jason X is positively anti-Darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot,1 -71909,a long way on hedonistic gusto,2 -199072,flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .,1 -123624,intriguing , provocative,3 -44838,Call it magic,3 -113962,an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us,3 -42674,spirit and,2 -106820,It 's a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .,3 -3007,twisted,1 -93957,surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players,3 -168892,pizazz,3 -15589,done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit,4 -167257,of Toy Story 2,2 -183669,Enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts,2 -125699,lacking in substance ,,1 -162381,into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story,1 -132910,some terrific setpieces,3 -190901,a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain,3 -10018,re-creations,2 -231814,how much depends on how well you like,2 -38410,the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers,2 -167223,of Mary Gaitskill 's harrowing short story,2 -238791,will notice distinct parallels between this story and the 1971 musical `` Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime,2 -1730,michael rymer 's direction,2 -238477,watch with kids and use to introduce video as art,3 -229858,clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in,2 -86250,look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation,2 -121583,hand-held,2 -230926,for its spasms of absurdist humor,3 -232518,is just too slim .,1 -49108,appear naked,2 -140990,'ll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot,0 -156235,chicken heart,2 -2974,too deep,1 -110762,Truth or Consequences , N . M .,2 -30147,child abuse,0 -92933,so different from The Apple,2 -78317,distracts,1 -198505,familiar Herzog tropes,2 -83244,includes one of the strangest,3 -153896,are n't funny,1 -238906,with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ),2 -138661,unexpectedly rewarding,3 -217669,too stagy,1 -86553,make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous,3 -75616,better film 's,2 -34881,neither character,2 -42180,is intensely personal and,3 -91717,ringside,2 -33034,indicates,3 -123038,in knowing that,2 -106688,In addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- Lilo & Stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .,4 -108374,Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible . He has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . What Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery,3 -196081,composed delivery,3 -221933,A Selection appears in its final form ( in `` Last Dance '' ),2 -193777,at moralizing,2 -628,brains,2 -20935,indomitable human will,3 -99348,very good,3 -204321,its sincere acting,3 -85076,it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .,3 -203826,it a monsterous one,2 -28554,and creating mood,3 -36132,precollegiate humor,3 -43136,'re not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert,2 -93939,surprisingly refreshing,3 -39321,to the edge of their seats,3 -172871,that , were it not for De Niro 's participation ,,2 -162427,into the running time,2 -6732,gasp-inducing,1 -26843,The laser-projected paintings,2 -219015,well-defined sense,3 -48413,a surprisingly cinematic experience,4 -160477,half-baked thoughts,1 -24348,A frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexual politics and the challenges of friendships between women .,4 -118988,emerging Indian American cinema,2 -172025,stomping,2 -207132,nonconformist values,2 -116728,carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect .,3 -98175,to live a rich and full life,2 -33440,is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns .,2 -206470,more than competent,3 -22826,with a rawness,2 -45230,Feature debuter D . J . Caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter Tony Gayton 's narcotics noir to life .,4 -209062,pared,2 -65809,Gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script .,3 -60146,who are n't put off by the film 's austerity,2 -122110,heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology,2 -7425,in for a real winner , creativity at its peak,4 -117928,decades of life,2 -33262,is a showcase for Sandler 's many talents,4 -160043,gets the once-over,2 -216664,through the paces,2 -1353,irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs,3 -142670,, you know you 're in trouble .,2 -156030,capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002,3 -199933,give some of the characters a ` back story,2 -161833,in broad outline,2 -32471,helps '' Being Earnest '',2 -16580,minty fresh,3 -83289,indoor,2 -106301,Home Movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .,2 -106693,In capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .,2 -161584,if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks,1 -186565,One of the worst films of 2002,1 -13471,'s possible for a sequel to outshine the original,3 -26924,The warm presence,3 -213737,that its intended audience has n't yet had much science,1 -125111,it takes off in totally unexpected directions and keeps on going,3 -129909,own birthday party,2 -178462,with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet,2 -216129,there are many tense scenes in Trapped,3 -9271,of guilt and innocence,2 -46016,Lifetime Channel-style anthology,3 -144228,Bottom-rung New Jack City,1 -26068,McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .,3 -164923,like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special,0 -33241,is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .,3 -52466,have any relation to the other,2 -185311,It looks much more like a cartoon in the end than The Simpsons ever has .,2 -149138,The Rock 's fighting skills,2 -78165,directing and,2 -237816,to film geeks and historians,2 -154646,be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked,1 -148212,Queen 's,2 -236333,than the finished film,2 -145559,Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer,1 -2366,spaghetti,3 -24616,An endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema,4 -93913,surface-obsession,2 -169531,putters,1 -68990,Star Wars fans,2 -24636,An impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent .,3 -203362,is repeated at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it,0 -232485,is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .,1 -50832,dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy,3 -196068,completely ridiculous,0 -219871,without a lot,2 -107156,Janice 's behavior,1 -206483,more ways,3 -22103,sugar-free wit,2 -157714,does give the film a certain timeless quality,3 -40458,you should applaud or look into having him committed,3 -62647,15th,2 -37104,sociologically pointed,3 -42832,the maddening and,1 -37273,stake,2 -30672,delightfully piquant wine,4 -36573,ridiculousness,1 -181466,90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed,0 -37186,sounds from within the camp to create a completely numbing experience,2 -236437,that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half,4 -33427,is n't my favorite in the series , still,1 -150577,Unfaithful =,1 -144746,Deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .,0 -197209,do n't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .,0 -83227,in which the script and characters hold sway,3 -167280,of a Screenwriting 101 class,2 -44103,A good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera,3 -1237,human resources,2 -99303,varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting,2 -111499,a Randall Wallace film,2 -234482,of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys,3 -99007,unexpected flashes,2 -50437,continuing,2 -161522,humor , passion ,,2 -150348,Though Moonlight Mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .,1 -140667,you 'll enjoy at least the '' real '' portions of the film .,2 -189323,Ultimately , Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .,1 -133471,stumblebum,2 -13659,, this is a refreshingly novel ride,3 -5080,become didactic,2 -225539,Purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro .,2 -24693,Anne-Sophie Birot 's,2 -140349,wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .,1 -148357,Ryanovich,3 -57599,taking on adolescent qualities,2 -238426,warning you,1 -38043,the binds of a small family,2 -202217,inexperienced director,2 -148527,Shaky,2 -197745,eludes,2 -222437,As a singular character study , it 's perfect .,4 -56576,retro,2 -18036,while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene,2 -182533,Appropriately,3 -8829,modern man and,2 -158979,feels unsure .,1 -220461,' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .,2 -194146,be impressed by this tired retread,1 -195897,coloured,2 -53026,in their small-budget film,2 -199486,freakish powers,2 -180968,, the film ends with a large human tragedy . Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .,0 -27711,a nonstop parade,3 -208181,of these young women,3 -176882,trite in its last 10 minutes,2 -6888,grew hideously twisted,1 -80384,for the trees,2 -185493,John Ritter 's glory days,2 -134086,than its most famous previous film adaptation,2 -7227,how much,2 -152177,a non-believer in werewolf films,2 -132375,shout , `,2 -182952,Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star,3 -141413,'s low-cal Woody at best,3 -118675,drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie,2 -233509,locusts in a horde,2 -170128,ridicule factor,1 -94679,that hard,2 -237670,tinny self-righteousness,1 -79734,feature directing debut,2 -168969,pleasuring,3 -34929,no-budget,1 -69488,The enjoyable Undercover Brother , a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild , dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .,4 -128421,of a bad sitcom,2 -123928,is as consistently engaging as it is revealing,4 -119152,enough heat,2 -186558,One of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .,1 -77686,daily ills,2 -167043,notorious subject,2 -86017,like Antwone Fisher,2 -216777,to Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly,1 -134082,than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose,2 -190804,a large human tragedy . Alas,1 -171681,sometimes maddeningly slow,1 -125289,its low-key way of tackling what seems like done-to-death material,2 -146959,Just like Hearst 's enormous yacht,3 -205912,may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh,2 -149774,The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families,1 -120744,from stark desert,3 -27498,a fascinating document,3 -46523,Plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,2 -237211,the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and,1 -37065,so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences,3 -94308,tens,3 -187442,Some writer dude ,,2 -13684,-- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game,2 -40812,Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy , but I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws,3 -178810,works only,2 -74296,are at least interesting,2 -74049,and provocative sexual,2 -89328,old woman,2 -33112,intermingling,2 -126653,make-believe promise,2 -36199,prophetic book,2 -74035,and human-scale characters,2 -133939,teetering on the edge of sanity,1 -169022,points and situations,2 -84049,is at its most valuable,3 -33270,is a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man .,3 -52692,hit theaters this year,2 -167361,of arrested development,2 -146361,Iron Mask and The Musketeer,2 -113507,against humanity,1 -214792,the holes,2 -58090,the brim with ideas,3 -150957,Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .,2 -238096,tragic waste,1 -236007,staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films,1 -109347,Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .,0 -22584,tough to shake,2 -235892,some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '',1 -92149,seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar,3 -148902,Sucking all the ` classic ',2 -124499,is slight and admittedly manipulative,2 -158255,ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie,1 -195039,but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .,1 -121002,genre-curling crime story,2 -176122,to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject,2 -122324,his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,4 -237960,to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend,3 -176116,to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz,2 -181462,9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included,1 -167467,of flim-flam,2 -119319,even analytical approach,2 -120336,for Friday fans,2 -5376,by the artsy and often pointless visuals,1 -95307,the chilled breath,2 -200705,hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art .,0 -158727,facilitator,2 -117188,come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,3 -131892,secular,2 -146371,Is it a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ? A cartoon ?,1 -231629,he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema,2 -224521,Keenly observed and refreshingly natural , Swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .,3 -103253,... unlike ( Scorsese 's Mean Streets ) , Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .,0 -2344,some good ,,3 -216874,to be exact,2 -142231,, in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile,0 -197160,do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes,0 -220681,'s a cool event for the whole family,3 -195164,by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life,1 -145143,Eurotrash cult,1 -214099,the action sequences -- clearly the main event --,3 -137891,to take seriously .,2 -689,challenges,1 -68524,Rudy,2 -119445,exaggeration recount,2 -191526,a thinking man 's monster movie,3 -64378,Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one ,,2 -53239,is Corcuera 's attention to detail,2 -194088,be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included,1 -50079,cause Tom Green a grimace,1 -163707,it 's time to rethink independent films .,2 -41780,deserves any prizes,3 -86263,look away from,2 -6134,editing and pompous,1 -116155,bout,2 -145230,Exists,2 -69294,The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort,3 -143674,Amari 's film falls short in building the drama of Lilia 's journey .,2 -92928,so convincing,3 -108586,Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity .,4 -174557,the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain,1 -148816,Springsteen,2 -20809,his own experiences,2 -169944,remains a reactive cipher , when opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made,1 -41285,The principals in this cast are all fine ,,3 -115903,better actor,3 -225250,O. Henry,2 -34749,murder-suicide fandango,2 -177283,unwieldy mess,1 -191877,achieved only,2 -226732,Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade .,2 -175558,this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .,1 -181927,A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and,1 -61182,'s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .,4 -9196,o,2 -238008,to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,2 -154549,bad ideas,1 -51709,finding beauty in the most depressing places,3 -226555,Their film falters , however , in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid .,1 -71211,` ron seal the deal,3 -94475,that 's being advertised as a comedy,2 -28992,anything resembling reality,3 -124239,is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans,3 -174767,the slowest person in the audience --,2 -79699,fascinating and frustrating,2 -91830,run of the mill,1 -90151,película,2 -27561,a good stepping stone,3 -131554,right elements,3 -74741,as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject,2 -135954,the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers,2 -159028,few laughs and not,2 -69533,The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .,3 -194215,be to flatter it,2 -163527,is too predictable and too self-conscious,1 -159078,figure out just,2 -181619,A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely,1 -27364,a bad journey at all .,0 -133983,tequila,2 -55972,pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still , Myer 's energy,2 -186639,Owen,2 -77301,contemporary adult movies,2 -123438,inspired humour,3 -200560,has its handful of redeeming features,2 -26921,The very definition of the ` small ' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher .,3 -193335,as The Animal,2 -6401,fancy split-screen,2 -74627,as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema,3 -77367,convincingly,2 -189559,What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once,1 -192699,and Joe Gantz,2 -165338,lovely costumes ,,3 -43127,'re going from one room to the next,2 -73411,all kinds of obstacles,1 -237383,them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality,2 -219289,while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces ,,2 -179494,'s a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be,1 -208681,only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands , i . e . Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable,1 -230376,does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .,3 -179453,'re most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,1 -224461,Jewish WW II,2 -144765,Demme 's loose approach kills the suspense .,1 -190868,a lot more bluster than bite,1 -208688,only half-an-hour long or,1 -202370,interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda,1 -209929,pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama .,1 -219016,well-drawn , if standard issue ,,2 -53109,insightful enough,3 -48724,again and again,2 -35357,of pain,1 -124222,is little more,2 -112893,a threat,2 -38554,the possibility of hope,3 -211148,seen as hip,2 -18417,, has a watchful affection for the monster .,2 -81247,good teachers,2 -139707,white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are,2 -160689,has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously,1 -54710,memory , trust and loyalty,3 -128455,of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one,3 -74246,appreciate its whimsical humor,2 -201065,herrings,2 -230478,effective on stage,3 -205026,like a half-baked stand-up routine,1 -8765,merci pour le movie,2 -196335,could very well,2 -174813,the stories never add up to as much as they promise .,1 -231586,have no affinity for most of the characters .,1 -88649,of his poetics,2 -203762,it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously,1 -222234,All That Heaven Allows '' and,2 -179887,'s not enough substance here,1 -130960,radioactive,2 -203990,it plainly has no business going,1 -235919,someone gets clocked .,2 -105268,Cross,2 -43232,'s endlessly,2 -125432,itself is somewhat problematic,2 -177223,unless you enjoy really bad movies,0 -119555,exploitive array,2 -49916,but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights,4 -118487,documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,2 -40642,A compelling ,,3 -152256,a pregnant premise,2 -117475,contemporary movie,2 -123529,interweaves,2 -229676,can never capture the magic of the original,1 -37745,that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films,3 -115721,been a good film in '' Trouble,2 -70655,WW II doc,2 -93662,study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture,3 -198296,executed idea,2 -80978,gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .,3 -106916,It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years , and Chaykin and Headly are priceless .,3 -99591,warm up,2 -43298,'s one for you .,2 -182730,Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . But,2 -14097,I,2 -182460,And it 's a lousy one at that,2 -110348,There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but,0 -216450,this nasty comedy,1 -82997,in making us believe,2 -153743,apparent motives,2 -226819,Truly,3 -12725,uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,4 -150559,Under 15 ?,2 -94373,than a probe into the nature of faith,2 -206323,mood and no movie,2 -26241,Notorious C,2 -87172,modern Hitler-study,2 -107123,J . Lo will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear,2 -105076,Children of the Century , though well dressed and well made ,,3 -53149,intensifying escapist adventure,3 -207240,not-very-funny,1 -94749,that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations,4 -37987,the actor,2 -189936,You know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? Just send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .,0 -108023,Nonchalantly,2 -160813,have been better off as a documentary , with less of Mr . Eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage .,1 -59550,true impact,3 -201314,honest effort,3 -31139,enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible,2 -3190,with such aching beauty and truth,4 -83683,irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .,0 -68673,Secretary manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .,4 -140788,you nervous,2 -191429,a suburban architect,3 -158903,feel enough of an attachment,2 -113087,able to accomplish,2 -125327,its own languorous charm,3 -62905,A dashing and absorbing,3 -145413,For all its alleged youthful fire,2 -49901,buoyant romantic comedy,4 -170770,setting a fancy table,2 -110006,The movie is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it .,0 -60551,you are watching them,2 -4967,avoid the godzilla sized soda,1 -79528,extremely funny,4 -74176,any other Arnie musclefest,2 -16966,plenty,2 -5965,directed,2 -191462,a sweet smile and,2 -40982,It 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss,4 -192868,another tired old vision,0 -103784,A pleasant and engaging enough,3 -152907,actor phones,2 -160973,he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film,0 -157641,do much to enhance the franchise,3 -77554,creating an intriguing species of artifice,3 -109050,Some episodes work,2 -183519,Do n't hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic . Hate it because it 's lousy .,0 -34003,lead performances,3 -115580,be somebody,2 -189444,Wanker Goths are on the loose ! Run for your lives !,2 -219784,with my little eye,2 -136189,the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby,1 -53476,is funny , touching , smart and complicated,4 -47749,Zhang 's,2 -211523,should pay reparations to viewers .,1 -82162,high standards,3 -18178,your wallet without leaving a sting,3 -223260,Even if you 've seen `` Stomp '',2 -150929,While the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an American movie might demand,2 -150211,This is a good movie in spurts ,,3 -215062,the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service,1 -216962,to develop them,2 -9177,now as a former gong show addict , i 'll admit it ,,2 -1311,indulgence,1 -38656,the special effects and narrative flow,3 -95600,the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis,3 -83713,is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers .,2 -59140,to Anspaugh 's three lead actresses,3 -238583,what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul,2 -100563,with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes,2 -64102,As played by Ryan Gosling , Danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .,3 -214851,the inmates have actually taken over the asylum,2 -231215,giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta,1 -53824,it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while .,3 -101474,'s Family,2 -90175,peppered with false starts and,1 -111102,While Solondz tries and tries hard , Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .,1 -65769,Giggling,3 -48350,a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable,3 -79307,ever made about the life of moviemaking .,2 -30820,director Stephen Herek 's,2 -123143,in the enterprise,2 -14101,I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it,3 -26575,Shower,2 -61246,'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching,4 -12680,unnecessary films,1 -161621,if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno,1 -154827,be the most repellent movie of 2002,0 -128043,no timeout,1 -43842,. Spielberg,3 -219345,who he is,2 -227863,a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score,4 -75636,between damaged people,2 -78692,dysfunction,1 -46479,Part low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .,2 -169377,prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',1 -80346,for that reason,2 -149600,The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable .,1 -194058,be a serious contender for the title,2 -14244,Liotta and Jason Patric,2 -28077,achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth,4 -123642,invaders,2 -66866,Jagger ,,2 -233501,lives of gay men .,2 -52935,in it,2 -99585,warm and charming package,3 -119146,enough fizz,2 -184946,Instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games,1 -215316,the patience of Job,2 -161153,hicks and ponderously mope around trying to strike lightning as captured by their 1970s predecessors,1 -165453,made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show,1 -229823,cinema mad , set-piece,2 -3560,a 10-course banquet,3 -215732,the symbols,3 -200002,glucose,2 -2597,the film 's lamer,1 -172306,sums,2 -182063,A timid , soggy near miss,1 -56848,sensuality,3 -172342,sure to be entertained,3 -175845,to a film festival,2 -106600,If the movie were all comedy,2 -173991,the folly of superficiality,1 -229046,at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety,2 -48677,add up to another ` spectacular spectacle .,4 -34784,n't convert you,2 -86248,look at a red felt Sharpie pen,2 -230666,exhilaratingly tasteless,1 -224070,Insufferably naive,0 -116334,but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time,0 -156460,cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences,3 -25057,Dallas,2 -144164,Birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it,1 -176599,too clunky,1 -46274,Mueller,2 -191797,about their daily activities,2 -79863,figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble,2 -95661,the film is well under way --,4 -58358,the group 's,2 -58581,the piece ,,2 -26029,Majidi 's poetic love story,3 -53979,its share of laughs,3 -139796,who the other actors in the movie are,2 -51955,from the great Daniel Auteuil , '' Sade '',2 -77573,creepy and dead-on,3 -90860,puerile men dominate the story,1 -224831,Most new movies have a bright sheen .,3 -36147,preschool set,2 -79915,filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism,4 -181218,-- or offer any new insight into --,2 -84402,is more than tattoo,2 -26407,Quite funny for the type of movie it is ...,3 -186435,Not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending .,2 -96666,the sensibility of a video director,2 -86900,may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all,3 -150035,There 's a solid woman - finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it .,2 -74582,as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times,3 -21488,of Vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries,3 -9450,on parade,3 -74775,as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order,1 -109169,Start,2 -118660,downtime in between,2 -149764,The premise is overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences .,1 -68791,Sillier , cuter , and,3 -116847,characterization , poignancy , and intelligence,4 -107022,It is very difficult to care about the character ,,1 -153695,any particular insight,2 -179569,'s a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed,2 -2102,pta proud,2 -153226,although this idea is '' new '',2 -106500,I liked about it,3 -96735,the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance,3 -222742,But first , you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort,1 -24773,Ayurveda,2 -38069,the charm,2 -196603,dead horse,2 -164145,its ribald , full-throated humor,3 -68935,Spend your Benjamins,2 -126391,lost and desolate people,2 -198554,far more stylish,3 -173860,the far superior Nurse Betty or,2 -30584,darkly comic,3 -92849,slowed down,2 -186754,Praise of Love,2 -3034,very bright,4 -104709,Berling and Béart ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .,3 -201927,in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,1 -231059,full consciousness,2 -134750,the Rye,2 -45382,Gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive,4 -93255,sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers .,3 -68644,Scott 's convincing portrayal,3 -75437,becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion,4 -175418,this increasingly pervasive aspect,2 -21716,permeates these bastions of individuality,2 -170040,resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life,2 -30483,creative,4 -51026,draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them,3 -135733,the more daring and surprising American movies,3 -3330,'s humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy,3 -67274,Like other great documentaries ... this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .,2 -169767,really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs,3 -111131,Whitaker 's,2 -214854,the insanity of Black,2 -178685,with this for more than , say , ten,2 -233504,living room,2 -204439,just as long,2 -82521,huge risks to ponder the whole notion of passion,2 -109726,The early and middle passages,3 -201508,idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,1 -131056,ready to hate one character,1 -234992,point .,2 -220460,' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned .,3 -154415,at the screen,2 -177916,were a staple of exploitation theater programming,1 -124860,it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .,0 -110542,This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John,0 -92151,seems ,,2 -190499,a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III,4 -95489,the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking,2 -168006,old jokes,1 -82038,heart-felt,3 -55903,own drastic life changes,2 -219097,what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is,2 -77864,deform,2 -104804,Bogdanich,2 -188543,The plot 's contrivances are uncomfortably strained .,1 -69462,The direction,2 -205610,made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,1 -98080,to get wherever it 's going,2 -93136,some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .,2 -185661,Lacks dramatic punch and depth .,1 -165606,makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action .,2 -20723,has been written,2 -203184,is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights,0 -101989,'s waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .,3 -173800,the emotional clout,2 -90331,plaguing,2 -129275,offering nothing more than the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone flick,2 -87924,no punches,2 -127463,most of his budget and all of his sense of humor,2 -12684,unpleasant,1 -185434,Jane Campion might have done,2 -225369,P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ),2 -60619,yourselves,2 -55481,of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why,2 -114603,are just so,2 -32692,humanitarian,2 -165798,meandering , inarticulate,1 -116373,by Georgian-Israeli director Dover Kosashvili,2 -179345,'70s exploitation picture,2 -90107,passive-aggressive psychology,3 -21544,of revolution .,2 -133962,telling a fascinating character 's story,3 -177261,unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery,0 -58298,the film 's verbal pokes,2 -190091,a Mormon family movie,2 -152574,a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score,2 -36820,separate groups,2 -74193,anything but languorous,2 -33386,is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz .,2 -8672,manchild ,,2 -220661,'s Something About Mary and both American Pie movies,3 -202017,in the house,2 -199143,for PG-13,2 -72608,a superior horror flick,3 -25794,It is ridiculous , of course ... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .,3 -21061,is still ultimately very satisfying,4 -30864,diversions,2 -225321,One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing .,1 -207634,of blandness,2 -300,a young audience,2 -221708,, you might soon be looking for a sign .,1 -56618,rip-roaring comedy action,4 -120992,genial than ingenious,1 -28002,about a Pentecostal church,2 -200130,good woman,3 -11137,that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america,2 -67964,Often overwrought and,1 -79826,fetishism .,1 -41545,an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features,2 -215497,the right bands,2 -74104,anomie and,2 -6685,from both a great and a terrible story,2 -25896,Kevin,2 -91442,remarkable achival film,4 -65666,Freundlich 's,2 -79905,film to be more than that,2 -197831,en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible,2 -152322,a re-hash,1 -79574,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,3 -190985,a movie about the power of poetry and passion,3 -42274,leave the screen sizzling,3 -40097,wildest,2 -184697,I liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere .,0 -37837,that is weird , wacky and wonderful,4 -126777,many a moon,2 -207561,of a puzzling real-life happening,2 -231797,horrible '' and `` terrible,0 -25564,Hogan,2 -176447,to take my own life,0 -120445,for lameness,1 -170635,seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,1 -152145,a music video rather than,2 -161913,in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience,1 -58345,the girls ' confusion and pain,2 -68468,Robert Rodriguez,2 -227434,`` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses,3 -45204,Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond,3 -178026,when are they like humans , only hairier,2 -152094,a mouse , for cryin ' out loud,1 -184332,Has its moments , but it 's pretty far from a treasure,2 -153439,an intelligent film about young women,3 -50884,discovery,2 -12069,their estranged gay and,1 -33601,it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .,4 -216417,this jumbled mess,0 -56144,preachy or syrupy,2 -181448,8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni,2 -79045,enjoyable in its own right,3 -63390,A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible :,4 -4271,a very old-school,2 -219432,why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,0 -165468,magic watch,2 -37900,that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,2 -141990,, I do n't see the point .,0 -56996,similarly morose and humorless horror movie,2 -147877,Oh , it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .,0 -187148,Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story,1 -28399,an outrageous central gimmick,1 -38567,the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude,4 -29690,both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing,2 -82040,heartbreaking subject,2 -194284,become expert fighters,3 -14845,a strong case,3 -27545,a gauzy,2 -238953,wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive,2 -195492,cars,2 -169853,reductionist,2 -139,a curious sense of menace,2 -84593,is serene , the humor wry and sprightly,3 -137904,to the Everyman,2 -35115,of My Cat '',2 -80014,first film,2 -28521,and beautiful,3 -156429,clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept,1 -48928,an epic of astonishing grandeur,3 -34332,makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do,4 -137043,this saga would be terrific to read about,3 -97897,to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11,2 -78342,do in the film .,2 -82592,ideas and special-interest groups,3 -202905,is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean,1 -100047,white-knuckled,3 -63397,A sobering and powerful documentary,4 -55585,of the major issues,1 -115789,beginning with the pale script,1 -172338,sure is funny ! B . ) That sure is pathetic,2 -78586,dramatic slap,2 -2120,rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '',1 -91797,rotting,1 -188382,The movie 's heavy-handed screenplay navigates a fast fade into pomposity and pretentiousness .,2 -208607,one most,2 -7892,it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette,3 -159980,get full montied,2 -216432,this movie for,2 -194773,bogging down in a barrage of hype,1 -73662,an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground,3 -93422,standard Disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages .,2 -132274,sheds,2 -154701,be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign,1 -91383,rejection by one 's mother,1 -17042,reaffirming,2 -157298,derails the film,1 -83544,into an unusual space,2 -216265,thin writing proves its undoing,0 -2953,to say,2 -24386,A miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out,3 -225965,Stealing Harvard is evidence that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career .,0 -38286,the goods for Schwarzenegger fans,3 -197988,equals the sum of its pretensions,1 -86488,magic and is enjoyable family fare .,4 -181476,: an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .,0 -64562,But this is not a movie about an inhuman monster : it 's about a very human one .,2 -227589,`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier,1 -217615,too many contrivances and goofy situations,1 -172271,suffer the same fate,1 -121233,go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .,3 -156603,common but unexplored fascination,2 -79384,evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video,2 -223676,Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks,1 -164528,lacks all,1 -185718,Lecter,2 -237759,to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre,2 -110247,The waterlogged script,1 -150404,Tok ( Andy Lau ),2 -37189,south-of-the-border,2 -131441,restore ( Harmon ) to prominence,2 -189349,Unfortunately , contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .,2 -188877,There are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but,2 -14049,Gloriously,3 -64506,Broomfield is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness ,,3 -132728,so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory,0 -71427,a comedy , both gentle and biting,4 -10705,standard crime,2 -191027,a neat premise,3 -120341,for Hollywood horror,2 -177,a good , straightforward tale,3 -100126,who prepare,2 -93983,suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics,3 -161991,in the central relationship,3 -155786,by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack,3 -103349,8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target,3 -21456,not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects,2 -168172,one 's mouth,2 -127836,need to constantly draw attention to itself .,3 -85725,lacks in action,1 -60576,you had while watching it,2 -72318,a saga,3 -143971,Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school,1 -171875,stagy set pieces,2 -191098,a play,2 -225460,Philip K. Dick stories,2 -133744,swathe,2 -79456,expected from any movie with a '',2 -229372,better off as a documentary , with less of Mr. Eyre 's uninspired dramatics,1 -209804,promises a new kind of high but,2 -226070,That 's because relatively nothing happens .,1 -17373,sweetness with coarseness,3 -49440,away . Ah yes,2 -211391,she , Janine and,2 -94616,that deserves recommendation,3 -188350,The milieu is wholly unconvincing,1 -189045,This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off,0 -25747,It 's fairly self-aware in its dumbness .,1 -170647,seen The Hunger or Cat People,2 -81881,have happened at Picpus,2 -161796,in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film,1 -35022,now 82,2 -163771,it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers,3 -110379,There is something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics,3 -156490,collections,2 -149064,That sure is pathetic,1 -169415,providing solace,2 -80172,folk,2 -93327,spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship,1 -20910,in search of a Jules and Jim,2 -89752,ordinary louts,2 -208133,of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run,2 -11525,the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful,3 -214219,the bottom of its own cracker barrel,2 -34971,not fear-reducing,2 -164342,just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal,1 -137407,to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions,3 -32414,he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .,4 -20633,gender , sexual preference or political agitprop,2 -97606,though Wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered,3 -25114,Destinees,2 -229042,at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters,1 -113925,an all-night tequila bender,2 -99375,very touching,4 -168735,pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive,0 -143681,American Chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an Indian-American would recognize .,1 -106931,It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time,3 -191077,a peculiar malaise that renders its tension,1 -78053,despicable characters,1 -193245,are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .,2 -117228,comes back for more,2 -113372,actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar,4 -128897,of serious athletes,2 -17750,this uncompromising insight,4 -166258,more than a man,2 -3922,a little weak,2 -132171,set out to lampoon ,,2 -234187,not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak,2 -235868,so not-at-all-good,0 -93003,so willing,2 -24799,Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni,2 -228117,a remarkable piece,4 -108074,Not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet .,3 -30345,connecting the dots , just dots,2 -166496,muse,2 -237684,to - West Side Story show tunes,2 -82473,how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,2 -10569,so pat,2 -19502,a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .,4 -69240,The AAA of action , XXX is a blast of adrenalin , rated EEE for excitement . And Vin Diesel is the man,3 -173611,the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences,1 -105898,French films,2 -190637,a ghost of a chance,1 -160645,has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .,1 -119695,falls apart,1 -131254,relayed by superb,3 -164459,knocks,2 -15318,but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .,3 -51271,entertaining British hybrid,3 -8574,love stories,2 -146727,It may be an easy swipe to take , but,2 -64494,Brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade .,4 -22009,solace,2 -234722,one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence,0 -174021,the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels,1 -39011,those terrific songs,3 -127114,mind-numbingly,1 -42116,informative , revealing,4 -220566,'ll buy the Criterion DVD .,2 -188516,The pacing is deadly ,,2 -214262,the cause,2 -132245,shapeless inconsequential move,0 -137677,to inflate the mundane into the scarifying,2 -31758,for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids,3 -5029,be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer,1 -27348,a Communion wafer,3 -188485,The obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack,1 -150459,Too much of the humor falls flat .,1 -56009,personal tragedy and,1 -23267,( s ) the audience,2 -16676,non-Jew,2 -148769,Soul,2 -172038,stopped watching long ago,1 -129866,overdue,2 -148831,Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before . Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all,0 -132359,should not be missed,3 -91795,rotten,1 -227238,Y Tu Mamá También,2 -100728,without relying on the usual tropes,2 -129706,orange,2 -158409,evaporation,2 -62334,, this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .,4 -57159,some contrived banter , cliches,2 -163664,it 's more comedy,3 -57324,stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music,4 -153500,an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and,1 -213461,than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,2 -200285,guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe,2 -1125,ground,2 -34978,not into the Pokemon franchise,2 -172479,take them,2 -123984,is definitely horse feathers,1 -8231,just a suspension,2 -162726,is almost beside the point,2 -225034,Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer,2 -67031,Kilmer 's movie,2 -48521,a youthful and good-looking diva,3 -221306,, confused , and totally disorientated,1 -125027,it is n't particularly funny,1 -184381,Hepburn and Grant,2 -64260,Be patient with the lovely Hush ! and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .,4 -130407,poorly,1 -220555,'d spend on a ticket,2 -206225,miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life,0 -60169,who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest,3 -208778,ordinances,2 -69870,The rich performances,3 -195778,cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity,1 -106487,I just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie,1 -41510,acted mostly,2 -125777,last year 's '' Rollerball,2 -225879,Some of it is clever , but,3 -40397,yes ,,2 -55168,occasionally threatens to become didactic,2 -19467,a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it,3 -99515,vulgarity , sex scenes , and,1 -205258,live-action cartoon,1 -232340,is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .,2 -45792,It has the ability to offend and put off everyone ,,0 -236529,that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),2 -221925,A Generation X,2 -208554,one 's appetite,2 -53260,is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work,1 -195799,clinically,2 -221087,( The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all but those weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers .,1 -102647,, it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .,0 -102120,( P ),2 -238399,wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible,2 -194161,be lucky,2 -200971,health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous,1 -38929,this checklist,2 -128814,of musical passion,3 -14272,Memento,2 -109961,The more,2 -1350,irony,1 -47668,Women,2 -111673,a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale ,,3 -72124,a pianist ,,2 -38076,the chilling sights,2 -67464,Mask,2 -43686,, remarkably unpretentious,3 -220935,'s one bad dude,2 -23949,, though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity,0 -42725,sustains Off,2 -62669,1950s,2 -130240,pinheads,1 -228179,a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .,3 -73030,above its playwriting 101 premise,2 -170499,second prize , of course,2 -90042,parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature,4 -162101,inadequate performance,1 -11629,the most high-concept sci,3 -190620,a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni,3 -79551,facing,2 -42234,its audience and,2 -32076,gives it an honest , lived-in glow,3 -161300,his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom,1 -168953,plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither,1 -105006,Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .,3 -146173,If High Crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title .,0 -115960,bewitched,2 -182678,Babbitt,2 -78177,director D . J . Caruso,2 -82577,hypermasculine,1 -41331,This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee ,,3 -204114,its abstract surface,2 -120051,film overwhelmed,2 -152443,a single good reason,3 -191608,a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment,1 -140500,worthless film,1 -76644,chewing whale blubber,2 -97563,those exceedingly rare films,3 -176927,trying to forget,1 -30309,completely numbing,0 -228667,and\/or,2 -184058,Friday the 13th by,2 -175760,time to rethink independent films,2 -160644,has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight,1 -114703,are universal and involving,3 -45034,Definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with,3 -177993,what should be the lighter-than-air adventure,3 -136865,thirteen-year-old,2 -150612,Valium,2 -112730,a smile , just sneers,2 -39861,was being taken,2 -3726,a difficult,2 -117931,decent material,3 -217997,two films ',2 -86508,maintain a straight face,3 -52575,her son 's discovery,2 -62730,83 minute document,2 -121789,has made its way into your very bloodstream,3 -135280,the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny,2 -209188,percentages,2 -28182,alive under the attention from two strangers in town,2 -54957,muddle,2 -234289,of Ms. Ambrose,2 -231462,has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner ,,1 -158994,felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while,0 -19150,Octopus,2 -110048,The only surprise is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this :,2 -83592,into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto,3 -17497,the boys ',2 -52503,have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama,4 -234952,placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers,3 -30601,de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos,1 -59646,under his control,3 -175635,though they should know better,1 -84395,is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces .,3 -32258,happily along for the ride,4 -219101,what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings,1 -151961,a liar,2 -126437,love and make,2 -217616,too many elements,1 -25644,Identity,2 -108410,Please,2 -85471,itself is far from disappointing , offering an original,3 -2103,pta proud yet,1 -222597,Berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance,3 -202728,is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence,1 -145761,He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all,2 -21577,of these events,2 -56559,reside primarily in the music itself,2 -77918,delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph,3 -5959,die hideously,0 -60632,& Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since '' Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .,3 -224095,Is it something any true film addict will want to check out ?,2 -16347,it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives,3 -232603,is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors .,2 -227070,What we get in FearDotCom,2 -182400,An even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor .,1 -30981,eagerly and easily,3 -101412,'ll still be glued to the screen .,4 -121392,grasping actors ' workshop,2 -42788,the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and,3 -212857,such superficial treatment,1 -217115,to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism,1 -33029,incurious,2 -99149,unusual but pleasantly haunting debut,3 -204582,knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers,0 -178131,whether they consider that a good thing,2 -223751,I also wanted a little alien as a friend !,3 -216951,to create,2 -209682,presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause,3 -22002,so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air,3 -135161,the end Sum of All Fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .,0 -103772,A perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie .,2 -120576,forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot,1 -131205,reedy consigliere,2 -192969,anything special , save for a few comic turns,2 -161165,hideous,0 -75112,back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious --,1 -18345,, a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .,3 -35094,of Good Stupid Fun,4 -102677,, it still cuts all the way down to broken bone .,1 -62841,A chilly,2 -221094,( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage,3 -160360,grimly for the next shock,1 -174770,the smug and self-congratulatory kind,1 -218233,unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism,0 -4613,an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy,2 -156654,composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations ,,2 -199886,gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements ,,3 -165750,may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding,1 -38371,the lack,2 -49922,by Arliss Howard,2 -172651,tends to hammer home every one of its points,2 -120701,from anything,2 -59010,this kind of thing , unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers , only to spoof them,1 -237482,think of this one,2 -152897,action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings,1 -143433,A whimsical if predictable time-travel fable,2 -94856,that sense of openness , the little surprises,3 -77241,consigned,2 -87593,much larger,2 -231019,from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition,1 -156642,completely void,1 -183467,Directors Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter,2 -26607,So refreshingly incisive,3 -172357,surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,1 -54601,manages to incorporate both the horror,3 -101650,'s both charming and well,3 -149980,The whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey,1 -109704,The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why,1 -26641,Stevens,2 -140580,would slip under the waves . He drags it back , single-handed .,2 -195972,comes from a 60-second homage to one of Demme 's good films,2 -184890,In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter,3 -192926,any recreational drug,3 -212905,suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC,1 -99093,unorthodox little film noir organized crime story,2 -50965,does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .,2 -68282,Provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .,3 -52785,humorless,0 -61091,'s impossible to shake .,1 -41931,filled with scams within scams,1 -99232,used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered,2 -34127,likely audience,2 -64145,At its worst the screenplay is callow ,,1 -18746,Bridget Jones ' Diary,2 -148079,Peter O'Fallon,2 -139337,waters it,2 -191323,a side dish no one ordered,1 -221917,: the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R. Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen,1 -186159,More likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .,1 -89573,one international city,2 -227192,With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining,3 -25288,Far more imaginative and ambitious,3 -217754,trappings right,2 -213708,that it begs to be parodied,1 -112629,a rip-off of The Matrix,1 -225655,Romething 's really wrong with this ricture !,1 -219662,with a heavy Irish brogue,2 -11061,that extra little something,3 -13668,, unique in its deceptive grimness ,,3 -26090,Mixes likeable personalities , inventive photography and cutting , and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun .,4 -146828,James Eric , James Horton and,2 -166645,neglects,1 -194465,being a black man in America,2 -91886,same reason,2 -113596,all its generosity and optimism,2 -108567,Red Dragon '' never,2 -133545,succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them,3 -55942,passion and,2 -171920,starring Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri --,2 -196882,developing any storytelling flow,2 -173195,that ski mask,2 -135132,the effect of these tragic deaths,2 -127947,nice change,3 -130882,que aceitou dirigir esta continuação,2 -39001,this will make you very happy .,2 -140536,would ever,2 -15512,dedicated and good-hearted professionalism,4 -182968,By the end of it all I sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them . Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .,2 -184342,Has not so much been written as assembled , Frankenstein-like , out of other , marginally better shoot-em-ups .,2 -121761,has his tongue in his cheek,2 -212966,sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche,0 -12557,treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity,2 -99663,watch on video at home,1 -183404,Devolves into the derivative , leaning on badly-rendered CGI effects .,1 -36961,sights,1 -63905,An ingenious and often harrowing,3 -84032,is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr .,3 -166382,moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text,2 -28742,and poetic,3 -85139,it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative,3 -115211,at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life,3 -205223,little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy ,,1 -180242,( and exotic dancing,2 -97504,this relationship,2 -231026,from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients ,,3 -63713,All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline .,2 -199639,from the spice of specificity,2 -5872,deeply concerned,2 -209635,predecible,1 -213581,that celibacy can start looking good,2 -27759,a rare gem,4 -145940,I 'm afraid,2 -202719,is an ` action film ' mired in stasis,1 -150693,Walter Hill 's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity .,2 -29534,belated,2 -73233,admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies,3 -152801,about two mismatched buddies,2 -93496,step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,2 -136648,their Mamet,2 -92600,showing us Antonia 's true emotions,2 -128546,of bad guys,2 -225762,She is a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew,2 -185135,It 's just merely very bad,0 -215785,the toilet and scores a direct hit,1 -20918,in this cast,2 -4424,adrien brody in the title role,2 -6902,gunning to make a great one,3 -59393,to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close,2 -128516,of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs,1 -233355,left the theatre,1 -42210,is risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous,4 -222739,But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .,3 -165125,little yard apes,2 -218869,watching monkeys,2 -23532,, but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .,3 -44921,Christian spook-a-rama,2 -210280,reduces the complexities,2 -217568,too bland to be interesting,1 -184611,I ca n't recommend it . But,1 -20878,in America 's culture,2 -125131,it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film,2 -149049,Thank God,3 -100737,without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,3 -78634,drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,1 -217696,tortured psyche,2 -31372,explode,3 -133695,surprisingly sensitive script co-written,3 -79844,fierce dance,2 -23009,'re each interesting,3 -108816,Scooby-Doo shows or reruns,2 -225380,Pa.,2 -97986,to chuckle through the angst,2 -144282,Bruce Springsteen 's gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey,2 -29825,but it 's easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films .,4 -102500,, endless,2 -218249,unrequited,2 -208014,of such vast proportions,2 -41102,Nenette et,2 -233619,make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching,3 -80945,get inside you and,2 -227996,a lot of bullets,2 -48335,a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values,3 -3841,a gorgeously strange movie , heaven,3 -121633,hardy spirit,2 -15788,flaunting,2 -212172,some visual wit ... but little imagination,2 -5271,bravado,3 -205951,may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song .,1 -79094,enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and,4 -10133,resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema,1 -200792,have better luck,2 -178011,whatever tension there is , although it 's more comedy than suspense De Palma creates,2 -217726,trade,2 -88143,oddly moving,3 -236387,that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure,0 -154496,avoids provoking thought,2 -166278,more than six years,2 -56102,ponder anew what a movie can be,2 -12242,though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .,1 -68511,Ron Howard 's Apollo 13,2 -27519,a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda,4 -64802,Contradicts,1 -226865,Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .,1 -89179,of unemployment,2 -56876,sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings,4 -106089,Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or,1 -61663,, Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .,3 -36790,self-dramatizing characters,2 -173571,the border,2 -32134,good page-turner,3 -76089,but oddly compelling,3 -107625,Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs,2 -47855,a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all,3 -12865,watch arnold,2 -167454,of even the most understanding spouse,1 -15184,back into the boys ' story,2 -83457,intelligent observations,3 -158759,fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .,1 -20172,but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .,3 -5337,but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting,4 -83274,indeed almost never,2 -165111,little to boost Stallone 's career,1 -25038,Crazy,2 -13021,while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart ,,3 -39843,warm and gentle romantic comedy,3 -173534,the best advice,3 -109325,Take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride .,3 -75063,authentically,3 -8653,makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread,2 -96929,the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days,3 -238748,will anyone really,2 -158250,ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that,2 -52379,has accomplished with Never,2 -193558,as propaganda,2 -114225,and cell phones,2 -86116,likely to see all year,3 -109081,Sometimes this modest little number clicks , and,2 -223555,H '',2 -124621,is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .,3 -235683,should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .,1 -15030,and frighteningly evocative,2 -221770,... Pray does n't have a passion for the material .,1 -23749,, less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped,2 -8124,its rote plot,1 -185062,It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so,1 -149897,The structure the film takes may find Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned .,3 -175093,their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc . ,,2 -63367,A simple tale,3 -225156,No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable actioner,2 -16438,lectures on '' the other '' and '' the self,1 -219179,when the explosions start , they fall to pieces,1 -217996,two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected,1 -193130,are n't all that interesting,1 -137248,tick,2 -104963,Cagney 's,2 -216945,to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans,2 -149313,The doofus-on -,2 -99702,way original,3 -142302,, it is n't much fun,1 -216759,tiresome nature,1 -95392,the creativity but without any more substance ...,2 -4392,adam sandler 's,2 -36734,seduced,3 -71711,a funny , puzzling movie,4 -126971,meaty subject,3 -174807,the stalker flicks of the 1980,2 -30746,despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel,2 -88685,of isolation and frustration,1 -49256,as always ,,2 -18054,will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted,3 -92106,see this , the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy , directed by Godfrey Reggio , with music by Philip Glass,2 -161255,his fan base,2 -190251,a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .,2 -44773,Brian De Palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . It 's a beautiful madness .,4 -213092,take her spiritual quest,2 -233879,mind whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man,2 -5468,catches you,3 -144699,Dario,2 -139679,while he talks,3 -198956,fireballs,2 -35964,perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie,4 -233852,might be seduced,2 -255,a sardonic verve,2 -2157,respect their environs,2 -84124,is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .,4 -79757,feel physically caught up in the process,2 -108995,Skip the film,0 -124734,is too upbeat,1 -2259,sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony .,1 -21714,perfection,4 -13656,, they demonstrate that there 's still a lot of life in Hong Kong cinema .,3 -27080,Troopers,2 -238859,with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza,3 -162601,is a few bits funnier than Malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks,3 -232590,is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year,1 -139338,waters it down,1 -174687,the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs,1 -90085,particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ),2 -81063,give us anything we have n't seen before,1 -182799,Big Chill,1 -194429,before watching this film,2 -66432,Iranian people,2 -69726,The movie 's thesis,2 -152701,a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back,0 -111033,What makes Salton Sea surprisingly engrossing is that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion .,4 -5603,clinical , detached ,,1 -29583,between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests,2 -56235,provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza,2 -8241,just feels generic , derivative and done to death,0 -5093,before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you,1 -6341,exploitative,0 -181954,A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger but it,2 -139900,will earn her share of the holiday box office pie , although this movie makes one thing perfectly clear,3 -178665,with the documentary Derrida .,2 -121419,greatest date movies,4 -9205,of '',2 -148555,Shocking only in that,2 -126315,look good,3 -10053,refugees,2 -128577,of characters in this picture,3 -188184,The film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes,2 -149754,The premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in,1 -16316,it 's just because this past year has seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades,1 -55437,of love and destruction,2 -89043,of the maudlin or tearful,2 -181614,A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip .,1 -192960,anything but frustrating , boring , and,3 -177060,ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .,1 -218685,war movie,2 -156930,crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level,2 -99864,what gives Human Nature its unique feel,3 -89546,one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year,3 -125085,it reveals,4 -173647,the comedian,2 -26916,The subtle strength of '' Elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .,3 -133892,tasteless,2 -64657,Chamber,2 -221840,... the first 2\/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...,4 -130372,pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car,1 -192295,almost dozing,2 -28471,and WWF mentality,2 -38827,their scenes,2 -230510,endearing .,4 -172830,that 's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low,1 -49830,brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing,3 -39642,uniquely Almodóvar,2 -76632,cheeks,2 -81650,has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream,3 -82323,his spiritual survival,2 -232579,is n't enough clever innuendo to fil,1 -58618,the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .,3 -79928,films to date .,2 -225348,Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped,2 -220420,your work-hours,2 -72706,a treatise,2 -141953,, Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural,2 -9870,prove a female director,2 -64716,Christopher Doyle,2 -130869,puts them,2 -79375,evokes the blithe rebel fantasy,2 -72289,a rich stew of longing,3 -161501,however ambitious and well-intentioned ,,2 -146661,It does n't quite deserve the gong,2 -224209,It 's not a motion picture :,1 -120409,for controversy,3 -193205,are sweet and believable ,,3 -178208,who ca n't come up with legitimate funny,1 -178980,written ...,2 -33150,into something,2 -119596,extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot,2 -154365,at his wedding,2 -122130,help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact .,3 -81399,gripping and compelling,3 -155860,ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo,1 -70317,This sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .,4 -196132,consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped,2 -18212,goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff .,2 -73683,an architect,2 -218963,wear thin with repetition,1 -23625,, feel-good film,3 -1446,it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,,4 -95903,the humor wry and sprightly,3 -142939,85-minute brush-up course,2 -170937,should be enjoying this . ',3 -225138,Ninety minutes of Viva Castro,2 -193950,bad nothing else is,1 -17960,very funny,4 -23003,'ll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor,2 -230269,dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story,1 -173451,the absolute last thing,2 -11837,the road,2 -32854,in dingy backrooms or pristine forests,2 -137446,to be taken literally on any level,2 -32026,get on your feet and shake it,3 -148293,Ritchie 's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke .,1 -165927,might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to,2 -160496,hammer home,2 -44821,By not averting his eyes,2 -159320,foot fetish,2 -175183,there is a Latino in the lead,2 -180964,, the film 's ice cold,1 -35855,over-the-top,2 -124769,is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham .,4 -106787,Is not so much,2 -124795,it 's a heck of a ride . Samuel L . Jackson is one of the best actors there is,4 -1611,literary purists may not be pleased , but,2 -144013,Bad Company leaves a bad taste , not only because of its bad-luck timing , but also the staleness of its script .,0 -27238,Wilson 's plight,2 -215678,the story 's center,2 -237852,to impress about E.T.,2 -44750,Bollywood film,2 -201463,hurried , badly cobbled look,1 -221648,, this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .,0 -149987,The whole movie,2 -211322,several plodding action sequences,1 -86153,literature,2 -185825,Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and,2 -74375,are n't part of its supposed target audience,2 -6670,fresh air now and then,3 -84478,is not a new , or inventive , journey,2 -25275,Fair Play,2 -169080,porno,1 -117516,convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them,3 -180773,, ivans xtc . is a mess .,1 -149798,The sad thing about Knockaround Guys,1 -179464,'re over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and,2 -50397,conflicted emotions that carries it far above,3 -165414,made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy,2 -200741,have an actor who is great fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting,2 -93453,startling moments,2 -204180,its eccentric characters,2 -71286,a better person,3 -192799,angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck,1 -147563,Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie - of-the-week films clumsily stuck together,1 -206674,much lurking below its abstract surface,3 -11826,the rhythms of life,2 -17799,to get going,2 -19822,and enjoyable,3 -6372,facetious comic parody and pulp,1 -91162,reach much further than we imagine,3 -212195,something creepy and vague,1 -167328,of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies,2 -172249,such silliness,2 -51588,feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here,4 -149702,The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and,0 -233737,marathons and,2 -207335,obvious and,2 -186257,Music . '',2 -30634,deeply appealing veteran Bouquet,3 -48871,an above-average cast ,,3 -158667,exploitation flick,1 -233480,little \*\*\*\*,2 -47338,This Orange has some juice ,,3 -27750,a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir,3 -81234,good measure,3 -139504,were it not for Holm 's performance,2 -24238,: For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress .,3 -23466,, behavior and intent,2 -53316,is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition,1 -74465,are wet in some places,2 -80705,frustrates and,1 -24110,. refer,2 -18634,America 's,2 -13428,'re enlightened by any of Derrida 's,2 -144986,Dripping with cliche,1 -10269,savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .,4 -137510,to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be,1 -207538,of a good movie ye who enter here,3 -63568,A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich .,3 -172356,surgical touch,2 -178100,where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk,2 -47538,Viewers of '' The Ring '' are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes .,2 -164909,like a life sentence,2 -97988,to cling to the edge of your seat,3 -94458,than-likely New York celebrities,2 -13125,with a white-empowered police force,1 -40720,A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins,4 -69968,The stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .,2 -8684,many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ),2 -96141,the misconceived final 5,3 -87733,nearly as graphic but much,1 -101120,you feel pissed off,1 -153024,airhead movie about a wife,1 -229560,by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson,2 -143804,Anderson 's movie,2 -205461,lousy John Q,1 -131984,seem to think,2 -126875,may be a no-brainer,2 -8568,love 's,3 -164273,junior varsity Short Cuts,2 -23921,, the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts .,1 -168373,originality , cleverness or even visible effort,2 -167279,of a Kieslowski morality tale,2 -144825,Dialogue-heavy,2 -228876,arrive early and stay late ,,3 -102878,, the film is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .,2 -48575,about two adolescent boys,2 -102179,( opening ) dance,2 -151039,Woods,2 -211754,slack execution,1 -95498,the dry humor,1 -210902,sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .,1 -43890,12,2 -146166,Ian Fleming estate,2 -18180,'s too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser,2 -140585,wrap the proceedings up neatly,3 -63062,A funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park 's .,4 -4531,almost laughable,1 -23363,, adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .,2 -104547,Assured , vital and well wrought,4 -232850,is too often,2 -49106,appealingly,3 -225487,Pompous,1 -97431,this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .,3 -194700,bland as a block of snow,1 -221863,100 minutes or $ 7.00,1 -9392,of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself,3 -78566,drama , conflict , tears,2 -225732,Sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film .,4 -99287,validated by the changing composition of the nation,2 -157294,depressingly,2 -29815,but how the creative process itself operates,2 -220150,writes,2 -165451,made this a superior movie,4 -133857,taking a fresh approach to familiar material,3 -178824,worrying about,2 -22421,think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art,3 -228318,about their famous dad , author of Death,2 -236741,the best little `` horror '' movie,3 -120300,folds,2 -48168,a magnificent drama well worth tracking down,4 -207997,of something other,2 -174918,the tonal or thematic glue it needs,2 -4038,a plot,2 -50283,comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .,3 -145894,Howard 's self-conscious attempts,2 -69223,That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults,4 -17256,solidly seaworthy,3 -60145,who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way,1 -64898,DV,2 -86548,make a sailor,2 -150332,Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida .,1 -93288,spectacular , E . T .,4 -213464,that ',2 -72874,abandoned,2 -367,all the actors,2 -220667,'s `` Waking up in Reno,2 -68681,See it for his performance if nothing else .,3 -185689,Latin music,2 -102660,, it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more,1 -39678,unsettlingly familiar figure,1 -201590,if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad,0 -20692,gross,0 -199727,galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie,0 -52462,have a way of plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away,1 -68483,Rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle .,2 -13826,Absorbing and disturbing,2 -17790,to both movie,2 -219450,wide-angle,2 -94844,that relies on more than special effects,3 -206187,mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious,0 -121939,have enough finely tuned,3 -212119,some kid who ca n't act ,,2 -102795,, reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .,1 -12221,thoroughly dull,0 -219563,will probably please people,3 -201390,how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it .,0 -236669,the U.N.,2 -151123,You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down .,0 -58097,the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama,2 -6891,grounded,3 -104599,BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team,2 -49248,as a filmmaker of considerable potential,3 -27606,a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers,3 -198540,far from a treasure,1 -211761,slapped together,1 -182971,By the final whistle,2 -130398,political broadcast,2 -190639,a girl,2 -90671,previous titles,2 -42779,that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and,3 -215765,the third feels limited by its short running time,1 -194823,bore-athon .,0 -81483,had been shot,2 -43654,, low-key film,2 -197839,end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other,3 -9524,only occasionally satirical,2 -83236,in-depth study,2 -17762,though it rips off many of its ideas,2 -123547,into a mostly magnificent directorial career,4 -93447,started in a muddle,2 -168913,play his self-deprecating act against Murphy 's well-honed prima donna,2 -229863,clumsy cliché,0 -620,boni,2 -171513,social exposé,2 -78231,disarming saga,2 -85541,jumbo ants,2 -133414,strip-mined,2 -114333,anomie films,2 -3010,typical majid,2 -87363,more wrenching,1 -203910,it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special,1 -28865,and then some . I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first .,3 -44743,Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and,2 -71860,a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out,2 -133376,strange horror,2 -119954,female camaraderie,2 -220982,'s taxes with your ex-wife,2 -221324,, either,2 -126067,like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits,1 -122618,humble ,,2 -231124,get another scene , and then another,2 -47189,The next generation of mob movie . Part low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .,3 -137978,to think about after the final frame,2 -4548,always pulls,2 -128252,odd enjoyably chewy lump,3 -166617,need of a Cube fix,1 -203902,it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump,1 -222845,By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie ,,2 -171794,spiders,2 -192214,all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .,2 -62842,A chilly ,,2 -58729,the sogginess of its contemporary characters,1 -108140,On a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .,0 -25871,Johnny Dankworth 's best soundtrack in years,4 -211482,should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .,2 -217150,to kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies,1 -210852,says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style,1 -79118,entertaining two hours .,3 -103219,... hokey art house pretension .,1 -64594,Cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .,3 -53914,its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia,2 -155374,boost Stallone 's career,3 -105547,Dull and mechanical ,,0 -117057,clever credits roll,3 -2226,seems,2 -6826,gong,2 -51336,ethos,2 -163095,is n't nearly enough fun here,1 -130675,processed,2 -189956,Zoom !,3 -119066,ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking,3 -9985,ralph fiennes,2 -29632,blessedly curse-free --,3 -157405,did n't care for it,1 -65814,Gong Show addict,2 -209761,problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way,2 -72659,a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind,3 -154634,battling,2 -54233,lighter affairs,2 -116789,celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music,3 -128094,not be a breakthrough in filmmaking,1 -93025,social\/economic\/urban,2 -114746,arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications .,2 -156416,clue you,2 -118444,do n't deserve any Oscars .,1 -178538,with any particular insight,2 -73546,always brooding,1 -114596,are immaculate , with Roussillon providing comic relief,3 -207712,of every scene,2 -104656,Beautifully crafted and brutally honest , Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .,4 -158212,encourages rueful laughter,2 -193833,attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women,2 -93882,superbly acted offbeat thriller,4 -126515,made .,2 -187008,Rodrigues 's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .,1 -200178,grab your kids and run and then probably call the police,1 -66729,It is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .,4 -4630,an emotion closer,2 -29657,bold and subversive,3 -45245,Film,2 -181125,, while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .,3 -110619,Throw Smoochy,2 -11224,the casting of raymond j . barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary,3 -174783,the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen , then,1 -44344,A witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed,1 -15374,captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship,3 -142788,... is moldy and obvious .,1 -108022,Nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .,4 -112800,a streetwise McLaughlin Group,3 -80348,for that sense of openness , the little surprises,3 -116808,certainly clever in spots,3 -120339,for Godard,1 -134333,that glosses over Rafael 's evolution,2 -114959,as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny,3 -63548,A weird and wonderful comedy,4 -63879,An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .,4 -78778,efficiency and,3 -163902,it seeks to frighten,1 -116935,chick-flicks,2 -176137,to further stoke the conversation,3 -195924,come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes,1 -199976,gives way,2 -146466,It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .,3 -72139,a playful spirit,3 -194800,bombastic and ultimately empty,1 -126311,look at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to NYC inner-city youth,2 -20704,gyro '' correctly,2 -85363,its provocative central wedding sequence,2 -125205,its contemporaries,2 -48441,a ticket,2 -84997,it definitely gives you something to chew on,3 -53936,its impact,2 -92892,smarter and more diabolical,3 -75793,bombastic self-glorification,1 -190733,a harsh conceptual exercise,2 -190858,a loony melodramatic denouement,1 -167376,of bemused contempt,2 -86207,logic and,2 -226061,Texas Chainsaw Massacre,2 -70751,Welles,2 -85104,it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .,4 -174865,the tall wooden kid,2 -49211,argue,1 -212639,strangely hollow at its emotional core,1 -38100,the courage,3 -218304,up the social ladder,2 -143071,A dreadful live-action movie .,0 -139755,who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream,3 -138022,to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street,1 -62571,... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh,3 -25158,Dogme film,2 -168992,plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight,1 -23309,, Jason Bourne .,3 -188463,The narrator and the other characters,2 -13958,Damon 's,2 -14462,Stevenson 's tale,2 -142111,, but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust,0 -128493,of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison,3 -46892,Thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances,4 -128618,of dislocation and change,2 -167552,of its characters , its protagonist ,,2 -150922,While obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .,2 -170214,routine '',2 -90124,pathetic , endearing hero,2 -82367,hit Franklin needs to stay afloat in Hollywood,2 -34975,not have generated many,2 -133999,terrific role,3 -75347,be white-knuckled and unable to look away,4 -237075,the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan '',3 -226226,The culmination of everyone 's efforts is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in `` Last Dance '' ) .,2 -200416,happen along the way,2 -71807,a heartfelt romance,4 -125082,it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time,2 -184336,Has none of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '' , '' 9 1/2 Weeks '' , or even '' Indecent Proposal '' ,,0 -203945,it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .,1 -67151,Leading a double life in an American film,2 -14788,a new environment,2 -9785,pool,2 -209185,peopled mainly,2 -100306,will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget,4 -77264,conspirators,2 -66576,It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing,3 -232034,in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,4 -105964,Generates,3 -25625,I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try,2 -231027,from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified,3 -223888,Idiotic and,0 -188675,The skills of a calculus major at M . I . T . are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy Who Is Cletis Tout ?,1 -222121,A well paced and satisfying little drama,3 -219211,where it should go,2 -161456,hovers,2 -20201,by brutal , committed performances,3 -9027,neil,2 -94666,that forgoes,2 -187969,The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot ...,4 -168054,on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism,2 -237281,the travails of metropolitan life !,2 -83442,integrating the characters,3 -19331,The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned,3 -85046,it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history,2 -45344,Gangs,2 -133050,sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .,2 -234376,of an approach,2 -43381,'ve never,2 -215,a nike ad,2 -169505,put a little too much heart into his first film and,2 -208148,of the survivors,2 -95244,the brilliant surfing photography,4 -228663,and totally disorientated,1 -216932,to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,1 -223911,If `` Lilo & Stitch '' is n't the most edgy piece of Disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` Dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years .,4 -138106,too little excitement and zero compelling storyline,0 -124969,it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time,3 -225439,Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness ,,1 -204397,jokey approach,2 -174217,the lighter-than-air adventure,2 -124146,is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap,1 -210313,rehashes several old themes and,2 -29287,at least invade an abundance of mindsets,2 -27245,Witherspoon,2 -166046,missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle .,1 -75485,before bedtime,2 -100581,with passion and energy,3 -214615,the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable,1 -54985,mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty,3 -47346,This bracingly truthful antidote to Hollywood teenage movies that slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .,3 -14786,a movie gets these days,2 -178828,worse fears,2 -187126,Schaefer,2 -119743,fancies,2 -192285,almost Shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy,3 -1469,it draws several decent laughs,3 -94343,terrifying study,2 -98747,try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching,3 -13169,with stunning animation,4 -60798,'s a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again,3 -152909,actors and,2 -195518,casual moviegoers,2 -12608,two words,2 -69474,The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire,2 -77040,commonplace,2 -57094,sneeze at these days,2 -28511,and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man,1 -21198,large,2 -22414,these flicks are just that damn good . Is n't it great ?,4 -104509,As refreshing,3 -16215,is a clever and captivating romantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness .,4 -131753,savagely hilarious,3 -32884,in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form,3 -225900,Sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent,2 -105428,Die Another Day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with .,2 -212431,staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films,1 -183177,Comes off as a long,1 -157650,do n't go to the movies for,1 -188802,There 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .,1 -26339,Paxton,2 -20874,impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe .,4 -211470,should be able to find better entertainment,1 -47838,a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve,3 -143562,Ahola,2 -152144,a music video,2 -27372,a big middle-fingered,1 -114576,are far more alienating than involving,1 -108164,One of the funnier movies in town .,4 -148477,Seems like something American and European gay movies were doing 20 years ago .,1 -199199,for all manner of lunacy,2 -60712,'ll laugh,3 -200886,have to check your brain at the door,0 -45519,Hollywood teenage movies,2 -9304,of lilia 's journey,2 -219247,which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard,3 -143828,Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal !,2 -200521,has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand,2 -68037,Originality,3 -9884,provocative,3 -177812,wear a bit thin,2 -46005,Leguizamo,2 -113129,about anything .,2 -119712,falls to the floor with a sickening thud .,1 -32994,in warthog heaven,2 -12463,to work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer . that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .,0 -125158,it would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .,1 -142300,, it implodes in a series of very bad special effects,1 -162587,is a desperate miscalculation .,2 -35401,of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance,3 -168086,on its otherwise talented cast,2 -168553,overrides,1 -30646,definitely -- defiantly --,3 -232334,is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see,1 -54451,lyrical metaphor,2 -141383,'s just disappointingly superficial,0 -201216,his own cremaster,2 -50080,cause Tom Green a grimace :,2 -33367,is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven,2 -53161,interesting look,3 -110880,Viewers of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle,1 -188419,The movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing .,1 -73446,all the movie 's political ramifications,2 -135035,the complexities,2 -78349,do n't feel the least bit ashamed in admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold,3 -148660,Snake '' you,2 -107218,Jonathan Swift,2 -216484,this slapstick comedy,2 -49729,big issues,1 -127678,musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks,2 -172163,stunt-hungry dimwits,1 -175706,through this mess,0 -139256,was more fun,2 -211200,self-knowledge,2 -205487,low budget,1 -111227,Witless ,,1 -148998,Tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : Young is cool , and too young is too cool .,2 -238690,who can deftly change moods,3 -77072,compelling argument,2 -68487,Rohmer 's drama,2 -145272,Fancy,3 -175906,to be a gift,2 -115367,banal bore,1 -54240,like Steven Spielberg,2 -14721,a feel-good formula with a winning style,4 -76888,color , music , and dance,2 -60756,'re not merely watching history,3 -73382,all add up to a satisfying crime drama .,4 -131920,see nothing in it,1 -45604,If ( Jaglom 's ) latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .,3 -79548,faceless,2 -72485,a spark of life to it --,2 -51007,drab and sordid,0 -34638,most idiosyncratic,2 -135761,the most incoherent,1 -10928,tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films,1 -2579,the drama,2 -167636,of painkillers,2 -95562,the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy,2 -90227,personal life,2 -23695,, intimate film,3 -158569,exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo,0 -73829,an impressionable kid,2 -198727,feels impersonal , almost generic,0 -219034,went nihilistic,2 -118217,did n't try to,2 -9359,of the film 's action,2 -169610,raising the topic,2 -181541,A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads,1 -57888,that takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while,3 -119315,even after the most awful acts are committed,2 -187180,Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable , the director 's experiment is a successful one .,3 -214703,the franchise 's best years,3 -33317,is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .,2 -137816,to save their children and,2 -76201,by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary,3 -233292,landing squarely on `` stupid '',1 -99815,well-meaning patronizing,2 -98604,tougher picture,2 -154596,balance out the violence,1 -125326,its own importance,2 -56412,read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself,3 -194393,been such a bad day after all,2 -65356,Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , Spy Kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .,1 -230318,do with it,2 -129961,paints a grand picture of an era and,3 -193940,bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans,0 -74547,as Hell,2 -172120,strolls through this mess,2 -96900,the top floor of a skyscraper,2 -139154,walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and,2 -194233,bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and,2 -166479,muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure,3 -50628,dark and,2 -179039,yikes ,,1 -59426,toes,2 -149610,The movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .,1 -178120,where this dumbed-down concoction is going,1 -68903,Son of the Bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .,3 -233906,moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it,1 -75626,between Cho and most comics,2 -34451,melancholy film,2 -107036,It may be a no-brainer , but at least it 's a funny no-brainer,3 -35270,of his richest roles,3 -203284,is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .,0 -67927,O Fantasma,2 -51013,dramatic punch ,,2 -163805,it has a dull , costumey feel,1 -41428,a compelling journey ... and '' His Best Friend Remembers,3 -230907,for a stiff wind,2 -11697,the new script by the returning david s .,2 -47540,Visually imaginative ,,3 -3591,a black-owned record label,2 -33319,is art paying homage to art,3 -171239,slasher nonsense,0 -200045,goes bump in the night and nobody cares,1 -36556,revenge is sweet !,2 -57962,the French-produced '' Read My Lips '',2 -75595,best rock,3 -31123,enjoyably half-wit remake,2 -13803,A solidly seaworthy chiller .,3 -59452,too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy,1 -28776,and round-robin,2 -109940,The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . The story plays out slowly ,,2 -61694,, Storytelling is far more appealing,3 -25958,Leoni,3 -174658,the ring,2 -223424,Frank McKlusky C.I. is that movie !,2 -104914,Buscemi and Rosario Dawson,2 -192455,an actress , not quite a singer,1 -228079,a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome,0 -215883,the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,0 -15280,borderlands,2 -192621,an old pickup skidding,2 -178752,women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive,1 -206589,mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .,2 -85764,lark,2 -230792,fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material,2 -182581,As a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .,1 -225591,Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .,0 -59129,tightly organized efficiency ,,2 -15717,expectations . Good fun , good action ,,3 -174831,the strain is all too evident,1 -215466,the relationships of the survivors,2 -118310,dirty jokes,1 -226690,This new Time Machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable,3 -8286,keening and self-mutilating sideshow,0 -165072,literary pretension,2 -129442,on the margin of acting,2 -123181,in the role of Roger Swanson,2 -100522,with humor,3 -129036,of the heart , one which it fails to get,1 -77811,decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil,2 -8055,its gasp-inducing,3 -146592,It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient,2 -176072,to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved,2 -138168,too-long,2 -137787,to rake in dough from baby boomer families,2 -95378,the cornpone and,2 -184175,Go for La Salle 's performance , and,3 -205857,mas,2 -42511,race , politics and,2 -692,character,2 -47305,There 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl .,3 -84245,is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance '' ) .,3 -8474,like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it,1 -137191,three splendid actors,4 -58682,the screenplay falls somewhat short,1 -92687,since Jack Carter,2 -216915,to blow it uphill,2 -60077,what you see,2 -194686,bizarre , implausible behavior,2 -175169,there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .,1 -159461,for residuals,2 -168839,perplexing example,2 -118308,dirigir,2 -186655,Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe ,,3 -226595,There is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market,4 -77071,compelling and horrifying story,3 -127818,neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief,3 -137508,to countless interpretations,2 -31054,embracing a wholesome attitude,2 -14192,Jean-Claud Van Damme,2 -1838,no doubt the star and everyone else involved had their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess,1 -180183,( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .,2 -228378,admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet,3 -207643,of bug-eyed monsters,2 -114685,are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us,2 -59105,throes,2 -113723,almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination .,2 -36692,scathing indictment,2 -184579,I 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - Arnold is not , nor will he be , back,1 -19598,a talented director,4 -25124,Director Benoit Jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca , conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .,4 -34242,lovely film,4 -51185,endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive,3 -144574,Completely creatively stillborn,1 -219892,without much energy or tension,1 -121988,have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997,1 -12357,to finally revel in its splendor,3 -57358,stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why,3 -129000,of the class of women 's films,2 -42576,safe and,3 -205086,like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .,1 -211966,so many red herrings , so many false scares,1 -101170,you share her one-room world for a while,2 -148718,Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east,3 -37598,tale .,2 -178430,winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas,2 -7902,it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back,2 -108632,Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr . , but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script,0 -226154,The Philadelphia Story,2 -160103,given the right lines,2 -228431,all as if to say , `` Look at this,2 -82645,if uneven ,,3 -39951,what Hollywood typically concocts,2 -62066,, joyous romp of a film .,4 -155795,by the meet-cute,2 -10172,rising above similar fare,3 -146474,It 's drained of life in an attempt to be sober and educational,1 -6960,hard to make the most of a bumper,1 -190436,a decent draft,2 -164947,like every other Seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail,0 -164630,laughs at how clever it 's being,2 -10542,smiling,3 -207558,of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with,1 -139953,will smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures .,2 -222098,A tasty masala .,3 -86560,make interesting,3 -137782,to push the easy emotional buttons,2 -175951,to be made for a different film altogether,2 -4389,actually engage it,2 -76525,caught up in the process,2 -24955,Cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .,4 -71757,a great deal of insight,4 -108546,Rambo - meets-John Ford,2 -125029,it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels,1 -145219,Exactly what it claims to be --,2 -157266,demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers,3 -157398,did it ever get made,1 -59157,to a close,2 -129710,ordeal,2 -217418,to the U . N .,2 -188475,The niftiest trick perpetrated by The Importance of Being Earnest,3 -40377,writer-director Eric Byler,2 -168157,on untuned instruments,1 -187480,Soulless and,1 -136126,the reel\/real world dichotomy,2 -140485,worst of all -,2 -107265,Just watch Bettany strut his stuff . You 'll know a star when you see one .,4 -181518,A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .,0 -19395,Vardalos ' humor,2 -235268,redundant , sloppy,0 -55736,on extreme urgency,2 -116312,but a little too smugly superior,1 -106175,Has nothing,1 -95095,the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain,4 -28418,anchor itself in new grounds,3 -185464,Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric,1 -11938,the super,2 -87037,mention a convincing brogue,2 -146803,Its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity ) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks .,1 -227860,a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition,1 -195255,ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff,0 -113045,a working over .,1 -4336,about 10,2 -100504,with grace and humor,3 -217477,to the younger set,2 -63363,A shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .,4 -130370,pointing,2 -95165,the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .,2 -77516,crazier,2 -175883,to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie,0 -84292,is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated,3 -55402,of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree,3 -82425,hoofing and crooning with the best of them,2 -57956,the Cannes Film Festival ,,2 -215939,the worst of tragedies,1 -52112,gets vivid performances from her cast,4 -28555,and credible characters,3 -184788,If I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , I would go back and choose to skip it . Fortunately,0 -72143,a pleasure to watch,3 -133408,striking , quietly vulnerable personality,3 -232654,is not real,1 -201071,hibernation,2 -214614,the film itself is small and shriveled,1 -96153,the more details slip out between his fingers .,2 -219094,what Bailly manages to deliver,2 -72757,a very insecure man,2 -180734,, it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .,1 -40937,Hatfield and,2 -166673,never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them .,0 -101849,'s one tough rock .,2 -76300,cameos,2 -101907,'s something creepy about this movie,2 -73633,an Argentine retread,1 -210642,rote sentimentality,2 -69901,The sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack .,3 -219886,without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel,2 -104863,Brit actors,2 -87330,more straightforward , dramatic treatment,3 -138730,unlike most animaton from Japan , the characters move with grace and panache,3 -141237,'s as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese .,1 -11886,the so-bad-it 's,1 -116461,by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise,2 -96998,the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza,4 -76184,by jolts of pop music,2 -13630,, sharp acting and partially animated interludes,4 -20674,gorgeous places,3 -162304,intelligent and considered in its details , but,3 -194008,barely tolerable,0 -68024,One of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace,3 -134494,that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries,2 -121623,hard-eyed,2 -153083,all of its banality,2 -169016,pointless and,1 -93725,substances,2 -115446,be a more appropriate location to store it,2 -48329,a remarkable gift,4 -115645,beat by a country mile,2 -229658,can easily imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial,4 -170263,rush job,1 -99310,vaudeville,2 -207286,nowhere fast,1 -209740,previous works,2 -69481,The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and,3 -206943,never rises above a conventional , two dimension tale,2 -176815,travels,2 -218723,was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino,2 -186231,Much like Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy has already reached its expiration date .,1 -12808,voluptuous,2 -208532,on ugly digital video,1 -171461,so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges ,,1 -51467,faced as his life drew to a close,2 -107640,Matches,2 -28822,and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters,4 -120429,for it to hit cable,2 -131569,rip,2 -221673,, we just get messy anger , a movie as personal therapy .,2 -147728,No reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either,1 -227136,While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` Tonight . '',1 -51763,for Ambrose 's performance,2 -168484,over his Chelsea Walls,2 -202354,interlocked,2 -43297,'s one for you,3 -173844,the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not,2 -28625,and gentle,3 -95344,the comic opportunities,2 -170376,save-the-planet message clashes,2 -88864,of sadness that pours into every frame,2 -803,despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break,2 -163265,is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture,1 -198579,fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist Japanese jokes,1 -227840,a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni,1 -1474,it interesting trying to find out,3 -111603,a celluloid litmus test,2 -145225,Excessive,1 -101701,'s hardly over before it begins to fade from memory,0 -117302,common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha .,0 -149176,The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat .,0 -49068,anteing,2 -2502,that exact,2 -69684,The low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .,3 -171523,sodden melodrama ,,1 -135449,the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers,2 -138696,unified whole,2 -78094,developers,2 -41606,at once exhilarating , silly,3 -237240,the story unfurls ...,2 -90133,patronizing,1 -226835,Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .,1 -121788,has made about women since Valley of the Dolls,2 -80063,flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head,2 -182582,As a film director,2 -80862,garbage,1 -195032,but a Savage Garden music video on his resume,2 -92622,shows you why,2 -70506,Turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst,2 -214885,the ironic exception of Scooter,2 -135538,the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies,2 -102404,, at last count , numbered 52 different versions,1 -159651,freebie,2 -224532,Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .,4 -222782,But its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .,1 -95865,the head with a moral,2 -2900,through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds,2 -239100,you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment,0 -10747,stiff,1 -78671,duración,2 -94518,that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power,3 -225376,P.T. Anderson understands the grandness of romance and,3 -131497,reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn Jerusalem,2 -11305,the dream world of teen life,3 -234783,orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death,3 -130083,pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories,2 -170751,serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans,1 -19277,Talk,2 -5933,details,2 -185061,It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out ,,1 -12664,unfocused,0 -198080,even halfway,2 -19509,a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha,3 -36611,romantic lead,2 -200477,has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters ,,3 -220060,would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day,1 -144487,Christina Ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire .,2 -207444,of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach,1 -117649,crafted import,3 -229649,can be no other explanation,2 -170719,sensitive to a fault,2 -91548,resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur,4 -53255,is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country .,3 -18322,( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries,2 -123184,in the same way,2 -48927,an epic,3 -204716,last week 's pork dumplings .,2 -33783,its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness ( which always relates to characters and story ),4 -65199,Drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but Turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .,3 -63175,A mess , but it 's a sincere mess .,2 -168929,playing a college football fight song,3 -167427,of desperate entertainment,1 -101421,'m happy to have seen it --,4 -135207,the execution,1 -20326,cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability,2 -60472,works superbly here,4 -170524,see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -88859,of rock videos,2 -212026,soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut,1 -22287,the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty,4 -96552,the recording sessions are intriguing ,,3 -13241,words,2 -155077,being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers,1 -122450,hobby,2 -231261,going to see this movie,2 -188589,The problems,2 -210683,running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits,2 -111333,You Can Count On Me,2 -209079,particular film,2 -36194,profundity as he is likely to get,3 -104477,As an entertainment destination for the general public , Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .,1 -173014,that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed,1 -8530,liven things,2 -228205,a sweet treasure and something well worth,4 -54569,makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction,2 -212430,staged like '' Rosemary 's Baby , '' but,2 -231619,he 's tough \/,2 -28562,and darkly comic,3 -223115,Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .,3 -162219,ink-and-paint,2 -197451,down badly,1 -178949,wrapped up into one,3 -184107,Gary Fleder,2 -29525,being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece,4 -113211,about the story,2 -227476,`` Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .,4 -24569,Almodóvar,2 -230225,dinner ',2 -164088,its nominal star ,,2 -129562,one of the most savagely hilarious social critics,3 -99136,unsurprising,1 -233840,metaphorical wave,2 -174612,the question of whether random gags add up to a movie,2 -8166,jacquot 's,2 -42835,the material as well as,2 -79805,female friendship that men can embrace and,3 -71328,a broad cross-section,2 -110987,Wells,2 -35006,not want to hang out with Samantha,1 -898,enough,2 -76054,bursting with incident , and,2 -47224,The production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so,3 -208963,overwrought comedy/drama,1 -4108,a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play,2 -102551,, he 's a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .,2 -67686,Ms . Mirren,2 -133525,subtlety has never been his trademark,1 -9105,none,2 -72314,a root cause of gun violence,2 -234934,picked it,2 -237465,thing to fear about `` Fear Dot Com '',2 -81491,had periods,2 -231993,in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.,1 -209971,puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery,1 -94362,than I 'd expected it to be,3 -201889,in his cynicism,2 -3123,where,2 -221284,, but how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time,2 -77593,crisper and,3 -131773,say about Narc,2 -63842,An edifying glimpse,2 -128547,of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness,0 -221951,A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch,2 -234361,of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome,1 -152313,a random series,2 -63680,Ali,2 -130342,plotting,3 -183108,Citizen,2 -78509,domestic drama,2 -113768,also not very good .,0 -54393,love , loyalty,3 -44836,Caesar,2 -226719,This would-be ` James Bond for the Extreme Generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie .,0 -139672,while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .,2 -38293,the greatest generation,3 -173319,the 50 year old Benigni appears as the title character,2 -217204,to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school,2 -171938,state it,2 -32593,his tale a warm glow,4 -213507,that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in,1 -59703,unfree,1 -20050,award-worthy,4 -114709,are very , very good reasons,4 -65177,Dr,2 -35747,openly,2 -85246,its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music,4 -27731,a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun,4 -49264,as both character study and symbolic examination,2 -208040,of the adventues of Steve and Terri,2 -18580,A hip ride into hyper-time,3 -106219,Herzog simply runs out of ideas,0 -180956,, the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .,1 -68121,Parts,2 -40007,which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line,2 -136292,the soullessness,1 -108780,Schaeffer 's film,2 -37471,super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry,3 -231477,has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like,2 -66941,Jolting into Charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? ) .,3 -202457,invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets,1 -234499,of some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza,2 -16109,in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges,3 -138774,unspeakably , unbearably dull,0 -197333,does n't leave you with much,1 -217972,twinkly-eyed close-ups and,2 -200883,have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet,2 -61472,( Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions . But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more,2 -195705,cinematography and exhilarating,3 -231156,gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1,2 -173678,the couple 's,2 -111393,\ \/ Thinking,3 -173001,that every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double,1 -25421,God that is accessible,3 -199129,for Britney 's latest album,2 -200012,go , pack your knitting needles,2 -215120,the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts,0 -235961,spelled,2 -34712,moving film that respects its audience and its source material,3 -122264,hip-hop culture in general,2 -148009,Pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God in the fifth Trek flick .,1 -100434,with a solid cast ,,3 -85416,its stylish surprises,3 -198637,features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase,0 -85911,less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally,2 -36848,several movies,2 -156794,contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original,1 -85291,its invitingly upbeat overture to,3 -119752,fans of British cinema , if only,2 -175578,this was god awful,0 -132122,serenity and poise,3 -164376,keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera,1 -63358,A sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really is n't .,3 -81376,great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s,3 -121087,gets the job done,3 -185476,Jim Carrey . Alas,2 -37153,something far richer,3 -117493,contorting itself,2 -14532,This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes ,,2 -196466,crossed off,2 -91320,recovered,2 -80646,from speaking even one word to each other,2 -147189,Liman , of Swingers and Go,2 -122957,in between,2 -134173,that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything,0 -40176,with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport,4 -15605,drugs,2 -186434,Not everything in the film,2 -180928,, sometimes creepy intimacy,1 -96010,the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction,2 -56122,post-camp,2 -10682,splendid production,4 -82625,if it were n't,2 -79956,find love in the most unlikely place,3 -201281,hold dear about cinema ,,3 -4650,an erotic,2 -62071,, lecherous,1 -168143,on the travails of being Hal Hartley to function as pastiche,2 -11307,the dream world of teen life , and,2 -156615,compelling single feature,2 -189642,When the violence actually shocked,2 -48156,a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same,3 -104884,Broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed .,3 -109146,Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish,3 -149127,The Other Side,2 -33520,is the perfect actor to take us on the trip,3 -124812,it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve,4 -114466,anything but compelling,1 -129996,particularly dark moment,2 -26870,The movie is n't just hilarious : It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .,4 -86898,may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work,3 -48873,an absolutely riveting conviction,4 -216189,these guys ',2 -83998,is an extraordinary film , not least because it is Japanese and yet feels universal,4 -151228,` amateur ' in almost every frame,1 -16443,less plausible,1 -47676,Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance,3 -78182,director Doug Liman,2 -25368,From,1 -154700,be cleverer , better written and of,3 -91877,sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,2 -51752,focusing on the what much more than the why,2 -175092,their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc .,2 -229779,certainly ,,2 -52087,get in the way,1 -46497,Perfectly,3 -127432,most frightening,1 -210406,rent those movies instead,1 -28151,affecting grace,2 -41828,draws our attention like a magnet , and,4 -217697,toss-up,3 -126859,matter that the film is less than 90 minutes,2 -47606,Whenever you think you 've figured out Late Marriage , it throws you for a loop .,3 -66846,Jackson , who also served as executive producer,2 -78995,engaging and exciting narrative,4 -126816,marks a modest if encouraging return,3 -230794,fighting whom here,2 -164301,just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on,1 -104069,Adam SANDLER ! In an ART FILM,2 -187417,Some Body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .,1 -195680,chopsocky,1 -39295,to slap them,1 -36467,relies,2 -178630,with passable performances from everyone in the cast,3 -93070,some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ),3 -196217,conveying its social message,2 -208677,only a true believer could relish,2 -25163,Dormer,2 -198730,feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .,0 -234590,of two genuinely engaging performers,3 -53675,is to be Ya-Ya,2 -189314,Tyson,2 -23237,( Lawrence bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place .,3 -6781,gifford,2 -11079,that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance,1 -42714,suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation,2 -125590,kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast,2 -144864,Director Clare Kilner 's,2 -156112,centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff,3 -164127,its questionable in-the-ring match-up,1 -72870,a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy,3 -67353,Mai Thi Kim,2 -5251,bother,2 -58672,the savagery of combat,2 -34513,mirth that should charm all but the most cynical,3 -101089,you buy,2 -158052,dumbed-down approach,1 -156470,cold , grey , antiseptic,1 -180899,, reserved,2 -103454,A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but,3 -6524,fits,3 -203280,is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb,0 -233010,it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy,1 -57740,that and it 's what makes their project so interesting,3 -177217,unjustified,1 -67444,Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker,2 -38374,the larger implications,2 -85418,its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner,4 -132759,so meditative and lyrical,3 -146846,Jarvis,2 -48237,a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane ,,2 -84187,is extremely funny ,,4 -127936,next big thing 's,2 -172247,such revelations,2 -50647,daytime soap opera,2 -98365,to the essence of Broadway,2 -12807,volcano,2 -91487,reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world,4 -65653,Frequent,2 -6916,had enough of plucky british eccentrics,2 -74138,anti-war movements,2 -126734,making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden,3 -115582,be steeped in '50s sociology,2 -155550,bug things,2 -31695,fleet turns,2 -196367,crank,2 -140409,work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative,1 -148205,Python sketch,2 -47830,a bit disappointing,1 -56237,provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system,2 -33206,is Undercover Brother as funny , if not more so , than both Austin Powers films,4 -176440,to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise,2 -128866,of real magic,2 -169103,posing , rather than,2 -104668,Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,1 -238817,win any points for originality,3 -129535,one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role,2 -74651,as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly,0 -49426,auspicious , and daring ,,3 -130442,porn Brian De Palma,2 -96979,the very root,2 -224003,In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .,0 -141611,'s something deeply creepy about Never Again , a new arrow in Schaeffer 's quiver of ineptitudes,1 -67352,Mai,2 -174199,the latest bid in the TV-to-movie franchise game,2 -219555,will probably be a talky bore .,1 -138977,very few,2 -223713,Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale , but Time Out is better,3 -197836,encumbers itself,1 -225844,So-so entertainment .,2 -13061,who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,3 -41113,Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but,1 -210705,ruthless social order,2 -172058,storytelling is what the movies are about,2 -108250,Other than the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale , everything else is top shelf .,3 -144200,Bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that I have n't encountered since at least Pete 's Dragon .,3 -166721,new threat,2 -101892,'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately,1 -89269,offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .,4 -136672,their imperfect , love-hate relationship,2 -100700,within partnerships and among partnerships,2 -93056,solipsistic,2 -117592,could put it on a coffee table anywhere .,3 -88395,of addressing a complex situation,2 -156944,crass and,2 -78035,deserving of its Oscar nomination,4 -59675,unerring,3 -93748,suburban families,2 -4676,an overcooked souffl,1 -197241,do with him,2 -68689,Seeing Seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on Letterman with a clinical eye,3 -154981,been made in the '70s or '80s,2 -33179,inventive and artful,4 -9704,physically,2 -47685,Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's,2 -205612,made you love it,3 -148288,Rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue,0 -181722,A grand fart,1 -87721,natural-seeming,2 -159704,from awkward young woman,2 -120005,few will bother thinking it all through,2 -190247,a calculus major at M . I . T .,2 -171289,slightly less so second quarter , and,2 -211451,short running,1 -120648,friend David Cross,2 -124374,is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .,1 -106595,If only there were one for this kind of movie,2 -209983,quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand,2 -142734,. Guided,2 -219773,with lots of sloppiness,1 -216911,to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness,1 -223355,Feral,2 -86202,living mug shots,1 -211637,simply not funny performers,0 -129461,on the shoulders of its actors,3 -66194,I need,2 -183492,Disney version,2 -150463,Too predictably,0 -228255,a working over,2 -177789,we choose,2 -32981,in this regard , On Guard delivers,3 -146973,Just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety,2 -78928,emphasizes the computer and the cool,3 -118460,do n't make movies like they used to anymore,1 -56564,resonant gem,4 -221479,, nothing will .,2 -92897,smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .,3 -18548,... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score,3 -74886,astonishingly,3 -14330,Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten .,3 -72628,a talking head documentary ,,2 -134120,than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood,2 -52607,highly satisfying quotient,4 -123660,irk viewers,1 -148941,Sunshine State surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . But the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .,2 -137497,to comprehend it,2 -70518,Two Weeks Notice,2 -168481,over character and substance,2 -139906,will find millions of eager fans .,3 -118391,distinguish it from the next teen comedy,2 -58296,the film 's power lies in its complexity . Nothing is black and white .,4 -104557,At a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had,1 -36681,scale a building,3 -126742,man has gone before , but several movies have,2 -167822,of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake,1 -110440,This film biggest problem ? No laughs,1 -132808,so vivid,3 -156147,character development and coherence,2 -89759,original conflict,2 -10816,successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda,2 -58463,the luster,2 -853,draws several decent laughs,3 -71512,a dead-end existence,1 -174400,the next shock,2 -65796,Goes a long way on hedonistic gusto .,2 -222765,But it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle .,0 -141434,'s next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo,2 -25077,Davis,3 -104094,Affable,3 -167482,of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess,2 -77871,deft and subtle poetry,3 -164064,its lack of imagination,1 -156012,cannibal lust,2 -100865,works spectacularly well,3 -169987,rent it,2 -157130,dazed and,2 -141969,, Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .,0 -158470,even worse than its title,0 -226393,The only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes,2 -12855,was immensely enjoyable,3 -229832,classic text,3 -78030,deserves an Oscar nomination .,4 -222218,Ahola is simply not an actor,1 -208757,or believable tension,2 -47730,You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and,1 -15232,been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway,3 -139715,who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness,3 -95740,the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .,3 -18024,what the shop means in the big picture,2 -83680,irritates and saddens,1 -2655,the more contemporary , naturalistic tone,2 -9903,pull together,2 -73682,an arcane area of popular culture,3 -170884,shocked laughter,3 -199272,for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,1 -28115,add movies to the list of things he does well,4 -88231,of Kung Pow,2 -73863,an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances,4 -121522,had a dream,2 -113480,after the clever credits roll,3 -222003,A fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .,3 -163843,it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them,2 -165144,loathsome,1 -226102,The Emperor 's New Clothes,2 -111805,a diss .,2 -39156,to characters and story,2 -185667,Lacks the spirit of the previous two , and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck,1 -105044,Charlize CHASES Kevin with a GUN . Courtney CHASES Stuart with a CELL PHONE . The sound of GUNFIRE and cell phones,2 -71839,a horror movie 's,2 -213377,than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this,0 -54009,itself taking on adolescent qualities,2 -24272,A blessed gift to film geeks and historians . If the '70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy .,3 -54439,lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns,3 -52459,have a passion for Musketeers,2 -39975,what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances,4 -46150,Mention,2 -15909,goodness,3 -124646,is that the entire exercise has no real point .,2 -84849,it 's a feel movie . You feel good,4 -162901,is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team .,2 -180920,, slow and dreary,1 -148387,Santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility,0 -236069,straightforward text,2 -96037,the limbo of grief and how truth-telling,2 -91220,realistically if not always fairly,2 -89794,otherwise appalling,0 -67918,Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin .,3 -187876,The Sum Of All Fears,1 -22297,the level of the usual maudlin,2 -233899,moat,2 -164351,just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .,0 -176742,tossing in lots of characters,2 -26682,Swedish film,2 -81123,gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .,2 -2112,quizzical,2 -220458,' and ` terrorists,2 -106183,Hawk,2 -26549,Seldahl 's,2 -177131,underlying mythology,2 -185711,Lear 's,2 -74495,arrow,2 -205007,like a cartoon in the end,1 -196565,daft by half ...,1 -125313,its occasional charms,3 -6009,diverting,2 -91889,samurai sword,2 -179735,'s exactly what you 'd expect .,1 -194089,be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh,2 -200708,hates criticism,2 -180081,'ve got a huge mess,1 -22463,through cultural clash,2 -231408,has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,0 -8606,majority,2 -143538,African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans,1 -75870,bound,3 -80302,for kids , Spirit,3 -150250,This is the first full scale WWII flick from Hong Kong 's John Woo . He 's not good with people .,1 -137791,to really work,2 -138866,used it,2 -237651,throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation,2 -40670,A loving little film of considerable appeal,4 -75659,beyond the crime-land action genre,3 -142380,, or anywhere else , did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ?,0 -56457,reef,2 -47312,There 's really only one good idea in this movie , but,2 -172328,supernatural snore-fest,0 -149724,The picture , scored by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety .,1 -37856,that many,2 -73897,an irresistible blend of warmth and humor,4 -118938,el futuro,2 -43277,'s more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with,1 -233568,love or is it masochism,2 -86942,may seem odd bedfellows,2 -42103,humor and,3 -42471,ponder and,2 -32953,in the past,2 -160313,grasps,3 -7766,is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome,0 -66110,I 'm likely to see all year,3 -43283,'s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun,4 -61976,, interestingly told film .,3 -175212,they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this,2 -238842,with Sade 's ideas than with his actions,2 -96076,the magnificent swooping aerial shots,4 -178493,with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ),2 -112592,a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long,2 -108579,Reggio and Glass,2 -202155,including the condition of art,2 -146246,If you think that Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck , wait till you see Maid in Manhattan .,1 -157204,deeply in love with its own quirky personality .,3 -109379,That Haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .,4 -91641,revitalize,3 -157604,distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them,1 -66980,K-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia .,3 -223291,Every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable,1 -52899,in a while,2 -93753,succeeds .,4 -183463,Director-chef,2 -79018,engrossing story,4 -39472,true story '' and you,2 -121849,has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen .,3 -6478,fill,2 -184299,Happy Together shoots for ( and misses ),1 -8110,its quest for deeper meaning,3 -58910,there 's hope for popular cinema yet,3 -199301,for such antique pulp,2 -37622,taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time,3 -191232,a road-trip movie,2 -77014,coming-of-age film,3 -186074,Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up,1 -57664,terrific look,4 -9694,personality,3 -4789,are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief,3 -100702,within the seas of their personalities,3 -144203,Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets,1 -110413,This 100-minute movie,2 -96242,the name,2 -109716,The dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .,3 -18592,A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins ,,4 -136289,the soul,2 -85079,it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned,1 -176630,too intellectually ambitious,1 -167365,of bad ideas,2 -74826,as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did ),3 -239146,you do n't want to use your brain,1 -107802,Moore wonderfully,3 -164861,like Frank the Pug ,,2 -232363,is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .,1 -131467,retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images,3 -239085,you 'd never guess that from the performances .,1 -174329,the movie as a whole,3 -165746,may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture,2 -104867,British cinema,2 -148061,Perry,2 -212081,some clever bits,3 -116469,by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot,2 -93898,supremely,3 -49027,and Bridget Jones 's,2 -127599,movies you grew up with,2 -103521,A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams .,4 -86300,looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .,1 -84667,is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema,4 -146417,It 's a loathsome movie,0 -69096,T . Anderson,3 -182196,After all the big build-up,2 -25024,Conversations,2 -64961,Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders,2 -169052,pony,2 -15613,earlier Disney efforts,2 -203447,is so second-rate,2 -23399,, and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .,3 -93050,solid movie,4 -206521,most obvious differences,2 -153834,are fleshed-out enough to build any interest .,2 -233388,life and small delights,3 -78207,director Rob Minkoff,2 -63384,A small movie with a big impact,4 -61269,'s something vital about the movie,3 -227419,`` Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era,3 -224332,It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .,3 -96166,the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years,4 -141164,'s a trifle of a movie,1 -104269,An ebullient Tunisian film,2 -8214,jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except ,,1 -46106,Martin and Barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry,3 -238309,varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition,2 -23862,, smart satire,3 -185425,Jackson sort,2 -32733,if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try,1 -120212,flakiness,1 -143148,A hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations .,1 -176088,to do virtually everything wrong,1 -227876,a doggie winks .,2 -76008,brutal honesty and respect for its audience,2 -134372,that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest,2 -154824,be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider,1 -27927,a valuable time capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people,4 -160273,good sources , bad mixture,2 -129179,of those rare pictures,3 -65798,Going Home is so slight,2 -141423,'s more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?,1 -48467,a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around,3 -68701,Sensitive ensemble performances,3 -130121,perceptive , good-natured movie,4 -139938,will once again,2 -132182,sets out to be,2 -161510,human behavior on the screen,2 -195325,came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .,4 -101511,'s a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments .,2 -189399,Vicente,2 -217343,to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly,2 -97770,timeless and unique perspective,3 -19856,and likely inadvertently --,2 -232187,intrusive,2 -200335,had it been a short film,2 -61999,, it 's a movie that gets under your skin,2 -150672,W ),2 -120099,find an old flame,2 -221357,, he is always sympathetic .,3 -79376,evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean,3 -64906,Daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails .,4 -209208,period trappings,1 -208010,of sturm,2 -64435,Both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement .,4 -213463,thanks to an astonishingly witless script,1 -202709,is already,2 -139571,what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement,2 -20415,down for the count,2 -200246,gross-out quota,1 -120168,first shocking thing,1 -208325,often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie,1 -43702,, somewhere along the way K-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .,2 -237968,to sweep U.S. viewers,2 -143321,A sequel that 's much too big for its britches .,1 -45536,Huppert 's,2 -190331,a college keg party,1 -159429,for his second,2 -228228,a true delight .,4 -109532,The acting is fine,3 -94134,takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .,3 -216096,there 's definite room for improvement,2 -118977,embarrassment and,1 -188159,The film , like Jimmy 's routines , could use a few good laughs .,1 -167583,of life in an attempt,2 -16079,huskies,2 -149655,The only element of suspense,2 -140507,worthy of our respect,3 -142746,. Night Shyamalan movie,2 -40737,A worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars .,4 -22410,these events,2 -192374,ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama,2 -179477,'s 51 times better than this,1 -230257,disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice,1 -730,core,2 -7370,imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life,0 -136627,the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and,3 -173762,the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .,1 -58437,the large cast is solid,4 -223523,Got a David Lynch jones ?,2 -9799,powerful , accessible,4 -192766,and rather silly,2 -225550,Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and,3 -127397,most addicted to film violence,2 -182708,Barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality,2 -182152,About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal,2 -41392,Workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies,3 -107861,Ms . Ambrose,2 -129485,on trees,2 -218240,unoriginal run,1 -43516,, and gently tedious in its comedy,3 -22575,torpor,2 -57207,sometimes angry,1 -134542,that rival vintage Looney Tunes,2 -167230,of Patch Adams quietly freaking out,3 -73656,an action hero with table manners ,,3 -233849,might be `` How does Steven Seagal come across these days ? '',2 -217807,trifling,1 -105863,Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore,1 -39529,two young men,2 -148019,Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have ,,2 -140632,yawning,1 -237989,to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you,3 -218770,was painful .,1 -128527,of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills,1 -155488,brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience,2 -40044,who do n't stand a chance alone,2 -121270,going to alter the Bard 's ending,2 -45585,I liked About Schmidt a lot , but,2 -179962,'s really sad,1 -188170,The film did n't move me one way or the other,1 -168702,pass as mere entertainment,2 -112398,a nagging sense of deja vu,2 -174847,the summer heat,2 -31737,for actually casting people who look working-class,2 -143281,A predictable and stereotypical little B-movie .,1 -212068,somber cop drama,2 -72160,a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking,4 -135626,the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve,2 -68879,Some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and,3 -103458,A brutally dry satire of Middle American,2 -19473,a cross-section,2 -108175,One of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies ever made .,4 -41878,examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and,3 -104839,Boy voice,3 -191985,adhere,2 -109468,The Pool drowned me in boredom .,1 -205582,made for kids or their parents , for that matter,2 -233764,may be overstating it,2 -11833,the riveting performances,3 -61786,, average , middle-aged woman,2 -129507,one 's mind,2 -125511,just like the woman who inspired it,2 -66217,IMAX form,2 -227433,`` Bedknobs and Broomsticks , '' which also dealt with British children rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime,2 -99657,watch and -- especially --,2 -149170,The Twist,2 -194868,both her subject matter,2 -97286,they possibly come .,2 -28501,and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively,2 -46706,Seigner,2 -56224,prove recommendation,3 -133308,still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense,2 -220533,'' sequel opening,2 -185162,It 's not a particularly good film,1 -3667,a cocky ,,1 -79150,enveloping affection,3 -140181,with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden,2 -121340,gorgeous and finely detailed,4 -115173,at last count,2 -75389,because here it is,2 -121716,has been told and retold,2 -76478,carved their own comfortable niche,2 -783,delight,4 -171388,so badly drawn,1 -7164,his film,2 -205315,look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic,1 -140742,you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out,3 -53989,its star , Jean Reno,2 -199152,for a,2 -225791,Simone is not real,2 -97664,three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism,2 -143091,A fascinating but choppy documentary .,2 -64658,Chan movies,2 -99884,what its title implies,2 -24537,Add,2 -228765,are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence,1 -174624,the real story,2 -188104,The ethos,2 -39621,unfamiliar personas,1 -59491,tradition,2 -224168,It 's drab .,1 -106659,Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics ,,1 -66440,Is Red Dragon,2 -107464,Like blended shades of lipstick,2 -2442,supporting,3 -200710,hats,2 -19547,a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .,4 -185877,Loud , silly , stupid and pointless,1 -227562,`` Queen '',2 -215310,the party,2 -184149,Girlfriends are bad ,,2 -108493,Psychology,2 -43389,( A ) wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting,3 -190526,a few chuckles , but not,2 -206948,never shoot straight,1 -160771,has yet,2 -185670,Lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .,1 -62543,... Despite lagging near the finish line,2 -201800,in a relatively short amount of time,2 -183954,Fleder,2 -18900,Goliath,2 -221620,, there 's guilty fun to be had here .,3 -21190,knock-offs,1 -80163,fluid and mesmerizing,4 -211575,shrill and soporific,1 -209269,pickup skidding,2 -164081,its merits,2 -115635,bear,2 -208053,of the crackle of '' Fatal Attraction '',2 -216789,to South Seas islanders,3 -180297,( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ),1 -204142,its characters and its audience,3 -15243,believed,2 -65258,Effective in all its aspects,4 -191007,a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable,0 -132508,simply runs out of ideas,0 -194345,been allowed,2 -160254,good enough to be on afternoon TV,2 -107633,Maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards,4 -19976,artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .,3 -219610,wised-up,2 -158556,eviction,3 -92517,shocking testament,2 -199951,given us before,2 -71161,Young Everlyn Sampi,2 -68022,One of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us,3 -233461,like the first movie based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers,2 -70189,This engrossing , characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time .,2 -60109,when you do n't want to use your brain .,2 -165298,lot more fun,3 -223185,Dooby Doo \/ And Shaggy,2 -209745,primitive in technique,2 -218604,vu moments,2 -225113,Nevertheless , it still seems endless .,1 -221982,A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected '' have suspected all along :,1 -31142,enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller,1 -140877,zero,1 -1698,martin,2 -8142,its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously ,,1 -87826,new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers,4 -22049,standouts,3 -43357,'s tough to watch,1 -118012,delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers,3 -6123,ease and confidence,3 -111488,a Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon,2 -116081,bogs down in genre cliches,1 -40352,works well,3 -154915,becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary,1 -161542,hyper-cliched,1 -113755,also a producer ),2 -35082,of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun,3 -204840,leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh,1 -156497,college life,2 -95404,the cruel earnestness,2 -28006,about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love,4 -13974,Disney,3 -183406,Diaz , Applegate , Blair and Posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused .,3 -96705,the skateboarding boom,2 -72316,a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion,3 -103905,A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .,4 -22389,the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle,2 -32986,in town,2 -194246,beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend,2 -188474,The niftiest trick,3 -79780,feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field,3 -44848,Candid Camera,2 -203801,it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way,1 -86672,makes up for with a great , fiery passion .,3 -172118,stripped-down approach,2 -44236,A sensitive , moving ,,3 -131809,scary horror movie,3 -24323,A depressing confirmation,1 -99858,what an idea,3 -202797,is better than you might think .,3 -144307,But buying into sham truths and routine '' indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie . It 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .,2 -33985,laser-projected,2 -132409,showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters,3 -159460,for pre-dawn cable television slots,2 -157726,does it come close to being exciting .,2 -1461,it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but,1 -197222,do n't think this movie loves women at all,1 -19481,a dumb , distracted audience,1 -99712,we 've come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny,3 -83288,indomitability,2 -166253,more than a chuckle ,,3 -155114,benefit concert,2 -55384,of his homosexuality,2 -128147,not-so-funny gags,1 -113683,all your mateys ,,3 -83435,insultingly simplistic,1 -156145,character and substance,2 -17341,stump,2 -219292,while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .,3 -190937,a mere story point,2 -77550,creates something more beautiful than either of those films,3 -45020,DePalma,2 -165979,milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,0 -34968,not care,2 -218590,vital action sequences,3 -80639,from our own,2 -60405,with the term,2 -209314,plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ',1 -158117,eating oatmeal,2 -194250,beautifully shot ,,3 -138189,topless and roll,2 -182238,All the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .,1 -41127,Octopus 2 :,2 -135772,the most original American productions this year,4 -9227,of adaptation,2 -131077,realistic atmosphere,3 -226336,The most memorable moment,3 -91450,remarkable procession of sweeping pictures,4 -238206,understanding for her actions,2 -33657,it held my interest from start to finish,4 -190840,a little peculiar,2 -220336,you thinking , ` Are we there,2 -44797,Bullock 's best work,4 -85323,its odd , intriguing wrinkles,2 -216426,this many genuine cackles,2 -15956,has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway,3 -57744,that at its best,3 -139003,very pretty after-school,2 -220986,'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this `` Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun,3 -236554,that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea,0 -34000,lay bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor,3 -159946,genre conventions ,,2 -210622,romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .,3 -39058,through the hearts and minds of the five principals,2 -102201,( vainly , I think ),1 -222797,But seriously , folks , it does n't work .,1 -16687,not sure even Miyazaki himself does,1 -28051,above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears,3 -154468,authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study,1 -12623,ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .,1 -79917,filmgoing audience,2 -90587,preaching message,1 -182628,Asquith 's,2 -170962,should have been,1 -156538,come up with legitimate funny,2 -186836,Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films,2 -12528,total recall and,2 -3839,a gorgeously strange movie,4 -39255,to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters,4 -222922,Chelsea Walls deserves a medal .,4 -53681,is told from Paul 's perspective,2 -138666,unflappable '50s dignity,2 -8288,keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting,1 -178876,would be very sweet indeed .,2 -163113,is n't very good,1 -220540,'' wanted to be,2 -23359,, a smart and satisfying,3 -141124,'s a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense,1 -64536,Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling,3 -82259,his founding partner , Yong Kang,2 -24360,A highly,3 -52790,idiosyncratic strain,2 -90905,pure , exciting moviemaking,4 -75323,be spectacularly outrageous,4 -176679,too plainly,2 -230857,flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , Kung Pow,2 -206898,neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is,1 -48026,a few evocative images,3 -13270,wrestle,2 -208484,on the Battle Bots,2 -30374,contemporary American film,2 -214671,the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull,1 -95836,the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made,4 -3420,( p ) artnering,2 -26869,The movie is n't just hilarious,2 -83519,into Buñuel 's casings,2 -144621,Coughs and sputters,1 -109111,Spare but quietly effective retelling,2 -231717,his circle,2 -125771,last look,2 -174247,the materials of human tragedy,2 -217399,to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price,2 -234733,one of the hapless victims of the arrogant,1 -190064,a Catholic boy,2 -178966,writer and director Burr Steers,2 -118172,developed characters so much,4 -4329,a young woman 's,2 -166913,none of the excellent cast,2 -214698,the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had,1 -205303,longer exposition sequences between them,1 -1809,my lunch,2 -93302,spells discontent,2 -226348,The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .,1 -184112,Gelo,2 -33126,intimidating,1 -151226,` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and,2 -210247,recommend Snow Dogs,4 -6606,for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america,2 -4244,a triumph , however , it,3 -16888,outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike,0 -96244,the narrative,2 -7876,it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but,2 -135265,the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain,2 -237696,to Nicholson,2 -78325,diverse and astonishingly articulate,3 -192384,among a multitude of simple-minded,2 -198736,feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,0 -61567,) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment,3 -219156,when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic,0 -181995,A sloppy slapstick,1 -162637,is a movie,2 -77919,delightful romantic comedy,4 -237817,to find each other,2 -2715,the sickly sweet gender,1 -24894,Broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case .,3 -192839,another example of how Sandler is losing his touch .,2 -101249,your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts,4 -160455,had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers,2 -203796,it 's self-defeatingly decorous,1 -71392,a china shop ,,2 -76758,civil disobedience,2 -176397,to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved,0 -212544,stay with you,2 -154571,bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back,2 -30766,dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming,2 -212549,stereotyped characters,1 -184132,George and Lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks,3 -144903,Divertingly,2 -17488,the best film of the year so far,4 -2743,the story and,2 -108551,Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .,3 -131198,redundancy and,1 -67162,Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,,3 -78185,director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood,3 -33058,inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests,2 -203429,is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,2 -190434,a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic,2 -210613,romancer,2 -214998,the making of this movie,2 -148887,Stuart Little 2 is still a no brainer .,2 -212856,such subtlety and warmth,3 -206500,most devastating flaw,0 -59022,this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy .,3 -120351,for a buck or so,2 -32677,how they are expressed through our homes,2 -99468,visual veneer,3 -80481,formulaic sports drama,2 -13820,A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort .,4 -118362,dismissive,2 -121775,has it beat by a country mile,1 -121165,given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform,1 -56532,reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things,3 -62128,, one is left with the inescapable conclusion that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .,2 -105798,Ferrara 's best film,3 -181397,1991,3 -120216,flash but little emotional resonance,1 -23340,, The Grey Zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz .,3 -56964,shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .,3 -92023,screwed-up,1 -138390,truly is life affirming,4 -10752,still charming,3 -203675,is way too indulgent,1 -101863,'s probably not easy to make such a worthless film,0 -239037,would require many sessions on the couch of Dr. Freud .,1 -165805,means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun,1 -174839,the stupor,2 -131883,searching out,2 -41734,confusion and,1 -70697,Watching this film,2 -219312,whirling fight sequences,2 -155038,begins as a seemingly brainless,1 -45875,James Horner 's,2 -129655,only there were one for this kind of movie,2 -233984,movie lore,2 -36870,shaky as the plot is,1 -132924,somebody might devote time to see it,1 -96066,the lovely Hush !,3 -137365,to admire these people 's dedication to their cause or be repelled by their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life,3 -157004,crime thriller , quirky character study,2 -106942,It 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...,0 -70339,Those who want to be jolted out of their gourd,2 -80447,forgettable .,0 -18413,, glib charm,3 -122016,having fun with it all,3 -133326,stock footage,1 -91579,results is the best performance from either in years,4 -220441,zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction,0 -114612,are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine,1 -221531,, solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy,3 -210192,really bad Blair Witch Project,0 -1723,mess,1 -127606,moving in many directions,2 -129338,old flame,2 -221897,7.00,2 -33103,intended under-12 audience,2 -114350,another notch,2 -157084,cutting-room,2 -145497,Frida gets the job done .,4 -120633,freeing,3 -177208,unintentional howlers and numerous yawns,2 -119539,explaining,2 -221609,, the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .,3 -216851,to be a character study,2 -54352,look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .,3 -121185,gives her best,3 -218030,ugliness,1 -142060,, a ready-made Eurotrash cult object .,1 -216934,to check it twice,2 -231105,gays,2 -60709,'ll keep watching the skies for his next project,3 -194751,blueprint,2 -151093,Yes , dull,0 -78508,domestic abuse,1 -219218,where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits,1 -29039,are far more pointed and clear .,3 -148111,Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and then disappointingly moves the story into the realm of an improbable thriller .,1 -202721,is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned,1 -116161,boy puppet Pinocchio,2 -77502,craftsmanship,2 -147095,Laura Regan,2 -199441,forty,2 -224303,It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny , and,1 -32858,in feeling,2 -69743,The movie is amateurish , but it 's a minor treat .,3 -64004,Antonia 's,2 -182672,Authentic , and at times endearing , humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .,2 -189741,Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution,3 -83870,is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions .,2 -188375,The movie 's blatant derivativeness,2 -61851,, cynical,1 -170312,same damn moldy values,0 -207923,of poetic frissons,2 -138185,topical or,2 -145167,Even if you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before , it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to Belushi 's easy-going likableness .,2 -559,be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age,0 -79603,false starts,2 -197626,during a movie,2 -148189,Puccini 's tale of devotion,2 -81200,going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together,3 -91666,rich stew,3 -171480,so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized ditties,2 -138323,trick you,1 -110227,The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself,3 -9250,of crystal lake camp,2 -89243,offer either despair or consolation,2 -94999,the Atlantic Ocean,2 -77251,consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free,4 -81534,handled affair , a film about human darkness but,2 -122536,how bad an actress she is,0 -189838,Worse,1 -183045,Chan 's action sequences,3 -98933,uncompromising film,3 -85739,laid squarely,2 -178147,which is better than most of the writing in the movie,2 -32195,greed , jealousy , sickness and love,2 -43055,you 're not into the Pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . But,1 -118162,determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .,2 -187496,Spalding Gray equivalent,2 -189809,With the dog days of August upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .,1 -238311,vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill,2 -50896,displays in freshening the play,3 -14655,` A ',2 -100265,will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . ',4 -186252,Murphy and Wilson actually make a pretty good team ... but the project surrounding them is distressingly rote .,1 -34992,not only invites,2 -115420,basic , credible compassion,2 -54774,modern masculine journey,3 -43758,, thought-provoking foreign cinema,3 -191652,a young actress,2 -67189,Leonard,2 -207543,of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom,2 -219258,which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo,1 -74077,and vulnerable persona,2 -75902,brainpower,2 -151649,a dramatist,2 -15527,depend,2 -90897,punctuated by sudden shocks,3 -69396,The audacity to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion .,1 -197630,during the making of this movie,2 -46171,Michael Gerbosi 's script,2 -128312,of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .,2 -158133,either Esther 's initial anomie or,2 -61903,, flames and shadows,2 -28442,and Fraser,2 -55569,of the facts of Cuban music,2 -168858,photographs from the Spanish-American War,2 -111139,Whole,2 -119950,felt trapped and with no obvious escape,1 -110435,This dreadfully earnest inversion of the Concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension .,1 -169083,portable,2 -68768,Shot,2 -172948,that brings military courtroom dramas down very,2 -120079,films reason,2 -174561,the popularity of its stars,2 -197411,doltish,1 -89657,one viewing,2 -233646,make the thing look really slick .,3 -173808,the energetic cast,3 -187023,Rosenthal,2 -208076,of the filmmakers ' calculations,2 -131180,redemption and,2 -222928,Chips,2 -107217,Jonathan Parker 's Bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .,3 -201819,in amazement over the fact,3 -33004,in-jokes,2 -198520,family values,3 -21649,only slightly,2 -32299,has dared to come,2 -59263,to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker,3 -224355,It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,0 -96282,the ol' ball-and-chain,1 -108732,Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ),2 -211496,should go for movie theaters,3 -92610,shows how intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart,2 -151377,a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America,2 -112963,a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness,1 -143362,A sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved long ago -- or at least,1 -110958,Watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie , my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures .,3 -65767,Gibney,2 -8831,modern stories,3 -66599,It 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look,2 -201433,human decency,2 -73885,an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships,3 -150130,These people would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance .,0 -219580,will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned,2 -36302,quite human,3 -178394,will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters,3 -117386,compressed characterisations and,2 -26484,Ross,2 -30229,cockamamie tone poem,2 -221781,... a pretentious mess ...,0 -215825,the under-7 crowd,3 -158566,exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze,1 -201947,in period costume and with a bigger budget,2 -238334,viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything,0 -239060,written so well,3 -237706,to `` familiar '',2 -191392,a stiff wind to blow it uphill,1 -18357,, archival footage , talking-head interviews,2 -139177,want to see it,3 -35642,on life 's urgent questions,2 -56109,portraiture,2 -140433,working women,2 -124833,it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms,3 -2978,too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like ,,1 -14586,Unlike most teen flicks , Swimming takes its time to tell its story , casts mostly little-known performers in key roles , and introduces some intriguing ambiguity .,2 -188837,There 's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and,1 -61886,, energetic and original,4 -126112,like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with,0 -157507,director Roger Kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .,1 -77402,cost thousands and,2 -92464,shattering it,2 -179743,'s far too fleeting to squander on offal like this,2 -218221,unlikable , uninteresting ,,0 -106826,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,3 -155387,boring , formulaic mix,0 -228186,a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies,3 -34603,more than two guys beating the hell outta,2 -156983,creatively stillborn,1 -125446,jaw-dropping action sequences ,,3 -42648,so honest and,3 -191135,a pressure cooker,2 -170410,scared ? Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project .,0 -182797,Bible parables and not an actual story,2 -152887,action fantasy,2 -11164,the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .,1 -8762,men,2 -189385,Variety,2 -66406,Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .,3 -46187,Miramax,2 -227848,a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall,3 -3592,a bland,1 -148464,Scrappy,2 -802,despite its raucous intent , xxx,2 -115097,asked,2 -165528,make something,2 -2373,spirit,3 -149509,The last 20 minutes,2 -238067,too many films,1 -227916,a frightening and compelling `,3 -10470,simon leys ' novel,2 -32118,gone from the popcorn pushing sound stages of Hollywood .,3 -192261,all unfolds predictably,1 -137846,to sentimentality,2 -134295,that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants,2 -193172,are quite funny , but Jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment,2 -190467,a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone,1 -103559,A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed,2 -152026,a magician,2 -169746,realized story,2 -115545,be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002 .,1 -130573,presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain,4 -15896,going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,3 -69662,The kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati,4 -182784,Benjamins ',2 -124591,is technically sophisticated in the worst way,0 -22173,that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it,3 -117151,colorful but flat drawings,2 -15979,have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests,2 -155556,building the drama of Lilia 's journey,2 -76261,ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .,3 -237485,think to make the attraction a movie,2 -197307,does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .,2 -224924,Mr. Hundert,2 -212,a nightmare,1 -168302,only saving grace,1 -4246,a true and historically significant,3 -99556,want to live waydowntown,2 -24394,A movie that reminds us,2 -56495,relays,2 -133538,succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .,4 -212695,strong effort,3 -67000,Kenneth,2 -42233,its American counterpart , '',3 -83123,in the most trouble,2 -235133,put on,2 -148590,Silent,2 -22678,venomous,1 -84809,is visually ravishing,3 -111906,a film buff,2 -197701,edit,1 -108483,Proves a servicable World War II drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances,3 -10395,shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder,2 -234614,off with a bang ,,3 -172368,surprisingly well-directed by Brett Ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act,2 -80966,get through,2 -36073,pops,3 -126736,making you sweat,2 -156809,conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought .,2 -193338,as Whiffle-Ball epic,2 -202221,inexpressible and,1 -216299,think twice,2 -98824,two actresses,2 -119897,feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful,4 -191755,about men in heels,2 -38414,the messenger,2 -217340,to shred it,2 -70176,This charming , thought-provoking New York fest,4 -48921,an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater,4 -207438,of Hollywood vs . Woo,2 -103550,A fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery,4 -111028,What little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves,1 -96445,the practitioners,2 -126924,maybe for the last 15 minutes ,,2 -119325,even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be,0 -147287,Machine '',2 -7398,in ( herzog 's ) personal policy,2 -203201,is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,2 -103042,, you 'll feel like mopping up , too,2 -5242,both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .,4 -134411,that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek,1 -37459,suffused,1 -30952,drawn with a master 's steady stroke .,3 -132565,skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater,2 -205650,make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?,2 -63799,American story,2 -226989,We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .,0 -222898,Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for,2 -20317,creepy explorations,2 -108194,One of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart,1 -231624,he communicates a great deal in his performance,4 -98487,tolerance and diversity,3 -102473,, dark , vaguely disturbing way,2 -17753,thoroughly misogynistic,2 -115386,banter-filled,2 -146088,I last walked out on a movie,0 -60281,winning ensemble comedy,3 -178894,would have gotten under the skin,2 -228986,as the main character suggests , ` what if,3 -69320,The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding ,,2 -211273,serves as auto-critique,2 -123199,in the unhurried , low-key style,3 -208960,overworked,1 -176230,to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong,2 -80957,get the audience to break through the wall her character erects,3 -20583,for its historical significance alone,3 -82543,human-scale,2 -20726,has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days,4 -47068,The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented,4 -68473,Robinson,2 -177238,unpleasant characters,1 -51362,every moviegoer 's appetite,3 -123973,is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable .,2 -182927,Broomfield 's style,2 -20179,but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .,3 -77601,crooned his Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald has there been a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest,2 -23272,( the film ) addresses in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce .,4 -56560,resolutely unreligious,2 -47278,The vistas are sweeping and,2 -202430,into splatter movies,1 -221957,A clutchy , indulgent and pretentious travelogue and diatribe against ... well , just stuff .,1 -160407,guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater .,1 -65057,Dickens evergreen :,2 -216261,thin notion,1 -66308,If you ignore the cliches and concentrate on City by the Sea 's interpersonal drama , it ai n't half-bad .,2 -146028,I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve,3 -113301,across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,3 -15434,co-star,2 -119174,ensnare,2 -141029,'re a WWF fan,2 -133790,tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end,4 -228815,are lukewarm and quick to pass .,1 -13812,A thoughtful , provocative , insistently humanizing film,3 -221148,, I 'll buy the Criterion DVD .,2 -587,behavior,2 -219794,with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese,3 -122739,if you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie,1 -79090,enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess,3 -95272,the cast ,,2 -199176,for a moment,2 -213802,that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now,0 -138202,tortured husband,1 -117625,cowering,2 -232013,in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .,4 -140109,with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver,3 -215768,the thousands of Americans who die hideously,1 -171778,spend money,2 -133979,tender and heart-wrenching,3 -177785,we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love,2 -132209,several times,2 -52814,ignite,3 -219897,without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie,2 -53760,it 's started,2 -89576,one makes,3 -64798,Consummate,2 -186917,Return to Neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company,3 -124022,is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .,2 -192645,an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast,1 -83637,invasion comic chiller,2 -170871,shifting points of view,2 -31280,ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives,3 -175621,those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,2 -227540,`` Mr. Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .,3 -28203,all seen bits of in other films,1 -140012,wishful,2 -114411,any noir villain,2 -113281,ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important,3 -238608,what one presumes are the book 's twin premises,2 -180000,'s stuffy and pretentious,1 -162978,is just too lame to work or be cool at others,2 -62701,30-year,2 -60862,'s a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .,4 -169024,points with young adults .,2 -145399,Foolish Choices,1 -132502,simplify,2 -139599,when movies had more to do with imagination than market research,2 -28767,and remarkable,3 -30494,credited,2 -48650,acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .,3 -142633,, when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...,3 -216000,their daily activities,2 -20839,humor and touching nostalgia,4 -164440,kilted Jackson,2 -21529,of modern China in microcosm,2 -117026,classical dramatic animated feature,3 -231278,good thriller .,3 -134887,the basis of his first starring vehicle,2 -133866,taking them,3 -99018,unexpectedly sweet,4 -38716,the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is,3 -100764,women being unknowable,2 -177285,unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters,2 -200309,guy-in-a-dress,2 -37734,that 's been decades,2 -166644,needs to show some presence and star quality,1 -155846,ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's,1 -35137,of a Vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-American girl with a brand new name in southern Tennessee,3 -55494,of rootlessness , a state,2 -12273,thumbs down,1 -98277,to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,2 -159214,flat , unconvincing drama,1 -15539,determined,2 -142039,, Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception,1 -52090,get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters,2 -119091,engaging and literate psychodrama,3 -32859,in fighting trim shape as an athlete as well as an actor,3 -145557,Get,3 -212893,suggests a superior moral tone is more important,2 -1250,ideas,2 -189615,What we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .,0 -49910,but it 's a pleasurable trifle .,3 -96017,the least bit,2 -47392,This story,2 -154191,as in the original,2 -199936,give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances,1 -60342,with enough sardonic wit,3 -181547,A boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad .,1 -81652,has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so,3 -223005,Coppola ,,2 -18405,, energetic music ,,3 -25653,If it tried to do anything more,1 -232262,is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --,2 -121955,have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society,2 -162076,in voice-over,2 -191465,a tad less,2 -107131,Jackie Chan,2 -171327,smacks of purely commercial motivation,3 -151732,a fireball,2 -195256,ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .,1 -32717,idealistically,2 -35475,of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood,4 -53542,is never heavy-handed .,3 -224454,Jar-Jar Binks :,2 -231974,in a horde,2 -81151,gloriously goofy way,3 -173963,the finest chef,3 -43004,will , hopefully,2 -204452,just does n't work,1 -82852,in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion,3 -13749,: Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space,2 -181192,-- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --,2 -65669,Friel pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia,1 -206394,more impressionistic,2 -92054,secret 's,2 -195090,buying tickets,2 -188642,The script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .,1 -51270,entertaining , colorful , action-filled crime story,3 -104906,Brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate .,4 -35116,of Napoleon,2 -30842,displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director,2 -70627,Vietnam and the city,2 -218484,very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives,2 -111731,a crime fighter,2 -4579,amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks ,,0 -67977,Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .,3 -134054,than any contemporary movie this year,2 -51854,foreign cinema,2 -172080,strainingly cute,3 -41005,It 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more,4 -201025,her good looks,3 -135039,the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is,2 -30944,draggy,1 -137559,to ensnare its target audience .,3 -213537,that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit,2 -237977,to the ` plex predisposed to like it,2 -109995,The movie is gorgeously made,4 -217699,total lack,2 -81875,have expected to record with their mini DV,2 -38558,the power of the implicit,2 -221196,, My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .,0 -237352,the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .,4 -89248,offering instead,2 -86457,made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances,4 -12656,undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,1 -105944,Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White . But,1 -194543,best-selling writer,2 -122262,hip-hop Tootsie,2 -19824,and enthusiast,2 -203168,is n't even halfway,1 -202300,insufficiently cathartic,1 -207877,of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master,3 -76929,come off,2 -106202,Heartwarming and,3 -172758,than it does a film,2 -175457,this less-than-magic kingdom,2 -49726,big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful,3 -206038,melt -- only,2 -198106,even on a curve ),2 -52418,has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .,3 -16366,its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor,2 -186385,No matter how you slice it,2 -192305,almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .,2 -127208,modernizes A . E . W . Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare,2 -6062,doofus-on,1 -157089,cynical and condescending,0 -66786,It wo n't hold up over the long haul , but,1 -35372,of purpose,4 -211010,seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,1 -196177,contours,2 -211492,should dispense the same advice to film directors,2 -196644,decide what annoyed me most about God is Great,1 -98390,to the size of a house,2 -46836,Strikes,2 -35579,often achieves a mesmerizing poetry .,4 -16135,in this comedy,2 -213187,tapping away ' on this screenplay,2 -114630,are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach,1 -4444,aftertaste,1 -15181,aware of its own grasp of the absurd,2 -64301,Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact : it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before,3 -63471,A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .,3 -97600,those who just want the Ball and Chain,2 -61337,'s unique and quirky about Canadians,3 -145387,Flick,2 -189756,Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating , so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and,0 -40543,'s a British flick,2 -105253,Cox is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man , and,1 -191937,actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat,1 -19354,Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .,4 -97189,therapy ',2 -186012,Marine/legal,2 -86335,lot to recommend Read My Lips,4 -180990,, the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .,2 -18757,But based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .,3 -227063,What the director ca n't do,1 -100272,will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face,4 -13120,with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half,1 -163655,it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles,2 -16386,its magic in other parts of the world,3 -133564,such a mechanical endeavor (,3 -236911,the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck,2 -175989,to believe that a life like this can sound so dull,1 -129575,one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002,1 -81037,give a thought,2 -52744,hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why,2 -20011,as sharp as ever,3 -212607,stories and faces,2 -43341,'s the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,3 -109892,The images lack contrast,1 -22979,'' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .,3 -194282,become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past,0 -90779,prove his worth,2 -29902,by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife,2 -96187,the most politically audacious films of recent decades,3 -94618,that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell,3 -188680,The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat,0 -116753,casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors,4 -27330,` blundering ' style,1 -189351,Unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .,0 -60274,willingness,2 -199831,get into heaven,3 -211452,short running time,2 -110848,Valley of the Dolls,3 -120113,find the film anything,2 -11311,the drumming and the marching,2 -73399,all in the same movie,2 -146569,It 's not that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film , because it is n't . It 's just incredibly dull .,1 -4005,a moviegoing audience dominated by young males,2 -181386,1959,2 -23383,, and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .,3 -159790,fuhgeddaboutit,2 -129398,on hip-hop culture,2 -228612,an older woman who seduces Oscar,2 -186033,Mat,2 -78803,elegance and maturity,3 -163585,is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys,2 -93260,sparse dialogue,2 -17877,transformation,2 -233592,lumpy as two-day old porridge,0 -88336,of a minor miracle in Unfaithful,3 -90760,properly intense , claustrophobic tale,3 -84006,is an indelible epic American story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives,3 -214557,the female,2 -233649,make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images,0 -198952,finest non-Bondish performance,4 -116639,can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody,3 -138889,usual tear,3 -153357,an average comedic dateflick,1 -43609,, incisive meditation,2 -153388,an excruciating dollop,2 -113624,all that 's going on here,2 -114812,as a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant,1 -235969,spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : ``,1 -56107,popular cinema,2 -23533,, but those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .,3 -127619,much more successful translation,4 -30528,crushingly depressing,0 -79142,entirely persuasive,3 -48586,absorbing , largely,2 -37043,smart and satisfying,4 -73560,am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display,0 -107642,Matches neorealism 's impact,2 -159158,find this one,2 -44394,All That Heaven Allows '',3 -89630,one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City,2 -43214,'s back in form ,,3 -216084,then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .,3 -170342,sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager,2 -12978,whatsoever,2 -151625,a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film,0 -23598,, engaging film .,3 -173926,the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,1 -28216,all-American girl,3 -175980,to be truly prurient,1 -74395,are really going to love The Piano Teacher,3 -149552,The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun , and,3 -121378,graceless , hackneyed,1 -194434,beg the question ` Why,1 -86450,made about the life of moviemaking,2 -83659,involved .,3 -20292,considering his background,2 -211582,shuck-and-jive sitcom,2 -55234,of New York,2 -198837,fill two hours,2 -231191,give each other,2 -152455,a slender cinematic stunt,2 -150271,This miserable excuse,1 -163563,is virtually absent,1 -154543,bad case,1 -208520,on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up,0 -82245,his edits,2 -126591,maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .,3 -74786,as the aged Napoleon,2 -222229,All Ms. Jovovich ,,2 -136908,this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon,2 -80182,fondness and respect,3 -129742,other than fling gags at it,0 -37509,surprising new life,3 -224525,Kevin Pollak,2 -127602,moving and not infrequently breathtaking,3 -235909,some of the most not,2 -25032,Cox 's,2 -166507,musty scent,2 -136563,the way this all works out,3 -156078,cast , but beautifully,3 -7651,is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane,2 -66833,Jack Nicholson,2 -77528,created a provocative ,,3 -157592,dissolves,2 -129366,on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ...,3 -210430,replaced by goth goofiness,1 -222973,Coast rap wars,2 -225142,No , even that 's too committed .,1 -7572,instead of letting the laughs come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .,3 -50486,coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks,2 -235962,spelled out,2 -225782,Shrewd but pointless,1 -14917,agreeably,3 -133417,stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor,1 -187888,The Time,2 -43135,'re not a fan ,,1 -115299,awkwardly garish showcase,1 -229100,background or motivations,2 -64125,Astonishing,4 -53695,is warmly,3 -124807,it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny,3 -165204,look elsewhere .,2 -19589,a sort,2 -153816,are clearly ,,2 -188185,The film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes ,,2 -122434,hit-and-miss topical humour,2 -69281,The Emperor 's Club ,,3 -564,beau travil and,2 -106003,Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum .,0 -123,a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium,4 -74214,appalling,0 -102160,( and fairly unbelievable ) finale,1 -17500,the bursts,2 -154889,because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,1 -125642,knowing any of them personally,2 -89722,opened it up for all of us to understand,3 -18517,-- but , happily , a victim of none,3 -105760,Fahrenheit 451,3 -67485,May take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going,1 -5556,chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing . ',2 -29220,as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for,4 -174861,the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson,3 -133972,temporal,2 -156346,clever things,2 -141656,'s the point ?,2 -58048,the believable,2 -7681,is all too calculated,1 -75731,blatantly biased,1 -128571,of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway,2 -124447,is phenomenal , especially the women .,4 -208902,over-the-top ,,2 -215114,the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .,1 -105014,Catcher,2 -27189,What Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still , I 'm not quite sure what the point is ...,1 -174082,the hollow state,2 -98845,two maladjusted teens,2 -81554,happy to argue much,2 -171502,so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway,2 -5812,crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls,0 -210544,ride around,2 -33503,is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling,4 -33302,is amazing on a technical level,4 -119157,enough level,2 -139774,who knows how to hold the screen,3 -40493,young women of any size,2 -98498,too big,1 -3729,a dim-witted,1 -200088,gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else,2 -120688,from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion,2 -89033,of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause,3 -223557,H.G. Wells,2 -91972,scenery , vibe and all,3 -231362,handguns ,,2 -206201,minimalist Beauty,2 -178073,when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,2 -137812,to ride bikes,2 -190122,a bad , bad , bad movie,0 -228279,about `` Fear Dot Com,2 -112193,a laundry list of minor shortcomings,1 -95711,the fingers in front of your eyes,2 -75852,both sexual and kindred,2 -58447,the likes of Miramax chief,2 -47275,The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful,4 -74156,any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought,1 -140749,you feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied,1 -108669,Rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .,3 -231562,have been written using Mad-libs,1 -30315,comprehensible,3 -24062,-- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested,3 -36745,see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief,2 -109198,Stiller,2 -179333,'' sequel,2 -111474,a Crocodile Hunter fan,2 -116160,box-office,2 -170503,second-guess,2 -119701,falls down,1 -153611,anemic and,1 -176062,to create some pretty cool characters,4 -155274,bizarre sort,2 -204127,its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor,2 -115031,as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller,4 -179907,'s not too much of anything,1 -206031,melodramatic denouement,1 -60143,who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive,3 -137544,to easy feel-good sentiments,3 -136822,they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and,1 -146369,Is it a comedy ? A drama ? A romance ?,2 -74976,at the Sundance Film Festival,2 -29649,bluntly,2 -204131,its central figure,2 -18529,. '',2 -72866,a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood,3 -216374,this film 's cast,2 -99286,validated,2 -150056,There 's no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong .,2 -97808,to 7th-century oral traditions,2 -6327,executive,2 -58936,they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .,4 -237479,think of a very good reason,2 -125801,laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially,2 -22687,very satisfying,4 -90846,psychological game,2 -202220,inexplicably dips key moments from the film in Waking Life water colors .,2 -16997,progress . In Fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale,4 -55292,of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties,3 -146608,It 's really yet another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness .,1 -134175,that , half an hour in,2 -233767,may be the best play of the 19th century,4 -47274,The unexpected thing,2 -235207,reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !,1 -87063,mesmerizing cinematic poem,3 -115758,beer-fueled,3 -219287,while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain,1 -41105,Never ( sinks ) into exploitation,2 -107523,Loses,2 -59051,thoroughly entertaining,4 -60537,you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining,2 -124617,is that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny .,3 -16842,opened,2 -67704,Much of it,2 -169786,really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity,0 -61952,, however , Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .,4 -65690,Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing .,4 -96607,the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of Gator-bashing,2 -210305,regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter,2 -233911,monster movie atmospherics,2 -198014,especially the frank sex scenes,2 -147825,Nouvelle,2 -137495,to compensate for the movie 's failings,1 -194625,beyond the very basic dictums of human decency,1 -89889,over Michael Idemoto as Michael,2 -122303,his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks,2 -108952,Silly stuff ,,2 -90809,provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play,2 -206642,movies of the year .,2 -213548,that Tornatore was right to cut,2 -117479,continent,2 -187156,Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot,1 -6990,has its charming quirks and its dull spots,2 -30335,conflict-powered plot,2 -214218,the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for Bartleby 's pain,2 -118897,economical in One False Move,2 -134697,the French film industry in years,2 -109281,Sure , I hated myself in the morning . But then again , I hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned,2 -168816,perhaps unwittingly,1 -85659,kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure,3 -133179,squandering a topnotch foursome of actors,1 -33818,its parts,2 -218524,video-cam,2 -188774,The world,2 -232093,infantile , redundant , sloppy,0 -3104,wes craven 's presence is felt ;,3 -207382,of 51 ways,2 -63649,Addams Family '',2 -130851,put pillowcases over their heads,2 -163821,it is also weirdly fascinating,3 -104598,BA , Murdock and rest,2 -203936,it is interminable,1 -154807,be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise,1 -209711,pretentious as the title may be,1 -35036,numerous minor flaws,1 -160731,has sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job,1 -225989,Stuart and,2 -228740,appears in its final form,2 -68193,Phillip Noyce and,2 -78068,detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world,3 -54431,low-key film,2 -118683,drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans,2 -79899,film that comes along every day,2 -188418,The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies,1 -195780,cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are,2 -92680,simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,2 -182385,An empty , purposeless exercise .,0 -10224,running off,1 -138209,tosses at them .,2 -173367,the Festival of Lights,2 -85767,last decade,2 -6730,gang,1 -144327,Byzantine,2 -6447,feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again,1 -168421,ought to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked .,1 -203450,is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation,1 -15268,blandly cinematic surgical examination,1 -176911,truly odd,2 -110190,The strength of the film,2 -93928,surprisingly brilliant,4 -109685,The cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .,0 -210042,radio,2 -79986,fine , nuanced,2 -88375,of a triumph,3 -87354,more than merely a Holocaust movie,3 -145100,Enough trivializes an important crisis,1 -165623,making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense,2 -171534,soggy Paris,1 -166926,nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .,1 -109735,The effort is sincere and the results are honest,3 -148686,So what is the point ?,0 -87336,more than adequately fills the eyes and,3 -148355,Russos,2 -24589,Altogether , this is successful as a film , while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece .,4 -179603,'s all gratuitous before long , as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story,1 -110395,Thewlis 's,2 -42246,its seriousness ,,3 -145395,Flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production,2 -84627,is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing,3 -95974,the kiddies,2 -191102,a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook,2 -2856,this is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few,1 -211667,single name,2 -92529,short 90 minutes,2 -204423,just a curiosity,2 -26378,Powers,2 -178379,will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks,2 -155570,bumping,2 -196358,cracked,2 -9770,poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .,4 -2923,to do,2 -7510,in which predictability,2 -104191,Although melodramatic and predictable,2 -40711,A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience,4 -12223,those are reasons enough to see it,3 -16389,its own grasp of the absurd,2 -83603,intoxicating fumes,2 -72658,a thoughtful what-if,3 -184590,I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but Lil Bow Wow takes the cake,0 -184150,Girlfriends are bad , wives are worse,1 -104037,A-list Brit actors,3 -194313,becomes long and tedious like a classroom,1 -135467,the good fight,3 -90058,part biography ,,2 -61408,( Allen ) manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .,3 -139947,will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .,3 -25302,Field of Dreams,4 -67836,Niro and Murphy,2 -63012,A fine ,,3 -133784,tabloid,1 -152572,a task,2 -174309,the most repellent things,2 -166731,next ? D . J,2 -217445,to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt,1 -113006,a way that verges on the amateurish,1 -227703,`` they '' looked like,2 -105876,Frank McKlusky C . I,2 -155193,beyond belief,2 -225824,Snow Dogs ' has both .,2 -203744,it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film,2 -123738,is a fascinating film,4 -47360,This flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .,4 -233616,make Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .,3 -86758,manages to squeeze by on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy,2 -134791,the aboriginal aspect,2 -87598,much needed kick,2 -75248,be considered career-best performances,4 -144771,Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but,2 -239188,you so crazy !,2 -170663,seen them a million times,1 -140768,you have to pay if you want to see it,3 -12121,this crude , this fast-paced and this insane,1 -36713,screen-eating dominatrixes,1 -70498,Tucker,2 -233858,might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies,1 -232282,is a film that 's neither .,1 -47726,Yorker,2 -57130,soap opera,1 -72422,a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable,2 -6412,farce,1 -100471,with brittle desperation,2 -1262,if you love him , you,3 -94378,than actual work,2 -224342,It is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished .,1 -59844,very compelling tale,3 -81166,go down in the annals of cinema,3 -136979,this journey,2 -213787,that of more recent successes such,3 -199611,from the 1970s,2 -203212,is never able to pull it back on course .,1 -117390,compromised and,3 -132853,solidly connect with one demographic while,3 -153777,archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance,2 -51291,envious,2 -67870,None of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?,3 -200206,great director,4 -231484,has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side .,3 -99191,urban humor,2 -199251,for kids or their parents,3 -101305,' ...,2 -213796,that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we,2 -93548,stop watching,1 -24142,... 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 .,4 -171928,startlingly,3 -63323,A respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain Trek films ... cross over to a more mainstream audience .,2 -235372,ride .,2 -228192,a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned,4 -152908,actor workshops,2 -35313,of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions,2 -18981,Is n't it great,3 -150031,There 's a solid woman - finding-herself story somewhere in here,2 -219425,whose pieces do not fit .,0 -186532,One Hour Photo lives,3 -176903,true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights,2 -133403,strikes a defiantly retro chord ,,2 -1635,losing my lunch,0 -150453,Too many improbabilities and,1 -46821,Stevenson 's book,2 -208453,on its eccentric characters,2 -151451,a case of the frights,2 -151583,a decent children 's movie,3 -14926,all other Best Picture contenders,3 -230547,enjoying this film,4 -159128,final dance work,2 -202516,is , we have no idea what in creation is going on,1 -135339,the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,4 -124311,is n't worth telling,1 -84979,it an,2 -83687,is , also , frequently hilarious .,3 -147054,Lacking gravitas , MacDowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine,1 -138939,veracity,3 -67461,Mary-Louise Parker,2 -227229,Writer \/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's,2 -194853,both Oscar winners ,,3 -174406,the nod to liven things up,2 -144104,Behind Enemy Lines,2 -122807,importa el talento,2 -226387,The only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them .,0 -192138,all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King,1 -51347,even marvels .,2 -235832,smaller one,2 -193758,at least during their '70s heyday ),2 -182308,American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature , but,2 -127251,moratorium,2 -163767,it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor,1 -66296,If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular .,4 -109292,Swept Away ' sinks .,0 -108357,Performances are potent ,,3 -143453,ABC Afterschool Special,2 -227834,a completely honest , open-hearted film,4 -163744,it comes to giving them something to do,2 -20131,both De Niro,2 -121937,have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed,2 -163484,is the sole bright spot,2 -70488,Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed,3 -132334,should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting .,3 -108131,Ohlinger 's on the level or merely,2 -190529,a few days,2 -85342,its own placid way,2 -159190,first-time screenwriter Paul Pender overloads it with sugary bits of business,2 -84384,is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film,4 -38773,the weaknesses of both genres , more,1 -185261,It could have been something special , but,2 -107434,Lifetime network,2 -67241,Like The Full Monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .,4 -193064,are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances,1 -229063,at the screen in frustration,1 -57333,steamy mix,2 -150188,This film is full of rabbits . Brimful . But,2 -88820,of perpetual pain,2 -220339,you to sleep,2 -235659,sharper , cleaner script,3 -188664,The sequel is everything the original was not :,3 -19955,are often infectious,3 -184843,If you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright,0 -172091,street-realist,2 -67046,Kissinger 's record,2 -69416,The camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm .,4 -146150,I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over .,0 -130547,prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget,1 -216928,to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency,2 -11172,the action switches between past and present , but,2 -182912,Bring it On,2 -92747,sixties-style,2 -102126,( Roman Coppola ),2 -33373,is far less sadistic than usual,2 -153572,and it is n't that funny,1 -34246,loving family,4 -237051,the main character suggests , ` what if,2 -149478,The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable,3 -200995,heavy stench,1 -82958,in his audience,2 -84258,is grand-scale,3 -84199,is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier,2 -139760,who have not read the book,2 -177822,wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks,1 -2298,sit,2 -17145,science to make it count as educational,2 -51118,elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother,3 -177119,undercut by amateurish execution,1 -229056,at the absurdities and inconsistencies,1 -199720,gadgets and whirling fight sequences,2 -77037,committed to film .,2 -192375,ame,2 -166405,movie time trip,2 -95619,the film 's saving graces,3 -186485,Notorious C . H . O . still,2 -11814,the refugees,2 -211580,shtick and sentimentality,1 -157553,disconnects,1 -119541,explains,2 -99088,unnoticed and underappreciated,1 -96963,the utter authority,2 -10958,takes big bloody chomps out,1 -102000,'s worth ,,3 -49678,best case,3 -58757,the strafings,2 -146993,Kate and,2 -54043,just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving,4 -201570,if standard issue,2 -117991,deliberate,2 -29820,but it 's a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations .,3 -14810,a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure,4 -207797,of incident,2 -77050,como,2 -147271,Ludicrous ',1 -22530,to miss,2 -157523,directs a morality thriller .,2 -225180,Northern Ireland,2 -237097,the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .,3 -115115,assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic ,,4 -119873,feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life,1 -37330,sticks much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did,3 -179498,'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground,0 -83461,intelligent subtlety,3 -130177,personal identity,2 -68306,Quiet American '',2 -113549,airy cinematic bon bons,3 -51497,fame .,2 -137240,thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine,1 -14305,Ms . Fulford-Wierzbicki,2 -141268,'s better than The Phantom Menace .,3 -89584,one man 's quest to be president,2 -165409,made 40 years ago,1 -214349,the contest,2 -195200,by some of that extensive post-production,2 -193989,band performances,2 -200299,guns , expensive cars,2 -199716,fuzzy and,2 -22890,wry humor,3 -177474,victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '' syndrome,1 -1818,nearly,2 -157779,does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .,1 -105317,David 's point of view,2 -222959,City by the Sea is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving,2 -206471,more than four,3 -69394,The asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of Jia with his family .,4 -44978,Creepy , authentic and dark . This disturbing bio-pic is hard to forget .,2 -131682,run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,1 -80707,frustrating yet,1 -49476,baroque beauty,3 -178508,with a nice vomit bath at his wedding,1 -141816,( Stevens is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .,1 -103204,... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .,3 -27539,a frighteningly capable debut,3 -194302,becomes a ravishing waif,2 -7386,implicit,2 -226422,The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject .,2 -193932,bad action movie,0 -123862,is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units,2 -14161,It 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .,3 -165179,long string,2 -223792,I enjoyed it enough to recommend,3 -39133,to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even,3 -210068,ransacks,1 -238081,torture device .,1 -174862,the talk-show guest,2 -50959,does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve,1 -223116,Despite bearing the Paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement European pickup .,0 -175984,to become cinematic poetry,3 -122987,in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion,1 -131937,see what all the fuss is about,2 -238077,too-frosty exterior,1 -76725,cinematic appeal,3 -7140,highly recommended viewing,3 -22989,'em,2 -96959,the usual fantasies Hollywood produces,2 -178077,when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED,1 -173729,the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac,2 -12506,too many '' serious issues,1 -166226,more self-absorbed women than the mother and,1 -16444,life close,2 -5543,chills,2 -36902,sheer,2 -85123,it seems intended to be,2 -22347,the same magical quality,3 -45242,Filled,2 -136842,think of it,2 -101696,'s hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter,1 -52437,has the punch of a good sitcom ,,3 -5430,canadian,2 -211672,sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long,1 -57157,some contrived banter,2 -165671,many of the characters,2 -213348,than ` Silence of the Lambs ' better than ` Hannibal ',2 -135381,the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept,3 -139731,who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish,2 -146493,It 's got its heart in the right place , but it also wilts after awhile .,2 -3694,a computer,2 -100427,with a series of riveting set pieces,4 -234000,much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , Hopkins looks like a drag queen,1 -190777,a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength,4 -45548,I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on,2 -159366,for a movie titled '' Glory,2 -192573,an iceberg,2 -170509,secularists , who might even praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic,3 -45639,Ilya,2 -113029,a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent,3 -210640,rote drivel,1 -64530,Bubba Ho-Tep 's,2 -139313,watchable .,3 -3083,wedding,2 -36867,shake up the formula and make it more interesting .,3 -73961,an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by,3 -28997,appalled,0 -62493,-- not the first , by the way --,1 -229409,bites hard .,1 -2044,played,2 -47381,This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen ,,1 -25200,El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .,3 -64356,Big Trouble '',2 -108894,Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski 's The Pianist , but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high,4 -134130,thanks to the actors,3 -213444,than this hastily dubbed disaster,0 -172949,that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors,1 -131512,revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema,2 -88088,nutty,2 -184957,Interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of Carmen,3 -124596,is terrific ,,4 -155207,big , dumb action movie,1 -112002,a gentle , unforced intimacy,3 -148614,Sit,2 -226388,The only fun part of the movie,1 -111359,You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but,2 -3659,a cockamamie,2 -178459,wit and invention,3 -168306,only sporadically amusing,1 -51957,from the heart,2 -129627,only a genius,1 -1083,go too much,2 -131923,see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries,2 -91167,reaching for something just outside his grasp,2 -90856,publicity department,2 -30538,cultural history of the best kind : informative , revealing and richly entertaining,4 -222899,Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for ...,2 -218608,wackiness,3 -163778,it ends by blowing just about everything up,1 -106402,I 've seen ` jackass : the movie,2 -70451,Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies,3 -147938,Only a few minutes,2 -177596,want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen,1 -222713,But , no , we get another scene , and then another .,2 -121221,glorious , gaudy benefit,4 -151427,a bunch of talented thesps,3 -3636,a chatty black,2 -166601,need 117 minutes,2 -136512,the very definition,2 -39323,to the greatest generation,3 -68817,Skins has a desolate air , but Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,4 -75806,boom-bam,2 -53478,is generous and deep,4 -95532,the end of its title,2 -117148,colorful , semimusical,3 -41696,cat and,3 -238834,with Antonio Banderas,2 -105307,Daring and beautifully made,4 -191186,a reasonable degree,3 -205004,like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story .,0 -189297,Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but,2 -129456,on the screen , just for them,2 -110967,We 've liked Klein 's other work but Rollerball left us cold,1 -77749,dazzling . They just do n't work in concert,2 -211903,so aggressively anti-erotic,1 -24440,A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale,4 -48855,amuse even,3 -42379,mostly intelligent , engrossing and,4 -40523,yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies,3 -57074,small-scale,2 -72698,a tragedy,1 -72009,a more measured or polished production ever could,3 -94124,take this picture,2 -41097,Nearly surreal ,,3 -95021,the Duke something,2 -109264,Suge,2 -213583,that claims so many lives around her,2 -26362,Piper Perabo in what,1 -9983,raises,2 -59221,to document rural French school life,2 -205117,like three hours,2 -96626,the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection,3 -117366,completist 's,2 -57733,that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings,2 -175678,thriller as impersonal in its relentlessness,2 -206109,might be lured in by Julia Roberts,2 -51666,filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters,3 -85894,lending the narrative,2 -148832,Star Trek : Nemesis meekly goes where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before . Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty .,0 -115787,begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents,0 -133246,started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted,2 -230599,even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic,4 -71395,a chuckle,3 -39336,to the question of Joan 's madness,2 -89108,of the work,2 -74110,another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix,3 -156818,convinces as an Italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones .,2 -199079,fluff . Nor,2 -160602,has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon .,2 -156890,could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away,0 -46917,The Importance of Being Earnest,3 -21260,lyrical,2 -69824,The picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance . It 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .,4 -116829,chaotic insanity,1 -28515,and artfully,3 -196608,deadpan comedy and heartbreaking,2 -7731,is just surreal enough to be diverting,2 -116308,burst across America 's winter movie screens,2 -28144,adventure show,3 -56387,rare treat,3 -22472,timely and invaluable,3 -18745,Bridget,2 -204221,its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action,0 -235039,predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy,1 -209582,postcard perfect,3 -109985,The movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .,1 -133469,stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .,2 -192928,any redeeming value,2 -177399,various sources,3 -125760,larky chase movie,2 -18532,. Here , thankfully,2 -177395,vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends,0 -18378,, but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .,3 -158264,energetic musicals,3 -184115,Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy,1 -173681,the course of 80 minutes,2 -47276,The vistas,2 -117730,criticism,1 -9122,not all,1 -231342,had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned,2 -36989,sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will,2 -237259,the theatre Roger,2 -102735,, naturally dramatic,3 -96950,the unusual power,3 -238086,totally disorientated,1 -168625,painfully leaden film,1 -54742,milieu,2 -39625,unfinished story,1 -100094,who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him,4 -90046,parapsychological phenomena,2 -114626,are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable,1 -435,arc,2 -235668,shifting tone,2 -36523,resonate with singles of many ages,3 -226418,The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable,3 -138038,todos y cada uno,2 -77185,conflicted Daniel,2 -67064,Koury,2 -111888,a few cute moments,3 -9798,powerful ,,4 -46801,Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn ,,2 -180787,, look at that clever angle ! Wow , a jump cut !,1 -27109,Unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such ` Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies as Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar,3 -90104,passionate , tumultuous affair,3 -201500,ideas . But seriously,2 -74727,as it would have been with this premise,2 -212745,stupid ? '' Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot,1 -115381,bang-bang,2 -123975,is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .,4 -4943,at the start,2 -156083,casting for the role,3 -38873,these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece,3 -150294,This pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend,2 -189081,This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now .,2 -95541,the energetic frontman,3 -41549,an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture,3 -103182,... Myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs ...,2 -193803,at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale,2 -53975,its script is not,1 -104999,Carrying off,2 -98846,two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral,1 -77580,crime expertly,1 -118794,durable part,2 -11024,than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor,2 -27231,Wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .,3 -35867,overt self-awareness,3 -65574,For Martin,2 -149810,The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor,2 -81496,had unlimited access to families and church meetings,2 -213958,that you 'd swear you,2 -199878,gets chills from movies with giant plot holes,1 -225677,Safe Conduct '' ),2 -221637,, this is even better than The Fellowship .,3 -98715,true wonder,3 -143639,Allodi and,2 -154659,be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous,2 -180936,, starving and untalented,1 -229839,clears the cynicism right out of you .,3 -206655,much about what 's going on,2 -70118,There are n't many conclusive answers in the film ,,1 -192135,all I sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them . Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .,3 -229498,but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice,2 -173369,the Future,2 -220909,'s no scene that screams `` bathroom break,3 -183396,Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago ,,2 -127994,no fantasy story and,2 -122721,if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication,1 -154742,be funny or,2 -179803,'s just merely very bad,0 -105159,Colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical,4 -93286,specimen,2 -167762,of the boat 's malediction,2 -6546,focusing on the what much more than the why .,2 -156673,concept comedy,2 -172133,structure and staging,2 -17964,very strong,3 -220062,would be easy for critics to shred it .,1 -111986,a gangster flick or,2 -104648,Beard,2 -209443,plotted and,2 -170947,should be sincere,2 -66500,It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture ,,3 -66647,It 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . If only it had the story to match .,2 -63768,Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events,2 -83991,is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history,3 -41813,do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience,3 -95444,the demented mind,1 -6466,fessenden,2 -155594,burning to tell a war story,2 -193253,arguments , schemes and,2 -71642,a figure,2 -144842,Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over,1 -221687,, you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .,1 -173901,the film ended,2 -55267,of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three,2 -104334,An indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people,3 -104596,B-movie scum,0 -151596,a deficit,1 -98405,to this doc,2 -24249,: the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .,4 -26252,Noyce films it more as a shocking history lesson than as drama .,2 -195659,childlike dimness and,0 -51832,for the tenor of the times,2 -179441,'re interested in Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid,2 -185229,It 's the kind of movie that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .,4 -120555,forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,1 -124393,is one carried by a strong sense of humanism,3 -128325,of Ghost,2 -127885,never growing old . Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100,3 -7811,is the way,2 -207302,numbingly dull,0 -114686,are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us .,3 -163257,is quite like calling a dog stupid,1 -127615,much like a fragment of an underdone potato,1 -64019,Apart from its own considerable achievement , Metropolis confirms Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence on the animé tradition and its defining philosophical conscience .,2 -183317,Death might be a release .,1 -82450,horror , seu pincel .,2 -225349,Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic,2 -159269,flows as naturally,3 -111197,With an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , Hélène Angel is definitely a director to watch .,4 -113831,among the poor,2 -7331,if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong,2 -4582,an 88-minute,2 -29799,but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works,2 -9977,rabbits . brimful .,2 -236182,surprisingly serviceable,3 -54297,little tale,2 -57730,that Parker displays in freshening the play,3 -13153,with morality,3 -217311,to see how far Herzog has fallen,1 -19419,While this film is not in the least surprising,2 -189661,Whether Quitting will prove absorbing to American audiences,3 -156556,comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',0 -204666,lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies,1 -238161,twisted metal , fireballs and revenge,2 -62400,, violent , self-indulgent and maddening,1 -125490,just about more stately,2 -63629,Academy Awards,2 -213483,that 's held,2 -81348,gratuitous cinematic distractions,3 -179589,'s absolutely amazing,4 -19921,anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke,2 -132711,so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls,2 -17944,urban comedy ',3 -212567,stiflingly,1 -144957,Dot Com '',2 -165152,lock,2 -33913,just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair,4 -53607,is sensational and revelatory ,,4 -88302,of a beautifully sung holiday carol,3 -60168,who love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie,3 -161952,in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile,0 -65932,Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S .,3 -183284,David Kendall,2 -175644,thought-provoking potential,3 -55158,o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória,3 -119773,far more meaningful,3 -148236,Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez,2 -56250,provocative film,3 -98150,to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum,1 -48744,alienate either gender in the audience,2 -148561,Shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors,0 -211569,shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .,0 -30693,delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion,2 -139482,well-shaped,2 -190876,a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes,1 -144173,Blackboards,2 -70726,Weaver and LaPaglia,2 -160743,has taken promising material for a black comedy,2 -2904,time out,2 -183534,Does n't add up to much,1 -119713,falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting,0 -210702,rushed to the megaplexes,1 -191029,a neat twist ,,3 -55747,on our toes,2 -140232,with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,4 -181124,, while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing,4 -194672,biting into it,2 -43546,, but it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories .,1 -149768,The problem with concept films,2 -146470,It 's difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing --,1 -123260,in which you can release your pent up anger,2 -53946,its mark,2 -191306,a serious contender for the title,3 -155199,beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment,3 -109757,The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest,2 -138387,truly funny,4 -133131,splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us .,3 -87046,mere 84 minutes,2 -140188,with most intelligent viewers,3 -77117,complicated relationships,2 -5570,claims,2 -182001,A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative,0 -36981,since , well , Performance,3 -212481,stare and sniffle,1 -177548,wading pool,2 -14379,Planet,2 -71105,Yong,2 -85298,its less conspicuous writing strength,2 -1705,masterful performances,4 -136697,them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults,2 -237676,tiresome as 9,1 -1050,furiously ,,1 -201709,in 1938,2 -185576,Karen Black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named Dirty Dick,2 -58997,this gut-buster,3 -103586,A film with a great premise but only a great premise .,3 -230734,fascinating than the results,3 -181625,A distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and,2 -158912,feel more like a non-stop cry for attention,1 -70258,This is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .,4 -113352,actor Raymond J . Barry,2 -174516,the performers,2 -212932,supermarket,2 -204589,know a movie must have a story and a script ?,2 -123194,in the thin soup of canned humor,1 -63718,Allen ),2 -197148,diverting and modest,3 -139732,who can out-bad-act the other,1 -144144,Bible-study groups,2 -204175,its doe-eyed Crudup,2 -217258,to please the eye,2 -110456,This heist flick about young Brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper . It should have stayed there .,0 -225973,Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .,4 -66546,It 's crafty , energetic and smart,4 -142222,, if irritating ,,1 -39136,to be simple,2 -191334,a single good film,3 -45296,Franz,2 -215424,the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,1 -238358,wait a second,2 -11139,that tries hard to make the most of a bumper,2 -73452,all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas,3 -13284,writer-director david jacobson and his star ,,2 -100558,with moments out of an Alice,2 -90691,probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year,4 -76218,by the end of the flick,2 -756,david mamet 's airless,1 -224216,It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but,0 -106823,It 's a very valuable film ...,4 -236688,the `` Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks,2 -220003,world-at-large,2 -69874,The riveting performances,3 -96800,the subculture of extreme athletes,2 -62534,. The Ring,2 -35944,peeved,1 -12654,undercut by the voice of the star of road trip,2 -59896,visually dazzling,4 -198398,extensive use,2 -54282,listening to movies,2 -133845,takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion,2 -56208,problemas,2 -69625,The genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .,4 -98687,tremendous piece,3 -75135,bad way,1 -119276,especially charm,3 -151743,a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel,1 -189796,With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller,2 -211206,self-styled athletes,2 -29133,as Helene Weigel , his wife,2 -149942,The title not only describes its main characters , but,2 -102478,, deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .,3 -48228,a natural sense,2 -10642,sound,2 -145421,For all its surface frenzy , High Crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .,1 -181447,8-year-old,2 -117676,create and sustain a mood,3 -2019,people to pay to see it,2 -70387,Thumbs,2 -73346,aid,2 -142969,? Yes . Did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray .,2 -86795,many ways the perfect festival film,3 -26802,The film 's sharp , often mischievous sense of humor will catch some off guard ...,3 -37817,that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world,3 -81353,great actors hamming it up,3 -110992,Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but,2 -16027,his blessing to,3 -52009,funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full,4 -142416,, rusty ship,1 -213736,that its,2 -92437,shame Americans ,,1 -90441,point of view,2 -22845,with this movie - despite its myriad flaws,1 -78965,ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,3 -222163,About half of them,2 -44280,A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war criminal,2 -49406,at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State,2 -137187,three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female,3 -126237,little more dramatic,3 -55974,pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still , Myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail,3 -232417,is best described as lukewarm .,1 -13474,'s so clever you want to hate it,3 -198737,feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .,0 -164350,just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style,0 -174073,the heavy breathing between the two artists,2 -138535,unaffected style,3 -124656,is the best Star Trek movie in a long time .,4 -84323,is ingenious fun . See it,4 -148547,Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune ,,2 -193265,around this movie directionless,1 -122703,if only,2 -202682,is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive .,1 -142745,. Montias,2 -24071,-- one that pushes the boundaries of biography , and challenges its audience .,3 -134096,than listening to a four-year-old,2 -24533,Accorsi,2 -61922,, great to look at,3 -186294,Neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . Still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .,2 -93417,stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy,3 -223972,If you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else .,3 -207689,of decent gags,3 -207890,of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense,2 -100911,would become '' the punk kids ' revolution,2 -146868,Jerry Bruckheimer production,2 -214911,the lack of climax and , worst of all,1 -136429,the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid,1 -17054,realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved .,2 -44872,Chaiken,2 -101160,you not to believe it,2 -207311,objective sense,2 -123082,in reduced circumstances,2 -218365,uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows,3 -193839,attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design,1 -134522,that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars,2 -21702,penetrates,2 -71466,a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic ,,3 -197569,drung,2 -98895,un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas,2 -111267,Worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .,3 -214754,the guitar,2 -197523,dreams ,,3 -186085,Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp,1 -46741,Simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , The Last Kiss is really all about performances .,3 -211973,so much better,2 -144808,Despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable,1 -135770,the most multilayered and sympathetic female,3 -177398,various levels of reality,2 -6322,exciting on the field and a story you,3 -157732,does little here,1 -54089,kids and,2 -89712,open the door,2 -150888,When the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails .,1 -133792,tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry,1 -205900,matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks,2 -211621,simple fact,2 -172744,than corruscating commentary,3 -218149,understands the need for the bad boy,2 -5750,convoluted,0 -124203,is light , innocuous and unremarkable,0 -110277,There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but Brooms is n't it .,1 -86687,making '' Die Another Day '',2 -93382,squeeze his story,2 -211051,seem to get anywhere near the story 's center,1 -235608,sequel opening,2 -72015,a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity,3 -163522,is too forced and overwritten,0 -136972,this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen .,3 -60652,'' Me Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .,3 -105921,Full of detail about the man and his country,2 -54974,must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks,3 -158240,ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but,3 -212251,sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise,0 -182684,Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .,0 -9920,put,2 -49207,are watching them,2 -195810,close to pro-Serb propaganda .,1 -38305,the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds,4 -97407,this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .,3 -111955,a fresh approach,3 -220768,'s as good,3 -237780,to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment,0 -80590,from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor,4 -122499,hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated,3 -235768,since `` Saving Private Ryan,2 -59652,underneath,2 -10546,snapshots of memory,2 -66699,It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .,3 -97896,to be a New Yorker -- or , really ,,2 -167768,of the contemporary post-colonialist consciousness that Kapur tries to bring to The Four Feathers,2 -209359,played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even Freeman ca n't save it,0 -38739,the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik,3 -157693,do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel,1 -38106,the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends,3 -2303,skip to another review,1 -120198,fixated,2 -74358,are less than adorable,0 -189916,You 'll cry for your money back .,0 -40767,An original gem about an obsession,4 -8609,make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection,2 -234123,no character ,,0 -228000,a lower I.Q.,0 -42989,were n't,2 -66506,It 's a solid movie about people whose lives are anything but .,3 -72044,a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments,3 -114025,an excellent 90-minute film,4 -226924,W. Bush,2 -217094,to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach,2 -227086,When it 's all wet , Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .,4 -175385,this film alone,2 -77961,delves,2 -134617,that verges on the amateurish,1 -195134,by accident,2 -32490,high literary aspirations,3 -193402,as appalling as any ` comedy ',0 -106973,It 's the type of stunt the Academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film .,2 -48902,an assurance worthy,3 -90728,profound and,3 -174211,the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,3 -10089,remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written,3 -94344,terror by suggestion,2 -69814,The performances of the children , untrained in acting,1 -183821,Exploring value choices,2 -205623,mainly unfunny,1 -41187,Sensitive ,,3 -47290,The volatile dynamics,2 -30407,conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love,3 -81786,has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age .,4 -61800,, brisk delight,3 -219753,with his talent,3 -84792,is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation,3 -93416,stand tall,3 -163991,its bad-luck timing,1 -164065,its lack of whistles and bells,2 -45078,Dirty Deeds,2 -235864,so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost,1 -24638,An incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams .,3 -42418,on a 10-inch television screen or,2 -20844,ideological ship,2 -231521,hate this one,0 -73368,aliens come to Earth ),2 -127904,never seems aware of his own coolness,3 -226416,The period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No. 1 , but falls apart long before the end .,1 -27150,Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .,4 -158003,dry land,2 -187555,Stays,2 -11454,the gags,2 -151479,a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .,1 -57118,so often,2 -84475,is not a movie about an inhuman monster,2 -19911,anti-date movie,1 -143410,A very average science fiction film .,1 -169423,provoke shocked laughter,3 -175534,this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins,0 -57815,that it 's based on true events,2 -18775,Castro,1 -55586,of the male midlife crisis,2 -200013,go about their daily activities,2 -43553,, but your ego,1 -59551,true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya,3 -200434,hard to care,1 -71969,a melodrama,2 -137093,this world,2 -233078,it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything,0 -72164,a powerful though flawed movie,2 -178774,woods ',2 -5780,court house of life type of flick,2 -3374,'s still pretty tasty,3 -71970,a melodrama narrated by talking fish,2 -63593,A work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry,4 -136090,the quick emotional connections,2 -97666,three-dimensional,2 -62942,A different movie,2 -729,conventional,2 -183813,Excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic,0 -65159,Doug Pray 's Scratch,2 -187912,The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy,0 -222732,But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still .,2 -158616,executed in a manner that I 'm not sure,2 -51617,few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works,3 -134453,that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit,3 -111276,Writer-director David Jacobson and,3 -105595,Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made,1 -211752,sky,2 -227518,`` Jackass '' fan,2 -183697,Enter the Fist is hilarious,4 -70308,This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun .,3 -53674,is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi .,2 -115469,be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine,2 -38818,their moments,2 -104967,Cal,2 -70203,This in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .,3 -151371,a big ole ',2 -47761,\ \/ several warp speeds \ \/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful Insurrection . Which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors,2 -150187,This film is full of rabbits . Brimful .,2 -206881,needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .,2 -76971,comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case,3 -42500,pushes the boundaries of biography , and,2 -56664,run through its otherwise comic narrative,2 -151688,a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up,2 -82321,his smooth , shrewd , powerful act,4 -44885,Chaplin,2 -196770,deposited,2 -70108,There are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe : we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why,3 -110340,There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but,2 -101775,'s no doubting,2 -216324,this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser,2 -12590,turgid,1 -86482,made up,2 -211818,slow , predictable and not very amusing,0 -24303,A coda in every sense , The Pinochet Case,2 -207762,of hell,1 -45837,It will not appeal to the impatient,1 -230291,do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .,2 -138175,toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater .,2 -114487,appeal to Asian cult cinema fans,3 -125953,lies ...,1 -62610,... this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .,4 -53516,is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences ,,1 -94312,tense with suspense . The Ring,2 -82971,in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him,3 -38833,their ugly heads,1 -222418,Art Thou,2 -10950,takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker .,2 -103747,A muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms .,0 -197273,does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this,1 -227060,What sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .,3 -106476,I have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .,0 -29682,both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city,3 -166975,not only manufactured , but also,1 -135904,the one-hour mark,2 -161106,her kids,2 -192569,an hour and twenty-some minutes,2 -53785,it ca n't be dismissed as mindless,3 -156134,change titles or distributors again,2 -200213,great past,3 -199286,for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try,2 -72336,a screen adaptation,2 -93131,some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance,3 -180768,, its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .,1 -99806,well-crafted film,4 -25998,Lit,2 -111787,a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture,4 -16298,it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible,4 -13604,, it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior ,,3 -216038,their shallow styles,1 -92239,self-destructive,2 -73603,amusing , sad and reflective,3 -38196,the fear,2 -173796,the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan,2 -169261,pretty mediocre,1 -97178,them verge,2 -158028,dull , ridiculous attempt,0 -183282,David Fincher and writer David Koepp,2 -221682,, will you be shocked .,2 -234950,pizza,2 -115930,betters,2 -173058,that is revelatory,3 -35067,odd ,,2 -191968,add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff,0 -117107,closing bout,2 -140066,with a hint of humor,2 -90297,pieces of the famous director 's life,3 -54654,may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless,3 -172068,strain credibility,1 -108680,Romantic , riveting and handsomely,4 -56809,seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants .,2 -149742,The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset,1 -175261,thing to fear about '' Fear Dot Com '',2 -43024,with wry humor and genuine pathos,3 -8310,knew,2 -111994,a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago,1 -214580,the film , while it 's not completely wreaked ,,1 -86970,meaningless activity,2 -204839,leftovers,3 -116168,brass and back-stabbing babes,2 -163061,is n't an adaptation of a novel .,2 -199044,flavorless,1 -234311,of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ),2 -28218,all-ages triumph,3 -147369,Mattel,3 -41613,at once flaky and resonant , lightweight,2 -189922,You Did Last Winter,2 -137378,to and with each other,2 -167679,of said behavior,2 -108879,Shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams,1 -92842,slow , painful healing process,1 -179645,'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness,2 -217117,to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133,2 -17978,walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen,3 -131348,renowned filmmaker,3 -67040,Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again .,4 -16419,kids about the dangers of drugs,2 -99363,very real,3 -129027,of the film 's problems,1 -135829,the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs,1 -31180,enveloping,2 -147386,Maybe it 's asking too much,1 -117177,come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop,2 -63855,An eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .,4 -47558,Warren Report,2 -203656,is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .,1 -210784,satisfactory .,3 -208817,other times as bland as a block of snow,1 -227460,`` Crossroads '' instead,2 -188421,The movie is a little tired,1 -86565,make it as much fun,4 -170014,reputations,2 -188706,The story has little wit and no surprises .,1 -59986,we return,2 -155887,caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy,1 -9303,of lightness,2 -136988,this loose collection,2 -70786,What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn,2 -34958,not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .,3 -113961,an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality,2 -238287,use the word `` new '' in its title,2 -143920,As the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role,2 -179558,'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title,1 -197420,done in half an hour,2 -235529,see when you do n't want to use your brain,2 -183366,Despite Hoffman 's best efforts , Wilson remains a silent , lumpish cipher : his encounters reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before,1 -119080,enervating,1 -159688,from The Sixth Sense,2 -39475,truffle,2 -233151,its kind since ` Brazil,2 -229493,burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed,0 -27743,a precious twinkle of insight into their lives,3 -30659,delicacy,2 -7013,hate yourself,0 -126032,like The Hours as an alternative,3 -35251,of fresh air,3 -143556,Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay for the credits,2 -116763,casual intelligence,2 -223811,I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy,1 -48136,a lesson,2 -204195,its filmmakers,2 -199246,for intelligibility,3 -53637,is still worth hearing .,3 -11476,the good,2 -205003,like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story,2 -213676,that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain,1 -11904,the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile,0 -28932,animated film,2 -13620,, partly because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd .,2 -135434,the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise,3 -178110,where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living,2 -41772,delight newcomers,3 -54286,literate French comedy,3 -72029,a movie career,2 -177156,undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts,1 -190080,a Jackie Chan movie,3 -190294,a church , synagogue or temple,2 -210563,right by it,2 -130385,pokes ,,2 -110309,There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted,1 -155977,can rent a pedigree instead,1 -156118,cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging,1 -142868,1934,2 -68169,Peppering this urban study with references to Norwegian folktales,2 -216089,there 's,2 -156337,clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination,0 -114256,and middle passages,2 -198341,expected to have characters and a storyline,2 -54100,kind of,2 -67670,Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .,4 -33042,inexorably,2 -222015,A good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold .,3 -214643,the final day,2 -29446,beat-charged urban western,3 -114438,any shoddy product,1 -18407,, especially considering his background is in music video .,2 -98873,typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom,2 -224436,J.M. Barrie 's,2 -15069,and psychologically resonant,3 -146131,I thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers .,1 -227148,Why ,,2 -216048,their way around this movie directionless ,,1 -11199,the bad,1 -84108,is consistently amusing and engrossing,4 -114477,apex,2 -50205,classic whale 's,2 -173818,the entire project,2 -222660,Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ?,3 -69356,The Scorpion King more than ably meets those standards,3 -234413,of dynamite,3 -227962,a high-tech tux,2 -60545,you 've seen .,2 -41887,experience it,3 -161502,however engaging,3 -199092,fogging up the screen,2 -203984,it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots,1 -27747,a probe,2 -83331,infuse,2 -97171,their version of The Quiet American,2 -190484,a driver 's license,2 -65407,Every moment crackles with tension , and,3 -64636,Carol,2 -112184,a lack of traditional action,1 -124038,is far more concerned with aggrandizing madness , not the man,2 -94388,than anything represented in a Hollywood film,2 -73335,agreeably startling use,2 -128004,no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos,2 -81443,guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters,3 -37727,thanks to two appealing lead performances,4 -97771,timeless and universal tale,4 -107025,It is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film .,0 -45184,Every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated ,,3 -30990,easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others,4 -84783,is tuned in to its community,3 -130870,puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny,1 -160169,go on,2 -160337,great human truths,3 -232352,is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn .,3 -156003,can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive ? ',1 -142419,, self-indulgent,2 -91943,say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out,2 -203230,is no doubt true ,,2 -102385,, and motorcycles,3 -1630,look too deep,2 -152073,a modern context,2 -148459,Scotland , PA . blurs the line between black comedy and black hole .,1 -80125,flinch,2 -8186,janice beard,2 -109684,The cumulative effect of the movie,2 -121205,glamour and sleaze,2 -225122,Newcomer helmer Kevin Donovan,2 -151945,a lead actress,2 -106920,It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but,2 -166022,misguided , and ill-informed,2 -100106,who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth,2 -226788,Too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances , it 's not a total loss .,3 -135878,the nightmare of war,1 -150498,Trekkie loyalty,3 -158906,feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .,2 -117122,clunker,1 -38397,the man 's,2 -105401,Deuces Wild,2 -109061,Some of the computer animation is handsome , and various amusing sidekicks add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale ,,3 -230762,feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .,3 -143929,As written by Michael Berg and Michael J . Wilson from a story by Wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .,1 -156528,come off too amateurish and awkward,1 -64978,Definitely worth,3 -20691,green-guts monster movies go,2 -89986,own staggeringly unoriginal terms,0 -96022,the legacy,2 -26928,The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --,4 -233702,makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose,3 -229466,bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .,3 -75667,big , tender hug,4 -141442,'s no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .,1 -176608,too dull and pretentious to be engaging,1 -37323,stepping in for Bruce Willis ,,2 -105576,Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness , but Thirteen Conversations About One Thing , for all its generosity and optimism , never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments,2 -200506,has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone .,1 -50299,coming-of-age genre,2 -135046,the conspiracies,2 -229088,avoids the obvious with humour and lightness,2 -231780,hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff,4 -229028,at Sydney 's Darling Harbour,2 -235981,spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but,2 -179029,yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies,1 -169096,poses is not ` Who ? ',2 -33909,just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory,4 -163062,is n't any funnier,2 -208456,on its own ludicrous terms,2 -186903,Represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror genre .,2 -239031,would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway,3 -115193,at serious horror,2 -230928,for many of us , that 's good enough .,2 -166256,more than a few faces,2 -42984,well and,2 -93304,spends a bit,2 -72688,a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression,2 -22288,the ideas,2 -24611,An elegant,4 -170905,short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material,1 -166752,nine sequels and,2 -107222,Jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .,4 -48755,all fairness,2 -200616,has no point,1 -82399,holds up well after two decades,3 -132275,sheer dumbness,0 -162145,indicative of his , if you will ,,2 -228822,are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ),3 -29757,broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject,3 -168890,pitcher,2 -85329,its old-hat set-up and,1 -44308,A thoroughly entertaining comedy that,4 -216403,this is a film for the under-7 crowd . But it would be better to wait for the video . And a very rainy day,1 -214821,the idea of narrative logic or cohesion,2 -32497,higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies,3 -63704,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 .,3 -163974,its Australian counterpart,2 -193573,as sorry,2 -58034,the balance,2 -106230,Highlighted,3 -133614,suit,2 -164268,jump out of our seats,3 -142880,1982 film,2 -128195,now we 've got something pretty damn close,3 -174331,the movie begins,2 -30102,characterizing,2 -183550,Does not,2 -16489,look at,2 -135003,the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s,1 -140998,'ll probably like Rollerball .,2 -200176,grab your kids and run and,2 -51269,enterprise,2 -1585,left an acrid test,1 -221686,, yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .,3 -194099,be called animation,3 -33730,it was more than two centuries ago,2 -46879,Tatou,2 -47946,a delightful blend,3 -99730,we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,2 -91975,scenes and,2 -233250,kept thinking over and over again,2 -231909,imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial,3 -182384,An empty , purposeless,0 -41001,It 's predictable , but,2 -237068,the most inventive,3 -107030,It looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .,0 -53827,it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and,3 -28091,acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound,2 -2074,presence,2 -78461,does n't offer any easy answers .,3 -153149,all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha,1 -101685,'s far from being this generation 's Animal House,2 -201701,improvise and,2 -182466,Animal House .,2 -200054,goes nowhere,2 -152882,acting skills,2 -169063,poorly cast , but beautifully shot .,2 -168647,pandering middle-age,1 -72154,a potent chemistry,3 -33855,its soccer action,2 -91964,scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice .,4 -74856,asking questions,2 -171454,so much bad,2 -70840,Whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV,2 -52089,get made-up and,3 -174375,the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false,1 -199530,from Elfriede Jelinek 's novel,2 -137708,to light,3 -218592,vivacious,3 -90187,perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .,3 -103649,A highly personal,2 -227195,With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger,2 -138641,underworld urban angst,2 -112149,a huge action sequence,3 -190237,a bunch of Allied soldiers,2 -105468,Directors John Musker and Ron Clements , the team behind The Little Mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy,3 -217867,trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement,2 -19075,Michele,2 -51145,emerges as his most vital work since GoodFellas,4 -78623,dreams and,2 -79097,ensure,2 -169446,puffery with a sour cliche and heavy doses of mean-spiritedness,1 -215014,the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence,1 -23041,'s a bit smug and repetitive,1 -98996,undeserving,2 -61815,, but what it needs,2 -4596,an acting,2 -62134,, oozing , chilling and heart-warming,3 -90247,philosophical conscience,2 -180238,( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic,1 -205134,likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned,2 -151530,a competent enough filmmaker,3 -36425,refreshing change,3 -204876,less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates,1 -193160,are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end,2 -17526,the embers,2 -8181,james eric , james horton and,2 -53915,its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia ,,1 -111193,With a tone as variable as the cinematography , Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .,1 -80711,fulfill its own ambitious goals,3 -61552,( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !,3 -86272,look easy ,,2 -103396,A 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .,0 -44318,A touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care,3 -115911,better films,1 -111871,a fascinating character 's,3 -76844,clouds,2 -237749,to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,3 -189817,Wobbly Senegalese,2 -96598,the rope,2 -102043,( '' Laissez-passer '' ),2 -86616,makes Michael Jordan jealous,2 -189305,Two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .,3 -171968,sterility to match its outer space setting,2 -7749,is n't particularly assaultive,1 -2863,this is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't ... well , skip to another review .,2 -87681,mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense ,,4 -20848,if not a pleasure in its own right,3 -34684,moved to tears by a couple of scenes,4 -199164,for a film , and such a stultifying ,,2 -121537,had more to do with imagination than market research,3 -93233,sounds and images,2 -18727,Bennett,2 -206277,modern L . A,2 -1639,loud,2 -146914,John Waters and,2 -74090,animation enthusiasts of all ages,3 -106990,It comes off as so silly that you would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van .,2 -167607,of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? I do n't think so . Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me,1 -163600,it 's John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish .,3 -168122,on the making of Wilco 's last album,2 -73173,actually has something interesting to say,3 -158557,eviction notice,2 -131267,relies on character to tell its story,2 -213838,that solid acting can do for a movie,3 -23234,( Howard ) so good as Leon Barlow ... that he hardly seems to be acting .,4 -70048,The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate,4 -24751,Attal and Gainsbourg 's ),3 -106268,Hollywood , success , artistic integrity and,3 -211457,shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic .,1 -205404,loosely tied,1 -206847,nearly two hours,2 -62189,, sad and reflective,2 -237700,to Toback 's Heidegger - and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue,2 -156239,childhood loss,2 -185029,It 's a masterpiece .,4 -68698,Seldahl and Sven Wollter,2 -186914,Return to Never Land is much more P . C . than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing,1 -145667,Guns meets Goodfellas,2 -183525,Dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery,2 -195914,come from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,1 -131880,searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ...,0 -236219,t-tell,2 -118378,distasteful,0 -109317,Take away the controversy ,,2 -89216,of your eyes,3 -128956,of the A-Team,2 -188621,The satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying .,1 -101020,yearning for adventure and,2 -44900,Chick,2 -130522,praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience,3 -43716,, the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything .,1 -175310,third-act crescendos,2 -80937,get along despite their ideological differences,2 -69384,The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing ,,4 -184844,If you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then Blood Work is for you .,0 -236771,the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .,1 -10845,support,2 -131755,save their children,3 -25494,Have-yourself-a-happy-little-Holocaust ' movies,2 -60329,with an assurance worthy of international acclaim,4 -204675,lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run,0 -132255,she 's no working girl,2 -211976,so much crypt mist in the brain,1 -78828,elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk,3 -1879,of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills,2 -154401,at the School,2 -94345,terror by suggestion ,,2 -232182,intrigue , partisans and sabotage,2 -65982,Herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles,2 -177606,wanting to see another foreign film,3 -80198,for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie,2 -222299,An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters,2 -196354,covered earlier and much better in Ordinary People,2 -24093,. H . O .,2 -238253,until a few days,2 -216384,this film to review on DVD,2 -155634,but more conscientious than it is truly stirring,2 -238710,who sees this,2 -119594,extra-dry office comedy,2 -4712,anarchy,1 -177294,unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and,2 -179088,you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films,2 -171118,since I last walked out on a movie,2 -200083,gone a tad less for grit and a lot more,1 -144332,CHARLIE completely unaware she needs to show some presence and star quality,2 -234385,of borrowed plot points,1 -26031,Majidi gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast .,3 -24500,A vivid cinematic portrait .,3 -191266,a satisfying kids flck,3 -146911,John Turturro ,,2 -28623,and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place,3 -199056,flibbertigibbet,2 -12574,tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting,1 -171178,siuation or,2 -69633,The heat of the moment prevails,2 -60924,'s also disappointing to a certain degree,1 -189676,While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ),3 -224448,Jacquot 's rendering,2 -217948,turns it into a mundane soap opera,2 -56297,purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it,3 -61101,'s just another sports drama\/character study,2 -9681,perhaps,2 -26161,Naqoyqatsi,2 -139788,who really ought to be playing villains,2 -82469,houses,2 -51218,enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary,3 -209003,paced parable of renewal .,2 -83155,in the voices of men and women,2 -43234,'s endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .,2 -216415,this is the most visually unappealing,1 -78394,does Dickens as it should be done cinematically .,2 -205214,little less,2 -52281,grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond,3 -72402,a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies,4 -52127,gifted performers,3 -132476,silliness and a little bloodshed,2 -24355,A great comedy filmmaker,4 -15158,as much fun as it must have been for them to make it,4 -2741,the star and everyone else involved,2 -189218,Tom Shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing Adams , but he still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it,1 -54967,murderer,1 -100019,while no art grows from a vacuum,2 -211932,so earnest , so overwrought and,2 -120945,gaudy Hawaiian shirt,1 -113994,an engaging and moving portrait,4 -199624,from the director , Charles Stone III,2 -72197,a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable,3 -29584,between the characters,2 -1226,hour,2 -6115,earnest , so thick,2 -105216,Constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .,3 -211332,sexploitation,1 -154222,as no surprise,2 -129370,on action,3 -205324,look at or understand,2 -214322,the comedy equivalent of,2 -216479,this silly little cartoon,2 -90359,playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer,3 -16701,of Crush,2 -1924,of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone,2 -219916,wizardry,2 -205171,list cast,2 -233623,make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation,2 -211450,short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries,1 -211711,sits there like a side dish no one ordered,1 -186335,Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick,2 -220593,'ll love it and probably want to see it twice .,4 -184180,God is great,2 -7403,in a long time,2 -203236,is no psychology here , and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract .,0 -34265,lyricism and violent,2 -94320,terms of its style,2 -181595,A decidedly mixed bag,2 -86379,love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything .,3 -27993,ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .,3 -229297,been done before but never so vividly or,3 -156844,costly dud,0 -36492,remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people,1 -108102,Of Man,2 -214523,the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement,2 -40731,A well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality,4 -75743,bliss,3 -238633,when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type,0 -195633,cheapo margaritas,2 -143466,Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists,1 -24437,A recent favourite at Sundance , this white-trash satire,3 -109745,The entire movie has a truncated feeling,1 -49847,brings a beguiling freshness,3 -171434,so large and obvious,2 -164423,kill-by-numbers,1 -180049,'s too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span,1 -140411,work from start,2 -97712,through the eyes,2 -50631,dark humor ,,2 -102914,, then Triple X marks the spot .,3 -215819,the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade,2 -197513,dreaded King Brown snake .,2 -185072,It 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .,3 -151441,a cacophony,2 -158970,feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film,1 -237469,things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably,3 -224207,It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and,3 -96699,the situations volatile,2 -70775,West Coast,2 -162157,individually or,2 -40549,'s a good film --,4 -233082,it proves surprisingly serviceable,3 -232136,interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) ,,3 -114968,as its subject,2 -68105,Parents,2 -229217,be seduced,2 -91690,right choices,3 -52018,funny even for adults . The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .,3 -6306,evil means,2 -209452,plumbing,2 -196200,contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director,1 -146762,It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary .,1 -133149,spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .,3 -134145,that 's been sitting open too long,2 -29005,appears that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films .,3 -201833,in both animation and storytelling,2 -100950,wound,2 -33791,its laughs,3 -82403,holiday movies,2 -193337,as Tremors,2 -46231,Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see,3 -127420,most creative mayhem,3 -142837,10 Worst List,0 -23853,, self-deprecating sense,1 -201535,if it had a sense of humor,2 -123130,in the cold vacuum of space,2 -116671,capture the magic of the original . Well,3 -165534,make the cut,2 -151420,a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn,1 -12922,weissman and bill weber benefit enormously,3 -60544,you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn,2 -40968,Intriguing and beautiful film ,,4 -35883,own way,2 -161688,implicit premise,2 -215931,the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama,2 -17176,sexual permutations,2 -45729,It 's all about the image . '',2 -91587,retaliatory,2 -94150,takes form,3 -58568,the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists --,3 -73923,an open mind and,2 -187015,Romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong . They cheapen the overall effect .,1 -71862,a kind of hard , cold effect,1 -116740,carrying more emotional baggage than Batman,3 -216338,this Western ear,2 -116445,by something,2 -55502,of sensual delights and simmering violence,3 -136618,the worst kind,2 -41645,being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire ...,3 -39904,weak or careless performance,1 -36950,shticks,3 -90560,powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama,4 -115879,best Star Trek movie,3 -226272,The film is explosive ,,4 -154934,becoming boring and predictable,0 -6562,for a movie,2 -120497,for the art-house crowd,3 -145878,Horton,2 -9769,poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary,3 -28855,and the regime 's talking-head survivors,2 -218811,waste their time on it,1 -189715,While you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet , you 're a Jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight . '',1 -75821,borrows from Bad Lieutenant and Les Vampires,2 -53630,is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .,4 -135549,the inchoate but already eldritch Christian Right propaganda machine,1 -18138,writings,2 -21750,post-breakup perdition,2 -181484,A ' list cast,3 -48314,a real anarchic flair,3 -79216,estrogen opera,2 -172336,supposedly evenhanded presentation,1 -219243,which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way,1 -117282,coming back,2 -156452,cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry,1 -9753,plight,2 -193296,artistic aspirations,3 -118629,dorkier aspects,2 -192967,anything special,2 -209260,photos,2 -128755,of its unsettling force,2 -185970,Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it,1 -219536,will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors,1 -75592,best inside-show-biz,3 -227488,`` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but,2 -21596,offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format,2 -99566,wants to break free of her old life,3 -74231,appears in its final form ( in '' Last Dance '',2 -33615,it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen,3 -2484,terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony,1 -131919,see mediocre cresting on the next wave,1 -97996,to convey a tiny sense of hope,2 -153032,akin to an act of cinematic penance,1 -129377,on an intoxicating show,3 -124676,is the far superior film,4 -144106,Beijing Bicycle,2 -99288,valley-girl,2 -124479,is sadly,1 -156596,coming-of-age romance,3 -125357,its seams,2 -219002,well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension .,3 -83046,in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame,2 -173792,the elaborateness,2 -99835,were inevitably consigned,2 -214996,the majority of action comedies have,2 -168871,picture strains,1 -33689,it more interesting,2 -195838,clumsy people,2 -170079,retch it,2 -207500,of ` let 's get this thing over with ',2 -171655,something in Full Frontal,2 -48688,admire its conception,4 -168555,overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .,1 -114561,are blunt and,1 -136063,the primitive murderer,1 -109766,The film 's desire to be liked sometimes,1 -3986,a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence,3 -154324,assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology,3 -83505,international city,2 -224447,Jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery,1 -115130,assuredly,3 -2630,the inanities of the contemporary music business,1 -141196,'s almost funny,2 -138472,two year affair,2 -218115,under-inspired , overblown enterprise,0 -10719,starts slowly , but adrien brody in the title role helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying .,3 -54693,mean that in the nicest possible way,2 -211705,sit through crap like this,0 -24759,Australian,2 -42190,is n't the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or , indeed,1 -189563,What ` Blade Runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel .,1 -143016,A boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk 'n' slash .,0 -100646,with the inescapable conclusion,3 -82210,his Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald,2 -53620,is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter,3 -227731,a Robert De Niro performance,2 -212529,static ,,2 -116070,bluffs,2 -27465,a cut above the norm,3 -237447,they become distant memories,2 -90916,pure escapism,3 -222911,Charlie Hunnam,2 -77633,cultural identity,3 -48888,an almost sure-fire prescription,3 -98462,toast,2 -121703,has become one of our best actors,4 -223681,Hollywood vs. Woo,2 -203372,is rote drivel aimed at Mom and Dad 's wallet,0 -216171,there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .,0 -177003,turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .,0 -163629,it 's asking too much,1 -178378,will find this one a challenge .,2 -40069,who worship Lil ' Bow Wow,3 -105015,Catechism,2 -233345,leave any life at the doorstep,2 -221242,, `` Rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.,1 -165418,made by people who have never sung those blues .,0 -19538,a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance,4 -6103,duke,2 -118967,eloquent , deeply felt meditation,3 -222651,Bon appétit !,3 -47610,Which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors,2 -10439,shows you,2 -78490,does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight,3 -97242,these tales of just seven children,2 -137214,through the audience 's meat grinder one more,1 -79946,find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most,3 -97384,this dream Hispanic role,3 -120043,film The Sum,2 -173834,the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary,1 -205784,manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .,3 -141521,'s only a matter of time,2 -178586,with his games of hide-and-seek,2 -155303,blob,2 -9914,purely abstract,3 -51669,filming,2 -227865,a delightful comedy centering on food,4 -29496,been handed down since the beginning of time,2 -238944,wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief,2 -28263,amalgamating genres,2 -216846,to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness,2 -78497,does take 3 hours to get through,2 -151872,a haunted-house movie,2 -119578,expressively performed,3 -226315,The kooky,2 -121349,gorgeous epic,4 -187906,The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here,2 -32173,grandeur and scale,3 -205875,masters,2 -141128,'s a loathsome movie,1 -30221,close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films,3 -79688,farts , urine ,,1 -87903,no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars,1 -39054,through on some solid performances and witty dialogue,4 -133791,tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters,1 -165808,meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting ',3 -222554,Be patient with the lovely Hush,3 -210751,same blueprint,2 -157584,disposable tissue,1 -152229,a played-out idea,1 -40923,Goodall and,2 -15937,gutsy,3 -108685,Rosario Dawson,2 -182269,Almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .,2 -36878,shaping,2 -41394,You 'd think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold . Yet the act is still charming here,2 -23005,'m not quite sure what the point is,0 -130149,perfectly pitched,3 -66951,Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut,2 -112540,a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an MTV , sugar hysteria , and PlayStation cocktail,2 -229521,but never so vividly,2 -213051,swinging .,2 -49898,bumpy but satisfying journey,3 -84159,is enjoyable family fare,3 -149682,The original was n't a good movie but,1 -185243,It all unfolds predictably ,,1 -139899,will come up with an original idea for a teen movie,2 -35288,of innocence and wisdom,3 -102664,, it may just scare the pants off you .,3 -2652,the more contemporary,2 -107106,Its use,2 -206590,mourning,2 -128712,of honest poetry,3 -10091,remarkable,4 -95,;,2 -81912,have put together a bold biographical fantasia,3 -28104,actors who are,2 -91837,runs a good race,3 -38114,the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report,3 -214119,the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense,1 -161523,humor , passion , and,3 -59932,wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .,3 -161710,imprimatur,2 -226624,This New Zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything .,1 -92597,showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not,3 -115174,at last count , numbered 52 different versions,2 -167742,of the Beatnik generation,2 -24191,19,2 -112795,a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic,1 -70606,Venice Beach,2 -29724,bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity,3 -83516,intimately,2 -133467,stuffs his debut with more plot,2 -91503,reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism,3 -177411,verbal jokes,2 -12956,what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .,2 -78267,dishes,2 -227160,Wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .,4 -55055,new film .,2 -176456,to term an '' ambitious failure,1 -169507,put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .,1 -156520,come down,2 -141321,'s extremely hard to relate to any of the characters,1 -232725,is riveting .,3 -18279,'s almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia .,3 -147293,Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous,1 -168868,pics,2 -86353,love , racial tension ,,2 -44194,A party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .,1 -73886,an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey,4 -63031,A fine production with splendid singing by Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna,4 -120373,for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is,2 -185759,Like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .,1 -69943,The story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me .,3 -10198,root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them,3 -194939,breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina,1 -157551,disconnected,1 -134908,the best looking and stylish,3 -167311,of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,0 -127792,near-future,2 -112281,a major work,3 -14724,a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all,4 -124761,is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor,0 -169226,pretended,1 -29118,articulated,2 -74223,appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem,3 -144924,Do n't waste your money,0 -12412,to realism,2 -92625,shred,2 -168662,part Quentin Tarantino ,,3 -46328,No , it 's not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original,2 -105775,Fans of the modern day Hong Kong action film finally have the worthy successor to A Better Tomorrow and The Killer which they have been patiently waiting for .,3 -42148,is a blast of educational energy ,,3 -147786,Not every animated film from Disney will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon '' .,1 -148049,Paul Pender,2 -27827,a sleepy afternoon rental,1 -113562,all , a condition only the old are privy to ,,2 -200574,has little insight into the historical period and its artists,1 -223401,For single digits kidlets,2 -88991,of the crime expertly,2 -107079,It winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say .,1 -41277,The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but,3 -193454,as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community,2 -15874,giant creature features,2 -179403,'m just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike,1 -121446,gritty style,2 -1404,is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable,2 -201917,in its tone,2 -13359,you can thank me for this . i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to,0 -59599,two decades,2 -219197,where Mr . Besson is a brand name,2 -58817,the vast collective memory of the combatants,2 -60554,you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you,3 -125125,it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree,3 -170316,same free ride,2 -207165,nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored,1 -150310,This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard ,,1 -122165,her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique,2 -163081,is n't just,1 -224636,Like most Bond outings in recent years,2 -145302,Fear Dot Com '',2 -122647,há,2 -46891,Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .,3 -17814,to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,3 -95719,the first frame,2 -212706,structuring the scenes,2 -64107,As underwater ghost stories go,2 -132338,should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the,1 -79325,every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that '' crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny,2 -131953,seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie,1 -114884,as consistently,2 -178445,wiser and Jason,2 -73017,about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives,2 -113217,about this traditional thriller,2 -84007,is an indelible epic American story about two families , one black and one white , facing change in both their inner and outer lives .,3 -184435,Hitler 's destiny,1 -61745,, and as with all ambitious films , it has some problems .,1 -131525,rich , and strange,3 -174669,the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend,1 -159458,for people who make movies and watch them,3 -67891,Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade,2 -116891,chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears ,,1 -214984,the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins,2 -101223,your Halloween entertainment,3 -226997,Weaves a spell over you ,,3 -63102,A haunting tale,3 -168526,overcooked , ham-fisted direction,1 -68776,Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season,3 -182826,Blade Runner , and Total Recall,2 -225165,No surprises .,1 -106054,Grant is certainly amusing , but,3 -13209,without thrills and a mystery,1 -120557,forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves,1 -226128,The Master of Disguise is funny -- not `` ha ha '' funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny,1 -64294,Beavis and,2 -116572,can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material,2 -155189,between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive,1 -50866,directorial tour de force,3 -85746,lament the loss of culture,1 -1961,one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible,4 -139094,visually speaking,3 -174959,the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships,2 -5685,conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here,1 -4653,an erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either,2 -169755,really builds up a head of emotional steam,3 -147007,Kenneth Branagh 's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly British playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in Los Angeles .,2 -145610,Godawful,0 -12224,those films,2 -168133,on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525,2 -51242,enormous amount,2 -27792,a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman,2 -166555,narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse,2 -105907,Friday series,2 -125767,last fall 's,2 -202410,into corny sentimentality,1 -66513,It 's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout .,4 -73510,alongside the other Hannibal movies,2 -170829,shameless sham,1 -167047,noxious,2 -137942,to the head of the class of women 's films,4 -216780,to Jimmy 's relentless anger,1 -162476,investigating,2 -150661,Vincent Price horror,2 -39916,weigh,2 -106877,It 's got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements ,,3 -173452,the absolute last thing we need Hollywood doing to us,1 -77627,cultural and,2 -169073,popcorn fun,2 -131220,refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body,4 -158319,enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust,2 -32537,his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion,2 -124202,is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .,3 -104922,Buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role .,3 -178981,written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover,1 -203123,is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down,2 -212514,starts off promisingly,2 -41235,Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and,3 -93016,sobering and powerful documentary,3 -166754,nine sequels and 400 years later , the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot,2 -182759,Behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best Irish sense -- but Sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance,2 -226627,This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy,2 -169070,pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage,0 -189369,Unofficially,2 -4826,as '' all,2 -22900,you 'll definitely want the T-shirt .,3 -101698,'s hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .,0 -203488,is supposed to be growing,2 -180472,, ` Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .,1 -226130,The Monster,2 -97958,to bittersweet,2 -4547,always interesting,4 -219786,with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight,0 -70562,Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from France .,3 -113262,accomplish,2 -220659,'s Rambo - meets-John Ford .,2 -127292,more depressing than entertaining,0 -105363,Deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant .,3 -20821,hit-or-miss aesthetic,1 -67403,Manoel de Oliviera,2 -171101,simple-minded,1 -177491,vile,1 -12197,this shimmering,3 -237931,to savour Binoche 's skill,3 -235922,something aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived,2 -218602,voyeuristic potential,2 -220066,would be sleazy and fun,2 -102341,, The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,1 -234023,my advice , Kev,2 -124453,is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery,1 -137124,those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002,1 -208320,often becomes,2 -156407,close to two hours,2 -152797,about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at,2 -59718,unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers,4 -36477,remains an ambiguous icon in Chinese society,2 -85222,its depiction,2 -19480,a director,2 -20929,increasingly frightening,1 -138743,uno,2 -187294,Shunji,2 -45297,Franz Kafka,2 -168328,onto a story already overladen with plot conceits,2 -10788,structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic,3 -204743,laughably,1 -23058,'s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi .,4 -111231,Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .,3 -128488,of a transvestite comedy,2 -150589,Up,3 -59794,uses Grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos,3 -127898,never quite justifies its own existence .,1 -76938,come to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,2 -94407,than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier,3 -91857,sacrificing the integrity of the opera,1 -235235,reason to want to put for that effort,2 -7030,have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ',1 -48750,all about the image,2 -217455,to the messiness of true stories,2 -77692,damned wonderful,4 -173135,that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears,1 -226941,Warm and exotic,4 -81638,has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one,4 -201035,her performance,2 -195147,by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away,2 -151054,Worth seeing once , but,2 -143778,An unintentionally surreal kid 's picture,2 -27891,a terrific character study,4 -159280,focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families,2 -61939,, heady jumble,2 -87194,moments and,2 -101395,'ll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State,4 -64228,Ball and,2 -15000,and adventure,2 -51058,dysfunctional,1 -170587,seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie,2 -211654,sincere grief and,2 -186817,Purposefully,2 -85604,keep parents away from the concession stand,2 -192279,allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie,2 -164629,laughs are lacking,1 -217080,to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept,0 -124181,is just garbage .,0 -36616,romp that boasts both a heart and a mind,3 -191943,actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ),2 -106379,I 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up .,3 -216286,think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something,2 -6498,find some hook,2 -234273,of Holocaust movies,1 -58383,the highest production values you 've ever seen,4 -72340,a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people,1 -168831,permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly,2 -80410,for wry , contentious configurations,2 -228057,a night in the living room than a night at the movies,2 -128083,nostalgia piece,2 -173243,that they 'd need a shower,2 -77739,dawns,2 -3338,'s missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read,1 -175365,this domestic tragedy,1 -173493,the audience guessing and guessing,2 -227132,While the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning David S. Goyer is much sillier .,2 -491,as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story,2 -86185,live up,2 -151100,Yes , you are ,,2 -16678,nor as clever,1 -95371,the controversy,2 -192681,analyze this movie,2 -155802,by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style,0 -24106,. Still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .,3 -69440,The climactic events,2 -78693,dysfunctional family,2 -202902,is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .,0 -51108,effortlessly regal charisma,3 -10156,rice 's second installment of her vampire,2 -59903,von Sydow ...,3 -39430,transformed,2 -11346,the faith of the tonga people,2 -50009,can get,2 -231846,humour and lightness,3 -151119,You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away,1 -162776,is appropriately,2 -87534,movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters ,,2 -92182,seen in an American film,2 -188577,The problem with movies about angels,1 -50731,delightfully against the grain,3 -57754,that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way ,,4 -154737,be frightening , too stolid to be funny,1 -203549,is the equivalent of French hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .,1 -164648,lazy people,1 -129811,outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve,3 -162049,in the window of the couple 's BMW,2 -51358,every cinematic tool,2 -188769,The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break .,1 -112191,a laugh riot,3 -155660,butchered,1 -131521,rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby,2 -75942,brilliant performances,4 -72229,a real human soul,3 -89246,offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications,2 -188835,There 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .,1 -132303,shoddy,0 -192608,an intermittently good time . Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen,2 -116939,childish night terrors,2 -204061,it was intended to be a different kind of film,2 -159496,for the original,2 -233128,its base concept that you can not help but get,2 -237615,thought , ``,2 -2973,too,2 -49196,are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness,3 -169088,portray its literarily talented and notorious subject,2 -80771,fun-for-fun,3 -143260,A perfect example,2 -192493,an astonishingly condescending attitude,2 -155601,but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child,1 -156026,captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,2 -229377,better suited for a movie titled `` Glory,2 -177522,visually dank,1 -6672,frida,2 -29697,both leads are up to the task .,4 -232842,is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished,2 -197641,dynamited,3 -103239,... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play . '',1 -138862,us to forget most of the film 's problems,1 -223503,God 's sake,2 -40620,-- and likely,2 -34694,movie star,2 -62924,A deliberative account of a lifestyle,3 -175593,thoroughly plumbed by Martin Scorsese .,2 -29193,as he is likely to get,2 -49330,as the long-faced sad sack,1 -157459,dimwits,0 -133574,such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems,1 -114609,are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .,3 -49667,believing they have seen a comedy,2 -108403,Player,2 -114103,an object lesson,2 -204323,its social and political potential,3 -132897,some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care,1 -160145,glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter,1 -111552,a big , juicy role,3 -199153,for a '70s exploitation picture,2 -121140,give him,2 -14651,Yvan 's,2 -200649,has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue,1 -168652,paper thin,1 -177286,unwise,2 -9238,of bravery,3 -43090,'70s,2 -138901,vacation,2 -115150,at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- I doubt it,1 -176734,tosses a kitchen sink,2 -3499,22-year-old,2 -78432,does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape,2 -156499,college-spawned,2 -68982,Stanley,2 -155574,bungling,1 -158562,evincing the hollow state of modern love life,2 -97995,to construct a real story this time,2 -110565,This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy,0 -171532,soggy , shapeless mess,0 -215723,the supposed injustices,1 -79475,explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,2 -48337,a remote seacoast in Iran,2 -192227,all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who,2 -109994,The movie is as padded as Allen 's jelly belly .,1 -176106,to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes,1 -229173,be dubbed hedonistic,2 -129973,paper,2 -53491,is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming,4 -180319,) ensure that the film is never dull,3 -50497,could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen,4 -225479,Pokémon,2 -127588,movie-star,2 -35981,perhaps the simplest story,2 -200836,have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not,1 -67787,Nesbitt,2 -127754,narrative continuity,3 -88975,of the big summer movies,3 -108774,Savvy director Robert J . Siegel and,3 -188909,They 're going through the motions,2 -20194,buy the ideas,2 -95564,the expense of seeing justice served,2 -3122,whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle,1 -163255,is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't if you 're married to one .,2 -136663,their dogmatism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of American life,0 -102216,, 4Ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .,2 -53929,its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas ,,2 -64497,Brings together some of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results .,4 -230655,excellent sequel .,4 -96181,the most original,4 -130857,putrid pond,1 -64341,Between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .,3 -236020,standard Hollywood bio-pic,2 -210490,responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit,2 -138101,too heady for children , and,2 -209502,ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list,2 -187853,The Rock once again resists the intrusion,2 -128786,of manners and misanthropy,2 -118066,depleted yesterday,2 -135685,the malls,2 -105674,Even better than the first one,3 -238481,watched the robots getting butchered in A.I.,2 -80949,get no satisfaction without the latter,2 -119901,feels clumsy and convoluted,0 -182839,Blessed with a searing lead performance,3 -221353,, great to look at , and funny,4 -83438,intact in BV 's re-voiced version,2 -141750,( Ahola ),2 -176274,to man,2 -123219,in this crass , low-wattage endeavor,1 -70741,Weird , vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste,1 -106122,Halle,2 -29117,articulate character,3 -26876,The old-world,2 -31094,engages,3 -11923,the stunt work,2 -186172,Morgan Freeman,2 -170707,semi-coherent,2 -105197,Connoisseurs of Chinese film,2 -80340,for sports aficionados and,2 -196952,digitally altered footage,1 -4618,an almodovar movie,2 -165088,little jokes,3 -3174,will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all,0 -166505,must-see list,4 -100513,with his effortless performance,3 -183812,Excruciatingly unfunny and,0 -88581,of fiction inspired by real-life events .,2 -207508,of a TV series,2 -139795,who talk throughout the show,2 -138589,under 20 years of age,2 -52593,high school students,2 -131343,remotely triumphant about this motion picture,3 -69280,The Doors,2 -158601,excepting Love Hewitt ),2 -40953,Huppert and,2 -136844,think that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline,3 -193370,as a long,2 -11441,the food,2 -199635,from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences,1 -6723,fuse the two ` woods ',2 -239065,wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven,0 -180908,, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend,2 -117286,coming through,2 -41242,The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do ,,3 -209183,people who try to escape the country,2 -232275,is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .,1 -142904,40 years ago,2 -95920,the importance of the man and the code,2 -217554,tomfoolery,2 -232728,is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit,2 -222325,An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , The Grey Zone,0 -230316,do that much,2 -162703,is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights as Mr . Deeds was to that of Frank Capra,2 -25501,Hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue .,4 -20707,happen to her,2 -5981,discarded,1 -107649,Matthew Shepard,2 -95043,the Kissinger,2 -76271,caffeinated comedy performances,2 -29905,by Michel Piccoli,2 -207932,of pride or shame,2 -41603,at long,2 -94130,takes a look at 5 alternative housing options,1 -231666,heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives,4 -233394,like Ballistic , arrive stillborn,2 -15640,enjoy a close look at people they do n't really want to know,3 -153065,all hope , ye who enter here ',2 -80769,fun of these people,2 -187875,The Sting,2 -101532,'s a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker .,0 -55001,narratively,2 -234356,of a creaky `` Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,1 -133171,spy-savvy,2 -75564,below the proceedings,2 -198303,exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute,1 -100809,work of extraordinary journalism,3 -237327,the whole package,4 -111604,a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire,2 -97451,this latest reincarnation,2 -215385,the police,2 -238531,wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --,2 -169102,posing ,,2 -139429,weave a protective cocoon,2 -175564,this three-hour endurance test,1 -158737,fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women,2 -63184,A miraculous movie , I 'm Going Home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .,4 -121689,has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate,3 -99047,unique culture,3 -101231,your cheeks,2 -94794,that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy,3 -148853,Static , repetitive , muddy and blurry ,,2 -115086,as wonderful on the big screen,4 -89828,our planet,2 -147664,New Best Friend 's Playboy-mansion presentation of college life,2 -58718,the situation in a well-balanced fashion,3 -125890,leers ,,1 -180736,, it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .,2 -129350,older crowd,2 -100499,with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,3 -18144,year 's,2 -143272,A poky,2 -71570,a documentary that works,3 -81081,gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling,3 -99033,unforced continuation,3 -124417,is one word that best describes this film : honest .,3 -207679,of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies,2 -127568,movie length,2 -216829,to an astonishingly witless script,2 -157408,did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps , to make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood,1 -214747,the greedy talent agents,1 -75573,benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story,3 -170415,scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects,1 -37928,the '70 's,2 -68356,Reader,2 -106884,It 's impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .,1 -152334,a real director and good writers for the next installment,1 -84922,it 's no classic,1 -130461,positive ( if tragic ),3 -173151,that of Frank Capra,2 -107050,It offers a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .,3 -147282,MTV series,2 -175020,the well-meaningness,2 -102239,, E . T . remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .,4 -101643,'s better than mid-range Steven Seagal , but not as sharp,1 -236478,that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game,2 -32855,in even the most unknowing viewer,2 -177668,was n't one of the film 's virtues,1 -143773,An uneven look,2 -97777,times , All,2 -83054,in substance,2 -61389,'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again .,4 -16008,help heal,3 -13914,Britney,2 -207310,não convence .,2 -231206,gives a performance that could not be improved upon . ',4 -166402,movie that refuses to develop an energy level,1 -190787,a kids ' flick,3 -114601,are into this Thornberry stuff,2 -40108,will be in warthog heaven,3 -110460,This humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of Zhao Benshan and the delicate ways of Dong Jie ,,3 -83343,infuses the movie with much of its slender,3 -163136,is no insight into the anguish of Heidi 's life -- only a depiction of pain , today 's version of Greek tragedy , the talk-show guest decrying her fate .,2 -198070,even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac,2 -21564,of the irrevocable,2 -209659,pregnant with moods,2 -219819,with the audience .,2 -103041,, you 'll enjoy this movie .,3 -63928,An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation :,3 -189770,With Rare Birds , as with The Shipping News before it , an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil -- and The Rock once again resists the intrusion .,2 -16928,people get a kick out of watching them today,3 -142890,21st century,2 -237195,the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man,1 -145352,Firestorm,2 -206973,next , hastily , emptily,2 -81090,gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air,3 -141506,'s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .,0 -224877,Mr. Clooney ,,2 -228934,as being 51 times stronger than coke,1 -19292,The Transporter,2 -15886,gleefully,4 -120734,from one colorful event to another,3 -188946,This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery,1 -205185,littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups,0 -147562,Murder By Numbers is like a couple of mediocre TV-movie -,1 -57397,strange and compelling,3 -7582,intelligent,3 -58288,the fierce grandeur,3 -70421,Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but,1 -62377,, truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .,2 -117161,com o pé esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram,2 -235084,proper cup,2 -162171,inert sci-fi action thriller .,1 -187750,The April 2002 instalment of the American War for Independence , complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood,2 -86774,many conclusive answers in the film,3 -34353,managing,2 -146679,It feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and,1 -145792,Hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading .,2 -212165,some strong supporting players,3 -38813,their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor,1 -54414,loved every minute of this film,4 -48370,a similarly morose and humorless horror movie,1 -233421,like `` Girl,2 -213262,television monitor,2 -170485,scriptwriter,2 -192054,after-school TV special,2 -9537,or during,2 -122937,in all its director 's cut glory,3 -188868,There are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .,0 -32381,have so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not,4 -159988,get me,2 -204526,keeps firing,2 -109075,Somehow Ms . Griffiths and Mr . Pryce bring off this wild Welsh whimsy .,2 -228216,a thick shmear of the goo , at least,2 -204033,it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence,2 -180495,, anciently demanding métier,2 -152838,accompany lifelong friendships,2 -66954,Juan Carlos Fresnadillo,2 -207170,normally is expected to have characters and a storyline,2 -73627,an American ( and an America ),2 -45307,French drama,2 -228482,also seriously,2 -6707,from the show,2 -146445,It 's an awfully derivative story .,0 -44869,Certainly,3 -91435,remains sporadically funny,3 -55083,no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .,3 -63462,A surprisingly charming and even witty match,3 -46403,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 .,3 -116388,by a major film studio,2 -35682,one helluva time at the movies,4 -117938,decidiram,2 -137857,to simplify,2 -32211,gross-out contests,1 -9712,pile,2 -186102,Miami Vice '' checklist,2 -133577,such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice,2 -115280,avoid a fatal mistake,2 -219650,with a contemptible imitator,2 -121912,have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness,3 -2943,to only a chosen,2 -207282,now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it,1 -13010,whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please,1 -199448,found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough,2 -79277,even when the movie does n't,2 -85332,its oomph,2 -80933,gestalt,2 -32089,glad you went along for the ride,3 -103980,A virtual roller-coaster ride,2 -195770,clever moments and biting dialogue,3 -204769,lead role,2 -64503,British stage icon,3 -37623,taps into genuine artistic befuddlement , and at the same time presents a scathing indictment of what drives Hollywood,2 -85573,just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,3 -30391,controlled by neither character,2 -20110,believe,2 -129197,of two unrelated shorts that falls far short,0 -141889,( second prize , of course , two free tickets ),2 -99254,usual impossible,2 -993,finish,2 -132625,slow , deliberate,2 -171910,star quality,3 -185371,Its and,2 -183481,Dismally dull sci-fi comedy .,0 -46336,No es la mejor cinta,2 -175323,this , or,2 -220582,'ll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .,1 -149841,The sort of movie that gives tastelessness a bad rap .,0 -121828,has put in service,2 -203621,is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like,1 -186902,Represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror,2 -105998,Glass 's dirgelike score,3 -191315,a setup , delivery and payoff . Stealing Harvard ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth,0 -233539,loose , unaccountable,1 -51156,empathetic performances,2 -456,artfully lighted , earnest inquiries,3 -81026,girl-meets-girl,2 -206234,misfiring,1 -117690,creates a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty,4 -47140,The leaping story line , shaped by director Peter Kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions , shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .,3 -198033,essentially ruined -- or,0 -231308,grew up on Scooby,2 -55739,on his sentimental journey of the heart,3 -228606,an intermittently good time,3 -8736,mayhem,2 -224652,Lookin ' for sin,2 -177922,were doing 20 years ago .,2 -158847,far from his sitcom roots,2 -20925,incendiary,2 -65296,Elvira fans could hardly ask for more .,4 -123686,is , quite pointedly,2 -180079,'ve been watching for decades,2 -54027,journalistic,2 -70928,White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark,2 -179429,'re depressed about anything before watching this film,2 -179704,'s difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .,1 -358,all its forms,2 -118411,diverting -- if predictable --,2 -232710,is pure ' 87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't if you 're married to one,2 -45131,Eight Legged Freaks is prime escapist fare .,2 -92184,seen it,2 -6632,forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress,2 -237060,the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications,2 -128069,nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson,2 -199350,for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm,0 -86044,like a lazy summer afternoon,3 -150562,Under Siege 3,2 -123470,intelligence and care,2 -63414,A spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth .,3 -135053,the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers,1 -15735,fans the embers of a dormant national grief and curiosity that has calcified into chronic cynicism and fear .,1 -94050,swooping down,2 -169542,qualify as ` worse than expected,0 -45183,Every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated,2 -69156,Tavernier 's film,2 -216823,to admit that they do n't like it,2 -23834,, ramshackle landscape,3 -104702,Berlin,3 -98744,truth-telling,3 -130373,pointless , stupid,0 -93488,steal your heart away,3 -95399,the crime expertly,2 -174035,the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time,1 -27270,Works because,3 -94661,that first encounter,2 -21828,recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone,4 -26832,The format gets used best,3 -47904,a country,2 -103545,A fanciful drama about Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .,4 -129722,original idea,2 -44846,Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world,2 -58140,the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty,2 -57953,the British court 's extradition chess game and,2 -127030,mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .,0 -140052,with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers,1 -56970,shows just enough to keep us on our toes,3 -48389,a soulful , incisive meditation,3 -216636,thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film,0 -168819,period drag ,,3 -121566,half-dimensional,2 -19828,and figuratively,2 -205774,man John Q . Archibald,2 -235926,something appears to have been lost in the translation this time,1 -153267,an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment,2 -114139,an otherwise mediocre film,2 -36875,shame among all who are party to it,2 -45790,It has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing .,3 -164027,its edge,2 -72372,a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public,3 -177805,we really need,2 -212996,surround himself,2 -145346,Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .,1 -21659,or applaud his special effects,3 -157765,does n't go far enough .,1 -139343,way ahead of the plot,2 -33633,it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives,3 -160339,great love,3 -205854,marveling,3 -236873,the film 's power lies in its complexity .,3 -37693,than as drama .,2 -157882,double in value a week,3 -91259,reassuringly familiar,3 -118477,do with imagination,3 -139000,very mild rental,2 -75618,better person,3 -193872,avarice and damaged dreams,1 -42204,is popular and powerful,3 -47763,\/ levels and levels,2 -184778,If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . But it was n't .,0 -201679,imponderably,2 -233542,lose their luster when flattened onscreen .,0 -18209,and gory ),2 -147125,Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .,1 -91313,record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse,1 -233130,its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes,1 -236666,the TV movie-esque,2 -54860,most American love stories look downright unfree,2 -87031,mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication,2 -61889,, enveloping affection,3 -109590,The beauty of the piece,3 -52722,hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker,3 -233620,make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .,4 -157380,devotes too much time to bigoted views,1 -156649,complicated and derivative,3 -235391,romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage,2 -176800,trapped at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?,0 -193008,appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love,2 -204768,lead actress Andie MacDowell,3 -206961,new movie rapes,1 -94796,that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other,2 -134267,that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground,2 -162192,inflict big damage upon their reputations,1 -18801,Coppola,2 -170394,say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them,1 -20389,discussion,2 -81608,has a genuine dramatic impact,3 -195010,bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story .,0 -226670,This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .,1 -105131,Claude Chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .,3 -91449,remarkable procession,3 -83047,in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship,3 -140201,with people who just want to live their lives,2 -201331,hope for the best,2 -145205,Every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it .,2 -16074,human foibles and contradictions,2 -93963,survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller,3 -233919,more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer,2 -177432,very cute , though,3 -212358,spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers,2 -9866,proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress,2 -148303,Robert Forster , Anne Meara,2 -229197,be intolerable company,1 -36252,puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes,1 -24819,Bernstein,2 -36028,played in the past,2 -67229,Like Mike is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous ,,2 -48772,all the religious and civic virtues,2 -158780,faking,2 -36898,she is backed by a likable cast .,3 -161295,his piece,2 -187380,So aggressively cheery,1 -108360,Performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving .,2 -100932,would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman .,3 -219566,will quite likely,2 -175055,the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack,3 -228947,as garnish,2 -169425,provoked me to take my own life .,0 -207705,of empathy,1 -237728,to be a boy truly in love with a girl,3 -180619,, empty sub-music video style,0 -49162,are in tatters,1 -24286,A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services .,4 -72242,a reasonably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate,3 -228704,any `` Jackass '' fan,2 -53504,is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .,3 -131182,rediscovering,2 -13455,'s enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .,3 -189634,When the casting call for this movie went out,2 -59082,threatening and,1 -212382,sporadic bursts of liveliness ,,2 -8453,like an overcooked souffl,1 -204236,its longevity,2 -63108,A headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox Jews on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time Of Favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation , it does so without compromising that complexity .,3 -344,afloat,2 -94395,than either of those films,1 -180278,( for obvious reasons ),2 -33273,is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man,3 -18364,, bawdy comedy and head games,2 -121596,hands-on,2 -158306,enough flashbacks,2 -205553,madcap farce,2 -134817,the anguish,1 -72441,a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade,4 -173867,the feel of an unedited personal journal,1 -52485,have for their work,2 -18372,, but I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws .,3 -171686,somewhat redeeming,3 -183739,Even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .,0 -186445,Not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans .,1 -66039,Holocaust drama,2 -184575,I 'm not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen .,0 -237954,to sink this low,1 -199683,fun to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting,2 -15790,flicks,2 -164102,its own gargantuan aura of self-importance,2 -13755,A ',2 -35625,on chain letters,2 -146832,Jane Goodall 's,2 -229096,b.s. one,2 -195360,can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever,1 -103167,. Viva le Resistance,2 -158253,ends well ,,3 -137182,threatens to overwhelm everything else,2 -209132,pasts,2 -37481,superfluous Notting Hill,1 -66267,If villainous vampires are your cup of blood , Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .,3 -93250,spans time and,2 -38,'s frustrating to see these guys,1 -64186,Aurelie and Christelle,2 -218675,wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people .,2 -159386,for all concerned,2 -161170,hides behind obviously constructed routines .,2 -18161,you ca n't wait to see what happens next .,4 -86625,makes a wonderful subject for the camera,4 -49547,be sweet and wickedly satisfying,4 -185799,Like the world of his film,2 -19789,and Z-Boys,2 -153077,all its impressive craftsmanship,3 -102392,, and totally disorientated .,1 -13378,you wo n't miss its messages,2 -184814,If there 's a heaven for bad movies , Deuces Wild is on its way .,0 -92701,sing,2 -90336,plaintiveness,1 -216473,this screenplay,2 -17779,to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene,2 -43083,'' is pretty much an English-language copy of the film that inspired it,2 -25234,Entertains,3 -11970,the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but,1 -173250,that this future world feels absolutely deja vu,2 -52711,honest performances and exceptional detail,3 -237966,to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel,2 -30858,disturbingly,1 -53487,is hard to resist,3 -28836,and the absence of spiritual guidance,2 -123165,in the mind of the killer,3 -65961,He is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction,3 -155709,by a bus,2 -128349,of Martin,2 -193592,as the film 's characters,2 -109312,TV show,2 -136149,the rich and sudden wisdom,2 -128833,of our best actors,3 -80170,flying,2 -21070,is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an Ikea world,2 -232864,is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest,2 -16807,of true sophistication,3 -98810,twentysomething hotsies,2 -167674,of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,1 -152413,a series of very bad special effects,0 -33782,its fully-written characters , its determined stylishness,4 -148622,Six,2 -126692,makes me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens,1 -65523,Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying,4 -184001,Ford Fairlane,2 -65114,Disappointingly , the characters are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included , to ever get under the skin , but this is compensated in large part by the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself,1 -108920,Should have gone straight to video,1 -50634,dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and,3 -107646,Mattei 's,2 -193786,at once laughable,1 -28343,an epic documentary,4 -180638,, fine music never heard,3 -43882,10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .,2 -113905,an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs,2 -182265,Almost as offensive as '' Freddy,0 -199042,flavor and,2 -209335,play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book,2 -232822,is the sense that peace is possible,3 -94455,than you could have guessed at the beginning,3 -56194,princesses,3 -186657,Paul Bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1,2 -169543,quality naptime,1 -112767,a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue,3 -93071,some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) -,3 -174566,the power of these ( subjects ),2 -131819,scenic splendor,3 -14119,If this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner , you ca n't wait to see what happens next .,4 -67630,Morning,2 -211636,simply feel wrong,1 -34453,melds it,2 -82060,hedonistic gusto,2 -173436,the Wachowski Brothers,2 -235584,seen the film,2 -210964,second fiddle,1 -92559,should be playing out,2 -229990,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty,2 -20889,in a major way,2 -108709,Russo guys,2 -141049,'re not exactly flattering,1 -128460,of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it,3 -144396,Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss,2 -148159,Pretentious editing ruins a potentially terrific flick,1 -192084,ai n't none,2 -82167,high-profile talent,4 -110341,There 's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening,1 -41975,get some truly unique character studies and a cross-section of Americana,3 -115288,awakening and,3 -176854,tries too hard,1 -213851,that stubbornly refused to gel,1 -167325,of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film,0 -127700,musty memories of half-dimensional characters,1 -159895,garner the film a '' cooler '',2 -207182,not as hilariously raunchy as South Park,2 -172996,that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production,3 -220415,your subject,2 -201547,if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor,0 -154471,author of Death in Venice,2 -168160,on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn,1 -206396,more in common with a fireworks,2 -11225,the casting of raymond j . barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .,3 -45210,Eyre is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee .,3 -74270,are , with the drumming routines ,,2 -214122,the air,2 -19095,Moore,2 -80861,gangster movie,2 -125938,lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .,4 -131637,room , hospital bed or insurance company office,2 -162643,is a movie that also does it by the numbers .,2 -107289,Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line,2 -204515,keep the movie,2 -98721,truly egregious lip-non-synching,1 -180140,( Evans is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .,1 -38411,the max,2 -42960,visually polished , a little funnier , and,3 -95391,the creativity,3 -110658,To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough .,0 -93265,speaks forcefully enough,2 -152617,a toy chest,2 -207986,of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism,1 -135736,the more hackneyed elements of the film,1 -70087,There 's not much to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but,2 -149368,The fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious .,1 -28999,appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism,4 -69583,The film reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne,3 -184294,Hanukkah spirit,2 -156873,could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself,2 -200179,grace and eloquence,3 -176182,to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . ),2 -83702,is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted Daniel .,4 -529,b-movie,2 -158368,equally silly,2 -102288,, Kissing Jessica Stein is one of the greatest date movies in years .,4 -60679,'70s Blaxploitation films,2 -112878,a term paper,1 -74525,articulates a flood of emotion .,3 -157924,drags on becoming boring and predictable,0 -75383,because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,3 -79113,entertaining enough and worth,3 -96377,the performances that come with it,3 -185495,John Woo bullet ballet,2 -5198,blonde,2 -138462,two flagrantly fake thunderstorms,1 -103791,A pointed , often tender , examination of the pros and cons of unconditional,3 -61303,'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor,3 -9091,nolan,2 -41856,entertain the preschool set,2 -9353,of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny '',1 -232909,it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .,3 -136876,this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances --,2 -160514,hang broad , mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,1 -83377,innocent , childlike,3 -148826,Stallone 's,2 -68360,Real Women,2 -151545,a conspicuous effort,2 -79089,enough unexpected twists,2 -200927,he does,2 -230119,deeply out of place,1 -167352,of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat,1 -230790,fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother,2 -1294,in the high-tech industry,2 -167648,of political prisoners or persecutions,2 -165198,longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm,2 -60618,your typical junkie opera,1 -43301,'s only,2 -138026,to women she knows , and very likely is . When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust,2 -97669,three-hour running time,2 -124508,is smarter and subtler than ( Total Recall and Blade Runner ) , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences,3 -40956,I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible,4 -103780,A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category,2 -223570,Hannibal would say,2 -201214,his own DV poetry,2 -158286,enjoyable thanks,4 -14699,a close look,2 -100684,with unexpected comedy,3 -59351,to stand in for true , lived experience,3 -230208,did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy,1 -69446,The concert footage is stirring,3 -69056,Supremes,2 -20619,from perfection,3 -1608,literary purists,2 -166828,no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr,2 -194262,because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies,1 -77945,delivering in good measure,3 -59737,unsettled,1 -93068,some cute moments , funny scenes ,,3 -80492,found a cult favorite,4 -10531,smart , funny and,4 -126800,many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --,2 -122990,in favor of water-bound action,2 -132611,slightly strange,2 -177733,watching a double,2 -234955,plain old blarney,0 -189960,/ Marine/legal mystery,2 -61151,'s no glance,2 -189928,You can thank me for this .,2 -186164,More of the same old garbage Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .,0 -132569,sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach,1 -142768,... a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the Linux cause .,1 -195226,by the ridiculousness of its premise,2 -202340,interesting , even sexy premise,3 -185466,Jeunet , and von Trier,2 -21929,self-assured directorial debut,3 -152397,a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,0 -159023,few crucial things,2 -56758,scrutiny,1 -163485,is the sole bright spot ...,2 -70139,There is greatness here .,4 -213296,tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence,1 -226787,Too bad , but thanks to some lovely comedic moments and several fine performances,3 -111425,` Tobey Maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . ',2 -63453,A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .,4 -43323,'s something auspicious , and daring ,,3 -131482,retreat and,2 -127613,much first-rate,3 -127172,mixed platter,2 -13096,williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia .,2 -152035,a marathon runner trying to finish a race,2 -5042,be long,2 -208710,only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments,1 -100878,world implodes,2 -47911,a creative sequel,3 -116893,chasing,2 -108433,Pocas veces,3 -69113,Takashi Miike,2 -84982,it attractive throughout,3 -43171,'s a rare window on an artistic collaboration .,3 -85873,leaves you intriguingly contemplative,3 -62499,-- the first to be released in the U . S .,3 -139879,will be occupied for 72 minutes,2 -227985,a lighthearted glow,3 -75336,be the performances of their careers,3 -120291,focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed,2 -93659,studied,2 -197599,dull plots,1 -175768,timelines,2 -36941,showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt,3 -155638,but not much fun to watch .,1 -124791,it 's a dark , gritty story,2 -45127,Efficient ,,3 -14734,a good half-hour too long,1 -143691,American filmmaking scene,2 -68015,One of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time .,4 -141249,'s bad,2 -99929,when it does elect to head off in its own direction,2 -95535,the end of the year,2 -168812,perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .,1 -192412,an '' O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure ...,2 -58425,the intensity of the film high,3 -35681,one helluva time,4 -60102,when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns,3 -135127,the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy,3 -72012,a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format,2 -103842,A remarkable movie,4 -28038,about the goal of its makers , the show,2 -2130,recent,2 -168000,old Coke,2 -152237,a plucky heroine,3 -35673,on-board quarters,2 -162970,is just too,2 -77219,conniving wit,3 -53780,it all the more compelling,3 -129234,of wonderful,2 -37555,swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history,3 -42503,puts a human face,3 -137264,time fillers between surf shots,1 -217172,to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken,2 -24233,94,2 -151696,a few characters and ideas,3 -201781,in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter,1 -211871,smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film,1 -53634,is still a detective story,2 -51604,female friendship,2 -119428,evoked,2 -155473,breathing,2 -206721,murderous ambition,3 -31672,first movie,2 -150333,Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida . Or,2 -93948,surrealistic,3 -123689,is , truly and thankfully,2 -100175,whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes,2 -47972,a documentary in the way,2 -125410,its viewers,2 -36772,seen in years,3 -48816,almost everyone who sees it,2 -50732,delightfully dour,3 -6406,far from a groundbreaking endeavor,0 -121617,hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter,0 -225238,Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .,0 -236947,the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes `` What Time Is It There ? '',3 -200462,has a built-in audience,2 -101877,'s shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,3 -132220,sexist,1 -157704,documentary version,2 -117701,creating adventure out,2 -186721,Plot ,,2 -235634,seven days left to live,1 -197201,do n't even like their characters,1 -193894,awe .,2 -72516,a standard romantic comedy,2 -41691,candid and,3 -39395,took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off,4 -54423,loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent,1 -107336,Knight,2 -11956,the tawdry,1 -169555,quickly derails the film,2 -73289,affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship,3 -59495,tragic loss and,2 -108107,Off the Hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all .,1 -127414,most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film,2 -106786,Is not,1 -44354,About Schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .,2 -73878,an interesting story,3 -198915,find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter,1 -223813,I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first .,2 -50770,denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun,2 -129194,of trifle that date nights were invented for,2 -204756,lax and,1 -63458,A surprisingly ` solid ' achievement,3 -125396,its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and,3 -100600,with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and,3 -89435,on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover,2 -196541,cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ),3 -128416,of a Golden Book sprung to life,3 -235833,smaller one of the characters in Long Time Dead,2 -52699,holds you,3 -232130,intended , er , spirit,2 -21881,rings,2 -134022,than 90,2 -35325,of marriage,2 -91689,right choice,3 -112444,a one liner as well as anybody,3 -76408,capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's,3 -89172,of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity,2 -195038,but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera,1 -59168,to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds,4 -193088,are hardly specific to their era,3 -82542,human soul,2 -139916,will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face,3 -41670,bringing beloved kids ' books,3 -203879,it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen,0 -91205,real-life basis,2 -74642,as best I remember ),2 -160126,gives you an idea just how bad it was,1 -180250,( and misses,2 -181983,A shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing .,1 -78228,disappears entirely,2 -211546,show up soon .,3 -102889,, the film would be a total washout .,1 -53360,is about grief,1 -177334,us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life,1 -61801,, builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with,4 -218560,virtually nothing to show,1 -139748,who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs,2 -171732,soul-searching deliberateness,2 -148462,Scottish accent,2 -208750,opposites,2 -141180,'s about teenagers ,,3 -15530,depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense,2 -230643,everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .,3 -93096,some laughs,3 -118429,do more than expand a TV show to movie length .,1 -146019,I can take infantile humor,1 -163185,is now broad and farcical .,2 -65426,Exhilarating,3 -204869,less funny than it thinks it is,1 -142552,, they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill,2 -13507,, Trapped is an effective and claustrophobic thriller .,3 -160672,has its merits,3 -94176,takes your breath away,4 -72577,a study of the gambles of the publishing world,2 -21213,leave the building until everyone is aware of it,1 -203869,it develops,2 -226014,Sweet Home Alabama '',2 -42868,the wallpaper of his chosen reality .,2 -36424,refreshing absence,2 -158194,empowerment fantasy,2 -112729,a smile ,,2 -184216,Got Fingered .,2 -137693,to keep on watching,2 -217166,to lionize its title character and exploit his anger,2 -22467,ties that bind .,2 -116287,building to a laugh riot,3 -181316,... is n't that the basis for the entire plot,2 -99894,what may be the performances of their careers,4 -104534,Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but,2 -205533,lured in by Julia Roberts,3 -213109,take us by surprise ...,3 -168767,penis,2 -126560,madness ,,2 -44023,A crisp psychological drama,3 -234398,of considerable,3 -103075,-- and in each other,2 -33171,intriguing look,3 -23985,, which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes,3 -144109,Being author Wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .,0 -233253,killer website movie,3 -126034,like Vulgar,2 -79566,fairly enjoyable,3 -230287,do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases,4 -140386,wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll,3 -54897,most thoughtful fictional examination,4 -8532,living,2 -207662,of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing,1 -118934,either you 're willing to go with this claustrophobic concept or you 're not .,2 -123121,in the Rye,2 -164294,just another safe movie,2 -122550,how long,2 -95364,the condescending stereotypes,1 -22145,territory,2 -223768,I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al. , but at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless .,1 -192082,ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious,2 -215472,the requisite faux-urban vibe and,1 -62989,A fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries .,4 -79845,fierce lesson,2 -123372,inflammatory film,2 -36217,provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues,3 -73078,accomplished and richly resonant work,4 -76839,closer to two,2 -171287,slightly less so second quarter,2 -48432,a terrible strength,3 -213274,tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again,1 -92265,semen,2 -64197,Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .,1 -81152,glows,3 -59110,through the plot 's hot brine,1 -139797,who understands how to create and sustain a mood,3 -104774,Blade Runner,2 -34479,might be called Iranian,2 -75995,brooding but,2 -58915,there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree,3 -17582,the maddening and magnetic ebb,2 -47963,a distinctive blend,3 -189098,This u-boat does n't have a captain .,1 -234071,need the Tiger Beat version,2 -174184,the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make,2 -44144,A lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures .,4 -232459,is evidence that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career .,2 -25669,Imamura 's,2 -71698,a freshly painted Rembrandt,3 -223203,Duas Torres,2 -130178,personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked,2 -161923,in making movies,2 -167113,obvious or simplistic,1 -225336,Or , you can do something fun tonight .,2 -110365,There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but,2 -217393,to sustain laughs,3 -40487,young man,2 -155137,best seller,3 -183864,Fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess .,2 -150807,What 's next : '' My Mother the Car ?,2 -153881,are more fascinating acts,2 -49774,body language to bring us Morvern 's soul,2 -148091,Philip K . Dick must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach .,1 -159905,gay love,2 -74050,and psychological barriers,2 -60749,'re just a couple of cops in Copmovieland , these two,1 -157139,dead ends and,1 -230695,eyes , repressed smile,2 -164330,just might,2 -111502,a Southern Gothic,2 -168361,or lack thereof,2 -52211,good-looking,3 -126321,look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes,1 -37830,that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .,3 -24375,A love for films shines through each frame,4 -131143,recognise,3 -43008,will almost certainly,2 -194643,big shear,3 -194594,between Sling Blade and South of Heaven , West of Hell,2 -166890,noble tradition,2 -132699,sneaks up on the viewer,3 -110094,The powder blues and sun-splashed whites of Tunis,2 -9243,of characters and angles,2 -213602,that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine,2 -216264,thin writing,1 -108943,Signs is a good film ,,4 -205742,making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull,2 -30015,candidly,2 -197798,emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions,1 -151709,a few remarks so geared,2 -229515,but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds,3 -13182,with witty dialogue and inventive moments,4 -112688,a ship,2 -111634,a cinematic car wreck,2 -209246,pet,2 -197719,either effort,2 -119213,entirely memorable,4 -219643,with Truckzilla , for cryin,2 -90667,previous dragon drama,2 -114796,as Spider-Man,2 -65501,Features,3 -199741,gangster sweating,2 -101748,'s made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything,1 -6122,ease and,2 -144737,DeNiro ) brings to this part,2 -125270,its high-minded appeal,2 -87582,much better book,2 -175856,to a teacher,2 -25868,Johnny,2 -145248,Extremely dumb,0 -168359,or Cat People,2 -226405,The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ...,2 -130999,rapturous after all these years,2 -57173,some movie star charisma,3 -77102,complex ,,3 -185245,It all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense,1 -90581,practitioners,2 -235974,spinning styx,2 -59108,through out,2 -88470,of character-driven storytelling,3 -22469,tight , focused,3 -221292,, but the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books,3 -194815,boosterism .,2 -10831,suffocated,1 -14404,Run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen .,4 -158757,fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye .,2 -47581,What 's really so appealing about the characters,2 -114157,an underplayed melodrama,2 -154747,be great,3 -79480,exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .,2 -118888,ebullient affection,3 -167205,of Hollywood dreck,1 -50597,culture shock and a refusal,1 -141484,'s not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies,1 -4396,adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but,2 -139548,what is on the screen,2 -179194,young city dwellers,2 -66060,Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him,3 -44546,Another,2 -126326,looked at how this movie turned out,2 -146070,I had to look away,1 -55064,ni la mejor con Brosnan a la cabeza , pero de que entretiene ni duda cabe,2 -55397,of imagery,2 -198495,falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .,1 -223774,I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes,2 -73239,admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold,3 -146821,James Bond adventure,2 -85601,keep our interest,3 -42064,he does make for excellent company ,,4 -21281,makes for an arousing good time,4 -79793,felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11,3 -136199,the scarifying,3 -146814,Jacquot 's rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion,2 -96208,the movie , is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material .,2 -96088,the manner of Jeff Foxworthy 's stand-up act,2 -123924,is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .,0 -152861,achieve this little fun,2 -231540,have a whale of a good time,3 -203444,is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies,2 -189406,Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction,1 -164443,kind of dark comedy requires a delicate , surgical touch .,2 -119885,feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards,1 -116861,charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .,0 -156788,contributed to the screenplay,2 -159437,for its racy subject matter,2 -65203,Duke something,2 -235114,pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect .,1 -75527,being real,3 -191668,able to enjoy a mindless action movie,2 -91590,retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie,3 -36891,sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict,3 -70027,The whole mildly pleasant outing,3 -60641,' revolution,2 -68032,Ong,2 -88458,of business,2 -72933,about death,1 -70765,Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .,3 -115821,being about nothing,2 -177071,ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports,2 -154802,be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks .,2 -2666,the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies ,,3 -96701,the size of a house,2 -50434,contemporary characters,2 -22257,the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving,4 -39818,waddling,2 -238356,w British comedy , circa 1960 ,,2 -200297,guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves,1 -12016,the waves,2 -133823,take the latter every time,2 -198004,escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose,2 -104777,Blake 's,2 -4292,a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy,1 -7166,his future wife,3 -97980,to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them,3 -9938,qualities,3 -16244,is as gritty as a movie gets these days .,3 -164482,know you 're in trouble .,1 -53426,is both inspiring and pure joy .,4 -162454,intriguing enough to sustain mild interest,2 -100070,who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations,4 -12344,to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head,2 -137629,to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0 -144845,Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through .,1 -38800,theater feeling,3 -98902,unafraid,2 -229002,as tiresome as 9,1 -27233,Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '',3 -15766,few artsy,2 -137509,to courage and happiness,3 -228520,an `` O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '',2 -29510,before , like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre,2 -174359,the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action,1 -161500,however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .,0 -215401,the power-lunchers do n't care to understand,1 -190656,a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well,2 -201308,homicide,2 -100674,with the victims he reveals,2 -39068,throwing in a few of his own touches,2 -216889,to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation,2 -60425,without thrills,1 -24410,A pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking .,3 -154648,be a failure at life,2 -11406,the film sometimes,2 -172625,tell it to us,2 -166035,miss it altogether,0 -167561,of its own world,3 -154731,be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion,2 -174298,the most emotional resonance,3 -166894,nod to liven things up,2 -187143,Schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ...,1 -119855,feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite,3 -205192,little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up,1 -190960,a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick,1 -91021,quirky , charming and often hilarious,4 -25568,Hollywood 's hastier productions,1 -8289,keep the story subtle and us in suspense,3 -111993,a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy --,2 -107842,Mr . Goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .,1 -24407,A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with ... it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .,3 -19791,and a bit ostentatious,1 -167273,of a Chris Rock routine,2 -14802,a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal,4 -137742,to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space,2 -87093,might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,2 -237020,the latter 's attendant intelligence ,,2 -200241,gross-out flicks ,,1 -20346,decade,2 -77915,delightful lark,2 -232346,is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it,4 -8921,much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as,2 -113398,admirably dark first script,2 -89900,over the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,3 -34482,might have been tighter,3 -138763,unrewarding all of this,1 -229657,can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice,0 -50733,delightfully so,3 -138115,too long has ignored,1 -35324,of margins,2 -217821,trot out,2 -27379,a bit of yourself,3 -179666,'s certainly laudable,3 -147409,Mediocre fable from Burkina Faso .,1 -1443,it 's not very interesting,1 -12860,washed away in love 's dissolution,2 -50311,commerce and creativity,2 -213217,tediously bad,2 -169281,prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure .,1 -17677,the very format,2 -5327,built,2 -135318,the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .,3 -236934,the flicks,2 -8561,lost in the translation,1 -77912,delightful , if minor , pastry,3 -107941,Narratively , Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .,1 -102100,( Jaglom 's ) better efforts,3 -112948,a tuba-playing dwarf,2 -146764,It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn,0 -199344,for the inevitable future sequels,2 -44177,A moving and solidly entertaining comedy\/drama,4 -204342,its title in January,2 -48657,action genre,2 -229695,can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something,3 -237972,to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio,3 -140732,you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives,2 -19221,Report,2 -171090,silly walk,2 -145210,Everyone 's to blame here .,1 -128321,of French cinema at its best,4 -36920,should charm all but the most cynical,4 -122001,have to pay if you want to see it,3 -35647,on several levels,2 -84949,it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other .,2 -160176,go to the movies for,2 -160739,has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults,2 -127832,need of some trims and,1 -231841,humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ),2 -165825,mechanism,3 -164176,its trailers,2 -137464,to blame for all that,2 -67373,Makes one thing abundantly clear . American musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .,4 -106875,It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt,3 -113501,against Yang,2 -61974,, inspiring,4 -231492,has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and,3 -161870,in her most charmless,1 -140230,with strange and wonderful creatures,3 -163864,it makes films like XXX and,2 -121554,hairline , weathered countenance,2 -204643,lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit,1 -174316,the mother,2 -113954,an ancient librarian,1 -80598,from any country,2 -59478,touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves,3 -8290,keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace,3 -212562,stiff wind to blow it uphill,1 -52848,immortal,2 -212971,surface psychodramatics,2 -26077,Michael Dowse,2 -24548,After making several adaptations of other writers ' work,2 -190404,a crowd-pleaser , but then ,,3 -102137,( Stephen ),2 -157431,difficult these,2 -116221,bring new energy,3 -83878,is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade,4 -107836,Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works ,,3 -224060,Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat,3 -196727,demands it,2 -189194,To the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore .,1 -206508,most fragmented charms,2 -79646,fans ',2 -212391,spousal,2 -85895,lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone,2 -61103,'s just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar .,0 -98882,ultimate movie experience,4 -134708,the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas,2 -153076,all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative,2 -166688,never quite gets there,1 -148863,Steven Shainberg 's adaptation,3 -185232,It 's too bad nothing else is .,2 -42723,surviving footage of Burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and,2 -79767,feel too happy to argue much,3 -75201,be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors,3 -76672,chilling and heart-warming,3 -147414,Men in Black 2,2 -161111,her most charmless,1 -55775,one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but,3 -178047,when it has become even weaker,2 -136635,the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments,3 -100543,with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future,3 -137868,to spread propaganda,1 -52128,giggle-inducing,4 -198946,fine music never heard,1 -56251,provocatively,2 -87033,mental,2 -66960,Judith and,2 -159472,for the Ian Fleming estate,2 -215685,the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon,3 -122796,impeccable comic timing,3 -198418,extrusion,2 -78006,der Groen,2 -135089,the delicate ways,2 -31098,engaging and warm performance,3 -158724,facial symmetry,2 -91896,sane and breathtakingly creative film,4 -195785,cliché-laden,1 -36933,shoulders,2 -83200,in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications,3 -229694,can not help,2 -24943,Carmen,2 -186640,Owen Wilson,2 -181749,A horrible , 99-minute,0 -86288,looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary,3 -23810,, para mim , a existência de Papai Noel,2 -187514,Spreads itself too thin , leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune , short of profound characterizations,0 -148144,Portentous and pretentious , The Weight of Water is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .,1 -17024,races through the familiar story,2 -9060,night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable,4 -144417,Chase,2 -63610,Abbass 's understated,3 -181269,. That is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .,1 -52126,gifted artists,3 -217860,trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her,2 -191706,about a retail clerk wanting more out of life,2 -179812,'s just too boring and obvious,0 -102308,, Narc strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .,3 -214802,the hothouse emotions,2 -164865,like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear,1 -16173,intelligent psychological drama .,3 -83651,invitingly,2 -203174,is n't merely offensive,1 -225023,Ms. Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate .,4 -65950,Hayao Miyazaki 's,2 -184645,I did n't laugh .,1 -150159,This action-thriller\/dark comedy,2 -124198,is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide,3 -163607,it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance,2 -163697,it 's still quite bad,1 -64192,Austrian,2 -29782,but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .,2 -57227,soulful , incisive meditation,3 -83451,intelligence and verve,3 -152148,a mystery\/thriller ,,2 -94478,that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics,4 -69753,The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess -,3 -12969,what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread .,2 -210301,refuses to evaluate his own work,1 -112956,a vampire pic,2 -230679,expect light romantic comedy , good gosh,3 -180047,'s too long,1 -126341,looking for them,2 -5332,burger,2 -188896,There is nothing redeeming about this movie .,0 -229027,at M.I.T.,2 -177094,unclear,1 -11133,that the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career,0 -210286,reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness,0 -142015,, MacDowell is a placeholder for grief,2 -5582,cleansing,3 -6450,feeling this movie,3 -186627,Overall tomfoolery like this,2 -216157,there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue,1 -103480,A cleverly,4 -86466,made literature literal,2 -20336,dance and world music,2 -10716,started with a great premise and then just fell apart,1 -66234,Idemoto and Kim,2 -139457,well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .,4 -126015,like E . T . the first time,2 -22420,they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create,3 -162861,is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .,1 -162838,is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial,1 -10602,some cynical creeps,1 -50309,commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness,3 -84795,is undoubtedly,2 -109254,Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball . '' Enough said , except : Film overboard,2 -86437,lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow,3 -77677,cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .,2 -232309,is a horrible movie --,0 -135264,the feet,2 -198222,everything else about the film tanks .,1 -39021,those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up,4 -28573,and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn,0 -10131,results,2 -57295,squareness,2 -127087,might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .,0 -60841,'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .,4 -28481,and a gritty , no-budget approach,1 -28485,and a mind,2 -30945,draggy at times,2 -195112,by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative,3 -148972,Sychowski,2 -204376,itself is actually quite vapid .,1 -147499,Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed -,2 -128391,of TV cop show cliches,2 -227866,a dim,1 -232497,is in it,2 -180021,'s that painful,1 -79267,even the dullest tangents,2 -160624,has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation,1 -99410,viewer 's,2 -57644,tells this very compelling tale,3 -117101,closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s,2 -165199,longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm .,1 -25698,Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination,4 -4780,are all too abundant,2 -98112,to his pulpy thrillers,3 -40756,An enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable Italian comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street,2 -145833,Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and,1 -45054,Despite its title , Punch-Drunk Love is never heavy-handed . The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .,3 -31379,exporing,2 -185833,Lisa Rinzler 's cinematography may be lovely ,,3 -138266,transforms that reality,2 -17233,so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure,3 -16152,indulge,2 -26932,The weakest of the four Harry Potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins .,2 -192830,another cartoon with an unstoppable superman,2 -28616,and fresh examination,3 -28975,any size,2 -43175,'s a scattershot affair,2 -172870,that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure,1 -104459,As Allen 's execution date closes in , the documentary gives an especially poignant portrait of her friendship with the never flagging legal investigator David Presson .,2 -167666,of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making,1 -91737,riveting documentary,2 -116845,characteristically startling visual style and,4 -224603,Let 's hope -- shall we,1 -10905,switches between past and present,2 -217518,to watch performing in a film that is only mildly diverting,1 -18408,, focused,2 -117369,complex sword-and-sorcery plot,2 -140855,your heart in ways,2 -198721,feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .,1 -157542,disbelief .,2 -96647,the script and characters,2 -24175,10-inch television screen,2 -239073,yet , it must be admitted ,,3 -103578,A film of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .,3 -159637,frat boys and college kids,2 -87119,mildly entertaining , especially if you find comfort in familiarity .,3 -88616,of hard-bitten , cynical journalists,1 -134774,the Vertical Limit of surfing movies -,3 -96210,the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender,2 -181470,99-minute,3 -228843,are short and often unexpected,2 -112821,a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer,2 -186686,Phoned-in business,1 -22030,sorrowful and hilarious,3 -33697,it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds .,3 -37923,that will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats,4 -192855,another routine Hollywood frightfest,1 -70982,With We Were Soldiers , Hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in .,3 -194795,boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .,0 -192596,an intelligent person,3 -184643,I did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . But that they are doing it is thought-provoking,2 -48255,a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture,2 -208546,once overly old-fashioned,1 -160276,good writers,3 -11329,the endlessly repetitive,0 -11091,that knot,2 -4805,are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday,3 -77444,could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice,3 -141515,'s often written off as indie film naturalism,2 -184924,In this poor remake of such a well loved classic , Parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . ',1 -73235,admirers,3 -66081,Hunk,2 -93933,surprisingly decent,3 -63355,A sexy , surprising romance ... Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger .,4 -30973,e com saudades de um tempo,2 -218271,until the final act,3 -141166,'s a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center,1 -46089,Maneuvers skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors .,2 -116709,career -,2 -156868,could do worse than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce .,2 -184966,Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and,3 -7197,his trademark misogyny,1 -55696,often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy,3 -50306,commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .,3 -58435,the kind of movie we were hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx '' was going to be,3 -146264,Imagine the James Woods character,2 -42237,its director , Zhang Yang of Shower,2 -48034,a film ,,2 -168729,pat for its own good .,2 -231645,he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio,2 -163624,it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning,0 -152913,actors in bad bear suits,1 -12520,too young is too cool,2 -222386,And yet , it still works .,3 -9146,not only a pianist , but a good human being,4 -192541,an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades,1 -9347,of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr,2 -118480,do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth,3 -89193,of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family,3 -8127,its rough edges,1 -166543,mysticism,2 -218470,very handsomely produced let-down,1 -35064,occasionally stretches believability to its limits,1 -39272,to say about what is important in life and why,3 -189128,Though Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough,3 -169731,real money,3 -20725,has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .,4 -25699,Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination -- but Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses .,3 -149790,The reason I found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say , is that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory .,2 -29024,are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon at their raunchy best,3 -2838,this,2 -208480,on spousal abuse,2 -77713,dared to mess with some powerful people,1 -42661,sometimes gross and,2 -50052,captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree,3 -43492,, Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .,3 -75023,atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos,2 -177608,wants to be a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy,2 -9480,one man 's,2 -100004,while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu,2 -217507,to want both,2 -11706,the only winner,3 -76011,bubbles up,3 -104285,An energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular,3 -87290,more obvious,2 -196140,conspiracy theories,2 -182165,Action,2 -83019,in private,3 -99144,unusual , even nutty,2 -32275,has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it 's over .,4 -125823,laziness and,2 -53404,is as delightful as it is derivative .,3 -53888,its Hawaiian setting,2 -130338,plot device,2 -103863,A sentimental mess that never rings true .,0 -215153,the movie looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but . Not,3 -48357,a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look,3 -140515,would be a more appropriate location to store it,2 -132126,seriocomic debut,2 -32649,hopefully,2 -55265,of a man and his work,2 -190308,a classical actress,3 -122456,holding,2 -83090,in the face of death,2 -115707,becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .,0 -19203,Raja,2 -167134,occasionally simply unpleasant,1 -229890,combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .,4 -190881,a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's,0 -91347,reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking,3 -90427,plunging deeper,3 -25168,Drew,2 -61787,, beautiful scene,3 -146285,In The New Guy,2 -160829,have been presented as a theatrical release,2 -59594,twists the best of technology around a gripping story ,,4 -196207,convence,2 -138849,urges,2 -53290,is a good script , good dialogue,3 -55818,opened between them,2 -175606,those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ),1 -187633,Sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness .,0 -57758,that broaches neo-Augustinian theology : Is God,2 -91792,rote work,2 -31597,fighting,2 -53807,it ends in a muddle,1 -124982,it gets harder and harder to understand her choices,3 -19640,about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom,1 -62439,, you 're entirely unprepared,2 -230549,enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies,3 -157981,drive his sleek black BMW,2 -171189,skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle,1 -171164,sitcomishly,1 -106739,Innocuous enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good .,2 -164429,killers and stalk 'n',1 -102912,, the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .,0 -184053,Friday After Next is a lot more bluster than bite .,1 -4820,artistic malnutrition,1 -214719,the gay community,2 -33525,is time for their first public recital,2 -211181,self-conscious debut,1 -56114,positively thrilling combination,3 -75827,both Seven,2 -9079,no sense of actual passion being washed away in love 's dissolution,1 -199648,from too much Norma Rae and not enough Pretty Woman,1 -26082,Michell,2 -167621,of nuclear holocaust,2 -109042,Solondz ',2 -148762,Sometimes smart but more often sophomoric,2 -123440,instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza,1 -48628,acidity,1 -174776,the sole bright spot,2 -180020,'s target audience has n't graduated from junior high school,2 -4031,a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey,3 -197227,do not automatically,2 -87791,neo-realist,2 -55627,of this ancient holistic healing system,2 -180556,, but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned,2 -160092,give us the ooky-spookies,2 -4508,all those famous,2 -202570,is a film for the under-7 crowd,1 -126559,made under the influence of Rohypnol,0 -99786,well enough,3 -183678,Enigma is well-made , but,2 -143827,Anthony Hopkins,2 -77369,cooks,2 -174934,the tube,2 -189301,Two badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .,1 -93239,spangle,2 -238241,unnamed , easily substitutable forces,2 -223716,Humorous and heartfelt , Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ',3 -14231,Light , cute and forgettable .,2 -42786,the Elizabethan prose ,,2 -41324,This is n't a narrative film -- I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try -- but,2 -144348,Cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility .,2 -33533,is typical Miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes .,3 -76180,by its special effects,2 -236919,the filmmakers who have directed him , especially,2 -125634,know this,2 -230786,few potential,2 -15541,dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still,1 -50007,can feel the love,3 -15654,enough science to make it count as educational,3 -148730,Some elements of it really blow the big one ,,1 -73253,advances,3 -220198,yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere,0 -127814,nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history ,,2 -26238,Nothing Denis,2 -12861,wasting,1 -82881,in action,3 -88901,of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction,3 -184466,Hollywood vs . Woo,2 -68779,Shyamalan 's gifts,3 -4188,a taste,2 -31693,flawless,4 -66825,Iwai 's,2 -150796,What 's at stake in this film,2 -60760,'re part of her targeted audience,2 -17885,troubled,1 -65332,Eric Byler 's nuanced pic,3 -59422,to whom,2 -25532,Hermitage,2 -50687,deconstructed,1 -176877,trippy , ambitious,2 -76922,come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace,3 -199190,for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .,3 -234491,of right-thinking ideology,2 -124333,is not Edward Burns ' best film,0 -102887,, the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .,3 -176776,toys,2 -198772,feminized,2 -133118,spirit-crushing,1 -158786,falling flat,1 -21421,next project,2 -101385,'ll be rewarded with some fine acting .,4 -65819,Good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make Paid in Full worth seeing .,4 -138512,ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ...,2 -3534,` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .,4 -3760,a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,4 -139456,well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie,1 -17271,some welcome role models and optimism .,4 -87667,my enjoyment,3 -222887,Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side,3 -136802,they live together,2 -20971,introduction,2 -87089,might add -- slice of comedic bliss,4 -126000,lighting,2 -2681,the pace and the visuals,2 -104880,Broomfield has compelling new material,3 -130247,piss on trees ,,1 -173017,that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it,1 -219110,what he gets,2 -221546,, such talent , such a wise \*\*\* .,1 -57226,sorry,2 -216350,this bad,1 -86189,live-wire film,3 -203673,is way , way off .,1 -119491,excruciatingly tedious,1 -131732,sanity,2 -34152,little ones,2 -84370,is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation,2 -232006,in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit,2 -117235,comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting,3 -105126,Clancy creates,2 -198954,finished product 's,2 -20869,impossible world,2 -80803,funny and , in the end , very touching,4 -220988,'s the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .,3 -208343,old bad trip,1 -140620,written for no one,3 -141830,( U ),2 -30916,does n't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count Elvira 's hooters .,3 -216833,to appeal to the younger set,2 -84682,is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .,4 -204509,keep letting go at all the wrong moments,2 -178622,with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue,1 -81486,had gone in for pastel landscapes .,3 -151064,Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed,3 -176550,to win the championship,2 -61899,, fatter heart,2 -178823,worrying,2 -138141,too pessimistic,1 -77172,confidently orchestrated,4 -21961,significance,2 -11243,the cia,2 -82700,immaturity,1 -130116,pep,2 -120456,for most of the movie 's success,3 -11107,that one never overwhelms the other,2 -90443,point the way for adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover,3 -48090,a greater sense,3 -157979,drive anyone,2 -42058,have so much,3 -56104,pop music .,2 -209376,playing with narrative form,2 -185586,Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go,1 -6066,drag,1 -72714,a tricky tightrope,2 -48623,achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars,3 -100827,working in movies,2 -50343,complex and quirky , but entirely believable,3 -13716,... innocent and well-meaning,3 -212829,such a dependable concept was botched in execution,1 -14849,a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects,2 -21693,past decade,2 -122760,ill-wrought,2 -51162,emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and,3 -32330,has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why,4 -150508,Trivial,1 -125725,lame story,0 -118809,dying , delusional man,2 -23339,, The Good Girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...,3 -116627,can see mediocre cresting on the next wave,1 -220970,'s so not-at-all-good,0 -18469,, the American Insomnia is still pretty darned good .,3 -136867,this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot,0 -94299,tender sermon,3 -155661,butchered in A . I .,2 -229673,can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .,2 -174476,the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest,2 -141135,'s a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell .,0 -224634,Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .,4 -147227,Longest Yard '' playbook,2 -18817,David Mamet,2 -143849,Apallingly,1 -209626,precious at the start,3 -163539,is trying to go,2 -71643,a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze,2 -114924,as if Woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him,2 -157854,done all,2 -2891,thought,2 -215960,the wrong places,2 -91043,quite often,2 -186248,Murphy and Wilson,2 -67379,Mama Africa,2 -136561,the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important , warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality,3 -60555,you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film,3 -45767,It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them ,,0 -229853,clichés and sneering humor,1 -235313,remain the same throughout,2 -120982,generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy,2 -74430,are the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery .,3 -199791,genial but never inspired , and little,1 -205779,managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring,1 -161997,in the darkness,2 -196023,coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie .,1 -2784,their hearts in the right place . where their heads were is anyone 's guess,1 -108507,Pure of intention and passably diverting , His Secret Life is light , innocuous and unremarkable .,2 -50269,comedy that,2 -223407,For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and,3 -125921,less of,2 -5026,be america 's sweetheart,2 -3113,what you get with empire,2 -169501,pussy-ass,2 -89360,on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .,4 -49471,barely clad,2 -45927,Kathy,2 -113653,all the longing , anguish and ache ,,2 -127467,most of the cast,2 -88855,of revelation,2 -101990,'s well,3 -228639,and co-writer Michele Petin 's,2 -229228,be the target of something,2 -194050,be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor,1 -143419,A very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction,0 -220638,'re rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over,0 -172699,than Malle 's dud,3 -3107,wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend .,1 -133243,started out,2 -82941,in favor of sentimental war movies,3 -112159,a jaunt down memory lane for teens,3 -58795,the unerring professionalism of the chilly production,2 -108555,Rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in Trouble Every Day .,3 -149763,The premise is in extremely bad taste , and the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them .,0 -170687,self-infatuated,1 -187106,Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband,2 -170158,road-trip drek,1 -139054,viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types,2 -72216,a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place,3 -193972,baked cardboard,1 -184039,French hip-hop,2 -1184,her natural,2 -138955,very , very good reasons,3 -110464,This is a film living far too much in its own head .,1 -198043,eternally,2 -159601,found by his characters,2 -174141,the jaunt,2 -128765,of lazy humor,3 -154881,because it was too overbearing,1 -148989,TV-insider humor,2 -104068,Adam SANDLER !,2 -107969,Nerds,3 -218732,was botched in execution,1 -51657,film noir movie,2 -217291,to retrieve her husband,2 -229449,both the writing and cutting,2 -166111,monstrously sanctimonious,2 -219568,will quite likely be more like hell .,1 -112366,a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss,2 -49084,any number,2 -126275,lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y,2 -232666,is obviously a labour of love so Howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted,2 -30611,dealt with,2 -78593,dramatize life 's messiness from inside out,2 -218270,until the bitter end,2 -96156,the more outrageous bits,2 -188609,The rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful,0 -121796,has moments of inspired humour ,,3 -135332,the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful,3 -118991,emotional connection or identification frustratingly,2 -83888,is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .,3 -182457,An unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .,1 -220666,'s `` Rollerball,2 -31354,expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches,2 -213041,swear you,2 -134794,the acerbic repartee,2 -5952,did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube,1 -88536,of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County,1 -4467,al,3 -200618,has no point and goes nowhere,0 -133968,tells us,2 -103464,A chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .,4 -87140,minds and hearts,2 -33423,is n't as gory or explicit,2 -41575,are as intelligent ,,3 -74425,are such a companionable couple,3 -120134,finely crafted,4 -170567,seem dispassionate by comparison .,2 -35491,of the past,2 -179158,you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .,0 -8629,makes chaplin 's city lights,2 -226261,The film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ?,3 -54555,makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience,4 -91926,saves it ... and,2 -51816,for storytelling,2 -58436,the large cast,2 -129262,offer any insight,2 -162509,irritatingly,1 -141012,'m guessing the director is a magician,2 -55112,none of them have any relation to the other,2 -196805,described as sci-fi generic,1 -10437,shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling,1 -75477,been remarkable,4 -68212,Pierce,2 -206793,narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute,1 -206311,money and celluloid,2 -10672,spielberg 's,2 -128572,of building to a laugh riot,3 -167831,of the subplots,2 -26998,This is pretty dicey material . But some unexpected zigs and zags help .,2 -30734,desperately in a nasty sea,2 -180581,, clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . Enigma lacks it .,1 -218588,visually ugly,1 -809,devastating testimony,1 -169283,preview screenings,2 -95675,the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog,1 -38137,the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen,2 -161639,ill-conceived modern-day ending,1 -52330,had the good sense,3 -205895,matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus,1 -62456,, your first instinct is to duck,2 -103580,A film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I,3 -220079,would have been fast and furious,2 -229317,before it went in front of the camera,2 -63813,Amos,2 -222187,Action - mechanical,2 -213869,that the answer is as conventional as can be,1 -156143,chaotic panorama,2 -177004,tux,2 -46930,The Pianist does not,1 -204608,know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money,1 -180784,, like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows,3 -134614,that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for,4 -26423,Rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding .,4 -184148,Girlfriends are bad,2 -14239,Lil,2 -180837,, no .,2 -122366,his oppressive,2 -165699,martial arts movies,2 -94519,that Hollywood,2 -123673,is , arguably,2 -75734,blazingly alive and admirable on many levels,4 -159738,from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure,2 -214734,the gloss of convenience,2 -43134,'re not a fan,2 -171515,social insight,2 -168360,or during ),2 -91343,reel in the audience,3 -216799,to a bank manager,2 -180517,, another breathless movie about same !,2 -178917,would n't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance .,0 -181365,103-minute length,2 -98552,toss,2 -3773,a few nice twists,3 -207695,of disturbed genius,3 -14559,Tok,2 -211647,since directing Adams,2 -27313,Zhang,2 -31387,exposition,2 -42401,never took off and,2 -230399,drab wannabe,0 -226198,The beautiful images and solemn words,3 -54610,mankind,2 -42480,presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm,3 -72127,a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation,2 -92356,settles,2 -206558,mostly wordless,2 -16512,lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts,3 -234501,of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00,2 -138859,us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .,1 -61211,'s plotless , shapeless,0 -192800,angling to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck '',1 -161737,in Black 2,2 -210645,rough-hewn,2 -63951,An undeniably gorgeous , terminally,4 -197999,eroticized gore,2 -33943,kings,2 -102729,, moving , and adventurous directorial debut,4 -86415,lumpen,1 -192848,another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war,2 -193179,are side stories aplenty,3 -168350,opposing viewpoints,2 -42581,scope and,3 -65194,Drug abuse , infidelity and death,2 -59275,to keep many moviegoers,2 -203398,is slathered on top,2 -26268,Ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar .,2 -6883,green 's,2 -112323,a model of menacing atmosphere,2 -67874,Nostra,2 -126802,marginal characters,1 -117255,comes to terms with his picture-perfect life,2 -166165,more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen,2 -54284,literary desecrations,1 -95664,the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching,4 -89284,ofrece gags,2 -75614,better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style,3 -1743,mired,2 -183061,Charade,2 -59674,unendurable viewing experience,0 -182728,Bears is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .,0 -237742,to be grandiloquent,1 -44209,A powerful performance,3 -140308,without becoming too cute about it,2 -164178,its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report,0 -223272,Even the unwatchable Soapdish,0 -13325,yet curiously tepid and choppy,1 -196430,credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .,2 -206218,miracles , the movie,2 -67098,LaBute masterfully,3 -32177,great , scary times,4 -192114,alas ,,2 -159744,from taking its message seriously,2 -140183,with memorable zingers,3 -152272,a prison soccer movie starring charismatic tough guy Vinnie Jones,2 -25350,Frailty with its dark soul,2 -142263,, it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile,1 -153446,an intriguing look at youth fizzles,2 -169984,rent a pedigree,2 -220230,you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .,4 -103560,A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed ,,3 -134440,that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant,3 -192780,and stolid Anthony Hopkins,2 -67354,Maid,2 -148965,Swept Under the Rug,1 -156579,comic impersonation,2 -164812,liberal cause,3 -97058,the working class to life,3 -103679,A lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition,3 -29304,at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all,3 -100349,wise-beyond-her-years teen,3 -72903,about K-19,2 -220752,'s also stupider .,1 -36191,profound common sense,3 -23858,, showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing,3 -68134,Paul Cox,2 -203712,island,2 -103161,. Sugarman,2 -135235,the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited,2 -62778,A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions --,4 -78263,disgust , a thrill ,,2 -19384,Tsai Ming-liang has taken his trademark style and refined it to a crystalline point .,3 -226221,The characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory .,4 -132513,simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply,0 -46974,The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets,2 -232399,is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .,2 -146441,It 's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and once the initial high wears off , the film 's shortcomings start to shine through,2 -111485,a James Bond series for kids,3 -201825,in another movie,2 -215698,the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title,1 -179954,'s rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline,2 -114303,animals,2 -220284,you find them,2 -48095,a grimace,1 -183889,Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel,3 -94778,that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography,3 -157157,deathbed,1 -118819,dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle,1 -70144,There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry,3 -68069,P . T . Anderson understands the grandness of romance,3 -168843,personal journal,2 -110769,Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and,1 -23314,, Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .,4 -183822,Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film,3 -138766,unsatisfying ending,0 -39998,where few American films dare to delve,4 -39411,touching and wonderfully dyspeptic,4 -167211,of Japanese animation,2 -72345,a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence,4 -171710,soporific , visually dank,2 -70624,Victor Rosa is Leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance .,4 -232610,is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot,1 -205211,little fleeing,2 -20950,interested in one man 's response to stroke,2 -169441,pubescent star,2 -220033,worth caring about,2 -222808,But the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .,1 -116553,can and,2 -104885,Brooms is n't it,2 -112141,a home,2 -123225,in this predictable thriller,1 -10984,tedious,1 -190752,a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub,2 -99083,unnatural,1 -61352,'s very much like life,2 -237942,to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices,2 -212539,stave off doldrums,2 -66180,I like that Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them .,3 -3409,( if possible,2 -166675,never come into focus,1 -55108,nonconformist,3 -210750,same advice,2 -182028,A stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .,0 -176601,too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious,1 -131631,romantic tale,3 -212302,speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best ,,1 -197905,enough , but nothing new,1 -79820,fervently,2 -138925,veered off too far into the Exxon zone ,,1 -19130,Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . I enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .,3 -137300,to Das Boot,2 -45357,Gayton,2 -89957,owe Nicolas Cage,2 -80421,force you to give it a millisecond of thought,2 -85026,it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11,3 -196424,credited to no fewer than five writers,2 -22630,unbelievably,2 -239082,yet unforgivingly inconsistent,1 -197575,dry wit and compassion,3 -125359,its sense of humor,2 -183764,Every Day any better,2 -90720,profesores de idiomas , y todo aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor .,2 -232156,into `,2 -162303,intelligent and considered in its details ,,3 -91040,quite fun in places,3 -16647,neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open,1 -185588,Ken Russell,2 -54370,looking for something new and,2 -206315,monster truck-loving good ol' boys,2 -159727,from its many predecessors,2 -41924,fighting trim shape,3 -173152,that of John,2 -18192,( unfortunately R-rated ),1 -105369,Demme experiments,2 -20394,distanced,2 -110757,Trouble Every Day is a plodding mess .,0 -205617,madness -- and strength,3 -62612,... while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu , it ultimately comes off as a pale successor .,1 -2100,provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable,3 -76313,can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ',4 -20466,enormous,3 -70797,What I saw,2 -238113,trembling and gratitude .,2 -234421,of friends,2 -36595,rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder,4 -214828,the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie,1 -77684,da,2 -6304,everyman 's romance comedy,3 -165114,little to offend,2 -129475,on the viewer,2 -200486,has a nearly terminal case of the cutes,3 -31233,even all that dumb,1 -163564,is virtually without context,1 -138981,very good ( but not great ),3 -164700,leaves viewers feeling compromised,1 -106079,Grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . The little girls understand , and McCracken knows that 's all that matters,2 -94941,that was hard for me to warm up to,1 -128461,of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families,1 -99340,very fast .,3 -207844,of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles,2 -100089,who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground,3 -37105,soft edges,2 -35124,of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads,3 -207742,of gang warfare,2 -74689,as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand,3 -166360,mostly plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .,1 -88526,of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman,2 -189967,` Garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . ',2 -209679,presented in convincing way,3 -137561,to entertain or inspire its viewers,3 -113205,about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,3 -216926,to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book,2 -24680,Andrew 's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt 's Coven,0 -91922,save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction,2 -60514,year-end movies,2 -47670,Women 's Augustine,2 -84299,is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats,4 -186585,One senses in World Traveler and in his earlier film that Freundlich,2 -152454,a sleek sociopath on the trail,2 -12968,what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread,2 -92090,see often enough these days,2 -238969,work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave,0 -230064,curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices,2 -224097,Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself,2 -34278,made the other three great , scary times at the movies,3 -176437,to swim through,2 -184016,Franc .,2 -76252,ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .,3 -132140,seriously bad,0 -31933,front of an audience,3 -71017,Witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image,3 -235464,say who might enjoy this,2 -20127,bold and lyrical,3 -61718,, a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .,4 -211954,so many false scares,1 -207770,of his league,2 -34068,lighthearted , feel-good film,3 -184242,Green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that,1 -100282,will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart,2 -39720,us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre,1 -170980,should now,2 -106265,Hollywood , success,3 -119380,ever released by a major film studio .,3 -54707,memorable film,4 -181,a good movie,4 -209957,putrid writing , direction and timing,0 -33269,is a surprisingly effective Peter\/Spider-Man,3 -214608,the film is never dull,4 -135867,the nerve-raked acting,2 -113976,an earnest try at beachcombing verismo,3 -163354,is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense,1 -50475,corruption and,1 -197293,does n't come much lower,2 -138576,unconditional,3 -29806,but brimming with gentle humor,4 -87092,might be ` easier ' to watch on video at home,2 -128806,of motherhood and desperate mothers,1 -37620,tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul,3 -138584,uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action,2 -216465,this poor remake,1 -10454,sidey,2 -13148,with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly,0 -70385,Throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment,2 -105724,Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun,3 -74180,any right to be,2 -134040,than a hollow tribute,2 -98207,to middle America,2 -121772,has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn,3 -187886,The Sweetest Thing leaves an awful sour taste .,1 -25884,Kahlo 's,2 -195384,can just,2 -187628,Sugarman 's,2 -80239,for an eagerness,3 -157411,did n't mean much to me and,1 -47714,Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable,3 -143093,A film so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not,0 -193300,artsploitation,2 -218751,was just a matter of ` eh .,2 -202294,instead of trying to have it both ways,2 -162545,is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies,2 -192819,annoying rather than charming,1 -176009,to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century .,2 -161837,in charm and charisma,2 -187317,Singles Ward,2 -5600,clinical,2 -92632,shrugging acceptance,2 -42973,watching , paths,2 -39384,too honest to manipulate its audience,2 -88600,of genuine insight into the urban heart,4 -66731,It is a movie about passion,2 -98212,to no good,1 -61700,, The Guys is a somber trip worth taking .,3 -153060,all he 's done,2 -147491,More whiny downer than corruscating commentary .,1 -99647,was worth your seven bucks,3 -6131,edges,2 -19773,and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time,3 -54826,more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes,1 -184747,I would go back and choose to skip it .,0 -91409,relentlessly globalizing world,2 -226352,The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ...,3 -221501,, psychology , drugs and philosophy,2 -238410,wants to blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition .,2 -209587,potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale,0 -166943,not devoid of wit,2 -158853,far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman,0 -58134,the classic whale 's tale,2 -187245,Shatner as a legendary professor and Kunis,2 -51906,friendship , love ,,2 -1779,mr . andrew and his collaborators,2 -173588,the bull,2 -41756,crush it,1 -180744,, it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .,0 -102059,( A ) thoughtful , visually graceful,3 -107947,National Lampoon 's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House,3 -194602,between dumb fun and just plain dumb,1 -233617,make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series,3 -75726,black-owned record label,2 -7472,in the coldest environment,2 -59050,thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film,4 -89926,overdoing it,1 -5028,be based on a true and historically significant story,3 -101999,'s won,2 -157624,do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere,1 -24202,1982,2 -71438,a compelling investigation,3 -205884,match their own creations,2 -164882,like ` You 're from two different worlds ' and ` Tonight the maid is a lie and this,2 -94331,terrific date movie,3 -99966,wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man,2 -238763,will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds .,2 -196410,creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters,3 -35419,of the American dream,3 -65360,Even if Invincible is not quite the career peak that The Pianist is for Roman Polanski , it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .,3 -220895,'s my advice , Kev .,2 -109234,Stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .,1 -222045,A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction .,0 -120531,for this region and its inhabitants,2 -206883,needlessly confusing,1 -169176,predictable and sentimental,2 -164761,less repetitive,2 -79322,every blighter in this particular South London housing project,2 -21674,over narrative,2 -124922,it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored,3 -20722,has been given a loving screen transferral .,4 -116263,brutal mid,1 -168036,on a French poodle,2 -99982,which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project,3 -69472,The director , Mark Pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .,3 -154588,baffling casual approach,1 -15283,both movie,2 -176286,to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted,1 -166649,neither does it exude any charm or personality,0 -148736,Some of Seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures ,,2 -91995,scooping the whole world,2 -102077,( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet,2 -100519,with his stepmother,2 -162210,initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control,1 -189961,` A ' list cast,3 -92666,similar obsessions can dominate a family,1 -112223,a long , unfunny one at that,1 -118575,does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic,2 -169375,promoter,2 -92225,seldom hammy ,,3 -32573,his pathos from drippiness,1 -88715,of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work,2 -110665,To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest,3 -70230,This is going to be something really good . ',4 -218297,up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight,2 -214695,the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs,2 -129332,old .,1 -217871,truth-in-advertising hounds,1 -98937,undeniable energy,4 -108324,Patric and Ray Liotta,2 -99704,ways that elude the more nationally settled,2 -238701,who lacked any,2 -155695,by Mick Jackson,2 -171359,smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth,2 -11201,the band,2 -216172,therefore,2 -2089,promising '' to,2 -214550,the eyes of aristocrats,2 -131453,resurrect,2 -173615,the characters sound,2 -139512,were one for this kind of movie,2 -206705,muddled , repetitive and ragged,1 -56901,shatters you,2 -18114,with whom,2 -161715,improbably,1 -48732,aimed specifically,2 -172787,than six,2 -180361,, Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .,1 -91575,rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s,2 -219271,which opens today nationwide,2 -93465,statement,2 -218356,uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels .,0 -38342,the inherent immorality,2 -207373,of '' The Kid Stays,2 -166277,more than six,2 -80649,from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves,3 -204261,its own cracker barrel,2 -16733,of early - '80s suburbia,2 -25183,Eastwood at his best .,4 -209238,persuades you ,,2 -43933,30 pounds,2 -148035,Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . For me , this opera is n't a favorite ,,0 -238540,weird \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \/,2 -235705,should not be forgiven,1 -118793,durable,3 -12655,undone,1 -114898,as erratic as its central character .,1 -6268,estranged,1 -42780,that many more,2 -198638,features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .,0 -111523,a bad sitcom,0 -186921,Return to Neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief,1 -176117,to fear about '' Fear Dot Com '',2 -120326,for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery,0 -195411,can start looking good,3 -82722,impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman .,3 -112658,a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest,2 -11118,that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence,0 -124007,is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .,0 -188428,The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn,1 -69147,Tarantino,2 -117268,comic effects,2 -14608,Wendigo,2 -173088,that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama,0 -167592,of margaritas,2 -99588,warm and winning,3 -131462,retaining an integrity and,2 -38798,the young players,2 -94819,that post 9-11 period,2 -170431,schlock-filled fairy tale,1 -125717,lactating hippie,1 -163535,is truly,3 -225881,Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson ,,1 -198705,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 .,0 -43994,A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big,4 -166653,neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy,1 -205817,many false scares,1 -79459,expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title,1 -209421,plodding and,1 -214552,the fantastic Kathy Bates,3 -102013,'ve completely,3 -76655,child coming-of-age theme,2 -214521,the exalted tagline,2 -7666,is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter,3 -75572,benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances,3 -129672,oozes craft,3 -131444,restrained and,1 -146329,Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story,1 -146308,In the end , Ted Bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac,1 -170519,see a comedy about shoddy airport security,1 -60569,you do n't want to use your brain .,1 -52118,ghost imagery,2 -148475,Secret Ballot is too contemplative to be really funny .,2 -181317,... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .,2 -549,be,2 -117964,defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it,2 -47821,a big deal,2 -71242,a New Yorker,2 -113672,all things Pokemon,2 -61771,, and yearning,2 -211890,snake foo yung,2 -73995,and Chris Sanders,2 -118720,dream image,2 -127707,my advice,2 -136786,they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets .,1 -132178,sets a new benchmark for lameness,1 -14457,Steve Irwin 's method is Ernest Hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume .,3 -39684,up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta,1 -81184,goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes,0 -95147,the astute direction of Cardoso and,3 -206548,most traditional , reserved kind,2 -194449,begs to be parodied,1 -197395,dog days,2 -112383,a movie-going neophyte,2 -225223,Notorious C.H.O.,2 -139009,very stylish,3 -78576,drama\/action,2 -26901,The second coming,3 -18312,'s still worth a look .,3 -151250,` urban drama,2 -98492,tonal,2 -31199,errant,1 -212500,started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ',2 -189576,What could have been right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination .,1 -223720,I 'd recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .,1 -47851,a buoyant , expressive flow,3 -24859,Boisterous and daft documentary .,2 -171064,significant harm and not smelly enough to bother despising,1 -121239,go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship,2 -58897,their work,2 -82048,heartwarming film,3 -91146,razor-sided,2 -165605,makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action,3 -210073,rap and R&B names,3 -150530,Tweedy,2 -228105,a pun as possible,2 -35019,novelist Byatt,3 -134514,that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises,1 -26702,Thanks to Scott 's charismatic Roger and Eisenberg 's sweet nephew,3 -167813,of the new live-action,2 -152969,adroit,2 -32481,her life bare in front of an audience .,2 -25632,I liked its heart and its spirit,3 -161942,in otherwise talented actors,2 -110285,There 's a lot of good material here , but there 's also a lot of redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness accompanying it,3 -52723,hoped I would,2 -956,far less,1 -138227,tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the Yiddish stage .,3 -192352,always the prettiest pictures,3 -139560,what makes Shanghai Ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and,2 -13327,you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused,0 -89671,one-room world,2 -134716,the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat,2 -33726,it tried to do anything more,2 -91670,richly detailed ,,3 -178142,which gives you an idea just how bad it was,1 -185362,It takes you somewhere,3 -10147,revolution studios,2 -222891,Carré,2 -29723,brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds,3 -106681,In IMAX in short,2 -83775,is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .,4 -232809,is the one established by Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release,2 -233603,made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction,0 -215868,the warden 's,2 -25414,Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .,4 -152375,a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm,1 -76296,camareras italianas,2 -20323,crystalline point,2 -176467,to the audience,2 -124124,is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture,1 -122542,how difficult,1 -93811,suck the audience,2 -83618,intriguing bit,3 -122182,hero performances,3 -221571,, the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .,1 -217546,told by the man who wrote it,2 -59333,to scandals,2 -109861,The filmmakers might want to look it up .,2 -125979,life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor ,,4 -188983,This is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .,1 -85285,its indie tatters and self-conscious seams,2 -124552,is so thoughtlessly assembled,1 -191847,accentuating,3 -59929,wanted to say,2 -11818,the relentless horror on parade,1 -185034,It 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .,0 -19929,appraisal,2 -153346,an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and,3 -56018,phones,2 -222323,An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless,0 -135978,the people who paid to see it,2 -195965,comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours,3 -114501,appeared,2 -128764,of layer upon layer,2 -233717,man John Q. Archibald,2 -205988,meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious,0 -86853,master Manoel de Oliviera,2 -72839,a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,4 -7389,important to him,3 -229441,borrows a bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '' and `` Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself,4 -11245,the cockettes ',2 -132412,showing them heartbreakingly drably,1 -124176,is its subject,2 -144588,Consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept,0 -33256,is a refreshingly adult take on adultery,3 -145418,For all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos,3 -207525,of a comedy,2 -43001,why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible,3 -2585,the dumbest , sketchiest movie,0 -232231,is Lohman 's film .,2 -302,a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy,1 -235443,saving the movie,2 -86436,luvvies in raptures,2 -2110,purists,2 -182800,Big Daddy,2 -112969,a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment,4 -210580,ripoff,0 -169306,probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters,1 -202565,is a dud,1 -116591,can get on television for free,1 -128055,nobody in the viewing audience,2 -62090,, meditative,3 -16727,of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game,3 -40598,( Hawn 's character ) is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality , and so blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and underwritten,0 -184874,In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time ... most viewers will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned,1 -52798,if not entirely fresh,2 -99265,usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails,3 -140007,wise to send your regrets,2 -182726,Bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .,1 -193928,bad , bad movie,0 -3147,who,2 -161242,his cultivated allergy,2 -89980,own rhythm,2 -212898,suitably kooky which should appeal to women and,3 -174546,the plot kicks in,2 -193378,as a rather thin moral,2 -13673,, while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene,1 -117597,could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ?,2 -26849,The long-range appeal,4 -188758,The type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy ),1 -112687,a shiny new bow,2 -151876,a heavy-handed moralistic message,2 -225972,Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin .,2 -199556,from a grenade with his teeth,2 -170194,rose-colored situations,2 -101797,'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd,1 -122187,hews out a world,2 -135660,the live-action scenes,2 -167548,of its Ideal predecessor,2 -150570,Uneasy,1 -166668,never catches dramatic fire .,2 -187070,Sade achieves the near-impossible,3 -21291,manages to outshine the role,4 -14461,Stevenson 's,2 -165241,looks like a drag queen,1 -155976,can render it anything but laughable .,1 -45481,Henry Kissinger,2 -218941,we need more X and less blab .,2 -106997,It does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes .,3 -158713,eyeballs,3 -110716,Too silly,2 -64620,Cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .,3 -57029,sits there,2 -148401,Scarlet Diva,3 -150879,When not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations,2 -166358,mostly inarticulate,1 -133950,televised,2 -103624,A good music documentary,4 -6918,had expected,2 -13733,2000 miles,2 -119437,ex-Marine Walter ,,2 -9054,nice,3 -20115,better-than-average,3 -130295,plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried,0 -622,both,2 -39466,true fans of the Stevenson 's novel,3 -140100,with an action movie that actually has a brain,4 -67343,MIBII is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it .,2 -99973,whether they be of nature , of man or of one another,2 -220375,your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door,1 -81048,give credit to Affleck,3 -5426,can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms,2 -99868,what he does best,4 -9383,of the whole thing,2 -43976,A brutally honest documentary,3 -128027,no question that Epps scores once or twice,2 -112775,a standup comedian,2 -23341,, The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .,4 -206725,music of the men who are its subject,2 -225580,Real Women Have Curves '' is a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams .,4 -53596,is quite beautiful,4 -133287,sticky and unsatisfied,1 -132521,since Cho 's previous concert comedy film,2 -103071,-- and by extension , accomplishments,2 -22059,still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs,4 -15619,easy,2 -88916,of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics,3 -137331,to a common goal,2 -128120,not quite and,2 -59355,to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness,1 -150857,What you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it - the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .,1 -142856,12-Step Program,2 -31585,few fanciful touches,2 -98025,to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies,3 -194655,bigger-name,2 -236805,the deliberate,2 -159021,few chances,2 -119648,fails to provoke them,1 -17372,sweet and playful,3 -67350,Magnolia,2 -229261,become her mother,2 -25122,Director Benoit Jacquot,3 -164833,lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar,3 -218269,until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives,2 -167863,of this movie 's servitude to its superstar,2 -152773,about pretty much nothing,1 -94008,swear you are wet in some places and,2 -140056,with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration,2 -5041,be little more than another platter of reheated aliens,1 -195195,by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate,0 -236092,study by André Turpin,2 -123855,is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings,3 -70520,Twohy films,2 -120559,foreign culture only,1 -89831,our sympathies,3 -16405,jarring,2 -87273,more grueling and,1 -193514,as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care,1 -62251,, taut , piercing and feisty,3 -5822,cumulative,2 -820,dismiss barbershop,2 -91636,revision,2 -135110,the disparate elements do n't gel,1 -228457,allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title ,,2 -102215,, ( Goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .,3 -122948,in an orange prison jumpsuit,2 -127055,might as well be watching a rerun,0 -4496,all the queen 's men,2 -218648,want MacDowell 's character to retrieve her husband,2 -34960,not apply,1 -81427,grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor,3 -5541,children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish,2 -175524,this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --,2 -91957,scariest movie,3 -172245,such noble and lofty ambitions,3 -126500,luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago,4 -214626,the film should be seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review .,1 -114404,any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism,2 -156409,closer to Slowtime,2 -80103,flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe,2 -81848,have an honesty and dignity that breaks your heart,4 -1321,instantly,2 -60257,will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement,3 -35374,of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .,3 -54916,movie .,2 -128600,of creativity,2 -199843,get the comedy we settle for .,2 -5016,based on the book by antwone fisher,2 -225469,Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !,3 -59899,vividly back,3 -186690,Piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes,3 -218511,viability,2 -193550,as original,3 -203136,is muted,1 -31616,film history,3 -116699,care about the characters,2 -117747,crudeness,1 -11159,the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz,2 -78200,director Michael Apted and,2 -28603,and featuring some of the year 's best acting,4 -163375,is something in Full Frontal ,,2 -69566,The film is full of charm .,3 -200902,having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .,1 -17132,rural,2 -60727,'m likely to see all year,2 -106461,I hate myself most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned,3 -113152,about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution,1 -165917,might be with a large dose of painkillers .,2 -87805,never knew,2 -87803,never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects,1 -127596,movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid,3 -176721,torpid and banal,1 -100981,writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film,2 -87076,metaphors,2 -178743,wo n't know much more when you leave .,1 -58324,the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy,3 -237343,the world 's best actors ,,4 -56734,schlepping,2 -202067,in the worst sense of the expression,1 -199085,flush,2 -112278,a major film studio,2 -206188,mindless action flick,1 -202246,injustices,2 -49746,blab,1 -233484,little guys,2 -6046,does n't work for me,0 -175480,this movie and , subsequently , the movie,2 -115394,barely shocking ,,1 -191348,a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten,1 -171048,shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane,3 -121179,gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill .,3 -169894,rekindle the magic of the first film,3 -90033,pale Mr . Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .,2 -203333,is predictable at every turn,1 -196650,decidedly unoriginal,0 -54295,little parable,2 -182134,Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .,0 -103094,-- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing .,3 -153861,are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . Where 's the movie here ?,1 -27309,Zany,3 -132989,sometimes funny,3 -49154,are far,2 -35932,pauses,3 -102625,, it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .,0 -24897,Brown,2 -63079,A good documentary,4 -45019,De Palma,2 -137270,times uncommonly moving,3 -207289,nowheresville,1 -86210,logical , unforced continuation,3 -94774,that makes you,2 -69671,The leanest and meanest,3 -83243,includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County '',1 -55621,of their Hollywood counterparts,2 -158959,feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes,1 -167801,of the manipulative engineering,2 -108431,Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker,1 -111561,a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by,2 -297,a whole lot,3 -220773,'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge,1 -34359,manipulate,2 -209197,performance art,2 -97871,to all those little steaming cartons,2 -204440,just because it seems obligatory,1 -77833,deeply humanizing,3 -184753,II achieves ultimate insignificance,0 -15113,any of Derrida 's,2 -160570,hard-to-believe,2 -112552,a protracted,2 -190157,a besotted and obvious drama,1 -34192,long-range appeal,3 -216173,therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one,0 -36253,quaint,2 -22707,wait to see what they do next,2 -214906,the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy,1 -220899,'s next : `` My Mother the Car ?,2 -107302,Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden,3 -54084,kid 's movie,2 -98060,to find the small , human moments,3 -156643,completes,2 -59957,watch Some Body,3 -105783,Fat Girl,2 -49968,by the wireless,2 -123706,is a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation,3 -23264,( s ) nail-biting suspense,2 -84117,is darkly atmospheric , with Herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles .,2 -33584,it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation,4 -8815,miss heist,2 -203381,is sappy and amateurish .,2 -62224,, so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .,4 -213437,than the spawn,2 -213186,tapping away ',2 -40954,I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again ,,1 -7538,ingratiating,1 -229112,baffled by Jason X.,0 -37611,talking-head survivors,2 -198113,even the SLC high command,2 -66363,In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment , Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .,3 -3303,'s 86 minutes too long,1 -178245,who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact,1 -76387,canny , derivative , wildly gruesome,3 -28449,and Jakob the Liar,2 -119384,ever witnessed,2 -91025,quirky or,2 -68149,Payami,2 -223409,For the rest of us,2 -221155,, I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .,0 -81597,has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but,3 -119197,entertaining thriller,3 -105352,Debrauwer,2 -182937,Brothers comedy,2 -109869,The formula is familiar but enjoyable .,3 -48153,a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories,1 -110327,There 's nothing to gain from watching They . It is n't scary . It hates its characters .,0 -58073,the best silly horror movies,4 -3149,who are obviously pretty clever,3 -20586,for the count,2 -194275,become , to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large,1 -174753,the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious,2 -53411,is at 22 a powerful young actor,3 -92293,sentimental drama,2 -133010,song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family,2 -60423,without lectures or confrontations,3 -152595,a thousand years old,2 -129301,offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable .,3 -6842,good-natured,3 -62477,-- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle,2 -58011,the all-too,2 -97460,this marvelous film,3 -225297,On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .,1 -31396,exquisitely polished and upholstered .,3 -46815,Stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .,3 -161828,in bad filmmaking,0 -136629,the writers ',2 -68512,Ron Howard 's Apollo 13 in the IMAX format,3 -175713,throw a few big-name actors and cameos,2 -214902,the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD,2 -97833,to Newcastle,2 -11950,the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view,3 -210390,reminding audiences,2 -137302,to Discovery Channel fans,2 -48551,about growing up Catholic or , really , anything,2 -109437,The Lady and the Duke is Eric Rohmer 's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama,2 -33050,infuriatingly,2 -136646,theatrical release,2 -169744,realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show,1 -73181,acute writing and,2 -53495,is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times .,4 -90888,punchier,3 -182064,A timid , soggy near miss .,1 -67627,More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet .,2 -2802,them redeemable,2 -105315,David 's,2 -232157,into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,3 -135051,the continent,2 -73154,action-packed an experience,3 -80731,full of sex , drugs and rock,3 -185709,Leaks,2 -33147,into overkill,1 -75982,brittle,2 -91707,right-thinking ' films,3 -22863,wordplay and clever plot contrivances,3 -118073,depth or,2 -48364,a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten,3 -3706,a culture,2 -227347,\/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's,2 -143504,Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes '' Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice,1 -216965,to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson,2 -16211,is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth,3 -49494,be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories,2 -187397,So we got Ten Little Indians meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat .,1 -40915,Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable --,3 -215998,their charm does n't do a load of good,1 -223991,Ill-considered,1 -224370,It may scream low budget,2 -171751,sour , nasty offering,0 -70350,Though a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .,3 -16486,long-held,2 -214253,the cast members ,,2 -128898,of serious subject matter and dark,2 -58495,the moment,2 -175511,this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in Los Angeles,1 -10784,stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection,3 -83552,into ideas and special-interest groups,2 -236055,still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .,2 -129415,on rollerblades,3 -190149,a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals,1 -147147,Levant,2 -117180,come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated,4 -18160,you a mild headache,1 -30787,digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars,4 -30895,do n't make 'em like that anymore,2 -111807,a distinct rarity,3 -218102,under its own meager weight,1 -103093,-- however canned --,1 -35444,of the delicate characters,3 -189830,Woody Allen used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending . Now he makes them .,0 -169046,ponderous awfulness of its script,0 -54504,make a playground,2 -7124,hey arnold ! the movie,2 -139159,walled-off but combustible hustler,2 -162496,involving the CIA and a lost U . S . satellite,2 -126980,mediocre performances,2 -153121,all the earmarks of a sequel,2 -194100,be classified as a movie-industry satire,2 -7957,it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .,3 -93539,stoked,3 -206073,message-movie,2 -150104,There are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering .,1 -21831,refined,3 -179298,'' Besotted '' is misbegotten,2 -215974,the zest,2 -164556,lame horror flicks go,1 -22138,tender and touching drama,4 -69431,The charm,2 -237548,this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half,4 -94531,that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience,3 -128057,nod in agreement,3 -197030,director Michel Gondry,2 -66952,Josh,2 -198901,find better entertainment,2 -113176,about more stately,2 -198472,fairly weak retooling,1 -153920,are often hackneyed or just plain crude , calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level .,2 -234291,of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights,2 -41248,The additional storyline is interesting and entertaining ,,3 -233759,may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie,0 -188326,The main characters,2 -169537,pyschological,2 -139039,victims and,2 -121155,give us real situations and characters,3 -83238,incapable of controlling his crew,1 -94398,than fiction ?,2 -219573,will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche,1 -222049,A major waste ... generic .,0 -127253,mordantly,2 -85158,it will be ,,3 -14214,Kong,2 -211432,shocks and bouts,2 -103787,A pleasant and engaging enough sit , but,3 -204915,lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard ,,2 -116759,casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --,4 -141649,'s the kind of movie that makes you want to like it,3 -24230,84 minutes,2 -215126,the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context,3 -7273,i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube ,,1 -110975,Wedge,2 -204045,it turns the stomach .,1 -1885,of all individuality,2 -234882,partisans and sabotage,2 -96220,the movie fresh,2 -69374,The Woodman,2 -142857,123,3 -151728,a filmed opera,2 -75000,at the very least,1 -192977,appeal to the younger set,2 -41689,can almost,2 -15489,crudely,1 -107408,LeBlanc,2 -91238,really is enormously good fun .,4 -102616,, it 's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .,3 -25089,Deal,2 -222488,Astonishing is n't the word --,3 -108664,Robinson 's web of suspense,3 -101741,'s likely to irk viewers,1 -74303,are breathtaking,4 -154063,as The Full Monty ),2 -37351,stimulates,2 -180686,, in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack ,,3 -219195,where Human Nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating,1 -89800,otherwise appealing,3 -147804,Not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop,0 -112331,a moral sense,2 -184410,High Crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor,1 -179775,'s hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .,1 -91443,remarkable amount,3 -103974,A very pretty after-school special . It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it .,3 -58466,the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim,3 -188146,The film 's needlessly opaque intro,1 -44790,Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer,2 -22068,story that 's still very much playing itself out,2 -180326,) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all,1 -219032,well-trod ground,2 -219639,with Schneider,2 -67827,Nicole,2 -161733,in A . I .,2 -194462,behind his light meter and harangues,2 -4834,as a tolerable diversion,2 -108450,Pootie Tang with a budget,1 -98545,tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .,2 -120620,fourth '' Pokemon,2 -86623,makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in .,2 -56850,sensuality , and,3 -27176,Well , at least,2 -21030,is interested in one man 's response to stroke,2 -31332,excellent performances from his cast,4 -74228,appeals,3 -146255,Iles ',2 -3433,( that would be reno ),2 -177115,under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure,1 -42951,updated his source and,2 -98260,to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking,3 -34926,no sense of connecting the dots , just dots,1 -76952,comedy performances,2 -87927,no satisfaction,1 -169994,repairing his pool,2 -232830,is they have a tendency to slip into hokum .,1 -76366,can say for plenty of movies that flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch,2 -54200,legal indictment,2 -212870,suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis,1 -40012,while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts,2 -151300,a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth,0 -207588,of abstract guilt,2 -15684,even the nocturnal works of Goya,2 -152959,admire the ensemble players,3 -46366,Not the kind of film that will appeal to a mainstream American audience , but,1 -214750,the growing , moldering pile,1 -10616,some of the recent hollywood trip tripe,2 -137224,through the word processor,2 -156864,could be the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion,0 -53302,is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same,3 -130504,powerful , chilling , and affecting study,3 -41681,by far,2 -170060,respected critical,2 -214761,the handicapped,2 -203335,is pretty landbound,2 -182295,American Beauty reeks,0 -233329,layered performance,3 -53125,inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows,3 -217494,to triumphantly sermonize,3 -167165,of Behan 's book , but missing,2 -47871,a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective,2 -106778,Is anyone,2 -190344,a completely predictable plot,2 -164462,know anything,2 -24378,A loving little film of considerable appeal .,4 -132562,skateboards , and motorcycles,2 -194378,been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand,1 -10404,shine,4 -211118,seems to have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material,0 -190287,a choke leash,1 -171618,some ways is a rather indulgent piece,3 -75208,be a straightforward bio,3 -123232,in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script,3 -124334,is not a character in this movie,2 -224314,It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away,4 -189428,Wallace ,,2 -221838,... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around ),3 -133651,support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick,1 -126586,maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout ,,3 -36251,puzzlement,2 -9341,of reheated aliens,2 -37500,surfing,2 -87572,moving moments and an intelligent subtlety,3 -105721,Evokes the 19th century,2 -129916,own good,2 -209994,quick-cut edits,1 -97290,they toss logic and science into what is essentially a '' Dungeons and Dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry ...,2 -204102,italics,2 -141542,'s pretty toxic in its own right,0 -153324,an animatronic display,2 -235912,some unpaid intern,1 -132638,slow to those of us in middle age and deathly,1 -116723,caring for animals and,3 -67387,Man , Heart of Beast,2 -15508,deconstructing,2 -185224,It 's sweet ... but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end,2 -1221,hopkins,2 -100218,wild-and-woolly,3 -94289,tempting alternatives,2 -98195,to make up for the ones that do n't come off,3 -180901,, romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .,1 -48277,a playground,2 -237748,to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached .,2 -129775,our best achievements,3 -171833,spray cheese and underarm noises,1 -225876,Some of it,2 -218009,two hours feel like four,0 -114361,answered,3 -78530,donna,3 -229224,be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan,2 -7754,is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy,1 -114779,as Cage 's war-weary marine,2 -63493,A thought-provoking,2 -201751,in TV,2 -182847,Blow,2 -145566,Giants,2 -200767,have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept,0 -22434,this film can be clumsy,1 -155583,buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never,2 -169955,remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release,2 -156510,come across like nothing more,1 -111785,a detailed historical document ,,3 -197583,dues for good books unread,2 -237538,this likable movie is n't more accomplished,2 -12475,tolerable,2 -214333,the comic touch,3 -212484,stare and sniffle , respectively ,,2 -171506,so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer ),1 -28987,anyone has dared to come,2 -208542,once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny,1 -195904,come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .,1 -89236,offbeat humor,3 -182529,Apparently writer-director Attal thought he need only cast himself and his movie-star wife sitting around in their drawers to justify a film,0 -24057,-- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm .,3 -5225,boredom,0 -6210,enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary,3 -103364,94-minute,2 -31420,exude,2 -105758,FISHER,2 -38403,the many fine,3 -174422,the off-beat casting,2 -49271,as for rugrats,2 -141372,'s impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .,2 -172998,that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear,0 -121177,gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense ,,3 -97422,this girl-meets-girl love story,2 -68882,Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan '',4 -175531,this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction,1 -117163,combat scenes,2 -151578,a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past,1 -74048,and powerful documentary,4 -156922,covering,2 -84217,is full of charm,4 -123090,in small rooms,2 -207736,of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas,1 -190050,a '' Friday '' worth waiting for,3 -165351,low-budget production,1 -79107,enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle,4 -46266,Ms . Seigner and Mr . Serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .,3 -155796,by the movie,2 -69773,The obnoxious title character,1 -151689,a few big laughs,3 -80537,fresh and absorbing look,3 -29676,both Austin Powers films,2 -121642,harvesting purposes,2 -200327,had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special,2 -188823,There 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself,2 -18124,works .,2 -78782,effortless performance,4 -17210,singing heads and all,2 -109942,The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic,3 -96909,the travail of thousands of Vietnamese,2 -34292,make a narrative film about September 11th,2 -216770,to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of,1 -210744,salt-of-the-earth mommy,2 -69834,The plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about Canadians,3 -25810,Its direction,2 -184193,Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner Laurence Coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage .,3 -42992,what that mind looks like ,,2 -117744,crude film,0 -194965,broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal,2 -204517,keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .,1 -27596,a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western,3 -195849,coaster life,2 -220322,you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an,2 -27763,a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment,3 -180123,( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character,2 -35621,on adultery,1 -219995,works , including its somewhat convenient ending,3 -38436,the most important stories,3 -106,` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production,1 -118329,discreet moan,2 -234810,out on a date,2 -41952,for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier --,4 -86859,masterpeice,4 -96671,the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two English women,2 -131437,respond by hitting on each other .,1 -128922,of standup routines,2 -44676,Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese,2 -223049,D.W.,2 -166886,no urgency,2 -24963,Charlie,2 -118600,doing-it-for,2 -146620,It 's so unmemorable that it turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink,0 -41651,biopic and,2 -191743,about halfway through,2 -86732,manages a neat trick , bundling the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie .,3 -232171,into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media,2 -130108,people endure almost unimaginable horror,2 -168622,painful to sit through,0 -118131,desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .,2 -226674,This kind of dark comedy,3 -202094,in tight pants and big tits,1 -178487,with a cause,3 -233134,its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen,3 -220613,'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .,1 -237342,the world 's best actors,4 -144484,Christina,2 -134208,that M . Night Shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all,1 -104097,Affable if not timeless , Like Mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids .,3 -69587,The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters --,1 -99547,want to be .,2 -47303,The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences,3 -78797,elaborate and twisted characters,1 -88415,of an indulgent,2 -67187,Leigh makes these lives count . And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .,3 -232292,is a good name for a movie,3 -234534,of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun,4 -139621,where it began,2 -144873,Director Ferzan Ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . But,3 -235714,show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn,1 -79244,even if it does take 3 hours to get through,2 -38345,the inner rhythms of love and jealousy and sacrifice,3 -58455,the lives of others,2 -6828,good camp,3 -24173,... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate,4 -146671,It does n't quite work , but there 's enough here to make us look forward to the Russos ' next offering .,2 -7257,i 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business,2 -50379,confined and,1 -28990,anything but cathartic,2 -173613,the characters barely move,1 -238976,working man John Q. Archibald,2 -209734,prevents us,2 -17032,rare , beautiful film,4 -71084,X-Men -,2 -32055,girl-power,2 -129790,our lesser appetites,2 -36852,sex-soaked riff,2 -76429,captures the way young Japanese live now , chafing against their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse,3 -14406,Russian Ark,2 -9768,poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it,3 -214448,the dramatic substance,2 -233827,melodramatic ...,2 -80223,for a second,2 -10677,spinning,2 -172514,takes the materials of human tragedy and,2 -182741,Becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .,0 -111898,a few points about modern man and,2 -55175,occur,2 -23786,, natural and ancient antidotes,3 -220423,youthful anomie,2 -220056,would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges,2 -28098,action thriller hybrid,3 -173434,the WWII espionage thriller,2 -142508,, the movie really only succeeds in the third of these .,2 -185270,It did n't go straight to video,2 -139130,waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office,2 -144789,Despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director Peter Mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .,1 -25226,Enjoy,3 -68979,Standing by Yourself is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .,3 -40425,you are likely to see anytime soon,2 -200052,goes for sick and demented humor simply,1 -204846,lemon drop,2 -209460,poetry and passion,3 -99726,we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .,3 -173623,the chemistry or lack thereof between Newton and Wahlberg,1 -45996,Late Marriage,2 -191127,a potentially interesting idea,2 -221444,, it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .,2 -177781,we 've seen,2 -81407,grisly corpse,0 -33120,intimate and character-driven film,3 -190886,a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness,1 -82627,if not always a narratively cohesive one .,2 -194016,based-on-truth stories,2 -40256,with some serious sparkles .,3 -77318,continues to shock throughout the film .,2 -147924,One problem,2 -218402,value cash above credibility .,1 -41504,accessible and,3 -195977,comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions .,0 -2477,tell,2 -100851,works in spite of it,2 -108061,Not one moment in the enterprise did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .,2 -219690,with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .,2 -101901,'s so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,3 -194546,bestial,2 -166488,multiple timelines of its story,2 -159950,genre enthusiast,2 -180016,'s surprisingly harmless,2 -200488,has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste,1 -84351,is less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally,2 -170652,seen just,2 -163526,is too obvious or simplistic for this movie .,1 -41213,Sound the trumpets : For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress,3 -10319,see '' blue crush,3 -133894,tasteless and idiotic,2 -166957,not in the way this film showcases him,1 -186283,Nearly all the fundamentals you take for granted in most films are mishandled here .,1 -210824,saw that was written down,1 -51458,exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken,3 -69456,The digital effects ) reminded me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .,2 -141851,( and the viewers ),2 -212435,staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors,0 -36570,richness,2 -66798,Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work .,3 -90354,playful and,3 -218852,watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A,3 -27697,a narrative film,3 -124136,is in many ways,2 -28643,and heart-warming,4 -195606,characters and performers,2 -88247,of Native Americans,2 -223286,Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable .,1 -44111,A gorgeous , witty , seductive movie,4 -1289,in particular,2 -97862,to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions,2 -163831,it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .,1 -113427,adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances ,,3 -203756,it 's exploitive without being insightful .,1 -98938,undeniable entertainment value,3 -17579,the level,2 -126421,love , lust ,,2 -53772,it 's tremendously moving,4 -56997,simple ,,2 -8396,legally blonde and sweet home,3 -75949,bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie,3 -129011,of the director 's previous work,2 -89310,often-funny drama,3 -13615,, neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open,3 -23115,'s easily his finest American film ... comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films,4 -25343,For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .,3 -196580,dark and quirky comedy,3 -190350,a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle,1 -116002,binging on cotton candy,2 -13258,would n't,2 -47176,The movie is n't just hilarious :,3 -202740,is any depth of feeling,2 -174659,the road ,,2 -108519,Quando Tiros em Columbine acerta o alvo ( com o perdão do trocadilho ) , não há como negar o brilhantismo da argumentação de seu diretor .,2 -225091,Nair does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture .,2 -66900,Jennifer,2 -235469,says it all,2 -153319,an almost poignant dimension to the way,2 -190607,a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull,0 -222998,Consider it ` perfection .,4 -165194,longs to frisk through the back alleys of history,2 -140003,winter landscapes,3 -136755,there is n't much there here .,1 -196109,confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy .,0 -57081,smart and complicated,3 -43797,, yet,2 -214808,the humans,2 -203477,is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness,1 -209890,pull out,2 -45566,I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale,3 -57073,small-budget film,2 -25528,Here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep . But taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck .,2 -137725,to make the formula feel fresh,3 -121090,gets to you . Just like Igby .,3 -22610,truly unique,4 -65055,Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction,3 -132810,so watchable,3 -200304,gutless,1 -95662,the film is well under way -- and,2 -180085,'ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time .,1 -221948,A brutal and funny,4 -231087,funny film .,4 -110525,This mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , John C . Walsh ,,1 -211782,slick production values and director Roger Michell 's tick-tock pacing,3 -113471,after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something,2 -32455,heaving passion,3 -88906,of strictly A-list players,3 -1163,have a stirring time,3 -163933,it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious,1 -224397,It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt .,1 -35114,of Music play,2 -100791,wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals,4 -57911,that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition,2 -238577,what 's going on with young TV actors,2 -62072,, life-affirming script,3 -175912,to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering,1 -93672,stunningly unoriginal,0 -22447,thoroughly enjoyable,4 -95447,the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived,3 -121808,has never been his trademark,2 -162301,intelligence and wit,3 -193861,authentic account of a historical event,3 -231924,impossible to look away,4 -109553,The animated sequences,2 -87166,misty even when you do n't,2 -169211,preprogrammed feel,1 -21348,most comprehensive,3 -180304,( there 's ),2 -41825,drawn excellent performances,4 -125912,lensing,2 -30614,death penalty,1 -130912,quietly vulnerable personality,2 -12219,this year about,2 -131108,really goes downhill,1 -141693,'s trying to reap from the moviegoing public,1 -26316,Oscar-winning,4 -167665,of rabbits . Brimful .,3 -7593,interview,2 -178719,without style,1 -227325,\*,2 -117358,completely honest,3 -235166,racial clichés,1 -72567,a strong itch to explore more,2 -50281,comes into its own in the second half .,3 -1755,more guts,2 -206534,most pitiful directing,1 -109000,Slackers,2 -164382,keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home,1 -115855,belong,2 -70814,What enlivens this film,3 -116092,bon bons,2 -102853,, tasteless and idiotic,1 -144246,Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama,3 -69331,The Man,2 -56509,relishes every self-mocking moment .,3 -17043,reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self,2 -39969,what that mind looks like,2 -98906,unblinking,2 -133676,surprising , subtle,3 -10537,smarter and subtler,3 -20912,in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time,3 -181163,, you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made .,0 -60391,with such operatic grandeur,3 -108112,Offers no new insight on the matter , nor,1 -158998,feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding,1 -137728,to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer,3 -142258,, it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .,1 -139228,was Daniel Day-Lewis,2 -110205,The thing just never gets off the ground .,0 -116391,by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both,1 -209184,peopled,2 -157008,crime thriller , quirky character study , third-rate romance and female empowerment fantasy,1 -62179,, relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .,3 -45642,Immersing,3 -93886,superficial midlife crisis,1 -11018,than a half-hearted fluke,1 -157850,done a great disservice,0 -124493,is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .,3 -33729,it was made without much thought,2 -227197,With jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , Yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is .,0 -199643,from their incessant whining,1 -105517,Don King ,,2 -189913,Yosuke,2 -87553,movies ' end,2 -31386,exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins,2 -138755,unrealized,1 -180836,, never rises above the level of a telanovela .,1 -159415,for every dreamer with a burst bubble,2 -116700,care about the main characters,2 -207927,of post-adolescent Electra rebellion,2 -231582,have n't seen 10ꯠ times,2 -7184,his problematic,1 -29918,by anyone,2 -172443,sympathizing,3 -223549,Guard ! '',2 -169826,recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch,2 -12999,where few american films dare to delve,3 -202544,is a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film about growing up in Japan .,3 -162253,inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay,2 -40931,Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and,4 -141827,( Two ) fairly dull --,1 -35926,pastel colors and prankish comedy,2 -121799,has much,2 -193236,are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .,1 -206004,meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil,2 -38523,the performances alone,3 -73307,after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,1 -230462,dwindles .,1 -83979,is amused by its special effects,3 -199949,given its Labor Day weekend upload , FearDotCom should log a minimal number of hits,1 -18327,, AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more .,4 -152354,a rental for The Tuxedo,2 -148261,Reggio 's trippy , ambitious downer can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad .,1 -68277,Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . Better effects , better acting and a hilarious Kenneth Branagh . An excellent sequel .,4 -178902,would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve,2 -221652,, though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .,2 -176279,to mention Sept .,2 -79501,exquisite acting,4 -133025,sophisticated performance,4 -79824,fetishes,2 -237302,the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second,2 -15782,first , quiet cadences,3 -70044,The year 's greatest adventure,4 -143379,A subtle variation,2 -2478,tell their kids,2 -237362,theatre Roger,2 -43095,'d have a 90-minute , four-star movie .,3 -130319,pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative,3 -230557,enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel,3 -214033,the Extreme Generation ',3 -134581,that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun,3 -170179,romantic contrivances,2 -139931,will most likely,2 -73514,also a,2 -154169,as gold,2 -73559,am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson .,1 -40438,you did n't know,3 -95181,the best brush in the business,3 -157457,dimmer,2 -31458,familiarity,2 -165229,looking for comedy,2 -186979,Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others,2 -130601,pretty convincing performance,3 -49531,be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way,3 -138848,urgency and suspense,3 -232631,is no pleasure in watching a child suffer .,0 -18351,, and no desire,1 -134190,that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy,3 -67002,Kevin Kline,2 -159825,fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .,3 -238295,uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence,2 -191835,absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and,1 -93287,spectacular ,,4 -6744,generic ,,1 -20474,entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different,4 -211324,several scenes of this tacky nonsense,1 -105059,Cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace .,1 -126784,many directors of the Iranian new wave,2 -196388,crassly reductive,1 -177373,utter turkey,1 -157686,do too many things in this story,1 -239092,you 'll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .,3 -4370,accepting him,3 -136281,the smeared windshield of his rental car,2 -48344,a roaring success,4 -30318,compulsively,2 -64878,Crocodile,2 -183703,Entertains not so much because of its music or comic antics , but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel,2 -85098,it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in,2 -167892,of verbal jokes,2 -236915,the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point,1 -53633,is solid,3 -69412,The biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough .,2 -96247,the nearly impossible,2 -125008,it is an engaging nostalgia piece .,2 -237453,they fascinate in their recklessness .,3 -6381,fairly,2 -114390,any after-school special you can imagine,3 -231336,had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0 -213533,that Kate is n't very bright , but,1 -148627,Skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt,1 -106837,It 's an entertaining movie ,,4 -201503,ideas of Revolution # 9,2 -98052,to fill the time or some judicious editing,2 -16086,if not very imaginative ,,1 -63330,A riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban Hades .,3 -150232,This is her Blue Lagoon .,2 -56180,pretty much,2 -233657,makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever .,4 -146291,In an effort , I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .,1 -103038,, you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .,3 -74448,are too strange and dysfunctional , Tom included ,,2 -64676,Charleston rhythms,2 -129209,of using a video game as the source material movie,2 -160924,have to read the fart jokes,1 -33299,is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers .,4 -186031,Master of Disguise,2 -27529,a fine line,3 -151949,a lesser Harrison Ford movie,1 -176145,to get men into drag,2 -211598,sillier , not scarier,1 -120941,gas,2 -104137,All of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director George Hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat .,1 -190664,a good natured warning,3 -33767,its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion,3 -155454,bravery .,2 -63118,A hypnotic portrait,3 -79505,extended bedroom sequence,2 -164184,its wealth,2 -11374,the film 's implicit,2 -34913,night falls,2 -37309,stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions,3 -183436,Director Elie Chouraqui , who co-wrote the script,2 -199126,for 104 minutes,2 -94551,that annoying specimen,1 -217638,too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present,1 -205125,like your SAT scores,2 -117877,date nights,2 -150868,When a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors,2 -32843,in beautifully articulated portrayals,4 -80823,funny look,3 -64055,Arnold ! The Movie,2 -10410,shoot-out,2 -30470,creamy filling,3 -136875,this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances,2 -229629,came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them,2 -214465,the earnest emotional core,3 -206371,more elves and snow,2 -40008,which is funny from,3 -189326,Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .,0 -52641,his martial artistry,3 -228446,all the emotions and,2 -88684,of irony,2 -107423,Less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving,2 -195645,cheesy backdrops ,,1 -105450,Director Lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve .,4 -163172,is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever,3 -148688,Soapdish,2 -58166,the costumes and sets,2 -229994,could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film,2 -23465,, because this girl knows how to drive it to the max,2 -229123,based on Philip K. Dick stories,2 -17128,romantic comedy .,2 -136464,the two are,2 -61661,, Narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .,3 -33031,indeed a duty of art to reflect life,3 -147933,One-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation,2 -41406,You might not want to hang out with Samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story,2 -159873,futuristic corporate-sports,2 -156212,cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .,0 -147826,Nouvelle Vague,2 -155056,being Hal Hartley to function,2 -76691,china,2 -156370,cliches and absurdities,2 -52765,huge heart,3 -101710,'s impossible to even categorize this as a smutty guilty pleasure .,1 -52111,gets vivid performances,4 -3463,-- peter and bobby,2 -65176,Doyle,2 -57223,sons , loyalty and,2 -74338,are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking,4 -235287,rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris,2 -204146,its charms and its funny moments but not,2 -3395,( haynes ',2 -55590,of the music business in the 21st Century,2 -195501,cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style,1 -85417,its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience .,3 -109423,The French director,2 -116259,brought unexpected gravity,3 -87261,more experimental in its storytelling,3 -112130,a hint of joy ,,3 -230986,founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women,1 -96797,the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy,3 -122430,hit movie,2 -55379,of her profession,3 -63224,A must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle .,4 -54614,manners and,2 -200261,grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care,0 -114643,are of the highest and the performances,4 -202014,in the hands of Woody Allen,2 -167112,obvious dimensions,2 -75319,be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning,3 -211419,shine through the gloomy film noir veil,3 -210599,rogue,2 -101682,'s excessively quirky and a little underconfident,2 -136165,the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular,2 -153955,are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy,1 -227015,Well-meaning but inert .,2 -94748,that ivans xtc . works,2 -226044,Tambor and,2 -108965,Simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn .,1 -157333,despite Moore 's attempts,1 -100397,with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast,3 -171674,something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches ),1 -131452,resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y,3 -162452,intriguing and alluring premise,3 -64793,Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture,3 -133046,sounding like satire,2 -228094,a postmodern joke ,,2 -98870,typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate French,2 -229902,come with the warning,1 -79945,find a place among the studio 's animated classics,3 -232807,is the most visually unappealing .,0 -1701,masochism,1 -116592,can go home again,3 -162844,is content to state it,2 -144020,Bad and baffling from the get-go,0 -220579,'ll feel as the credits roll,3 -24015,, you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know,2 -169890,rejected,1 -30145,chides,2 -217870,truth-in-advertising,2 -17708,there are enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen .,3 -204888,let alone funny,2 -53151,interest and,2 -236731,the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated,0 -237934,to say its total promise,2 -103943,A thriller made from a completist 's checklist rather than with a cultist 's passion .,2 -84466,is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us,1 -100623,with such fury,1 -20966,intricate intellectual gamesmanship,3 -107759,Mike White 's,2 -129786,our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship,2 -121243,go with this claustrophobic concept,1 -64640,Cassel,2 -207259,nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia,1 -126401,lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth,3 -228810,are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ),0 -153770,approaching a visceral kick,2 -221064,( Godard 's ) vision,2 -1817,near-xenophobic pedagogy,2 -209035,palm screen,2 -115646,beat each other,2 -220486,'' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .,3 -19899,and touching drama,3 -198201,every regard except its storyline,2 -172185,styles and genres,3 -93290,spectacular belly flops,1 -41061,Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new,4 -136751,there here,2 -186286,Nearly every attempt at humor here is DOA .,0 -119048,end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,3 -196824,deserves the hook,1 -3921,a little too familiar at the end,1 -21739,port-of-call,2 -17624,the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today,2 -99485,vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale,4 -106577,If Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .,2 -146654,It does n't believe in itself ,,2 -172411,swap one mundane story,1 -214757,the gutless direction,1 -118062,depends largely on your appetite for canned corn .,0 -130268,plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit,3 -12722,us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,3 -113457,affirming ',3 -19103,Morton is , as usual , brilliant .,4 -198352,experienced by Southern blacks as distilled,2 -35235,of faith,3 -123664,irreparable,1 -29814,but his subjects are charmers .,3 -125633,know the outcome,2 -215028,the mess that is World Traveler,1 -98981,underscore,2 -95250,the bullets stop flying,2 -216744,tired . Pair,2 -134524,that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope,2 -55573,of the gates,2 -178318,why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story,1 -29722,brave,2 -151717,a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product,1 -79594,falling into the Hollywood trap,1 -193654,as with The Shipping News before it , an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil -- and The Rock once again resists the intrusion,2 -237715,to add to the canon of Chan,2 -10123,resonate with profundity,2 -144158,Binks,3 -215357,the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series,2 -156597,commendable,3 -187830,The Master of Disguise 24/7,2 -134488,that never quite delivers the original magic,2 -127670,mushy as peas,1 -9317,of national lampoon since class reunion,2 -164632,laughter and,2 -184312,Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book,2 -201186,his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present,1 -235514,see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '',0 -133627,sun-splashed whites,3 -46587,Raimi and his team,2 -233386,lies with Kissinger,2 -235335,rent `` Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance,1 -189384,Van Wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .,1 -174047,the grade as tawdry trash,1 -5250,both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone,4 -134322,that few will bother thinking it all through,1 -175736,tick off every point of '' The Longest Yard '' playbook like a checklist .,1 -179863,'s no arguing the tone of the movie,2 -147618,Nash ?,2 -224016,In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .,0 -109067,Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling ,,2 -200598,has n't much more to serve than silly fluff . Nor is it,1 -170231,rumbles look like they 're being streamed,1 -41587,are still,2 -138838,upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and,1 -26501,Ryan,2 -11167,the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here,1 -42378,mostly intelligent , engrossing,3 -126746,manages sweetness largely without stickiness .,3 -195947,comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women,0 -50464,cool and,3 -8846,more annoying ,,1 -113360,actress-producer,2 -57537,survival,2 -67280,Like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .,3 -226491,The story has some nice twists but the ending,2 -83585,into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss,2 -164751,less like a coming-of-age romance than an infomercial,1 -203385,is sentimentalized .,2 -212105,some freakish powers of visual charm,2 -173536,the best description,2 -19206,Ram Dass,2 -4440,after ( or during ),2 -83847,is a real charmer,3 -123319,indie Snipes,2 -137729,to match the ordeal of sitting through it,1 -55512,of spotting Cleveland sites,2 -80647,from squirming in their seats,1 -46637,Ring,2 -215451,the psychology too textbook to intrigue,1 -211390,she , Janine,2 -134310,that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention,1 -122573,however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .,3 -148297,Robert De Niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy,1 -48252,a palpable sense,2 -177514,visual clarity,3 -51113,either gender in the audience,2 -5555,chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing .,3 -214287,the charisma nor,2 -83232,in your heart,3 -38494,the one,2 -191855,acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages,2 -210475,resides,2 -151970,a little bit too conventional,1 -129514,one but,2 -39188,to find her way through life,2 -2467,target,2 -213788,that often becomes,2 -44455,An absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss .,1 -214403,the death camp,2 -159625,four mild giggles,2 -1537,keeps,2 -179697,'s denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism,1 -185186,It 's obvious ( Je-Gyu is ) trying for poetry : what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom .,2 -44960,Cool ?,3 -130327,plod along .,2 -90542,potent chemistry,3 -28138,adult life,2 -161342,historical tale,2 -48166,a magnificent drama,4 -189716,Who Is Cletis Tout ?,2 -163917,it should pop,2 -161792,in a movie about cancer , this might be apt,2 -224539,Know About Her,2 -34643,most impossibly dry account,1 -24572,Almost every scene in this film,2 -141340,'s given the right lines,2 -176332,to reach a level of high drama,3 -81195,going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,3 -56994,similarly,2 -208830,otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés,1 -20802,his longer journey,2 -54243,like a documentary in the way,1 -228803,are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...,4 -152848,accomplishing neither in full,1 -18250,'60s,2 -122586,huge box-office,3 -102157,( also a producer ),2 -50220,closer than many,2 -235040,predisposed to like it,3 -177170,uneven look,2 -43752,, this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste,4 -79366,everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,2 -215885,the weight of the world on his shoulders,2 -127981,no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight,2 -204306,its resolutions,2 -166508,mute,2 -5830,dance,2 -58176,the crowded cities and refugee camps,1 -158884,favor of,2 -36529,respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for,3 -81257,goods and,2 -178138,which drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior,2 -112943,a true study ,,3 -237600,those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre,4 -72509,a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways,3 -49501,be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine,3 -32049,giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release,2 -123350,inept direction,2 -177857,weird stuff,2 -93315,spikes,2 -74273,are ...,3 -104333,An indispensable peek,2 -175977,to be thought of as a subversive little indie film,2 -53159,interesting bit,3 -153392,an extended cheap,1 -183598,Each story is built on a potentially interesting idea,3 -233035,it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .,3 -224100,Is this,2 -46495,Paxton 's,2 -26404,Quinn,2 -38717,the topical issues,2 -5912,describes,2 -76837,close-ups,2 -168654,parallel,2 -154013,arrested,1 -13389,your pay per view dollar,2 -103476,A clever script,3 -116769,categorize,2 -44327,A twisty , moody slice of Southern Gothic ...,2 -18210,and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .,2 -232416,is best described as lukewarm,2 -196542,cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) ,,2 -128380,of Saving Private Ryan,2 -141606,'s some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff,1 -78902,emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears,4 -25056,D . refer,2 -43387,'ve seen .,2 -190729,a handsome blank yearning,2 -234119,no `` Waterboy,1 -225094,Naomi Watts is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation,4 -186232,Much of the digitally altered footage,2 -208666,one-star,0 -84112,is credible and remarkably mature .,3 -188006,The characterizations and,2 -45213,Family portrait,2 -185249,It appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .,0 -86590,make the stones weep -- as shameful as it,1 -214732,the glitz,2 -153130,all the goodwill,2 -8449,like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .,1 -234060,nearly long enough .,2 -177509,virtually no interesting elements,1 -160143,gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material,1 -121520,hackneyed story,1 -231131,get plenty,2 -97870,to admit how much they may really need the company of others,2 -66574,It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior,1 -163510,is to sit through,2 -27431,a clever , charming tale,3 -235660,she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams,2 -77344,conventional way,2 -133257,starts with a legend and ends with a story that is so far-fetched it would be impossible to believe if it were n't true .,2 -156704,congenital,2 -90200,perfectly inoffensive,3 -233652,make you think about existential suffering,3 -202959,is good for the goose,2 -175160,there 's little to love about this English trifle .,1 -60649,'' Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another '' Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .,3 -120119,finding entertainment,2 -237689,to Hate,1 -143110,A giggle a minute . Over age 15 ?,2 -104349,An intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives .,3 -87745,nearly psychic nuances,2 -114906,as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast,3 -154464,authentically vague ,,2 -69386,The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .,4 -132123,serial murders,3 -177776,we 're to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff because she 's French,1 -11059,that extra,3 -38135,the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests,2 -86536,make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey,3 -174185,the kind that charges full admission and gets,3 -94859,that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing,3 -56846,sensual delights and simmering,3 -219181,when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up .,3 -47868,a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty,2 -200778,have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle,1 -71359,a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America,3 -1471,it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good,3 -115224,at this time , with this cast , this movie is hopeless,0 -25299,Few films,2 -225243,Næss,2 -78723,earthy Napoleon,2 -50111,chafing,1 -109517,The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series,1 -182560,Art,2 -148476,Seems like something American and European gay movies,2 -111622,a cheap , ludicrous attempt,0 -1017,for children , they,2 -226839,Two-bit,2 -184757,IS,2 -124210,is like nothing we Westerners have seen before .,3 -68124,Passions,2 -92347,sets out,3 -77640,culture-clash,2 -51797,for its extraordinary themes,3 -195856,cockeyed,2 -26059,Maud and Roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story,3 -151763,a frat boy 's idea,1 -36813,sensitive reactions,2 -61550,( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,3 -84923,it 's no glance .,2 -74985,at the end of its title,2 -221012,'s too long and unfocused .,1 -48740,alarmingly,2 -58557,the other stories,2 -104795,Bluto Blutarsky,2 -24171,... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks,2 -226703,This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard , but he 's the most obvious one .,0 -209081,particular talents,3 -47027,The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and,3 -124610,is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .,1 -30139,cheesy effects and a hoary plot,0 -45596,I want to believe,2 -221244,, `` They 're out there ! '',3 -226086,That sure,2 -44968,Corcuera 's attention,2 -131802,scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it,3 -113553,albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search,2 -189313,Tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with Kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism : it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art .,0 -142098,, big-budget NC-17 version,2 -120378,for a thirteen-year-old 's book report,1 -129169,of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface,3 -141955,, Christopher and Grace are little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell .,1 -111451,` rendered ',2 -79984,fine , focused,3 -56036,pity or memorialize,2 -76445,career-best performances,3 -197670,ease sharing the same scene,2 -132960,something provocative,3 -138056,too bad to be good,1 -210502,retail,2 -103822,A rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments,3 -187730,Thanksgiving to-do list,2 -24049,-- but Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses .,2 -220977,'s still terrible !,0 -28308,an actor,2 -1462,it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible,3 -235976,spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .,3 -131200,redundancy and unsuccessful crudeness,0 -123724,is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw,1 -146280,Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly . For starters , the story is just too slim .,1 -218617,wail,2 -101132,you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky ,,2 -204829,left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,1 -172937,that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment,2 -223712,Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale , but,3 -203823,it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it,2 -1836,no doubt,2 -181601,A depressingly retrograde ,,2 -139754,who has been there squirm with recognition,2 -70869,While Bollywood\/Hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with Bombay musicals,3 -136814,they used to anymore,3 -172635,temerity,2 -213475,that 's been told by countless filmmakers,2 -62765,A Selection,2 -60407,with their fears and foibles,2 -13369,you hate yourself for giving in,2 -51638,figures prominently in this movie ,,3 -151178,Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential,2 -117870,dark video store corner,2 -53353,is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been .,2 -89750,ordinary , pasty lumpen,1 -91109,rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season,4 -88969,of the best movies of the year,4 -128779,of low-budget filmmaking,1 -142665,, you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .,0 -132801,so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations,2 -37863,that misses the summer blockbusters,3 -84479,is not an easy film,2 -227019,Well-meant but unoriginal .,1 -143280,A predictable and stereotypical little B-movie,1 -151482,a cinematic year,2 -154141,as bogus as most Disney live action,2 -173577,the brainless insanity of No Such Thing,2 -128992,of the best special effects,3 -71994,a mood,2 -94230,tea,2 -231861,identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other,2 -69030,Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . But once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert,3 -189167,Time Machine,2 -150592,Usual Suspects,2 -140491,worth checking out at theaters,3 -227590,`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier ,,1 -102364,, absurd collection,1 -26051,Marvel version,3 -100274,will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach,3 -105384,Despite engaging offbeat touches,2 -40818,Christopher Plummer ,,2 -181777,A little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt .,1 -191421,a study in contrasts : the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian,2 -199921,girls-behaving-badly film,2 -218876,watching the movie,2 -223318,Fairly run-of-the-mill .,1 -91757,rocket,2 -175382,this fictional film,2 -78550,downs,2 -96684,the sights and sounds,2 -86056,like adventure,2 -130481,postcard,2 -237046,the loose,2 -142523,, the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke .,1 -237161,the predictable parent,1 -81932,have thought possible,3 -72014,a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or,1 -115902,bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival,3 -152434,a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker,1 -237477,think it ca n't get any more gay,1 -33014,incendiary genius,3 -86550,make an excellent companion piece,3 -137575,to faith and rainbows,3 -107268,K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low .,0 -178442,wisecracking,2 -163566,is wan .,2 -174239,the man 's head and heart,2 -225391,Paltrow,2 -159150,find on a French poodle,2 -187556,Stealing Harvard ,,2 -133696,surprisingly somber conclusion,2 -66358,In his U . S . debut,2 -45633,If you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .,3 -104433,Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher,2 -126638,make the transition,2 -36668,saudades,2 -6580,for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses ,,1 -181557,A cheap scam,0 -36665,saturation bombing,1 -145278,Fans of the TV series will be disappointed , and,0 -124520,is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game,4 -124742,is unable to save the movie,1 -136775,these people 's,2 -42452,physics and,2 -90018,paint-by-number American blockbusters,2 -126881,may be in presentation,2 -19385,Tunney,2 -77575,creepy crawlies,1 -213482,that 's good,3 -75234,be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star ,,3 -12982,when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma,1 -225171,No. 1 drips,2 -238584,what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002,2 -161120,her process,2 -236885,the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way ,,1 -136312,the spirit-crushing ennui,2 -55546,of the audience,2 -70060,Them , Tarantula and other low,2 -144305,But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma -,2 -879,emotions,2 -49646,being a visible part of their work,2 -150362,Though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here , but,2 -12133,this film makes him out to be,2 -154147,as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` What 's the point ? ',0 -137941,to the floor with a sickening thud,1 -37118,solid performances,3 -149056,That 's the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .,2 -136830,thing 's,3 -60511,xtc,2 -223653,Highly watchable stuff .,4 -195287,ca n't support the epic treatment,1 -17690,their best work,4 -107207,John Stainton,2 -124478,is richer than anticipated,3 -214269,the chaotic horror,1 -157595,distended,1 -62527,. Rose,2 -29284,at last,3 -48548,about friendship , love , and the truth,3 -197343,does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject .,0 -90864,pulling,2 -43471,, Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .,3 -129046,of the issues,2 -104351,An invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent,4 -62153,, poetic road movie,2 -111505,a TV show,2 -24727,As shaky as the plot is , Kaufman 's script is still memorable for some great one-liners .,3 -7056,hawn,2 -3703,a cozy or ingratiating work,3 -172772,than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing,1 -47387,This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise :,3 -69228,That the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing : that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .,4 -195828,clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs,1 -163543,is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .,1 -109261,Suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry British filmmakers,1 -195690,chronically mixed signals,1 -188691,The star,2 -9956,quirky,2 -91329,red herring surroundings,2 -11492,the heavy-handed,2 -201007,held my attention,3 -225888,Some of the most ravaging , gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since `` Saving Private Ryan '',4 -45431,Hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .,3 -40853,Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure ,,3 -69438,The charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids,3 -153135,all the more impressive for their lack of showiness,3 -57806,that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions,2 -166188,more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho,3 -91897,sane eye,2 -25818,J . K . Rowling,2 -233495,live viewing,2 -207245,nothing about who he is or who he was before,1 -71562,a dish that 's best served cold,2 -86216,loneliness and isolation,1 -132253,she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique,3 -120155,firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action,0 -175157,there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .,1 -127141,mischievous visual style,2 -122077,heaps,3 -104339,An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms,1 -7999,its blair,2 -158175,emerges through his music,2 -167642,of phrase,2 -171951,stay in the past : a lesson this film teaches all too well,1 -218294,up more,2 -45988,Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place .,4 -127957,nighttime Manhattan ,,2 -139066,violinist wife,2 -108902,She 's a pretty woman , but she 's no working girl,3 -198141,ever a concept,2 -21234,listen to new sides of a previous reality,2 -162299,intellectually and logistically a mess,2 -154019,arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry,2 -221439,, it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.,2 -128426,of a comedy of a premise,3 -43689,, schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all .,1 -21711,percolating magic,3 -155982,can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go,2 -14618,Whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film,2 -171987,stiff-upper-lip,2 -2504,that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people,1 -172642,tempting just to go with it for the ride,2 -18789,Christian Ellefsen,2 -118417,do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .,3 -176181,to have viewers recoiling from the reality,2 -207285,now-cliched vampire accent,2 -108328,Pauline And,2 -151126,You can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go , but,2 -133934,teenaged,2 -171384,snore-fest,0 -167847,of the writing in the movie,2 -58338,the fun,3 -211724,situates it,2 -143575,Alcatraz ' ...,2 -32069,given us in his past two movies,2 -132742,so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways,0 -146641,It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life,1 -212579,still show virtually no understanding of it,1 -193965,badly cobbled look,1 -187280,Showtime 's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro .,1 -168005,old formula,2 -51969,frustrating and,1 -117374,complicate the story,2 -52391,has bucked the odds,3 -197960,entire effort,2 -194281,become apparent,2 -113678,all together,2 -30780,difficult to get really peeved at it,2 -42268,know their roles,3 -227683,`` men in a sardine can '' warped,1 -106032,Good actors,3 -187161,Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's,2 -117140,cold porridge,1 -217382,to substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events,0 -91376,regret,1 -169402,proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .,1 -10496,slap,1 -35628,on equal parts of innocence and wisdom,3 -34096,like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre,3 -168267,only a depiction of pain ,,2 -70236,This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .,3 -169739,real time,2 -129513,one appreciate Silence of the Lambs,3 -141088,'s a bad , embarrassing movie,0 -230429,drudgery,1 -110633,Time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached,2 -104014,A whale of a good time for both children and parents,4 -161640,ill-fitting Tuxedo,2 -229821,cinema history as the only movie ever,3 -27093,Two hours,2 -191853,acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one,4 -100156,whoopee-cushion effort,2 -120644,fresh or,2 -228473,also appears to be the end,2 -4495,all the queen 's,2 -54014,jazz-playing exterminator,2 -26927,The way,3 -225984,Stress ` dumb . ',1 -14994,and a punishment,2 -98312,to spend an hour or two,2 -135243,the familiar topic of office politics,3 -89223,off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape,2 -58223,the director 's talent,3 -221749,-- in the title role -- helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying,4 -193716,at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment,2 -177029,two-day,2 -121410,great film noir,4 -33292,is adorned with some awesome action photography and surfing .,4 -25652,If it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .,4 -112310,a mentally challenged woman,2 -42766,tender and,3 -198476,fall apart,1 -74497,art , ethics,2 -156616,compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality,1 -98038,to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,3 -206262,mixed messages,2 -170337,sanctified,3 -68415,Returning director Rob Minkoff ... and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin ... have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age .,4 -37937,the Bedouins,2 -115791,begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .,4 -193979,balding,1 -48122,a jazzman,2 -97985,to children,2 -30351,consciousness-raiser,3 -10108,reno 's immense wit,3 -99200,us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable,3 -213113,taken away,2 -225688,Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and,4 -94652,that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world,3 -15282,bored or frustrated by the film,0 -17106,rewards,3 -18509,, you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .,3 -203249,is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days,1 -138973,very concept,2 -222133,A working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered,3 -133101,spectator sport,2 -225107,Neuwirth,2 -98585,touching good sense on the experience of its women,3 -227740,a ``,2 -137198,thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer,1 -796,despite its flaws ...,2 -115071,as unusually and unimpressively fussy,1 -44519,An inventive,3 -218022,two-fifths,2 -108183,One of the year 's best films,4 -29728,breakthrough role,3 -163748,it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound,1 -54020,jingles in the pocket,2 -202788,is barely an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless .,1 -605,biting,2 -124317,is nearly ready to keel over,2 -102035,'ve seen in years,2 -201815,in all its fusty squareness,2 -47255,The solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .,4 -76484,cast full,2 -45222,Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama,3 -29113,artful Large Format,2 -73591,among the film 's saving graces,2 -108286,Parents beware :,3 -199755,gay community,2 -229601,by the time Christmas rolls around,2 -113658,all the mounting tension of an expert thriller,3 -57963,the French-produced '' Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .,3 -223870,I was n't .,2 -178498,with a general air of misogyny,1 -153547,and Silent Bob 's,2 -49315,as pathos,2 -134567,that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,1 -77542,creates an impeccable sense of place ,,4 -217516,to watch if you only had a week to live,2 -138041,together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love,4 -180739,, it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .,0 -179443,'re into that,2 -37997,the artifice,2 -71007,With lesser talents , High Crimes would be entertaining , but forgettable . With Freeman and Judd , I 'll at least remember their characters,1 -37162,something truly new,3 -193709,at 66,2 -175986,to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation,2 -186667,Payoff,2 -121025,genuine love story,4 -109763,The film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .,3 -40225,with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought,3 -132688,smuggling drugs inside Danish cows,2 -127580,movie to be made from curling,2 -153404,an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .,0 -169358,programs,2 -175603,those crass,1 -42886,this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music,3 -228008,a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games ,,2 -229365,best espionage picture,4 -139990,wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits,3 -35365,of playfulness and excitement,4 -155949,can go very right , and then step wrong,2 -170955,should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide,2 -186855,Rather than real figures , Elling and Kjell Bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .,1 -99763,weird , wonderful,3 -110741,Trailer,2 -156267,choreographed bloodshed taking place,2 -96218,the movie exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .,2 -45636,If you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters,3 -199477,frat-boy,2 -144606,Contrived , awkward,1 -77869,deft and,2 -128959,of the Brosnan bunch,2 -126705,makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest,2 -39507,twisty,2 -177502,violent felons,2 -20943,instability,2 -212937,supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter,1 -126091,like bees,2 -118016,deliver a fair bit of vampire fun,3 -206417,more of it,2 -51210,engagingly quixotic,2 -31545,feature debut,2 -48088,a greater knowledge,3 -13333,you 'll be entertained as well,4 -62747,: Stallion of the Cimarron is a winner .,4 -147456,Minority Report is exactly what the title indicates , a report .,3 -87221,more . It does n't reach them,2 -178831,worse than expected,2 -62748,: The Widowmaker is a great yarn .,3 -97904,to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy,4 -151673,a far better title,2 -170684,self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at,0 -219439,why is this so boring ?,0 -98138,to its mockumentary format,2 -215026,the men,2 -179899,'s not original enough .,1 -47044,The film 's strength,2 -41463,a nicely detailed world of pawns , bishops and kings ,,4 -168640,pancakes to go with it,2 -100453,with an emotional wallop,2 -169149,praise God for delivering such an instant camp classic,4 -196059,complete mess,1 -34698,movie-going public,2 -125539,justifies its own existence,3 -190018,` hip ' ,,2 -7498,in the so-bad-it 's - good camp,2 -5949,did n't he,2 -150850,What will , most likely ,,2 -199068,flinging their feces,0 -69434,The charm of the first movie,4 -68960,Sports ),2 -7592,intervention,2 -232580,is n't heated,1 -117046,clear-cut hero,3 -181489,A Bronx Tale,2 -34945,nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .,3 -156426,clumsy original,2 -68591,Santa Clause 2,2 -74010,and about others,2 -205600,made the original New Testament stories so compelling,2 -147086,Large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .,1 -21077,is worth seeking out,4 -3762,a feature-length ,,2 -229083,author J.K. Rowling 's books,2 -89412,on invisible , nearly psychic nuances , leaping into digressions of memory and desire,3 -197950,entertaining tricks,3 -2753,the summer,2 -51398,except that it looks even better,3 -207589,of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters,0 -86699,making it,2 -35334,of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill,1 -84890,it 's far tamer than advertised,1 -157073,cut-and-paste,2 -90044,paranoid claustrophobia,2 -133848,takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time,1 -102530,, for instance , good things happen to bad people,2 -165015,like thoughtful treatises,2 -163069,is n't badly made,3 -49931,by Mike Rich,2 -195637,check your brain,1 -225344,Or some damn thing .,1 -80467,form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .,4 -99089,unoriginal,1 -49383,at least the third-best,3 -19501,a genre movie that,2 -230728,fantasti,3 -217525,to withstand pain,2 -54151,last film,2 -81569,hard-bitten , cynical,2 -178360,will discover,2 -226737,Thoughtless ,,1 -229895,come on .,2 -22975,'' have suspected all along,2 -90451,police force,2 -43152,'s a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics .,2 -164411,kiddie paean,2 -74299,are beautiful,4 -136917,this engaging and literate psychodrama,3 -194084,be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,1 -176807,trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant,0 -113271,accurate to call it a movie,2 -191744,about her other obligations,2 -42256,just as frightening and disturbing --,1 -183658,Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts,2 -89826,our own,2 -40929,Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and,3 -72734,a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller,4 -84226,is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .,3 -51083,eating , sleeping,2 -195115,by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion,1 -37039,small town life,2 -104042,Abel,2 -222895,Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs,1 -174991,the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America,2 -8329,lack contrast , are murky,0 -224099,Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?,0 -124711,is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love .,3 -76531,cautionary tale,2 -224247,It 's sweet .,3 -37235,spiritual rebirth to bruising defeat,2 -67104,Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . But it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .,0 -71544,a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece ,,3 -14882,about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .,4 -208772,or three times,2 -113075,a young woman who knows how to hold the screen,3 -52622,his cast members,2 -62267,, the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .,3 -196419,creative thought,3 -212290,speaking in tongues,2 -131192,reduces the Second World War to one man,2 -10245,safely sanded,2 -187033,Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek,1 -97118,their ideological differences,2 -135443,the gangster\/crime comedy,2 -209640,predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game,1 -107006,It has plenty of laughs . It just does n't have much else ... especially in a moral sense .,2 -235126,puréed,2 -102176,( like , say , Treasure Planet ),2 -232270,is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .,3 -145149,Even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original,0 -173267,that was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network,2 -127366,more than our lesser appetites,2 -3370,'s released , and will not be remembered long afterwards,1 -148878,Stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed .,0 -78673,during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action,3 -112517,a pretentious,2 -185187,It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel,1 -148705,Solaris is its big-budget brother,2 -24872,Bourne , Jason Bourne . He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl . He 's Super Spy !,4 -15586,doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism,3 -217043,to flop,2 -21063,is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it 's hard to know what to praise first,4 -190222,a brand name,2 -114918,as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose,2 -72188,a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor,2 -177288,unwittingly,2 -56463,reflection,2 -430,appears,2 -53112,insistently demanding otherness,2 -85002,it did n't entirely grab me,1 -79829,few dynamic decades,2 -71581,a downer and,1 -106576,If Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot,1 -207619,of attributable to a movie like this,2 -106819,It 's a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .,0 -146491,It 's got its heart in the right place , but,2 -182712,Bartleby 's pain,2 -209066,parlance,2 -211604,silly and overwrought,1 -226489,The story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and Mr. Day-Lewis roars with leonine power .,4 -79968,finding solutions,2 -176335,to read the fart jokes,2 -30579,dares to be a little different,2 -211398,she and writing partner Laurence Coriat,2 -36100,post-Saving,2 -147105,Leave these Flowers unpicked,1 -208048,of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker,2 -103830,A real audience-pleaser,4 -137433,to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms,1 -199973,gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls,3 -191576,a twist -- far better,3 -114500,appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions,2 -7799,is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher,2 -104911,Burkina Faso,2 -74573,as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,3 -232691,is one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original,1 -238661,which also appears to be the end,2 -37078,so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first,2 -18866,Fear,2 -172868,that , this performance or,2 -45405,Gothic,2 -199693,funny or scary,2 -207526,of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,2 -62087,, marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances .,4 -149793,The rest of the plot,3 -233420,like `` Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , '',2 -59045,this very compelling tale,3 -192260,all too seriously,2 -167857,of these families,2 -220631,'re looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly,2 -21846,remarkably coherent,2 -228869,arm 's length,2 -157144,dead-eyed , perfectly chilled,2 -185769,Like an Afterschool Special with costumes by Gianni Versace , Mad Love looks better than it feels .,1 -99341,very fast . The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year,4 -74285,are all solid,2 -193004,apply to medical school,2 -177550,wait till you see Maid in Manhattan,3 -26254,Næs ),2 -14731,a good chunk,2 -63078,A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism .,3 -33364,is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year .,3 -193539,as offensive,1 -105691,Even when he 's not at his most critically insightful , Godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .,3 -183775,Every note,2 -100442,with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,3 -168230,one of those,2 -127184,mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion,1 -219330,who co-wrote the script,2 -32695,humor and insight,4 -103885,A small gem from Belgium .,4 -73821,an impeccable sense,3 -59815,utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team,3 -109131,Splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .,3 -205971,me a cynic,2 -109128,Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it , but '' Spider-Man,3 -76581,character dimension,2 -62763,A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew,4 -128831,of old French cinema,2 -167572,of its two older , more accessible Qatsi siblings,2 -206432,more perceptive,2 -221904,84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare .,2 -46767,South Korean cinema,2 -81007,getting kids to eat up these Veggies,2 -214516,the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies,2 -164810,liar,2 -123022,in its characterizations,3 -57347,still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .,4 -15379,careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit,3 -115335,bad guys,2 -191812,above its paint-by-numbers plot,2 -52857,impressive and highly entertaining celebration,3 -118251,dime-store ruminations,1 -92117,seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees,2 -154600,banal , cliched,1 -136552,the waves .,2 -25959,Leppard,2 -14418,Scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism,2 -200267,grows to its finale,2 -88504,of cultural and geographical displacement,2 -28760,and realistic interaction between the characters,2 -238613,what we feel,2 -131136,recent past,3 -13011,whether you 're into rap,2 -43594,, heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .,3 -153641,another example,2 -198300,exercise in,2 -18638,American musical torpor,2 -216809,to a stand-off,2 -171584,some kind,2 -80011,first Tunisian film I,2 -111982,a furiously funny pace,2 -202778,is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment,2 -29765,brutal birth,1 -136912,this creed,2 -212253,sorry to say that this should seal the deal,2 -103416,A behind the scenes,2 -86213,loneliest,2 -213117,taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double,1 -35549,of warmth and humor,4 -120984,generating,2 -101301,$ 99,2 -210359,remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along,0 -173522,the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years,2 -63265,A poignant lyricism runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .,4 -238368,walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .,2 -205098,like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts,2 -150012,Theater,2 -20980,involving true story,3 -94742,that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,2 -132187,sets this romantic comedy,2 -128402,of Water,2 -145556,Germany and Eastern European Jews,2 -231802,hovering over some of the most not,2 -74408,are snappy,2 -128431,of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic,3 -40422,you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed,3 -127672,music and images,2 -119984,few moments,2 -210948,script error,1 -230891,for Universal Studios and its ancillary products . .,2 -177477,video game graphics,2 -28451,and Juergensen,2 -185426,Jaglom 's films,2 -91622,reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .,2 -109965,The most anti-human big studio,2 -69216,That rare film,2 -188869,There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door .,3 -165881,metaphorically,2 -202472,irksome,2 -62393,, unrepentantly trashy take on Rice 's second installment of her Vampire Chronicles .,1 -163157,is not a porno , though it is as tedious as one .,0 -49895,bumbling magic takes over the film,2 -26947,There are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately , they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .,2 -171354,smoke,2 -106361,Huppert 's volatile performance,2 -63860,An emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema .,4 -211460,shot on digital videotape rather than film,1 -143424,A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale ... a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more .,1 -81464,guru,2 -28530,and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli,4 -156318,class '',2 -147881,On Valium,2 -117746,crude to serve the work especially well,3 -40457,you question your own firmly held positions,2 -46828,Strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre,3 -208033,of the Animal Planet documentary series , Crocodile Hunter,2 -107719,Merry,3 -208680,only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . In the wrong hands,0 -225843,So-so,2 -233354,lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self,2 -220317,you recognize Zeus ( the dog from Snatch ),2 -112081,a hairdo,2 -5004,barrymore,2 -50941,does everything but,2 -71170,Your response to its new sequel ,,2 -143204,A minor picture with a major identity crisis --,2 -19573,a serious exploration of ego and jealousy,2 -167480,of give-a-damn,1 -109698,The direction , by George Hickenlooper,2 -158552,everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter .,2 -73349,aimed at kids,2 -157012,cringe-inducing,2 -93338,splendid singing,4 -40722,A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between : their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action . Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences,3 -208130,of the psychological and philosophical material in italics,2 -157884,double-cross is more than just a filmed opera .,2 -162249,inspire the young people,3 -72454,a social injustice ,,2 -119881,feel-good sentiments,3 -149916,The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt ,,3 -11302,the drama of lilia 's journey,2 -21670,out any of these performances as award-worthy,2 -176304,to people with a curiosity about,2 -88849,of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter,2 -114911,as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring,3 -231254,goes with it,2 -86455,made available to American workers,2 -215103,the movie 's presentation ,,2 -112765,a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style,2 -52161,gloriously unsubtle,3 -195700,cinematic misdemeanor,2 -18221,it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .,3 -132085,sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime,4 -75985,broader,2 -64778,Compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .,3 -65240,Earth,2 -111516,a back story,2 -169619,rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie,2 -182984,Cage 's best acting,4 -213943,that what is good for the goose,2 -119268,escape movie,2 -93551,stories of any stripe,2 -25567,Hollywood 's,2 -141400,'s just tired .,2 -171872,stagnation,1 -121012,gentle ',2 -29265,assuredness,3 -102205,) gorgeous,4 -154341,at a benefit concert,2 -50402,confrontations,1 -139649,which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast,2 -181873,A nearly 21/2 hours ,,2 -97280,they make their choices,2 -123115,in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby,1 -113294,achingly honest and delightfully cheeky,3 -234745,one presumes,2 -51359,every day,2 -209277,piecing the story together frustrating difficult,1 -50533,crafted and acted tale .,2 -77847,defend himself,3 -188202,The film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .,1 -63312,A refreshingly realistic , affectation-free,3 -5848,davis,2 -36429,refreshingly adult take on adultery,3 -137073,this too-extreme-for-TV rendition of the notorious MTV show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps,2 -31200,es,2 -232060,in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers,1 -117766,cult item,2 -188695,The story 's pathetic and,0 -108958,Simone '' is a fun and,4 -230551,enough clever,3 -93674,stunts any '' Jackass '' fan could want,2 -47259,The special effects,2 -185953,Maik,2 -188849,There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but,2 -2910,to a biting satire that has no teeth,1 -44653,Bardem,2 -87181,modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave,2 -178892,would have benefitted the dialogue,2 -180176,( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional,1 -97350,this The Full Monty on ice,2 -15612,earlier,2 -186670,Perhaps even the SLC high command found writer-director Mitch Davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .,1 -147647,Never Again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds .,1 -97697,through family history,2 -169197,preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture,1 -43219,'s been in years,2 -78990,engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese ` cultural revolution . ',3 -10510,slightly pokey,1 -63529,A triumph of pure craft and passionate heart,4 -195097,by Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star,2 -19199,Purely propaganda,1 -86679,makes you care about music you may not have heard before,4 -141681,'s too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner .,1 -61950,, hope and magic,2 -103983,A visionary,3 -119857,feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot,2 -3981,a modern motion,2 -177410,ventually,2 -66353,In between all the emotional seesawing,2 -12937,were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,2 -118978,embarrassment and others,1 -153440,an intense political and psychological thriller,4 -199896,gets tiresome,1 -178990,written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous,0 -34967,not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets,2 -51044,duda,1 -93426,stands a good chance of being the big,3 -231832,humankind,2 -59255,to have bitterly forsaken,1 -83009,in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .,2 -188524,The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .,0 -56613,right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner,2 -231434,has done the nearly impossible .,3 -196404,created by the two daughters,2 -125752,largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse,2 -159238,flick , primarily because it is dull,1 -183932,Final verdict : You 've seen it all before,2 -132203,several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and,2 -94103,take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going,1 -11924,the stunt work is top-notch,4 -25964,Lewis,3 -77821,deep into the very fabric of Iranian,2 -19138,Niro,2 -216348,this as one of the worst films of the summer .,0 -223940,If you 're a comic fan , you ca n't miss it .,4 -111307,Yes , that 's right : it 's Forrest Gump , Angel Of Death,2 -172713,than a glorified Nike ad,1 -162549,is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents,3 -45925,K-19 : The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .,3 -197374,does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb,0 -120330,for 90 minutes,2 -126037,like a $ 99 bargain-basement special,2 -85354,its poignancy,2 -163305,is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double,1 -148752,Someone crosses Arnie . Arnie blows things up,1 -71522,a definitive account,3 -19420,While this film is not in the least surprising , it is still ultimately very satisfying . Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .,3 -156213,check .,2 -226695,This overproduced piece,1 -63501,A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause,4 -204417,jumps around,1 -78303,distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .,0 -212846,such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue,1 -197032,director Neil Marshall 's intense freight,2 -202386,into a dullard,1 -37663,tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it .,4 -191049,a nosedive,2 -39687,up for a lot,2 -152001,a lot more fun,3 -185938,Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ?,2 -102063,( At least ) Moore is a real charmer .,3 -194012,based on the book by A . S .,2 -206344,more celluloid,1 -141384,'s just filler,2 -171497,so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes,1 -118436,do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny,1 -197981,equal laughs,3 -64,'ve,2 -36159,pretty dicey material,2 -115616,be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality,4 -229424,blend together as they become distant memories .,3 -171830,sprawling carnival,2 -176577,tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,1 -235137,put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year,0 -102611,, it 's a howler .,3 -210652,routine crime,1 -211760,slapped,2 -210421,repetitive and,1 -200707,hate to like it .,1 -172718,than a melodramatic,2 -24374,A love for films,3 -72364,a serious minded patience , respect and affection,3 -168700,party pop numbers,2 -70768,Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken,3 -149759,The premise is in extremely bad taste,0 -21650,only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone,2 -170287,sad state,1 -136323,the start -- and , refreshingly ,,3 -98856,two strong men in conflict,2 -86259,look at the world 's dispossessed,2 -99349,very good film,4 -136923,this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability,2 -236142,suggesting that with his fourth feature,2 -67654,Movie '',2 -238840,with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et,2 -192044,after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects,1 -162603,is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the Cliff-Notes over reading a full-length classic,1 -55721,on Imax it seems better , not just bigger,3 -218083,uncool,2 -88567,of extreme athletes as several daredevils,2 -122946,in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way,1 -57115,so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels,2 -234029,my least favourite emotions ,,1 -77094,completely empty,1 -194426,before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,2 -91122,rather simplistic one,2 -25887,Kasem-furnished,2 -38697,the talent,2 -56353,quirky movie,3 -225274,Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing .,0 -237398,there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends .,2 -162642,is a movie that also does it by the numbers,3 -230408,drama partway,2 -131737,satire Lucky Break,3 -55571,of the film that inspired it,2 -197085,disgusting . Quelle surprise,1 -102832,, soar,3 -181445,8 Movies Ago,2 -191489,a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and,1 -157759,does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke,2 -158086,earnest and,2 -58772,the teeming life,2 -14714,a far more thoughtful film,3 -130831,pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice,2 -81801,has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy,3 -141433,'s next,2 -170522,see a film in theaters,2 -45050,Despite its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick , the basic plot of '' Lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script .,1 -39732,used best,2 -156851,could and should,2 -183870,Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .,2 -161581,if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but scarcely manages more than a modest , snoozy charm .,2 -95876,the highest order,2 -108152,One of ( Jaglom 's ) better efforts -- a wry and sometime bitter movie about love .,2 -34832,narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations,1 -54599,manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems,3 -49542,be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,3 -7019,haunts us precisely,3 -215914,the world of television , music and stand-up comedy,2 -90411,plenty of warmth to go around , with music and laughter and the love of family .,4 -13370,you hate yourself for giving in .,2 -51900,freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays,2 -65875,Group articulates a flood of emotion .,3 -238185,uncertain girl,2 -188903,These guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .,1 -172312,sung those blues,2 -191754,about men,2 -85987,lifelong,2 -234490,of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story '',2 -221653,, though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .,4 -106741,Insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original ,,1 -75070,autopsy,2 -56546,repressed,1 -190236,a built-in audience,2 -234902,peculiarly moral,2 -123329,indispensable,3 -204295,its proper home,3 -84752,is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music,3 -84889,it 's equally solipsistic in tone,2 -143626,All the characters are stereotypes,1 -77090,complaints I might have,1 -130684,product placement,2 -24606,An amazing and incendiary movie,4 -177406,velocity and,2 -237106,the numbers and,2 -21349,most oppressive,1 -175826,to Robin Williams 's lecture,2 -95635,the film above anything Sandler,3 -216034,their parents , wise folks that they are , read books,3 -123647,inventive and mordantly humorous,4 -230821,finally lies with Kissinger .,2 -229787,certainly hard to hate,3 -9692,personal,3 -45270,Fontaine,2 -79389,exactly assured in its execution,3 -151587,a decent glimpse,3 -61384,'ve got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out,3 -104551,At 90 minutes,2 -87268,more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies,4 -177917,were all over this,2 -171947,stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film,1 -57488,suffering and,1 -139454,welfare centers,2 -216640,thrills and extreme emotions,3 -42032,grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt,2 -27694,a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies,3 -96652,the seas of their personalities,2 -75169,barely realize your mind is being blown .,3 -186293,Neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment,2 -67033,King '',2 -102590,, innocuous and unremarkable,1 -202169,inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle,0 -104733,Bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent .,3 -236586,that will give most parents,2 -95243,the brilliant performances by Testud,4 -103046,, you 'll still be glued to the screen .,4 -230172,designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating,2 -174388,the nature of the boat 's malediction,2 -228421,aisle,2 -160091,give us a character worth giving a damn about,2 -169862,refreshingly naive,3 -60879,'s a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions,3 -64575,By surrounding us with hyper-artificiality,1 -73102,achival,2 -26644,Stevenson 's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed,2 -184871,In a 102-minute film,2 -80757,fun .,3 -57050,slide down,2 -215901,the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,2 -135576,the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special,2 -43692,, sensitive story,2 -237786,to describe it is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr.,2 -119958,feminine energy ,,2 -193473,as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream,1 -29578,between Carmen and Juni,2 -203915,it has been with all the films in the series,2 -47757,\,2 -151971,a little creepy,2 -207040,no foundation for it,1 -56902,shatters you in waves,2 -31069,emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome,3 -138176,tooth in Roger Dodger,2 -43738,, there is an unsettled feeling to the film,1 -63843,An edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era,3 -34377,margins,2 -203001,is in the right place,3 -180789,, loud , painful , obnoxious,1 -81689,has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores,4 -85561,just do n't work in concert,1 -112148,a howler,2 -162366,into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy,2 -204279,its paint fights ,,2 -208565,one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer CGI effects,2 -141039,'re dead on the vine,1 -198875,filmmakers and performers,2 -41278,The movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . There are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting,3 -116569,can certainly go the distance,2 -56506,religious and civic virtues,2 -225679,Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition,1 -177707,wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .,0 -84439,is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous,1 -73258,adventure movie,3 -174478,the over-25s,2 -48022,a feel,2 -81866,have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema,2 -224775,Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good,3 -188544,The plot is paper-thin,1 -78656,dry wit,2 -173221,that the characters barely move,1 -153768,appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done,2 -126464,low-budget filmmaking,1 -109898,The inevitable double - and triple-crosses arise ,,2 -195586,change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's,1 -160467,half the excitement,2 -218423,various New York City locations,2 -42302,looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois ,,4 -32816,in a few of his own touches,2 -174834,the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure,1 -126755,manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .,3 -148247,Rather,2 -212835,such a minute idea,1 -38258,the form 's,2 -200332,had ever made a movie about a vampire,2 -42540,relentless and,2 -224136,It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries .,3 -184681,I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material,4 -148966,Swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .,1 -164158,its star power on cliched or meaningless roles,1 -46401,On that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint,2 -52767,hugely,2 -141289,'s difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff,1 -146175,If I Spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion,1 -136325,the startling transformation,2 -5510,charles dickens could be so light-hearted,3 -196008,comienza,2 -218558,virtually no understanding,1 -68932,Spectacularly beautiful,4 -126892,may feel time has decided to stand still,2 -173341,the Chelsea 's denizens,2 -188464,The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther,1 -44981,Crystal,2 -195077,but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy,1 -19709,almost impossible not to be moved by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia,4 -78148,digital video experiment,2 -3487,... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .,0 -33701,it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .,3 -130421,poorly written , murky and weakly acted,0 -50828,dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks,2 -200867,have proven,2 -122004,have used some informed , adult hindsight,2 -187630,Summer X Games,3 -110167,The sound,2 -158632,exhausting mess,1 -38696,the supposedly liberal media,2 -32963,in the tall grass,2 -102897,, the movie is pretty diverting,3 -83277,indelible epic American story,3 -197161,do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes ,,2 -154797,be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident,2 -52026,funnybone,3 -3380,'s too,2 -197279,does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them,2 -61780,, assuming that ... the air-conditioning in the theater is working properly .,1 -218337,used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors,2 -104765,Black Hawk Down,2 -129845,overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal,4 -106889,It 's like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed ,,2 -123794,is a must !,3 -106507,I never thought I 'd say this , but I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !,1 -160333,great disservice,1 -38154,the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies,2 -62397,, utterly distracting blunder,1 -204270,its own ludicrous terms,1 -224601,Let 's hope,2 -20271,committed,3 -168455,outrageous dark,1 -222009,A funny film .,3 -45089,Dogma-like in spots -,2 -142379,, or anywhere else ,,2 -118263,directed and,2 -145428,For anyone who grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic,2 -8373,lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,1 -130005,partisans,2 -96173,the most entertaining Bonds in years,4 -121146,give the movie points for,3 -210749,salvos hitting a discernible target .,3 -75937,bright and flashy,2 -171415,so frequently that it now seems pedestrian,1 -179949,'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere,1 -2709,the seeds of the imagination to germinate,3 -198862,film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly,0 -219169,when it is n't merely offensive,1 -192309,almost immediately,2 -234330,of `` Lilo '',2 -2511,that it is laughingly enjoyable,3 -94707,that is actually funny without hitting below the belt,3 -44184,A muckraking job,1 -213651,that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference,2 -111487,a Macy 's,2 -227654,`` ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes,2 -208716,only winner,2 -18242,'' Personal Freedom First,3 -57284,spotlights,2 -72719,a troubadour , his acolytes ,,2 -150387,To enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns,3 -134009,terrorist attacks,0 -150050,There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting,1 -93280,specialized fare,2 -107273,Kangaroo Jack about to burst across America 's winter movie screens,2 -227994,a look at `` the real Americans '',2 -5224,bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son,0 -224593,Legged Freaks ?,2 -50787,desfecho,2 -221441,, it might just be the movie you 're looking for .,3 -142682,- character-who-shall - remain-nameless,2 -191131,a preachy parable stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .,1 -173511,the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario,0 -12502,too ludicrous and borderline insulting,0 -127125,minimalist style,2 -42706,struck a responsive chord,3 -206784,naive dreams,1 -50962,does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws,3 -29456,beautifully articulated portrayals,4 -139902,will feel a nagging sense of deja vu,2 -203581,is this bad on purpose is never clear .,1 -82541,human power,3 -228334,accomplished with Never Again,2 -15510,dedicated,3 -136138,the rest of us,2 -157339,despite many charming moments,2 -233952,more than that , it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .,3 -140534,would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes,0 -150304,This rather superficial arthouse middle-brow film,2 -18803,Croc Hunter agenda,2 -13710,. Much of the way,2 -213860,that takes place during Spring Break,2 -94541,that actually has something interesting to say,4 -147444,Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless,2 -9671,perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad,2 -114532,are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling,2 -108018,Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary ,,3 -237066,the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen,4 -100521,with his words,2 -150823,What could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent .,1 -118818,dysfunctionally,2 -225609,Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ),2 -108184,One of the year 's best films , featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .,4 -160369,grinds on with yawn-provoking dullness .,1 -136140,the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .,1 -148214,Queen of the Damned,2 -109674,The complex , politically charged tapestry of contemporary Chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we Westerners have seen before .,3 -15415,chunk,2 -97492,this particular South London housing project,2 -188934,Things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content .,1 -25093,Def Leppard 's Pyromania,2 -11539,the kathie lee,2 -127505,mostly believable , refreshingly low-key,3 -125790,laugh .,2 -210559,right about Blade,2 -186594,One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever .,0 -86826,martinet music instructor,2 -88306,of a certain outré sexual practice,3 -228547,an asset and a detriment,2 -32441,heart-wrenching,2 -48810,allows nothing,1 -88149,of :,2 -138215,totally unexpected directions,3 -109076,Sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating,3 -104962,Cagney,2 -123524,intermittently wise,3 -156948,crawled,1 -204789,learns her place,2 -19001,It There,2 -41846,engaged in a ferocious debate for years,3 -78140,difficult for the audience,1 -58963,this '' Two Weddings and,2 -151254,a 100-year old mystery that is constantly being interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit,1 -199586,from filmmakers and performers of this calibre,2 -32924,in the Playboy era,2 -233912,morality and,2 -188731,The stunt work,2 -213954,that would be Reno,2 -179294,' viewers,2 -140593,wreckage,1 -130134,perfectly bland,0 -236851,the excitement of such '50s flicks,3 -218735,was covered earlier and much better in Ordinary People,1 -219075,were sending up,2 -155671,by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans,1 -86370,love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew,3 -201177,his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role,2 -213633,that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound,2 -173315,the 1998,2 -108278,Pandora,2 -58148,the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts,2 -66776,It shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .,3 -32112,goal,3 -89663,one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .,4 -34508,miraculously able,2 -19340,The tug,2 -21869,rhythmic,3 -189100,This version of H . G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H . G . Wells ' great-grandson . They should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson .,2 -50334,compelling quest,3 -207600,of an adoring , wide-smiling reception,3 -63202,A movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you do n't want to be .,2 -219188,when you 're almost dozing,2 -127474,most of the time,2 -176432,to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious,2 -133412,striking style,4 -66881,Japanese anime,2 -182779,Beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce,2 -218216,unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity,1 -174060,the guys,2 -132994,sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness,2 -160732,has sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job ...,1 -44022,A complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son 's home after decades away .,3 -139692,while waiting for things to happen,2 -230446,dumb , narratively chaotic ,,0 -108977,Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot,2 -127383,mornings,2 -56594,revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style,3 -152188,a one-joke movie ,,1 -104732,Bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .,3 -112445,a one-hour TV documentary,2 -38689,the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief,2 -194711,blatant derivativeness,1 -210995,see previous answer .,2 -78081,devastating and incurably romantic,2 -179654,'s bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction .,2 -2250,several decent,3 -115202,at the comic effects of jealousy,2 -141870,( excepting Love Hewitt ),2 -29324,at young women,2 -69994,The tonal shifts,2 -154842,be turning in his grave , along with my stomach,1 -62553,... a guiltless film for nice evening out .,3 -46247,Mr . Serrault,2 -174377,the moviegoing public,2 -108531,R Xmas,2 -112332,a moratorium,1 -56099,political satire,2 -20454,energetic entertainment,4 -115868,benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants,2 -30777,difficult ' films,1 -17596,the movie keeps you diverted and best of all,3 -59832,veiled,2 -199685,fundamentals,2 -74080,anger .,1 -82679,illustrated,2 -184050,Frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the Kahlo movie Frida fans have been looking for,2 -90366,plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air,3 -176422,to string the bastard up,2 -61474,( Murder By Numbers ),2 -199964,gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error .,2 -58710,the sight,2 -201851,in creation is going on,2 -157386,diapers,2 -23357,, a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds,3 -178791,worked last time , repeats it,2 -85103,it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions,4 -209490,political prisoners,2 -16456,like one,2 -96051,the living hell out of you,2 -171040,shtick .,2 -51852,forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .,2 -75723,black manhood,2 -199040,flattening its momentum with about an hour to go,1 -25945,Legally,2 -172961,that consists mostly of platitudes,2 -166214,more original,4 -135988,the peril,2 -17992,way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs,3 -53425,is both inspiring and pure joy,3 -27695,a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002,2 -82973,in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy,2 -99923,when cares,2 -164550,lacks wit , feeling and believability,0 -110558,This tale has been told and retold,1 -228151,a sharper , cleaner script,3 -110790,Twenty-three,2 -235418,rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel,1 -221060,( Colgate U. ),2 -147554,Much-anticipated and,2 -89038,of the last decade,2 -73117,acquired,2 -38941,this fourth animated movie in four years,3 -132165,set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .,3 -29710,bottom,1 -228469,almost makes this movie worth seeing,2 -102029,'ve rarely been given .,2 -154556,bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action,0 -93077,some effecting moments,3 -179377,'ll cry for your money back,1 -72074,a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films,3 -130465,possess the lack-of-attention span,1 -96060,the look of this film,2 -22697,vision Clooney,2 -99776,welcome and heartwarming addition,3 -134172,that , come to think of it , the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it,1 -41984,getting under your skin and,2 -102271,, I enjoyed it just as much,3 -167054,nude groupies on the nod to liven things up,2 -197854,endlessly repetitive,1 -107753,Might,2 -10727,stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands,2 -30088,chamber drama,2 -64858,Crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .,3 -81816,has worked wonders with the material,3 -163545,is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable,0 -33242,is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance,3 -29011,appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking,3 -200473,has a film 's title served such dire warning .,1 -175090,their famous dad,2 -73429,all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain,3 -161601,if you 're a Hartley fan,2 -164139,its redundancies,2 -20714,has a soft , percolating magic , a deadpan suspense,3 -121235,go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller,2 -87204,monotone,1 -68241,Poignant and moving,3 -186906,Resident Evil is not it,1 -84275,is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made,1 -95804,the genre-busting film,2 -179245,your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture,2 -120188,fit smoothly together,3 -192651,an uneasy marriage,1 -210546,ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .,1 -116179,break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences,2 -163158,is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production,1 -225222,Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .,1 -140024,with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .,3 -159728,from its own provocative theme,3 -234759,one-sided , outwardly sexist or,1 -22194,that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality,3 -104833,Both lead performances are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie ,,4 -180822,, moldering pile,2 -214345,the conception,2 -43564,, deftly shot,2 -51480,fairly parochial,2 -140426,worked up,2 -57287,spotlights the underlying caste system in America . It 's a scathing portrayal,2 -232560,is more worshipful than your random E !,2 -176383,to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes,1 -180025,'s the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long,2 -117147,colorful , joyous celebration,4 -230131,delicate interpersonal,2 -44475,An entertaining British hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance,4 -42701,stops shy of overkill ,,1 -236369,that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer,1 -61166,'s not an easy movie to watch and,1 -76506,catalyst,2 -230396,doze off for a few minutes or,1 -78849,eloquent , reflective and beautifully,3 -226668,This is n't my favorite in the series , still I enjoyed it enough to recommend .,3 -22205,that unexpected downer of an ending,0 -184996,It 's a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .,1 -65011,Depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .,2 -189614,What we have is,2 -121420,greatest hits,4 -154776,be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast,1 -110226,The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas , but,2 -188645,The script is too mainstream,2 -228148,a shabby script,0 -173854,the family tragedy,2 -153767,appreciate Fire 's bright side,2 -146323,Indian-American,2 -198568,far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid,0 -74583,as a director,2 -170434,school production,2 -3277,'ll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch,1 -130772,psychedelic devices,2 -187353,Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,1 -143195,A mess . The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,0 -54609,manipulation or corny conventions,1 -125986,life-changing chance encounters,3 -12783,view dollar,2 -30085,challenge-hungry moviegoers,3 -10901,swings and,2 -216139,there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable,0 -171921,starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune,2 -22507,to get there,2 -76548,cerebral and cinemantic flair,4 -160522,haphazard script,1 -146857,Jay Scherick and,2 -4856,as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas,2 -171766,special-effects creation,2 -31996,gears,2 -171960,steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh,1 -153188,almost muffled,2 -191295,a sense of humor,2 -21311,memoir,2 -52613,himself ,,2 -173546,the big one,2 -99897,what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,1 -211745,skipped Country Bears,2 -214240,the cable-sports channel and its Summer X Games,2 -60371,with phony imagery or music,1 -223585,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate .,2 -162740,is always the last one living,2 -118728,drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama,1 -67442,Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and ,,2 -230996,fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently,3 -193375,as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination,1 -90369,plays closer to two .,3 -8816,miss heist --,2 -124442,is pegged into the groove of a New York dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify,2 -154348,at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell,1 -144458,Cho 's fans are sure to be entertained : it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them .,1 -23986,, while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .,3 -209567,possibly the sturdiest example yet,4 -171864,stage dialogue,2 -65958,He 's the con , and you 're just the mark,2 -5757,correctly , wilde 's play,2 -134352,that he will once again be an honest and loving one,3 -236668,the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed,0 -147992,PBS,2 -188607,The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in The Tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine,1 -84630,is so large it 's Altman-esque,2 -162098,in-your-face wallow,1 -45543,I 'm still stunned .,3 -2947,to pay to see it,2 -222239,All that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .,1 -226856,Ultimately , `` MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .,3 -28683,and its people,2 -82407,home movie,2 -137834,to see this movie is hereby given fair warning,1 -116514,ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .,1 -27706,a new generation,3 -67982,On its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .,3 -175395,this films,2 -24188,180,2 -186176,Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .,3 -236830,the dunce of a Screenwriting,1 -151793,a gaudy bag,1 -10219,rules,2 -121493,gun battles,2 -153828,are ever,2 -105948,Games '',2 -122713,if somewhat standardized ,,3 -198833,fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .,1 -74232,appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers,2 -168993,plot trajectory,2 -95460,the directing world,2 -13672,, while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to,3 -235178,ranks as the most original in years .,4 -44677,Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese :,3 -94468,that 's OK,2 -184081,Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap,0 -231164,gets very ugly , very fast,1 -117590,could possibly find it funny .,2 -177871,well . Their film,2 -32156,gosh , will you be shocked .,3 -161377,hokey piece,2 -91229,really , really good,4 -56764,second half,2 -92112,seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .,3 -234937,piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art,4 -60564,you dig on David Mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy,3 -210524,revenge-of-the-nerds clichés,1 -202843,is cruel,1 -211987,so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama,1 -43331,'s still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days,3 -221187,, Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .,1 -186794,Property,2 -100402,with a game supporting cast,3 -43131,'re in luck .,3 -218213,unlaughable,1 -221270,, at best , I 'm afraid .,2 -43358,'s tremendously moving,4 -123693,is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation,3 -34562,more exhausted than the athletes onscreen,2 -61190,'s nowhere near,1 -166888,no yuks,2 -105665,Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro,3 -117935,decided to stand still,2 -205221,little more intensity,2 -186896,Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage . Of all the Halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing,1 -10597,solving one problem,2 -149725,The picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn .,1 -133805,take an entirely stale concept and,1 -49262,as artificial as the video games,2 -84255,is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films,3 -228985,as the kind of film that should be the target of something,2 -61398,'ve somehow never seen before,2 -23155,'s over,2 -160810,have been allowed to use the word '' new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie,1 -14778,a lovers-on-the-run crime flick,2 -223320,Fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .,1 -78714,earnest errors,2 -50766,demonstrating vividly,3 -96236,the multi-layers,3 -222180,Ace,2 -178663,with the candy-like taste of it fading faster than 25-cent bubble gum , I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .,1 -96213,the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .,3 -133789,tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers,4 -113599,all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters,3 -8491,likely,2 -159204,five friends,2 -121608,happily glib,3 -216674,through worn-out material,1 -28031,about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again,1 -227239,Y Tu Mamá También is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than Georgia asphalt .,4 -18538,... ( Sex and Lucía ) makes for an arousing good time .,4 -203431,is so film-culture referential,2 -98019,to duck,2 -121840,has something fascinating,3 -172429,swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers,3 -181092,, unimaginative,0 -155148,better performances,3 -122464,holds the screen like a true star .,3 -71172,Your response to its new sequel , Analyze That ,,2 -238405,wants many things in life , but,2 -91114,rather convoluted,1 -184919,In this case zero,2 -90849,psychologically self-revealing,2 -200868,have ransacked every old World War II movie for overly familiar material,1 -238922,with young TV actors,2 -93881,superb performances throughout,4 -115718,becoming too cute about it,1 -223576,Hard , endearing , caring ,,3 -27572,a group,2 -180596,, demands that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit,2 -24119,... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that,0 -63280,A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie,3 -155631,but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory,1 -223418,Fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .,0 -48189,a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic,3 -133891,tart , smart breath,2 -25345,Ford,2 -180317,) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic,0 -180453,, Sterile And Lacking,1 -73900,an irresistible junior-high way,2 -99539,wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching,1 -134520,that puts,2 -63902,An infinitely wittier version,3 -180050,'s too loud to shout insults at the screen,0 -94092,take a complete moron,1 -231128,get in FearDotCom,2 -238912,with the fast , funny , and even touching story,4 -214011,the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end,2 -160948,he 'd have them mate .,2 -163203,is on the border of bemused contempt,1 -206468,more than a whiff,3 -218631,walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible,1 -13495,, Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal,2 -136040,the potential for pathological study,2 -233915,more accomplished,3 -67565,Miller , Kuras and the actresses make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .,2 -229573,by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),3 -165639,manages to be even worse than its title,0 -200961,he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7,2 -178033,when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers,0 -97326,think they might,2 -143480,About as satisfying and predictable as the fare at your local,0 -188227,The filmmakers are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .,1 -171403,so dull,0 -51468,fact ,,3 -147920,One of those movies where you walk out of the theater not feeling cheated exactly , but feeling pandered to , which , in the end , might be all the more infuriating,1 -171877,stake in this film,2 -144669,Cry,2 -212883,suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected,0 -195013,burgeoning genre,2 -2483,terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most,1 -78769,effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself,3 -224569,Last Tango in Paris '',2 -171640,something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner,1 -52055,gentility,2 -171774,spectacular whiff,3 -148908,Suffers from all the excesses,1 -88789,of old news,2 -12633,ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences ,,1 -46671,Saigon,2 -133266,stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast,1 -10479,sisters,2 -204798,leave a lasting impression,3 -105186,Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please,1 -40083,whose world,2 -218274,until the slowest viewer grasps it,1 -78452,does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it,3 -64009,Anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .,4 -145706,Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world .,2 -65420,Exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming .,3 -177751,watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .,0 -224595,Leoni 's,2 -31923,from them all,2 -158165,embarrassingly,1 -186797,Proposal,2 -155747,by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once,1 -20959,into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment,3 -116734,carries you along,3 -71071,Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia .,3 -56832,selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness,1 -26357,Piccoli,1 -150317,This thing works on no level whatsoever for me .,0 -53843,it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work,3 -222994,Conrad L. Hall 's,2 -178171,while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding,1 -167969,often appear to be reading the lines,2 -18776,Celebrated,3 -101550,'s a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish . Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch,0 -73147,action films,2 -204325,its solemn pretension,1 -22675,variations,2 -140850,your car,2 -98046,to families and church meetings,2 -27516,a film as Byatt fans,2 -23337,, Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .,4 -142195,, he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .,2 -121484,guarantees Karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women,3 -25075,David Jacobson 's Dahmer .,2 -4549,always pulls it,2 -190488,a dud --,0 -109249,Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball,3 -160859,have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video,2 -124498,is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting .,2 -164049,its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative,1 -162465,invest in the central relationship,2 -233122,its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut,1 -18503,, who else needs a shower ?,2 -133470,stumble over,2 -79941,find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,3 -142337,, like the recent I Spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie,1 -222571,Behind the glitz , Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .,0 -230241,director João Pedro Rodrigues ',2 -122517,horse,2 -65226,E . T,2 -45150,Entertains by providing good , lively company,3 -145161,Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day : the movie lacks both thrills and humor .,0 -71783,a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level,3 -141857,( but ) the script goes wrong at several key junctures .,1 -45162,European,2 -3084,weird,1 -174705,the savviest audiences,3 -190332,a comedian,2 -110172,The story is also as unoriginal as they come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count .,1 -44368,Affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .,3 -16811,of watching them today,2 -28034,about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn,2 -194794,boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years,1 -225420,Pauly Shore awful,0 -81783,has succeeded beyond all expectation .,4 -165471,magically,2 -34543,monsters barbecue,2 -90576,powerfully evocative mood,4 -147135,Let 's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line :,2 -168427,ought to pick up the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice .,2 -16816,offers a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema,3 -141042,'re left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at,2 -221141,, Hart 's War , like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .,1 -88192,of Eudora Welty,2 -65341,Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions .,3 -158492,every Star Trek movie has gone before,2 -70793,What ( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film,3 -215233,the odd distinction,2 -113270,accumulated enjoyment,3 -95690,the film with his effortless performance and,2 -194984,brought something fresher to the proceedings,3 -177146,undertaken,2 -156253,choke,1 -95904,the hypocrisies,2 -176098,to empowerment,2 -216156,there is plenty of room for editing , and,1 -17385,talking,2 -226991,We started to wonder if,2 -60128,while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself,3 -173359,the Disney classic,3 -148537,Shatner,2 -93561,story writing,2 -128247,odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic,0 -18387,, but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .,0 -65718,Gallo,2 -29309,at the heart of Italian for Beginners,2 -73862,an intelligent screenplay and,4 -200217,great scares and,3 -21675,over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers,1 -107578,Made for teens and,2 -23338,, The Count of Monte Cristo,2 -176251,to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived,1 -160014,get us,2 -60463,work and food,2 -66490,It 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .,4 -109621,The bland outweighs the nifty ,,1 -169305,pro basketball underwritten by the NBA,2 -181597,A depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece,0 -214880,the intriguing premise,3 -13664,, though , this is a refreshingly novel ride,4 -176512,to the table,2 -126820,marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today,4 -74508,art of their own,2 -15119,any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy,2 -115796,begins to resemble the shapeless ,,1 -194358,been grossly underestimated,1 -216200,they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care,0 -189927,You can tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell .,1 -165884,metaphysical thriller offering,3 -122410,his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,1 -124746,is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .,1 -91414,relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed,2 -149496,The journey toward redemption,2 -178227,who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves,1 -193617,as they are being framed in conversation,2 -110918,Wallace film,2 -208286,offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already ,,2 -93716,sublimely beautiful,4 -78970,endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer,1 -204176,its drawbacks,1 -85005,it does elect to head off in its own direction,3 -59968,water mark,2 -230358,does n't leave you with much .,1 -192048,after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy,2 -9935,puts an exclamation point on the fact,3 -16103,in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography,3 -180559,, but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes,2 -154563,bad rap,2 -58066,the best parts,3 -6318,exciting,4 -46849,Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .,3 -2147,repackaged as new material,2 -134868,the backstage angst,3 -84730,is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew,3 -230932,for one reason or another,2 -18750,Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it,2 -67548,Michael Moore 's latest documentary about America 's thirst for violence is his best film yet ...,4 -234617,off-putting French romantic comedy,2 -170597,seems a half beat off,1 -155847,ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods,0 -185582,Kathy Bates,2 -115416,baseball-playing monkey,2 -234693,on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time,1 -55814,onstage,2 -12718,upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .,0 -232681,is one of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny .,4 -152250,a pot of boiling water,2 -69754,The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but,4 -131850,screen with considerable appeal,3 -172180,style over character and substance,1 -113113,about Narc,2 -23137,'s like a poem .,3 -133435,strongly present some profound social commentary,3 -190339,a comedy or serious drama,2 -189473,We 're left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .,1 -63894,An exceptionally,3 -10983,technological,2 -156448,coasting in the treads of The Bicycle Thief,2 -196038,community-college advertisement,1 -177761,way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann,2 -17552,the force,2 -65221,Dustin,2 -207795,of identity and heritage,2 -16517,magic,2 -160241,good ( successful ),4 -199229,for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon,2 -224524,Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '',2 -40380,written , without a trace of sentimentality,2 -20695,grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .,3 -68275,Proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . Better,4 -59345,to show us a good time,3 -160996,he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text,2 -137432,to be playing villains,2 -11791,the quiet american is n't a bad film ,,2 -209099,partly satisfying,3 -61124,'s most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .,4 -152360,a right to yawp,3 -89042,of the masterful British actor Ian Holm,3 -202323,intentando,2 -32376,have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first,2 -194486,being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing,1 -222291,An enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm,3 -225611,Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but,2 -233590,ludicrous and contrived,0 -233333,lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race .,1 -232952,it 's no glance,2 -88389,of achronological vignettes,2 -62192,, savvy , compelling,3 -212197,something fishy,3 -4776,archival,2 -107422,Less cinematically powerful than quietly and,2 -103691,A markedly inactive film , City,1 -116785,cavorting,2 -215267,the opulent lushness of every scene,4 -26757,The actors are so terrific at conveying their young angst , we do indeed feel for them .,2 -83204,in trouble,2 -119969,festival entries,2 -11717,the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males,1 -153222,although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt,2 -41746,crafts quite moving scenes,3 -76876,collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then,2 -77463,could too easily become comic relief in any other film,2 -6859,gossip , wealth , paranoia ,,2 -236743,the best of the swashbucklers,3 -125225,its delightful cast,4 -81540,handling conventional material,2 -124251,is more feral in this film,2 -33980,large cast,3 -1043,frustrating to see these guys,1 -17686,the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya,2 -157309,deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever,0 -93228,soulful nuances,3 -228621,an unusual protagonist (,2 -153170,allergy,2 -93708,subject you thought would leave you,1 -90925,purr,3 -126590,maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it,3 -135254,the fateful fathers --,2 -70443,Traditional or Modern stories,2 -161786,in a mature and frank fashion,2 -147510,Most of the supporting characters in Eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .,0 -13815,A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse,3 -228874,arrive early and,2 -8153,its surface,2 -76595,characterized,2 -201749,in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic,2 -27968,a wonderful all-ages triumph besides,4 -221645,, this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .,1 -207042,no idea what in creation is going on,1 -223662,His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images,4 -34821,n't work,3 -41708,check it,2 -135348,the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable,0 -43029,wonderment and,3 -235216,realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0 -160533,happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier,1 -68387,Remember '',2 -228054,a nice , harmless date film,3 -212797,substitute plot for personality . It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events,1 -77098,completely spooky piece,2 -77422,could hardly ask for more .,4 -188723,The story of Trouble Every Day,2 -174145,the joke,2 -76553,certain sexiness,3 -101772,'s no denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,4 -108137,Oliver Parker,2 -43061,' Jia,2 -111991,a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism,3 -170752,serves as the soundtrack,2 -17936,unlike Quills --,2 -172150,studio pics,2 -86191,lived in a state of quiet desperation,1 -207892,of observer of the scene,2 -4534,along with green 's half-hearted movie career,1 -191432,a success in some sense,2 -197367,does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that,0 -108308,Pascale Bailly 's,2 -232502,is ingenious fun .,4 -115339,bad prose,1 -145851,Hollywood caper flick,2 -197769,emerges as a numbingly dull experience .,1 -69665,The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia,4 -132922,some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,1 -22593,transitions to adulthood,2 -117065,cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock,4 -173145,that no two people working on the production,2 -234881,partisans and,2 -149183,The acting is stiff,1 -186228,Much Ado,2 -156016,canning his stockbroker,2 -82926,in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm,4 -82902,in an irresistible junior-high way ,,3 -52269,greater sense,3 -113980,an elegantly balanced movie,4 -217500,to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .,1 -226362,The movie is about as deep as that sentiment .,1 -231497,has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile,2 -140130,with considerable aplomb,3 -94415,than it does n't,2 -43203,'s an eye-opener,2 -176593,too cerebral for its own good --,2 -235716,show up soon,2 -134764,the Star Wars series,2 -46650,Rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle,3 -12938,were far more entertaining,2 -53749,it 's forgivable that the plot feels,2 -191851,accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust,2 -161698,impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '',1 -214775,the hero of the story,2 -129452,on the radar screen of 2002,2 -191586,a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings,1 -175782,tiresomely grave and long-winded,0 -127229,monosyllabic,2 -149238,The best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .,1 -100436,with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers,2 -95069,the Second Floor,2 -199375,for their own Caddyshack,2 -234735,one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while,4 -188063,The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil,1 -12569,tries,2 -34297,make in the interests of doing them good,3 -142967,? Only,2 -151267,a Bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid ,,2 -124050,is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .,2 -209979,quaking,2 -215248,the online world,2 -196502,crypt,3 -222071,A real snooze .,0 -213469,that 's already a joke in the United States,2 -113952,an amusing little catch,3 -203160,is n't as funny as it should be,1 -195451,care about the truth,3 -158763,fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .,0 -63157,A lovely film ...,4 -146701,It is also , at times , curiously moving .,3 -33148,into place,2 -152015,a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity,1 -57078,small-town pretension in the Lone Star State,2 -43665,, o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória,2 -24726,As shaky as the plot is,1 -14916,against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured,4 -71795,a happy ending is no cinematic sin,3 -35092,of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference,2 -26297,One of the best of the year,4 -133032,sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage,2 -146730,It might as well have been Problem Child,2 -219405,wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence,1 -55324,of corruption and ruthlessness,1 -145972,I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test and,1 -118091,derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant,2 -215121,the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .,0 -160876,have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris,2 -38346,the integrity of the filmmakers,2 -92752,skateboard revolution,2 -137532,to do most of the work,2 -110304,There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .,3 -131083,reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! --,1 -160900,have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and,3 -11722,the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .,4 -168880,pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ...,1 -190248,a call for pity and sympathy,2 -118850,earn,2 -64918,Danny Huston gives,2 -1728,michael rymer,2 -14105,I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory,0 -192718,and audacious moments,2 -193742,at his own joke,2 -19180,Polished,3 -125436,jackass,1 -64032,Are we,2 -193843,attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds,1 -157397,did it better .,2 -4750,any real psychological,2 -179964,'s refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy,3 -147941,Oops , she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .,1 -175445,this just felt like it did,2 -177918,were all there,2 -72049,a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence,3 -228345,across these days,2 -236332,than the caterer,2 -156351,cleverly worked out,3 -5970,director m . night shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable,4 -223479,George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger,2 -174725,the second one,2 -165441,made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen,0 -148570,Showtime is crammed full of them,1 -11545,the killer in insomnia,2 -102884,, the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . Or intelligent .,1 -197173,do for a movie,2 -31797,for the kids,3 -154285,as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights,3 -78034,deserving of discussion,3 -107038,It may not be a huge cut of above the rest,2 -219749,with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly,2 -107344,Kong master John Woo,1 -126747,manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them,3 -235062,pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste,3 -3844,a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but,3 -5508,charles,2 -108389,Piercingly,2 -156946,crass marketing,1 -180629,, everything else about the film tanks .,1 -233536,looks genuinely pretty,3 -1047,funniest,4 -125128,it usually means ` schmaltzy,2 -170206,rounded characters ,,2 -21370,much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world,4 -119254,equate to being good,2 -9998,rarely does,3 -105284,Cuba Gooding Jr . valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy .,1 -152410,a series of brutal set pieces,1 -131393,rescue Adrian Lyne 's Unfaithful,2 -39551,ultimately not quite satisfying,2 -228326,abstract art,2 -189560,What Madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .,1 -88360,of a show forged in still-raw emotions,2 -100589,with purpose and finesse,3 -97266,they determine how to proceed as the world implodes,2 -131665,rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .,0 -127784,naval,2 -139464,well integrated,3 -106581,If The Tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit Chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .,1 -144921,Do n't let the subtitles fool you : the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action .,1 -138421,turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .,4 -192762,and pretentious endeavor,1 -206208,minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made,2 -58629,the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here,4 -183117,Clean,2 -157590,dissatisfied with the movie as a whole,1 -5763,could bond while,2 -29147,as a film director,2 -9728,plates,2 -34288,make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists,2 -39078,time between a minute-by-minute account of the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors,2 -137015,this one escaped the Lifetime network,2 -147204,Literally,3 -16836,on the field and a story,2 -194931,breaking codes and,2 -234803,our reality tv obsession,2 -156200,chatty black man,2 -96638,the screen in their version of The Quiet American,2 -217318,to seek and strike just the right tone,3 -84236,is generally,2 -181854,A movie that seems motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story .,2 -229171,be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,2 -97982,to champion the fallibility of the human heart,3 -120208,flag-waving war flick,2 -153957,are terrific,2 -75270,be fully successful,2 -125135,it was feminism by the book,2 -159506,for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk,2 -122596,hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit ,,4 -48923,an enjoyable and frankly told tale,3 -223294,Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun,4 -9611,partly synthetic,1 -205901,matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .,1 -19407,Weber,2 -194062,be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama,2 -35458,of the four Harry Potter books,2 -106776,Irwin and his director,2 -14216,Korean,2 -62934,A delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity,3 -64399,Blood ',2 -149857,The story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence .,1 -169705,reaching for the back row,2 -219482,will be following after it,3 -115167,at how this movie turned out,2 -199492,freight,2 -139779,who live in unusual homes,2 -59458,torture and,1 -211301,set to cello music,2 -109316,Take away the controversy,3 -24760,Australian director John Polson,2 -38686,the subtitles,2 -188444,The movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension,1 -22293,the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today,4 -55399,of imperfection,1 -224944,Mr. Nachtwey,2 -124403,is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .,1 -237385,then by all,2 -15980,have no problem flaunting her natural gifts,3 -35499,of the storytelling,2 -85353,its poetic symbolism,2 -73550,always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,3 -220209,you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .,0 -140591,wreaks,2 -55801,only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be,1 -227877,a dull girl,1 -45305,French director Anne Fontaine,2 -19320,The people in Dogtown and Z-Boys,2 -114926,as if her life did , too,2 -202021,in the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker,2 -410,angel,4 -55911,package,2 -138656,unexpected direction,2 -113402,admire these people 's dedication,3 -79564,fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals,0 -2420,subject,2 -101898,'s so poorly,1 -18276,'s a world-class actor with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,4 -70808,What bubbles up out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie,4 -46520,Plays out,2 -41080,May be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today,3 -89135,of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall,3 -17034,rare combination,3 -49296,as it turns maddeningly predictable,2 -186988,Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy,3 -208640,one spectacularly ugly-looking broad,1 -39238,to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation,2 -189318,UHF channel,2 -194165,be mesmerised,4 -81807,has to,2 -190192,a black comedy , drama , melodrama,2 -67563,Miller , Kuras and,2 -167772,of the deal,2 -115001,as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today,3 -184969,Irish brogue,2 -235359,retro uplifter .,3 -144982,Dreary , highly annoying,0 -217630,too much Norma Rae and,2 -71835,a hitch,2 -230351,does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other,1 -11376,the film 's implicit premise is that the faith of the tonga people is in every way inferior to that of john,1 -88390,of acting,2 -33838,its repetitions and inconsistencies,1 -60876,'s a tougher picture than it is,2 -73250,adult 's,2 -93335,splashy and,3 -199061,flick . Upper Teens may get cynical . Smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy .,2 -178230,who just graduated from elementary school,2 -185885,Love Liza 's,3 -126029,like Sirk,2 -69370,The Trinity Assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and George Ratliff 's documentary , Hell House , reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film .,2 -47955,a detective story,2 -117004,civilized,2 -83782,is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast,3 -239163,you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes,0 -138542,unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook,2 -28544,and colorful set pieces,2 -214967,the limited range of a comedian,1 -90752,proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet,4 -53765,it 's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .,4 -110124,The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed .,3 -122863,in Roger Dodger,2 -151680,a feature-length adaptation of one of those '',2 -33289,is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned,3 -159967,genuinely honest,3 -188190,The film has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .,2 -64428,Bonds,2 -155506,brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ` comedy gag,2 -161239,his co-director , Tony R . Abrams ,,2 -117248,comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imitation .,1 -193883,avoiding eye contact,2 -26742,The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck,2 -28732,and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement,4 -21473,of '' Personal Freedom First '',2 -2397,stay,2 -192791,and whirling fight sequences,3 -47127,The jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .,3 -195223,by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick,0 -23801,, offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...,3 -145673,Had anyone,2 -115585,be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or,3 -87550,moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture,3 -215986,theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen,1 -3441,( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows,2 -23873,, steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions,2 -165628,male hustler,2 -232756,is supposed to be ,,2 -156965,creates a new threat for the MIB,2 -214144,the appointed time and,2 -235679,shot Kennedy ?,2 -53717,it 's a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics .,2 -42391,nails the role,4 -228687,another gross-out college comedy -- ugh,1 -95842,the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it,2 -71597,a familiar story ,,2 -205707,makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly,1 -154016,arrive stillborn,0 -201472,hyper-real,2 -124514,is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,2 -200275,guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored,2 -103121,-- worst of all --,1 -145786,Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable , but,2 -193459,as graceful,3 -202359,intermittent moments,2 -137993,to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,2 -105206,Consider this review life-affirming .,2 -5467,catches,2 -175390,this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .,0 -66263,If there 's one big point to Promises , it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other .,2 -223152,Director Nalin Pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other .,1 -102103,( Jeff 's ) gorgeous,3 -135533,the hype ,,2 -190922,a mediocre collection,2 -78729,easy film,3 -105601,Eisenhower era,2 -215399,the power of their surroundings,3 -69544,The film has an infectious enthusiasm and,3 -34264,lyricism and profound common sense,3 -199336,for the full 90 minutes,2 -223188,Downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating .,0 -112563,a questioning heart,2 -217482,to themselves,2 -151786,a gag,2 -235362,return to the more traditional action genre .,2 -5279,brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments,4 -204229,its leaden acting , dull exposition and,1 -125368,its sparkling beauty,3 -136037,the post-war art world,2 -71123,You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .,2 -193922,backlash,2 -28065,abundantly clear,2 -86666,makes up for in heart .,3 -88465,of cartoons derived from TV shows,2 -189035,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 .,1 -86988,meets those standards,3 -62573,... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride .,4 -170578,seem tedious,1 -223030,Crush turns into a dire drama partway through .,2 -220472,'' Notting Hill ``,2 -163736,it can be made on the cheap .,1 -187525,Squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations,1 -14252,MTV puffery,2 -188174,The film did n't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due .,2 -21863,reveals that reading writing and arithmetic,2 -33454,is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory,4 -131436,respond by hitting on each other,2 -194243,beat that one , either,2 -195454,care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve,2 -85847,leave the theater with more questions than answers,2 -122869,in Vietnam,2 -176385,to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi,0 -122483,home video,2 -116257,brother Gordy,2 -198739,feels like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .,0 -175649,thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic,3 -229662,can feel your veins cringing from the workout .,1 -213101,take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters,1 -12752,veered off too far into the exxon zone ,,0 -100500,with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace,4 -145171,Even in this less-than-magic kingdom , Reese rules .,2 -237109,the o.k. court,2 -128656,of family and community,2 -235399,rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment .,0 -61284,'s stylishly directed with verve ...,4 -40735,A worthy entry into a very difficult genre,3 -61767,, and surprisingly ,,2 -170244,rung,2 -18201,Drumline ),2 -83906,is a tale worth catching,4 -104543,Assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of Jacques Chardonne 's novel .,3 -210439,reports,2 -73291,afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket,3 -132324,short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil,4 -34814,n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first,2 -162879,is falling flat,1 -77187,confrontational,1 -181703,A formula family tearjerker told with a heavy Irish brogue ... accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust .,3 -97812,to American Psycho,2 -227701,`` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store '',3 -59847,very enjoyable ...,3 -4042,a prepubescent girl,2 -139328,water torture,1 -186125,Midnight Run and,2 -191537,a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels,2 -177772,we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at,2 -130965,raffish charm and piercing intellect,2 -109354,Taxi Driver and Goodfellas,2 -203229,is no doubt true,3 -58666,the same sort,2 -84733,is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers .,4 -114499,appear in full regalia,2 -227792,a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex,2 -7193,his star,2 -178341,will anyone really care,1 -223561,H.G. Wells ' great-grandson,2 -135406,the food is enticing,3 -53101,inquisitiveness,2 -115666,because of it,2 -180321,) highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent,2 -222170,Absolutely not .,1 -127691,must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .,3 -53990,its star , Jean Reno ,,2 -130553,prep-school,2 -199890,gets shut out of the hug cycle .,2 -37957,the Hook 's buildup,2 -68938,Spider-Man is in the same category as X-Men - occasionally brilliant but mostly average , showing signs of potential for the sequels , but not giving us much this time around .,2 -232206,is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .,0 -145445,For starters , the story is just too slim,1 -206386,more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .,1 -163126,is never as daft,1 -80218,for a melodrama narrated by talking fish,2 -42815,the greatest family-oriented ,,4 -114325,animator,2 -162131,incredibly dull,1 -67591,Mood,2 -117825,damage,1 -232483,is hardly perfect,1 -119652,fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre,1 -54227,light , fun cheese puff,3 -89716,open-ended questions than concrete story and definitive answers,2 -156486,collectible,2 -233223,just gives them a bad odor .,1 -141578,'s slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination,1 -213383,than five,2 -81269,goofy and lurid ,,2 -117916,deals with its story,2 -124367,is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination,1 -153709,anyone who grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic,3 -221869,146,2 -189325,Ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .,1 -213780,that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .,1 -40550,'s a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people,4 -191549,a toss-up,2 -5971,director rob,2 -224451,Jam-packed with literally bruising jokes .,2 -175670,three-hour endurance test,1 -151551,a convolution of language,2 -164364,justify its two-hour running time,1 -208389,on Oprah,2 -163508,is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist .,1 -59189,to be reminded of who did what to whom and why,2 -20380,development,2 -124348,is not quite what it could have been as a film,1 -167229,of O,2 -138764,unruly , confusing and , through it all , human,2 -194802,bona,2 -98719,truly deserving of its Oscar nomination,4 -124254,is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes,3 -155016,before it was due,2 -108079,Nothing here seems as funny as it did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli as De Niro 's right-hand goombah .,1 -57503,summer diversion,2 -3616,a bronx tale,2 -48922,an enjoyable Big Movie,3 -15839,from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy,4 -7560,instantly forgettable,0 -27672,a mesmerizing poetry,4 -107844,Mr . Hundert tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises,2 -112474,a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears,0 -238009,to totally suspend disbelief,1 -182341,An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism,2 -35752,oportunidad,2 -32301,has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill,3 -25511,He can scale a building,3 -205511,lower-wit,1 -163304,is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .,1 -236472,that it 's too close to real life to make sense,1 -164030,its ending,2 -221822,... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .,3 -165316,louder,2 -65884,Hailed,3 -46915,The Hours is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .,4 -129314,often inspiring,3 -59264,to humanity,2 -75439,becomes sad,2 -151992,a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good,1 -196011,comin ',2 -136782,these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes,1 -182656,Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say ,,1 -28649,and his family performing , historical archives,2 -194094,be bored by as your ABC 's,1 -73419,all of the characters ' moves and,2 -139114,vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace,0 -155938,can catch some quality naptime along the way .,1 -69152,Tattoo,2 -145790,Hewitt 's forte,2 -212577,still lingers over every point until the slowest viewer grasps it,1 -45359,Gaza,2 -148709,Soldier 's,2 -56091,pokes fun,2 -38840,them in contempt,2 -11028,than yourself,2 -165315,loud once .,2 -9471,once again,2 -161610,if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .,0 -180470,, XXX is as conventional as a Nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .,3 -152030,a major release,3 -57564,sytle,2 -180763,, it will probably be a talky bore .,1 -88021,not quite a comedy,2 -82659,if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options,2 -50380,confined and dark,2 -42433,overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches,3 -138662,unexplained,2 -206245,missed opportunity,1 -80708,frustrating yet deeply watchable,2 -159313,fondly remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,1 -230634,every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did ),2 -57480,such affecting grace and,3 -126607,make a huge action sequence,3 -95689,the film with his effortless performance,2 -80096,flawed but staggering,2 -42175,is fair ,,3 -142635,, while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy,2 -45235,Fence,2 -197714,egregiously short,1 -118124,designed strictly,2 -40379,writers ',2 -158485,ever letting them consciously know you have done so,2 -38347,the intelligent romantic comedy,3 -33746,its blend of frankness , civility and compassion,3 -2094,proves,2 -87141,mini,2 -174086,the honor,3 -26461,Ricci 's ),2 -152487,a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else,1 -226994,We started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine .,0 -224848,Mr.,2 -30688,delivers a performance of striking skill and depth,4 -1061,gender,2 -136203,the scientific,2 -193951,bad on purpose is never clear .,1 -101599,'s also one of the smartest,3 -222083,A serious movie with serious ideas,3 -227979,a large dog,2 -150006,The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative,1 -194880,bother with a contemptible imitator,1 -207468,of Run Lola Run,2 -6213,enjoy on a computer,2 -73478,allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .,3 -198368,exploiting,1 -24999,Claude Miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .,3 -57728,that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film 's thoroughly winning tone,4 -150095,There are touching moments in Etoiles,3 -25361,Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable,4 -170985,should peak and,2 -82666,if your toes wo n't still be tapping,2 -219011,well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant,3 -178939,wound up a TNT Original,2 -32209,groove,2 -66150,I enjoyed .,3 -7733,is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart,1 -64569,By and large,2 -21280,makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment,4 -216443,this movie so much as produced it --,2 -19051,Legendary Irish writer Brendan Behan 's memoir , Borstal Boy , has been given a loving screen transferral .,3 -214076,the TV show,2 -125754,largely devoid,1 -180225,( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and,1 -215052,the molehill,1 -226229,The delicious trimmings,3 -206334,more a cinematic collage,1 -108964,Simplistic , silly and tedious .,1 -41879,except gently and,2 -75929,bride,2 -79728,favor of sentimental war movies,3 -181770,A little less extreme,2 -38699,the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich,4 -230419,drek .,2 -217135,to jump in my chair,3 -23479,, but I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .,4 -152176,a non-believer,2 -113275,acerbic laughs,2 -116751,casting ,,2 -232505,is involving .,3 -68717,Shaggy,2 -172376,surveys the landscape,2 -80025,first scene,3 -107554,Lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s .,1 -78132,different from The Apple,2 -186980,Robert DeNiro belt,2 -85892,lend credibility to this strange scenario,2 -20634,genre movie,2 -87929,no solace here ,,1 -64286,Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates,4 -192124,alchemical transmogrification,2 -79452,expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin,2 -55037,nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties,2 -11889,the solution,2 -148167,Professional,3 -105010,Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated,1 -175200,these marginal historical figures,2 -28386,an obsessive-compulsive 's,1 -82295,his own brand,2 -48105,a haunting ode to humanity,3 -68876,Some may choose to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic but I think Payne is after something darker .,2 -64312,Belgium,2 -238765,will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '' .,2 -29348,austere locales,2 -215435,the project 's,2 -69211,That old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar .,3 -42565,rips off,1 -28663,and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes,3 -114704,are usually,3 -110313,There 's no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance .,1 -186975,Robert Altman , Spike Lee,2 -157710,does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 .,4 -161238,his co-director , Tony R . Abrams,2 -94514,that Bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him,2 -237197,the same throughout,2 -117487,continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision,3 -188797,There 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes,2 -20246,cheated,1 -31958,fun to entertain the preschool set while embracing a wholesome attitude,3 -124803,it 's a rock-solid little genre picture,4 -195631,cheapened,1 -183251,Crystal and De Niro ),3 -114860,as any director,2 -126290,long list,2 -205865,masquerade ball where normally good actors , even Kingsley , are made to look bad,1 -52568,her pure fantasy character,3 -24590,Alzheimer,2 -104167,Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation --,2 -155992,can stumble sometimes,1 -159297,followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense,0 -59653,underneath the skin like few movies,3 -7746,is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is,2 -149716,The performances are so leaden , Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud,1 -179479,'s Barbershop,3 -153594,and suspense and mystery,2 -103702,A mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia,0 -108298,Partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .,0 -207437,of Hollywood heart-string plucking,1 -121628,harder and harder,2 -196320,could n't really,2 -129831,over again,2 -29590,beyond museum walls,2 -180823,, moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair ...,3 -147810,Nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and,1 -122961,in charm,3 -15238,beginning to creep into the series,2 -127498,most triumphant performances,4 -211248,ser un drama ,,2 -102584,, in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special,2 -16085,idealistic love story,2 -184662,I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it,1 -216909,to believe that something so short could be so flabby,1 -157330,desperate miscalculation,1 -62230,, soul-searching spirit,2 -219076,were sending up .,2 -139412,we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick,2 -7136,highlight,3 -76762,civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices,3 -65274,Eisenstein 's Potemkin,2 -121565,half-baked setups and sluggish pacing,1 -186305,Nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . It 's horribly depressing and not very well done .,1 -28787,and sexuality,2 -113432,adult hindsight,2 -75456,been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon,3 -174261,the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building .,2 -65908,Hard,2 -14222,Kurys ' career,2 -73096,achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation,3 -186016,Marivaux 's rhythms,2 -203403,is smart , not cloying .,3 -45422,HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news,2 -165713,matinee admission 's,2 -178447,wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes,1 -109862,The first shocking thing,2 -171304,slow , drab,1 -161746,in Etoiles,2 -171566,some damn thing,2 -225111,Never once predictable,3 -143667,Although there are several truly jolting scares,3 -133871,talento,3 -141978,, High Crimes should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .,1 -30112,charm to make it memorable,3 -226975,Watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement .,1 -237126,the other '',2 -46507,Philippe,2 -61098,'s inoffensive and actually rather sweet,3 -62952,A disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother .,3 -122288,his chilly son,2 -238488,watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven,2 -238726,whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway,3 -43707,, still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema,3 -19362,This examination of aquatic life off the shores of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format .,3 -223543,Grenier,2 -191482,a tearjerker that does n't and,2 -79949,find enough material to bring Kissinger 's record into question and explain how the diplomat 's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives,2 -101504,'s a funny no-brainer,3 -157177,decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard,2 -73991,and '' Extremities '',2 -57961,the French coming-of-age genre,2 -74088,animated world,2 -192961,anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable,2 -198311,exhaustion ,,2 -167873,of those crass,1 -17551,the folks who cobbled Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten .,2 -31732,for a haunting literary detective story,2 -42872,the year 's most accomplished and,4 -60177,who stumble into a relationship and then,2 -28174,airs,2 -7775,is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting,0 -131590,rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage,3 -145053,Egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view,4 -72119,a persuasive,3 -237435,they '' looked like,2 -21376,musical torpor,2 -79537,eye-popping visuals,3 -50615,dancing ,,2 -160636,has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than,3 -98737,truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically,2 -185595,Kerrigan,2 -35863,overgrown frat boy,2 -210938,screenwriting parlance,2 -176814,travelogue and diatribe against,2 -231194,give the audience,2 -101241,your film,2 -86171,little surprises,2 -87384,most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes,2 -22748,wet,2 -101697,'s hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one,0 -178624,with one Hollywood cliche,2 -200975,heaped,2 -193656,as women in a German factory,2 -176915,try hard,1 -123459,intellect and feeling,3 -191505,a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one --,0 -181883,A pint-sized ` Goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set,3 -212977,surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ?,1 -96305,the opera 's,2 -101606,'s an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters,3 -129362,on a coffee table,2 -128593,of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know,2 -30510,crises,2 -185104,It 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting .,1 -169343,product code,2 -160434,had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles,1 -74103,anomie,2 -12448,to watch,2 -167369,of beach party pop numbers,2 -221201,, On Guard delivers .,3 -81442,guessing plot and an affectionate,3 -171136,single good reason,2 -123150,in the final reel,2 -177620,warmed-over James Bond adventure,1 -160537,happenstance,2 -61464,( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it,3 -53236,is , and,2 -36871,shallow magnificence,2 -210483,resoundingly,3 -101769,'s never too late to believe in your dreams . ',2 -198099,even more damning --,1 -148070,Personal Velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives ,,2 -14312,Mummy pictures,2 -182087,A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ...,1 -190225,a brief 42 minutes,2 -54312,living well,2 -213520,that I 'll bet most parents had thought,2 -101763,'s my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .,1 -194878,both suspense and payoff,2 -92280,sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn,3 -158621,executives and lobbyists,2 -38959,this material,2 -47841,a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life,4 -98835,two families , one black and one white ,,2 -202863,is difficult to fathom,1 -121285,gone-to-seed hotel,2 -133995,terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences,4 -88711,of its women,2 -9029,neil burger 's,2 -10540,smartly written,4 -161897,in its dialogue,2 -164526,lacks Besson 's perspective as a storyteller,1 -85998,light on the chills and,2 -132963,something seems to be missing,1 -53948,its message,2 -162269,instead of sharpens,2 -194493,being the peak of all things insipid,2 -97750,tightrope,2 -197428,done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster,0 -52577,her three protagonists,2 -147635,Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn .,0 -176693,too slow,1 -173652,the concept of actually investigating the case,2 -117874,date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan,2 -194741,bloody and,2 -38779,the wide-ranging effects,3 -173406,the Resident Evil games,2 -101968,'s too good for this sucker,2 -109977,The most offensive thing about the movie,1 -33184,inventively detailed,4 -8969,my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag,0 -221747,-- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .,2 -58944,they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor,4 -98299,to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,3 -132937,something cool,4 -160264,good performance,3 -202117,in your entertainment choices,2 -184894,In my own very humble opinion,2 -182379,An awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work,1 -73840,an increasingly important film industry,3 -33667,it is at times imaginatively overwhelming,2 -142918,4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes,3 -131767,saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops,0 -28680,and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .,4 -231518,hate myself,0 -63904,An infinitely wittier version of the Home Alone formula .,3 -91506,repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but,3 -175290,think that Jennifer Lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck,1 -228127,a rustic retreat and pee,2 -81121,gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head,2 -53396,is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places,4 -166497,music video show-off Higuchinsky,1 -238247,unsentimental , straightforward text,2 -159213,flat , unconvincing,1 -27924,a vaguely discontented woman,2 -32227,guidance,2 -138346,trims,2 -91668,richer than the ones,2 -24593,Ambrose,2 -128162,nothing does,2 -210458,require the patience of Job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture,0 -24717,As a singular character study , it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .,4 -177161,unedited personal journal,2 -84219,is fully formed and remarkably assured,4 -34326,makes up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness,3 -101908,'s something creepy about this movie .,2 -52324,had here . Chomp chomp,2 -31699,flights,2 -176665,too much on its plate,1 -92208,seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre ,,2 -117335,compendium,2 -165537,make the thing look really slick . The voices are fine as well . The problem , it is with most of these things,2 -150248,This is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience .,0 -55004,national psyche,2 -128671,of gentle longing,3 -39653,unlikely,2 -191151,a purpose,2 -36131,precollegiate,2 -220446,!? ',2 -25701,Invincible is a wonderful movie .,4 -39501,turntablism,3 -228267,abound .,2 -50892,dismissed as mindless,0 -131595,road paved,2 -195707,cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and,3 -140227,with soothing Muzak,2 -72457,a soft southern gentility,2 -90362,playful spirit,3 -144129,Best Friend 's,2 -83403,inside-show-biz,2 -201253,his women,2 -219782,with movies about angels,2 -10772,strip,2 -137322,to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end,2 -52732,hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx,1 -104126,All in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted . It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .,4 -89666,one young woman,2 -85379,its screenplay,2 -64143,At its worst,0 -50294,comic set,3 -92567,should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause,2 -139984,wince in embarrassment and others ,,0 -77055,companionable,3 -85423,its success,3 -162204,initial anomie,2 -44829,C .,2 -180070,'s where this film should have remained,2 -36333,rare , exhilarating cinematic,4 -202679,is about as deep as that sentiment,1 -144461,Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line,2 -74195,anything ever,2 -139517,were the people who paid to see it,2 -6963,hardly,2 -212511,starts off as a possible Argentine American Beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers .,1 -24986,Christmas card,3 -105664,Estela Bravo 's documentary,2 -80094,flawed but rather unexceptional,0 -11379,the film 's strength is n't in its details,2 -132739,so insanely stupid,0 -113389,addressing the turn of the 20th century,2 -64130,Astonishingly skillful and moving,4 -210803,saved only by its winged assailants,2 -6177,embraced by this gentle comedy,4 -10020,re-invents himself,3 -33201,is , to some degree at least , quintessentially American,3 -112766,a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --,4 -46753,Solaris,2 -67715,Munch 's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected .,3 -11695,the new script,2 -167360,of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance,1 -132428,shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .,0 -176154,to gloss over the no sense ending,1 -170044,resembling acting,2 -112932,a tree,3 -165384,lurking around the corner ,,2 -119295,establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape :,3 -6553,fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard,1 -218632,walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible ,,0 -178947,wrap things up and send the viewers home,1 -22436,this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .,4 -38122,the depths of one man,3 -98634,tragic love story,2 -149647,The noble tradition of men in drag,2 -146319,In the second half of the film , Frei 's control loosens in direct proportion to the amount of screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis .,1 -218075,unchanged,2 -186261,My Sweet has so many flaws,0 -72770,a visual style unique and inherent,3 -51795,for it,2 -52431,has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen,4 -64031,Are,2 -24592,Alzheimer 's disease,1 -238157,twin premises,2 -160063,getting the better of obnoxious adults,1 -219796,with pitifully few real laughs,1 -111707,a conclusion or pay off,2 -215452,the pubescent scandalous,2 -155743,by film 's end ,,2 -157912,downright silly,1 -106254,Hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction ,,2 -122894,in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way,3 -150988,Winger,2 -222014,A glorious mess .,2 -71030,Witty and,3 -165937,might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears,1 -106900,It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here ,,3 -209297,pitifully few real laughs,1 -114285,and unrelentingly exploitative,1 -226795,Touché !,2 -138329,tries and tries hard,3 -226879,Unofficially , National Lampoon 's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House .,2 -176644,too many opportunities,2 -79563,fails to fascinate .,0 -215449,the psychological thriller it purports to be,2 -58934,they 're old enough to have developed some taste,2 -162751,is an astonishingly bad film,0 -169109,posits,2 -93574,strands,2 -214896,the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows,3 -203064,is like Scorsese 's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot,0 -56065,pleases,3 -52531,heartache everyone,1 -120288,focus on the hero 's odyssey,2 -142289,, it created whole new levels of ugly .,0 -86507,maintain,2 -31376,explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests,3 -12755,veers,1 -63945,An uncomfortable,2 -36123,preciously,2 -107724,Metaphors abound ,,2 -216,a pale,1 -237826,to give than to receive,2 -196677,defense,2 -231715,hippie-turned-yuppie plot,2 -166852,no pleasure,1 -200469,has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .,4 -61934,, he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them,2 -164961,like most movie riddles,2 -171139,single person,2 -213682,that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company,1 -44642,B-movie excitement,2 -18171,you want to hate it,1 -31298,every scene,2 -189317,UHF,2 -199112,following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do,2 -17001,provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film .,4 -24011,, yet compulsively,2 -1024,for pay per view or rental,2 -133956,tell who is chasing who or why,2 -203319,is perfectly inoffensive and harmless,3 -53858,it seems most likely that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer,1 -209735,prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself,1 -190113,a Xerox machine rather than,2 -39662,unobtrusively,2 -209435,plot or acting,2 -180916,, simple-minded and stereotypical,0 -426,anyone 's guess,1 -123783,is a movie so,2 -171031,shows may put you off the idea forever .,1 -38748,the uses and abuses of fame,2 -150078,There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ...,1 -32704,hurry,2 -114531,are Oscar-size . Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie,3 -237184,the relentless gaiety,1 -27642,a lot of energy,3 -9095,non-reactionary,2 -14196,John,2 -123847,is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona ,,1 -134093,than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much,2 -165090,little less bling-bling,1 -161654,imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay,1 -152427,a shimmering picture postcard,3 -51759,fondly,3 -65418,Exactly what its title implies :,2 -141376,'s intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak,2 -176777,toys and,2 -161860,in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is,1 -161279,his larger purpose,2 -85886,left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .,3 -150467,Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging ... The Isle defies an easy categorization .,1 -161774,in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work,0 -130805,pun and entendre and its attendant,2 -92836,sloppy , amusing comedy,2 -209580,post-feminist ' romantic,2 -180179,( Lin Chung 's ) voice is rather unexceptional , even irritating ( at least to this Western ear ) , making it awfully hard to buy the impetus for the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters,2 -175724,thrown in people 's faces,2 -71373,a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,3 -234876,part romance novel,2 -32668,how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives,3 -129272,offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack,2 -212424,stacked with pungent flowers,2 -16937,perils,2 -155309,bloody mess .,0 -148192,Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life ,,2 -208400,on a hard young life,2 -9718,pitch into farce ,,2 -63179,A minor film,2 -192673,anachronistic phantasms,2 -85141,it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .,2 -141044,'re looking to rekindle the magic of the first film,2 -209039,paper-thin,2 -163877,it never builds any suspense,1 -150380,Time Machine '',2 -184578,I 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal -,2 -21336,mixes,2 -38688,the subtleties,2 -233887,mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.,2 -69741,The movie is amateurish , but,1 -56900,shatters,2 -173535,the best advice is : ` Scooby ' do n't .,1 -24800,Beautiful,4 -79469,exploit the familiar,1 -202019,in the latest,3 -62983,A fascinating literary mystery story,4 -204856,lens,2 -28766,and relies on predictable plot contrivances,1 -35452,of the female orgasm,2 -171180,six different movies,2 -129878,overplayed and,2 -47035,The film 's intimate camera work and searing performances,4 -37944,the Cold War datedness --,2 -18017,what it does,2 -19981,as Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity,2 -155840,ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that,1 -128013,no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke,2 -174800,the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves,2 -9962,quite a long,2 -79925,films dealing with the mentally ill,2 -47563,Watched,2 -109185,Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson,2 -117793,currently,2 -184625,I ca n't say this enough :,2 -38751,the utmost subtlety and perception,4 -7358,if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .,3 -16186,into deeper waters,2 -63900,An hour and a half of joyful solo performance,3 -78464,does n't reach them,1 -192423,an Elvis person,2 -29386,barely stays afloat,1 -221016,'s tough \/,2 -64707,Chris Smith 's,2 -81827,haunting debut,2 -187495,Spalding,2 -212159,some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting,1 -1168,head,2 -137204,through clever makeup design,3 -210389,remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself,2 -159026,few ideas,2 -103947,A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow,1 -17572,the insight and honesty,3 -193836,attempts ,,2 -39983,when A Rumor of Angels plays like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --,2 -209414,plenty of scenes in Frida,2 -84267,is greatness here .,4 -117477,contemporary society,2 -171735,soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .,1 -192577,an impossible spot,3 -183242,Cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment,0 -92803,slickest,3 -28985,anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater,4 -64922,Daringly,2 -182945,Bruckheimer productions,2 -105,` get in the car , bitch , ',0 -88104,observed character piece .,3 -234302,of The Next Pretty Good Thing,2 -79126,enthrall the whole family,4 -93477,stay with the stage versions , however ,,1 -164045,its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor,3 -2639,the manner,2 -222646,Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides .,1 -120189,fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality,4 -196912,did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .,1 -176902,true story or not ,,2 -115088,as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach,2 -223890,Idiotic and ugly .,0 -221655,, to be a girl in a world of boys,2 -93035,soft southern gentility,2 -101105,you come to believe that Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .,3 -52168,go see this delightful comedy .,4 -56062,pleasant tale,3 -23342,, The Pinochet Case,3 -158128,egg timer,2 -151274,a Christmas perennial . Coal,1 -104205,American Breckin Meyer 's,2 -225086,N.M.,2 -162124,increasingly incoherent,1 -119787,farcically bawdy fantasy,3 -239165,you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort,1 -230202,did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness,2 -33570,it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash,3 -91920,savage John Waters-like humor,2 -72346,a self-destructive man,2 -43979,A buoyant romantic comedy,3 -210733,safe as,2 -65778,Give,2 -101240,your face,2 -159971,get Carvey into as many silly costumes and,1 -233988,movie that,2 -145603,God help us,1 -148324,Rock routine,2 -56934,should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist,2 -56677,sack,2 -97561,those around him,2 -154619,based on a Nicholas Sparks best seller,3 -131587,rite,2 -18545,... has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic .,3 -237981,to the comparative accuracy of Ms. Vardalos ' memories and insights,2 -138910,value your time and money,2 -121325,good to be bad,3 -166259,more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume,2 -228370,adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '' and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn,1 -103946,A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation,0 -139577,whatever consolation,2 -18973,Iranian specialty,2 -161835,in building the drama of Lilia 's journey,2 -124608,is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl,3 -159806,full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability,0 -60708,'ll feel too happy to argue much,3 -1631,look too deep into the story,1 -229742,careful what you wish for,2 -33245,is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world,4 -120466,for people who have n't read the book,2 -188739,The three leads,2 -61076,'s hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived,2 -56729,scathingly,2 -133921,tedious it makes the silly spy,2 -9286,of it,2 -168219,one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies,3 -12923,welcome,2 -134205,that Kidman has become one of our best actors,4 -137860,to sloppy plotting,0 -34886,never fun,0 -172731,than a widget,2 -17104,rewarded by Borstal Boy,2 -94025,sweet spot,3 -126030,like Sirk , but differently,2 -110913,Wal-Mart checkout line,1 -160811,have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy,3 -47791,` suits ',2 -96411,the plates spinning as best he can,2 -51725,fish lovers,2 -39906,weaknesses,1 -198742,feels like very light Errol Morris ,,2 -222516,Avary seems to care about,3 -175469,this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .,0 -79448,expect and,2 -42286,like much more than I actually did .,3 -33549,is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic,3 -130483,postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy,1 -55173,occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies,2 -192067,agape,2 -63836,An average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains,3 -141108,'s a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .,2 -3698,a cousin,2 -96052,the logical , unforced continuation,2 -44745,Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy,4 -81370,great piece,3 -174381,the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction,2 -81835,have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .,4 -192037,after a couple of aborted attempts,1 -84662,is such a mesmerizing one,3 -157270,demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr,2 -68961,Sprecher and,2 -236126,such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation,2 -176351,to rekindle the magic of the first film,2 -226193,The appeal of the vulgar , sexist , racist humour went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is --,0 -109983,The movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster .,4 -238041,told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . '',3 -183548,Does n't really add up to much,1 -164822,life sentence,2 -164254,juicy , delicious,3 -152816,absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers,1 -40155,wit and wolfish pessimism,2 -67564,Miller , Kuras and the actresses,3 -229677,can not adequately,2 -225967,Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it,4 -69278,The Country,2 -31668,firmly held,2 -219145,what we have here,2 -164643,lazy Bloodwork,2 -64134,At 78 minutes,2 -17167,self-contained,2 -16174,intended to,2 -104448,Argentinean ` dramedy ',3 -208119,of the other,3 -51894,fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera,3 -234211,nothing but boilerplate clichés from start,1 -52313,guts and energy,3 -132945,something else altogether -- clownish and,3 -17632,the reputation,2 -88663,of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case,1 -115757,been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s,2 -158857,far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet .,1 -133943,telegraphed pathos , particularly where Whitaker 's misfit artist is concerned,2 -63379,A sly female empowerment movie,3 -100065,who are pursuing him,2 -189538,What 's most offensive,1 -201813,in action films,2 -170677,self-glorification and,1 -234981,plenty to impress about E.T.,3 -202396,into a sales tool,2 -7509,in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .,1 -102983,, unchecked heartache,2 -147953,Original,2 -24916,Buy,2 -145252,Eyes,3 -47878,a clever adaptation,3 -14400,Ribbon beer,2 -972,fiction,3 -190348,a confusing melange of tones and styles,2 -182305,American and European cinema,2 -21568,of the past decade,2 -205877,masturbation,2 -150628,Vera 's technical prowess,3 -66199,I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow,3 -60384,with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions,2 -223390,For all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases,2 -118206,did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .,1 -46248,Mr . Spielberg,2 -122962,in cheek in the film,2 -42010,go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters,1 -57261,speculative history , as,2 -50935,documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name,2 -235019,post-September 11 , `` The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .,0 -146776,It would have benefitted the dialogue .,2 -161889,in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God,2 -67632,Morton 's ever-watchful gaze,2 -10116,represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene,0 -204231,its lighting,2 -49178,are pretty valuable,3 -203218,is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious,0 -129071,of the most original American productions this year,4 -164428,killers,2 -112569,a raindrop,2 -220025,worst elements,1 -28755,and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong,4 -68469,Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .,4 -87335,more than adequately fills the eyes,2 -85531,jugglers ,,2 -28456,and McDowell,2 -28292,amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues,3 -201555,if it were an extended short,1 -189345,Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes --,1 -145458,Ford effortlessly filled with authority,4 -17208,simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary,4 -80347,for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all,3 -30002,can see the wheels turning,2 -65087,Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions,3 -61253,'s simply , and surprisingly , a nice , light treat,4 -197086,disingenuous,1 -18651,An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .,3 -200688,has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies,3 -138119,too loud and,1 -210131,reached puberty,2 -102578,, if somewhat standardized ,,2 -162376,into a long-running,2 -57142,solid , spooky entertainment,3 -14041,Fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn .,4 -77638,culture and language,2 -217289,to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather,2 -40873,Does what a fine documentary does best : It extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively,4 -221381,, insensitive,1 -35063,occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play,1 -79395,exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little,2 -5987,disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention,1 -228814,are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time,2 -33925,keep both kids and parents entertained,4 -65902,Happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .,3 -22367,the time of these events,2 -148578,Shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera,1 -26614,Something,2 -214169,the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories,2 -2880,this three-hour effort,2 -207428,of Fortune,2 -202611,is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking,2 -234334,of `` Minority Report '',2 -225918,Spider '' and `` Snake '',2 -238301,utilizes,2 -192376,ame and,2 -15498,cynicism and fear,1 -196737,demographics,2 -18409,, freaky and funny,3 -234290,of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie,2 -130363,poignant picture,3 -121260,goes out,2 -38250,the first time in several years,2 -1115,got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length,3 -54119,knowing,2 -230771,feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .,1 -163599,it 's ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .,0 -72695,a towering siren,2 -76132,by a director many viewers,2 -109099,Sopranos gags,2 -194048,be a knockout,2 -141683,'s too patched together,1 -238382,want a real movie,1 -225482,Polished ,,3 -143948,At once half-baked and overheated .,1 -201733,in Hell,2 -147697,Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film ... It 's not even a TV special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break,1 -146374,Is n't So,2 -165502,make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits,1 -224012,In between all the emotional seesawing , it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .,1 -20269,comfort food,3 -238302,utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work,3 -206753,my Christmas movies,2 -197452,down badly as we,1 -74758,as represented,2 -147447,Might Be Giants,2 -2878,this tale,2 -234690,on the brink of womanhood,2 -90863,pull an arrow out of his back,2 -102363,, a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .,1 -56403,reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations ,,3 -197762,embody,2 -32413,he has drawn excellent performances from his cast,4 -111124,While the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .,2 -143603,All ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click .,1 -55102,noir to life,2 -105460,Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon ,,4 -30589,darn good , despite its smarty-pants aura,3 -75696,biggest,3 -68231,Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ... Bisset is both convincing and radiant .,3 -139281,washout,2 -109797,The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings,1 -205161,lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ? into How Long Is This Movie ?,1 -225866,Some are fascinating and others are not ,,2 -227234,Writer\/director Mark Romanek spotlights the underlying caste system in America .,2 -115880,best ` old neighborhood,2 -20653,given a loving screen transferral,3 -212583,stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise,0 -57136,social realism,2 -156229,chef,2 -47399,This time , the hype is quieter,2 -158679,explored previously,2 -37262,spun afresh .,3 -130917,quirky , original,3 -168466,outrun a motorcycle,2 -69226,That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .,1 -65722,Gangster No,2 -113243,absolute joy,3 -57804,that includes the line ` My stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ',2 -78287,displays something more important,4 -191428,a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing,1 -10576,so-so,2 -63885,An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .,3 -12548,transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being,3 -189775,With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction,2 -9858,prompting audience members,2 -183403,Devolves into the derivative,1 -151261,a 9,2 -110283,There 's a lot of good material here ,,3 -151621,a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life : despite the title,1 -89641,one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate,3 -120881,funny or,3 -43830,. Hill,2 +"id","text","label" +71916,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ...",4 +51814,"for something entertaining",3 +129618,"one-joke",1 +184170,"Go , girls , right down the reality drain",2 +77900,"delicate ambiguity",3 +113829,"among sequels",2 +159431,"for humor",2 +29882,"but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",2 +17455,"that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book",3 +37733,"that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad",2 +143245,"A movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle .",2 +207437,"of Hollywood heart-string plucking",1 +4176,"a superb performance",4 +141132,"'s a marketable product",2 +148652,"Slow , dry , poorly cast , but beautifully shot .",2 +128418,"of a Hubert Selby Jr .",3 +128984,"of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",2 +101160,"you not to believe it",2 +53766,"it 's the equal of some of its predecessors",3 +173165,"that produced this project ...",2 +112823,"a subtlety",2 +22335,"the proceedings from feeling repetitious",3 +100072,"who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",2 +202004,"in the end , it is almost a good movie",3 +30688,"delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",4 +112213,"a little more special behind it",2 +185698,"Lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them",1 +200110,"good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story",2 +229265,"become so buzz-obsessed",2 +18655,"An enchanting",4 +157153,"dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously",2 +155927,"can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far",2 +116540,"camaraderie and",2 +146210,"If this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",0 +70093,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot , and CQ shimmers with it",2 +67053,"Kline 's superbly nuanced performance ,",4 +166636,"needs love",1 +91647,"rewritten ,",2 +208486,"on the Hardwood",2 +136298,"the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe",2 +127916,"new Hal Hartley movie",2 +62888,"A creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ...",3 +82422,"hoofing",2 +220081,"would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",0 +144084,"Beers ,",2 +227443,"`` Birthday Girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .",3 +50836,"digressions",2 +59764,"urbane",2 +58630,"the ravages",2 +50651,"de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman",2 +200123,"good sportsmanship",3 +133351,"story and theme",3 +176176,"to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",3 +138905,"vainly",1 +4491,"all the bouncing",1 +102689,", juicy role",2 +168746,"pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a French poodle",1 +182121,"A yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .",0 +175673,"threw",2 +236482,"that it might more accurately be titled Mr. Chips off the Old Block",2 +197778,"eminently forgettable",0 +102250,", Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .",4 +65541,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances",2 +180461,", Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",2 +176574,"tonal or thematic glue",2 +201955,"in reverse",3 +175706,"through this mess",0 +151653,"a drunken roundhouse",2 +222506,"Audacious-impossible",1 +105787,"Features Fincher 's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity .",3 +199268,"for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",2 +43952,"90-minute battle sequence",2 +170855,"she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",3 +150661,"Vincent Price horror",2 +231014,"from a talent as outstanding as director Bruce McCulloch",3 +177813,"wear over his head",2 +50538,"crappola radar",1 +227816,"a clear point",4 +227712,"`` us vs. them ''",2 +163087,"is n't much fun",1 +46891,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .",3 +205399,"loose-jointed structure",1 +36208,"provides an honest look at a community striving to anchor itself in new grounds .",3 +174300,"the most heinous man who ever lived",1 +166710,"new film Blackboards",2 +206950,"never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 +145886,"How did it ever get made",0 +203874,"it does mostly hold one 's interest",3 +187518,"Spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .",1 +230905,"for a shoot-out",2 +32289,"has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes .",1 +190462,"a discernible target",2 +65492,"Fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .",4 +182225,"All About Lily Chou Chou",2 +125458,"jelly belly",2 +184589,"I 've seen some bad singer-turned actors , but",1 +145706,"Hardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world .",2 +55300,"of being able to give full performances",3 +93924,"surprising romance",3 +64765,"Combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end",1 +48696,"adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity",2 +173449,"the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and",2 +105406,"Devotees of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan",2 +12262,"thrilling",4 +216526,"this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 +90911,"pure composition and form --",2 +110549,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family ,",3 +166089,"modest and messy",2 +84094,"is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough",4 +19615,"a vastness implied in Metropolis that is just breathtaking",4 +74927,"at his life",2 +164248,"juggle and",2 +208364,"old-fashioned and",2 +208704,"only problem",2 +180933,", spiteful idiots",1 +205334,"look cool",2 +129231,"of women 's films",2 +95244,"the brilliant surfing photography",4 +229421,"blasphemous and nonsensical",0 +120796,"fudged opportunity",1 +212979,"surprising us by trying something new",3 +185809,"Lillard and Cardellini earn their Scooby Snacks , but not anyone else",2 +58968,"this Cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .",3 +176429,"to surprisingly little",2 +214748,"the gross-out comedy",0 +178063,"when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",1 +234609,"of young kitten",2 +47181,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic ,",1 +122108,"heavy-handed symbolism",2 +129352,"older one",2 +62914,"A decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big",3 +96745,"the stage show",2 +25866,"John Malkovich",2 +68756,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement",4 +83469,"intense indoor drama",2 +71357,"a catalyst",2 +113573,"all awkward , static",1 +123055,"in nearly every corner of the country",2 +35542,"of view",2 +4343,"about guys like evans",2 +26314,"Oscar time",3 +159349,"for a black comedy",2 +237794,"to do with it",2 +26027,"Majidi",2 +161250,"his earlier films",2 +175064,"the writing unintentionally",2 +91421,"reluctant , irresponsible man",1 +211796,"slogans",2 +49641,"being '' in the mood",2 +208854,"out of a cellular phone commercial",1 +178362,"will do for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .",1 +71871,"a laugh-out-loud way",3 +13931,"Caine",2 +184413,"High drama ,",3 +157903,"downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement",1 +186130,"Mike Tyson 's",2 +204211,"its humor or stock ideas",2 +62193,", scathing and joyous . It 's a masterpeice .",4 +82694,"imagine having more fun watching a documentary",1 +191667,"abject suffering",1 +161614,"if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes",3 +216769,"to American audiences",2 +30875,"divides",2 +160475,"half-baked and overheated",1 +214176,"the basis for the entire plot",2 +59951,"was released eight years ago",2 +54067,"keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted",3 +144351,"Callie",2 +2889,"though it draws several decent laughs , it 's low-cal woody at best .",2 +25128,"Director Rob Marshall",2 +48138,"a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .",3 +71854,"a journey back",2 +124310,"is n't world championship material",1 +133554,"such a flat , plodding picture",0 +78483,"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .",3 +177176,"unfocused and underdeveloped",0 +197538,"drill",2 +218938,"we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",1 +141212,"'s also rarely coherent",2 +78849,"eloquent , reflective and beautifully",3 +123284,"including the supporting ones",2 +202340,"interesting , even sexy premise",3 +117856,"dark , disturbing ,",2 +201019,"hems",2 +232448,"is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge .",2 +217786,"tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks",2 +219478,"will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",1 +224625,"Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it .",1 +111730,"a crime",2 +72234,"a really solid Woody Allen film",4 +190863,"a lot at their own jokes",2 +67504,"Meant for Star Wars fans . It is there to give them a good time .",3 +175813,"to Gary Cooper what a gnat is to a racehorse",1 +182726,"Bean drops the ball too many times ... hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay .",1 +173871,"the fence between escapism and social commentary",2 +129500,"once emotional and richly",3 +111694,"a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .",0 +192750,"and not in a good way",1 +101212,"young Bow Wow fans",2 +6816,"go over",2 +120223,"flashes of mordant humor",3 +139767,"who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",3 +154890,"because so many of us keep going",2 +100060,"who are intrigued by politics of the '70s",2 +227870,"a disaster of a story",0 +147964,"Other than a mildly engaging central romance , Hospital",1 +21119,"it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",3 +201595,"if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors",2 +34951,"northern France",2 +80784,"funny ( sometimes hilarious )",4 +186564,"One of the most unpleasant things the studio has ever produced .",0 +119804,"faster ,",2 +90829,"proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",3 +23832,", quirky and leisurely",3 +62390,", unnerving",2 +118085,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always",3 +62219,", smartly played and smartly directed .",4 +45209,"Eyre",2 +177863,"welcome well",2 +170129,"ridiculous beyond description",1 +220755,"'s also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 +230676,"expanded vision",3 +52398,"has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances",3 +8799,"mirthless todd solondzian",1 +110920,"Walt",2 +131265,"reliable textbook",3 +187922,"The acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff .",1 +56210,"proceeds",2 +210972,"secretary to fax it",2 +195473,"careless and",1 +5077,"beckons",2 +211904,"so anemic",2 +117990,"deleting emotion from people",2 +136392,"the terrorist attacks",2 +18796,"Compelling",4 +93936,"surprisingly funny movie",3 +133259,"statements",2 +168164,"once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned",1 +221623,", there is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",1 +178827,"worse ,",1 +111504,"a Sunshine State",2 +54517,"make it abundantly clear",2 +115709,"becomes lifeless and",1 +52706,"homages",2 +3726,"a difficult",2 +64995,"Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for .",3 +205802,"manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",1 +236305,"than a ` direct-to-video ' release",1 +141809,"( Seinfeld 's ) revered TV show , about pretty much nothing",2 +80818,"funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work",3 +210447,"reprieve",2 +107078,"It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .",4 +189209,"Tom Green stages his gags as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",1 +110382,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , ''",3 +89734,"opting out",2 +170217,"routine '' indie '' filmmaking",2 +147228,"Looking Glass",2 +26411,"Rampling",2 +233036,"it is a whole lot of fun",4 +110799,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels",3 +123242,"in viewing deleted scenes",2 +200342,"had no obvious directing",1 +88212,"of Greene",2 +60729,"'m not generally a fan of vegetables",1 +189964,"` Butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach .",1 +167278,"of a Hallmark card",2 +10918,"sympathy",2 +155542,"bubbly romantic comedy becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy .",1 +52159,"glorious spectacle",4 +209063,"pared down",2 +230751,"feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock",1 +107933,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed . Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep .",1 +73164,"actors help",2 +44893,"Charlotte Sometimes is a brilliant movie . It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .",4 +236692,"the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",3 +218189,"unfunny movie",1 +83034,"in search of something different",2 +153681,"any interest",2 +39133,"to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",3 +218845,"watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself ,",1 +105271,"Crudup 's screen presence",3 +89787,"other issues",2 +206898,"neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",1 +180923,", soap opera-ish dialogue",1 +16748,"of humanity",2 +25669,"Imamura 's",2 +233020,"it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",2 +18661,"An impressive debut for first-time writer-director Mark Romanek",3 +207696,"of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself",2 +227458,"`` Conan",2 +37471,"super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry",3 +44757,"Boston Public just",2 +174119,"the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",1 +60906,"'s all a rather shapeless good time ...",2 +197244,"do work , but",2 +118645,"down memory lane",3 +50488,"could ever have dreamed",2 +198559,"far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",3 +142028,", Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",3 +189148,"Though uniformly well acted",3 +181371,"11 times too many or",2 +126225,"little grace ( Rifkin 's )",2 +176164,"to hammer home every one of its points",2 +12718,"upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",0 +192793,"and wrestling fans",2 +77164,"conducted",2 +30591,"datedness",2 +28988,"anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",2 +232431,"is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",3 +53399,"is an unsettled feeling to the film",2 +178690,"with too many studio pics",2 +61251,"'s shrugging acceptance to each new horror .",2 +53862,"it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart",2 +157569,"disgusting source material",0 +99514,"vulgarity , sex scenes ,",2 +164981,"like real people",3 +192380,"amnesiac",1 +96062,"the loss of culture",2 +232890,"is why Anthony Hopkins is in it .",1 +208558,"one Academy Award",2 +45196,"Exciting and direct ,",4 +64616,"Cannon 's confidence",3 +214014,"the Blair Witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works",1 +11252,"the coldest environment",2 +101665,"'s dark but has wonderfully funny moments",2 +200652,"has taken away your car , your work-hours and",1 +7151,"his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old",3 +14165,"It 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured .",4 +219490,"will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now",2 +230989,"freak-out",2 +182332,"Amy '' and ''",2 +120034,"filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",1 +80618,"from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story",2 +107605,"Mamet 's '' House of Games ''",2 +114142,"an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script",2 +79889,"film makers",2 +16264,"is intensely personal and yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times",3 +137809,"to restore ( Harmon ) to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience .",3 +160237,"gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? )",1 +116189,"breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie",2 +48352,"a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system",3 +219209,"where it 's supposed to feel funny and light",2 +140142,"with flabby rolls",1 +162615,"is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",0 +214765,"the happy music",3 +145862,"Hollywood post-production effects",2 +101824,"'s not very interesting . As a remake , it 's a pale imitation .",1 +150143,"Thing-type",2 +201472,"hyper-real",2 +178609,"with more bows",2 +203909,"it had a sense of humor",3 +174769,"the small screen",1 +213225,"teen pregnancy",2 +27732,"a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",4 +14168,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way , but it 's done with a lot of careful period attention as well as some very welcome wit .",4 +218128,"undergo radical changes when it suits the script",1 +175194,"these ( subjects )",2 +205780,"manages a degree of casual realism",2 +154043,"arty theorizing",2 +48344,"a roaring success",4 +148404,"Scarlet Diva has a voyeuristic tug , but",2 +100334,"winning comedy",3 +61890,", esoteric musings and philosophy",2 +187970,"The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot ... ( but ) from a mere story point of view , the film 's ice cold",1 +136378,"the sweetness and",2 +140592,"wreaks of routine",2 +36849,"several years",2 +3179,"window",2 +167078,"object to",2 +168323,"only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing .",1 +3419,"( p )",2 +114874,"as beautifully shaped and",3 +117605,"counter the crudity",1 +193153,"are on the loose ! Run for your lives !",1 +89773,"other Imax films",2 +235476,"scenario that will give most parents",2 +16521,"mainly",2 +121715,"has been there squirm with recognition",2 +229680,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull",0 +159047,"fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes",1 +226928,"Wait for video -- and",2 +717,"collection",2 +163172,"is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever",3 +117966,"defies sympathy",2 +150761,"Welcome to Collinwood",2 +50407,"conjured",2 +53570,"is one of those reputedly '' unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",3 +187997,"The campy results make Mel Brooks ' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated .",3 +63224,"A must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle .",4 +225664,"S.C.",2 +108769,"Saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion .",2 +38153,"the election symbolizes",2 +152173,"a nightmare like this",0 +156000,"can this limping but dearly-loved franchise",2 +223569,"Haneke keeps us at arm 's length .",2 +130994,"rape",2 +117136,"cold blanket",1 +136992,"this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend",3 +19141,"Nothing",2 +125716,"lactating",2 +45799,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes ,",4 +217884,"try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .",2 +81670,"has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",2 +150591,"Usual",2 +4781,"are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",1 +50849,"directed the stage version of Elling ,",2 +142865,"18th-century",2 +111183,"With McConaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",1 +107813,"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch",3 +84613,"is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .",2 +168445,"out of the closet",2 +75482,"been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script",2 +81610,"has a good bark ,",3 +178101,"where nearly every Star Trek movie has gone before",2 +184178,"God Is Great",2 +161996,"in the crotch , elbows in the face and spit in the eye",1 +158700,"extraterrestrial comedies",2 +184280,"Handsome and sincere but",3 +38958,"this level of manic whimsy",2 +232347,"is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .",4 +4145,"a stellar performance",4 +124240,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans ,",4 +69114,"Takashi Miike keeps pushing the envelope",3 +74443,"are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",1 +156615,"compelling single feature",2 +9596,"pallid horror",1 +44074,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego",3 +84832,"is worth a look ,",4 +3323,"'s for sure",2 +203760,"it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile",2 +166667,"never builds any suspense",1 +101475,"'s Family .",2 +183085,"Chou",2 +141595,"'s so mediocre ,",2 +25427,"Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",1 +19004,"It represents better-than-average movie-making that does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience .",4 +143978,"Australian counterpart",2 +101239,"your expectations",2 +87233,"more balanced or fair portrayal",3 +228204,"a sweet little girl",3 +111654,"a climax",3 +180688,", inane images keep popping past your head",1 +108316,"Passion",3 +4465,"aim",2 +16725,"of a genre that should depend on surprises",2 +207212,"not to act like Pinocchio .",2 +182486,"Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting .",0 +85115,"it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators",3 +88162,"of Beauty",2 +60235,"will happen after Greene 's story ends",2 +42884,"this How Martha Got Her Groove Back --",2 +42414,"of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever",2 +136155,"the ridiculous Bolero",1 +125547,"keen eye",2 +93261,"speaking even one word",2 +218728,"was before",2 +188943,"This 90-minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story .",0 +13936,"Cat",2 +14348,"Occasionally melodramatic , it 's also extremely effective .",3 +123852,"is a visual treat for all audiences .",4 +128333,"of I Spy",2 +109340,"Talk to Her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .",2 +29019,"appropriated turfs as they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes",2 +111462,"a $ 99 bargain-basement special",2 +236620,"the Big Boys in New York and L.A.",2 +128894,"of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant",3 +53882,"it will just as likely make you weep , and",2 +236674,"the Whale",2 +161573,"if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",1 +137071,"this too-extreme-for-TV rendition",2 +50881,"discovering",2 +235033,"prechewed racial clichés",0 +94910,"that the plot makes no sense",1 +98817,"twisted sort",2 +212041,"social and political potential",3 +147902,"Once the 50 year old Benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .",1 +29792,"but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",3 +227547,"`` Not really as bad as you might think ! ''",2 +70025,"The viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .",3 +206199,"mingles French , Japanese and Hollywood cultures .",2 +213389,"than in amusing us",2 +78595,"dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks",3 +113948,"an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness",2 +136853,"thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",1 +7951,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .",3 +109190,"Steven Soderbergh does n't remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris so much as distill it .",1 +134236,"that also smacks of revelation",2 +136946,"this generation 's",2 +144683,"Damon and Ben Affleck",2 +117013,"clash comedies",2 +210974,"sedate pacing",2 +148215,"Queen of the Damned as you might have guessed",2 +150997,"With Danilo Donati 's witty designs and Dante Spinotti 's luscious cinematography , this might have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role .",3 +178738,"wo n't be long before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you .",2 +116324,"but instead",2 +234035,"myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 +132910,"some terrific setpieces",3 +58336,"the freedom to feel contradictory things",2 +54242,"like a discarded House Beautiful spread",1 +110803,"Typical animé",2 +235049,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if",3 +200304,"gutless",1 +70709,"Way Home",2 +117624,"cowardly",0 +139521,"whacking",2 +238154,"turns into a dire drama partway through .",2 +179106,"you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 +42989,"were n't",2 +202767,"is at hand",2 +45460,"Hearst",2 +164658,"leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship",1 +180022,"'s the butt of its own joke",1 +174639,"the resolutions are too convenient",2 +22771,"which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right",2 +221940,"A battle",2 +124753,"is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed",0 +80011,"first Tunisian film I",2 +232073,"in video stores",2 +125610,"kind of an authentic feel",3 +1137,"half an",1 +194374,"been only half-an-hour long or a TV special",2 +170287,"sad state",1 +115338,"bad premise",1 +18187,"( Schweiger is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",3 +99511,"vulgarity",1 +4912,"as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",0 +160273,"good sources , bad mixture",2 +108731,"Sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",1 +87568,"moving and weighty depiction",3 +40745,"All the performances are top notch and ,",4 +68532,"Runs",2 +53732,"it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics need not apply .",2 +230620,"ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter",4 +107084,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction",1 +64453,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt .",4 +209137,"pathetic idea",0 +144209,"Booty",2 +126834,"master John Woo",2 +5968,"director m",2 +154530,"bad , but",0 +83683,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere .",0 +16160,"innocent and well-meaning",3 +129998,"particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses",2 +163394,"is strictly off-the-rack",1 +197352,"does n't really believe in it ,",1 +61854,", debut indie effort",2 +212794,"substantial or",2 +63154,"A lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone",3 +22071,"strangely soulful movie",3 +187161,"Screenwriter Chris ver Weil 's",2 +7489,"in the long line of films this year about",2 +39750,"valuable time",2 +189687,"While certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts",2 +85154,"it weirdly appealing",3 +236405,"that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least )",3 +78630,"drips",2 +200223,"great to begin with",3 +151051,"Worst List",0 +10836,"suffocated at conception by its munchausen-by-proxy mum . punish the vehicle to adore the star .",1 +41599,"assimilated as an all-American girl",2 +113,"a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",4 +16880,"our lives",2 +162256,"inspiring efforts",3 +30229,"cockamamie tone poem",2 +6663,"frequent",2 +158839,"fantasy comedy",2 +134342,"that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him",3 +180580,", carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",0 +85009,"it does n't always hang together",2 +21745,"possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character",3 +117626,"cowering and",2 +165124,"little wit , interest , and professionalism",0 +45163,"European , American and Asian influences",2 +164664,"leaks out of the movie .",2 +105138,"Cleaver",3 +105465,"Directors John Musker and Ron Clements ,",2 +49095,"anyone unfamiliar",2 +128392,"of The Graduate",2 +78769,"effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",3 +16356,"it rips off many of its ideas",1 +231025,"from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients",3 +42713,"sugar-coating or",2 +158362,"equally brutal outing",2 +209597,"power boats , Latin music",2 +59785,"use your brain",2 +220671,"'s a `` true story ''",2 +220899,"'s next : `` My Mother the Car ?",2 +55665,"of your day",2 +205232,"little narrative momentum",1 +175443,"this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",1 +126854,"matter .",2 +205031,"like a hippopotamus ballerina",2 +356,"all individuality",2 +17392,"tearing into a landmark role",4 +108319,"Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly ...",3 +47688,"Writer and director Otar Iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls .",4 +147772,"Not an objectionable or dull film",3 +161461,"how clever",3 +160271,"good sources",2 +4399,"adapted",2 +196564,"daft by half",2 +198267,"exceptional to justify a three hour running time",3 +70699,"Watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time",3 +190960,"a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick",1 +90427,"plunging deeper",3 +47812,"a bad sign",1 +69763,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ...",1 +138164,"too violent and",2 +96059,"the look",2 +144728,"De Niro looks bored , Murphy recycles Murphy , and you mentally add Showtime to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal .",0 +127355,"more somber festival entries",2 +62279,", the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",3 +112063,"a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age",4 +32337,"has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul",3 +160357,"grim , flat and boring werewolf",0 +238702,"who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",3 +169422,"provocative title",3 +201491,"idea ( of middle-aged romance )",2 +61944,", her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .",2 +103100,"-- no , paralyzed --",2 +76190,"by music fans",2 +192802,"angry bark",2 +99713,"we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way",2 +4634,"an emotional edge",3 +228769,"are all aliens ,",2 +154823,"be stuck with for two hours",2 +109842,"The film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .",1 +178432,"winds up accomplishing neither in full , and leaves us feeling touched and amused by several moments and ideas , but",1 +189614,"What we have is",2 +25676,"In a way",2 +230061,"cultural moat",2 +224523,"Kenneth Williams",2 +7423,"in film",2 +134760,"the Solomonic decision",2 +94942,"that was n't at least watchable",1 +24299,"A clever blend of fact and fiction .",3 +118237,"digest",2 +215444,"the proverbial paint",2 +70017,"The urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and",3 +73493,"almost every relationship and personality",2 +13351,"you can imagine",2 +34161,"lived-in",2 +193169,"are quite funny , but",2 +81693,"has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made",3 +195880,"collar",2 +46748,"Smart , provocative and blisteringly funny",4 +71245,"a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material",2 +119949,"felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",3 +106910,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .",3 +2972,"tone",2 +175381,"this far",2 +219867,"with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups",0 +235053,"pretend",2 +134378,"that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",3 +197267,"does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",0 +148308,"Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson",2 +184480,"Holy Spirit",2 +112467,"a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation",3 +85082,"it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem",0 +125796,"laughable dialogue",1 +174641,"the respected critical community in this country",3 +41230,"Sure , it 's more of the same ,",1 +178532,"with all the weird stuff",2 +217718,"touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this .",0 +121712,"has been properly digested",3 +128764,"of layer upon layer",2 +185971,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place",1 +90283,"picked me up , swung me around ,",3 +26544,"Secrets",2 +124735,"is top shelf",3 +130696,"profound without ever being self-important",3 +226686,"This movie seems to have been written using Mad-libs .",1 +196611,"dealing in only one reality",2 +206734,"must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",2 +178501,"with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob : Unfaithful = do n't",1 +162697,"is about as convincing",2 +134900,"the best Star Trek movie",4 +218097,"undemanding armchair tourists",1 +169531,"putters",1 +204895,"lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",1 +132138,"serious-minded the film",3 +131378,"represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .",0 +221825,"... overly melodramatic ...",0 +11035,"that 's exciting on the field and a story you",3 +219025,"well-thought",3 +118567,"does n't work as either",1 +25702,"Iranian films",2 +165487,"make PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",1 +164056,"its huckster lapel",1 +226300,"The gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` The Lord of the Rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth .",4 +139604,"when splashed across the immense IMAX screen",2 +15341,"by a legend who may have nothing left to prove",2 +44151,"A lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view",3 +102011,"'ve been to the movies",2 +106987,"It certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but",1 +3010,"typical majid",2 +72289,"a rich stew of longing",3 +180943,", supposed family-friendly comedy",2 +202598,"is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",3 +152648,"a video installation",2 +71027,"Witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .",4 +97007,"the war between the sexes",2 +212988,"surprisingly short of both adventure and song",1 +125625,"knock yourself out and",2 +46046,"Lovely and",3 +95289,"the changes required of her , but the actress and director Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",2 +142133,", costumey feel",2 +167655,"of pretentiously awful student films",0 +172476,"take off",2 +63481,"A taut , sobering film",4 +218418,"varies",2 +164839,"light a fire with soggy leaves",1 +9584,"painfully aware",2 +222160,"About Mary and both American Pie movies",2 +133268,"steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil",2 +229869,"co-writer\/director Peter Jackson 's expanded vision",3 +102604,", is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0 +64999,"Demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .",4 +143326,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes .",1 +71084,"X-Men -",2 +3155,"who might be lured in by julia roberts",2 +204316,"its sequel",2 +57705,"that 's all it needs to be",2 +107902,"Muzak",2 +55048,"nevertheless",2 +86972,"means all )",2 +145468,"Franco )",2 +238183,"unbearably lame .",0 +166326,"most of the characters",2 +52730,"hoping",2 +154086,"as a newly automated Final Draft computer program",2 +25158,"Dogme film",2 +122708,"if predictable --",2 +222390,"Anemic , pretentious",1 +29688,"both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",3 +77578,"cricket",2 +111512,"a b & w British comedy",2 +182302,"American action-adventure buffs , but",2 +106865,"It 's easy to love Robin Tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act --",4 +52832,"imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",2 +107290,"Kevin Smith",2 +131876,"searches ( vainly , I think ) for something fresh to say",3 +163778,"it ends by blowing just about everything up",1 +128327,"of Grenoble and Geneva",2 +32912,"in southern Tennessee",2 +62147,", people and narrative flow",2 +71948,"a marching band that gets me where I live",3 +60336,"with anyone who 's ever had family trauma",2 +72119,"a persuasive",3 +102333,", Stuart Little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",3 +219698,"with an unstoppable superman",2 +195459,"care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance . Just",2 +208543,"once grand",2 +75706,"bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre",0 +121378,"graceless , hackneyed",1 +121029,"genuinely inspirational",4 +133378,"strangely sinister happy ending",3 +89271,"offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .",3 +12599,"tv-movie",2 +61988,", is funny and looks professional .",3 +24996,"Clara and Paul )",2 +153754,"appearing either too serious or too lighthearted",2 +197222,"do n't think this movie loves women at all",1 +26323,"Pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical .",4 +105241,"Could n't someone take Rob Schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person",0 +47708,"Ya Sisterhood",2 +226466,"The scope of the Silberstein family is large and",2 +40601,"( Moore 's ) noisy ,",2 +220858,"'s just that it 's so not-at-all-good .",0 +80368,"for the passion",2 +79702,"fascinating experiment",4 +113576,"all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings",0 +217636,"too much exploitation and too little",1 +46193,"Miyazaki 's teeming",2 +206009,"media subcultures .",2 +65553,"Fire . Great dragons",3 +40466,"you watch",2 +125628,"know a star",3 +170366,"satisfying and",3 +162623,"is a little creepy",2 +22207,"that you can almost taste the desiccated air",3 +44252,"A smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .",3 +202442,"into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction",2 +103651,"A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle ,",2 +152004,"a lot of the crap",1 +99610,"was essentially ,",3 +233511,"long for the end",1 +123901,"is amusing for about three minutes .",1 +186529,"Once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional .",1 +193013,"appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen",2 +196109,"confines himself to shtick and sentimentality -- the one bald and the other sloppy .",0 +142228,", implausible platonic romance",2 +6106,"during the conceptual process",2 +101444,"'re in the right B-movie frame of mind",2 +222667,"Boyz N The Hood ,",2 +231768,"honest working man John Q. Archibald ,",3 +55558,"of the conflict that came to define a generation",3 +204279,"its paint fights ,",2 +25211,"Elliott 's",2 +42256,"just as frightening and disturbing --",1 +96878,"the time the credits roll across the pat ending",2 +48361,"a scenario",2 +173802,"the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in",1 +135816,"the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol",0 +111074,"When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it .",1 +3440,"( the kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .",0 +189472,"Wayne classics",2 +164549,"lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground",1 +205227,"little more than a screenful of gamesmanship",2 +60662,"'' comes from the heart",3 +176866,"tries way too hard",1 +216765,"titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",2 +75964,"brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project",3 +219008,"well-behaved",2 +126974,"mechanical endeavor",2 +219077,"were subtler",2 +158085,"earned my indignant , preemptive departure",0 +163299,"is serious",2 +8383,"leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics",1 +43323,"'s something auspicious , and daring ,",3 +82484,"how love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew were possible",4 +96197,"the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",2 +196030,"commenting on the monster 's path of destruction",2 +130274,"play the two main characters",2 +90091,"particularly the",2 +61016,"'s even more remarkable",3 +98638,"train wreck",1 +43135,"'re not a fan ,",1 +24804,"Bedouins",1 +156921,"cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",2 +139442,"weightless fairy tale",1 +139246,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson",4 +5137,"between past and present",2 +106397,"I 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept , but",2 +194566,"better movies",2 +223151,"Director Kevin Bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks .",2 +229324,"before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +33393,"is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs",4 +233979,"mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",4 +148884,"Strong setup and",3 +50596,"culture shock and",2 +105838,"For all the charm of Kevin Kline and a story that puts old-fashioned values under the microscope",2 +43056,"young enough",2 +147706,"No One",2 +56443,"recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism",3 +140974,"'em powerment",2 +46308,"New York",2 +16705,"of Favor",2 +6813,"glum , numb",1 +38936,"this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",3 +30022,"capsule",2 +118330,"disgrace",1 +160201,"goes out into public",2 +53445,"is definitely worth seeing .",4 +79874,"fills the eyes",3 +215676,"the stories and faces and",2 +170827,"shameless and",1 +173039,"that in a good way",3 +48078,"a good thing",4 +202865,"is disappointingly",0 +96718,"the small , human moments",3 +11952,"the tale",2 +79133,"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",4 +55618,"of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",3 +54789,"monumental ` picture shows",3 +138860,"us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",1 +237396,"then you so crazy !",2 +13914,"Britney",2 +198254,"exceedingly memorable one for most people",3 +191070,"a passing grade",2 +137789,"to read and follow the action at the same time",2 +150664,"Visually rather stunning",4 +207025,"no discernible feeling",1 +82782,"improvised",2 +186809,"Punch-and-Judy act",2 +20606,"freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",3 +28826,"and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions",2 +211366,"shapable",2 +228100,"a pretentious mess ...",0 +192386,"among those who are drying out from spring break",2 +46504,"Philadelphia and",2 +219263,"which is worse",2 +100755,"wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look .",3 +94341,"terrifying film",3 +20534,"faults",2 +25361,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable",4 +15581,"does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",3 +233380,"liberating ability",3 +70181,"This cinema verite speculation",2 +177542,"vs . Sever",2 +96840,"the talented cast",3 +89833,"our tears ,",2 +46867,"Sweet and",2 +68591,"Santa Clause 2",2 +231814,"how much depends on how well you like",2 +107300,"Kids who are into this Thornberry stuff",2 +104188,"Although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another Major League .",1 +236821,"the dots",2 +145109,"Equal",2 +219662,"with a heavy Irish brogue",2 +18757,"But based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",3 +142699,"-- but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ? --",2 +110162,"The skirmishes",2 +13051,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor .",2 +184937,"Initial",2 +96251,"the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",3 +202359,"intermittent moments",2 +141347,"'s hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth .",1 +104465,"As a science fiction",2 +157639,"do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",1 +134279,"that dares to question an ancient faith",2 +13791,"A refreshing Korean film",3 +125784,"latest book",2 +56733,"schemes",2 +40913,"Francophiles will snicker knowingly and",2 +46089,"Maneuvers skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors .",2 +115552,"be playing villains",2 +21432,"no small amount of poetry in Girls Ca n't Swim .",2 +170636,"seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",1 +176590,"too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 +236156,"super - violent ,",1 +182431,"An inexperienced director , Mehta has much to learn .",1 +167618,"of nonsense",1 +97207,"there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior",2 +57635,"teeming life",2 +190399,"a cross-country road trip of the Homeric kind",2 +136374,"the surprise ending",3 +32607,"history lesson",2 +76472,"cartons",2 +113615,"all over",2 +226450,"The problem with the film",1 +103182,"... Myers has turned his franchise into the movie version of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs ...",2 +26360,"Piper",2 +195016,"burn every print of the film",2 +109631,"The byplay and bickering",2 +14404,"Run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen .",4 +169713,"read the time on my watch",2 +142766,"... a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason .",1 +161345,"hit the entertainment bull 's - eye",3 +15116,"any prizes",2 +23175,"'s the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of Anna Chancellor that makes this '' Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun .",3 +136578,"the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action aesthetic",2 +203527,"is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .",2 +170559,"seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year",1 +16414,"keeps you diverted and best of all",3 +99022,"unfakable sense",2 +111029,"What little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .",1 +150434,"Too clunky and too busy",1 +215681,"the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",2 +186579,"One of those staggeringly well-produced",4 +175750,"time bombs and",1 +51679,"filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",3 +124612,"is that heavyweights Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis agreed to produce this",2 +37958,"the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",3 +92397,"sexual obsession",2 +231915,"immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",0 +171452,"so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",2 +72092,"a pale successor",1 +88228,"of Jonah simply",2 +70790,"What 's surprising",2 +53069,"inevitable",2 +19147,"Now trimmed by about 20 minutes",2 +214191,"the best-sustained ideas",3 +86558,"make great marching bands",3 +141,"a decent",3 +89347,"omniscient voice-over narrator",2 +136269,"the skin of her characters",2 +188041,"The concept behind Kung Pow : Enter the Fist is hilarious . It 's too bad nothing else is .",2 +51042,"dry and forceful",2 +236170,"sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",4 +44692,"Bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any ` reality ' show ,",4 +144867,"Director Dirk Shafer",2 +149336,"The ending does n't work ...",1 +19447,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it )",1 +91780,"romp of a film",3 +54759,"miss Hitchcock , but also",2 +96848,"the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen",2 +212032,"sober-minded",2 +185417,"Jack Nicholson 's )",2 +120055,"film studio",2 +98793,"turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself",3 +91657,"rich and full",3 +158109,"easy categorization",2 +186208,"Mr . Chicken",2 +136028,"the poor and the dispossessed",1 +119840,"features in recent memory",2 +220433,"zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and",0 +153450,"an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat",1 +29911,"by a terrific performance",4 +10003,"rates",2 +209417,"plenty of time",2 +68954,"Spirit 's",2 +22708,"wallpaper",2 +72182,"a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",3 +104640,"Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",2 +221716,"- West Coast rap wars , this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate .",3 +192253,"all things insipid",1 +62721,"72-year-old",2 +141386,"'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull",1 +18905,"Greek-American",2 +82266,"his heritage",2 +239067,"wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat",1 +149944,"The title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well .",1 +234693,"on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",1 +238800,"will want to see over and over again .",4 +207008,"no charm",1 +209331,"platinum-blonde hair",2 +44651,"Bard",2 +226329,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale .",2 +183953,"Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up .",1 +14161,"It 's an old story , but a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",3 +61910,", frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten",2 +115678,"because we 've seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 +55382,"of his being",2 +149219,"The attempt",2 +11862,"the script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .",0 +202223,"inexpressible and drab wannabe",1 +227718,"a David Lynch",2 +103693,"A marvel of production design",3 +135390,"the finest kind",3 +83032,"in scratching",2 +126075,"like a travel-agency video",1 +219308,"whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes",0 +141905,"( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",2 +112228,"a long workout",2 +107803,"Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver",3 +42241,"its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas ,",2 +1577,"laughs",3 +118946,"elegant work",3 +2076,"presents events",2 +200768,"have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up",1 +158854,"far more good-natured",3 +46034,"Little 2",2 +112880,"a terrific role for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains",4 +6606,"for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america",2 +205776,"manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material",3 +182007,"A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis",2 +239168,"you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .",4 +164464,"know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater",2 +66884,"Japanese director Shohei Imamura 's latest film is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime .",3 +94400,"than finding solutions .",2 +17331,"stories so much",2 +7282,"i hoped",2 +84898,"it 's hard not to be carried away",3 +138491,"typical love stories",2 +119420,"everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced",1 +154805,"be said about Stealing Harvard",2 +234601,"of what 's going on with young TV actors",2 +9214,"of a modern motion picture",2 +140291,"with unimaginable demons",3 +204768,"lead actress Andie MacDowell",3 +141638,"'s sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show .",1 +134362,"that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",1 +28224,"allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",2 +237920,"to regain his life , his dignity and his music",1 +137147,"though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",1 +213692,"that it 's boring",1 +107962,"Neither quite a comedy nor a romance",2 +201715,"in Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid",2 +55270,"of a pesky mother",1 +136862,"thinly-conceived movie .",1 +198123,"even those with an avid interest in the subject",2 +59171,"to bad behavior",2 +214921,"the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film :",2 +136150,"the rich and sudden wisdom ,",3 +173352,"the Danish idea of a good time",2 +236114,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",3 +141352,"'s hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .",1 +59192,"to be sure , but one",2 +189029,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",2 +192056,"afterlife and a lot more",2 +97101,"their choices",2 +100878,"world implodes",2 +56497,"relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",3 +222090,"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza , with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom -- handguns , BMWs and seaside chateaus .",2 +8920,"much interest in the elizabethans (",3 +158817,"familiar and predictable",1 +123826,"is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood",3 +149640,"The new faces are interesting , but the old story is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted",1 +97580,"those rare films",2 +220436,"zest",2 +18146,"yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly",2 +115727,"been better off staying on the festival circuit",2 +62757,"A B-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .",3 +97708,"through than in most ` right-thinking ' films",3 +64110,"Aside from Rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view",2 +2695,"the rage and alienation",2 +154926,"becomes monotonous .",1 +42542,"remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik .",4 +90592,"precious little substance",1 +212194,"something clever",3 +93475,"stay with the stage versions ,",2 +179615,"'s also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",0 +196392,"creaky '' Pretty Woman",2 +184276,"Handled",2 +194652,"big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",2 +15518,"deftly wrought suspense yarn",3 +35107,"of Life",2 +22529,"to mesmerize you",3 +117029,"classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",1 +124725,"is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0 +182017,"A somewhat disappointing and meandering saga .",2 +8485,"like the world of his film ,",2 +229742,"careful what you wish for",2 +94913,"that the theme does n't drag an audience down",3 +227332,"\* Corpus and its amiable jerking",1 +166364,"motifs",2 +59119,"tics and",1 +115506,"be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",2 +214368,"the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai ,",2 +187042,"Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) ,",2 +38896,"they have unearthed a rare gem",4 +189870,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic .",1 +126218,"little else of consequence",1 +207406,"of Carpenter 's The Thing",2 +42651,"so long ,",2 +49329,"as the key turning point of the 20th century",2 +21360,"motherhood",3 +8472,"like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches",2 +121536,"had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0 +208491,"on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers",2 +17513,"the dangers",1 +114806,"as a dentist 's waiting room",1 +237803,"to every family",2 +110318,"There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity .",1 +106298,"Holofcenter",2 +107742,"Michele 's spiritual quest",2 +5189,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and",4 +29809,"but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family",4 +142510,", the new Star Wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .",1 +14212,"Kieslowski 's",2 +33417,"is much more terrifying than what you do",1 +162712,"is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time .",2 +196840,"desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy",2 +141800,"( Nelson 's ) movie about morally compromised figures",2 +72706,"a treatise",2 +190279,"a checklist of everything Rob Reiner and his cast",2 +57376,"stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .",3 +101847,"'s one of the worst of the entire franchise .",0 +128791,"of mediocre acting",1 +97425,"this has the making of melodrama",2 +92065,"see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",3 +795,"despite its flaws",2 +62101,", mournfully brittle delivery",0 +227913,"a fresh view",4 +237346,"the world 's political situation",1 +121724,"has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies",3 +166411,"moviemaking ,",2 +108505,"Pure of intention and",3 +168245,"one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future Rice adaptations",1 +179363,"'d rather watch them on the Animal Planet",1 +9966,"quotations",2 +22591,"transferral",2 +199636,"from the romance",2 +63591,"A work of extraordinary journalism ,",3 +94518,"that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",3 +143957,"At times , the suspense is palpable ,",3 +231984,"in a world of boys",2 +70201,"This in-depth study",2 +130220,"piece ,",2 +121055,"get the same love story",2 +110482,"This is a nervy , risky film ,",2 +1265,"ignore but a little too smugly superior to like",1 +178389,"will never hold a candle to the original",0 +204489,"justify a film",2 +190862,"a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny",0 +16345,"it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd",2 +149472,"The ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch .",1 +229791,"change .",2 +94068,"sympathy and intelligence",3 +7314,"if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith ,",2 +5087,"been for them to make it",2 +4025,"a pasolini film without passion or politics ,",1 +202257,"inquisitive enough for that",2 +100641,"with the fast , funny",3 +120682,"from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants",2 +202981,"is honestly affecting",4 +232069,"in this summer 's new action film",3 +199965,"gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . '",0 +58897,"their work",2 +85149,"it was hot outside and",2 +194393,"been such a bad day after all",2 +90756,"proper",2 +106435,"I did n't",2 +13266,"wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted",2 +202059,"in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category , and this",2 +146619,"It 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future .",1 +4675,"an overcooked",1 +57574,"take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",0 +194902,"boundless energy",3 +95014,"the Cockettes ' camera craziness",2 +59786,"used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",3 +61237,"'s remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .",4 +32261,"happy throwback",3 +37535,"sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",3 +190209,"a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",0 +197776,"emerges in the movie , using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook",1 +28815,"and sugar-sweet",3 +108101,"Of Death",2 +130435,"popcorn movies",2 +127372,"more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",3 +203866,"it could never really have happened this way",1 +85019,"it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",2 +196100,"concerned with cultural and political issues",2 +191574,"a turgid drama",2 +237015,"the larger socio-political picture",2 +194923,"brawny",2 +178649,"with something",2 +162749,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri . I had to look away - this was god awful",2 +165599,"makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",1 +158327,"enter here",2 +117347,"complete denial",2 +61293,"'s suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",3 +88581,"of fiction inspired by real-life events .",2 +65230,"EEE",2 +237122,"the only thing missing is the `` Gadzooks",2 +110694,"Tomatoes",2 +225443,"Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 +75924,"breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",3 +28705,"and masterfully if preciously interwoven",4 +98358,"to the concept of loss",1 +96495,"the protagonist",2 +112919,"a trail",2 +24451,"A rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .",3 +155646,"but the film itself is merely mildly charming",2 +84890,"it 's far tamer than advertised",1 +198230,"everything the original was not",2 +24261,"A beautiful and haunting examination of the stories",3 +218483,"very meticulously but without any passion",1 +233811,"means check it out",2 +219493,"will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay",3 +46440,"Opening with some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends",2 +72564,"a strong education",2 +10693,"squinting",2 +56205,"probes",2 +114328,"anime like this",2 +91984,"schoolers",2 +96041,"the little guys vs",2 +38108,"the creative forces behind it",2 +29304,"at the audacity , at the who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",3 +136758,"there is no rest period , no timeout",2 +60014,"well enough alone",2 +8906,"ms . seigner and mr .",2 +154303,"asinine ` twist '",1 +162739,"is also weirdly fascinating",3 +48788,"all to see",2 +192002,"adolescence difficult to wade through",1 +173314,"the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",2 +62433,", wry humor",2 +91892,"sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination",2 +9328,"of poetry in girls",2 +161558,"if He was a film director",2 +17862,"tones down his pint-sized gangsta",2 +179122,"you do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door .",2 +52130,"girls '",2 +25474,"Happily for Mr . Chin",3 +168648,"pandering middle-age buddy-comedy",1 +117167,"combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller",4 +178458,"wit , feeling and believability",3 +26709,"The AM-radio soundtrack and game cast -- Tierney and the inimitable Walken especially --",2 +7775,"is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 +140589,"wraps up",3 +122786,"immediate",2 +88193,"of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",2 +193417,"as bestial",1 +54857,"morose and humorless",1 +61577,", ( but ) there is n't much about K-19 that 's unique or memorable .",1 +133691,"surprisingly engrossing",3 +68380,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama",3 +161652,"imagine a more generic effort in the genre",2 +233137,"its costars , Spader and",2 +232398,"is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour",2 +126343,"looks and feels",2 +21528,"of modern China",2 +38718,"the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",2 +121522,"had a dream",2 +151411,"a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 +67209,"Life on the rez",2 +12933,"went out",2 +178143,"which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",0 +113624,"all that 's going on here",2 +159385,"for advice",2 +175835,"to Winger fans",2 +172343,"sure what this movie thinks it is about",2 +165096,"little more than collections of quirky traits lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",0 +14621,"While McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",2 +63490,"A thoroughly engaging , surprisingly touching British comedy .",4 +114505,"appears to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play .",1 +176969,"turned completely",3 +6828,"good camp",3 +15182,"away from watchful parental eyes",2 +111052,"What starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .",1 +82295,"his own brand",2 +191762,"about overachieving",2 +27633,"a little too much dancing",1 +91639,"revisionist fancy",3 +187119,"Savage Garden music video",2 +226025,"TUCK EVERLASTING is about",2 +17607,"the nocturnal works",2 +52416,"has rewards ,",3 +63817,"Amy and Matthew have a bit of a phony relationship",1 +97400,"this film has ended",2 +26879,"The path Ice Age follows most closely",2 +95811,"the gift of tears",3 +92826,"slightly sunbaked and summery mind ,",2 +210589,"rivalry and workplace ambition",2 +56824,"segues from Oscar winner",2 +44600,"As unseemly as its title",1 +63788,"American Beauty",2 +3528,"",2 +53387,"is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments .",3 +123097,"in sorrow",1 +160799,"have all but ruined his career",1 +159617,"found the movie as divided",2 +71817,"a high-end John Hughes comedy , a kind of Elder Bueller 's Time Out",3 +63909,"An instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick .",3 +52546,"hefty",2 +154481,"average B-movie",2 +226188,"The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .",0 +154854,"beached grouper",2 +238825,"wise and elegiac ...",4 +170100,"revitalize the British gangster movie",3 +12972,"what remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian",1 +111918,"a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",4 +177178,"unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness",1 +217782,"triangles",2 +172074,"strained caper movies that 's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends .",1 +81800,"has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? ) .",2 +168952,"plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl .",2 +58781,"the throes of rapid change",3 +38735,"the type",2 +65975,"Hence , Storytelling is far more appealing",3 +56391,"rates as an exceptional thriller .",4 +28094,"action farce",1 +117550,"costumes in castles",2 +160094,"given air",2 +27099,"US",3 +2571,"the day",2 +162607,"is a form of bravery . For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",3 +110550,"This rich , bittersweet Israeli documentary , about the life of song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and his family , transcends ethnic lines .",3 +119733,"family chaos",2 +190904,"a maker",2 +53597,"is quite entertaining",4 +171127,"sincere , and",2 +156212,"cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",0 +208061,"of the dilemma",2 +7129,"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .",1 +55338,"of dishonesty",1 +230548,"enjoys a bad slasher flick",2 +60230,"will find the movie",3 +94141,"takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre",2 +16398,"its story",2 +116735,"carries you along in a torrent of emotion",3 +52260,"great power ,",3 +183519,"Do n't hate El Crimen del Padre Amaro because it 's anti-Catholic . Hate it because it 's lousy .",0 +55827,"operatic",3 +148958,"Swamp Thing-type animation",1 +178944,"wrap things",2 +169013,"poetry in voice-over",3 +122198,"hide new secretions",1 +146518,"It 's just a silly black genre spoof .",1 +98769,"turn down",1 +159731,"from miles",2 +127398,"most adults",2 +50811,"devilishly witty script",3 +97323,"think of this sooner",2 +217289,"to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather",2 +135589,"the journey feel like a party",3 +235999,"squarely fills the screen .",3 +118304,"directorial feature debut",2 +107718,"Merci pour le movie .",2 +170898,"shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest",1 +72449,"a smile on your face and",3 +187497,"Speck",2 +60670,"'' is never lethargic",3 +220127,"would you have done to survive",2 +101385,"'ll be rewarded with some fine acting .",4 +47675,"Work",2 +113317,"acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",1 +153,"a dream",3 +236621,"the CIA and",2 +113473,"after an all-night tequila bender",2 +209615,"pre-credit sequence",2 +3027,"uneven performances and a spotty script add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .",1 +146885,"Joaquin Baca-Asay",2 +117689,"created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family",3 +7121,"hey",2 +109152,"Star Trek : Nemesis",2 +5670,"compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children .",2 +28020,"about compelling questions",2 +154434,"attackers",2 +147208,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new ,",1 +68551,"SO De Palma .",2 +42728,"tackles his themes and",3 +100559,"with more care",2 +184775,"If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",2 +37787,"that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",1 +134257,"that benefits from several funny moments",3 +223755,"I believe the message is in the messenger :",2 +144146,"Bicycle Thief",2 +190967,"a monsterous",2 +72116,"a performance that is masterly",4 +98589,"touching reflection",3 +106584,"If it 's not entirely memorable",1 +62407,", we are undeniably touched .",2 +188238,"The first mistake , I suspect ,",1 +175355,"this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",1 +89398,"on faith and madness",2 +103459,"A brutally dry satire of Middle American numbness .",1 +114370,"anti-human",2 +166692,"never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",1 +66854,"Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",1 +134308,"that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",1 +52026,"funnybone",3 +118148,"despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 +5892,"demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",1 +79603,"false starts",2 +11158,"the abiding impression ,",2 +51155,"emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",3 +129635,"only eight surviving members",2 +216349,"this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter",0 +189673,"While American Adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .",1 +88124,"odd , distant Portuguese import",2 +53693,"is very much a step in the right direction ,",3 +134043,"than a passing twinkle",2 +222543,"Banal and predictable",1 +129843,"over-indulgent tirade",1 +125783,"latest attempt",2 +154323,"assesses the issues",2 +95039,"the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box",2 +19635,"about 20 minutes",2 +162740,"is always the last one living",2 +107460,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz .",0 +81259,"gooeyness",1 +139889,"will be two hours gained",1 +181713,"A glossy knock-off",0 +214468,"the efforts",2 +108257,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie .",1 +32202,"grind on",3 +219546,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but",1 +14218,"Kurdish",2 +175246,"they should know better",1 +48235,"a nervous breakdown , a trip down",2 +83651,"invitingly",2 +117813,"cuts all the way down to broken bone",2 +199836,"get more out",2 +37386,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",3 +208123,"of the plot ` surprises '",3 +50388,"confirms Fincher 's status",2 +108613,"Resistance",2 +125544,"ke Burstein",2 +179540,"'s a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 )",1 +111349,"You have enough finely tuned acting to compensate for the movie 's failings .",2 +217462,"to the phrase ` fatal script error",1 +201428,"huge mess",0 +44429,"American and Asian influences",2 +54017,"jettisoned some crucial drama",2 +182150,"About as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life .",2 +137332,"to a dark video store corner",2 +166111,"monstrously sanctimonious",2 +83536,"into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",3 +19068,"Matthew",2 +32192,"greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",3 +228625,"an uppity musical beat that you can dance to",4 +47834,"a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert",3 +110568,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful - no doubt , it 's the worst movie I 've seen this summer",0 +91617,"reveals itself slowly , intelligently ,",3 +20018,"as usual ,",2 +19323,"The principals",2 +105279,"Cuba Gooding Jr .",3 +84801,"is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .",4 +24672,"Anchored by a terrific performance by Abbass , Satin Rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .",3 +76263,"ca n't recommend it enough .",4 +57404,"streamed across its borders ,",2 +84572,"is recognizably Plympton",3 +181201,"-- even as they are being framed in conversation --",2 +224750,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages , but something aboul `` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived .",1 +130513,"powerful look",3 +200102,"good case while",2 +114772,"artsy , and even cute",3 +160754,"has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",1 +42285,"lightens your wallet",2 +176321,"to protect us from same",2 +224620,"Like Schindler 's List",3 +113724,"almost saves the movie",1 +37793,"that every frame produces new joys",3 +130499,"pour le movie .",2 +217830,"troubled and determined homicide cop",3 +151519,"a comedy that 's not very funny",1 +180587,", composed delivery",3 +229632,"camera mounts",2 +181266,". Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",3 +15617,"early - '80s suburbia",2 +150628,"Vera 's technical prowess",3 +170820,"shallows",2 +216036,"their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own",1 +84519,"is one of those movies",2 +30317,"comprehensive and provocative film",3 +47696,"Writer\/director Alexander Payne",2 +17961,"very funny movie",4 +45081,"Displaying",2 +150088,"There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations . Where 's the movie here ?",1 +104226,"Amélie 's",2 +110662,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement",4 +105217,"Contains",2 +153199,"along the Seine",2 +215479,"the resourceful amnesiac",1 +129550,"one of the few",2 +223547,"Griffiths and Mr. Pryce",2 +43741,", they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",4 +174483,"the overcooked , ham-fisted direction ,",1 +208118,"of the one",2 +22072,"street patois",2 +29111,"art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks",2 +163864,"it makes films like XXX and",2 +125788,"latest skewering",2 +134295,"that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants",2 +84672,"is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll .",3 +224929,"Mr. Koshashvili",2 +204331,"its story was making no sense at all",0 +192297,"almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch",2 +80899,"genre-busting",4 +171700,"somewhere inside its fabric , but never",2 +105714,"Everyone 's insecure in Lovely and Amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .",4 +174437,"the once-over",2 +204002,"it promises , just not well enough to recommend it",1 +64464,"Breaking",2 +143722,"An earnest",2 +63374,"A slight but sweet film",3 +81182,"goes native",2 +97551,"thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt",3 +65700,"Functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing .",3 +780,"definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire",3 +203263,"is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie .",1 +125368,"its sparkling beauty",3 +74891,"astounding performance",4 +66216,"IMAX dimensions",2 +172656,"tepid films",2 +94718,"that is n't entirely infantile",2 +129086,"of the original . Well",2 +137518,"to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape",1 +10168,"ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",2 +63450,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study",4 +157538,"disappointingly superficial",1 +145554,"German-Expressionist , ' according to the press notes",2 +119260,"erotically frank",3 +228926,"as an older woman who seduces Oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",1 +207953,"of ridiculousness",1 +11683,"the music makes a nice album ,",3 +34310,"makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made Christmas card",2 +239070,"yes , ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",3 +74012,"and altogether creepy",1 +196123,"considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 +163095,"is n't nearly enough fun here",1 +210318,"rejigger",2 +180488,", all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes",2 +188066,"The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies",1 +63566,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer",3 +67119,"Lang 's Metropolis",2 +182612,"As self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ? is clever enough , though thin writing proves its undoing .",2 +205288,"long .",2 +41641,"been as resolute",2 +116172,"bravery and",2 +120016,"fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency",3 +192438,"an abyss",1 +25317,"Flavorful and romantic",3 +168832,"permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations",1 +24349,"A gentle blend",3 +25625,"I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try",2 +33567,"it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",3 +72727,"a truly larger-than-life character",3 +212138,"some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies",3 +46509,"Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest",3 +112183,"a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer",1 +59438,"told with an appropriate minimum of means",2 +17900,"two of the year 's most accomplished and riveting film performances",4 +191798,"about their lives , loves and the art",3 +17502,"the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",2 +38477,"the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son",2 +186634,"Oversexed ,",2 +121783,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar",4 +80078,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .",4 +88853,"of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most",2 +86967,"meaningful or",2 +50179,"cinema-and-self",2 +35426,"of the Roses",2 +198631,"feature-length film",2 +213642,"that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . The movie",0 +52046,"generally light enough",3 +216646,"through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",1 +229206,"be much funnier than anything in the film",1 +153594,"and suspense and mystery",2 +137100,"thornier",1 +178552,"with cliche",1 +200676,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written",1 +55640,"of tradition",2 +148146,"Pow !",3 +73457,"all those little steaming cartons",2 +107484,"Like the series",2 +204047,"it uninteresting",2 +237683,"to -",2 +137265,"time has decided to stand still",2 +29754,"brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way , if a little convenient",3 +75484,"before about the source of his spiritual survival",2 +81424,"grown man",2 +186502,"Ode",2 +189965,"` Dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .",1 +143412,"A very depressing movie",0 +236647,"the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris",2 +219674,"with a skateboard",2 +163512,"is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . The actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",1 +3339,"'s much truth",2 +63969,"An unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .",3 +107127,"J . Siegel",2 +61482,"( Russell )",2 +123156,"in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks",3 +58748,"the startling intimacy",3 +151538,"a con artist and",3 +31030,"el",2 +140854,"your entertainment standards",3 +228180,"a stale , overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish",1 +183543,"Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve )",0 +67338,"Lynne Ramsay",2 +129246,"off-beat and",2 +210084,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack ,",3 +18195,", I think it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid .",1 +64559,"But this is not a movie about an inhuman monster",2 +99210,"us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",3 +234371,"of absurdist humor",2 +176639,"too many clever things",1 +123104,"in style and mystification",2 +52880,"in `",2 +179318,"'' The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",3 +122361,"his natural exuberance",2 +14824,"a sad picture",1 +140614,"writer\/directors",2 +135712,"the middle , the film compels",3 +6211,"enjoy good trash",2 +48794,"all-too",2 +213257,"television ,",2 +97715,"through the layers of soap-opera emotion",2 +181206,"-- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",1 +34763,"my favorite in the series",3 +186000,"Many shallower movies these days seem too long ,",1 +179853,"'s moving",3 +232023,"in search of all the emotions and life experiences",2 +23912,", the issues are subtly presented",2 +41421,"a bona-fide master ,",4 +157335,"despite bargain-basement photography and hackneyed romance",2 +168590,"own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",1 +186629,"Overly long",0 +185134,"It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it . And that makes all the difference .",3 +7156,"his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters",2 +103986,"A visionary marvel , but",2 +20107,"being pushed and pulled ( literally and figuratively ) by desire",2 +128328,"of Hanussen",2 +108771,"Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",2 +9670,"perceptions of guilt and innocence ,",2 +221484,", on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times",2 +91411,"reliable",3 +155458,"brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie",1 +146645,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . '' Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",1 +104088,"Adults ,",2 +146200,"If somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son , they 'd come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler .",1 +221380,", injuries , etc.",2 +172037,"stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers",0 +69179,"Terry Gilliam 's subconscious ,",2 +170991,"should start their own coeducational fraternity : Kappa Rho Alpha Phi .",2 +211733,"skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman",2 +199603,"from seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie and watching Slim travel incognito in a ridiculous wig no respectable Halloween costume shop would ever try to sell",1 +173520,"the bastard child of the Beatnik generation",1 +115839,"being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",1 +72566,"a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem",2 +171636,"something American and European gay movies",2 +8207,"jose",2 +23235,"( Jackie )",2 +172346,"surface-effect",2 +94013,"sweet , and intermittently hilarious",3 +202449,"into what is basically an anti-Harry Potter",2 +112289,"a man teetering on the edge of sanity",2 +42082,"her inexperience and",3 +124088,"is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .",4 +212773,"sub-music video style",2 +59864,"via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance",4 +108667,"Rocky and",3 +33705,"it should be .",2 +218200,"unifying rhythm",3 +32910,"in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first",2 +182079,"A wannabe comedy",1 +140870,"your time and money",2 +98743,"truth stranger than fiction ? In ( screenwriter ) Charlie Kaufman 's world",2 +212307,"spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",3 +96948,"the unsettling spookiness",2 +115811,"behind bars",3 +53700,"is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .",2 +133607,"sugar hysteria",2 +168486,"over one shoulder",2 +169938,"relying on the very digital technology",2 +4901,"as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",2 +40574,"'s not just",2 +134847,"the audience 's meat grinder",2 +69136,"Takes you",2 +102763,", paralyzed",1 +231336,"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 +224858,"Mr. Besson is a brand name",2 +70241,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick :",2 +133391,"stretched",2 +213408,"than most third-rate horror sequels",1 +132176,"sets Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",3 +174496,"the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters",0 +185167,"It 's not an easy one to review",2 +30410,"conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .",4 +128054,"nobody",2 +110674,"To some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits . To others , it will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",3 +54154,"latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling",1 +134599,"that there is no rest period , no timeout",1 +138564,"uncharted ground",2 +37677,"terrific songs",4 +58078,"the biblical message",2 +145959,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but",1 +83950,"is about the relationships rather than about the outcome",2 +174874,"the test",2 +148753,"Something About Mary and both American Pie movies .",2 +84382,"is more",2 +165820,"measures",2 +218341,"used my two hours better watching",1 +149072,"The Bicycle Thief",2 +116670,"capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture",2 +150385,"To call The Other Side of Heaven '' appalling ''",1 +39826,"walking out halfway through",0 +119006,"emotionally reserved",2 +190575,"a film that begins as a Seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",1 +139394,"we fool ourselves is One Hour Photo 's real strength .",2 +144924,"Do n't waste your money",0 +231501,"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",1 +157454,"dilutes the pleasure of watching them",1 +175489,"this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",2 +145008,"Dylan Kidd",3 +208545,"once in the rush to save the day did I become very involved in the proceedings : to me",3 +61610,", Family Fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .",2 +197375,"does n't work .",1 +65786,"Glory",3 +203516,"is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",2 +148162,"Price horror",2 +206641,"movies of the year",3 +192133,"all I sort of loved the people onscreen ,",3 +14358,"Ops",2 +100006,"while I ne",2 +217564,"tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children",2 +155320,"bludgeon",1 +19221,"Report",2 +52435,"has the ability to offend and put off everyone",1 +56553,"resemble their celebrity parents",3 +23322,", Paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul .",4 +176816,"travels back and forth",2 +132955,"something of a stiff --",1 +120314,"follows its standard formula",2 +43954,": The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .",3 +20716,"has a watchful affection for the monster",3 +4684,"an ugly knot tightening in your stomach .",2 +229649,"can be no other explanation",2 +175262,"things happen",2 +47254,"The solid filmmaking and convincing characters",3 +38181,"the face of official repression",1 +48771,"all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones",1 +132503,"simplistic narrative",2 +145511,"From the opening scenes , it 's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie .",1 +217520,"to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",1 +144761,"Demands too much of most viewers",1 +115600,"be the next Animal House",3 +35972,"perfectly realized observation",3 +231885,"if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight",2 +5053,"be surefire casting",3 +30604,"de la celluloid",3 +41107,"No wonder",2 +134278,"that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",2 +105148,"Cloaks",2 +148123,"Pluto Nash ? How did it ever get made",1 +199642,"from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --",1 +214260,"the category of Films",2 +198789,"few four letter words",2 +29554,"best cuisine",2 +42135,"involves us",2 +216200,"they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",0 +171167,"sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film .",1 +194969,"broke out",2 +20298,"contrivances",2 +25304,"Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses",2 +71747,"a goofy energy",3 +4180,"a sweet",3 +218550,"violent and mindless",0 +112081,"a hairdo",2 +227757,"a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al.",2 +104323,"An ideal",3 +67329,"Luke",2 +35055,"obsessive-compulsive 's",2 +128259,"oddly humorous to tediously sentimental",3 +132220,"sexist",1 +132424,"shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this",2 +51647,"film Titus",2 +14235,"Like most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",1 +178151,"which is not to be confused with suspecting --",2 +9192,"nyc",2 +207164,"nor terribly funny",1 +103291,"20 years of age",2 +87254,"more down-home",2 +61399,"'ve told a nice little story in the process",3 +196901,"diabolical debut",2 +136562,"the way the story unfurls",2 +152624,"a transfer",2 +47027,"The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and",3 +114530,"ardor",2 +108858,"Seth",2 +9462,"on the rez",2 +99757,"weaving",2 +225801,"Singer\/composer Bryan Adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece .",3 +55397,"of imagery",2 +79361,"everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for",3 +140634,"year affair",2 +22661,"upon her makes it successful and accessible",3 +161075,"held dear",2 +22070,"strange , stark beauty",3 +64337,"Better than the tepid Star Trek : Insurrection",3 +190422,"a cute partnership in I Spy",3 +18000,"we need stories so much",3 +30074,"central",2 +229637,"campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s",3 +192931,"any satisfying destination",2 +186877,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",2 +207609,"of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",3 +4194,"a technological exercise",2 +221149,", I 'll buy the soundtrack .",3 +23783,", moving film that respects its audience and its source material .",3 +220935,"'s one bad dude",2 +214385,"the cult section of your local video store for the real deal",2 +51930,"from his mainly nonprofessional cast",2 +29567,"best thing",4 +53048,"incisive meditation",2 +171486,"so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",1 +107152,"Jane Wyman",2 +220106,"would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment .",1 +15984,"have so much charisma that you 'd be happy to listen to them reading the phone book .",4 +196688,"definitive , if disingenuous ,",1 +116773,"cause his audience an epiphany",2 +43126,"'re at the right film .",3 +23662,", highly enjoyable",4 +127375,"more time",2 +77592,"crisper",2 +196508,"cult hero",2 +71451,"a confusing and horrifying vision",2 +230651,"exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut",2 +56641,"romance .",3 +189211,"Tom Shadyac 's",2 +65908,"Hard",2 +102874,", the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",3 +188897,"There is only so much baked cardboard I need to chew .",1 +194491,"being simpleminded",1 +155688,"by Jolie and Burns",2 +82664,"if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours",3 +237208,"the shackles of its own clichés",1 +192099,"aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake",2 +36569,"richly imagined and admirably mature",3 +45898,"Jiri Menzel 's Closely Watched Trains and",2 +103694,"A marvel of production design .",4 +27641,"a lost soul trying to find her way through life",2 +95942,"the inspired performance",4 +180776,", laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .",0 +49828,"brilliantly constructed work",4 +74558,"as Pumpkin",2 +101277,"your vintage wines",2 +7157,"his butt",2 +96742,"the specter of death , especially suicide",2 +206087,"mid-section",2 +148135,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen ,",1 +144952,"Doo \ \/ And Shaggy",2 +69396,"The audacity to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion .",1 +49835,"bring a fresh , quirky charm",4 +191146,"a projector 's",2 +147658,"Never quite transcends jokester status ... and",1 +1116,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length .",3 +217320,"to send any shivers down his spine",2 +37487,"superstitious curse",1 +20672,"good-natured spunk",3 +23067,"'s a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force",3 +208403,"on a long patch of black ice",2 +52946,"in its over-the-top way",3 +103341,"75-minute",2 +133376,"strange horror",2 +124186,"is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",2 +137268,"timeless spectacle",4 +129201,"of uncompromising artists trying to create something original",2 +126488,"lukewarm and quick",2 +228198,"a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",3 +31850,"freak-outs",2 +105017,"Catherine Breillat 's Fat Girl",2 +132829,"social observations",2 +54361,"look at the star-making machinery of tinseltown .",3 +225659,"Run for your lives !",0 +79871,"filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life",3 +218632,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible ,",0 +129042,"of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with",1 +150971,"Wince-inducing",0 +204616,"lab report",2 +179049,"you 'll find on a French poodle",2 +29109,"art-house",2 +13819,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",4 +189093,"This stuck pig",1 +196227,"convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic",1 +45472,"Helga",2 +45698,"It 's Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .",3 +198638,"features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 +145818,"His best film remains his shortest , The Hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive .",2 +33334,"is based",2 +225256,"Obvious .",1 +17594,"the movie 's spycraft",2 +140459,"works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life",3 +198076,"even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater",1 +237775,"to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",3 +186490,"O . W .",2 +90259,"photographed and beautifully recorded .",3 +191672,"aborted",2 +129692,"oppressively",1 +228469,"almost makes this movie worth seeing",2 +131311,"remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris",2 +191521,"a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet",1 +119960,"feminism",2 +52551,"help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",3 +159573,"forgettably",1 +213254,"telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience",2 +13810,"A taut",2 +11554,"the knees should be",2 +125657,"knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",4 +20925,"incendiary",2 +39691,"up for with its heart",2 +182156,"Absolutely not",2 +92436,"shame Americans",1 +10041,"reconciliation",2 +124079,"is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .",3 +102805,", riveting story",3 +164378,"keep it afloat",2 +140564,"would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .",3 +218903,"way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages",2 +47870,"a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies",2 +218971,"wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .",1 +22187,"that it 's slow at times",1 +133347,"story , character and comedy bits",3 +189377,"Upper West Sidey",3 +230222,"dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action",3 +41566,"archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and",2 +207705,"of empathy",1 +127282,"more closely",2 +223405,"For the most part , the ingredients are there .",2 +186945,"Richard Pryor wannabe",2 +17691,"their best work in their underwritten roles",3 +199554,"from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film",2 +94945,"that we 've long associated with Washington",2 +4518,"allows americans to finally revel in its splendor",4 +59602,"two rich women by their servants in 1933",2 +153341,"an astonishing voice cast",4 +193669,"ascends ,",2 +51247,"enough hour-and-a-half",2 +107614,"Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",1 +34907,"nicely",3 +18245,"'' gyro '' correctly",2 +212317,"spends more time with Schneider than with newcomer McAdams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his",2 +124404,"is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",3 +150293,"This pep-talk for faith , hope and charity",2 +112473,"a phlegmatic bore ,",0 +114848,"as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax",2 +132329,"shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",3 +135035,"the complexities",2 +238529,"wearer",2 +148164,"Private Ryanovich",2 +233572,"love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 .",3 +28114,"adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel '' The Death of Napoleon '' and directed by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn",2 +50342,"complex and quirky , but",3 +223685,"Home Alabama ''",2 +60828,"'s a lot richer than the ones Hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own",3 +65723,"Gangster No .",2 +99317,"verite",2 +207200,"not mean-spirited",3 +33475,"is saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",3 +67669,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way",3 +16072,"human behavior",2 +121681,"has about 25 minutes of decent material",1 +168530,"overladen with plot conceits",1 +96445,"the practitioners",2 +230042,"credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other --",2 +111700,"a complex sword-and-sorcery plot",2 +162008,"in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary",1 +163897,"it really is",2 +15009,"and by offering its target audience of urban kids",2 +1168,"head",2 +200385,"handed with his message at times",2 +128608,"of deja vu",1 +47182,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but",1 +235831,"small delights",3 +79285,"even-toned direction",3 +105739,"Expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished .",2 +62479,"-- being real --",3 +37701,"than he reasonably should be",1 +149742,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset",1 +167357,"of any given daytime soap",2 +30544,"current technique",2 +217532,"today 's hottest",3 +82043,"heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic",3 +53900,"its characters ' flaws",2 +222649,"Boisterous , heartfelt comedy .",4 +212656,"strenuous",1 +100853,"works more often than it does n't .",3 +20647,"gets right",2 +177504,"virtually absent",1 +161032,"heart , depth and , most of all ,",3 +31213,"espectacular y muy entretenida",3 +35287,"of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on",2 +101764,"'s neither completely enlightening",2 +39815,"wacky",2 +109146,"Stale first act , Scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish",3 +60300,"with '' The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",3 +222072,"A reality-snubbing hodgepodge .",1 +122702,"if languidly paced ,",2 +36729,"seats",2 +27923,"a unique modern fairytale",3 +7653,"is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story",4 +87109,"might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",3 +205039,"like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",0 +137163,"thought it was going to be",3 +93441,"start and",2 +174468,"the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather ,",2 +176661,"too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",1 +156286,"cinematic experiment",2 +166223,"more schooling",2 +139599,"when movies had more to do with imagination than market research",2 +32876,"in intelligence and B-grade stylishness",2 +216748,"tired old setting",1 +220381,"your disgust",1 +29419,"be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",3 +109767,"The film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality .",1 +1119,"greatly",3 +67641,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments",2 +138940,"veracity and narrative grace",2 +19634,"about 20",2 +164439,"kilted",2 +168797,"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable , nothing to write home about .",2 +94774,"that makes you",2 +96176,"the most magical and most fun family fare",3 +140627,"y apuestas bien fundadas",3 +69558,"The film is darkly atmospheric , with Herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles .",2 +33870,"its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",3 +80949,"get no satisfaction without the latter",2 +228540,"an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton .",0 +132765,"so much farcical as sour",2 +82078,"help overcome the problematic script .",1 +10320,"see '' blue crush ''",3 +168287,"only if you have an interest in the characters you see",2 +210731,"sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",1 +237912,"to put up with 146 minutes of it",1 +199753,"gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",1 +57245,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and",3 +231048,"from the trees hooting it 's praises",2 +45684,"Interview with the Assassin",2 +32693,"humor and a few fanciful touches",3 +104112,"Alexander Payne 's",2 +72378,"a shelf somewhere",2 +134319,"that feels dusty and leatherbound",0 +132284,"shifted in favor of water-bound action",2 +165007,"like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",1 +93082,"some fictional , some",2 +18178,"your wallet without leaving a sting",3 +41864,"entertainment and",3 +15430,"clever and captivating romantic comedy",4 +100246,"will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",3 +49249,"as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man",2 +113571,"all awkward",1 +153015,"agonizing contrivances",1 +46451,"Oscar Wilde 's masterpiece , The Importance of Being Earnest ,",4 +35680,"one for the masses",3 +10547,"snowballs",2 +41414,"Yvan and",2 +236967,"the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",1 +17677,"the very format",2 +23593,", educational antics",2 +198647,"feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",1 +151126,"You can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go , but",2 +64025,"Aragorn",2 +136210,"the screenplay , but rather",3 +155363,"bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 +29386,"barely stays afloat",1 +66410,"Intelligent",4 +104102,"After you laugh once ( maybe twice )",1 +119216,"entrapment",3 +770,"de",2 +216088,"there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back",0 +76256,"ca n't quite live up to it",0 +172615,"television -",2 +101926,"'s still quite worth seeing",3 +160734,"has shown poor judgment in planning to marry Ben Affleck",1 +8865,"more palatable",3 +26723,"The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan",2 +78577,"drama\/action flick",2 +138761,"unresolved moral conflict jockey",2 +199376,"for these characters",2 +214678,"the first two films",2 +45039,"Denmark",2 +238779,"will find millions of eager fans",4 +190827,"a little coffee",2 +9287,"of its 2 1\/2",2 +108739,"Sam 's )",2 +73692,"an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .",4 +189776,"With a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",3 +149990,"The whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit .",1 +168404,"other seven films",2 +12174,"this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film",1 +162259,"instant camp classic",3 +23014,"'re likely to have one helluva time at the movies",4 +70103,"There 's very little sense to what 's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash .",2 +123414,"inside a high-tech space station",2 +48770,"all the more compelling",3 +152209,"a perfect metaphor",2 +143534,"Afraid to pitch into farce , yet",2 +86214,"loneliest dark spots",1 +280,"a technically well-made suspenser ...",3 +109746,"The entire movie has a truncated feeling ,",1 +226083,"That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 +127075,"might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .",1 +238358,"wait a second",2 +219643,"with Truckzilla , for cryin",2 +88053,"nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot",3 +160466,"half the demons",1 +63826,"An alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary",2 +73470,"allegory",2 +90168,"people of diverse political perspectives",2 +160485,"half-hearted paeans to empowerment",2 +19739,"an astute appraisal",3 +138625,"underplayed melodrama",2 +34591,"more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than",2 +92622,"shows you why",2 +219362,"who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous",2 +80219,"for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear",2 +149943,"The title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well",0 +214625,"the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation",1 +28638,"and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .",3 +211461,"shot on ugly digital video",0 +140686,"you 're in the right B-movie frame of mind",3 +204329,"its star , Kline",2 +217394,"to sustain the film",2 +80630,"from its unsettling prognosis",1 +60023,"well-detailed",3 +210736,"said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",2 +101957,"'s the scariest guy you 'll see all summer .",2 +208824,"others are not",2 +4159,"a strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",4 +177110,"under by the pacing and lack of creativity",0 +42727,"swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ...",2 +130462,"positive ( if tragic ) note",4 +114825,"as a party political broadcast",2 +84679,"is surprisingly brilliant",4 +51439,"expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and",2 +227365,"` How can you charge money for this ? '",1 +184950,"Instead of trying to bust",2 +56804,"seems thirsty for reflection",2 +194612,"between the three central characters",2 +223513,"Good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back !",3 +183656,"Elie Chouraqui",2 +149466,"The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",1 +154534,"bad , he 's really bad ,",1 +103125,". Better",3 +37831,"that is n't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears",2 +45367,"Gere and Diane Lane",2 +161755,"in Orange County",2 +55311,"of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience",2 +22294,"the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",2 +154140,"as bland",2 +201572,"if that 's not too glorified a term",3 +189580,"What goes on for the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .",1 +126418,"love , communal discord , and",2 +128579,"of childhood imagination",2 +86011,"lightweight filmmaking",1 +203595,"is to be mesmerised .",3 +75321,"be something really good",3 +216221,"they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",1 +129503,"once or",2 +131099,"really about anything .",2 +174899,"the thrall of a vicious hangover",1 +115537,"be most in the mind of the killer",3 +90253,"philosophy , illustrated through everyday events",2 +213206,"tax accountant",2 +100275,"will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",3 +62031,", it does n't make for completely empty entertainment",2 +80123,"flight",2 +61359,"'s wasted yours",2 +219789,"with no unifying rhythm or visual style",2 +80884,"generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",2 +189103,"This would-be ` James Bond for the Extreme Generation ' pic",2 +218312,"uplifting drama",3 +230749,"features a standout performance by Diane Lane",4 +24813,"Belgian",2 +195655,"chest and gasps",2 +39612,"unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",2 +99889,"what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",3 +201645,"imaginative as one might have hoped",3 +85403,"its sparse dialogue",1 +233621,"make a clear point",3 +98153,"to keep things interesting",3 +209867,"pseudo-rock-video opening",2 +38996,"this way and that",2 +63220,"A much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising --",4 +7365,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor ,",1 +114453,"anyone and",2 +99652,"watch , even",2 +136404,"the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards",2 +120221,"flashbulbs",2 +166290,"most at women 's expense",1 +93669,"stunning new young talent",4 +32173,"grandeur and scale",3 +208852,"out loud . If that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",1 +32022,"get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",2 +33005,"in-jokes for the adults",3 +94741,"that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies",3 +76741,"cinematic tone poem",3 +167183,"of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence",2 +143526,"Admirable , certainly ,",3 +122758,"ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown 's life",2 +179876,"'s not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy",0 +182253,"Allegiance",2 +69758,"The movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis .",3 +198297,"executed idea .",2 +23647,", gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",4 +64302,"Because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact : it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before .",4 +83348,"infusing into the story",2 +66211,"I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star",2 +167782,"of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",1 +214172,"the barriers",2 +56508,"relishes every self-mocking moment",2 +111278,"Writer-director David Jacobson and his star ,",2 +21003,"is allowed to build an uncommonly human character , an almost real-live girl complete with trouble and hope",3 +226337,"The most memorable moment was when Green threw medical equipment at a window : not because it was particularly funny , but because I had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .",0 +162090,"in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags",2 +32423,"he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .",4 +183175,"Comes across as a fairly weak retooling .",1 +92759,"skewed",2 +419,"another review",2 +179064,"you 're in need of a Cube fix",2 +26088,"Miller",2 +169480,"pure '87",2 +83939,"is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",3 +50765,"demonstrating",2 +32888,"in its relentless descent",2 +161081,"helpfully offers the most succinct review of it you 'll read anywhere .",2 +61893,", even nutty",2 +217992,"two dimension tale",3 +118545,"does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes",2 +163269,"is really just another genre picture",2 +218618,"wait for the video",1 +63037,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film .",4 +208374,"older movies",2 +113396,"admirable reconstruction",3 +113680,"all too predictable and far too cliched",1 +217223,"to never shoot straight",3 +198596,"fast fade",1 +155181,"between sucking face and literally sucking face",1 +206288,"modernize it with encomia",3 +171160,"sitcom roots",2 +229472,"bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",2 +106071,"Grenoble and Geneva",2 +199574,"from an episode of Miami Vice",2 +7807,"is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage",0 +108537,"Rafael 's",2 +51578,"feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",1 +52888,"in a hot sake half-sleep",1 +135726,"the modern girl 's dilemma",2 +29537,"believability to its limits",3 +174072,"the heavy breathing",2 +66688,"It 's up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe",3 +128622,"of downtime in between",2 +218814,"wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",0 +161130,"her story",2 +120322,"foolish and shallow",0 +218307,"up-and-coming documentarians",2 +234640,"often surprising twists",3 +232855,"is truly funny ,",4 +224387,"It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn . '",3 +191986,"adhere more closely",2 +217543,"toilet seat",2 +59303,"to our seats",2 +137614,"to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",2 +205968,"maybe too much",1 +219053,"were far more entertaining than I had expected",4 +176700,"too-facile",1 +206171,"mind :",2 +89217,"of your seat",2 +142714,"-- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point",2 +20262,"colonel",2 +12526,"total",2 +212541,"stay on the light , comic side of the issue ,",2 +152145,"a music video rather than",2 +187053,"SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet",1 +170174,"rolled about 45 minutes in",2 +216420,"this kind of entertainment",2 +177276,"unturned",1 +2968,"to the holocaust",1 +97502,"this rather convoluted journey",1 +48086,"a great time",4 +134370,"that is , more often then not , difficult and sad",1 +17099,"respectable action .",3 +223942,"If you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",2 +90503,"populates his movie",2 +238214,"unfilmable '' novels",1 +18162,"you can get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of '' The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",3 +35319,"of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith .",2 +37083,"so refreshing to see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous and sappy fiascoes he 's been making for the last several years",3 +202110,"in which murder is casual and fun",2 +217038,"to finding her husband",2 +230258,"disguising the obvious",2 +11134,"that there 's nothing resembling a spine here",1 +185909,"Lurid and less than lucid work",0 +96096,"the martial arts master to top form",3 +22552,"to strong , credible performances",4 +98051,"to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived",3 +206418,"more of it seems contrived and secondhand",2 +158403,"ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' TV and revenge",2 +223355,"Feral",2 +152120,"a movie is truly going to inspire me",3 +114760,"artefact",2 +81642,"has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .",4 +168208,"one it gives away",2 +157307,"described as out",2 +143576,"Alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse",1 +165031,"limb",2 +180414,", Jeunet , and von Trier",2 +70815,"What enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .",3 +103882,"A sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration .",2 +173119,"that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",1 +122081,"heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another",2 +198330,"expect -- but nothing more",2 +83083,"in the dark",2 +169276,"prevent us from taking its message seriously",2 +133197,"stale the material",1 +135174,"the enigmatic features",2 +178918,"would probably be duking it out with The Queen of the Damned for the honor",2 +232059,"in the traditional Almodóvar style",2 +179419,"'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .",1 +181292,"... a preachy parable stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .",2 +1647,"lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life",4 +137249,"tickled",3 +173321,"the 51st power ,",2 +118029,"delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie",3 +88878,"of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine",2 +174306,"the most offensive action",1 +2575,"the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud",1 +49206,"are unfamiliar with",2 +190917,"a meaty plot",3 +200943,"he need only cast himself",2 +150875,"When it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever .",1 +209574,"post-September 11 , '' The Sum Of All Fears ''",2 +70359,"Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking",3 +72148,"a poetic",3 +125011,"it is being dubbed",2 +32432,"hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie '",2 +122488,"honest poetry",3 +57953,"the British court 's extradition chess game and",2 +79392,"exalts",2 +112510,"a precious and finely cut diamond",2 +164921,"like a project better suited for the small screen",1 +53589,"is priceless .",4 +56267,"public bath house",2 +82323,"his spiritual survival",2 +225153,"No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing",2 +174901,"the three hours in between",2 +164293,"just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",2 +157480,"directed by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick",3 +180855,", of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications .",1 +144692,"Dante",2 +142286,", it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against",1 +121611,"happy to have seen it",3 +77658,"cut open a vein",1 +165387,"luscious cinematography",3 +30129,"checking out for the performances alone",3 +183377,"Despite its raucous intent , XXX is as conventional as a Nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .",2 +198185,"every indulgent , indie trick",1 +55307,"of charisma",2 +41563,"archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings",2 +173162,"that pose the question",2 +178684,"with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot .",1 +172052,"story to go",2 +90062,"part droll social satire",2 +35203,"of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half",1 +176243,"to liven up its predictable story and will leave even",2 +154719,"be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher",3 +18607,"A well-made and often lovely depiction of the mysteries of friendship .",3 +34651,"most part",2 +34465,"mentally handicapped family member",2 +171111,"simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",1 +123735,"is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message",3 +95182,"the best date movie",4 +132953,"something of a Hubert Selby Jr .",2 +75015,"atacarse",2 +195688,"chronically",1 +230354,"does n't have anything really interesting to say .",0 +110989,"Welsh whimsy",3 +146161,"IHOPs",3 +156978,"creating historical context and waltzes off",2 +103519,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city",4 +182901,"Brazil-like",2 +108320,"Past",2 +38472,"the nauseating fictions",1 +127098,"mild-mannered farce",2 +58998,"this human condition",2 +131214,"refracting",1 +233141,"its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .",1 +203600,"is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once",1 +237336,"the wooden boy Pinocchio",2 +12561,"treats ana 's journey",2 +83943,"is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy",3 +215823,"the undead action flick formula",2 +91753,"rock music",2 +32616,"hokum of Hart 's War",1 +203780,"it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 +198585,"fascinated by Behan but",2 +176653,"too many things",2 +170839,"shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",1 +140516,"would be a rarity in Hollywood",3 +56644,"romantic drama",2 +179587,"'s a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",1 +99118,"unsentimental treatment",2 +109538,"The action is reasonably well-done",3 +98783,"turned from sweet to bittersweet",2 +176314,"to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",2 +103444,"A brilliant , absurd collection",4 +82774,"impressively delicate range",3 +176306,"to pitch into farce",2 +154089,"as a promising meditation on one of America 's most durable obsessions",3 +67174,"Left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation",2 +237956,"to slip into hokum",2 +148246,"Rates an ` E ' for effort -- and a ` B ' for boring .",1 +205414,"loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess",1 +219483,"will be gored",2 +71866,"a large cast",2 +149288,"The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop",3 +78466,"does n't really go anywhere .",1 +211684,"sit and stare and",2 +20781,"hero",3 +210807,"savvy ad man",2 +221662,", unaccountable",2 +235885,"socio-political picture",2 +101261,"your skin and",2 +53751,"it 's invaluable",2 +24175,"10-inch television screen",2 +169211,"preprogrammed feel",1 +220648,"'s ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",1 +233125,"its attitude and its obliviousness",1 +151903,"a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",2 +201285,"hold our attention",3 +232435,"is cloudy , the picture making becalmed",2 +101520,"'s a lot of tooth in Roger Dodger .",2 +37297,"starts out as competent but unremarkable",2 +64240,"Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",4 +187136,"Schiffer and Hossein Amini",2 +20953,"international",2 +127679,"musical numbers",3 +176074,"to digital video",2 +181301,"... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry .",1 +41383,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and",3 +101332,"'' Safe Conduct ''",2 +204187,"its expiration date",2 +442,"are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",3 +209088,"particularly good",4 +203389,"is shallow , offensive and redundant",0 +116087,"boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie .",1 +99485,"vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale",4 +52714,"hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction",3 +165606,"makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy to action .",2 +35424,"of the Italian masterpiece",4 +73138,"acting as if it were n't",2 +45154,"Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never",3 +163365,"is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 +228389,"affected child acting",3 +106974,"It 's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of Sarah and Harrison .",2 +143343,"A simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .",1 +145102,"Enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .",0 +181743,"A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC .",1 +186696,"Picnic ranks",2 +200617,"has no point and",0 +48223,"a must",3 +58852,"the wireless",2 +155471,"breathe some life",2 +82613,"if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",2 +211905,"so bad in a major movie",0 +57840,"that malice has a very human face",2 +133293,"stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours",1 +27060,"Time Out is better .",2 +16190,"into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",3 +26855,"The movie 's eventual success",3 +44452,"An absorbing and unsettling psychological drama .",3 +221872,"1915 Armenia",2 +3943,"a lumbering , wheezy drag",0 +118653,"downplays",2 +139247,"was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson ...",4 +175062,"the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",1 +222353,"And for all the wrong reasons besides .",1 +128108,"not least the notion that the marginal members of society",2 +92583,"should see it as soon as possible",4 +56809,"seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants .",2 +62793,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times ,",1 +19796,"and accessible",3 +223807,"I hate it .",0 +80595,"from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",3 +187025,"Rosenthal ( Halloween II ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .",1 +218277,"unusual but unfortunately also irritating",1 +173289,"that writer 's",2 +125621,"knew what the hell was coming next",0 +5234,"borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0 +183664,"Elmo touts his drug as being 51 times stronger than coke . If you 're looking for a tale of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again . It 's 51 times better than this .",1 +157795,"does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us .",1 +126681,"makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",3 +235088,"proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",4 +49645,"being a true adaptation of her book",3 +123454,"insultingly unbelievable final act",0 +185353,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic",0 +224323,"It is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie ...",0 +165665,"many fewer",2 +157539,"disappointingly thin",0 +42086,"his earlier English-language movie ,",2 +112146,"a house full of tots -- do n't worry",2 +125085,"it reveals",4 +67696,"Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .",2 +158987,"felt sad for Lise not so much because of what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier ,",1 +157267,"demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U . S . viewers off their feet",3 +9637,"past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",1 +108250,"Other than the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale , everything else is top shelf .",3 +110733,"Totally Past His Prime",1 +113119,"about a cricket game",2 +64827,"Cotswolds",2 +126247,"little something",2 +36311,"quite the equal of Woo 's best earlier work",3 +106261,"Holly and",2 +196498,"crusty",1 +140824,"you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll",4 +119278,"especially grateful for freedom",4 +210070,"ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel",1 +43530,", blab and money",2 +30621,"deciding",2 +9801,"powerful , accessible and funny",4 +190392,"a credible case for reports",3 +133160,"spot the culprit early-on in this predictable thriller",1 +47840,"a brilliant movie .",4 +145529,"Gangs of New York",2 +121640,"harrowing journey",3 +114542,"are all things we 've seen before",1 +130981,"rake",2 +98017,"to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",2 +179499,"'s a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .",1 +139146,"walked out of Runteldat . I did go back",2 +229416,"blame all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father .",2 +69110,"Taiwanese",2 +182048,"A technically well-made suspenser",4 +9963,"quite a long time",2 +176294,"to others",2 +71050,"Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller",2 +97429,"this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie",2 +120782,"fruit",2 +37540,"swashbuckling classic",3 +208499,"on the gloss of convenience",2 +175649,"thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic",3 +157830,"dogs",3 +141365,"'s home video of their baby 's birth .",2 +213381,"than exciting",2 +183905,"Feels more",2 +140225,"with something cool",3 +179368,"'d want to watch if you only had a week to live",3 +18212,"goofy ( and gory ) midnight movie stuff .",2 +170570,"seem like something",2 +111003,"Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once",2 +178938,"wound up",2 +214551,"the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",1 +212159,"some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting",1 +77123,"comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt",3 +53029,"in this elegant entertainment",4 +127299,"more emotional baggage",2 +81080,"gives '' Mothman ''",2 +37777,"that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",1 +65317,"Enjoyably fast-moving , hard-hitting documentary .",4 +195932,"comedic writing",3 +117389,"compromised",2 +147961,"Ostensibly celebrates middle-aged girl power , even as it presents friendship between women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive .",1 +160153,"glorified Nike ad",1 +234074,"need to find each other",2 +220730,"'s a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",3 +132488,"similar to Catherine Breillat 's Fat Girl",2 +24238,": For the first time since Desperately Seeking Susan , Madonna does n't suck as an actress .",3 +121024,"genuine , acerbic laughs",4 +147625,"Need",2 +181654,"A fan film",2 +120926,"gaps in their relationships",1 +192967,"anything special",2 +216531,"thoroughly debated in the media",2 +39377,"tones and stupendous performances",4 +58541,"the nonconformist in us all",2 +187301,"Sidey",2 +37598,"tale .",2 +91134,"raucously",3 +196375,"crash 'em -",3 +47455,"Top-notch action powers this romantic drama",4 +23465,", because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",2 +201864,"in every regard except its storyline",2 +160722,"has nothing going for it .",2 +76691,"china",2 +215497,"the right bands",2 +167661,"of purely commercial motivation",1 +108256,"Our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and I know this because I 've seen ` jackass : the movie",1 +165805,"means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun",1 +217914,"turf wars",2 +185058,"It 's an odd show , pregnant with moods , stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise .",1 +74750,"as people",2 +40726,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal",4 +208617,"one of the film 's producers",2 +229165,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film",1 +234200,"not that funny",1 +181883,"A pint-sized ` Goodfellas ' designed to appeal to the younger set",3 +65799,"Going to this movie",2 +118008,"delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",4 +103238,"... something",3 +169754,"really blow the big one",1 +161681,"impersonating",2 +40766,"An involving true story of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution",3 +130323,"plenty of nudity",3 +143644,"Almost gags on its own gore",0 +19245,"Sex and Lucía",2 +17498,"the boys ' story",2 +76791,"clear picture",2 +228092,"a popcorn film , not a must-own , or",2 +118372,"disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders",2 +50079,"cause Tom Green a grimace",1 +165756,"may have been in the air onscreen",2 +90175,"peppered with false starts and",1 +108734,"Salt Screenwriting award",2 +70885,"While dutifully pulling on heartstrings",2 +170253,"runs away from its own provocative theme",1 +228171,"a sour little movie",0 +168318,"only this time",2 +146687,"It gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix --",1 +143665,"Although sensitive to a fault",2 +69214,"That rare documentary that incorporates so much of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",4 +79581,"faith versus intellect",2 +228161,"a slew of songs",2 +52313,"guts and energy",3 +98689,"trickster",2 +166033,"miss as far as the comedy goes",1 +225741,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in `` Unfaithful . ''",0 +21420,"new year",2 +176293,"to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",2 +11524,"the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing",2 +82638,"if the lines work , the humor has point",2 +237256,"the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",1 +234988,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth",2 +28698,"and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it",4 +206732,"must have been lost in the mail .",2 +166486,"multifaceted",3 +175893,"to balance out the violence",2 +186813,"Puritanical brand",2 +126756,"manages to get a few punches in",2 +211875,"smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings ,",2 +230885,"for God 's sake",2 +60968,"'s being advertised as a comedy",2 +45820,"It is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction .",2 +59144,"to Hoffman 's powerful acting clinic",3 +105380,"Despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from Kathryn Bigelow",3 +141616,"'s something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about .",0 +88328,"of a guy",2 +123519,"interfaith",2 +185890,"Love in the Time of Money",3 +157725,"does it come close to being exciting",2 +83315,"infantilized",2 +10149,"rewarding",3 +104982,"Can you bear the laughter",2 +126939,"mean things and",2 +58341,"the funnybone thanks",3 +43261,"'s hard to imagine Alan Arkin being better than he is in this performance",3 +98433,"to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy",3 +230600,"even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",3 +191935,"actor to save it",2 +172997,"that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr . Schepisi 's",2 +90725,"proficient , but singularly cursory",2 +122157,"her fans",2 +199858,"gets ( sci-fi ) rehash",2 +8699,"markers for a series of preordained events",2 +134538,"that result",2 +163935,"it tries to makes us laugh",2 +51644,"filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",2 +78563,"drama ,",1 +190953,"a minimalist Beauty",3 +30573,"dancing and music",4 +140445,"works its magic",3 +167291,"of a good story",3 +145042,"Ecks vs . Sever",2 +103876,"A simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable : after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .",1 +206511,"most generic rock star",2 +162570,"is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",1 +152937,"add some spice",2 +177596,"want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",1 +69964,"The stripped-down dramatic constructs ,",2 +183201,"Control-Alt-Delete Simone",1 +155259,"biting and",3 +155879,"cage",2 +147956,"Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers",2 +147933,"One-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation",2 +110486,"This is a remake by the numbers , linking a halfwit plot to a series of standup routines in which Wilson and Murphy show how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie .",1 +100630,"with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",3 +78541,"down in earnest dramaturgy",2 +205325,"look at that clever angle ! Wow",2 +178026,"when are they like humans , only hairier",2 +188646,"The script is too mainstream and",2 +109792,"The film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality .",3 +97385,"this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto",2 +180153,"( I ) t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but",2 +160714,"has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures",1 +131726,"same tired old gags",1 +223522,"Got a David Lynch jones",2 +119008,"emotionally satisfying exploration",3 +142447,", stay away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film .",1 +171826,"sports cliche",1 +155935,"can believe this load of junk",0 +4074,"a release",2 +229926,"comic fan",3 +77524,"created a beautiful canvas",3 +235336,"replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",1 +235262,"recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera .",0 +183938,"First-timer",2 +238252,"untidily honest .",2 +20988,"is a fine valedictory work for Polanski",4 +106121,"Hall",2 +1356,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",2 +142141,", didactic cartoon",2 +185588,"Ken Russell",2 +39606,"unearthed a rare gem",4 +119441,"exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",2 +18526,"-- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",3 +1920,"of the film",2 +116005,"birthday party",2 +36531,"respects",3 +231225,"gloriously alive",3 +187992,"The camera twirls",2 +85955,"lets you off the hook .",2 +197809,"emphasizes the Q in Quirky",2 +88707,"of its stylish surprises",4 +97954,"to believe it",2 +172236,"such a good design",3 +74331,"are familiar with",2 +75746,"blithe",2 +22431,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk",4 +223609,"He can scale a building like a super hero",2 +106789,"Is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief",2 +106592,"If not a home run , then at least a solid base hit .",3 +90803,"proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing",1 +23091,"'s an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .",3 +161263,"his first stab",2 +6498,"find some hook",2 +216693,"throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face",2 +196576,"dark , intelligent",3 +32056,"girl-power movie",2 +205928,"may find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering",2 +109780,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",4 +126558,"made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .",1 +132210,"several times here",2 +151072,"Writhing under dialogue",1 +150889,"When the first few villians are introduced as '' Spider '' and '' Snake '' you",2 +125173,"its aspiration to be a true ` epic '",3 +33736,"its American counterpart",2 +46882,"Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus",2 +227385,"` What 's the Russian word for Wow !? '",3 +79561,"fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .",1 +225175,"Nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick",0 +86511,"maintain its initial momentum",2 +145766,"He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",1 +75461,"been developed with more care",1 +120705,"from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",3 +36651,"sandwiched",2 +74035,"and human-scale characters",2 +40854,"Director Kapur is a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure , and",4 +213629,"that feels all too familiar",2 +180901,", romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .",1 +21771,"principals",2 +54024,"jolly surprise",4 +93004,"so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart",3 +235146,"qualify as revolutionary",3 +61594,", Carlin and Murphy",2 +223546,"Griffin & Co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous .",4 +128740,"of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",1 +96162,"the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",3 +153323,"an angst-ridden attempt to be profound",2 +14281,"Miyazaki",2 +41774,"deliver up the man in a way",2 +139376,"we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .",2 +164913,"like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire",2 +87433,"most humane and important Holocaust movies ever made .",3 +34953,"not a classic",1 +93213,"sophisticated flower child 's",2 +66686,"It 's up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario ,",2 +81585,"hardship",2 +130797,"pulled a muscle or two",2 +98102,"to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",2 +132314,"shootings ,",2 +12178,"this ready-made",2 +36009,"physics and slash-dash",2 +28468,"and Spike Lee 's Jim Brown : All American at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents .",4 +138145,"too predictable and far too cliched",0 +87720,"natural grain",2 +132414,"showing us in explicit detail how difficult it is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd",2 +234357,"of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",4 +19564,"a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot",3 +221676,", what the hell .",1 +199717,"fuzzy and sticky",2 +42607,"seen one",2 +232117,"instead ,",2 +149738,"The plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling .",1 +166420,"moving well -- at least until the problematic third act",2 +45473,"Hell House ,",1 +25076,"David Mamet enthusiast",2 +103999,"A vivid , spicy footnote",3 +81307,"grabs you in the dark and",2 +108300,"Parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",1 +143403,"A trite psychological thriller designed to keep the audience guessing and guessing -- which is not to be confused with suspecting -- until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home .",2 +204877,"less sophisticated",1 +46538,"Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way",3 +179286,"' posturing",2 +238369,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible",0 +182711,"Barrow 's",2 +233183,"its subjects ' deaths",2 +234614,"off with a bang ,",3 +61233,"'s refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .",4 +127156,"missed",2 +128287,"of Barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",3 +154791,"be posing , rather than acting",2 +189880,"Written ,",2 +132913,"some very good acting ,",4 +16315,"it 's in projects like the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid",2 +126873,"may ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",1 +219312,"whirling fight sequences",2 +205796,"manipulating our collective fear",3 +46599,"Reaches",1 +134009,"terrorist attacks",0 +36887,"sharp , often mischievous sense",3 +11470,"the glacier-paced direction and the stereotypical characters",0 +2638,"the lead",2 +33950,"know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful",3 +81246,"good sweat",3 +139244,"was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at",1 +3214,"would",2 +234990,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we `` do n't care about the truth . ''",2 +229238,"beautiful ,",4 +202149,"including a knockout of a closing line )",3 +168252,"one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",1 +75050,"audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",2 +8422,"life type",2 +102128,"( Sabara ) Cortez",2 +150051,"There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , Soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff .",0 +233810,"meaning and consolation",2 +95559,"the euphoria of growing up",3 +114288,"and welfare centers",3 +35167,"of art",2 +202238,"inhalant blackout",2 +52989,"in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",2 +109350,"Tarkovsky",2 +83913,"is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",3 +35995,"perverse , hopeful and always fun",3 +177693,"was undertaken",2 +49013,"anarchic flair",2 +69600,"The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun",3 +223872,"I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 +30807,"director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",3 +73683,"an architect",2 +68073,"Pacino 's",2 +39711,"urban dwellers",2 +172850,"that 's worthwhile about Collision Course",2 +148710,"Soliah",2 +175386,"this film does but feels less repetitive",3 +5943,"devoid of urgent questions",1 +142536,", the worse it gets",0 +171095,"simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film",1 +158062,"duo",2 +189916,"You 'll cry for your money back .",0 +49084,"any number",2 +81707,"has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",1 +200,"a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery ,",3 +127512,"mostly magnificent directorial career",4 +178247,"who really love other women",2 +44363,"Adaptation is intricately constructed",3 +60093,"when its script is not",2 +52585,"here and now",2 +37895,"that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",3 +203132,"is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .",1 +107762,"Mike White 's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark , funny humor make '' ''",3 +238277,"us inhabit",2 +228543,"an appealing couple -- he 's understated and sardonic",3 +72825,"a wild ride that relies on more than special effects",3 +12368,"to handle it",2 +36350,"raw and disturbing tale",1 +164185,"its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance",2 +216759,"tiresome nature",1 +143692,"American football stadium",2 +95592,"the fast , funny",3 +135053,"the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers",1 +227309,"You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .",0 +204500,"keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",3 +95496,"the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art , music and metaphor",1 +65551,"Finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee",3 +168052,"on adrenaline",2 +132591,"slam-bang superheroics",2 +144773,"Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others .",2 +202531,"is Lilia herself . She 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life",1 +53305,"is a movie that understands characters must come first",3 +24726,"As shaky as the plot is",1 +63801,"American workers",2 +116162,"boy-meets-girl",2 +81454,"gulp",2 +4995,"barbarism",1 +152263,"a pretty big problem",1 +195015,"burlesque",2 +150914,"While it 's genuinely cool to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . ) , the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .",1 +40899,"Fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven : others need not necessarily apply",3 +236327,"than satisfactory",2 +182459,"An uplifting drama ... What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original .",2 +71907,"a little too much resonance with real world events",1 +137615,"to get at something",2 +89687,"only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",3 +1245,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem .",3 +219248,"which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",2 +152093,"a mouse , for cryin '",2 +84547,"is possible",2 +214955,"the liberal use",2 +90219,"perpetual pain",2 +86523,"major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",3 +96523,"the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday",3 +234784,"orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",3 +167323,"of a single digit age",2 +33242,"is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance",3 +168640,"pancakes to go with it",2 +51396,"excellent principal singers",4 +234425,"of goofball stunts any `` Jackass '' fan",1 +161567,"if durable",2 +236883,"the film conjures the magic of author J.K. Rowling 's books",4 +225136,"Nietzsche-referencing",2 +35270,"of his richest roles",3 +150454,"Too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations",1 +5346,"by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",1 +219411,"whooshing you",2 +50739,"delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",4 +73276,"affecting , amusing , sad and reflective",3 +228222,"a touch of silliness and a little",2 +206771,"my two hours better watching",1 +93860,"summery",3 +170602,"seems confident enough to handle subtlety",3 +196993,"directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script by Matthew Cirulnick and novelist Thulani Davis",2 +64856,"Crammed with incident , and",2 +132767,"so much first-rate",3 +217100,"to hide the liberal use of a body double",2 +69317,"The Laramie Project",2 +230558,"ensure that `` Gangs '' is never lethargic",2 +1293,"in the foot",2 +231998,"in fact .",2 +72849,"a workable primer",3 +87373,"most aggressive and most sincere attempt",3 +109090,"Somewhere in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments he harvests a few movie moment gems",3 +49561,"bears",2 +20198,"by Per Christian Ellefsen",2 +216889,"to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",2 +44855,"Cannes Film Festival",2 +130154,"performers who rarely work in movies now",3 +20897,"in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family",2 +181100,", very far",2 +209317,"plain boring",3 +69475,"The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and",3 +230178,"destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal",4 +205876,"masters of both",4 +146672,"It does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28K modem .",1 +125490,"just about more stately",2 +203318,"is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",1 +118554,"does n't remake Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris so much as distill it",2 +204576,"knew about generating suspense",3 +217895,"trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 +186749,"Potty-mouthed",1 +23800,", of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests",2 +102997,", viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .",4 +124823,"it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",3 +87206,"monstrous lunatic",2 +78429,"does matter",2 +237069,"the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters",2 +158569,"exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 +118353,"dismantle the facades",2 +73036,"above the run-of-the-mill singles blender",3 +45700,"It 's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant .",1 +126428,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has ,",3 +34910,"nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",4 +194505,"believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +87913,"no major discoveries ,",2 +77829,"deeply absorbing piece",4 +111228,"Witless , pointless , tasteless and idiotic",1 +232925,"it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away",2 +217259,"to plodding and back",1 +80661,"from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",2 +47394,"This story still seems timely and important . And",3 +4568,"american art house audiences",3 +159520,"for this kegger comedy",2 +136363,"the succession",2 +118470,"do this , then you so crazy",2 +99728,"we have n't seen before",2 +27899,"a tight plot with an easy pace",3 +54078,"keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together",3 +230999,"frightening late fees",1 +235322,"remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 +50704,"deeply affecting film",3 +202020,"in the lead roles",2 +29042,"are good sparring partners",3 +32171,"grand , uncomplicated fashion",3 +47438,"Told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .",3 +15566,"do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure .",2 +208103,"of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype",2 +57335,"steers clear",2 +110632,"Time ? to be more",2 +116629,"can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work .",3 +171821,"spoof takes itself too seriously",1 +90122,"patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks",3 +113126,"about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband",2 +47860,"a certain charm about the film that makes it a suitable entry into the fest circuit",3 +46833,"Strange it is , but delightfully so",3 +124591,"is technically sophisticated in the worst way",0 +195416,"can thank me for this .",2 +106147,"Harris Goldberg",2 +3092,"well-lensed",3 +83741,"is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",4 +208830,"otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",1 +10297,"scope",2 +98267,"to reveal his impressively delicate range",4 +22640,"understands that a generation defines its music as much as the music defines a generation .",3 +46616,"Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",3 +99072,"unlike so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope",4 +146917,"Johnson has , in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to .",2 +187854,"The Rules of Attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .",1 +145958,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening ,",0 +130949,"quite unengaging",0 +44327,"A twisty , moody slice of Southern Gothic ...",2 +115938,"between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children",2 +79335,"every one of Abagnale 's antics",2 +73908,"an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime",4 +187539,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you",3 +129869,"overheated",2 +47915,"a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana",2 +197364,"does n't stand a ghost of a chance",1 +76371,"can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget",2 +173503,"the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story",2 +151277,"a City of ruins",1 +220067,"would be well to heed",2 +26285,"Once again , director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",3 +88680,"of innocence",2 +205480,"loves women",2 +89905,"over-amorous terrier",2 +192757,"and plastic knickknacks",1 +228852,"are there Tolstoy groupies",2 +167641,"of person",2 +87052,"merge",2 +109844,"The film truly does rescue ( the Funk Brothers ) from Motown 's shadows .",2 +11568,"the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",3 +178203,"who 's who",2 +66352,"In addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat , Changing Lanes is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight .",4 +138081,"too dense &",1 +39127,"to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor 's Club",2 +70036,"The work of an artist",3 +184790,"If I stay positive",3 +225399,"Part low rent",2 +24664,"An offbeat , sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",3 +133614,"suit",2 +60838,"'s a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough .",4 +151220,"` Synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .",1 +160894,"have really",2 +212297,"spectacularly ugly-looking",1 +21972,"singles out any of these performances as award-worthy",4 +41758,"cute and",3 +204945,"lighthearted comedy",3 +224160,"It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it .",3 +212072,"some ( out-of-field )",2 +160538,"haranguing",2 +140673,"you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .",3 +29852,"but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions",2 +151435,"a by-the-numbers patient\/doctor pic",1 +22403,"there 's much truth",3 +231217,"giving the cast ample opportunity to use that term as often as possible",2 +35130,"of Super Troopers",2 +119120,"enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",3 +228880,"artifact ,",2 +9267,"of gator-bashing",2 +90944,"put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",4 +180454,", Steven Soderbergh 's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",0 +174889,"the thin line",2 +189578,"What ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",0 +28881,"and truth",2 +212792,"subscriber",1 +4361,"abstract",2 +64964,"Death to Smoochy is often very funny ,",3 +24515,"A worthwhile way to spend two hours .",4 +120924,"gap",1 +122040,"he has crafted with Harris Goldberg",2 +172715,"than a leaky freighter",1 +70831,"What redeems",2 +8916,"much entertainment value",3 +156382,"clipped and",2 +125950,"lie down",2 +21606,"old fashion romance and someone",3 +186006,"Margarita Happy Hour kinda",2 +48383,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",4 +83844,"is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",3 +228732,"apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",3 +209614,"pre-credit",2 +103045,", you 'll see Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II .",3 +59085,"three days",2 +80524,"frantic",1 +89046,"of the moment prevails",2 +25384,"Funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director George Hickenlooper all takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read . ''",3 +14556,"Together , Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death .",4 +150254,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and",1 +121924,"have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment",1 +206203,"miniseries",2 +167600,"of metaphoric flags",2 +216348,"this as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 +142466,", the constant referencing of hip-hop arcana can alienate even the savviest audiences .",1 +192575,"an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",1 +185625,"Kitschy , flashy , overlong soap opera .",0 +55188,"of '' Lilo",2 +11280,"the deli",2 +14020,"Extreme",2 +111063,"What you expect",2 +174005,"the full brunt",2 +98805,"tweaked",2 +7804,"is the kathie lee gifford of film directors",0 +216890,"to be mesmerised",3 +196959,"diminishing effect .",1 +64931,"Darkly funny and frequently insightful",3 +191704,"about a half dozen young Turks",2 +122800,"impenetrable theory",2 +164499,"kvetch",2 +62330,", this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian .",4 +41123,"Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral",2 +212490,"starring the kid",2 +60085,"when it 's released",2 +107128,"J . Wilson",2 +178189,"whispers",2 +6777,"ghost",2 +213038,"sway ,",2 +181953,"A reworking of Die Hard and Cliffhanger",1 +198106,"even on a curve )",2 +108173,"One of the most original American productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",4 +206330,"morbidity",2 +184740,"I was sent a copyof this film to review on DVD . For free . I still want my money back .",0 +160063,"getting the better of obnoxious adults",1 +99043,"unhurried pace",2 +176311,"to please a crowd",2 +159410,"for cryin '",3 +149915,"The techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are Chan and Hewitt",3 +58367,"the haunting images",1 +83296,"ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably",2 +60419,"without feeling conned .",2 +200157,"goth goofiness",2 +144387,"Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but",2 +73197,"added clout",3 +75018,"atmospheric weirdness",3 +232735,"is slow to those of us",2 +125845,"leaks suspension",2 +95132,"the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",2 +196472,"crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality ,",2 +187549,"Starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and Bruce Willis with a scar",1 +44746,"Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and , via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy .",3 +64439,"Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .",4 +225538,"Puportedly `` Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",1 +46906,"The English Patient and",2 +158196,"emptying",2 +51438,"expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption",2 +41669,"bring happiness",3 +74755,"as pure composition and form --",3 +185002,"It 's a big idea",3 +222714,"But ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",1 +69232,"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected",1 +155289,"bland police procedural details",1 +109640,"The cameo-packed , M : I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise ... Then Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything",1 +16788,"of the musicians",2 +85948,"lets you",2 +196009,"comienza intentando",2 +142589,", though occasionally fun enough to make you",2 +172242,"such cute ideas",2 +49272,"as fresh",3 +86093,"like their romances",2 +137160,"thought . Better still , he does all of this",3 +97244,"these two actors play",2 +165488,"make a documentary about these marginal historical figures",2 +45134,"Elegant",3 +49848,"brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant , expressive flow of images",4 +14472,"Take",2 +206371,"more elves and snow",2 +98264,"to resist his enthusiasm",2 +43144,"'s a beautiful madness",3 +231877,"if it only had a brain .",1 +127861,"neophyte",2 +204834,"left slightly disappointed",1 +122072,"heading nowhere",2 +226911,"Viewers of `` The Ring ''",2 +93293,"spectacularly outrageous",3 +123338,"indoors",2 +223192,"Dramas like this",2 +31802,"for the most part , it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",2 +15215,"be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan",2 +190605,"a florid biopic",2 +145801,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size ,",1 +206789,"named Minnie",2 +7033,"have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +148615,"Sit through this one",3 +33552,"is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear .",3 +107353,"Kubrick before him",2 +91241,"really solid",3 +36688,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",4 +219902,"without the latter 's imagination",2 +99935,"when the bullets start to fly",2 +113025,"a wholesome fantasy for kids",4 +9824,"pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --",2 +2982,"too smugly",0 +233693,"makes the heart soar",4 +72858,"a yarn",2 +226740,"Thoughtless , random , superficial humour and a lot",1 +55352,"of family responsibility and care",2 +185077,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old",1 +49181,"are quietly moving",3 +166513,"my SATs",2 +112076,"a guilty pleasure to watch",3 +23314,", Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",4 +40622,"... both hokey and super-cool , and definitely not in a hurry ,",3 +4023,"a pasolini film",2 +121792,"has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half . '",1 +173864,"the fat lady",2 +229209,"be numbing",1 +77322,"contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways",1 +211287,"serviceable at worst",0 +93826,"suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides",2 +17062,"recent years",2 +200195,"grating endurance test",2 +128255,"odd that",2 +189306,"Tyco",2 +209109,"pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time",2 +115567,"be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",3 +226597,"There is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .",3 +197904,"enough , but",2 +203660,"is very , very good",4 +8032,"its deft",3 +64283,"Beautifully crafted and",3 +49491,"battle sequence",2 +191453,"a surprisingly juvenile lark ,",1 +97404,"this film might be",2 +131781,"say the least",2 +21402,"nails the role , giving a tight , focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling .",4 +164767,"less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted",1 +91594,"retrata",2 +215182,"the naïf 's encounter",2 +165072,"literary pretension",2 +11040,"that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",0 +104179,"Although Disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure",2 +86537,"make Personal Velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .",3 +220299,"you like Chris Rock",2 +226015,"Sweet Home Alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...",3 +225981,"Streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller",2 +223232,"Elaborate special effects",3 +35944,"peeved",1 +184764,"Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on .",2 +111075,"When all is said and done",2 +4910,"as window dressing",2 +13025,"while focusing on the what much more than the why .",1 +29970,"called Celebi",2 +125153,"it works",3 +152594,"a thousand years",2 +150799,"What 's missing",1 +122112,"heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 +175138,"thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned",2 +74541,"as Bond in Die",2 +33220,"is a film far superior to its predecessor . A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda .",4 +150339,"Though Catch Me If You Can is n't badly made",2 +79638,"famous moments",3 +123628,"intriguing questions",3 +229715,"can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ?",0 +45797,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates :",4 +94620,"that director M . Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",3 +90186,"perfect black pearls",3 +146582,"It 's of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake .",1 +218774,"was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher , and",2 +142281,", it 's tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .",0 +10943,"taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",1 +103264,"105 minutes",2 +24016,", you 've got ice water in your veins .",2 +59278,"to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",3 +112677,"a severe case",2 +6379,"failing to find a spark of its own",1 +64501,"British cast",2 +65075,"Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films .",3 +172336,"supposedly evenhanded presentation",1 +58418,"the input of studio executives or test audiences",2 +225759,"She is a lioness ,",3 +174153,"the journalist who wrote it",2 +223304,"Explosions , jokes ,",2 +129200,"of ultra-violent war movies , this one",2 +128198,"numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +210083,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack",2 +93184,"something wholly original",3 +151607,"a different era",2 +190107,"a TelePrompTer",2 +103110,"-- reality shows for God 's sake ! --",1 +60117,"which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name",2 +123081,"in recycled paper with a shiny new bow",2 +154879,"because it really happened to you",2 +152127,"a movie that is n't really good enough to be in theaters",0 +796,"despite its flaws ...",2 +81429,"grows on you .",3 +234285,"of Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works",3 +123341,"induce sleep than fright",1 +166012,"miserable",0 +239196,"you think you 've seen the end of the movie",2 +55584,"of the luckiest men",3 +168484,"over his Chelsea Walls",2 +141123,"'s a flashy , star-splashed reduction .",2 +186182,"Most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river .",1 +46006,"Leguizamo and",2 +142775,"... an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .",0 +65711,"G-rated",2 +167266,"of ` Deadly Friend",2 +13996,"Elizabeth",2 +2815,"there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",2 +116125,"both counts",2 +59578,"turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .",3 +55758,"on the virtue of imperfection",2 +190115,"a ` back story",2 +169247,"pretty big problem",2 +139707,"white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are",2 +221275,", bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",2 +26563,"Shainberg 's film",2 +213799,"that organ",2 +165057,"listless climb",2 +63651,"Aesop",2 +131846,"screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",2 +230420,"dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",0 +28941,"another cautionary fable is allowed to play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters .",4 +18965,"If you liked such movies as Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity , then you wo n't want to miss About A Boy .",4 +151192,"` A ' for creativity",3 +212995,"surround Frankie",2 +186140,"Miramax 's",2 +232056,"in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",2 +195487,"carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / Marine/legal mystery",0 +226395,"The only thing to fear about `` Fear Dot Com ''",2 +17423,"that derives its power by sticking to the facts",2 +182624,"Ask still",2 +136078,"the pros and cons",2 +203797,"it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",2 +165807,"means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life",2 +70483,"Trouble ''",1 +237251,"the swinging",2 +19060,"Maids",2 +166492,"mundane story",1 +83805,"is a hoot , and is just as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand .",4 +92699,"sincere mess",1 +183164,"Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly .",2 +161944,"in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",1 +24931,"Call",2 +46850,"Stuffed",2 +47555,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message",3 +217960,"tv",2 +109449,"The Mummy Returns",2 +187039,"Russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of Sommers 's title-bout features .",1 +228143,"a serious actioner : the next",3 +127412,"most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing",4 +215791,"the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category , and this",2 +237306,"the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",1 +110681,"Toback 's deranged immediacy",2 +922,"evil",1 +96486,"the production works more often than it does n't .",2 +54698,"meddles",2 +197148,"diverting and modest",3 +109609,"The best thing I can say about this film is that I ca n't wait to see what the director does next .",4 +161432,"horror director Dario Argento",2 +231,"a pleasant",3 +26812,"The film hinges on its performances",2 +48047,"a flair",2 +69151,"Tashlin comedy",1 +168055,"on an Irish accent",2 +98935,"uncut",2 +100409,"with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch",3 +234258,"of Brits",2 +143726,"An earnest racial-issues picture that might have gotten respectful critical praise in a different era --",2 +199111,"following your dream and",2 +974,"fills it",2 +154680,"be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",3 +225550,"Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and",3 +954,"fans",3 +235705,"should not be forgiven",1 +23579,", director Anne-Sophie Birot 's first feature is a sensitive , extraordinarily well-acted drama .",4 +48630,"acknowledging the places , and the people ,",2 +11672,"the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",1 +130267,"plant smile-button faces",3 +146276,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances ,",2 +28300,"an Asian film",2 +84724,"is the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves",3 +12595,"turns that occasionally",2 +14532,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes ,",2 +69949,"The story line may be 127 years old , but El Crimen del Padre Amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the Catholic establishment .",3 +178867,"would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",1 +219085,"wet T-shirt and shower scenes",2 +83164,"in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s",2 +181469,"98 minutes",2 +89657,"one viewing",2 +228297,"about going to see this movie",2 +115929,"better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing",2 +158871,"fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of Hubert 's punches )",1 +37032,"slump for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand .",3 +22104,"superlative",3 +198669,"feel my eyelids ... getting ...",2 +222202,"After seeing the film , I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 +238027,"to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 +56920,"shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly",4 +113223,"about three",2 +115179,"at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",2 +93045,"solid , psychological action film",3 +194293,"become very involved in the proceedings",2 +161896,"in its current incarnation , Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",1 +129271,"offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch",3 +99416,"viewing alternative",2 +193736,"at both endeavors",2 +115654,"beautifully made",4 +61308,"'s the Russian word for Wow ! ? '",3 +150296,"This pep-talk for faith , hope and charity does little to offend , but",2 +227900,"a film about campus depravity",2 +233515,"long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There",2 +154556,"bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action",0 +191515,"a theater near you",2 +148892,"Stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .",1 +212070,"somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",3 +150398,"To say this was done better in Wilder 's Some Like It Hot is like saying the sun rises in the east .",1 +123640,"introspective and entertaining",3 +15268,"blandly cinematic surgical examination",1 +36041,"pleasurably jacked-up piece",4 +13123,"with a twist",2 +112243,"a lot nastier",2 +65304,"England characters",2 +233049,"it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .",2 +155774,"by some very stoned college students",1 +220293,"you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",3 +16151,"indie",2 +197497,"dramatic nor comic",1 +59342,"to sell us on this twisted love story",3 +159788,"fuelled",2 +71577,"a double life",2 +60799,"'s a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .",3 +186099,"Merchant-Ivory team",2 +136702,"themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",3 +699,"cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",3 +209655,"predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",1 +147337,"Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",2 +33630,"it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",1 +27768,"a raw and disturbing tale that took five years to make",3 +150104,"There are weird resonances between actor and role here , and they 're not exactly flattering .",1 +85407,"its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",3 +102217,", 91-minute trailer",1 +147883,"On Your Grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men .",2 +69616,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on Büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history",4 +216764,"title-bout features",2 +55864,"our national psyche",2 +35635,"on his way",2 +216755,"tiresome cliché",1 +11050,"that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",1 +124378,"is off the shelf after two years",2 +159247,"flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set",1 +71727,"a given",2 +122850,"in Irish history",2 +108991,"Skin Of Man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",3 +227065,"What they 're doing",2 +18415,", happily , a victim of none",3 +173752,"the doldrums of the not-quite-urban",2 +225413,"Passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and",2 +134349,"that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",1 +212416,"squeeze out",2 +15836,"from a master filmmaker",4 +191846,"accents thick as mud",1 +32281,"has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",3 +217682,"took to drink",2 +193404,"as assaults on America 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony",1 +50485,"coughed , fidgeted or",2 +158787,"falls apart long",3 +172399,"sustain mild interest",2 +153212,"also does it by the numbers",2 +1835,"no",1 +8772,"merry",3 +119025,"enables",2 +153270,"an Angel school",3 +129707,"orange prison jumpsuit",2 +111178,"Wise and deadpan humorous .",3 +88789,"of old news",2 +236682,"the `` A '' range",3 +177435,"very depressing",1 +8206,"jolly",3 +210061,"rampant vampire devaluation",1 +165857,"merely lacks everything except good intentions",1 +221034,"'ve got seven days left to live .",1 +3847,"a gory",1 +159651,"freebie",2 +32680,"however , it is not",3 +99577,"warm , fuzzy feeling",3 +203902,"it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump",1 +199841,"get ready for the big shear",2 +193150,"are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones",1 +46968,"The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining",2 +186134,"Millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .",1 +120527,"for their place in the world",2 +176007,"to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",1 +123407,"insanely staged ballroom scene",2 +156261,"chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten",1 +188762,"The very simple story",2 +24489,"A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man",4 +103770,"A perceptive , good-natured movie .",3 +39033,"thought it could have been more .",1 +159545,"force the movie off track in its final half hour",1 +170536,"see the point",2 +52684,"historic scandal",1 +45815,"It is great summer fun to watch Arnold and his buddy Gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .",3 +176823,"treat the little yard apes to the real deal and",2 +81364,"great game",3 +149290,"The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but",2 +88265,"of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",3 +111387,"Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' ,",0 +95526,"the emotional heart of Happy",3 +143795,"An unwise amalgam of Broadcast News and Vibes .",1 +113687,"all-night",1 +116027,"bland animation",1 +26761,"The band 's",2 +13725,"1998",2 +71317,"a bold biographical fantasia",3 +92263,"self-revealing",2 +105121,"City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",1 +100440,"with a visual style unique and inherent",3 +199885,"gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements",1 +223810,"I have a confession to make :",2 +190125,"a bad blend",1 +112028,"a good alternative",3 +15188,"balance sweetness with coarseness",4 +129261,"offer an advance screening . '' The Adventures of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 +124767,"is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",3 +91601,"returns the martial arts master to top form",4 +113270,"accumulated enjoyment",3 +177752,"watching this meaningless downer",0 +17187,"shocking start",2 +90535,"post , pre",2 +129483,"on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",1 +238319,"very good reason",2 +1393,"is romance",2 +154855,"bear suits",2 +26396,"Pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale .",3 +216699,"throws in a fish-out-of-water gag",1 +219514,"will have an intermittently good time . Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .",3 +178122,"where viewers would be free to leave",2 +34800,"n't hurt",2 +132552,"sitting through this one",1 +116301,"bumps up",2 +47616,"While general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .",4 +223762,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , `",0 +147792,"Not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",1 +174615,"the quirky amazement",3 +106045,"Graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies",4 +221561,", the French-produced `` Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",3 +76567,"chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",3 +120418,"for genre fans",3 +77229,"conservative and",2 +158576,"exactly the same ( as The Full Monty )",1 +214304,"the cinematography is atrocious",0 +117619,"cover up",2 +213321,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 +228156,"a simple",2 +173780,"the dysfunctional family it portrays",2 +139692,"while waiting for things to happen",2 +214685,"the flamboyant ,",2 +129862,"overcomes the script 's flaws and",2 +217917,"turn away",2 +115746,"been replaced by the bottom of the barrel",0 +167710,"of spiritual inquiry",2 +169730,"real downer",1 +191976,"adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong",1 +112322,"a mixed bag",2 +216267,"things ,",2 +212692,"strong and funny",4 +214614,"the film itself is small and shriveled",1 +116465,"by the time it 's done with us , Mira Nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",3 +212811,"succeeded only in making me groggy .",3 +144682,"Damon Runyon crooks",2 +217898,"trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",1 +236009,"staggered",2 +55335,"of director John Stockwell",3 +16454,"like a magnet",3 +47435,"To Live",3 +105941,"Gambling and throwing",2 +127795,"near-hypnotic physical beauty",3 +139476,"well-crafted psychological study",3 +104768,"Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers",3 +17332,"story to get going",2 +73949,"an underlying Old World sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm",2 +109433,"The Graduate",2 +181263,". Shyamalan",2 +85204,"its cast , its cuisine",2 +189459,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say ,",0 +166561,"nascent industrialized world politics",2 +229353,"belly laugh",3 +158444,"even someone",2 +217663,"too simple",1 +2181,"rymer",2 +31689,"five years to make",2 +226986,"We assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low .",0 +46049,"Lovely and poignant . Puts a human face on a land most Westerners are unfamiliar with",3 +166021,"misguided , and",1 +56112,"positive impression",3 +157678,"do n't want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door",1 +212405,"spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together",1 +91977,"scenes brim",3 +88775,"of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly",3 +3431,"( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .",4 +158794,"falls flat in just about every conceivable area .",0 +140972,"'d think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film .",0 +8974,"naipaul ,",2 +2641,"the messy",1 +175302,"thinly veiled excuse",2 +62796,"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism .",3 +189493,"We never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity",1 +168507,"overall flaw",1 +56785,"seeing just",2 +68855,"Snowball",2 +174858,"the surreal",2 +94715,"that is masterly",3 +108615,"Return to Never Land may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families ,",1 +63289,"A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian ... life",2 +212126,"some last-minute action",2 +5887,"delivers some chills and sustained unease , but",2 +86626,"makes a wonderful subject for the camera .",3 +199543,"from Zhang 's",2 +126769,"manipulativeness",2 +126338,"looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is",1 +25268,"Evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good .",3 +192235,"all the scenic appeal of a cesspool",0 +137821,"to say something about its subjects",2 +102596,", intelligent eyes",3 +69627,"The graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn Croatia",2 +40190,"with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",2 +133000,"somewhat problematic",1 +68860,"So vivid a portrait",3 +164463,"know anything about Derrida",2 +225313,"One of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",4 +61266,"'s something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .",4 +96661,"the sense of fierce competition",3 +96707,"the skies above Manhattan",2 +190063,"a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",1 +1718,"me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch",1 +234863,"painful as The Grey Zone",1 +25585,"Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone",2 +191714,"about angels",2 +74186,"any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies",2 +66452,"Island",2 +150727,"Watching Trouble Every Day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .",1 +125857,"learned from watching ` Comedian '",3 +137290,"tissue-thin",2 +180511,", and sometimes dry",2 +121831,"has really found his groove these days .",3 +199131,"for Chan",2 +186485,"Notorious C . H . O . still",2 +235038,"predictable parent",2 +32547,"his face",2 +104173,"Alternately frustrating and rewarding .",3 +155134,"best films , ''",3 +127618,"much more successful",3 +79360,"everyone , especially movie musical fans ,",2 +133340,"stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",2 +116793,"central character",2 +140907,"' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .",2 +135594,"the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival",2 +35725,"only part",2 +58220,"the dimming of a certain ambition",1 +196001,"comic setups",2 +232559,"is more worshipful than your random E",3 +138027,"to work as straight drama",2 +182893,"Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor",2 +236457,"that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",4 +176032,"to cartoonish slapstick",2 +186494,"Observant",2 +62715,"50s",2 +172469,"take infantile humor",2 +39829,"wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",4 +22711,"want to get up and dance",3 +135947,"the pale script",1 +18196,", and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",2 +84004,"is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame",3 +217977,"twirls",2 +39421,"town life",2 +130674,"problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome",0 +211923,"so devoid",1 +202509,"is , like the military system of justice",2 +201336,"hoped ! --",3 +29629,"blessed gift",3 +206575,"motorized",2 +159118,"filmmaking methodology",2 +223964,"If you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out",3 +95063,"the Reagan years",2 +119539,"explaining",2 +157628,"do harm",2 +137724,"to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",1 +1784,"muccino 's characters",2 +200131,"good-for-you",3 +8049,"its final",2 +2365,"sounds sick and twisted",1 +193329,"as Mr . De Niro",2 +219553,"will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers",1 +149649,"The notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world",1 +198939,"finds its tone and several scenes run",3 +223517,"Gooding Jr.",2 +152280,"a proctologist",2 +110867,"Vertical Limit",2 +151491,"a clearer , more memorable",3 +234324,"of `` Elling ''",2 +1155,"has never",1 +174659,"the road ,",2 +190381,"a crazy work of disturbed genius",3 +45627,"If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining , you 're in luck .",4 +161098,"her goats walk off into the sunset",2 +10464,"silliness",1 +10825,"such films",2 +156712,"connected",2 +17523,"the drive-thru",2 +1883,"of a particularly nightmarish fairytale",1 +191044,"a night out",2 +105643,"Entertaining",3 +4172,"a suffocating rape-payback horror",1 +108077,"Nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives",1 +78565,"drama , conflict ,",3 +20286,"conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",2 +154537,"bad .",1 +132198,"several cliched movie structures :",1 +90892,"punching up",2 +143438,"A woozy ,",2 +188499,"The only upside to all of this unpleasantness",1 +235550,"seems endless .",1 +99087,"unnoticed and",2 +137299,"to Catherine Breillat 's Fat Girl",2 +48214,"a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",3 +28711,"and more importantly , character empathy --",3 +163403,"is such a joke",1 +135595,"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",2 +85552,"just as many",2 +106217,"Here Polanski looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably .",2 +169332,"produced in 1954",2 +213440,"than the warfare",2 +201958,"in salaries and stunt cars",2 +190554,"a film 's title served such dire warning",1 +3486,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks",1 +216245,"they poorly rejigger Fatal Attraction into a high school setting",1 +51323,"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of Aliens",4 +222593,"Bernard Rose , ivans",2 +140849,"your average Bond",2 +96303,"the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899 . Cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm",3 +201538,"if it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special , the humor would have been fast and furious --",2 +82148,"here seems to have recharged him",3 +32336,"has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment out of it .",3 +202099,"in two different movies",2 +224288,"It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received",3 +211863,"smear",1 +127666,"museum exhibit",2 +194088,"be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",1 +204301,"its quirkiness",2 +113043,"a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",3 +100891,"worth revisiting",3 +53512,"is itself Intacto 's luckiest stroke",3 +188576,"The problem with all of this : It 's not really funny .",1 +76243,"ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .",3 +74024,"and complete lack",2 +108522,"Quiet , adult and",2 +221755,"-- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering",2 +7305,"if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title .",1 +220042,"would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .",1 +16749,"of imagery and hypnotic music",3 +85927,"less of a problem",2 +200227,"greedy talent agents",1 +4045,"a pretty unpleasant viewing experience",0 +172978,"that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",2 +73627,"an American ( and an America )",2 +21367,"much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop",2 +100059,"who are enthusiastic about something and then",3 +176143,"to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team",2 +155258,"bites off considerably more than writer\/director John McKay",2 +158509,"every dreamer with a burst bubble",2 +156723,"conservative route",2 +8475,"like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor",2 +67586,"Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture",1 +206304,"moments of the movie",2 +150683,"Waiting For Happiness is a bad film",0 +133730,"suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe",2 +29483,"becomes increasingly mesmerizing",4 +47567,"Watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy .",4 +224481,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",4 +199319,"for the buffs",2 +138956,"very ambitious",3 +62948,"A difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of Armenians",3 +104489,"As gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",1 +158557,"eviction notice",2 +196321,"could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",1 +11209,"the battle bots , please",2 +42415,"of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever ,",1 +103136,". Henry",2 +9434,"often pointless",1 +97542,"this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story",2 +165724,"maudlin influence",2 +101207,"you wo n't like looking at it",0 +27916,"a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",1 +191141,"a prince",2 +28910,"and wisdom",3 +90901,"punk",2 +210874,"scenic appeal",2 +125400,"its unadorned view",1 +48154,"a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich",4 +86729,"manages a neat trick",3 +97600,"those who just want the Ball and Chain",2 +63866,"An engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement",3 +180325,") story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle",0 +149052,"Thank you !",2 +175487,"this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",2 +186860,"Real-life strongman Ahola",2 +36677,"say about what is important in life and why",3 +4044,"a pretty unpleasant viewing",0 +87420,"most exciting",4 +88530,"of domestic tension and unhappiness",1 +225754,"Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio",2 +1419,"is virtually impossible to follow here",1 +158575,"exactly the same",2 +17103,"revelations",2 +161872,"in her one",2 +123052,"in modern America",2 +102833,", some do n't .",2 +172696,"than Jar Jar Binks , Scrappy Doo and Scooby Dumb",1 +84365,"is love",2 +215323,"the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 +209183,"people who try to escape the country",2 +209493,"political prisoners , poverty and",2 +147204,"Literally",3 +123762,"is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery",4 +187419,"Some are fascinating",3 +145202,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable . Something like scrubbing the toilet . Or emptying rat traps . Or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife",1 +68185,"Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects",1 +214791,"the hits",2 +237047,"the lovely Hush",2 +12784,"view nor",2 +193446,"as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions",0 +51928,"from fresh-squeezed",2 +187298,"Shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff",2 +43487,", Secret Ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .",4 +204813,"leaves a lot to be desired",1 +219713,"with careful attention",2 +82416,"honesty and respect",3 +126569,"maiden",2 +222345,"And Vin Diesel is the man .",3 +187432,"Some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . Stealing Harvard ca n't even do that much . Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",2 +94425,"than its pedestrian English title",2 +188202,"The film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .",1 +98322,"to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",2 +26796,"The film 's performances",2 +145768,"Hearst 's enormous yacht",2 +88440,"of baggage",2 +117303,"common tenet",2 +28700,"and makes you question your own firmly held positions",3 +87290,"more obvious",2 +43951,"90-minute , four-star movie",4 +166919,"nonetheless .",2 +139289,"watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes",2 +141642,"'s tempting to jump ship in January to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller",0 +76612,"charming and funny",3 +88229,"of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut",2 +45494,"His best-known creation",4 +104565,"At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford",3 +19587,"a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem",3 +123501,"interested to see what all the fuss is about",2 +157259,"demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose",2 +62483,"-- elegant technology for the masses --",3 +13800,"A smart , sweet and playful",4 +218347,"used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending . Now",2 +232107,"insanely funny",4 +189825,"Wood",2 +178793,"worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters",3 +30245,"colorful action farce",3 +214272,"the characterizations turn more crassly reductive",1 +65514,"Ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years .",4 +141022,"'m not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence",1 +142428,", shooting or post-production stages",2 +225859,"Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",0 +98420,"to try any genre and",2 +138585,"uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment",2 +231995,"in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",3 +138175,"toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater .",2 +37948,"the David Mamet enthusiast",2 +220211,"you 'd never guess that from the performances",2 +37020,"sleepy afternoon rental",3 +143464,"Abandon all hope , ye who enter here '",0 +33068,"innovation",3 +233939,"more simply intrusive",1 +126956,"meaning and",2 +42375,"most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",1 +82010,"head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work",4 +88172,"of Cardoso",2 +178640,"with scenes and vistas and pretty moments",2 +168126,"on the plot",2 +164082,"its message of Christian love and compassion",3 +59479,"touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",3 +213645,"that had long since vanished",2 +232510,"is just SOOOOO tired",0 +169883,"rehashing",2 +4231,"a trashy",1 +76539,"centered on that place , that time and that sport",2 +106119,"Half Past Dead",2 +191180,"a realized work",3 +120046,"film compels",3 +125990,"lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks",4 +112913,"a tradition-bound widow",2 +155944,"can do",2 +139885,"will be realized on the screen",2 +31481,"far from novel",1 +92171,"seen '' Stomp",2 +129223,"of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",2 +205875,"masters",2 +177671,"was obviously made for the '' XXX ''",2 +234257,"of Bicentennial Man",2 +54074,"keeping these thoughts hidden as",2 +184253,"Guilty",2 +170108,"rhetorical",1 +48320,"a really special walk",3 +154959,"been co-opted",2 +44347,"A witty , whimsical feature debut",4 +189788,"With its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .",1 +189538,"What 's most offensive",1 +2865,"this jerry bruckheimer production",2 +222833,"But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?",2 +238947,"wo n't rock any boats but",2 +236914,"the filmmaker would disagree , but ,",2 +127175,"mixed up together like a term paper",1 +144566,"Comic Book Guy on '' The Simpsons ''",1 +205677,"make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites",2 +200200,"gravity and",2 +37645,"technology-of-the-moment",2 +220345,"you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs",1 +193906,"awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",2 +12319,"to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",1 +207789,"of humor , verve and fun",3 +26537,"Scottish",2 +69918,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get",3 +199736,"gang warfare",2 +166600,"necessary to document all this emotional misery",1 +42878,"think and",2 +101979,"'s uninteresting",1 +97917,"to be everyone 's bag of popcorn",2 +193258,"around 90 minutes",2 +137892,"to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",3 +173121,"that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap",2 +149241,"The best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired",0 +82183,"highway patrolman",2 +89591,"one of a really solid Woody Allen film",4 +112456,"a parody of a comedy of a premise",2 +66393,"Inherently caustic and",1 +3913,"a literate",2 +98907,"unblinking work",3 +195775,"cliched dialogue",1 +217296,"to rote sentimentality",2 +4357,"above",2 +129879,"overplayed and exaggerated",0 +174952,"the unwatchable Soapdish",1 +27151,"Warner",2 +198812,"fifteen-minute",2 +127236,"monsters to blame for all that",2 +228159,"a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music",3 +68888,"Some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options",3 +138568,"uncles",2 +7017,"haunts",2 +131919,"see mediocre cresting on the next wave",1 +140677,"you 'll still be glued to the screen .",3 +80633,"from movies nowadays .",2 +90164,"people going in this crazy life",2 +86957,"me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons",2 +138849,"urges",2 +1099,"goofily endearing and well-lensed",3 +54048,"just as likely",2 +143572,"Alas , Santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho",1 +206857,"need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who",2 +20979,"involving true",2 +129700,"or not Ram Dass",2 +230218,"difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy",1 +191543,"a tighter editorial process and firmer direction",2 +9411,"of which",2 +89682,"only God speaks to the press",2 +137472,"to buy just",2 +50760,"demented kitsch mess",1 +25430,"Good actress .",4 +52566,"her power",2 +78587,"dramatic treatment",3 +219166,"when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",2 +179474,"'re watching an iceberg melt -- only",1 +78481,"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but",1 +132762,"so much as it has you study them",2 +99908,"what they think of themselves and their clients",2 +3807,"a form of bravery . for this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",3 +229017,"ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out",2 +195833,"clumsy dialogue ,",1 +56354,"quirky romance",2 +225495,"Possession is Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Nancy Drew , and it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute .",2 +96860,"the terrifying angst",2 +181019,", the script gives him little to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown .",1 +100985,"writing ,",2 +66002,"Hitchcockian",3 +144856,"Director Barry Skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off every point of '' The Longest Yard '' playbook like a checklist .",2 +156983,"creatively stillborn",1 +134544,"that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",1 +170119,"rich green",2 +195973,"comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings",2 +211394,"she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family",2 +122578,"however well-intentioned",2 +214327,"the comic elements of the premise",3 +163230,"is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",1 +184702,"I realized the harsh reality of my situation",1 +123258,"in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",3 +121777,"has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery",3 +28945,"another fish-out-of-water story that barely stays afloat",1 +14444,"Son of the Bride may be a good half-hour too long but comes replete with a flattering sense of mystery and quietness .",1 +152250,"a pot of boiling water",2 +30349,"conscience",2 +150976,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty",2 +2610,"the ground",2 +75556,"belly flops",2 +4224,"a timeframe",2 +200848,"have never picked a lock",2 +75474,"been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ?",3 +199853,"get wet , fuzzy and sticky",2 +215746,"the target of something deeper and",2 +110511,"This is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .",0 +115626,"be when it grows up",2 +116319,"but dramatically",2 +59525,"treated",2 +207052,"no matter how Broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence",1 +188360,"The most horrific movie experience I 've had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful .",0 +161769,"in Waking Up in Reno",2 +97161,"their super-powers , their super-simple animation",1 +50062,"carry waydowntown",2 +208963,"overwrought comedy/drama",1 +120391,"for animals",2 +196163,"contemptible",1 +37022,"slick stuff",3 +142799,"... part Quentin Tarantino , part Guy Ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof",2 +150853,"What would Jesus do if He was a film director ? He 'd create a movie better than this .",0 +72480,"a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",3 +210980,"see a flick about telemarketers",1 +153308,"an aging British boxing promoter",2 +118842,"eardrum-dicing gunplay ,",2 +125722,"lame entertainment",1 +13145,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax",0 +71081,"Writer\/director Walter Hill",2 +57237,"spasms",2 +94317,"tenth installment",2 +37378,"street characters",2 +115594,"be taken literally on any level",3 +93990,"suspenseful enough for older kids but",3 +59466,"touch anyone",2 +77399,"corrupt and hedonistic",2 +163058,"is n't a redeeming moment here",2 +178981,"written ... in the thrall of a vicious hangover",1 +138285,"traveled",2 +209083,"particularly amateurish",1 +155183,"between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",1 +218391,"utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout .",1 +10905,"switches between past and present",2 +63656,"African empire",2 +130326,"plod along",2 +10346,"seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +113538,"aims for poetry",2 +59007,"this kind",2 +176894,"true creativity",3 +99038,"unhappy , repressed and twisted",1 +11495,"the hood",2 +45318,"Friday-night excitement",3 +91209,"real-time rhythms",3 +228846,"are smarter than him",2 +16430,"last-minute happy ending",2 +2602,"the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",2 +149360,"The fetid underbelly",2 +45388,"Good car chases ,",3 +122238,"highways ,",2 +109343,"Talky , artificial and opaque ...",2 +162746,"is an arthritic attempt at directing by Callie Khouri .",1 +80171,"flying guts",2 +211457,"shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic .",1 +23264,"( s ) nail-biting suspense",2 +165511,"make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense",2 +212275,"sour immortals",1 +158173,"embroiled in a bloody civil war",3 +174725,"the second one",2 +226342,"The movie 's downfall is to substitute plot for personality .",1 +100976,"writer-director Danny Verete 's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .",3 +143110,"A giggle a minute . Over age 15 ?",2 +158968,"feels more like a cinematic experiment than a full-blown movie",1 +86601,"make this worth a peek",4 +97916,"to be engaging",3 +196325,"could participate in such an",2 +137110,"those crazy , mixed-up films",2 +161843,"in common with them",2 +4981,"back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days",2 +66158,"I had with most of the big summer movies",2 +189036,"This is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .",1 +204607,"know why Steven Seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or",1 +155184,"between the good , the bad and the ugly",2 +141712,"'s worth watching in Birthday Girl , a film by the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves as yet another example of the sad decline of British comedies in the post-Full Monty world",1 +78982,"energy and excitement",4 +234755,"one thing to read about or",2 +87901,"no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs .",0 +198317,"exist only",2 +148921,"Suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters",0 +7143,"highways",2 +171416,"so full of wrong choices",1 +16698,"of Asian cinema",2 +155780,"by the Kathleen Soliah trial and",2 +101892,"'s sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately",1 +154814,"be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",3 +230584,"established by Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",2 +199116,"foo yung",2 +178217,"who equate obscurity with profundity",2 +238246,"unrealistic",1 +16176,"intensely personal",3 +132120,"serenity and",2 +169405,"provide a mix of smiles and tears ,",3 +234011,"mush-hearted",2 +78022,"deserved .",2 +90265,"photographic",2 +3121,"whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do",2 +61863,", different , unusual , even nutty",2 +84871,"it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever",3 +40018,"while happily killing 94 minutes",3 +50402,"confrontations",1 +27365,"a bad thing",0 +16143,"incarnation",2 +187836,"The Monster horns",2 +37026,"slow and pretentious",2 +160681,"has less spice",2 +44654,"Barrie",2 +174905,"the timeless source material",3 +233301,"later this year",2 +6463,"fell",2 +151499,"a clunker",0 +224153,"It 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic .",0 +60711,"'ll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .",3 +146247,"If you want a movie time trip",2 +73200,"adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",2 +193355,"as a conversation",2 +51880,"four-legged",2 +157438,"difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",0 +97652,"thoughtfully written",3 +173074,"that it comes across rather too plainly as allegory",1 +222099,"A thoroughly awful movie",0 +1286,"in iq points as it races to the finish line",2 +225091,"Nair does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture .",2 +143374,"A string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity .",1 +232116,"inspiring tale",4 +194753,"bluster and",1 +107661,"May not be a breakthrough in filmmaking ,",1 +212043,"social message",2 +208258,"off more than he or anyone else could chew",1 +180918,", slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 +64006,"Antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community",2 +97029,"the who-wrote-Shakespeare controversy",2 +3477,"... one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i 've seen in quite a long time",4 +83796,"is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film",4 +3369,"'s released , and",2 +82928,"in despair",2 +165883,"metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",1 +164553,"ladder",2 +87299,"more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display",1 +153295,"an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults",2 +159851,"funny nor provocative",0 +125146,"it will warm your heart ,",4 +116179,"break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences",2 +21791,"quest to come to terms with his origins",2 +212453,"stand-off",2 +197260,"doe-eyed",2 +219449,"wide range",2 +149945,"The tone shifts abruptly from tense to celebratory to soppy .",1 +20766,"headlines in 1995",2 +90269,"physical demands",2 +24981,"Cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin",3 +87989,"not a lot",2 +110348,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but",0 +117585,"could never",2 +157245,"deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",2 +228356,"actions and revelations",2 +238417,"war , revolution , Communism",2 +154521,"awkwardly staged scenes",1 +186471,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget",1 +141343,"'s going to take to get there",2 +107370,"Laggard",2 +38551,"the popcorn",2 +212040,"social and political",2 +31111,"enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",3 +162205,"initial high",3 +163237,"is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan .",1 +3717,"a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi",2 +100905,"would be consigned to the dustbin of history",1 +114592,"are great rewards",3 +193328,"as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",1 +199646,"from those",2 +216405,"this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .",1 +148173,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ...",3 +91085,"rapt",2 +27724,"a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",3 +191893,"act weird",1 +106092,"Guy Ritchie 's",2 +849,"dramatic",3 +73590,"among the chief reasons Brown Sugar is such a sweet and sexy film",3 +31179,"entry",2 +13478,"'s the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured",4 +91184,"real bump-in - the-night chills",3 +214873,"the interior lives",2 +139121,"waged",2 +19928,"applaud his special effects",3 +162648,"is a new collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial",2 +140981,"'ll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film .",1 +97027,"the weirdness",2 +149616,"The movie makes absolutely no sense . Its underlying mythology is a hodgepodge of inconsistencies that pose the question : Since when did dumb entertainment have to be this dumb ?",0 +98468,"together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire",3 +205732,"makes two hours feel like four .",1 +94084,"tackling serious themes",3 +17895,"turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges",3 +191768,"about spousal abuse",2 +23488,", but at the heart of more universal concerns",2 +90093,"partner",2 +82891,"in all of their pity and terror",0 +77443,"could love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long .",2 +119082,"enforced",2 +87195,"moments and an intelligent subtlety",3 +45229,"Feature debuter D . J . Caruso",2 +49866,"broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is",2 +49334,"as the repressed mother on Boston Public just",2 +36978,"simply the best family film of the year",4 +119000,"emotional level",2 +14167,"It 's traditional moviemaking all the way",3 +1199,"his collaborators",2 +47083,"The film may appear naked in its narrative form ... but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",3 +78596,"dramaturgy",1 +69618,"The fun",3 +227026,"What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .",0 +88830,"of pop music",2 +200254,"groupie/scholar",2 +40959,"I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it , but I was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory",2 +133618,"suitcase",2 +149321,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious ,",0 +74818,"as tomorrow",2 +234898,"pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",2 +65910,"Hard , endearing , caring , warm .",4 +120179,"fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck ,",0 +76120,"by Michael Caine 's performance",2 +52893,"in a spare and simple manner",2 +146450,"It 's as if De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese .",0 +56859,"separation",2 +27000,"This is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the Saturday matinee , and it still is .",3 +126795,"many outsiders will be surprised to know",2 +83730,"is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus",3 +120131,"finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson",3 +174234,"the maid is a lie",1 +176135,"to function",2 +210436,"replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo",1 +676,"car",2 +128576,"of characters and motivations",2 +187957,"The author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating",3 +144840,"Did the film inform and educate me",2 +32615,"hokum",2 +151451,"a case of the frights",2 +103465,"A charming , banter-filled comedy",3 +179996,"'s something impressive and yet lacking about everything .",1 +109308,"TAY",2 +97860,"to a point in society",2 +235718,"show-biz and media",2 +94797,"that offers food for",2 +150708,"Was n't",2 +18645,"Amy 's O 's honesty will win you over .",3 +217119,"to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets",1 +37990,"the affection",2 +144046,"Bartleby 's",2 +36098,"possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear",2 +59498,"tragic play",2 +201761,"in Wisegirls",2 +129174,"of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",2 +199754,"gay audiences",2 +186577,"One of those so-so films that could have been much better",1 +190212,"a boring man",1 +182269,"Almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .",2 +21338,"mixes comedy with a serious exploration of ego and jealousy within a seemingly serene marriage .",3 +150060,"There 's not enough to sustain the comedy .",1 +63090,"A gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",3 +18878,"Four Weddings And A Funeral",2 +232419,"is better than any summer blockbuster",4 +91039,"quite fun",3 +148307,"Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and",2 +138948,"verismo",2 +2144,"remake",2 +92228,"self-aware , often self-mocking ,",3 +9714,"pile too many '' serious issues ''",1 +184266,"Hall 's cinematography",2 +183802,"Everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .",2 +21649,"only slightly",2 +62207,", sentimental drama",2 +102579,", if ultimately minor ,",2 +188627,"The screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as Hip-Hop Scooby-Doo .",2 +234241,"occur and not ``",2 +40052,"who look working-class",2 +7230,"how ridiculous and money-oriented",0 +146088,"I last walked out on a movie",0 +226550,"Theatre 3000 tribute",2 +109570,"The art direction is often exquisite ,",4 +192228,"all the lyricism",2 +16505,"loving",2 +196597,"day-to-day basis",2 +80175,"folktales",2 +133778,"sympathetic to the damage",2 +225990,"Stuart and Margolo",2 +80058,"flames and shadows",2 +205150,"limp wrists",2 +180480,", a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line .",0 +91149,"re-assess",2 +167263,"of Wilco 's last album",2 +138155,"too slick",2 +104355,"An involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings .",2 +63844,"An edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era .",3 +24020,", you gotta give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying .",2 +141217,"'s also uninspired ,",1 +150984,"Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted ,",1 +71368,"a certain robustness",3 +14679,"a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication",4 +232834,"is this movie for ?",2 +67637,"Most consumers of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",3 +235024,"pouty-lipped poof",1 +62787,"A biopic",2 +238866,"with a taste for exaggeration",1 +118755,"dry , reliable textbook",1 +92332,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool",3 +166839,"no more than",2 +138613,"underlying seriousness",2 +95967,"the journey is such a mesmerizing one",4 +86287,"looking at his 12th Oscar nomination",3 +140247,"with the befuddling complications life",2 +101097,"you can get",2 +141287,"'s critic-proof , simply because it aims so low",0 +140158,"with humor and poignancy",3 +23546,", cash-in features",2 +180343,", Applegate , Blair and Posey",2 +85081,"it lacks the detail of the book",1 +78171,"direction and complete lack of modern day irony",2 +127764,"narrow , fearful view of American life",1 +216610,"three-ring circus",2 +175281,"think of band camp as a geeky or nerdy thing",1 +89746,"oral storytelling frozen onto film",3 +131470,"rethink their attitudes",2 +201517,"if Kaos had n't blown them all up",1 +43439,"( and sometimes illegal )",2 +169983,"rent Animal House",2 +103434,"A boring , pretentious muddle",1 +42313,"loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless",3 +122820,"impressive roster",4 +153203,"along with my stomach",2 +36239,"puro y sin complejos",2 +16411,"keenly",2 +171994,"still evolving",2 +206932,"never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",1 +17045,"real kid",2 +208434,"on digital videotape rather than film",2 +126109,"like literary conceits",2 +220243,"you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices",1 +191246,"a ruffle",2 +218746,"was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production",2 +145407,"For Happiness",2 +169065,"poorly thought-out and substance-free",0 +149067,"The Avengers and The Wild Wild West",2 +57320,"staying friends",3 +167538,"of insights",2 +170750,"served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",2 +213798,"that option",2 +231325,"gun firing",2 +49663,"believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film",3 +101543,"'s a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls",3 +42027,"gradually and",3 +78651,"drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks",1 +126999,"melt",2 +195630,"cheapen the overall effect .",1 +141904,"( writer\/director ) Schaeffer",2 +192384,"among a multitude of simple-minded",2 +45422,"HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news",2 +39519,"two movies",2 +5597,"cliches and pat storytelling",0 +55099,"noble endeavor",3 +127604,"moving as the filmmakers seem to think",2 +229547,"by Alan Taylor , Napoleon 's journey",2 +110396,"Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie",2 +10207,"rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",1 +142482,", the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",1 +58753,"the stories are quietly moving .",4 +208592,"one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi",2 +49091,"any way demeaning its subjects",1 +198199,"every punchline predictable . There 's no energy",0 +132970,"something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives",2 +177726,"watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard .",1 +222805,"But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .",1 +164301,"just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on",1 +200711,"haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts",2 +74450,"are tops",3 +78340,"do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .",2 +164850,"likableness",3 +2360,"something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer",2 +12624,"ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about",1 +128575,"of canned humor",1 +218001,"two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and",3 +27188,"What Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",2 +55690,"offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology",3 +66333,"Impossible",2 +54624,"many romantic comedies",2 +201127,"his ( Nelson 's ) screenplay",3 +115041,"as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",0 +166997,"not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes",2 +182082,"A waste of fearless purity",1 +71623,"a female friendship",2 +70231,"This is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .",3 +106849,"It 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments : you care about the characters :",3 +237792,"to do so",2 +108778,"Sayles has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors .",4 +124636,"is that it stinks .",0 +38054,"the camp to create a completely numbing experience",1 +228474,"also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won .",0 +64183,"Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .",3 +126275,"lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",2 +63016,"A fine documentary",3 +134287,"that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",3 +40221,"with interesting characters",3 +13399,"yourself",2 +165767,"may sound like it was co-written by Mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .",1 +201096,"highlights not so much",2 +165700,"martial-arts",2 +199669,"full-blooded film",2 +193934,"bad alternative music",1 +206194,"mined his personal horrors",2 +109633,"The byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , Carmen ( Vega ) and Juni ( Sabara ) Cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .",4 +15886,"gleefully",4 +214390,"the current teen movie concern with bodily functions",2 +183838,"Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .",1 +7357,"if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it",2 +154379,"at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay",2 +123206,"in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",4 +193903,"awkward hybrid",1 +135111,"the dispossessed",2 +210375,"remains mostly undeterminable",1 +179994,"'s something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie",2 +54234,"lightly",2 +174728,"the sense of something",2 +157487,"directions and",2 +40964,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination --",4 +196094,"conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs",1 +220196,"yet depressing",1 +127989,"no doubting",2 +88447,"of being able to creep the living hell out of you",2 +190235,"a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack",2 +8570,"love a joy",3 +147343,"Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious",1 +9901,"pull his head out",2 +95639,"the film belongs to the marvelous Verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public",3 +124820,"it 's awfully entertaining to watch .",3 +134634,"that women from Venus and men from Mars can indeed get together",2 +217978,"twist endings",3 +225820,"Sluggish , tonally uneven .",0 +113673,"all things we 've seen before",1 +232849,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",1 +228583,"an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and",1 +222540,"Ballistic is silly .",1 +238620,"whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one",1 +176910,"truly jolting scares",3 +82587,"ideal casting",3 +189739,"Will no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans : others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",1 +79195,"especially if you find comfort in familiarity .",2 +224030,"In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study .",1 +70530,"Ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .",1 +26965,"This Nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film . And just when you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane .",1 +165709,"match-up",2 +159119,"filmmaking scene",2 +225024,"Ms. Jovovich",2 +234295,"of Satin Rouge",2 +60344,"with every cinematic tool well under his control",4 +229673,"can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",2 +57103,"so good",4 +139395,"we get",2 +168490,"over the course of 80 minutes",2 +215103,"the movie 's presentation ,",2 +219402,"wholly unconvincing",1 +195644,"cheesy backdrops",1 +15928,"grimness",2 +97382,"this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options",2 +70132,"There are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but Brown Sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",2 +132751,"so many movies",2 +79668,"far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier",2 +207097,"no real sense of suspense",1 +94833,"that rare family movie --",3 +52660,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight ,",3 +101921,"'s still a guilty pleasure to watch .",3 +178595,"with its unblinking frankness",2 +216942,"to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",1 +141933,", ( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .",2 +102312,", Paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .",3 +187457,"Sommers",2 +146924,"Jones helps breathe some life into the insubstantial plot , but even he is overwhelmed by predictability",1 +199711,"future wife",2 +219522,"will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .",0 +51832,"for the tenor of the times",2 +22341,"the right amount",3 +164890,"like a bottom-feeder sequel in the Escape From New York series",0 +146928,"Jovovich",2 +195917,"come in handy",2 +82624,"if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",2 +69601,"The first Bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun .",3 +27477,"a deeply personal subject",2 +74345,"are humanly engaged",2 +211231,"sent back to the tailor for some major alterations",1 +42541,"religious and",2 +147864,"Offensive in the way it exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse for cheap thrills and disgusting in the manner it repeatedly puts a small child in jeopardy , treating her as little more than a prop to be cruelly tormented",1 +3652,"a clich",1 +144347,"Cacoyannis",2 +12115,"this cross-cultural soap",2 +100086,"who escaped the Holocaust",2 +13374,"you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",1 +513,"at almost every turn",2 +110930,"Warner novel",2 +208985,"own jokes",2 +215579,"the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm",2 +148013,"Park ,",2 +52469,"have been a daytime soap opera",2 +6163,"elements",2 +119217,"entrapment in the maze of modern life",3 +113678,"all together",2 +96038,"the lines",2 +136894,"this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons",2 +8521,"little humor to lighten things up",3 +233894,"missing thing",2 +16104,"in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",4 +58027,"the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus",3 +36806,"sensation",3 +102765,", passionate",3 +22073,"strength , warmth and vitality",3 +198505,"familiar Herzog tropes",2 +203078,"is little else to recommend '' Never Again .",1 +124772,"is worth seeking",4 +171307,"slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study",0 +91992,"scintillating",4 +26398,"Punch-Drunk Love",2 +109687,"The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .",1 +108467,"Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family . Anyone else",2 +197482,"dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",1 +164044,"its greasiest",2 +215489,"the returning David S . Goyer",2 +221616,", then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",2 +209106,"pass for Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story",2 +182189,"Adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",0 +237142,"the phone rings and",2 +119193,"entertaining comedy",3 +226380,"The movie obviously seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as Jules Verne 's ' 20ꯠ Leagues Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time Machine . '",2 +88597,"of fun for all",3 +132290,"shines through every frame .",3 +98452,"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",3 +39908,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character",3 +25679,"In his debut as a film director , Denzel Washington delivers a lean and engaging work .",4 +51938,"from junior scientists",2 +12695,"unsaid",2 +94211,"tapping",2 +16799,"of the way it 's told by the people who were there",2 +209956,"putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .",0 +37485,"superlarge format",2 +195190,"by on its artistic merits",2 +202344,"interesting concept",3 +120519,"for the spotlight",2 +29668,"bonehead comedy",1 +184923,"In this poor remake of such a well loved classic",2 +33945,"knee-jerk reactions",2 +8708,"masterfully",4 +59824,"vain ' Jia",3 +57855,"that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone",3 +134882,"the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",1 +46233,"Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub .",2 +191326,"a silver platter",2 +22258,"the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family",4 +32404,"he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .",2 +219604,"wise and knowing",3 +134066,"than excellence",2 +14964,"an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features --",3 +88499,"of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",2 +60945,"'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",4 +199803,"genuine ones",3 +107508,"Liza",2 +83259,"increase an average student 's self-esteem",2 +37652,"teenagers into attending services .",2 +87918,"no matter how degraded things get",2 +29726,"break past the artifice",2 +111120,"While the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed , the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care .",3 +106387,"I 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming .",3 +220483,"'' filmmaking",2 +226115,"The Hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right .",3 +122249,"him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone ... that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core",2 +143243,"A movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's",1 +230238,"director D.J. Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and",2 +166648,"neighbor 's",2 +100525,"with impressive results",4 +142044,", The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",1 +141008,"'m afraid",2 +201458,"humorous , spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",3 +218545,"villainous father",1 +1269,"image",2 +92186,"seen on Jerry Springer",2 +72471,"a somber film ,",1 +131718,"sake !",2 +46910,"The Four Feathers has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes .",3 +151713,"a film about two mismatched buddies",2 +46222,"Morrison",2 +219305,"whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",1 +96511,"the rails",2 +105084,"China in recent years",2 +228646,"and hood rats",2 +153066,"all in all",2 +98036,"to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation",2 +31783,"for terror",2 +174563,"the pot",2 +235510,"see `` Sade ''",2 +181403,"20 centuries",2 +35539,"of two young men in the prime of their talent",3 +176331,"to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy",1 +229181,"be forgiven",2 +127496,"most teenagers",2 +180908,", self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend",2 +56296,"purely enjoyable",4 +3657,"a clutch",2 +211870,"smiling for the camera",3 +104547,"Assured , vital and well wrought",4 +200053,"goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . The movie",1 +69305,"The Island",2 +26685,"Sweet Home Alabama hits the mark with critics who escaped from a small town life",4 +98245,"to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",2 +117135,"cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",2 +87505,"mostly work",2 +115240,"attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",2 +3661,"a cockamamie tone poem",1 +50631,"dark humor ,",2 +194513,"below its abstract surface",3 +155362,"bolt",2 +177268,"untidy",1 +186305,"Nelson 's intentions are good , but the end result does no justice to the story itself . It 's horribly depressing and not very well done .",1 +206601,"moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship",3 +145805,"High Crimes miscasts nearly every leading character .",1 +224392,"It strikes hardest ... when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain .",3 +71037,"Woman",2 +20390,"discussion points",2 +20779,"hermetic",2 +227531,"`` MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",2 +181103,", virulently unpleasant excuse",0 +31241,"even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep",3 +122456,"holding",2 +58267,"the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",3 +233385,"lies in the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo .",3 +54519,"make its moral medicine go down",2 +232370,"is about as deep as that sentiment .",2 +205188,"little action ,",1 +116799,"certain movies",2 +35820,"out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications",3 +127809,"nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion",3 +237804,"to everyone from Robinson",2 +147097,"Laurel and",2 +78213,"director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard ,",2 +86139,"link together",3 +26236,"Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away",2 +230870,"flog the dead horse of surprise",2 +157949,"draw you deeply into its world",4 +179454,"'re not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",1 +226481,"The skills of a calculus major at M.I.T.",3 +165617,"makes you want to like it",3 +126744,"manage to hit all of its marks",4 +23452,", as if he has been giving them private lessons",2 +57995,"the ` laughing at ' variety",2 +105270,"Croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of Bibi",3 +84746,"is the piece works brilliantly",4 +213447,"than to rush to the theatre for this one",1 +122750,"if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still",1 +3219,"writers",2 +106857,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",0 +221252,", after-hours loopiness",2 +226346,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but",2 +139012,"very stylish and beautifully photographed ,",4 +127332,"more mature",3 +208092,"of the intriguing premise",3 +66198,"I remember )",2 +163423,"is that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",1 +151730,"a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002",4 +6833,"good movie",3 +79286,"evening",2 +91276,"receives",2 +71921,"a lot of baby boomers",2 +128441,"of a good time",3 +226963,"Watching E.T now ,",2 +118903,"editor",2 +30940,"down since the beginning of time",2 +77085,"compensated in large part",2 +176852,"tries to makes us laugh",2 +87367,"mortal",2 +79758,"feel pissed off",1 +209725,"pretty landbound",2 +27040,"Thrilling , provocative",3 +171945,"stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time",1 +13188,"within partnerships and",2 +210514,"reveal nothing about who he is or who he was before",1 +85292,"its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",4 +233252,"kicking undead \*\*\*",1 +100592,"with real thematic heft",3 +76408,"capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",3 +128929,"of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",3 +182016,"A somewhat disappointing and meandering saga",1 +182558,"Arnold is not , nor will he be , back",1 +239146,"you do n't want to use your brain",1 +235680,"should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake",0 +210786,"satisfied customers",3 +187979,"The best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .",3 +230635,"everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",0 +115336,"bad movie",0 +89356,"on Nachtwey",2 +101556,"'s a very valuable film",3 +188590,"The problems of the people in Love in the Time of Money are hardly specific to their era . They just have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .",1 +169046,"ponderous awfulness of its script",0 +169439,"psychology class",2 +99733,"we make , and",2 +210069,"ransacks its archives",1 +48358,"a satisfyingly unsettling ride",3 +39279,"to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",2 +28315,"an agreeable time-wasting device -- but George Pal 's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs .",2 +177283,"unwieldy mess",1 +162649,"is a new collectible . What parents will suspect is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial .",1 +159378,"for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie",1 +21655,"oppressive",1 +76157,"by bad luck and their own immaturity",1 +42835,"the material as well as",2 +114084,"an institution concerned with self-preservation",2 +237412,"there 's something there",3 +147009,"Kevin Costner",2 +114989,"as much of a mess as this one",1 +15740,"far more thoughtful",3 +79458,"expected from any movie with a '' 2 ''",2 +49809,"bow",2 +217267,"to provide a fourth book",2 +57048,"slick and sprightly",2 +201969,"in some sense",2 +158113,"easy to come by as it used to be",2 +158981,"felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",1 +9352,"of teen-speak and animal gibberish",1 +199619,"from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",1 +232523,"is light and fun ...",3 +29199,"as intelligent",3 +125343,"its powerful moments",3 +63823,"An affectionately goofy satire",3 +189918,"You 'll just have your head in your hands wondering why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .",0 +171495,"so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race",1 +212966,"sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",0 +60429,"witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty",4 +103174,". camera",2 +93175,"something terrible",2 +28533,"and challenge-hungry moviegoers",2 +27972,"a world",2 +139175,"want to look it up",3 +164244,"joyful or at least fascinating",3 +50411,"consegue",2 +220933,"'s nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",1 +125228,"its digs at modern society",2 +232829,"is they have a tendency to slip into hokum",1 +98406,"to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",3 +5697,"conflict with itself",1 +19307,"The film 's",2 +26364,"Place .",2 +41286,"The principals in this cast are all fine , but",3 +82426,"hookers",2 +205692,"make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",1 +164265,"jump cuts , fast editing and",2 +149296,"The director 's twitchy sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts",2 +108193,"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 .",1 +104676,"Being unique does n't necessarily equate to being good , no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke .",1 +884,"ends up",2 +120899,"gadgets and",2 +134297,"that does n't make much",2 +47457,"Tosca is a real treat .",4 +227162,"Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",4 +218098,"under 40",2 +40262,"with such affecting grace and cultural specificity",4 +149585,"The movie has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood",2 +148969,"Swingers",2 +5478,"certainly the performances are worthwhile",3 +225010,"Mrs.",2 +167054,"nude groupies on the nod to liven things up",2 +154711,"be depressing ,",1 +187099,"Sara Sugarman 's",2 +134150,"that 's likely to irk viewers",1 +188550,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 +160974,"he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",1 +210852,"says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",1 +186066,"Mean Machine",2 +148684,"So unremittingly awful",0 +113311,"acted and directed , it 's clear that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses .",3 +114348,"another look",2 +209753,"probably should",3 +22716,"wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",3 +173650,"the compelling historical tale",3 +92098,"see the attraction for the sole reason",3 +34794,"n't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor 's Club",2 +131398,"research library dust",1 +227470,"`` Empire '' lacks in depth",1 +11485,"the hanson",2 +161826,"in attempt",2 +23691,", insightful and beautifully rendered film . One of the best of the year .",4 +133597,"suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang",2 +158409,"evaporation",2 +176449,"to take to get there",2 +55155,"numerous flashbacks",1 +100137,"who want to believe in it the most",2 +174102,"the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",3 +237051,"the main character suggests , ` what if",2 +208136,"of the romantic angle",2 +96169,"the most edgy piece of Disney animation",3 +58749,"the state",2 +90020,"painted",2 +216907,"to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +211213,"send any shivers",2 +66159,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture",3 +190087,"a Kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . But",1 +183330,"Definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the Roman Colosseum .",3 +48309,"a rare treat",4 +71567,"a docu-drama",2 +182714,"Basically , it 's pretty but dumb .",2 +224944,"Mr. Nachtwey",2 +205310,"look a lot",2 +165167,"long and clunky ending",0 +34972,"not fear-reducing )",1 +197677,"easy jokes and insults",1 +17162,"seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",2 +36198,"prophetic",3 +29757,"broached an original treatment of a deeply personal subject",3 +147010,"Kevin Costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels",1 +100938,"would n't turn down a big bowl of that",4 +87165,"misty",2 +3842,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality",3 +232795,"is that they 're watching a 76-minute commercial .",0 +52103,"gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect ,",3 +56086,"poignant and compelling story",4 +143366,"A standard haunted house tale",3 +25013,"Columbus capturou o pomo de ouro",2 +154962,"been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",1 +186707,"Plays like a checklist of everything Rob Reiner and his cast",2 +48161,"a lot of running around , screaming",2 +58374,"the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship",3 +98669,"trashy fun",3 +77234,"considerable dash",2 +85940,"lesser works",2 +73340,"ai n't art",1 +197342,"does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject",1 +96256,"the next generation",3 +130883,"que decidiram",2 +98114,"to his series of spectacular belly flops",2 +167553,"of its characters , its protagonist , or",2 +59188,"to be mythic",2 +165604,"makes the mix-and - match metaphors intriguing , while lulling us into torpor with his cultivated allergy",1 +40924,"Got Her Groove",3 +202297,"insufferable movie",0 +170297,"safe movie",2 +76674,"chilling movie",3 +184840,"If you do n't flee , you might be seduced . If you do n't laugh , flee .",1 +85485,"jell with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",1 +214160,"the audience or",2 +183531,"Does anyone much think the central story of Brendan Behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink ?",2 +132180,"sets itself",2 +68602,"Saturday matinee brain",2 +22516,"to last",2 +167926,"of-the-week films clumsily stuck together",1 +75386,"because Reno",2 +158747,"fails loudly in execution",0 +75408,"because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl",1 +182108,"A woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy",1 +48114,"a holiday",2 +51254,"enough thing",2 +202772,"is authentic",4 +147899,"Once one experiences Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",1 +29410,"be her breakthrough role",3 +23390,", and both leads are up to the task .",3 +26798,"The film 's real appeal",2 +153144,"all the weird stuff",2 +44403,"Allen 's funniest and most likeable movie in years .",4 +215737,"the tailor for some major alterations",2 +109935,"The lively appeal",3 +171381,"snoozer",0 +234233,"obtuse and",1 +130655,"privy to",3 +150287,"This one is certainly well-meaning , but it 's also simple-minded and contrived",2 +216275,"things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",2 +216256,"they were jokes",2 +227795,"a brief era of insanity",1 +159002,"feminist fairy tale",2 +218600,"vote",2 +118690,"dramatic animated feature",3 +21263,"made headlines in 1995",2 +114717,"are willing to do this , then you so crazy",2 +105605,"Elegantly",3 +161386,"holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",1 +4842,"as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",1 +17738,"this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth .",2 +221393,", it 'll probably be in video stores by Christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies .",1 +26765,"The best film",4 +187473,"Sorvino 's",2 +30409,"conveys the heaving passion of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy - murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",3 +193004,"apply to medical school",2 +76443,"career peak",3 +58047,"the beauty of baseball and",3 +110578,"Those moviegoers",2 +36508,"reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media ... to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like Hatfield and Hicks",1 +12888,"water-born",2 +174477,"the outrage",2 +111189,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller '' New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ?",1 +131747,"satisfying niblet",3 +117993,"delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance",4 +145034,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . But even",3 +63808,"Amir",2 +57491,"suggest",2 +160789,"have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",2 +231673,"helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses",3 +192299,"almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and",1 +137008,"this movie tries to get the audience to buy just",2 +85513,"journalist",2 +178789,"worked last time",2 +62613,"... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .",1 +3830,"a good-hearted ensemble comedy",4 +3069,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",1 +90906,"pure Disney",3 +109254,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball . '' Enough said , except : Film overboard",2 +199056,"flibbertigibbet",2 +15912,"gory -RRB-",2 +173745,"the disintegration of families",2 +168131,"on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs",1 +119739,"famine and",2 +11453,"the future",2 +64451,"Brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away",4 +200909,"he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst",2 +114932,"as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza",2 +211096,"seems obligatory",2 +4461,"ahead",2 +64326,"Berry 's saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",4 +131417,"resolutely unamusing ,",0 +224096,"Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld",2 +193753,"at least a few good ideas and",3 +211317,"seventy-minute",2 +169675,"rather unexpected",2 +78603,"drawing to a close",2 +194166,"be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid",1 +179184,"you will see this , or any , year .",2 +114317,"animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years",2 +146217,"If this is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise",2 +141028,"'re a Hartley fan",2 +139879,"will be occupied for 72 minutes",2 +106845,"It 's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .",0 +216545,"those folks",2 +11698,"the nincompoop",1 +229933,"compelling film .",4 +192324,"alone funny",2 +230750,"feel a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic",1 +49422,"audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",3 +194827,"boredom to the point of collapse",0 +133830,"take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane",1 +49909,"but it 's a pleasurable trifle",3 +216548,"those gimmicks",1 +88170,"of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",2 +46395,"Olympia",2 +134041,"than a major work",2 +45626,"If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining",3 +181323,"... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .",1 +213720,"that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",2 +85347,"its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale",3 +202676,"is about .",2 +110815,"Underachieves",1 +190869,"a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much",1 +2438,"sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",2 +65961,"He is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",3 +120185,"fit in and",2 +18311,"'s still worth a look",3 +205103,"like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",1 +228621,"an unusual protagonist (",2 +49462,"bad sign",1 +204350,"its underlying themes",2 +129897,"overwhelm",2 +104699,"Berg , Michael J . Wilson",2 +215201,"the next a turgid drama",1 +107376,"Lampoon 's",2 +189004,"This is n't a movie",1 +230922,"for filling in during the real NBA 's off-season",2 +66330,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses , and",2 +192190,"all starts to smack of a Hallmark Hall of Fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .",1 +68786,"Signs is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .",4 +24334,"A dream",2 +15671,"epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts",4 +126001,"lighting effects",2 +173145,"that no two people working on the production",2 +228970,"as on the engaging , which gradually turns What",2 +85021,"it drags during its 112-minute length",0 +43355,"'s too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",3 +99650,"wasted yours",2 +149975,"The vintage",2 +228321,"about what",2 +86995,"melancholic film noir",2 +80632,"from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",3 +138732,"unlikeable",1 +168824,"permanent",2 +92942,"so fast",2 +219916,"wizardry",2 +54089,"kids and",2 +177189,"unfunny comedy",1 +189072,"This pathetic junk is barely an hour long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless .",0 +213186,"tapping away '",2 +9090,"noble",3 +41193,"Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire",3 +116103,"boorishness",1 +193162,"are plenty of scenes in Frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .",2 +60596,"young , Black manhood",2 +16911,"parental",2 +84413,"is n't ,",2 +186727,"Plot , characters , drama , emotions ,",2 +87729,"nearly as dreadful",0 +157205,"deeply into its world",2 +88304,"of a big kid",2 +23652,", grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",2 +99619,"was hot outside",2 +187537,"Starts off witty and sophisticated",3 +196934,"die already",2 +195240,"by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares ,",2 +110562,"This thing",2 +45364,"Gerbosi",2 +170374,"save the script , rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder , from some opportunism",2 +61356,"'s virtually impossible",2 +151933,"a large group of your relatives",1 +222400,"Antonio Banderas",3 +189402,"Viewing",2 +100329,"winners",2 +113743,"aloof father",2 +184315,"Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz",2 +196885,"deviant behaviour .",1 +106929,"It 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor ,",1 +119044,"end Sum",2 +103864,"A seriocomic debut",2 +199278,"for ourselves",2 +155091,"believe for a moment in these villains or their plot",2 +9218,"of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play",2 +79020,"engulfed",2 +96886,"the tiny revelations",2 +196654,"decoder ring",2 +10636,"son",2 +133201,"stammering",2 +86742,"manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability",3 +158566,"exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",1 +146919,"Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do",1 +39553,"ultimately tragic",1 +195286,"ca n't shake the feeling that Crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for Britney 's latest album .",2 +136207,"the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but )",2 +191183,"a really long , slow and dreary time",1 +180059,"'s tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",1 +49083,"any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen",1 +147636,"Nelson 's ) movie",2 +207473,"of Smackdown ! in period costume and with a bigger budget",2 +140838,"young or old",2 +100990,"writing strength",3 +186832,"Quelle surprise",3 +19621,"a watchful affection",3 +197141,"disturbed genius",2 +13392,"your stomach",2 +26126,"Much of the movie 's charm",4 +99014,"unexpectedly",2 +86108,"like you see it in these harrowing surf shots",2 +209466,"point-to-point",2 +120652,"frittered",1 +180899,", reserved",2 +86306,"looks good",3 +236393,"that `` crazy ''",2 +226826,"Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable",2 +17916,"undeniably fascinating and playful fellow",4 +51390,"exceeding",2 +196502,"crypt",3 +229577,"by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli",2 +24369,"A lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love .",4 +64960,"Dean",2 +193831,"attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe",1 +200105,"good cinema",4 +136139,"the rest of us -- especially San Francisco",2 +128401,"of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper .",2 +183436,"Director Elie Chouraqui , who co-wrote the script",2 +168273,"only a spectacular whiff",1 +202718,"is amazing , yes",4 +149598,"The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ...",1 +27499,"a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed",4 +32997,"in what",2 +8758,"memories",2 +196093,"conceived and shot",2 +139165,"wannabe film",1 +8977,"naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated",1 +187011,"Rollerball IS as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine .",0 +126951,"meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",1 +168802,"performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 +104467,"As a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired",1 +42898,"times ,",2 +209909,"puppy dog",2 +53110,"insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",3 +39181,"to entertain anyway",3 +180616,", eloquence , spiritual challenge",3 +182553,"Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",1 +233741,"mark Ms. Bullock 's best work",4 +137977,"to think",2 +146239,"If you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue",2 +36230,"pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative",4 +128217,"obligatory cheap",1 +166034,"miss in the way of story",1 +92955,"so intimate and sensual and funny",4 +120054,"film revels",2 +167928,"off quickly",2 +135801,"the movie 's set",3 +13933,"Cantet",2 +204026,"it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .",1 +11740,"the picture 's cleverness",4 +123079,"in really rattling the viewer",2 +43194,"'s all about the image . ''",2 +178825,"worrying about covering all the drama in Frida 's life",3 +11185,"the american insomnia",1 +51138,"embroils",2 +98767,"turn Bill Paxton",2 +62831,"A charmer",3 +187797,"The Hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork .",1 +97672,"thrill you ,",3 +155901,"called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",2 +132020,"seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",2 +145654,"Greg Hinton",2 +122045,"he knows how a daily grind can kill love",2 +119478,"excessively quirky",3 +58555,"the original 's nostalgia",2 +86778,"many film",2 +20519,"explorations",3 +94001,"sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout",2 +11787,"the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",2 +224979,"Mr. Soderbergh 's direction",2 +97648,"thoughtful war films and those",2 +125493,"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart",4 +26603,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",3 +157811,"does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",1 +23420,", and no doubt",2 +115211,"at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",3 +230739,"fat man 's",2 +68482,"Rogers 's mouth never stops shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle",2 +235195,"reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",3 +187535,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill",1 +115796,"begins to resemble the shapeless ,",1 +104985,"Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous",3 +221090,"( `` Laissez-passer '' )",1 +11236,"the chaotic insanity and",1 +29549,"beneath the surface",2 +214039,"the Fist is hilarious",3 +237373,"their mentally `` superior '' friends",2 +160605,"has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core .",1 +18724,"Benefits from a strong performance from Zhao",3 +231797,"horrible '' and `` terrible",0 +231812,"how low brow it is",0 +75316,"be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",1 +178402,"will shock many with its unblinking frankness .",3 +55547,"of the bard 's tragic play",2 +78695,"e o horror , seu pincel . E Max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica",2 +114061,"an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep",3 +99040,"unhibited",3 +25362,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen .",4 +185288,"It has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and R&B names and references .",1 +123573,"into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy",4 +49351,"ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",4 +31669,"firmly held positions",2 +178515,"with a shred of plausibility",1 +183419,"Die Hard and Cliffhanger",2 +153345,"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension ,",2 +183980,"For casual moviegoers who stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",2 +26093,"Monica Bleibtreu",2 +96305,"the opera 's",2 +6920,"hairpiece",2 +154626,"bastard child",0 +64347,"Bielinsky 's",2 +103453,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly",2 +119310,"even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party",1 +33724,"it to their own kids",2 +45863,"Jae-eun",2 +37750,"that Bille August does best",2 +21864,"reveals the yearning we all have in our hearts for acceptance within the family circle",3 +67913,"Not the best Herzog perhaps , but unmistakably",2 +130565,"presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care",0 +96232,"the movie special",2 +22357,"the strange , stark beauty of the Mideast desert",4 +23435,", and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .",3 +35471,"of the medium",2 +73609,"amusing personalities",3 +75666,"big , comforting jar",3 +162895,"is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 +33570,"it 's a worthwhile tutorial in quantum physics and slash-dash",3 +217815,"trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and",1 +120263,"flirts with bathos and pathos and the further Oprahfication of the world as we know it",1 +34548,"mopping his face",2 +173800,"the emotional clout",2 +222185,"Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes `` Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",1 +70120,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities",3 +154966,"been focus-grouped into tedium",2 +196923,"did n't smile .",1 +103253,"... unlike ( Scorsese 's Mean Streets ) , Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",0 +229004,"as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro",0 +27663,"a masterful piece",4 +149357,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one : the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not",1 +217988,"two cinematic icons",3 +214935,"the lazy material and",0 +9041,"never worry about anyone",1 +157174,"decent glimpse",2 +17284,"sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful",4 +218197,"uniformly well",3 +36711,"screen thrills",3 +26533,"Scott",2 +173960,"the final dance work , The Selection ,",2 +231771,"honest working man John Q. Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",4 +190402,"a crowd-pleaser , but",2 +217675,"too-hot-for-TV",2 +5916,"deserves",2 +225218,"Nothing too deep or substantial .",1 +226769,"Toback 's Heidegger",2 +156266,"choppy , surface-effect feeling",1 +135585,"the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes --",1 +200378,"ham-fisted sermon",2 +135621,"the last 15 minutes",3 +184992,"Ismail Merchant 's",2 +98585,"touching good sense on the experience of its women",3 +172272,"suffers because of its many excesses",0 +211663,"single female population",2 +129695,"or Monsters , Inc",1 +205280,"logic or",2 +11459,"the gender-war ideas",2 +1921,"of the holocaust escape story",2 +206564,"motionless",2 +107163,"Jason Patric and Ray Liotta",2 +22642,"unexpected downer of an ending",0 +155224,"big one",2 +151997,"a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous",1 +133308,"still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",2 +61879,", easy",2 +150673,"W magazine fashion",2 +93425,"standard romantic comedy",2 +77042,"communal spirit",3 +107195,"John C . Walsh",2 +27544,"a fuzzy treat",3 +203233,"is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .",2 +128915,"of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness",3 +124652,"is the Vertical Limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .",3 +215798,"the translation ...",2 +215014,"the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",1 +195026,"business plans",3 +78493,"does such a good job of it",3 +103851,"A searing",2 +68412,"Returning director Rob Minkoff ... and",2 +159914,"geeky or nerdy thing",1 +166452,"much less talent",2 +145765,"He has a great cast and a great idea",4 +21164,"just a leading man away from perfection",3 +143143,"A harmless and mildly amusing family",3 +24211,"1999 hit",2 +19658,"absurdist workplace sitcom",2 +5041,"be little more than another platter of reheated aliens",1 +33383,"is giddily entertaining .",3 +64459,"Bravo for history",3 +190876,"a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",1 +80215,"for a lesson in scratching",2 +80855,"games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , James Bond , wrestling , sci-fi",2 +75619,"better than Sorcerer 's Stone",3 +195592,"chaotic than entertaining",2 +233205,"journalism of the 1960s",2 +131459,"resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",3 +70801,"What ` Dumb and Dumber ' would have been without the vulgarity and with an intelligent , life-affirming script",3 +193530,"as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder",1 +134073,"than his original",2 +235849,"so bad it starts to become good",2 +176858,"tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .",1 +719,"combines enough disparate types of films",2 +127519,"mother-daughter",2 +129702,"or satirical target",2 +39652,"unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",3 +34670,"mostly worth the trip",3 +103178,"... Festival in Cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .",3 +157774,"does n't live up to Barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery",1 +48786,"all three",2 +101662,"'s clotted with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long .",0 +23984,", which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line",1 +125793,"laugh once ( maybe twice )",3 +122719,"if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is",3 +171643,"something cringe-inducing",1 +70518,"Two Weeks Notice",2 +157372,"devilish",2 +82235,"his collaborators ' symbolic images",2 +162949,"is its big-budget brother",2 +132246,"share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",3 +48230,"a necessary and timely one",3 +187450,"Some writer dude , I think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that I ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck .",0 +53981,"its sleeve",2 +98191,"to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn",3 +158267,"energy level",2 +50367,"concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",2 +34743,"mull and debate",2 +110122,"The real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and",3 +120067,"filmmaker Karim Dridi",2 +163919,"it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",0 +91219,"realistic portrayal",3 +149624,"The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .",1 +222350,"And butterflies that die \/ And",2 +54492,"mainly that South Korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts .",3 +136354,"the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun",3 +233696,"makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",1 +181504,"A Movie to Forget",1 +9754,"plot",2 +146662,"It does n't quite deserve the gong ,",1 +130295,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . In fact , it does n't even seem like she tried",0 +4867,"as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 +164902,"like a decent endeavor",3 +65285,"Elder Bueller 's Time Out",2 +62970,"A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",4 +115997,"bilingual",2 +84883,"it 's common knowledge that Park and his founding partner , Yong Kang , lost Kozmo in the end",3 +35197,"of considerable appeal .",3 +64219,"Bai",2 +32036,"gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental",3 +113212,"about the subject",2 +197673,"easily overshadowed by its predictability",2 +86803,"marching bands",2 +97006,"the war between art and commerce",2 +2583,"the dumbest ,",1 +146539,"It 's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes .",2 +108037,"Norris",2 +131476,"retiring heart to venture forth",2 +213826,"that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",1 +55853,"others have for their work",2 +94821,"that prevent people from reaching happiness",2 +156086,"casual approach",2 +28296,"amusing and cute",4 +170736,"serious drama",2 +43179,"'s a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team",4 +67556,"Mika",2 +76278,"call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made",4 +41356,"Too sincere to exploit its subjects and",2 +212400,"spreading a Puritanical brand of Christianity to South Seas islanders",2 +235428,"safe as a children 's film",3 +229738,"care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff",2 +212325,"spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes",1 +193572,"as soon as the action speeds up",2 +195258,"ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",1 +213691,"that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime",1 +146749,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that .",0 +219189,"when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",1 +167565,"of its script",2 +144658,"Creepy but ultimately unsatisfying",1 +59660,"understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",4 +114014,"an episode of the TV",2 +26515,"San Francisco 's",2 +93308,"spent time living in another community",2 +156222,"cheerful enough",3 +226752,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers ,",1 +83021,"in quality",2 +234166,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal ''",1 +115151,"at all clear what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- I doubt it would be all that interesting .",2 +37670,"terribly hip bit",2 +204085,"it will stay with you",3 +126009,"like American Pie",2 +182450,"An unholy mess ,",1 +52409,"has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",3 +68318,"Qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere .",2 +92089,"see often enough",2 +58636,"the reefs",1 +38933,"this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth",3 +150204,"This idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture .",0 +179377,"'ll cry for your money back",1 +187534,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and",3 +19216,"Renner",2 +63398,"A sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss",4 +69979,"The subtitled costume drama is set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine",3 +117632,"cows",2 +216068,"then Cinderella II",2 +170732,"sequel-itis something fierce . An ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",1 +176716,"torn away",1 +208713,"only upside",2 +151604,"a diary or documentary",2 +205779,"managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",1 +2147,"repackaged as new material",2 +41385,"Who knows what exactly Godard is on about in this film ,",2 +23461,", at times , poignant , the film",2 +63100,"A hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois",2 +139052,"viewed and treasured",3 +218633,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , ''",0 +126818,"marks a new start",2 +184524,"Howard 's appreciation",2 +212448,"stand on its own",2 +155208,"big action sequences",3 +94386,"than anything",2 +35527,"of this movie",2 +568,"because",2 +177282,"unwatchable Soapdish",0 +209498,"pomposity and",3 +170440,"sci-fi character study",2 +50951,"does mark Ms . Bullock 's best work in some time",4 +180196,"( Seems )",2 +35179,"of black comedy",2 +218823,"waster",2 +144815,"Despite the premise of a good story",2 +8993,"nasty",0 +187758,"The Bread",2 +8272,"justify evil means",2 +134787,"the ` ick ' in ` classic",1 +187332,"Slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 +7099,"her heroine 's",2 +16179,"intermittent unease",1 +180832,", movies like Ghost Ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . Right now",1 +114188,"an urban jungle needing other people to survive",2 +132709,"so awful",1 +57028,"sites",2 +28352,"an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea",2 +2742,"the story",2 +150450,"Too loud , too long and too frantic by half",0 +19713,"alone",2 +160786,"haunted vessel",2 +234319,"of `` Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",4 +92602,"shows and empathizes",2 +103720,"A mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make ` Cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .",3 +198553,"far more often than the warfare itself --",3 +153884,"are more grating than engaging .",1 +175794,"titled ,",2 +59237,"to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",4 +21788,"pushes",2 +96420,"the plot and a powerfully evocative mood",4 +1739,"minority",2 +142069,", all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",1 +214918,"the last movie",2 +82100,"her feature film acting debut as Amy",2 +24095,". K",2 +39581,"uncovers",2 +58071,"the best sequel",4 +34246,"loving family",4 +185,"a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over",2 +35668,"on the trip",2 +224717,"Manhattan denizens",2 +27096,"U . S",2 +139260,"was n't as bad",2 +62816,"A brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel",3 +86564,"make it an above-average thriller .",3 +163335,"is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .",0 +171474,"so second",2 +147668,"New Best Friend should n't have gone straight to video : it should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",2 +166687,"never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception",1 +166446,"much fun to watch",3 +53331,"is a snow emergency .",1 +29114,"artful Large Format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon",3 +4830,"as a consequence",2 +190964,"a moldy-oldie ,",1 +97723,"through this tragedy",2 +80506,"founding",2 +82827,"in Nine Queens",2 +171993,"still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another",1 +208199,"of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",3 +38003,"the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters",3 +139768,"who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior",1 +161651,"imagine Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",1 +27323,"` Charly ' will",2 +114020,"an especially poignant portrait",3 +157028,"crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars ,",2 +179133,"you have done so",2 +9460,"on the field and a story you",2 +62600,"... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .",0 +173457,"the actor 's",1 +200538,"has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .",2 +12355,"to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country",2 +144807,"Despite some charm and heart",2 +111733,"a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw",2 +171405,"so dumb and",1 +234522,"of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",2 +215092,"the most unpleasant things the studio",1 +114146,"an overwhelmingly positive portrayal",3 +16985,"preceded",2 +21755,"praise",4 +188945,"This Sade",2 +216740,"tired ,",1 +52334,"had while watching it",2 +82038,"heart-felt",3 +224397,"It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt .",1 +150176,"This extremely unfunny film",0 +220612,"'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point",0 +76438,"care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",2 +61891,", especially Sorvino",2 +93971,"susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up",3 +95754,"the folks who prepare",3 +181992,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set",1 +42074,"heartwarming digitally animated feature film",4 +124125,"is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .",1 +109052,"Some of the characters",2 +142591,", too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 +209914,"purportedly a study in modern alienation",2 +25627,"I do n't think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man .",3 +40320,"wo n't like Roger",1 +162767,"is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , The Farrelly Brothers .",2 +83050,"in spite of its predictability",1 +109692,"The determination of Pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and",2 +34884,"never fails to engage us .",3 +17876,"trailer park denizens",2 +150290,"This overproduced and generally disappointing effort",0 +238025,"to wear down possible pupils through repetition",1 +111121,"While the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",1 +156647,"complex international terrorism is",2 +112165,"a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association",2 +32186,"great humanitarian",3 +235889,"solid storytelling .",3 +54373,"looks as if it was made without much thought -- and",1 +70780,"Western foreign policy",2 +132287,"shines like a lonely beacon",3 +210962,"season pics",2 +117039,"clean-cut Dahmer ( Jeremy Renner ) and fiendish",2 +110780,"Tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham .",4 +183163,"Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly",3 +142377,", ops , no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 +232535,"is little else to recommend `` Never Again",1 +17081,"regular",2 +114850,"as an actress in a role",1 +9783,"politics",1 +85390,"its shortness",2 +51702,"find the movie",2 +98439,"to warm up to",2 +172915,"that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film",1 +57085,"smell a mile",2 +75834,"both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing",3 +6924,"halftime to get started",1 +126472,"low-wattage",2 +10543,"smorgasbord",2 +199839,"get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 +54423,"loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent",1 +57894,"that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya",4 +68085,"Pan Nalin 's",2 +52161,"gloriously unsubtle",3 +155536,"brutally intelligent",4 +222569,"Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway .",1 +40207,"with great cinematic innovation",3 +92194,"seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work .",3 +59854,"very least",1 +118601,"doing-it-for -",2 +135803,"the movie 's success",3 +96167,"the most curiously depressing",2 +110752,"Tries",2 +122213,"high-adrenaline",2 +10159,"ride",2 +164197,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished :",0 +124073,"is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",2 +145105,"Enron stock",1 +55145,"novels that has bucked the odds",3 +119087,"engage children",3 +132133,"serious questions",2 +155870,"ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",1 +115079,"as we have fingers to count on",2 +187075,"Sadly , as Blood Work proves , that was a long , long time ago .",1 +31473,"fanciful touches",3 +234851,"paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller",4 +110996,"Were it",2 +212758,"style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with Kafka-inspired philosophy",2 +10816,"successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",2 +188557,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise ,",3 +229081,"authenticate her British persona",3 +175518,"this project",2 +73410,"all its strange quirks",3 +47442,"Tom Green a grimace",1 +221195,", My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .",4 +32028,"get really peeved at it",1 +208311,"offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single .",0 +150499,"Tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident",1 +98844,"two love-struck somebodies",2 +9593,"paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",2 +174203,"the lazy people",1 +12383,"to lack substance",1 +40674,"A masterpiece four years",4 +177659,"was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",1 +15898,"good acting , good dialogue , good pace",4 +77404,"cost thousands and possibly millions of lives",2 +27470,"a dangerous political situation",2 +16234,"is a triumph for its maverick director",4 +71922,"a lot richer than the ones",3 +75336,"be the performances of their careers",3 +210673,"run out screaming",1 +21908,"say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",2 +115054,"as the treat of the title",3 +95856,"the guts to make",2 +157076,"cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",2 +55939,"pass",2 +23045,"'s a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .",3 +114410,"any level",2 +162908,"is fuhgeddaboutit .",0 +165368,"lower-class London life",2 +157391,"dictate",2 +4206,"a thoughtful , emotional movie",4 +35663,"on the novel",2 +218753,"was just coincidence",2 +224148,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",0 +103722,"A mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama .",3 +227049,"What goes on for the 110 minutes of `` Panic Room ''",1 +119570,"expose",2 +132239,"shallow rumination",1 +99096,"unpredictable character",1 +228831,"are on the loose",2 +36342,"rather sturdy",3 +197249,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",1 +7263,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .",0 +153949,"are sunk by all the sanctimony",1 +23728,", it successfully showcases the passions of both the director and novelist Byatt .",4 +11179,"the adjective ` gentle ' applies",3 +78492,"does so without compromising that complexity .",3 +33244,"is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",4 +96728,"the son and his wife",2 +100115,"who lived there in the 1940s",2 +194769,"body odor",2 +177928,"were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized",0 +35117,"of Nijinsky",3 +63646,"Adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary .",4 +40169,"with a master 's steady stroke",3 +171093,"similar works",2 +73402,"all its flaws",1 +34755,"music , suspense and action",3 +67435,"Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .",3 +221394,", it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .",3 +190339,"a comedy or serious drama",2 +49500,"be another winning star vehicle",3 +134662,"the 1971 musical '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks ,",2 +163519,"is too contemplative to be really funny .",1 +128402,"of Water",2 +213904,"that they could n't have done in half an hour",2 +91922,"save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction",2 +221976,"A dark comedy that",2 +225743,"Sexy and",3 +15291,"braided",2 +113821,"amiable picture",3 +227103,"Whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .",1 +172910,"that Soderbergh 's best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",3 +55161,"objective",2 +69731,"The movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .",3 +44819,"By no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act",1 +40909,"Frailty '' has been written so",2 +13273,"wrestle disbelief to the ground and",2 +7602,"into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation",2 +27921,"a typically solid performance",4 +23549,", character empathy --",2 +72342,"a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most",3 +2904,"time out",2 +15659,"entertain",3 +66036,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and",3 +188959,"This director 's cut",2 +178644,"with silly action sequences",1 +223437,"From the opening strains of the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces '' , you can feel the love .",3 +32934,"in the decades",2 +95481,"the distinct impression",2 +38817,"their loved ones",3 +83877,"is a small gem .",2 +227680,"`` interesting ''",3 +85638,"keeps getting weirder",2 +14619,"Whether you 're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you 'll still feel something .",3 +160048,"gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end",1 +228359,"actor\/director",2 +153818,"are cloaked in gross-out gags",1 +143545,"After seeing SWEPT AWAY , I feel sorry for Madonna .",1 +38767,"the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",3 +36791,"self-evaluation",2 +48341,"a rich visual clarity and deeply",3 +166318,"most movie riddles",2 +160829,"have been presented as a theatrical release",2 +49301,"as mindless",1 +232845,"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and",2 +125169,"its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation",2 +44056,"A droll",2 +153008,"ages-old",2 +189786,"With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",1 +16508,"low-key",2 +66091,"I 'd expected it to be",2 +84490,"is not quite the career peak",1 +215754,"the teeny-bopper set",1 +116052,"blended shades",2 +193674,"ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix 's",1 +177990,"what saves lives on the freeway",2 +156980,"creation and",2 +102463,", courage and dedication",3 +189542,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism",2 +541,"banged their brains into the ground",1 +173113,"that life stinks",1 +109987,"The movie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .",2 +106703,"In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This ,",1 +146013,"I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent",0 +129479,"on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis",1 +6481,"film buffs",3 +111544,"a best-foreign-film Oscar",4 +202080,"in this film that allowed it to get made",2 +60140,"whit",3 +175036,"the wizard of God",2 +131057,"real '' portions",2 +1359,"is a big letdown",1 +125090,"it risks monotony . But",2 +18727,"Bennett",2 +193076,"are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .",2 +179159,"you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .",2 +123362,"infatuated",3 +33849,"its setting",2 +144005,"Bad . Very bad",0 +215393,"the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome",2 +157217,"defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",3 +156181,"charm or",3 +111747,"a dark room",2 +189427,"Wal-Mart budget",1 +180232,"( Tries )",3 +110703,"Too campy to work as straight drama",1 +223676,"Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",1 +83401,"inside the wave",3 +217161,"to let Slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",2 +58525,"the murderer never game his victims",2 +66829,"JFK conspiracy nuts",1 +62104,", music and metaphor",2 +57683,"than life",2 +116857,"charged ,",2 +237342,"the world 's best actors",4 +21934,"serves",2 +148732,"Some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent",2 +49270,"as faithful portraiture",4 +93981,"suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies ,",4 +8726,"may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences",1 +230877,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much",1 +218374,"usual high melodramatic style",2 +205493,"low-brow humor ,",1 +228183,"a stiff wind",2 +30489,"creator of Adaptation",2 +45803,"It haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it .",3 +158692,"extended cheap",1 +8084,"its operational",2 +14325,"Narc is as gritty as a movie gets these days .",3 +31080,"emptiness",1 +97885,"to assume is just another day of Brit cinema",2 +53184,"into it",2 +79337,"every painful nuance ,",1 +234998,"pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys",3 +46410,"One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities",1 +136052,"the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you",2 +164580,"laser guns",2 +32451,"heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .",4 +46478,"Part Three Stooges .",2 +84864,"it 's about a very human one",3 +123890,"is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie",3 +149371,"The film 's center",2 +232505,"is involving .",3 +105136,"CleanFlicks",2 +89130,"of these despicable characters",1 +191998,"admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",3 +132543,"sit through it again",3 +179209,"your ex-wife",2 +183591,"EVERLASTING",2 +33448,"is one for the ages",4 +64189,"Austin Powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .",3 +30719,"depicting",3 +30856,"disturbing questions",1 +177486,"viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 +117933,"deceptively slight",2 +104752,"Birmingham",2 +181248,". It 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .",1 +102362,", a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 +133295,"still , he does all of this",2 +151429,"a bundle",2 +44950,"Clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...",3 +73927,"an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love",2 +190310,"a classy dinner soiree",3 +116899,"cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials",0 +18518,"-- but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",3 +71238,"a Native American",3 +32096,"glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .",3 +177949,"what 's with all the shooting",1 +175863,"to actual tension",2 +62005,", it 's also somewhat clumsy .",1 +52431,"has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen",4 +43714,", the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",4 +73906,"an odd , rapt spell",2 +100816,"workable primer",2 +199538,"from Oscar-winning master",3 +64560,"But this is not a movie about an inhuman monster :",2 +73298,"after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling",2 +158454,"even the most elemental literacy ,",2 +195951,"comes across , rather unintentionally , as Hip-Hop Scooby-Doo",2 +149887,"The streets , shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but",2 +10514,"slot",2 +46858,"Susan Sarandon and",2 +109503,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad :",0 +14807,"a rare glimpse",3 +233310,"laughs --",3 +55952,"patchy",1 +29094,"are working on hard decisions",2 +164449,"kinky soft-core imagery",2 +24304,"A coda in every sense , The Pinochet Case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors .",4 +85102,"it might just be the movie you 're looking for",3 +209354,"play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",1 +155999,"can think of for Swimfan 's existence",2 +45447,"Has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement",3 +165326,"love that feels significantly longer than its relatively scant 97 minutes",1 +202953,"is going to make his debut as a film director",2 +25814,"Its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces",2 +224061,"Insomnia is involving .",2 +115798,"begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .",0 +147491,"More whiny downer than corruscating commentary .",1 +143053,"A combination of standard , stiff TV-style animation and snazzy-looking digital effects that do little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",1 +68358,"Reagan",2 +165422,"made for cable rather than for the big screen",1 +63648,"Addams",2 +234083,"negative",1 +38585,"the regime 's",2 +102550,", haphazard , and inconsequential romantic",1 +132662,"smart and well-crafted",4 +30614,"death penalty",1 +233758,"may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie",2 +118274,"director Abel Ferrara",2 +145285,"Farrelly Bros .",2 +13919,"Burger",2 +88408,"of an artist",2 +32369,"have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",2 +81856,"have been inspired by Blair Witch",2 +103892,"A smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist",4 +8466,"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . it ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .",2 +163184,"is now broad and farcical",2 +28071,"accomplished lyrical meditation",3 +24422,"A psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller",4 +32924,"in the Playboy era",2 +17737,"this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",3 +99208,"us laughing",2 +125334,"its participants",2 +140683,"you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick",2 +38938,"this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .",4 +105221,"Contempt and",2 +22626,"unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true",4 +75973,"brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history",3 +57713,"that 's opened between them",2 +143380,"A subtle variation on I Spit",2 +44559,"Apesar de seus graves problemas",2 +116188,"breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly",2 +88334,"of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",1 +239180,"you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",3 +207861,"of me",2 +48093,"a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million Palestinians",2 +180643,", flee",2 +135971,"the peculiar American style of justice",3 +99881,"what it needs",2 +43531,", brilliant and macabre",3 +212570,"stiletto-stomps the life",2 +102972,", to some extent ,",2 +236441,"that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",3 +124442,"is pegged into the groove of a New York dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify",2 +141561,"'s rendering of Puccini 's tale of devotion",3 +25135,"Disney boy movie",2 +220794,"'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",4 +37965,"the Marvel version without becoming",2 +43270,"'s like dying and going to celluloid heaven",4 +166074,"mob action-comedy",2 +72639,"a teeth-clenching gusto",3 +163075,"is n't even Madonna 's Swept Away .",2 +101036,"yields surprises .",3 +164162,"its strong cast",3 +16721,"of Veronique",2 +149590,"The movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs .",1 +209999,"quick-cuts , ( very ) large shadows and wide-angle shots taken from a distance to hide the liberal use of a body double",2 +6478,"fill",2 +235098,"provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",3 +120917,"gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character",2 +57460,"submarine",2 +152837,"accompany",2 +137935,"to the familiar topic of office politics",3 +149448,"The final result makes for adequate entertainment , I suppose , but anyone who has seen Chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal .",2 +90295,"piece . Lux , now in her eighties",2 +14077,"Here",2 +43297,"'s one for you",3 +97601,"those who paid for it",2 +201579,"if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened",1 +6412,"farce",1 +138426,"turn on a dime",2 +81342,"graphically",2 +37434,"subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .",4 +155713,"by a middling car chase",2 +20561,"first-time",2 +97789,"tiniest details",2 +128421,"of a bad sitcom",2 +115096,"ask for a raise",3 +195225,"by the returning David S . Goyer",2 +38536,"the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",4 +189362,"Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .",1 +174893,"the third",2 +208646,"one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian",1 +124908,"it actually clicks",3 +217568,"too bland to be interesting",1 +32426,"he works",2 +179431,"'re dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",1 +35902,"para mim , a existência de Papai Noel",2 +63588,"A wonderfully speculative character",3 +71223,"a Busby Berkeley musical",2 +184562,"I 'm Not , and",2 +92529,"short 90 minutes",2 +22682,"very cliched drum",1 +212284,"spat out from the Tinseltown assembly line",1 +152987,"affronted",2 +44050,"A disturbing examination",2 +104425,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie .",1 +42230,"it 's so clever you want to hate it . But",3 +165916,"might be with a large dose of painkillers",1 +122922,"in a way that few movies have ever approached",2 +154782,"be not much more",1 +43339,"'s the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .",4 +101454,"'re not interested",2 +185674,"Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains",2 +237416,"there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning",3 +142866,"18th-century Canada , and yuppie sailboaters",2 +224926,"Mr. Kaufman",2 +20408,"does n't demand a dumb , distracted audience",3 +129714,"original American productions",2 +119922,"feels like a streetwise McLaughlin Group ... and never fails to entertain .",3 +168900,"plain old monster",2 +111044,"What remains is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip .",0 +96858,"the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",2 +24493,"A tender",2 +172954,"that can be seen in other films",2 +221454,", just stuff",2 +195641,"cheering the pratfalls but little else",2 +234439,"of insanity",2 +89737,"or 15 minutes",2 +130890,"quest to find an old flame",2 +124672,"is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight",2 +172328,"supernatural snore-fest",0 +11770,"the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .",1 +204431,"just another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel intended for the home video market",1 +131888,"seated next to one of those ignorant",2 +141010,"'m almost recommending it , anyway",2 +229235,"be wondering what all that jazz was about `` Chicago '' in 2002",2 +34043,"liberal",2 +160100,"given the heavy-handedness of it",2 +20776,"her personal descent",1 +204306,"its resolutions",2 +57203,"something entertaining",3 +27104,"Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .",3 +40817,"Chinese ,",2 +155683,"by James Eric , James Horton and director Peter O'Fallon",2 +82151,"herring",2 +216193,"these shenanigans",2 +82277,"his lesser works outshine the best some directors",3 +163473,"is the point",2 +65928,"Has its share of arresting images .",2 +204867,"less extreme",2 +191268,"a satisfying movie experience",4 +220331,"you speaking in tongues",2 +107491,"Lilo &",2 +216934,"to check it twice",2 +214698,"the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had",1 +61304,"'s that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .",4 +191874,"accuse him",2 +8633,"makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose",3 +185771,"Like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . You leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .",2 +189636,"When the heroes were actually under 40",2 +72403,"a single frame",2 +4492,"all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",1 +103347,"7th Heaven",1 +84475,"is not a movie about an inhuman monster",2 +195369,"can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise",1 +224029,"In other words , it 's badder than bad .",0 +112499,"a powerful emotional wallop",3 +212162,"some sort of beacon of hope",3 +233702,"makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose",3 +156027,"captures the wonder and menace of growing up",3 +84620,"is so different from The Apple and so striking",3 +155549,"bug",2 +117310,"communications",2 +103544,"A fanciful drama about Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility",4 +72541,"a strange film",2 +145289,"Farrelly Brothers",2 +109634,"The cameo-packed",2 +213167,"taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions",3 +120976,"generate a single threat of suspense",2 +63475,"A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .",3 +98164,"to learn , to grow ,",3 +208380,"on , well ,",2 +239129,"you avoid the Godzilla",1 +237577,"this statement",2 +99119,"unsettled tenor",2 +17249,"social anarchists",2 +217680,"took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and",2 +45724,"It 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant",3 +208665,"one-note performance",1 +41736,"contemplative and",3 +13433,"'s a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there",4 +49426,"auspicious , and daring ,",3 +131229,"regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people",2 +192416,"an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",1 +57144,"solid build-up",3 +116293,"built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .",1 +55641,"of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude",1 +231097,"garbage .",0 +18262,"'re in a mind set for goofy comedy",3 +94147,"takes care",3 +63397,"A sobering and powerful documentary",4 +186756,"Predictable and",1 +147220,"Lizard",2 +91495,"remote African empire",2 +181585,"A crude",1 +135460,"the glorious , gaudy benefit",2 +164313,"just felt like it did",3 +136066,"the prison interview",2 +148992,"TV-style animation",2 +97707,"through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle",2 +27226,"While the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel",2 +90671,"previous titles",2 +163257,"is quite like calling a dog stupid",1 +98288,"to see a romance this smart",4 +215439,"the promise of a reprieve",2 +59861,"very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .",2 +119727,"familiar to traverse",2 +206030,"melodramas",2 +196727,"demands it",2 +154076,"as a director or actor",2 +34877,"neglected film",1 +169949,"remains indistinct",1 +73453,"all the story",2 +218131,"underlies the best of comedies",2 +223574,"Harbour",2 +193032,"are acting like puppets",1 +43402,"( Evans ) had , lost , and got back",2 +46950,"The Saigon of 1952",2 +119743,"fancies",2 +201909,"in its eroticized gore",2 +16197,"invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery",3 +102836,", something happens that tells you",2 +72129,"a piece of handiwork",2 +92500,"shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait",4 +191755,"about men in heels",2 +134020,"than ( Total Recall and Blade Runner )",2 +192720,"and choppy recycling",1 +66119,"I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled , but , for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent .",3 +22063,"still very much playing itself out",2 +131132,"receive a UN inspector",2 +118604,"dolorous",2 +142334,", lifeless",1 +26043,"Margolo",2 +50193,"civic virtues",2 +134173,"that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 +227371,"` Possession , ' based on the book by A.S. Byatt , demands that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",3 +145837,"Holden Caulfield",2 +16405,"jarring",2 +129546,"one of its writers , John C . Walsh",2 +30919,"does n't quite fit",1 +188783,"Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic",0 +113875,"an accomplished actress",3 +20600,"foul",1 +157331,"desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats",1 +9962,"quite a long",2 +74352,"are intrigued by politics of the '70s",2 +38063,"the central performers",2 +21078,"is worth seeking out .",3 +14561,"Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death",4 +751,"curious about each other against all odds",3 +184667,"I hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art .",0 +228483,"also the unique way Shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",4 +101095,"you can actually feel good",3 +121587,"handled with intelligence and care",3 +144766,"Demme 's perspective",2 +235465,"says `",2 +140499,"worthless",0 +141539,"'s plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",2 +30215,"clever blend",3 +197225,"do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",1 +119763,"far beyond the end zone",2 +172739,"than both",2 +225676,"Safe Conduct ''",2 +238006,"to this film 's",2 +217528,"to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",1 +68033,"Ong 's",2 +205824,"many spots",2 +174833,"the strain of its plot contrivances and",1 +27686,"a movie as a picture book for the big screen .",3 +176066,"to depart",2 +72794,"a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",3 +60045,"were not",2 +226767,"To work",2 +171925,"start their own coeducational fraternity : Kappa Rho Alpha Phi",2 +108172,"One of the most original American productions this year",4 +189355,"Unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters , the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 +38696,"the supposedly liberal media",2 +190847,"a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention",1 +121211,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny ,",4 +145272,"Fancy",3 +232033,"in the glory days of Weekend and Two or Three Things",2 +5451,"cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia",2 +134980,"the character he plays",2 +3671,"a cohesive",2 +26739,"The Powers team has fashioned a comedy with more laughs than many , no question . But this time there 's some mold on the gold .",3 +100030,"while we delight in the images",3 +145976,"I 've always dreamed of attending Cannes",2 +96406,"the pitch-perfect Forster",3 +132631,"slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic",2 +214526,"the execution is pretty weary",1 +30924,"does not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",1 +71923,"a lot to recommend Read My Lips",3 +24631,"An extraordinary Swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage",4 +10228,"runs to ` difficult ' films",1 +23101,"'s at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",3 +191529,"a three hour running time",2 +184996,"It 's a Frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be .",1 +19806,"and as fun",3 +101971,"'s touching and tender",2 +75642,"between reluctant",2 +51916,"from Rabbit-Proof Fence",2 +113860,"an American director",2 +117401,"concert comedy film",2 +153733,"anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 +45887,"Jeffrey Tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator",2 +120119,"finding entertainment",2 +231861,"identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other",2 +224605,"Let 's hope not .",2 +30083,"chain letters",2 +125740,"languid romanticism",2 +14062,"Goodall and her chimpanzees",2 +19744,"an eerie sense",2 +149882,"The streets ,",2 +163586,"is workmanlike in the extreme",1 +145434,"For me",2 +182389,"An empty shell",1 +143198,"A mild ,",2 +16870,"other parts",2 +45610,"If Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure it is a glorious failure .",4 +118430,"do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However",2 +74701,"as his visuals",2 +174679,"the same free ride",2 +77467,"couple hours",2 +173475,"the anguish of Heidi 's life",2 +6858,"gossip , wealth , paranoia",2 +65088,"Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .",4 +138055,"too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0 +118863,"easier to digest",3 +50072,"cast members",2 +202748,"is as appalling as any ` comedy '",2 +186278,"Natalie",2 +63852,"An elegant and sly deadpan",4 +47805,"a Shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera",2 +115526,"be learned from watching ` Comedian '",2 +150469,"Too silly to be frightening , too stolid to be funny , it projects the same lazy affability as its nominal star , David Arquette .",0 +40679,"A perverse little truffle ,",2 +108959,"Simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality",3 +155178,"between religious fundamentalists and",2 +170251,"running purely on adrenaline",2 +30379,"context",2 +58221,"the diner",2 +140,"a curious sense of menace informs everything",2 +195876,"collapses like an overcooked soufflé",0 +134231,"that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire",1 +19166,"Parker",2 +167474,"of gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy",3 +175350,"this clever idea",3 +17646,"the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",3 +66567,"It 's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb .",4 +231447,"has little to do with the story ,",1 +187790,"The Ghost",2 +79276,"even when",2 +211921,"so desperately",2 +4201,"a testament to the integrity and vision of the band",3 +101214,"young Japanese",2 +60032,"well-established genre",3 +61073,"'s hard not to be carried away",3 +69226,"That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .",1 +87752,"need for people of diverse political perspectives",2 +227439,"`` Big Chill '' reunion",2 +45297,"Franz Kafka",2 +129165,"of this laughable dialogue",3 +94909,"that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music",2 +236879,"the film buzz and whir :",3 +173283,"that wo n't stand the test of time",1 +217064,"to go but down",2 +85084,"it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",2 +190406,"a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the Roman Colosseum .",2 +171288,"slightly less so second quarter ,",2 +88272,"of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .",2 +77279,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey",4 +174354,"the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance",3 +202629,"is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",2 +78532,"door",2 +215988,"their Scooby Snacks",2 +64037,"Argentine retread",1 +89158,"of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it",2 +43230,"'s compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",3 +236263,"teens '",2 +70727,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still",2 +168018,"old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle",3 +31321,"exactly why",2 +207628,"of being placed on any list of favorites",3 +58544,"the now computerized Yoda",2 +229598,"by the numbers and reps decent action entertainment",2 +68788,"Sillier ,",2 +145708,"Harland Williams",2 +57972,"the Huston performance",2 +131563,"right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",2 +127663,"murky and weakly acted",2 +172921,"that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism",4 +180640,", fits the bill perfectly",4 +168108,"on that door",2 +17038,"rattled , or rolled",2 +215904,"the word ` dog '",2 +67,"( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative",1 +143624,"All the amped-up Tony Hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that .",1 +235093,"provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people",2 +98150,"to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1 +8743,"medal",2 +20550,"figures of fun",3 +134167,"that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline",3 +178065,"when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we ca n't recommend anything but a rental for The Tuxedo",1 +127115,"mind-numbingly awful",1 +64032,"Are we",2 +183131,"Clumsy",1 +204389,"jammies",2 +44870,"Certainly the performances are worthwhile .",3 +15822,"for this love story",2 +235152,"quintessential Bollywood",3 +200967,"heal himself",2 +200497,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure , but ends up more of a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",1 +237619,"thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",2 +24690,"Anna Chancellor",2 +178270,"wholesale",2 +127278,"more cerebral , and likable ,",4 +49610,"been made with an enormous amount of affection",4 +91262,"recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones",2 +229560,"by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson",2 +31847,"frankness , civility and compassion",3 +46507,"Philippe",2 +40838,"Day is not a great Bond movie ,",2 +20911,"in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium",2 +68074,"Pacino 's performance",2 +190762,"a hole in the head",1 +215861,"the visual panache , the comic touch",2 +157479,"directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",1 +105333,"Davis has energy , but",2 +88242,"of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage",2 +80645,"from simplicity",2 +204029,"it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",3 +102764,", participatory spectator sport",2 +3409,"( if possible",2 +146894,"John , in the movie ,",2 +153562,"and despairing milieu",1 +75269,"be friends through thick and thin",2 +150506,"Trite , banal , cliched ,",0 +107643,"Matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land",2 +138370,"true study",2 +104098,"After a while",1 +211508,"should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson .",2 +119617,"eye-boggling blend",2 +149695,"The pace",2 +80627,"from its own considerable achievement",3 +87732,"nearly as graphic but",2 +132185,"sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time",3 +181456,"88-minute infomercial",1 +29475,"become almost redundant to say so",1 +189260,"Trapped presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause",3 +176543,"to watch the host and hostess",2 +137767,"to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet",2 +100849,"works even",2 +167163,"of Balto",3 +52227,"gothic",2 +11124,"that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .",1 +198184,"every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in",2 +218041,"ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves --",3 +90162,"people and narrative flow",2 +3167,"will",2 +214026,"the DV revolution",2 +224677,"M. Night Shyamalan 's",2 +114124,"an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex",1 +85196,"its best ,",3 +204717,"last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",2 +189852,"Would I",2 +113527,"ahead of him",2 +201349,"horribly depressing",0 +133009,"song-and-dance-man Pasach ` ke Burstein and",2 +61756,", and intermittently hilarious",3 +228643,"and even touching",3 +187853,"The Rock once again resists the intrusion",2 +126442,"love it ...",4 +182621,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",1 +92003,"scores of characters , some fictional , some",2 +199940,"given a pedestrian spin",3 +63099,"A hard look",2 +21281,"makes for an arousing good time",4 +203143,"is n't a disaster",2 +107286,"Kenneth Williams , et al .",2 +106039,"Gooding Jr .",2 +63138,"A little uneven",2 +164008,"its characters toward sainthood",2 +127436,"most immediate and most obvious pleasure",3 +76966,"comes at film",2 +166563,"nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit",0 +151513,"a college journalist",2 +233339,"least favourite",1 +15662,"entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do",4 +73202,"adding the rich details and",3 +78986,"energy it 's documenting",3 +64013,"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed",4 +72364,"a serious minded patience , respect and affection",3 +182144,"About Mary co-writer Ed Decter",2 +82963,"in his hypermasculine element here",2 +77717,"daringly preposterous",2 +186224,"Mrs .",2 +42950,"unpretentious way",2 +104625,"Ballistic :",3 +7515,"independent",2 +4152,"a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .",3 +178083,"where Ararat went astray",2 +144661,"Criminal conspiracies",2 +146524,"It 's just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there",2 +123859,"is a work of outstanding originality",4 +119339,"even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs",3 +195761,"clever for its own good",2 +223273,"Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original .",0 +216737,"time waster '",1 +156521,"come down on the issue of Ana 's future",2 +218445,"veil",2 +229628,"called any kind of masterpiece",2 +203024,"is just a little bit hard to love",1 +5710,"considerable",3 +73712,"an awful lot",2 +135914,"the only thing you 'll regret",2 +193566,"as scary-funny as Tremors",3 +74470,"are you wo n't , either .",2 +160389,"group extemporaneously",2 +216886,"to be intimate and socially encompassing",3 +121455,"grouchy",2 +80151,"flower",2 +211654,"sincere grief and",2 +127956,"nighttime Manhattan",2 +77607,"crosses sexual identity",2 +108785,"Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .",0 +70128,"There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . Igby Goes Down is one of those movies .",3 +93943,"surreal , and resonant",2 +154736,"be free to leave",2 +87169,"mobility",2 +58490,"the mixture , the intoxicating masala",2 +189850,"Would Benigni 's Italian Pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster",0 +219229,"whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama",2 +199377,"for this kind of entertainment",2 +140182,"with me would require another viewing",2 +98575,"touching , raucously amusing ,",4 +102325,", Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .",1 +88524,"of different ethnicities",2 +198362,"explodes",2 +204496,"juvenile delinquent",1 +224497,"Just like Igby .",2 +160651,"has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian .",1 +63712,"All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline",4 +147464,"Mocking kung fu pictures when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming was witty . Mocking them now is an exercise in pointlessness .",1 +201016,"hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems",2 +175129,"them less interesting than they already are",1 +4237,"a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience .",0 +225712,"Scotland , Pa. is a strangely drab romp .",0 +172620,"television slots",2 +4512,"all those rough edges",2 +1033,"franklin",2 +92054,"secret 's",2 +47929,"a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back",3 +192766,"and rather silly",2 +164107,"its own head-banging obviousness",1 +53200,"intricately",3 +128938,"of talent",2 +92798,"sleekness",3 +101638,"'s because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .",2 +38097,"the controversial Korean filmmaker 's latest effort",2 +77805,"decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him",3 +73303,"after something darker",2 +146999,"Kaufman kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest",2 +206843,"nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",1 +76437,"car-wreck",0 +238886,"with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand )",2 +83693,"is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",3 +134447,"that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature",4 +227432,"`` Based on True Events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",1 +36983,"since Field of Dreams",2 +196385,"crass and insulting homage",0 +196624,"death-defying",2 +151052,"Worth seeing once",3 +109599,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and Bertrand Tavernier 's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve",3 +48311,"a rare window",2 +27185,"What '' Empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",3 +161144,"here of Scottish director Ritchie",2 +155548,"buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler 's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $ 40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?",1 +51449,"exterminator",2 +196087,"computer effects",2 +63615,"Abderrahmane Sissako 's Heremakono ( Waiting for Happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences .",2 +54502,"make a courtroom trial great fun",3 +179779,"'s hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film",1 +220265,"you can get to an imitation movie",2 +29931,"by its wryly subversive tone",3 +52644,"his medium and his message",2 +29906,"by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",3 +209887,"pull it back on course",2 +163576,"is where Ararat went astray",2 +214950,"the level of insight",2 +16661,"nice departure",3 +159039,"fiction film .",2 +154384,"at least the title of this film",2 +159243,"flies out the window",1 +57347,"still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",4 +11517,"the inspiration of the original",3 +146676,"It feels like a community theater production of a great Broadway play : Even at its best , it will never hold a candle to the original .",0 +67309,"Longest Yard ...",2 +139878,"will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",2 +139985,"wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors",1 +202783,"is banal in its message and the choice of material",1 +96758,"the sting back into the con",2 +136163,"the right time in the history of our country",3 +217236,"to outweigh the positives",2 +97300,"thick clouds of denial",1 +171983,"sticky-sweet",2 +71333,"a bumbling American in Europe",2 +179068,"you 're married to one",2 +197790,"emotionally at least )",3 +56969,"shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",3 +176483,"to the journalist who wrote it",2 +226103,"The Fellowship",2 +95611,"the film 's final ( restored ) third ...",2 +141251,"'s badly",1 +38295,"the gross-out contests",2 +97736,"thump through it",2 +34039,"let it all hang out",2 +87617,"much to look",2 +69316,"The Lady and the Duke surprisingly manages never to grow boring ... which proves that Rohmer still has a sense of his audience .",3 +7526,"industrial-model meat",2 +14826,"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed",3 +216605,"three words :",2 +81127,"gives you something to chew on",2 +39221,"to keep their hopes alive in 1975",3 +56491,"relationships , Food of Love",2 +178685,"with this for more than , say , ten",2 +226492,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and",3 +206727,"must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",2 +14332,"Newton",2 +198483,"falls flat as a spoof",0 +119364,"evening to end",2 +88673,"of impact on me these days",2 +96544,"the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",3 +58790,"the unacceptable",0 +95861,"the harder",2 +176093,"to dress up in drag",2 +93018,"sobering meditation",2 +212188,"something I would rather live in denial about",1 +68475,"Rodriguez",2 +149326,"The element",2 +176083,"to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters",2 +104031,"A wry , affectionate delight .",4 +48606,"accompanies",2 +89156,"of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",3 +17689,"the year so far",2 +57733,"that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings",2 +237124,"the operative word for `` Bad Company",1 +14725,"a filmmaker",2 +63849,"An effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence .",3 +107750,"Middle East struggle",2 +11759,"the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",1 +66614,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,",3 +213794,"that one in Clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",1 +179512,"'s a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film 's direction",3 +17638,"the road to hell",1 +86549,"make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool",3 +54413,"loved Cool",3 +169420,"provocation post-9 \",2 +51603,"felt performances across the board .",3 +96780,"the story to match",2 +29875,"but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers",2 +218682,"wants you to feel something",2 +84902,"it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness .",3 +156226,"cheese and underarm noises",1 +195898,"coloured ,",2 +199107,"following after it",2 +115830,"being released a few decades too late",1 +30223,"closeness",2 +25703,"Iranian lad",2 +138424,"turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny",3 +152353,"a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",1 +205391,"loony",1 +2503,"that exact niche",2 +69107,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down",4 +95574,"the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",2 +69192,"Tezuka 's status",2 +48908,"an effortlessly regal charisma",3 +112338,"a more ambivalent set",2 +207858,"of marginal intelligence",2 +157238,"delibrately",2 +129312,"often heartbreaking",1 +18871,"Finally , a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",3 +99006,"unexpected comedy",3 +94292,"tenacious",3 +97646,"thoughtful war films",3 +17922,"understands the medium",3 +162822,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused",1 +93163,"something of a public service",3 +195618,"charm or texture",3 +122945,"in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .",4 +161784,"in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 +127987,"no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",3 +121582,"hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",1 +35556,"of women 's self-actualization",2 +223840,"I miss something",2 +157506,"director Roger Kumble",2 +228829,"are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half .",1 +196754,"dentist drill",2 +152792,"about the wartime Navajos",2 +197154,"do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history",2 +93048,"solid execution",4 +42023,"grab your children",2 +50645,"darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .",3 +141864,"( director ) O'Fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen ,",3 +111138,"Who is the audience for Cletis Tout ? Anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed .",3 +97637,"thought-provoking film",3 +187640,"Sweet Home Alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films .",1 +147623,"National Lampoon since Class Reunion",3 +88689,"of its characterizations",2 +149747,"The plot is very clever ,",4 +54276,"liked this film a lot",4 +179114,"you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue",2 +79586,"fall",2 +147371,"Matthew McConaughey",2 +62311,", the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? ) .",3 +154644,"be a directing license",2 +142821,"... this movie is one long chick-flick slog .",1 +24581,"Although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .",3 +91075,"raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before .",4 +219743,"with giant plot holes",1 +42424,"only sex ,",2 +81526,"hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out",3 +220371,"your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",2 +23779,", more",2 +20085,"be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",2 +204635,"lacked any ?",2 +165297,"lot more",2 +45313,"Fresnadillo 's",2 +196932,"didactic burlesque",2 +203146,"is n't a disaster , exactly ,",2 +110472,"This is a movie full of grace and ,",4 +159053,"fierce .",2 +150829,"What is 100 % missing here",0 +69551,"The film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .",2 +210943,"screwing things",2 +126877,"may be another shameless attempt by Disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families",1 +86300,"looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .",1 +67362,"Maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts .",3 +115879,"best Star Trek movie",3 +42860,"the snow games and",2 +199874,"gets by on its artistic merits",2 +162300,"intellectually and logistically a mess .",0 +190033,"` plain ' girl",2 +112549,"a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking",1 +48996,"an uneasy mix",1 +79700,"fascinating case study",3 +95349,"the company of others",2 +159123,"films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .",0 +90579,"practice",2 +88724,"of liberal on the political spectrum",2 +119211,"entirely irony-free",3 +37786,"that does n't feel it has to prove anything",2 +18925,"High on melodrama . But it 's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .",4 +144031,"Ballistic is oddly lifeless .",1 +14412,"Sandra Nettelbeck",2 +98861,"two-hour version",2 +74341,"are good in Pauline & Paulette",3 +73542,"altogether",2 +75951,"bring out",2 +99996,"which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",3 +151002,"With a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles",2 +57556,"sweetly adventurous",4 +106752,"Instead of building to a laugh riot we are left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence .",1 +49419,"attempt to filter out the complexity",2 +174662,"the robots getting butchered in A . I .",2 +177237,"unpicked",1 +237008,"the kind of film that should be the target of something",2 +229466,"bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",3 +165298,"lot more fun",3 +186590,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout",3 +206858,"need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess",0 +141521,"'s only a matter of time",2 +222514,"Auto Focus is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic .",2 +170723,"sent to and",2 +78995,"engaging and exciting narrative",4 +56945,"show to steal",3 +84356,"is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure",1 +198430,"faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance .",0 +21,"'s a certain style and wit to the dialogue",3 +57043,"slather",2 +54261,"like none you 've seen .",3 +33623,"it appears that ( Jackie ) Chan 's US influence is starting to show in his Hong Kong films .",3 +147172,"Like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... How can something so gross be so boring ?",0 +176436,"to sweep U . S . viewers",2 +129580,"one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people",1 +198980,"first two films '",2 +217250,"to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence",1 +5829,"cynical",1 +27433,"a comedy is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved .",2 +61468,"( Leigh ) has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable .",4 +137414,"to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script",1 +87625,"multi-layered",3 +29048,"are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre",3 +196639,"decent draft",3 +162932,"is idiotic and absurdly sentimental",1 +84955,"it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",2 +88514,"of defiance over social dictates",2 +235553,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times .",0 +90189,"perfect festival film",3 +175838,"to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",1 +70767,"Were Soldiers",2 +66099,"I 'll put it this way",2 +175890,"to avoid them in the future",1 +114132,"an ordinary big-screen star",1 +18285,"'s got oodles of style and substance",4 +167747,"of the Festival of Lights",2 +6330,"exotic",2 +110207,"The things this movie tries to get the audience to buy just",1 +35340,"of more universal concerns",2 +104321,"An eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` Spy Kids 2 '",3 +170712,"send the viewers home",1 +171434,"so large and obvious",2 +88319,"of a fall dawn",2 +234201,"not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities",1 +130507,"powerful , naturally dramatic piece",4 +85496,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs",3 +162921,"is her Blue Lagoon .",2 +189205,"Tom Green and",2 +130969,"raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process",2 +160941,"having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool",2 +201330,"hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",2 +231037,"from the beyond",2 +220355,"you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film",2 +220527,"'' range",2 +188090,"The entire film",2 +62197,", see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .",2 +223287,"Every now and again",2 +97435,"this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",3 +85188,"its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",1 +105929,"Funk Brothers",2 +197067,"discount its ability to bore",2 +113499,"again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",2 +61544,"( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts )",2 +17051,"realization",2 +98623,"trades in",2 +60547,"you a dog-tag and an M-16",2 +125353,"its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 +79642,"famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia ,",2 +50920,"do cinema , eu estava feliz",3 +615,"bloodless",1 +219983,"worked five years ago",1 +41688,"calls and",2 +144825,"Dialogue-heavy",2 +5221,"bored",1 +202261,"inside '",2 +146711,"It just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by ) .",0 +91258,"reassuringly",2 +235434,"salaciously",2 +19672,"additional",2 +73746,"an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",3 +108848,"Sensitively",2 +61596,", Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",4 +231621,"he 's well worth spending some time with",3 +162091,"in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs",2 +84172,"is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",3 +232617,"is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .",1 +2043,"place",2 +12330,"to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",2 +174292,"the most conservative protagonist",1 +69119,"Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but",2 +134025,"than Home Alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level",1 +108568,"Red Dragon '' never cuts corners .",4 +83999,"is an extraordinary film , not least because it is Japanese and yet feels universal .",4 +192739,"and just plain dumb",0 +122721,"if the poor quality of Pokemon 4 Ever is any indication",1 +39684,"up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",1 +210332,"released in 1987",2 +128293,"of Blue Crush",2 +6872,"grandparents",2 +92742,"situations",2 +26574,"Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",3 +216048,"their way around this movie directionless ,",1 +236711,"the action is dazzling",4 +230950,"for the teens ' deviant behaviour",2 +30100,"character study",2 +76824,"climactic hourlong cricket match",2 +224109,"It 's Young Guns",2 +232057,"in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying",1 +11144,"that woman",2 +237239,"the story is just too slim .",1 +85026,"it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",3 +35034,"numbing",1 +107428,"Less-than-compelling documentary of a Yiddish theater clan .",2 +236103,"stylish thriller .",3 +234050,"near the end takes on a whole other meaning .",2 +99879,"what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned",1 +137531,"to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful",2 +36002,"photograph",2 +29422,"be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",4 +239073,"yet , it must be admitted ,",3 +211686,"sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and",1 +6927,"halloween : resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been",2 +26268,"Ofrece una buena oportunidad de cultura ( aunque sea condensada ) que bien vale la pena aprovechar .",2 +4188,"a taste",2 +91844,"runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes .",2 +42102,"human foibles , not afraid",2 +175295,"thinking over and over again , '",3 +43263,"'s hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone",0 +130895,"quibbles",2 +92278,"sensationalism",2 +128727,"of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries",3 +38209,"the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",3 +231688,"her nomination as best actress even more of a an a",2 +207859,"of masochism",2 +228452,"alleged provocation",2 +21525,"of its kind since ` Brazil . ' Lucas , take notes . This",3 +232909,"it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .",3 +22139,"terms of style and ethnicity",2 +196848,"despite downplaying her good looks",3 +191466,"a tad less for grit",2 +199255,"for liking Showgirls",2 +42407,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And",3 +165380,"lumpy",2 +148372,"Sadly , Hewitt 's forte is leaning forward while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks .",1 +180405,", Irish",2 +41834,"drops the ball",0 +120059,"film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",3 +160855,"have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination",2 +126076,"like a true star",3 +210195,"really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",2 +75308,"be released in IMAX format",2 +135562,"the influence",2 +94482,"that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film",2 +18693,"As Weber and Weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve",4 +27431,"a clever , charming tale",3 +61374,"'ve a taste for the quirky",3 +219061,"were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",1 +62823,"A canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a London sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .",2 +124037,"is fantastic .",4 +161444,"hostess",2 +137502,"to convey a sense of childhood imagination",3 +117083,"cliché",2 +50174,"cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad .",3 +62701,"30-year",2 +56986,"silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller",4 +15225,"because it is aware of its own grasp of the absurd",3 +59512,"transformed himself",2 +134789,"the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity",3 +213617,"that everlasting conundrum",1 +71024,"Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .",3 +187536,"Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill .",1 +122353,"his legend",2 +44048,"A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose , ivans xtc .",3 +69046,"Sum '' is Jack Ryan 's '' do-over . '' Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck",2 +100200,"why we take pictures",2 +39633,"uniformly engaging performances",3 +205294,"long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken",2 +33911,"just hilarious",4 +138421,"turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .",4 +217385,"to surrealism and black comedy",3 +80904,"gentle , mesmerizing",3 +47748,"Yu",2 +213390,"than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",3 +8610,"make a great one",3 +218256,"unschooled",1 +31431,"faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece",4 +233798,"maybe .",2 +78235,"disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious",4 +63834,"An amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence .",4 +155617,"but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy .",1 +138420,"turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody",3 +229885,"colour and depth ,",3 +164597,"last year 's taxes",2 +162597,"is a far smoother ride",2 +13684,"-- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game",2 +23911,", the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care .",2 +74814,"as this may sound",2 +41976,"get up and",2 +199621,"from the athleticism",2 +71153,"You watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .",3 +45518,"Hollywood romance .",2 +20025,"astute appraisal",3 +99324,"versus gay personal ads",2 +188632,"The script 's judgment and sense of weight is way , way off .",0 +189216,"Tom Shadyac has learned a bit more craft since directing Adams ,",3 +36754,"seem new",2 +77636,"culture 's",2 +108542,"Ram Dass 's latest book",2 +86443,"made a more sheerly beautiful film than this unexpectedly moving meditation on love , history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence",2 +26600,"Smith 's point is simple and obvious",2 +34256,"lucky",2 +96358,"the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it",3 +32629,"homosexual",2 +78344,"do it his own way",3 +93693,"stylish film",3 +28744,"and poignant Japanese film",2 +47741,"You wo n't miss its messages ,",2 +4937,"at the",2 +229035,"at all times",2 +8481,"like the killer in insomnia",2 +158674,"exploits our substantial collective fear of nuclear holocaust to generate cheap Hollywood tension .",1 +208686,"only had a week to live",1 +19846,"and important",2 +141512,"'s often overwritten ,",1 +26472,"Roger Dodger",2 +184919,"In this case zero",2 +38200,"the film 's conflict-powered plot",3 +230862,"flavours and emotions ,",2 +202993,"is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",0 +219724,"with deja vu moments",2 +54673,"may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but",2 +163111,"is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball .",2 +68097,"Para Hitler",1 +218840,"watch Snatch again .",2 +87893,"no embellishment",2 +140523,"would be foreign in American teen comedies",2 +37500,"surfing",2 +80197,"for Leonard",2 +157232,"deje la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones",2 +44598,"As the two leads , Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",4 +6222,"entertained",4 +146978,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic ,",1 +168771,"people constantly checking their watches",1 +42408,"nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling . And in this regard , On Guard delivers",4 +119965,"fertility",2 +75067,"autobiographical gesture",2 +79667,"far less painful",2 +208675,"only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them",1 +165922,"might have been acceptable on the printed page of Iles ' book",2 +217721,"toward maximum comfort and familiarity",3 +28312,"an agreeable time-wasting device",0 +16821,"old '50 's",2 +169764,"really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",3 +4563,"america 's sweetheart",3 +44977,"Creepy , authentic and dark .",2 +213322,"terrible adaptation",0 +115520,"be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black",3 +36547,"revealing and richly entertaining",4 +49738,"bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances and a bewildering sense of self-importance",2 +139356,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but it provides a nice change of mindless pace in collision with the hot Oscar season currently underway",3 +219486,"will be impressed by this tired retread",3 +3428,"( reynolds",2 +187516,"Spring Break",2 +62108,", new-agey tone",2 +230412,"dramatic things happen to people",1 +151656,"a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 +170435,"school senior",2 +89372,"on a patient viewer",2 +144358,"Calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls .",0 +190527,"a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores",2 +138839,"upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",2 +146983,"Kaige",2 +231900,"if you have no interest in the gang-infested",1 +69462,"The direction",2 +10453,"sideshow",1 +1611,"literary purists may not be pleased , but",2 +43069,"'' Catch Me '' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",4 +90301,"piercing domestic drama",3 +90041,"para impotentes",2 +7045,"have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief",2 +105498,"Does n't",2 +190497,"a failure of storytelling",0 +44105,"A good piece",3 +19811,"and beauty",3 +23666,", his wife",2 +60105,"when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and",2 +130867,"puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination",2 +214942,"the least demanding of demographic groups",2 +60722,"'ll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper",1 +232537,"is little else to recommend `` Never Again . ''",1 +131638,"room floor",2 +159007,"fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 +53155,"interesting and confirming",3 +167072,"nutty cliches and far too much dialogue",1 +38049,"the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",3 +153438,"an intelligent film",3 +81012,"getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively",2 +230100,"dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",2 +132938,"something creepy",2 +218929,"we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes",2 +201889,"in his cynicism",2 +124549,"is so prolonged and boring",0 +49869,"brothers envious",1 +202831,"is confusing on one level or another , making Ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",1 +116992,"cinematic poet of the workplace",3 +126388,"lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless",1 +168141,"on the title of ugliest movie of the year",1 +146030,"I cry for I Spy",1 +52750,"how good",3 +29724,"bravely treads where few American films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity",3 +96539,"the real thing",3 +73859,"an intelligent flick",3 +145772,"Heartbreak Hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but",2 +93468,"stay in touch",2 +163227,"is perfect",3 +14559,"Tok",2 +59908,"vulnerability",2 +212999,"surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy .",0 +145814,"Hills Have Antlers",2 +65659,"Fresh",3 +40746,"All the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",4 +201550,"if it was at least funny",2 +184218,"Got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",3 +98133,"to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",2 +23663,", his approach to storytelling might be called Iranian .",1 +41701,"channels the Shagster",2 +64264,"Bean 's",2 +78308,"distinct impression",2 +161949,"in providing a disquiet world the long-dreaded completion of the Police Academy series",0 +228904,"as a children 's film",2 +69377,"The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but",2 +195908,"come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story .",2 +37435,"subtly presented",2 +186400,"No one involved , save Dash",2 +234067,"need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work",3 +53908,"its contemporary characters",2 +116686,"captures them",2 +52973,"in service of of others",2 +172265,"sudden turn and devolves",2 +192255,"all those jokes",2 +8524,"live out and",2 +233119,"its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",1 +197865,"ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise .",1 +113703,"allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc",3 +236672,"the Vincent Price horror classics",4 +205426,"loss and denial and",2 +30456,"cozy feeling",3 +194655,"bigger-name",2 +22629,"unapologetically dumb",1 +71150,"You really have to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch .",2 +121011,"genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills",2 +204832,"left off the film 's predictable denouement",1 +158245,"ends up being surprisingly dull",1 +131931,"see this movie is hereby given fair warning",2 +88388,"of ace Japanimator Hayao Miyazaki 's Spirited Away",3 +82132,"her targeted audience",2 +177344,"used so extensively",1 +124804,"it 's a spirited film and a must-see",4 +168500,"over-reliance",1 +114857,"as any James Bond thriller",3 +198849,"film ' in the worst sense of the expression",0 +124018,"is engage an audience",3 +167251,"of The Bicycle Thief",2 +111024,"What emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .",3 +141544,"'s pure PR hype",2 +74064,"and the thinness of its characterizations",2 +101197,"you will likely enjoy this monster",3 +114521,"approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",3 +162143,"indicates where his ambitions have wandered",2 +210136,"reactionary",2 +27701,"a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides --",4 +147763,"Not a cheap slasher flick",2 +15478,"count as educational",2 +156849,"could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",2 +184566,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business ,",1 +128800,"of mordant humor",2 +178215,"who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",0 +115288,"awakening and",3 +172731,"than a widget",2 +64722,"Cinematic",2 +12910,"wealth",3 +190435,"a decent budget",2 +5676,"compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",3 +131436,"respond by hitting on each other",2 +192144,"all but spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role .",3 +46909,"The Four Feathers",2 +226232,"The delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two .",4 +15434,"co-star",2 +204332,"its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end",1 +155345,"body-switching",2 +103101,"-- not even with that radioactive hair",2 +23746,", leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come",3 +149740,"The plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",0 +178245,"who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",1 +23778,", moral codes and ideals of the 1940s",2 +208988,"own most damning censure",0 +108130,"Ohlinger",2 +42584,"screams ''",2 +48011,"a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",4 +172104,"striking and",3 +128315,"of Dumas 's story",2 +232913,"it 's `` Waking up in Reno . ''",2 +48758,"all its moodiness",1 +81833,"have a bit of a phony relationship",2 +151972,"a little critical heresy",2 +178093,"where gay porn reaches for serious drama",1 +63560,"A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish",3 +70285,"This new movie version",2 +140234,"with style and empathy",3 +112272,"a lunar mission with no signs of life",1 +59857,"very well",3 +45431,"Hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .",3 +160163,"go crazy",2 +34153,"little picture",2 +200594,"has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage",1 +143488,"Accuracy and",3 +46341,"No screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes .",4 +202468,"involving the various Silbersteins",2 +9925,"put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns",2 +184356,"Hawke 's film ,",2 +15580,"does n't win any points for originality . It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",3 +39774,"very much its own droll and delicate little film ,",2 +132968,"something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",4 +78681,"during the first hour",2 +77371,"cooks Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .",2 +64786,"Confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from King Hunk .",3 +167505,"of hip-hop",2 +163714,"it Gutterball",1 +227229,"Writer \/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's",2 +90502,"populates",2 +178452,"wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha",0 +84868,"it 's also pretty funny",3 +57344,"stereotypes",1 +22545,"to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",3 +79910,"filmed Tosca that you want .",3 +145794,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie",2 +198193,"every potential laugh",2 +73130,"acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park 's",2 +75011,"at what it was to be Iranian-American in 1979",2 +49736,"bit of fluff stuffed with enjoyable performances",3 +24075,"-- pleasant , sweet and forgettable",2 +213033,"sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer .",1 +41642,"been hit-or-miss",2 +115450,"be a sucker for its charms",2 +174557,"the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",1 +96272,"the number of stories the Holocaust",2 +134603,"that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",1 +228420,"aims to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness .",2 +53063,"indie filmmaking",2 +222856,"Byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .",3 +87663,"must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him .",3 +212232,"somewhat convenient",2 +18666,"An intelligent fiction",4 +61904,", food-for-thought cinema",3 +234983,"plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption",2 +107135,"Jacobi ,",2 +12235,"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 +72120,"a phenomenal band",2 +209510,"pool substitutes for a bathtub",2 +80626,"from inside out",2 +107849,"Mr . Murray , a prolific director of music videos ,",3 +194469,"being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",2 +192621,"an old pickup skidding",2 +196280,"could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology",2 +201541,"if it had just gone that one step further .",3 +62351,", this is the movie for you",3 +135992,"the perspective it offers",2 +119815,"favor of water-bound action",2 +187418,"Some Like It Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",1 +353,"alexandre dumas ' classic",2 +48764,"all stages",2 +46090,"Marcken",2 +116758,"casting excellent Latin actors of all ages",3 +39877,"watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear",1 +84674,"is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",3 +33627,"it avoids the more serious emotions involved",2 +74831,"as well-written as Sexy Beast , not as gloriously flippant as Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , but stylish and moody and",3 +113627,"all that matters",3 +24538,"Add yet another hat to a talented head",4 +188469,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated",2 +80636,"from non-firsthand experience",2 +23716,", it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren .",2 +191923,"action-movie line",2 +180097,"'ve wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 +18578,"A film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .",3 +204906,"liberally",2 +24375,"A love for films shines through each frame",4 +18226,"projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid",2 +130555,"prep-school quality",2 +192592,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination",0 +222488,"Astonishing is n't the word --",3 +206307,"momentum and its position",2 +119050,"end up getting",2 +227964,"a hilarious Kenneth Branagh",3 +170951,"should clue you in on how bad the movie is",0 +219865,"with very little story or character",1 +219194,"where Human Nature should be ingratiating",1 +46630,"Return",2 +70849,"When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given",1 +116011,"bitter nor",2 +76074,"but blatantly biased",1 +20378,"detail and nuance",3 +236427,"that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk",3 +100160,"whose derring-do",2 +26120,"Mr . Chin",2 +33739,"its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics",4 +170537,"see the would-be surprises coming a mile away",1 +74657,"as crisp",2 +180977,", the film is essentially juiceless .",2 +113810,"ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation",3 +171769,"specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun",3 +204557,"kids or their parents",2 +32512,"hinges on its performances",2 +69331,"The Man",2 +33286,"is absorbing as well as thought-provoking",4 +118134,"despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life",2 +193707,"astronomically bad",0 +8309,"knees",2 +197708,"effect .",2 +200148,"gore for suspense .",1 +71092,"Ya-Yas",2 +196806,"descriptions",2 +112157,"a jar",2 +75704,"bite cleaner , and deeper",2 +207749,"of good",3 +25000,"Clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",3 +89715,"open-ended questions",3 +43825,". Barry",2 +125512,"just offensive",1 +35505,"of the uses and abuses of fame",2 +203199,"is n't that the basis for the entire plot",2 +233025,"it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",4 +66950,"Joseph Heller or",2 +188271,"The high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : There 's very little hustling on view .",1 +171555,"somber chamber drama",2 +117662,"crass , low-wattage endeavor",1 +152559,"a sunburn",2 +42987,"well-observed and",3 +133431,"strong themes of familial ties",3 +94091,"take 3 hours to get through",1 +151934,"a las",2 +48748,"alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",3 +48596,"acceptable",3 +181382,"1952 screen adaptation",2 +142476,", the film 's producers would be in the clink for life",2 +470,"as a remake , it 's a pale imitation",1 +52623,"his chemistry",2 +64294,"Beavis and",2 +162479,"investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",3 +130935,"quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc",2 +177381,"vacant",1 +6974,"hart 's war",2 +142849,"11 ,",2 +19548,"a polished , sophisticated entertainment",4 +114116,"an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",3 +29904,"by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel '' The Death of Napoleon",2 +179726,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight .",1 +200972,"health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and",0 +142499,", the jokes are a little lukewarm ,",1 +193512,"as it stands I",3 +229911,"comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 +7192,"his soul",2 +144453,"Chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest .",1 +1620,"live ,",2 +200849,"have no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive .",1 +64043,"Argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .",3 +196997,"directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style",1 +235856,"so huge",2 +22454,"though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",1 +209854,"provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst",2 +152826,"absurdist wit",3 +167080,"objectionable or",1 +217934,"turning over",2 +179738,"'s fairly lame",1 +154863,"beaten path",2 +148271,"Resident Evil games",2 +111711,"a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",1 +175515,"this picture so",2 +192901,"any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media",1 +72290,"a ride",2 +52286,"gripping enough",2 +100019,"while no art grows from a vacuum",2 +133584,"sucking you in ...",3 +221863,"100 minutes or $ 7.00",1 +93771,"succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful",1 +173076,"that it ends by blowing just about everything up",3 +10192,"romantics",3 +180818,", miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop",2 +228558,"an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and",0 +92438,"shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame",2 +105502,"Does n't do more than expand a TV show to movie length . However , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome",3 +20533,"fastidiousness",2 +225168,"No.",1 +6508,"firing",2 +13808,"A sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story",4 +19878,"and rhythmic ability",3 +25504,"Hawn 's character",2 +180190,"( Screenwriter ) Pimental took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation .",2 +73680,"an apology",2 +202235,"inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids ,",1 +27183,"Westfeldt and Juergensen exude a chemistry and comfort level that 's both saucy and endearing .",3 +198115,"even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making",1 +78255,"discreet",2 +83452,"intelligent , life-affirming script",4 +125071,"it points out how inseparable the two are",3 +195227,"by the shadowy lighting",3 +53920,"its empowerment",3 +191136,"a pressure cooker of horrified awe",1 +19945,"are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .",2 +163152,"is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false",1 +68830,"Slow and ponderous",2 +223066,"Dawson Leery",2 +60673,"'' make this a charmer .",4 +230489,"else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process",2 +28555,"and credible characters",3 +40847,"Despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater , and",3 +159313,"fondly remembered as Roman Coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about",1 +19022,"Jim",2 +50355,"compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",3 +146249,"Ignore",2 +37122,"some awesome action photography",4 +191152,"a purpose and",2 +99160,"up to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario",2 +83339,"infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .",3 +59725,"unlikely , but likable",3 +137804,"to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",3 +120133,"fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",4 +155602,"but a clunker",1 +86503,"mainstream American movies tend to exploit the familiar",1 +175855,"to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , The Selection , became in its final form",2 +60040,"were focused on the characters .",2 +106510,"I saw it as a young boy .",2 +34160,"live-action swashbuckling classic",4 +62409,", we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +75664,"bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales .",2 +170676,"self-exploitation",2 +129679,"opening ) dance",3 +16988,"pressure",2 +200575,"has little insight into the historical period and its artists ,",1 +74511,"artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown",3 +85138,"it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you",2 +66641,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed , the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",3 +50590,"culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",2 +41485,"a truly singular character ,",3 +187266,"Shore awful .",1 +181715,"A glossy knock-off of a B-movie revenge flick .",2 +212036,"soberly reported incidents",2 +84739,"is the man",2 +79274,"even touching story .",3 +150537,"Two bodies and",2 +52778,"humdrum",1 +19788,"and Wollter 's sterling performances",3 +193826,"atrocities",1 +223135,"Did we really need a remake of `` Charade ? ''",1 +119255,"equate to being good ,",3 +21070,"is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an Ikea world",2 +128733,"of irreparable damage",1 +143744,"An occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water",1 +3023,"uneven performances",1 +217849,"truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant",2 +237535,"this is the most visually unappealing .",0 +73027,"above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",3 +93908,"surehanded",3 +160686,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight",2 +53231,"irrational , unexplainable life",2 +93558,"story to match",2 +209199,"performances and direction",2 +27903,"a time when half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons",1 +103569,"A fifty car pileup of cliches",0 +40550,"'s a hoot and a half , and a great way for the American people",4 +172002,"still-contemporary",3 +51233,"enjoyable and",3 +3686,"a compelling and horrifying story",3 +107515,"Look at this !",2 +52614,"hip-hop",2 +64895,"Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most",3 +118763,"dualistic battle",2 +21743,"positive",3 +4337,"about 10 minutes",2 +238737,"why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 +160183,"go with it for the ride",2 +192917,"any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary",2 +197229,"do not automatically equal laughs .",1 +148401,"Scarlet Diva",3 +38468,"the mysterious spring",2 +190658,"a good idea",3 +57338,"steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology",1 +106787,"Is not so much",2 +116682,"captures the debilitating grief",3 +34789,"n't feel it has to prove anything",2 +77490,"craft",2 +104516,"As spent screen series go , Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .",2 +157854,"done all",2 +205393,"loopy and",1 +24628,"An exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying",4 +108574,"Reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .",2 +22713,"want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",2 +99629,"was n't something",2 +63521,"A tone poem",2 +89315,"old Monty Python cartoons",3 +154249,"as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear",2 +84907,"it 's implosion",2 +204122,"its assigned marks to take on any life of its own",2 +157302,"descends into such message-mongering moralism",1 +25754,"It 's like a poem .",3 +17055,"really is n't all that bad",2 +210388,"remind us of brilliant crime dramas",3 +57579,"take time revealing them",2 +186242,"Mulan",2 +211545,"show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",1 +71965,"a measure of style",3 +228078,"a piece of storytelling",2 +92900,"smarts",2 +183799,"Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend . It goes down easy , leaving virtually no aftertaste .",3 +120428,"for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",1 +189483,"We get light showers of emotion a couple of times ,",2 +103176,"... ( the film ) works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .",3 +18977,"Irish writer Brendan Behan 's memoir , Borstal Boy , has been given a loving screen transferral .",3 +168335,"opening the man 's head and heart",2 +194593,"between Highlander and Lolita",2 +171995,"still evolving story",2 +154483,"average local news columnist",2 +158496,"every bad idea",1 +223534,"Great character interaction .",4 +218430,"vaudeville partners",2 +136666,"their famous parents",2 +8527,"lively songs",3 +29393,"be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting",3 +106091,"Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh .",1 +222465,"As quiet , patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself",3 +180437,", Reign of Fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .",2 +93179,"something that really matters",3 +37552,"sweet-natured reconsideration",3 +155716,"by a story that is all too predictable",1 +103989,"A visual spectacle",3 +197604,"dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market",1 +4229,"a touch",2 +216079,"then keeps lifting the pedestal higher",2 +191240,"a rousing success",4 +5656,"comeuppance",2 +160106,"gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it .",2 +52506,"have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",2 +111787,"a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",4 +7271,"i could just skip it",1 +27302,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha",1 +71133,"You could love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer ) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long .",2 +213410,"than no Chekhov",2 +1004,"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing",2 +194428,"before the screen",2 +232070,"in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",1 +74453,"are tops , with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances .",4 +84626,"is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining .",0 +147043,"Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time",1 +216490,"this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",1 +143827,"Anthony Hopkins",2 +66208,"I thoroughly enjoyed the love story",4 +173235,"that the strain is all too evident",2 +236217,"swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises",4 +106485,"I just saw this movie",2 +41113,"Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but",1 +153304,"an affected malaise",1 +108606,"Requiem",2 +1044,"fuels",2 +110716,"Too silly",2 +203355,"is really only one movie 's worth of decent gags",3 +227237,"Y",2 +56870,"serving",2 +122485,"honest and loving one",4 +171090,"silly walk",2 +18163,"you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas",2 +13857,"Analyze That",2 +130904,"quiet , introspective and entertaining independent",4 +17670,"the traffic",2 +120855,"funny , smart , visually inventive ,",4 +28600,"and exquisitely",4 +216512,"this turkey",2 +51243,"enough alone",2 +220843,"'s hold over her .",2 +32454,"heaving",2 +50404,"confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions",2 +166078,"modern context",2 +113010,"a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .",0 +178831,"worse than expected",2 +96918,"the true wonder of Rintarô 's Metropolis",3 +230357,"does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit",2 +89852,"out-outrage or",2 +56872,"set in Renaissance Spain , and the fact",2 +110011,"The movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .",1 +181023,", the title is merely Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through .",2 +109781,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and you find yourself rooting for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her .",3 +21639,"one thing you could n't say is that Alias Betty is predictable .",3 +117069,"cleverness ,",2 +237895,"to never growing old",2 +182081,"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 .",1 +46506,"Philadelphia and American Beauty",2 +48284,"a pop-induced score",2 +70084,"There 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent .",4 +142858,"123 minutes",2 +166727,"news columnist",2 +162344,"interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time",0 +201134,"his Simpson voice-overs",2 +61395,"'ve seen pornography or documentary",2 +135173,"the energy it takes to describe how bad it is",0 +180939,", stupid and pointless",1 +85114,"it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama",2 +104708,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress , and Isabelle Huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",3 +153865,"are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love",1 +30072,"celebrity athletes",2 +63230,"A new film from Bill Plympton , the animation master ,",2 +83218,"in where filmmaking can take us",2 +109721,"The dramatic crisis does n't always succeed in its quest to be taken seriously",1 +83508,"interpret",2 +199245,"for insomnia",3 +154873,"because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters",2 +210188,"really , save your disgust and your indifference",1 +190936,"a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",1 +96265,"the novel 's deeper intimate resonances",2 +53352,"is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been",2 +162113,"include the con",2 +203983,"it never quite adds up",1 +681,"category",2 +114854,"as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight",2 +106958,"It 's sort of in-between",3 +96307,"the original Men",2 +160700,"has made just another safe movie",2 +174825,"the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants ' So to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed .",0 +148930,"Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle",2 +171775,"spell cliché",1 +122445,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all --",0 +116007,"biting , be-bop",2 +185967,"Makes the same mistake as the music industry",1 +177977,"what is happening in America in 2002",2 +135426,"the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre",2 +141655,"'s the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .",1 +92975,"so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough",4 +25186,"Eddie Murphy film",2 +206200,"minimal number",2 +135215,"the experiences of Zishe",2 +8606,"majority",2 +66116,"I 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled ,",1 +82677,"illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",3 +44150,"A lyrical metaphor",2 +55588,"of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies",3 +207787,"of human decency",2 +8587,"lyric",2 +180225,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy , and",1 +225815,"Sleek and arty",4 +9404,"of water",2 +35990,"personified by Michel Piccoli",3 +143802,"Analyze That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",3 +167445,"of emotional steam",2 +144644,"Craven 's",2 +215235,"the oddest places",2 +155434,"bottomless pit",1 +104311,"An erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .",0 +69043,"Sum '' is Jack Ryan 's '' do-over",2 +117885,"dating wars",2 +143419,"A very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction",0 +148548,"Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that",2 +145100,"Enough trivializes an important crisis",1 +24406,"A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with",3 +146989,"Kate",2 +50847,"directed -",2 +11289,"the dialogue jar",2 +103372,": The Widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .",2 +74815,"as this premise may seem",2 +85054,"it is a hilarious place to visit",3 +226507,"The subtle strength of `` Elling ''",3 +44895,"Chesterton",2 +160162,"go back to the source",2 +24509,"A work of astonishing delicacy and force .",4 +104647,"Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",2 +24341,"A film about a young man",3 +83166,"in their recklessness",1 +160969,"he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .",3 +185564,"Kafka-inspired philosophy",2 +13961,"Derrida 's",2 +159036,"fewer",2 +82135,"her tough , funny , rather chaotic show",3 +214690,"the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",1 +142577,", this opera is n't a favorite",1 +68142,"Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr",2 +39288,"to share airtime alongside the farm report",2 +27054,"Tim Story 's not there yet",1 +133740,"sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion",2 +88517,"of denial",1 +4425,"adult",2 +17311,"startling",2 +144108,"Being author Wells ' great-grandson",2 +6726,"fussing over too weak a recipe",1 +144765,"Demme 's loose approach kills the suspense .",1 +5487,"challenging",2 +206971,"new viewers",2 +202866,"is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem --",0 +196104,"cone",2 +207360,"oddest places",2 +106164,"Has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be .",1 +119915,"feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .",1 +129820,"outwardly",2 +47877,"a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",4 +145065,"Einstein 's brain",2 +65925,"Has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre",3 +118310,"dirty jokes",1 +132749,"so many complicated facial expressions",2 +216640,"thrills and extreme emotions",3 +59906,"vs",2 +142271,", it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam .",1 +42096,"holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire",3 +111282,"Writer-director Stephen Gaghan",2 +65364,"Even if you 've seen '' Stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this !",4 +164113,"its pleasures intermittent",3 +106713,"In the era of The Sopranos",2 +102404,", at last count , numbered 52 different versions",1 +145198,"Every nanosecond",2 +169761,"really does n't fit the part",1 +136436,"the tortured husband",1 +233365,"less than pure wankery",1 +57832,"that magnify her outrageous charm",3 +168541,"overplay",2 +26661,"Submarine flick",2 +86517,"maintains suspense on different levels",3 +214351,"the contours",2 +70512,"Twenty years later , E . T . is still a cinematic touchstone .",4 +62923,"A deliberative account",2 +56027,"picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",3 +218852,"watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A",3 +5178,"blair",2 +72224,"a real film",3 +140965,"'d hoped the movie would avoid",1 +164930,"like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget NC-17 version of Tank Girl",2 +111293,"Yale grad",3 +117944,"deep , uncompromising curtsy",1 +149364,"The fight scenes are fun",3 +94621,"that do",2 +191221,"a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma",3 +221747,"-- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .",2 +18481,", there 's much truth",3 +225653,"Romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .",4 +210902,"sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .",1 +56358,"quite tasty",3 +219231,"whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed",2 +182885,"Brady 's",2 +57012,"since GoodFellas",2 +131051,"readily apparent",2 +142191,", harmless diversion and little else .",1 +228854,"are there Tolstoy groupies out there ?",2 +236589,"that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .",0 +175339,"this adult",2 +217795,"tries to help a Jewish friend",2 +223818,"I have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short .",0 +192171,"all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter )",2 +205715,"makes its point",3 +230782,"festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other",2 +43707,", still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",3 +12182,"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day",0 +108432,"Pocas",2 +223626,"Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .",4 +112848,"a surprise",2 +109445,"The Master of Disguise",2 +189550,"What 's the most positive thing that can be said about the new Rob Schneider vehicle ? Well , it 's not as pathetic as The Animal .",2 +83248,"including the physical demands made on Büttner",2 +35468,"of the life of artist Frida Kahlo",3 +108314,"Pasolini",2 +98541,"tormented",2 +231732,"his hero 's background or motivations",2 +180372,", Frankenstein-like",2 +93434,"star-power potential",3 +76214,"by the changing composition of the nation",2 +205623,"mainly unfunny",1 +182987,"Cagney and Lacey",2 +166404,"movie that tries to fuse the two ` woods ' but winds up a Bolly-Holly masala mess .",1 +234684,"on so thick this time",2 +59691,"unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds",2 +164506,"labored gentility",1 +142784,"... has virtually no script at all ...",0 +34830,"narcotizing bland",0 +92035,"seams",2 +127050,"midnight flick",2 +226886,"Unwieldy contraption .",1 +180750,", it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",3 +171435,"so little entertainment",1 +197752,"elves",2 +52027,"fuss or",2 +162899,"is flushed down the latrine of heroism .",2 +160723,"has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative",1 +124010,"is during the offbeat musical numbers .",3 +52947,"in its over-the-top way ,",2 +149673,"The only thing worse than your substandard , run-of-the-mill Hollywood picture",1 +78391,"does , in fact , still happen in America",2 +30712,"deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie",2 +63790,"American Psycho",2 +126216,"little doubt",3 +174112,"the inexorable passage",2 +64713,"Christmas Carol",2 +30259,"come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",1 +168947,"plays like a mix of Cheech and Chong",2 +99074,"unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",3 +222734,"But believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works I 've seen .",4 +180937,", sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .",3 +92379,"sex in the movies",2 +163281,"is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through .",1 +116718,"caricature",1 +145472,"Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life",0 +149803,"The screenplay sabotages",1 +39583,"uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue .",4 +202763,"is as innocuous as it is flavorless .",2 +205120,"like whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",1 +153605,"and white mask",2 +199145,"for Seagal )",2 +36762,"seems compelling and even original",3 +88616,"of hard-bitten , cynical journalists",1 +93191,"sometimes improbable",1 +19449,"Z-Boys",2 +75930,"brief moment",2 +175260,"thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",1 +71216,"a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious",2 +186993,"Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and",1 +69602,"The first Tunisian film I",2 +46606,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even",3 +222063,"A movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda .",3 +43738,", there is an unsettled feeling to the film",1 +222354,"And for many of us , that 's good enough .",3 +58114,"the chemistry and complex relationship",3 +166001,"mirror",2 +34863,"necessary political work",2 +209884,"puddle",2 +59564,"trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and",2 +191602,"a visual flair",2 +15216,"be unaffected",1 +49908,"but because of the startling intimacy",3 +95839,"the grandness",3 +137961,"to the size of a downtown hotel",2 +176959,"turn an Imax theater",2 +53779,"it achieves despite that breadth",2 +118655,"downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .",2 +56881,"sex is currency",2 +233507,"local flavour",3 +22230,"the actors helps '' Moonlight Mile ''",3 +124266,"is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White .",1 +77433,"could have planned for",2 +185533,"Just a bunch",2 +138123,"too many Barney videos",0 +72805,"a way of seeping into your consciousness",3 +176615,"too forced and overwritten",1 +160216,"going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",2 +140606,"writer-director Kurt Wimmer",3 +155074,"being nothing more than a formulaic chase in the dark",0 +22307,"the most peculiar ( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries in our increasingly frightening theocracy",1 +54096,"kind ,",3 +116764,"catastrophic",2 +5547,"cho and",2 +1884,"of alexandre dumas ' classic",3 +109980,"The most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine",0 +51340,"even cranky adults",2 +48797,"allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy .",3 +122940,"in almost every scene",2 +149878,"The story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter Paul Pender overloads it with sugary bits of business .",1 +172811,"than this oddly cheerful -- but not particularly funny -- body-switching farce",1 +66328,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses",3 +235696,"should have been a painless time-killer",1 +134052,"than any 50 other filmmakers",2 +195942,"comedy only half as clever",2 +32010,"genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line .",3 +38376,"the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",2 +103564,"A few pieces",2 +135567,"the insightful writer\/director",3 +75612,"better characters , some genuine quirkiness and",3 +114790,"as Joan",2 +209883,"publishing giant William Randolph Hearst",2 +47727,"You 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .",3 +34609,"more to the point , the issues are subtly presented",3 +211790,"slimed",1 +72882,"ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",4 +212491,"starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",2 +88855,"of revelation",2 +182341,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",2 +201777,"in a college history course",2 +186001,"Many shallower movies these days seem too long , but",2 +18140,"wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question",2 +223032,"Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs",2 +20948,"intently on his characters",2 +228423,"al.",2 +222046,"A major waste",0 +107364,"LaBute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era",0 +121153,"give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",2 +212825,"such a cold movie",2 +30372,"contemplative and mournfully reflective",2 +87954,"noir and action flicks",2 +28647,"and her vibrant ` co-stars",2 +18183,"( But it 's )",2 +1676,"make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini",1 +99414,"viewers guessing just",2 +224869,"Mr. Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace",2 +207469,"of Sandler",2 +57119,"so often end up on cinema screens",3 +236469,"that it 's actually watchable",3 +234831,"overdose movies like `` Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood , ''",1 +83661,"involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",3 +9665,"peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments",3 +37567,"take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages",4 +132201,"several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie",1 +69938,"The story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . The performances are all solid : it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie",1 +173365,"the Farrelly Bros . -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",1 +210035,"quota",2 +190329,"a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school",0 +131586,"risks trivializing it , though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .",2 +82215,"his art",2 +144286,"Buff",2 +226320,"The little girls understand , and McCracken knows that 's all that matters",2 +180379,", Holofcener 's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded , and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often .",2 +61144,"'s no accident",3 +158073,"dysfunctional and destructive",1 +37829,"that is miraculously able to entertain anyway",3 +174268,"the merely quirky from the surreal",2 +96815,"the suppression",2 +141471,"'s not horrible , just horribly mediocre",2 +99426,"vigorously",2 +138168,"too-long",2 +92121,"seeing something purer than the real thing",3 +195993,"comfy little cell",2 +192948,"anyone truly knowing your identity",2 +108180,"One of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history .",2 +214282,"the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings .",1 +64530,"Bubba Ho-Tep 's",2 +139380,"we care about the story",4 +27113,"Uses",2 +29595,"bien vale la pena aprovechar",2 +234918,"perhaps it snuck under my feet",2 +158503,"every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie",2 +128586,"of combat scenes",2 +86508,"maintain a straight face",3 +168450,"out-sized",1 +77037,"committed to film .",2 +212028,"soap operas",2 +171518,"social insight , intellectual pretension and",2 +145390,"Flotsam in the sea of moviemaking",2 +6738,"gazing out windows",2 +28378,"an intriguing look",3 +180592,", dangerous libertine and agitator",2 +181111,", we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes",1 +2137,"regard",3 +15757,"feel-good formula",4 +90998,"quiet family drama",3 +182728,"Bears is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .",0 +155095,"believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved",2 +197839,"end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other",3 +153434,"an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast",0 +167835,"of the times and , perhaps unwittingly",2 +45895,"Jiri",2 +203151,"is n't a terrible film by any means",3 +142011,", Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",1 +208419,"on an elegant visual sense and a talent",4 +156090,"catch some quality naptime along the way",1 +136201,"the scary parts in ` Signs '",2 +170612,"seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest .",2 +11118,"that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",0 +28992,"anything resembling reality",3 +172570,"tastelessness a bad rap",0 +202063,"in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",3 +115757,"been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s",2 +110679,"Toback",2 +14741,"a great deal",3 +4157,"a strong script , powerful direction and",4 +67137,"Last Dance",2 +26108,"More than makes up for its mawkish posing by offering rousing spates of genuine feeling .",3 +5538,"child",2 +184457,"Hollywood has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now .",1 +209508,"poo-poo jokes",1 +87511,"mournful",1 +206666,"much exploitation",2 +231922,"impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story ''",1 +1459,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter",1 +200887,"have to keep on looking",2 +228447,"all the emotions and life experiences",2 +201781,"in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",1 +56544,"represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director",4 +196535,"cute animals and clumsy people .",2 +182656,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say ,",1 +13998,"Emerges as something rare",3 +198926,"finding a new angle",3 +185427,"Jam-packed",3 +222236,"All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation",2 +112912,"a tour de",2 +179725,"'s equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight",1 +64635,"Carlos Fresnadillo",2 +40206,"with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep",1 +30233,"code-talk",2 +191671,"able to pull it back on course",3 +87496,"most virtuous limits",4 +187623,"Suffers from a flat script and a low budget",0 +112839,"a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial",2 +174043,"the grace of God",2 +194884,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a '' SNL ''",2 +48970,"an introduction",2 +25016,"Communion wafer",2 +138380,"truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together",3 +71782,"a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion",3 +37162,"something truly new",3 +203986,"it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",1 +230304,"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .",1 +105459,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",4 +159237,"flick , primarily",2 +92038,"search of all the emotions",2 +140563,"would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way",2 +157743,"does n't always improve the over-the-top mix",1 +227200,"With recent tensions rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept. 11 , its difficult these days to appreciate Fire 's bright side .",2 +225849,"Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich",3 +127262,"more ambivalent",2 +105372,"Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .",3 +36957,"sick comedies that can be snide",2 +140114,"with another character",2 +52209,"good-bad",2 +66611,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good , you feel sad",3 +205863,"masquerade",2 +235105,"provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",1 +59246,"to get in the way",1 +205648,"make a hip comedy",3 +211554,"showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings",1 +196153,"consummate actor",3 +3894,"a jolly surprise",4 +67019,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure ,",4 +128129,"not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .",2 +220199,"yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .",1 +106215,"Here 's my advice , Kev . Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .",0 +231538,"have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3",1 +152312,"a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience",1 +60488,"would have made",2 +124193,"is laid back",2 +8640,"makes s",2 +178879,"would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",2 +54758,"miss Hitchcock , but",2 +42031,"grief and",2 +165410,"made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",3 +98170,"to liberation",2 +188167,"The film delivers what it promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",3 +220264,"you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already .",0 +145268,"Famous",3 +57175,"some nice chills along the way",3 +202187,"indie filmmakers",2 +67779,"Native",2 +1131,"guy",2 +226713,"This version of H.G. Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H.G. Wells ' great-grandson .",2 +107783,"Miyazaki 's nonstop images",2 +118657,"downright intoxicating",4 +150780,"Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director",2 +236411,"that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , What to Do in Case of Fire ?",3 +197361,"does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it . No , even that 's too committed . He gets his secretary to fax it",1 +225169,"No. .",1 +125649,"knows everything",2 +101862,"'s probably not accurate to call it a movie",1 +215308,"the paper-thin characterizations and",1 +28427,"and , yes , most intimidating",2 +77821,"deep into the very fabric of Iranian",2 +212777,"subject matter justice",2 +199119,"fools",2 +34672,"mothball-y stuff",1 +137448,"to be the next Animal House",2 +205745,"making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 +13884,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human",3 +74551,"as Nadia , a Russian mail-order bride who comes to America speaking not a word of English",2 +175976,"to be this spontaneous",2 +225548,"Q. Archibald",2 +26004,"Looking",2 +27072,"Too sincere to exploit its subjects",3 +147729,"No reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either .",0 +84226,"is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .",3 +69789,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded",4 +37281,"star Bob Crane",2 +196819,"deserves a more engaged and honest treatment",2 +101008,"xtc . works",2 +104626,"Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever",3 +90257,"photographed and beautifully",3 +181982,"A shoddy male hip hop fantasy",0 +110001,"The movie is loaded with good intentions ,",2 +201426,"hug cycle",2 +142158,", embarrassing movie",0 +217701,"total misfire",1 +168622,"painful to sit through",0 +17073,"refreshingly",3 +62644,"13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Karen Sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas",3 +8499,"limply",1 +140619,"written by Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher",2 +137183,"three decades",2 +168330,"ooky-spookies",2 +211670,"singularly off-putting romantic comedy .",1 +124594,"is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted : the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol .",1 +134679,"the Brosnan bunch",2 +181187,"-- and in a relatively short amount of time",2 +122774,"imagine acting that could be any flatter",1 +130085,"pedigree , mongrel pep",2 +107903,"My Father would be a rarity in Hollywood",2 +231213,"gives voice",2 +76976,"comes off winningly",4 +195776,"cliched dialogue and",1 +196032,"committed dumbness",0 +103209,"... could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .",4 +39615,"uneven but intriguing",3 +194033,"be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , '",2 +49625,"begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .",3 +195137,"by an actress who smiles and frowns",2 +166624,"needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up",1 +201474,"hyperbolic terms",2 +109044,"Solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .",2 +190644,"a glimmer of intelligence or invention",3 +238392,"want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",3 +13047,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",1 +183399,"Deuces Wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .",1 +104947,"Byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground .",3 +144666,"Crossroads ''",2 +141686,"'s too self-important and plodding",1 +182596,"As it stands it 's an opera movie for the buffs .",2 +165713,"matinee admission 's",2 +151430,"a bundle in common with them",2 +26085,"Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since , well , Performance",3 +106131,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire .",0 +153574,"and laser-beam eyes",2 +122942,"in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",1 +198885,"final effect",2 +194127,"be far more interesting to the Soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by Julia Roberts",2 +48459,"a true adaptation",3 +97257,"they 've told a nice little story in the process",2 +162204,"initial anomie",2 +117913,"dealing with right now",2 +50673,"deceit",1 +2881,"this year",2 +133650,"support the premise other than fling gags at it",3 +68734,"Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions",2 +17361,"surgical",2 +175560,"this tepid genre offering",1 +50480,"costumes and",2 +199259,"for more than four minutes",2 +21632,"one of Polanski 's best films",4 +20477,"enthuse",2 +125574,"keeps on going",2 +23288,", Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,",3 +170044,"resembling acting",2 +129056,"of the lucky few",2 +60008,"welcome or accept The Trials of Henry Kissinger",2 +202694,"is all menace and atmosphere",2 +225389,"Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and you 've got a huge mess .",0 +93673,"stunningly unoriginal premise",2 +48665,"actor Bill Paxton 's",2 +160133,"giving the whole thing",2 +93119,"some problems",1 +25249,"Even if the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth",2 +28364,"an honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",3 +133895,"tastelessness and",0 +34912,"nicely nuanced narrative",3 +136558,"the way a good noir should",3 +55356,"of female friendship",2 +118205,"did n't connect with me would require another viewing",1 +56552,"resemble",2 +89432,"on people",2 +237965,"to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus",2 +85829,"leanest",2 +101083,"you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time",2 +159641,"freak show",1 +197694,"echoes",3 +229347,"believe that Resident Evil is not it .",1 +67922,"Now as a former Gong Show addict , I 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .",3 +152265,"a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",2 +7666,"is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter",3 +84803,"is up to you to decide if you need to see it",2 +237936,"to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment",2 +149205,"The actors do n't inhabit their roles -- they 're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",1 +39152,"to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",3 +46852,"Stuffed to the brim with ideas , American instigator Michael Moore 's film is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition .",3 +157336,"despite its alleged provocation post-9 \",1 +189065,"This overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious .",1 +157386,"diapers",2 +119821,"favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking )",2 +94092,"take a complete moron",1 +178263,"whole lot scarier",3 +87273,"more grueling and",1 +118481,"docs",2 +28188,"all aspects",2 +35997,"perverted , sex-soaked riff",0 +74678,"as executive producer",2 +44751,"Boomers",2 +26072,"Men",3 +137995,"to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action",2 +227617,"`` The Four Feathers ''",2 +4195,"a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 +50017,"can now",2 +162551,"is Hartley 's least accessible screed yet",1 +154895,"because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",0 +227565,"`` Red Dragon '' is entertaining .",4 +212052,"softens up",2 +22894,"yet poignant",3 +169859,"reek of a script",1 +99197,"urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude",2 +132101,"sensitive handling",2 +25205,"Ellie",2 +221210,", Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",1 +138719,"unique sport",2 +55564,"of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",3 +197953,"entertainment and evangelical",3 +204372,"itself are little more than routine .",1 +71267,"a atacar ,",2 +164177,"its twists and turns",2 +167238,"of SLA members Emily and William Harris",2 +133478,"stupefying absurdity",2 +172890,"that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action",0 +131105,"really funny",4 +100538,"with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",3 +41893,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully",3 +122538,"how deep",2 +188210,"The film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes",1 +44820,"By no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .",1 +126407,"loud and offensive , but more often",1 +86357,"love Safe Conduct ( Laissez Passer )",2 +52481,"have developed some taste",3 +89942,"overrun",1 +193214,"are terribly wasted .",0 +93759,"succeeds in making us believe",3 +209554,"pose Madonna",2 +150140,"They should have called it Gutterball .",1 +238300,"usually die",2 +29385,"bare the tragedies of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",3 +236970,"the hard-partying",2 +180375,", Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",1 +100418,"with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex ,",2 +228108,"a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand",2 +14019,"Everytime you think Undercover Brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",3 +167822,"of the quality of a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe , or that dreadful Sabrina remake",1 +118775,"dulls",1 +81070,"given a full workout",2 +46778,"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth ,",4 +99718,"we all lose track of ourselves by trying",3 +202432,"into the abyss",2 +33681,"it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",3 +81071,"given a part",2 +75998,"brought about by his lack of self-awareness",2 +112422,"a niche hit",3 +65518,"Fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy .",3 +120579,"forming",2 +46432,"One of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it",3 +226159,"The Pink Panther",2 +8275,"juxtaposition",2 +141861,"( co-written with Guardian hack Nick Davies )",2 +92447,"share her one-room world",2 +209319,"plain dumb",0 +232243,"is `` new ''",2 +72039,"a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving",4 +202712,"is also eminently forgettable .",1 +119159,"enough substance",3 +175780,"tired one",1 +179169,"you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",1 +33203,"is Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums with a confidence that many spend entire careers trying to reach .",3 +28377,"an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",3 +216287,"think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British",1 +31356,"expect light romantic comedy",3 +104660,"Beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of Grenoble and Geneva",4 +3133,"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere",2 +101456,"'re not supposed to take it seriously",2 +226585,"There are slow and repetitive parts ,",1 +163035,"is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",0 +14063,"Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",3 +95864,"the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",2 +186005,"MapQuest emailed him point-to-point driving directions",2 +60005,"weirdly retro thriller",2 +232801,"is the conceit",2 +88995,"of the delusions",2 +192833,"another clever if pointless excursion",1 +71149,"You may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .",1 +110115,"The rare Imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour .",3 +125479,"judge this one",2 +100714,"without ever quite falling over",2 +168494,"over this",1 +120342,"for Holm 's performance",2 +225245,"Nós",2 +48584,"absolutely riveting conviction",4 +66228,"Ice-T",2 +183927,"Filled with low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard",1 +117924,"debilitating grief",2 +74745,"as one , Ms . Mirren , who did",2 +218818,"wasted minutes of Sandler",1 +224817,"More intimate than spectacular , E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",4 +75535,"being there when the rope snaps",2 +187824,"The Lifestyle",2 +151109,"You 're from two different worlds",2 +219763,"with its own style",2 +39689,"up for in intelligence and B-grade stylishness",3 +101474,"'s Family",2 +117548,"costumer",2 +121991,"have the best of both worlds",3 +148161,"Price",2 +162128,"increasingly threadbare",1 +123271,"inane and",1 +554,"be impossible to sit through",0 +39817,"wacky talent",3 +203522,"is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",0 +150954,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss .",3 +130610,"pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But",0 +79646,"fans '",2 +15010,"and captivating",3 +185770,"Like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone",1 +79752,"feel like a 10-course banquet .",3 +231220,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat",4 +27552,"a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",3 +97172,"their wake",2 +181510,"A Veggie Tales Movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit",2 +214574,"the film 's production design",2 +348,"against her natural likability",1 +49740,"bitchy frolic",1 +15701,"evocative",3 +224443,"Jack Ryan , Tom Clancy 's intrepid hero",3 +170497,"second prize",2 +231174,"giant Achilles",2 +219310,"whiny and defensive",1 +237225,"the social milieu",2 +195994,"comic antics",2 +23801,", offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...",3 +119014,"empathy for its characters",2 +83454,"intelligent , realistic portrayal",4 +30651,"definitely one for the masses",4 +236001,"squirts the screen",2 +26818,"The film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of Joan 's madness .",3 +180211,"( T ) he ideas of Revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution",1 +171029,"shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",1 +65324,"Entirely appropriately",2 +32211,"gross-out contests",1 +24001,", with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",4 +100933,"would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` The French Lieutenant 's Woman . '",3 +46809,"Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris '",2 +171838,"springs to life",2 +44599,"As unseemly",1 +202144,"inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",2 +139603,"when she should be building suspense",1 +198717,"feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks",1 +7549,"insightfully written , delicately performed",4 +10056,"regarding",2 +166512,"muted and routine",1 +220179,"yahoo-ing death shows",1 +228374,"admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time",2 +86507,"maintain",2 +228826,"are now",2 +50903,"distant memories .",2 +139082,"visual flourishes",3 +137778,"to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket",2 +124691,"is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .",2 +77569,"creeps into your heart",3 +175707,"through this movie",2 +101384,"'ll be rewarded with some fine acting",3 +222787,"But never mind all that : the boobs are fantasti",3 +106168,"Has its charming quirks and its dull spots .",2 +25379,"Fundamentals",2 +52235,"grandiloquent",3 +26909,"The story , like life , refuses to be simple",2 +206173,"mind crappy movies",0 +180108,"( About Schmidt )",2 +214298,"the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair",0 +77127,"compromising that complexity",1 +152475,"a sort of cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very ,",2 +166416,"movies that blare with pop songs",2 +20680,"grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",4 +151819,"a good movie in spurts",2 +84720,"is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",4 +133177,"squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",1 +118026,"delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",3 +184024,"Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck",2 +205950,"may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song",1 +83735,"is Schmidt 's , no matter if it 's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale",2 +234101,"new `` A Christmas Carol ''",2 +89941,"overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other",2 +158256,"ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .",1 +236968,"the guy who liked There 's Something About Mary and both American Pie movies",2 +155623,"but finally slight .",2 +132977,"sometime bitter movie about love",3 +89017,"of the funniest motion",3 +49957,"by the cool presence of Jean Reno",3 +128127,"not the usual route",2 +233458,"like the St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .",1 +229740,"care too much about this love story",3 +11865,"the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene",0 +35933,"pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",1 +64492,"Brings to a spectacular completion one",3 +11409,"the film sometimes flags ... but",2 +6027,"does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",1 +97886,"to avoid didacticism",2 +144022,"Bad beyond belief",0 +207531,"of a fanciful motion picture",3 +201558,"if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",2 +151803,"a glorified Nike ad",0 +164323,"just how dangerous entertainments like it can be",2 +192159,"all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra",2 +15764,"female high school friends",2 +34343,"male swingers in the Playboy era",2 +40009,"which is probably for the best .",2 +20691,"green-guts monster movies go",2 +213310,"terms of authenticity",3 +154519,"awkwardly paced",1 +53337,"is a subversive element to this Disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability .",2 +168051,"on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future Quentin Tarantino picture",2 +187849,"The Prince",2 +34824,"nail-biting thriller",3 +166396,"movie riddles",2 +150604,"Uzumaki 's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic",2 +156956,"create interest",2 +191018,"a muddled drama about coming to terms with death",2 +227449,"`` Carmen ''",2 +80522,"frank",2 +206182,"mind the ticket cost",2 +21773,"proceedings",2 +224368,"It may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of Weekend and Two or Three Things I Know About Her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ?",2 +6050,"dog soldiers does n't transcend genre",1 +83223,"in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together",3 +56902,"shatters you in waves",2 +99459,"visual devices",2 +94502,"that 's when you 're in the most trouble",1 +91269,"recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",3 +60873,"'s a taunt - a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered",1 +20916,"in the rise of Castro",2 +152839,"accompanying sustenance",3 +208925,"overinflated mythology",1 +47169,"The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",3 +185713,"Leather",3 +203661,"is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives",1 +134037,"than a few shrieky special effects",2 +61477,"( Ramsay )",2 +197854,"endlessly repetitive",1 +18026,"when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen",2 +220885,"'s more enjoyable than I expected ,",3 +202295,"instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 +38736,"the type of movie it is",2 +30059,"cat",2 +224081,"Intriguing and stylish .",4 +232803,"is the man .",2 +187132,"Scherfig , who has had a successful career in TV",3 +73974,"an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera",3 +210416,"repeated five or six times",2 +172443,"sympathizing",3 +16804,"of their best work in their underwritten roles",3 +119604,"extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense",2 +114297,"anger and frustration",1 +132609,"slightly humorous and tender",3 +82142,"heralds something special",4 +132978,"sometimes beautiful",3 +49453,"backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated",2 +43724,", the project is sensational and revelatory , even if scratching makes you itch .",4 +207775,"of his previous works",2 +17393,"technical , logistical feat",3 +143322,"A sequence",2 +143787,"An unsatisfying hybrid of Blair Witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living",1 +45973,"Laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances",4 +118999,"emotional investment",3 +64014,"Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .",4 +221639,", this is that sort of thing all over again .",2 +49319,"as sharp",3 +17985,"watchful",3 +171196,"sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz ,",2 +136933,"this film , which may be why it works as well as it does",3 +90882,"pulpy",1 +189623,"When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",2 +52875,"in Ratcatcher",2 +78996,"engaging and unpredictable character pieces",3 +225608,"Resident Evil is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings .",2 +154463,"authentically vague",1 +102051,"( A ) satisfying niblet .",3 +227214,"Woo 's a P.O.W.",2 +141831,"( U ) nrelentingly stupid .",0 +223864,"I walked away not really know who `` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like .",1 +150787,"West Side Story",2 +61915,", funny , rather chaotic",3 +13337,"you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",4 +108229,"Opportunists",3 +152436,"a similar theme",2 +151067,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous",2 +209916,"purpose and even-handedness",3 +7822,"is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film",1 +153757,"appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen",1 +169331,"produce the transgressive",2 +36481,"remarkable assuredness",3 +132931,"something ,",2 +169044,"pompous professor",1 +182473,"Anne Geddes , John Grisham ,",2 +71040,"Wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",3 +113959,"an art film",2 +137597,"to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",2 +18338,", Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so .",3 +18816,"David",2 +103838,"A really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .",1 +39747,"vaguely discontented woman",1 +180002,"'s superficial and unrealized",0 +231068,"fun , and bouncy ,",4 +211699,"sit through -- despite some first-rate performances",3 +174866,"the target",2 +37238,"spite of Good Housekeeping 's unsavory characters and WWF mentality",1 +67946,"Of Favor",2 +124610,"is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .",1 +10551,"so few movies",2 +44292,"A taut psychological thriller",3 +229579,"by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",3 +162545,"is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies",2 +42004,"gives you",2 +61130,"'s much , much better",3 +194641,"big scene",2 +16391,"its posse",2 +52171,"go where the moment takes them",3 +108883,"Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",4 +130132,"perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland ,",3 +131334,"reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",1 +5405,"callow",1 +222973,"Coast rap wars",2 +34681,"mournfully",1 +171873,"stagy",2 +95273,"the cast , particularly",2 +128730,"of intention",2 +127176,"mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",1 +33745,"its blend",2 +94801,"that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",2 +65252,"Edward Norton in American History X",2 +40317,"wo n't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs , but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers .",3 +172962,"that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",1 +191514,"a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast",1 +75829,"both Seven and The Silence of the Lambs",2 +100106,"who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth",2 +93910,"surf",2 +187835,"The Merchant-Ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .",1 +100889,"worth catching",3 +52807,"if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn",2 +67376,"Malcolm D . Lee",2 +232278,"is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten",3 +125814,"lawn chair",2 +12411,"to read",2 +68471,"Roberto Alagna",2 +230524,"engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",2 +218816,"wasted in it",1 +122190,"hi",2 +27757,"a quite pleasing , headlong thrust",3 +55054,"new converts",2 +51081,"eating",2 +235715,"show up at theatres for it",2 +180156,"( It ) highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent",2 +158450,"even the most cinema-besotted critic --",2 +223270,"Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation",1 +23631,", focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",2 +217024,"to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal",2 +233715,"maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral",1 +188275,"The holes",2 +88219,"of Iranian",2 +96088,"the manner of Jeff Foxworthy 's stand-up act",2 +94690,"that he 's the best brush in the business",3 +35848,"over and over",2 +97464,"this modern mob music drama",3 +45254,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light",3 +183733,"Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention .",0 +29831,"but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions .",2 +228824,"are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 +238152,"turns into a dire drama partway",1 +41126,"Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or",3 +96306,"the opera 's drama and lyricism",3 +140145,"with heavy-handed symbolism , dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 +193598,"as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life",2 +186974,"Robert Altman ,",2 +92155,"seems Grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all",3 +225734,"Sept. 11",2 +114737,"arrest 15 years",2 +229573,"by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",3 +203905,"it goes awry in the final 30 minutes",1 +122372,"his own coolness",2 +69093,"Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen ,",3 +86706,"making up for any flaws that come later",3 +210678,"run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection",2 +66331,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",4 +152617,"a toy chest",2 +145323,"Femme",2 +3380,"'s too",2 +50183,"cinematic tool",2 +134341,"that has befallen every other Carmen before her",2 +169485,"pure slapstick",3 +232223,"is Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is .",3 +207010,"no charm , no laughs",0 +26870,"The movie is n't just hilarious : It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .",4 +134379,"that is flawed , compromised and sad",1 +52676,"his usual modus operandi of crucifixion",2 +195846,"co-written by director Imogen Kimmel",2 +149582,"The movie feels like it 's going to be great , and it carries on feeling that way for a long time , but takeoff just never happens",1 +12755,"veers",1 +218330,"us of brilliant crime dramas",3 +75563,"below the belt",2 +225903,"Sometimes is a gem .",4 +73403,"all its odd , intriguing wrinkles",2 +133236,"starring Ice-T in a major role",2 +166588,"nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",1 +30318,"compulsively",2 +121784,"has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . Yes , soar .",4 +233536,"looks genuinely pretty",3 +38521,"the perfect actor to take us on the trip",4 +181405,"20-car",2 +226723,"Thoroughly enjoyable .",3 +190278,"a charmless witch",2 +67719,"Murder by Numbers '",2 +49418,"athletic exploits",2 +27056,"Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way .",3 +194583,"better to wait for the video . And",1 +174880,"the thematic ironies",2 +180950,", the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs .",0 +2167,"revisiting as many times as possible",3 +145381,"Flatbush machismo will get it through",2 +203899,"it feels more like the pilot episode of a TV series than a feature film",0 +42765,"tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully",4 +227080,"When a film is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result .",0 +151922,"a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program",2 +23732,", it wins you over",3 +89669,"one-of-a-kind",3 +194983,"brought something fresher",3 +237968,"to sweep U.S. viewers",2 +159473,"for the Jerry Springer crowd",1 +7758,"is not only a pianist , but a good human being",4 +85969,"life 's harshness",1 +67655,"Mr . Audiard 's direction",2 +93974,"suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",2 +134741,"the New York metropolitan area",2 +146122,"I still ca n't relate to Stuart : He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough .",2 +69101,"TV 's Big Brother",2 +111461,"a $ 40 million version of a game",1 +218066,"unassuming , subordinate subjects",2 +159140,"find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",2 +154993,"been sitting still",2 +34957,"not afraid",3 +115835,"being this generation 's Animal House",3 +20650,"gimmick",1 +157323,"designs",2 +135064,"the crazy confluence",2 +7116,"here a more annoying , though less angry version",1 +236374,"that Comic Book Guy on `` The Simpsons '' has",2 +172523,"takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner",1 +21574,"of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",3 +203313,"is painfully bad , a fourth-rate Jim Carrey who does n't understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb .",0 +17838,"to tell its story",2 +229124,"based on Philip K. Dick stories .",2 +152227,"a placeholder for grief",2 +208868,"outdated",1 +237554,"this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short",1 +138360,"trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge . Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",0 +130770,"psychedelic",2 +26660,"Submarine",2 +194632,"big box",2 +149888,"The streets , shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus , may be as authentic as they are mean , but it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them",2 +170339,"sanctimonious ,",2 +176072,"to dig deep to sink this low . Fortunately for all involved",2 +77021,"commander-in-chief of this film",2 +77066,"compatible",3 +207921,"of plot or acting",2 +31926,"from unbearable lightness",2 +73534,"alternately fascinating and frustrating",3 +111737,"a cultist 's passion",2 +52967,"in place",2 +132298,"shocked to discover that Seinfeld 's real life is boring",0 +60896,"'s about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest , but has a little too much resonance with real world events and",1 +208600,"one moment in the film that surprises or delights",3 +47157,"The modern-day royals",2 +200533,"has done in the United States",2 +199678,"fun friendly demeanor",3 +193724,"at all the wrong moments",2 +34167,"lively mix",3 +37951,"the Godzilla sized soda",2 +141728,"'ve been trying to forget",1 +35263,"of gray",2 +79501,"exquisite acting",4 +184459,"Hollywood heart-string plucking",2 +15636,"enemy",2 +238725,"whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio",2 +217591,"too full",1 +171218,"skipping",2 +100555,"with melancholy richness",3 +48579,"above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI",2 +114002,"an entertaining ride",3 +158564,"evolving",3 +159068,"fight off various anonymous attackers",2 +203671,"is way ,",2 +136999,"this movie 's lack of ideas",0 +86493,"magnetic performance",4 +153524,"an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters",1 +4431,"afflicting films",2 +222551,"Based on True Events ,",2 +166962,"not much fun to watch .",1 +41615,"at once surreal and",3 +151211,"` Great White Hope ' undertone",2 +143879,"As ( the characters ) get more depressed , the story gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .",0 +103395,"A 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker",1 +201901,"in impossibly contrived situations",2 +59894,"visualized",2 +74163,"any less psycho",1 +140197,"with one demographic while",2 +222992,"Congrats Disney on a job",3 +142706,"-- on the basis of this film alone --",2 +85884,"left field",2 +180709,", it 's '' Waking up in Reno . '' Go back to sleep .",1 +173158,"that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon",2 +11877,"the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and",2 +79615,"familiar with Bombay",2 +21107,"it is a crash course in movie mythology",2 +7949,"it is great summer fun to watch arnold and",3 +171600,"some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters .",1 +47984,"a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice",2 +5733,"contrived pastiche of caper clich s",1 +75618,"better person",3 +41442,"a heart . Now ,",2 +59698,"unforced naturalism to their characters .",3 +168081,"on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one",1 +110804,"Typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like Saturday morning TV in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and Japanese names .",1 +124201,"is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad",4 +227773,"a big middle-fingered ``",0 +18587,"A savvy exploration",3 +79246,"even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",2 +197889,"enigma",2 +109929,"The lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ...",1 +138945,"verges on the amateurish",1 +170632,"seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .",1 +30325,"concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member",2 +53785,"it ca n't be dismissed as mindless",3 +77253,"consistently sensitive and",3 +4135,"a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",1 +28761,"and realistically drawn characterizations",3 +156680,"concocted",1 +125225,"its delightful cast",4 +59938,"was , and",2 +165424,"made for the '' XXX ''",2 +230938,"for that , why not watch a documentary ?",2 +139250,"was just an ordinary big-screen star",1 +194202,"be swept up in Invincible",4 +78426,"does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds .",3 +166502,"must have been a difficult shoot",2 +47413,"Those who love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie",3 +128126,"not the last time",2 +204862,"less charitable",1 +225823,"Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities .",2 +174587,"the problems of the characters never become important to us ,",1 +222479,"As written by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson from a story by Wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all .",0 +190633,"a gag that 's worn a bit thin over the years , though Do n't Ask still finds a few chuckles",2 +177891,"well-intentioned , but",2 +13802,"A solidly seaworthy chiller",3 +110125,"The respective charms",2 +50286,"comes to the characters and writing",2 +156068,"carries on feeling that way for a long time",2 +80097,"flawed film",1 +41209,"Somewhat blurred ,",1 +158889,"fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .",0 +43226,"'s compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss",2 +205637,"make Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .",1 +208402,"on a limb",2 +116435,"by no means scary horror movie",2 +170423,"scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor .",1 +89714,"open windows",3 +104737,"Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists",2 +183335,"Deliberately and devotedly constructed , Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .",3 +106049,"Graham Greene",2 +175065,"the wrong times",1 +212208,"something meaningful about facing death",2 +191311,"a setup ,",2 +49507,"be clever , amusing and unpredictable",3 +108527,"Quite frankly",2 +81769,"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie",4 +135372,"the film would be a total washout .",0 +190434,"a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic",2 +10623,"someone",2 +45076,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand .",4 +77171,"confidently",3 +176350,"to register as anything distinctive or daring",2 +22318,"the mysteries",2 +1639,"loud",2 +220086,"would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .",3 +72478,"a sophisticated flower child 's",3 +97214,"there is n't much about K-19",1 +12025,"the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo",2 +236969,"the hapless victims of the arrogant",2 +107767,"Miles",2 +4165,"a succession",2 +23583,", dithering way",2 +18470,", the Cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create .",4 +56357,"quite entertaining",3 +234229,"o.k. court",2 +17749,"this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",2 +230422,"drink to excess ,",2 +194577,"better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",2 +60446,"women ,",2 +86750,"manages to fall closer in quality to Silence than to the abysmal Hannibal .",2 +12525,"tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",3 +232967,"it 's pretty stupid .",0 +154304,"ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",1 +20720,"has become an Iranian specialty",2 +154041,"artsy pretensions",2 +230261,"disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer",1 +4285,"a viewer",2 +149122,"The Marquis de Sade could n't have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be .",2 +122393,"his several silly subplots",1 +153595,"and the viewers",2 +220024,"worst dialogue",2 +78277,"disoriented",1 +6839,"good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .",3 +78019,"deserve but",2 +211467,"should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",1 +61699,", The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .",3 +53131,"instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .",3 +173441,"the Yankee . Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back",2 +153370,"an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",1 +142957,": not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes",2 +168190,"one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else",2 +237487,"think you 've seen the end of the movie",2 +155510,"brings military courtroom dramas",2 +183608,"Earnest and heartfelt",3 +237039,"the little guys",2 +141134,"'s a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell",1 +231894,"if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here .",2 +101339,"'' funny",4 +204923,"life or life",2 +91390,"relating",2 +98625,"tradition and warmth",3 +34216,"loosey-goosey",1 +223531,"Grating and tedious .",1 +136904,"this concept",2 +168263,"only Benigni",2 +173518,"the bastard",1 +116387,"by a leaden closing act",2 +170830,"shamelessly manipulative",1 +184959,"Intermezzo strain",3 +211056,"seem to match the power of their surroundings .",4 +221300,", can prevent its tragic waste of life",1 +133050,"sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .",2 +84100,"is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects , and",4 +200020,"go far enough in its humor or stock ideas",2 +74052,"and revolutionary spirit",3 +101017,"yawn",1 +231682,"her father",2 +26987,"This is art paying homage to art .",3 +53013,"in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",3 +185859,"Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame",1 +189155,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts ,",3 +43795,", wizened",2 +97879,"to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience",2 +28214,"all who are party to it",2 +179153,"you might have guessed",2 +160088,"give solid performances",4 +219485,"will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .",2 +138167,"too-extreme-for-TV rendition",2 +76638,"cheer flick",3 +117011,"clan",2 +53382,"is an actor 's movie first and foremost",2 +215190,"the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",1 +212205,"something hip and transgressive",3 +62136,", or inventive",3 +108457,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .",2 +64980,"Definitely worth 95 minutes of your time",3 +94224,"tattoo",2 +59805,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and",3 +224232,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless .",1 +231640,"he somehow pulls it off .",3 +148593,"Simon Wells",2 +74469,"are you wo n't , either",2 +154654,"be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",1 +160320,"graze",2 +138895,"usually means ` schmaltzy",2 +39645,"unknowable",1 +121250,"goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it .",2 +64222,"Bale",2 +38610,"the screen sizzling",3 +232471,"is full of rabbits .",2 +199036,"flattened onscreen",2 +33132,"into a very difficult genre .",2 +17212,"sister",2 +154046,"as Broken Lizard",2 +24364,"A historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .",4 +213646,"that had no obvious directing involved",1 +163003,"is like being trapped at a bad rock concert",0 +205054,"like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure Hollywood .",1 +202217,"inexperienced director",2 +98748,"try to balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness , with results that are sometimes bracing , sometimes baffling and quite often , and in unexpected ways , touching .",4 +44145,"A literary detective story",2 +10870,"sustained",2 +164402,"kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape ,",1 +11677,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but",1 +104656,"Beautifully crafted and brutally honest , Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people .",4 +97024,"the week",2 +162758,"is an example of the type of project that Robert Redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps",2 +67792,"Never Again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",3 +179892,"'s not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .",1 +225116,"Newcastle ,",2 +176837,"tricks and self-indulgent actor moments",1 +187442,"Some writer dude ,",2 +155820,"by violins",3 +1792,"multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi",3 +33384,"is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies",3 +124640,"is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .",0 +238497,"we 're meant to buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane .",1 +60276,"win the band a few new converts",2 +35641,"on life",2 +201804,"in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! --",2 +61761,", and romance",2 +200136,"good-natured and never dull",3 +157515,"director can &",2 +78954,"endearing , caring , warm .",4 +236453,"that if the filmmakers just follow the books",1 +10539,"smartly",3 +147210,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new , but if you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980 's this one should appease you for 90 minutes",2 +227232,"Writer\/director David Caesar",2 +184597,"I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .",1 +110618,"Throw",2 +1222,"horrible",0 +16419,"kids about the dangers of drugs",2 +201787,"in a horror movie",2 +213264,"tell almost immediately that Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",1 +120954,"gay '70s",2 +20129,"boldly",2 +113096,"aboriginal",2 +195954,"comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature",0 +108213,"Only about as sexy and",2 +136461,"the truth of the world",2 +176955,"turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots ,",1 +93181,"something to say",2 +152354,"a rental for The Tuxedo",2 +115960,"bewitched",2 +56850,"sensuality , and",3 +107462,"Like all great films about a life you never knew existed , it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .",4 +227084,"When all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and so , I trust , will you .",3 +138861,"us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites",2 +127112,"mind and spirit",3 +215835,"the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story",3 +66066,"However , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",2 +30449,"courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",4 +204872,"less pimps",2 +117283,"coming back from Stock Character camp",1 +236129,"such talent",3 +151455,"a certain kind",2 +234015,"must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart",2 +172848,"that 's where the film ultimately fails",1 +58850,"the window",2 +71778,"a guilty pleasure",4 +228510,"amusing for a good while",3 +95261,"the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope",3 +219649,"with a comedy",2 +139055,"viewing audience",2 +70307,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",3 +231105,"gays",2 +26155,"Nancy",2 +143065,"A didactic and dull documentary glorifying software",0 +48561,"about relationships , Food of Love",2 +102092,"( Grant ) goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it .",3 +150513,"True Events",2 +99517,"vulnerable persona",2 +212554,"stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer",1 +111922,"a film to be taken literally on any level",3 +206553,"mostly fool 's gold",0 +165327,"love that you ca n't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods",1 +154107,"as aggressively sitcom-cute",2 +193007,"appreciate original romantic comedies",4 +206931,"never melts .",2 +208849,"out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .",1 +214038,"the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre",2 +46483,"Passionate",3 +166652,"neither is well told",1 +60274,"willingness",2 +205488,"low on both suspense and payoff",1 +174977,"the viewer with so many explosions",2 +223306,"Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes",2 +144481,"Christians",2 +12502,"too ludicrous and borderline insulting",0 +132941,"something else",2 +69234,"The 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you ca n't fight your culture",1 +59730,"unnerving than the sequels",2 +202908,"is expressly",2 +140465,"world politics",2 +226984,"We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again",4 +229809,"chiaroscuro",2 +98165,"to learn , to grow , to travel",2 +15848,"frustrated",1 +1993,"palatable",2 +98727,"trumpet",2 +170756,"set design",2 +224611,"Light , silly ,",2 +138527,"una cinta",2 +135700,"the matter",2 +47403,"This time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part .",3 +144411,"Chaplin 's",2 +156338,"clearer ,",2 +60444,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and",1 +62738,"9-11 period",2 +157684,"do the original any particular dishonor",2 +83956,"is actually quite entertaining",4 +40114,"will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",4 +34702,"moviegoing pleasures",3 +216232,"they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .",3 +175218,"they 're not exactly flattering",1 +208692,"only mildly funny",3 +160412,"guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",2 +229725,"caper-comedy remake",2 +199604,"from seeming like 800",2 +129489,"on you",2 +38929,"this checklist",2 +220608,"'m going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",3 +171708,"sophomoric exploration",1 +200456,"harps on media-constructed ` issues '",1 +118289,"director Patricio Guzman 's",2 +190298,"a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should",3 +92635,"shut about the war between the sexes",2 +209455,"poetic frissons",2 +205340,"look positively Shakesperean by comparison",2 +233763,"may be a mess in a lot of ways .",1 +218980,"weepy Southern bore-athon .",0 +238672,"while Huppert ... is magnificent",4 +141117,"'s a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal",2 +59996,"web .",2 +126030,"like Sirk , but differently",2 +171239,"slasher nonsense",0 +11888,"the so-bad-it 's - good camp",3 +144716,"De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents",4 +89882,"outside looking in",2 +43650,", lived experience",2 +51834,"for the way",2 +30633,"deeply appealing",4 +201307,"home video market",2 +226150,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and",2 +147462,"Mocking",1 +176651,"too many repetitive",1 +224023,"In its own way , Joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a Luis Buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius .",0 +166989,"not taken",1 +156148,"character late",2 +180306,"( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser",2 +138531,"unaccountable direction",1 +154084,"as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",1 +115076,"as vivid",2 +36428,"refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything",3 +8927,"much more than the",2 +140315,"without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",2 +133886,"taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",3 +197575,"dry wit and compassion",3 +27045,"Throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all",3 +155265,"bizarre ,",2 +186937,"Reyes ' word processor",2 +31383,"exposed as history corners",2 +68545,"Ryan 's",2 +61494,"( Testud )",2 +199813,"get a pink slip",2 +2385,"sprung to life",3 +113155,"about his obsessive behavior",2 +86856,"masterful work",4 +144191,"Blue Lagoon",2 +57288,"spotlights the underlying caste system in America . It 's a scathing portrayal .",2 +123508,"interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot",3 +134122,"than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",1 +209450,"ploughing the same furrow",1 +67477,"Max retrata",2 +127065,"might have been one of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year .",4 +133325,"stock clichés",1 +11884,"the smartest",3 +58978,"this challenging report so liable",2 +239058,"written by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson from a story by Wilson",2 +2205,"scenes",2 +235002,"political context",2 +234557,"of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes",1 +230991,"free rein",2 +19766,"an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz",4 +35732,"only the most patient",3 +33138,"into exploitation .",2 +36747,"see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",4 +180304,"( there 's )",2 +85424,"its success on a patient viewer",4 +41527,"all , especially",3 +189431,"Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",1 +129782,"our daily lives",2 +125715,"laconic pace",1 +89201,"of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 +35370,"of profound , real-life moments",3 +34233,"love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off",4 +199772,"generates little narrative momentum ,",1 +109109,"Spanish social workers",2 +206955,"new action film",2 +93504,"stew",2 +94312,"tense with suspense . The Ring",2 +24518,"A worthy tribute",3 +91684,"riffs on the diciness of colonics ,",2 +49525,"be kind of heartwarming",4 +169393,"protect us from same",1 +176196,"to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",2 +217242,"to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans",2 +159425,"for grief",2 +237853,"to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",1 +132626,"slow , deliberate gait",1 +172883,"that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",1 +159869,"future Hollywood sellouts",1 +205972,"me is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie",2 +219016,"well-drawn , if standard issue ,",2 +61096,"'s informative and breathtakingly spectacular",4 +219030,"well-timed explosion",3 +158959,"feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes",1 +72501,"a squad",2 +33504,"is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",4 +152290,"a prop for warmed-over melodrama and",2 +56817,"seen by anyone",3 +61167,"'s not an easy movie to watch and will probably disturb many who see it",1 +203288,"is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",4 +174463,"the original , Killers",2 +9985,"ralph fiennes",2 +166871,"no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",1 +14013,"Everything",2 +97938,"to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",2 +37517,"surreal Gilliam-esque film",3 +90794,"proves she has the stuff to stand tall with Pryor , Carlin and Murphy",4 +76052,"bursting with incident",3 +196918,"did n't laugh",2 +193029,"are about a half dozen young Turks",2 +72843,"a word",2 +223754,"I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century",0 +135960,"the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",2 +85811,"law",2 +198910,"find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",1 +28173,"aimed",2 +7658,"is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie",3 +25273,"Exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",4 +103778,"A piece",2 +107062,"It squanders Chan 's uniqueness",1 +13988,"Drumline -RRB-",2 +63934,"An old-fashioned scary movie",2 +134312,"that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed",3 +225160,"No cute factor here ... Not that I mind ugly : the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",0 +182865,"Bolado credit for good intentions",3 +234678,"on its lack of empathy",1 +51352,"even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",3 +145711,"Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and",2 +98096,"to guess",2 +89311,"oh-so-Hollywood",2 +58130,"the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",3 +237257,"the theaters",2 +120585,"formulaic ,",1 +23877,", stylish",3 +185624,"Kitschy",2 +122992,"in filmmaking",2 +6396,"family , governance",2 +183661,"Elling and Kjell Bjarne",2 +208014,"of such vast proportions",2 +222613,"Beware the quirky Brit-com .",1 +114290,"and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics .",2 +126817,"marks a modest if encouraging return to form",3 +173072,"that it can be made on the cheap .",2 +143233,"A movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman might object to .",0 +19924,"anyway ?",2 +193014,"aptitude",2 +223028,"Crummy",0 +129278,"offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun",3 +181055,", think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .",2 +93094,"some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics",3 +70592,"V . S .",2 +154149,"as compelling",3 +166440,"much facile technique , such cute ideas ,",2 +54874,"most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized",2 +34191,"long-range",2 +184384,"Her fans",2 +79051,"enjoyed most of Mostly Martha",3 +201685,"impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone",2 +164757,"less moldy and trite",1 +126594,"major role",2 +51484,"fairly straightforward",3 +218350,"useless actioners",1 +26289,"One of ( Herzog 's ) least inspired",1 +166708,"new bobbed",2 +185638,"Koepp 's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own .",0 +115734,"been made under the influence of Rohypnol",1 +196196,"contrived plotting",2 +117441,"considerable skill and determination ,",3 +84673,"is sure to win viewers ' hearts",4 +33676,"it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",0 +94021,"sweet and enjoyable",4 +23700,", is this an invigorating , electric movie .",3 +150018,"Thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters .",3 +135838,"the movies ' creepiest conventions",2 +130852,"put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes",1 +102865,", the disparate elements do n't gel",0 +113997,"an engaging nostalgia piece",4 +120053,"film representation",2 +162857,"is difficult to connect with on any deeper level",1 +190111,"a Wal-Mart budget",1 +191014,"a moving truck",2 +194980,"brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 +133456,"student film",2 +133472,"stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal",4 +109327,"Taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! )",1 +123126,"in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales",2 +157873,"doors",2 +84477,"is not a movie about fetishism . It is a movie about passion .",3 +234607,"of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble",2 +23948,", though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie )",2 +83162,"in the weeks after 9\/11",2 +140059,"with a funny person",2 +51319,"escort their little ones to megaplex screenings",2 +12537,"tragedy",1 +96908,"the travail",2 +112485,"a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace",0 +154842,"be turning in his grave , along with my stomach",1 +13050,"while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor",2 +192796,"and-miss affair",2 +11276,"the dark spookiness",2 +80958,"get the distinct impression",2 +182575,"As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but Lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .",0 +152219,"a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",1 +200778,"have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle",1 +76444,"career-best",4 +14903,"acting , good dialogue , good pace",4 +66348,"In a summer overrun with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes",2 +237553,"this movie is 90 minutes long , and",1 +167022,"nothing but",2 +187285,"Showtime is n't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",1 +158542,"everyone else will be slightly bored",1 +161258,"his fictional Yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",1 +108703,"Rusi Vulakoro",3 +67745,"Nadia ,",2 +37031,"slump for director Sam Mendes , who segues from Oscar winner to Oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand",2 +24321,"A delirious celebration",3 +175513,"this particular result",2 +208583,"one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 +9718,"pitch into farce ,",2 +90097,"passes",2 +203683,"is weak .",1 +91926,"saves it ... and",2 +121205,"glamour and sleaze",2 +99417,"viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants",2 +199173,"for a long while",2 +231136,"get this vision at all",2 +187280,"Showtime 's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment . Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . But ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as Mr . De Niro .",1 +233303,"laugh their \*\*\*",2 +138701,"unimaginative and derivative",0 +102952,", this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary .",1 +64693,"Chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century America .",3 +21214,"lick",2 +198304,"exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",0 +127776,"naturally charming",4 +149099,"The Hunger or Cat People",2 +2016,"people 's",2 +57614,"taut psychological thriller",3 +88784,"of nuance and character dimension",2 +118296,"director Sara Sugarman",2 +32661,"hotdogging",2 +71540,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty",4 +43792,", with few exceptions , it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",2 +92357,"settles in",2 +34577,"more laughs",2 +173763,"the dreams",2 +119048,"end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",3 +175264,"things moving , while never quite",1 +235544,"seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other",0 +71902,"a little like chewing whale blubber",1 +183469,"Directors Harry Gantz and Joe Gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but",2 +79435,"exhausted by documentarians",1 +224438,"J.R.R.",2 +202708,"is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .",0 +215378,"the point of real interest -",3 +213572,"that are n't so substantial or fresh",1 +120023,"fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling .",4 +165396,"lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray",2 +3324,"'s for sure if george romero had directed this movie",2 +220404,"your local video store for the real deal",2 +183190,"Content merely",3 +196276,"could have -- should have --",2 +60605,"younger",2 +28846,"and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats .",4 +208293,"offer you",2 +57466,"succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery",4 +225259,"Occasionally funny ,",3 +236493,"that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",4 +181207,"-- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances --",1 +47819,"a bewildering sense of self-importance",2 +222730,"But as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .",4 +86952,"may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .",2 +161436,"horror movie fanatics",2 +5098,"behold",2 +70608,"Vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .",3 +196994,"directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script by Matthew Cirulnick and novelist Thulani Davis .",2 +214577,"the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream",2 +56633,"road movie , coming-of-age story and",3 +71028,"Witty , vibrant , and intelligent",4 +137622,"to give the movie points for",2 +221679,", why not watch a documentary ?",2 +212685,"stroked",2 +228655,"and precious commodity",3 +225004,"Mr. Wollter and Ms. Seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but",3 +164645,"lazy and",1 +163764,"it does go on forever .",1 +37978,"the ` small ' movie",2 +144719,"De Niro and McDormand give solid performances",4 +58500,"the more intelligent children",2 +234981,"plenty to impress about E.T.",3 +72633,"a taunt -",2 +191559,"a tougher time",2 +134841,"the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",2 +38174,"the exigencies of time",2 +178057,"when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",1 +186741,"Ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film .",1 +108019,"Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but",3 +108184,"One of the year 's best films , featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .",4 +78021,"deserved",2 +211382,"shave ice",2 +84866,"it 's also a -- dare I say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally American , I might add -- slice of comedic bliss .",4 +31800,"for the masses",2 +6395,"family ,",2 +189327,"Ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay .",1 +222305,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U.S. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975",4 +188372,"The most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters .",0 +36057,"poetically plump",4 +89499,"on the values of knowledge , education , and the",2 +100321,"win the battle",2 +167980,"often hackneyed or just plain crude",1 +159811,"full-blown movie",2 +118595,"doing battle with dozens of bad guys",2 +5784,"covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",2 +41396,"You Should Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human",4 +22042,"spin a tale and one",2 +84624,"is so intent on hammering home his message",2 +86229,"long and eventful spiritual journey",3 +86980,"medical",2 +34834,"narrative flow",2 +79823,"festival film",2 +142449,", stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed",2 +203532,"is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb",4 +49226,"artists and",2 +203587,"is throwing up his hands in surrender",2 +144248,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , Deuces Wild represents",3 +24140,"... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",3 +73556,"am",2 +226590,"There can be no other explanation .",2 +88664,"of human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film",3 +221901,"77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .",1 +83326,"influenced this girl-meets-girl love story",2 +82126,"her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",3 +213975,"the , yes ,",2 +35521,"of their own",2 +97570,"those gay filmmakers",2 +138147,"too sappy",1 +102686,", its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",2 +122515,"horror\/action",2 +78796,"either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness",1 +123087,"in short",1 +86784,"many of these guys",2 +24100,". Petersburg",1 +212590,"stock ideas",2 +106001,"Glazed",2 +216549,"those jokes",2 +119851,"feed",2 +37217,"spell-casting",3 +40339,"work to see it at the first opportunity .",3 +39144,"to begin with",2 +179673,"'s coherent",3 +75389,"because here it is",2 +109974,"The most ingenious film comedy since Being John Malkovich",4 +16743,"of honesty and sensitivity",2 +116332,"but not great )",1 +1160,"haunting",2 +83320,"infinitely",2 +114444,"any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",2 +81298,"got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",3 +71505,"a daringly preposterous thesis",1 +42923,"tries to balance sweetness with coarseness",3 +39777,"very open-minded approach",4 +42278,"led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu",2 +7039,"have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat",2 +204078,"it were n't silly",2 +23093,"'s an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .",2 +213138,"takes every potential laugh",3 +66494,"It 's a setup so easy it borders on facile ,",1 +133382,"strategically",2 +110938,"Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy . It 's sweet and fluffy at the time",2 +203401,"is small and shriveled",1 +116031,"bland hotels ,",2 +159336,"for King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot",2 +147074,"Lame , haphazard teen comedy .",0 +6761,"gere gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it .",2 +18197,"A )",2 +80052,"flamboyant",2 +238976,"working man John Q. Archibald",2 +6184,"emerges",2 +222574,"Being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .",2 +104214,"American horror film",2 +107435,"Like Brosnan 's performance",3 +198924,"find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie",1 +101928,"'s still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .",2 +131621,"romance-novel platitudes",2 +117892,"daytime soaper",1 +41999,"gives his best movie",3 +147946,"Opens at a funeral",2 +153196,"along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the - past numbness .",1 +228295,"about following your dreams",2 +112877,"a tenacious demonstration of death",2 +214977,"the loose ! Run for your lives",1 +15364,"called",2 +111335,"You can fire a torpedo through some of Clancy 's holes ,",1 +150416,"Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",2 +20456,"energetic music ,",3 +50965,"does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .",2 +168521,"overcome blah characters",3 +26191,"Nights",2 +231801,"hovering",2 +38530,"the personal and the political get",2 +87621,"muckraking , soul-searching spirit",2 +233844,"might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 +219009,"well-behaved film",3 +147403,"Me , I did n't care for it",1 +68637,"Scorsese film",2 +23020,"'re presented with a wry dark humor .",4 +118157,"deteriorates into a protracted",1 +55760,"on these guys when it comes to scandals",2 +120833,"fun and enjoyable",4 +130840,"pushes its agenda",2 +122680,"if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely",2 +75668,"big bloody stew",1 +141367,"'s honestly trying",2 +164101,"its own gargantuan aura",2 +83058,"in terms of its style",2 +115280,"avoid a fatal mistake",2 +152454,"a sleek sociopath on the trail",2 +191545,"a tired old setting",1 +59983,"we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",2 +229707,"can prevent its tragic waste of life",1 +17192,"shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects",2 +131317,"remarkable movie",4 +232804,"is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie",0 +181177,"- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop",2 +64187,"Austin Powers",2 +93173,"something really good",4 +113774,"also wanted a little alien as a friend",2 +113107,"about Iran 's electoral process",2 +236784,"the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers",3 +34033,"less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped",2 +202647,"is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",1 +134652,"that you wo n't care",1 +54627,"many secrets",2 +21235,"literally and figuratively",2 +216824,"to adopt as a generational signpost",3 +54125,"knows in his bones",2 +134360,"that human nature is pretty much the same all over",2 +161981,"in the Middle",2 +174940,"the two artists",2 +189591,"What might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle",1 +162110,"include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays",1 +189052,"This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .",1 +205496,"low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard",0 +197907,"enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch",1 +24649,"An intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",3 +96993,"the viewer inside the wave",2 +106245,"Hitchcock 's",3 +70961,"Willie",2 +106968,"It 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes Sex With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful .",0 +143884,"As ` chick flicks ' go",1 +199193,"for about ten",2 +28616,"and fresh examination",3 +167214,"of John",2 +172875,"that 1982 's Tootsie",2 +88410,"of an earth mother",2 +58112,"the chasm of knowledge",2 +89342,"ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat",2 +157966,"dress down",2 +122500,"hopefully inspire action",3 +234292,"of Puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross",2 +38170,"the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats",3 +30973,"e com saudades de um tempo",2 +9120,"not a stereotype is omitted nor a clich left unsaid",2 +229056,"at the absurdities and inconsistencies",1 +119297,"establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .",3 +143330,"A sermonizing and lifeless paean",0 +206376,"more engaged and",2 +12530,"total recall and blade runner",2 +80879,"gender-bending comedy",3 +60560,"you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",3 +20648,"getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",2 +229301,"been lost in the translation this time",1 +156557,"comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy",1 +76886,"colonialism and empire",2 +127349,"more recyclable than",1 +177604,"wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible .",2 +63124,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding",3 +178538,"with any particular insight",2 +234110,"next : `` My Mother the Car",2 +5568,"city by the sea would slip under the waves . he",2 +186711,"Plays like a series of vignettes --",2 +186632,"Overly long and worshipful bio-doc .",1 +235430,"said , except : Film overboard",2 +233641,"make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and",1 +235470,"says it all .",2 +172122,"strolls through this mess with a smug grin ,",1 +198858,"film school in the first place",2 +43661,", most importantly ,",2 +75443,"bedroom",2 +36703,"scores",2 +56684,"sailors",2 +97543,"this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one",0 +54115,"know their way around a submarine",2 +101140,"you interested without coming close to bowling you over",2 +97555,"thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy .",3 +228168,"a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any you will likely see anywhere else",3 +218299,"up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film .",2 +12620,"ultimately ,",2 +98850,"two previous titles",2 +91679,"ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand .",3 +164759,"less poetic",1 +22300,"the message of Trouble Every Day",2 +221071,"( It ) has the feel of a summer popcorn movie .",2 +25007,"Colin",2 +194476,"being forty , female and single",2 +54494,"mainstream American audience",2 +27025,"Though it 's become almost redundant to say so , major kudos go to Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class .",3 +115327,"bad animation and mindless violence",1 +38955,"this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .",3 +16530,"make it unforgettable",3 +199679,"fun of me",3 +139416,"weak and ineffective",0 +115742,"been properly digested",3 +217485,"to think too much about what 's going on",2 +156455,"coeducational fraternity",2 +232166,"into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy",2 +193891,"awash",2 +22679,"versions",2 +6612,"for the first time",2 +202465,"involved here",2 +63425,"A strong first act and",3 +176151,"to get us to this undetermined destination",1 +59646,"under his control",3 +210753,"same fights",2 +235554,"seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception .",3 +140004,"winter movie screens",2 +62778,"A beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions --",4 +89799,"otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject",1 +113029,"a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent",3 +227639,"`` Twilight Zone '' episode",2 +201945,"in period costume",2 +31919,"from the very beginning",2 +218558,"virtually no understanding",1 +143858,"Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess .",1 +18034,"while I was watching it",2 +69516,"The film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .",3 +58132,"the class warfare that embroils two young men",2 +124426,"is only mildly amusing",2 +178416,"win the championship",2 +4738,"answers",2 +73176,"actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",3 +82321,"his smooth , shrewd , powerful act",4 +94239,"tear your eyes away",1 +8744,"media-soaked",1 +60441,"wo n't go away",1 +209995,"quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism",1 +223524,"Grant and Bullock",2 +108715,"Ryoko Hirosue",2 +199610,"from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings",1 +42017,"gorgeous imagery ,",4 +9750,"please",2 +21553,"of the Mideast desert",2 +221877,"1999 )",2 +129987,"parking lot",2 +228975,"as safe as a children 's film",2 +87791,"neo-realist",2 +98882,"ultimate movie experience",4 +192466,"an adult male dressed in pink jammies",2 +230340,"does give you a peek .",2 +79666,"far funnier",3 +14041,"Fuller would surely have called this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn .",4 +143328,"A series of immaculately composed shots of Patch Adams quietly freaking out",2 +74300,"are believable as people",3 +180682,", if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .",2 +101719,"'s just as wonderful on the big screen",3 +110299,"There 's an excellent 90-minute film here : unfortunately , it runs for 170 .",1 +213845,"that special annex",2 +105974,"Gerardo Vera",2 +18525,"-- whatever that might mean",1 +34860,"neatly into the category of Good Stupid Fun .",3 +116548,"camp or parody",2 +178661,"with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",2 +216367,"this dreary mess",1 +41212,"Sound the trumpets :",2 +140962,"'d have them mate .",2 +2999,"trying to find out",2 +209459,"poetically states at one point in this movie that we '' do n't care about the truth . ''",3 +121718,"has befallen every other Carmen before her",2 +172740,"than cardboard",2 +125679,"laboratory",2 +158143,"elaborateness",3 +170489,"search of a movie : how to get Carvey into as many silly costumes and deliver as many silly voices",2 +188526,"The pairing does sound promising in theory",2 +21720,"personal vision",2 +55222,"of Henry Kissinger",2 +227121,"While Guzmán frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable .",2 +32618,"hold",2 +179171,"you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",3 +104157,"All very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more trouble than it",2 +102563,", holds the screen like a true star .",3 +180385,", I ca n't compare Friday After Next to them",1 +19172,"Personal Freedom First",2 +200335,"had it been a short film",2 +8124,"its rote plot",1 +8815,"miss heist",2 +195389,"can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",1 +200408,"hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , `",2 +89917,"overall result",2 +179131,"you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter",1 +17111,"richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance",2 +140065,"with a hefty helping of Re-Fried Green Tomatoes",2 +10263,"savvy director robert",3 +126491,"lulled",1 +114481,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and",0 +40808,"Chalk it",2 +132457,"sickening",2 +172529,"taking another bummer of a wrong turn",1 +219318,"who 's been all but decommissioned",2 +62723,"78 minutes",2 +172857,"that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .",2 +100957,"woven together",2 +225285,"Oh , it 's extreme , all right .",2 +137504,"to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",2 +214618,"the film of '' The Kid Stays",1 +144760,"Demands",2 +115256,"attracting audiences",3 +8667,"manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy",3 +8749,"meets his future wife and",2 +156561,"comes off as big",3 +210039,"racist portraits",1 +124638,"is that movie !",2 +106482,"I have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X .",1 +204087,"it work more than it probably should",2 +217780,"trek to the ` plex",2 +213628,"that feels",2 +206367,"more darkly",2 +187507,"Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .",3 +68709,"Sergio",2 +193441,"as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care",1 +211566,"shows crushingly little curiosity about ,",1 +30541,"curmudgeon",2 +67747,"Naipaul 's novel",2 +94038,"swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award",1 +142857,"123",3 +61591,", Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",4 +89966,"own appearance",2 +186933,"Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer",3 +76587,"character-oriented",3 +35649,"on so many different levels",2 +132295,"shirt",2 +196273,"could force you to scratch a hole in your head .",0 +82203,"hinge",2 +143342,"A simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is",2 +235238,"recent tensions rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept. 11",2 +42576,"safe and",3 +216273,"things peter out midway",2 +167208,"of Israelis",2 +81103,"gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality",3 +206104,"might be best forgotten",1 +60774,"'s Hollywood counterparts",2 +77782,"debated",2 +170669,"self-absorbed women",2 +29128,"as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu",2 +171759,"spark , with Csokas",2 +184678,"I laughed throughout the movie",4 +120950,"gave people",2 +13978,"Dong",2 +3276,"'ll be entertained as well",3 +112269,"a low-key manner",2 +153093,"all pretense",2 +45478,"Helps to remind the First World that HIV\/AIDS is far from being yesterday 's news",2 +151548,"a convict guilty",1 +101900,"'s so prevalent on The Rock",2 +91168,"reaching happiness",3 +63240,"A piquant meditation",3 +14630,"Wisegirls",2 +138848,"urgency and suspense",3 +77971,"demented mind",2 +176029,"to care one way or another",3 +177138,"undermines his good intentions .",1 +176484,"to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career",1 +100078,"who deserve but rarely receive it",3 +226308,"The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio",2 +229651,"can be numbing",1 +234558,"of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",3 +46782,"Spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .",3 +12265,"thrills and a mystery",3 +26377,"Powaqqatsi",2 +128019,"no other film in recent history",2 +130556,"preposterous moments",1 +201409,"how things will turn out",2 +31105,"engulfing",2 +40562,"'s definitely -- defiantly --",3 +99311,"vaudeville .",2 +237693,"to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture",2 +55221,"of Hell Houses in particular",2 +153745,"apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",0 +54127,"knows the mistakes",2 +142681,"- and audience-abuse",1 +206740,"muster just figuring out who 's who",2 +94037,"swiftly",2 +115424,"bask in your own cleverness",3 +143234,"A movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment",2 +184711,"I sort of loved the people onscreen",3 +187077,"Said",2 +220351,"you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",3 +229957,"construct a story",3 +210361,"remain an unchanged dullard",1 +29507,"been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins",3 +232820,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating .",0 +207000,"no affinity for most of the characters . Nothing about them is attractive .",1 +62032,", it does so without compromising that complexity .",3 +118898,"ecstasy",3 +233166,"its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C.",2 +106572,"If Jews were Catholics",2 +43799,", you 're in luck .",3 +16415,"key",2 +236397,"that a good video game movie is going to show up soon",3 +229676,"can never capture the magic of the original",1 +19001,"It There",2 +8600,"maggie",2 +174230,"the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates",0 +9616,"parts",2 +67806,"New Yorkers",2 +54997,"naked",2 +44585,"As gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting .",4 +49271,"as for rugrats",2 +165388,"luv-spreading",3 +111495,"a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest",0 +53853,"it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",2 +3659,"a cockamamie",2 +65687,"Fudges",2 +133220,"standardized",2 +116228,"bring their characters to life . A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged",3 +227876,"a doggie winks .",2 +219583,"win him",2 +202634,"is a rather poor imitation",1 +81865,"have come to a point in society",2 +10802,"stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard",1 +170549,"see where Big Bad Love is trying to go",2 +51334,"ethnography and",2 +216042,"their surroundings",3 +55986,"perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy",3 +11418,"the filmmakers just",2 +11563,"the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america",2 +41226,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world",3 +189137,"Though it was made with careful attention to detail and is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal , I felt disrespected .",2 +48013,"a fascinating little thriller",3 +128614,"of dignity",2 +128550,"of being released a few decades too late",1 +28148,"affair",1 +76347,"can not separate them .",2 +130279,"played out in any working class community in the nation",2 +61147,"'s no classic",1 +62763,"A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience ! Who knew",4 +190760,"a ho-hum affair , always",1 +1350,"irony",1 +164090,"its obliviousness",1 +156427,"clumsy plotting",1 +115832,"being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema",1 +108207,"One thing is for sure :",2 +178291,"whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",1 +129743,"other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",1 +77698,"dances on the edge",3 +199217,"for cheap porn",1 +58007,"the aisles for bathroom breaks",2 +18012,"were a book",2 +6005,"disturbing . disgusting",0 +236440,"that forces the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",1 +190935,"a mere plot pawn",1 +231272,"good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace ,",4 +46243,"Mr . Kaufman and",2 +56045,"play equally well",3 +103932,"A subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",3 +31119,"enjoyably",4 +214377,"the crime lord 's",2 +169556,"quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable",1 +148109,"Places a slightly believable love triangle in a difficult-to-swallow setting , and",1 +27126,"Villeneuve 's",2 +7020,"haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",2 +35365,"of playfulness and excitement",4 +192582,"an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle",1 +221500,", pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",1 +184974,"Is '' Ballistic",2 +174282,"the momentary joys",3 +73306,"after the death of a child",1 +160545,"hard time",1 +122728,"if they looked at how this movie turned out",1 +23774,", merry and , yes , melancholy film .",3 +191101,"a plot that 's just too boring and obvious",1 +111243,"Woody Allen has really found his groove these days . The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .",0 +78623,"dreams and",2 +123621,"intoxicating documentary",3 +29953,"by the ultimate mysteries of life and death",3 +131180,"redemption and",2 +42142,"is , in many ways ,",2 +3755,"a faulty premise",1 +216562,"though Brown Sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",3 +41560,"applaud or",3 +120825,"fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",2 +192673,"anachronistic phantasms",2 +162358,"interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and",2 +221006,"'s to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves",3 +223246,"Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",3 +148003,"Pa .",2 +100735,"without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . Mr . Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",4 +156922,"covering",2 +126123,"like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .",0 +29963,"ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe",3 +187409,"Solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous .",1 +208621,"one of the worst",0 +102317,", Rain is the far superior film .",3 +29189,"as frightening and disturbing",2 +25541,"Hideo Nakata",2 +24495,"A triumph , relentless and beautiful",4 +163938,"it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",1 +112281,"a major work",3 +184271,"Hallmark card sentimentality and goofy , life-affirming moments straight out of a cellular phone commercial",2 +109856,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , '",1 +4865,"as epic tragedy",1 +63044,"A fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion .",3 +85914,"less conspicuous",2 +228755,"are Oscar-size .",2 +173759,"the dramatic potential of this true story",2 +141168,"'s a very sincere work",3 +161170,"hides behind obviously constructed routines .",2 +107475,"Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And",2 +20570,"follow Haneke on his creepy explorations",2 +11364,"the film 's action",3 +214045,"the Golden Eagle 's carpets",2 +180793,", lumpish cipher",1 +218885,"watered",2 +112044,"a good way",3 +54814,"more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",3 +11974,"the things that made the first one charming",3 +96981,"the very top rank",3 +224236,"It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .",1 +136314,"the spirits",2 +147873,"Oft-described",2 +192187,"all relationships",2 +122695,"if her life did , too",2 +17418,"that George Lucas has long forgotten",1 +50955,"does n't also keep us riveted to our seats",2 +164601,"lasts for days",2 +125995,"light of his recent death",2 +33129,"into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",3 +53816,"it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",3 +193700,"associate",2 +134986,"the characters are intriguing and realistic",3 +31774,"for more tissues and those begging for mercy",2 +130868,"puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination .",1 +144788,"Despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title",1 +132647,"smacks of revelation",2 +1421,"it",2 +171463,"so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 +69538,"The film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .",3 +47283,"The vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .",3 +104799,"Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero",1 +157296,"depth and rigor",3 +10040,"recommended",4 +210410,"renting",3 +214174,"the basic flaws",1 +76939,"come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",2 +115476,"be building suspense",3 +195801,"clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line",1 +11253,"the comedy",2 +90523,"portrays young Brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety , not to mention a convincing brogue .",3 +75278,"be in the genes",2 +199641,"from the writing and direction to the soggy performances",1 +20496,"even-handed",2 +62063,", it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",3 +35961,"people who look working-class",3 +104395,"Analyze This , not",1 +116492,"byways",2 +54775,"modern moviemaking",3 +23600,", enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic",2 +191688,"about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin -",2 +223448,"Funny and touching",3 +20288,"connect and create",2 +61182,"'s nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .",4 +162662,"is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .",1 +5569,"city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back",2 +106542,"I would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally",2 +189505,"Weil 's",2 +208060,"of the digitally altered footage",2 +19248,"Silberstein",2 +74765,"as shameful",1 +136162,"the right time",2 +217646,"too neat and",2 +29315,"at their raunchy",2 +167507,"of his , if you will ,",2 +85626,"keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity",3 +38306,"the hearts",2 +50641,"darkest",2 +113682,"all your mateys",2 +127203,"modern-office",2 +18914,"Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character ? It is now .",4 +112745,"a solid base",3 +148456,"Scorsese street-realist mode",2 +173776,"the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice",2 +186343,"Nicolas Cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie wo n't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career",1 +12849,"was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",2 +126257,"little too obvious , but restrained and subtle",2 +45715,"It 's a much more emotional journey than what Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and",3 +193379,"as a real movie",3 +95420,"the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",4 +71789,"a hand-drawn animated world",2 +44987,"Cynics",2 +230000,"could it not be",2 +168535,"overlong visit",1 +52203,"good use",3 +225008,"Mr. Zhang 's subject matter",2 +237720,"to an admittedly limited extent",2 +235355,"responsible for this illuminating comedy",3 +48591,"absorbing movie",3 +143346,"A slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits",1 +163407,"is surprisingly well-directed by Brett Ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act",2 +14677,"a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",4 +85484,"jell",2 +121019,"gentle comedy",3 +202762,"is as innocuous as it is flavorless",1 +235110,"pull free",2 +210005,"quickly writes himself into a corner",1 +114867,"as beautiful",3 +39500,"turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting .",4 +31656,"fine judges both ,",3 +122357,"his most uncanny",2 +44251,"A smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy",4 +42876,"these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",3 +79540,"fabulously",3 +89460,"on the atmospheric weirdness",2 +6094,"drowned me in boredom",0 +162887,"is far more offensive",1 +178571,"with few moments of joy rising above the stale material",1 +67539,"Michael Jackson",2 +172970,"that crime does n't pay",2 +76781,"classy , sprightly spin",3 +184601,"I believe Silberling had the best intentions here",3 +46790,"Stallone",2 +172841,"that 's potentially moving",2 +68441,"Rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language .",3 +210099,"rather silly",1 +71161,"Young Everlyn Sampi",2 +229154,"be at the dollar theatres",2 +38653,"the soul adventure of marriage",3 +147990,"Overly stylized with lots of flash black - & - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's ) at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring .",2 +71926,"a love letter for the slain rappers",3 +186221,"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",1 +211810,"sloughs one 's way",1 +41492,"a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but",2 +108157,"One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ...",4 +213744,"that keeps telling you",2 +3284,"'m all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business",1 +194839,"boring despite the scenery",1 +126486,"lukewarm",2 +191878,"achieved only by lottery drawing",2 +92363,"seu pincel",2 +149720,"The period -- swinging London in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in Gangster No . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .",1 +12496,"too interested to care",2 +223141,"Director 's",2 +204744,"laughably predictable",2 +64108,"As underwater ghost stories go , Below casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle .",1 +63473,"A sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes",3 +138684,"unfunny and unentertaining",1 +178171,"while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding",1 +7971,"it raises",2 +124454,"is pure punk existentialism",3 +183101,"Church",2 +91644,"revolutionary spirit",3 +123668,"irritating at first , Mr . Koury 's passive technique",2 +190200,"a blinding embarrassment",0 +20280,"complex politics",2 +5789,"created",2 +68638,"Scotland looks wonderful",3 +117424,"conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",1 +81710,"has far more impact",2 +178016,"when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",2 +141142,"'s a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",1 +100577,"with or without access",2 +59933,"warm ,",3 +156555,"comedy-deficient , B-movie",1 +84178,"is even more embracing than Monty ,",3 +105907,"Friday series",2 +55458,"of nonconformity",2 +226126,"The Master of Disguise is funny --",3 +191662,"abhorrent to you",1 +202590,"is a little scattered -- ditsy , even",2 +13820,"A truly moving experience , and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal , clarify , and comfort .",4 +91074,"raises the film above anything Sandler 's been attached to before",3 +72424,"a slightly dark look",2 +179267,"& Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as '' Mulan '' or '' Tarzan . ''",2 +113790,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",3 +83070,"in the alternately comic",2 +92133,"seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life",2 +123918,"is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and ... often misconstrued as weakness",3 +30206,"clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .",4 +1555,"kind",3 +63688,"Aliens and",3 +6785,"girls",2 +152818,"absolute raving Star Wars junkie",2 +162685,"is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 +210059,"rampant",2 +115523,"be interesting",2 +207875,"of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",3 +135677,"the lovers who inhabit it",2 +210402,"renewal",3 +223339,"Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks",2 +37944,"the Cold War datedness --",2 +61471,"( Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions . But",2 +111371,"Your stomach for Heaven",2 +7235,"hugh",2 +4081,"a renowned indian film culture",3 +98392,"to the story line",2 +105195,"Connection",2 +121917,"have been as a film",2 +163494,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",1 +142414,", ridiculous",1 +57785,"that exquisitely blends music , dance",3 +4042,"a prepubescent girl",2 +125250,"its fire",2 +96945,"the unsettled tenor",1 +10778,"strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie . as it is , it 's too long and unfocused .",1 +113861,"an American director in years",2 +42648,"so honest and",3 +222457,"As his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in Long Time Dead",2 +28985,"anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",4 +204643,"lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",1 +97516,"this side",2 +232968,"it 's quite fun in places .",3 +217412,"to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end",3 +60826,"'s a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !",3 +161339,"historical . What 's worse",2 +201058,"here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",2 +125531,"just want to live their lives",2 +58021,"the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man",3 +102366,", action-packed chiller",3 +233342,"leave a large dog alone",1 +65322,"Enticing and often funny documentary .",4 +197519,"dreaminess",3 +206749,"muy loco ,",2 +28327,"an audacious tour of the past",3 +159540,"for-fans artifact",2 +190895,"a lower I . Q",1 +208770,"or six times",2 +36882,"share the same human and spiritual needs",2 +207572,"of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",1 +114721,"are worth the price of admission ... if '' gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",1 +131738,"satire Lucky Break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",1 +186531,"Once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea is n't funny .",0 +92285,"sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama",4 +78998,"engaging diatribes",3 +16203,"is !",2 +146006,"I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",0 +66576,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing",3 +191555,"a total rehash",1 +16209,"is Ernest Hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume",3 +7682,"is almost laughable as a consequence",1 +200367,"half-naked",2 +158249,"ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and",2 +63573,"A wild ride with eight",2 +161254,"his fake backdrops and stately pacing",1 +105022,"Cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .",3 +131062,"real consequence",2 +138291,"treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors",2 +163328,"is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys",0 +68334,"Ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold",4 +81618,"has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films",3 +236484,"that it risks monotony",1 +13943,"Chicago is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful in its execution .",4 +232531,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ''",0 +90357,"playful but highly studied",3 +54699,"medicine",3 +175633,"though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry",2 +70571,"Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",2 +189696,"While the material is slight , the movie is better than you might think .",3 +42247,"its seriousness , high literary aspirations",3 +213977,"the , yes , snail-like pacing and",1 +76870,"collaborative",2 +234821,"over a Scrooge or two",2 +149935,"The title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is .",0 +45437,"Harris",2 +147822,"Nothing plot-wise",1 +95506,"the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers",2 +27381,"a bit smug",1 +78319,"disturb many who see it",1 +6951,"happen in america",2 +123369,"infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",1 +31895,"from his largely amateur cast",1 +68550,"SO",2 +134414,"that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely ,",1 +151911,"a joke out",2 +152588,"a testimonial dinner than a documentary",1 +109812,"The film is explosive",4 +73907,"an odd but ultimately satisfying blend",3 +189844,"Worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .",0 +216846,"to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness",2 +127019,"mentally challenged",2 +203002,"is in the right place , his plea for democracy and civic action laudable",4 +167498,"of her structure and staging",2 +66275,"If you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus , Sade is your film .",3 +168794,"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable",2 +77767,"deadpan cool",2 +65612,"Foster and Whitaker",2 +150898,"Where 's the movie here",2 +140427,"worked up a back story for the women",2 +106448,"I found What Time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached",3 +229084,"avoid the Godzilla",1 +210210,"really need a remake of '' Charade",2 +27085,"Turnabout",2 +110656,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again ...",2 +74142,"anxieties",2 +77275,"construct a real story",2 +59305,"to pass up",2 +134248,"that awkward age",2 +219445,"why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film",2 +176479,"to the heart of the movie",3 +82281,"his most personal",3 +159281,"focus and",2 +90347,"played and smartly",3 +107382,"Lane and",3 +68785,"Signs",2 +126644,"make this surprisingly decent flick worth a summertime look-see",3 +155644,"but overall limp ,",1 +61134,"'s never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller",4 +182863,"Bolado",2 +184270,"Hallmark card sentimentality and",1 +198092,"even less capable",1 +106943,"It 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",3 +119095,"engaging comedy",3 +164472,"know much more when you leave",2 +119847,"featuring reams of flatly",1 +70586,"Uruk-Hai",2 +193421,"as boring and",1 +165901,"might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments",1 +147576,"Murphy Brown",2 +209303,"place and age",2 +228129,"a résumé",2 +25991,"Lilia 's transformation",2 +209939,"put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school",2 +12965,"what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days",2 +56624,"rival To Live",2 +75112,"back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious --",1 +101751,"'s mildly interesting",3 +224646,"Lilo ''",2 +140281,"with this cast",2 +161722,"improvisations",3 +117898,"de Sade set",2 +161405,"honestly , I do n't see the point . It 's a visual Rorschach test",0 +236554,"that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 +167421,"of cross-promotion",2 +24923,"Byatt",2 +10832,"suffocated at conception",1 +39969,"what that mind looks like",2 +202108,"in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub",1 +53077,"informed",2 +98634,"tragic love story",2 +43034,"works on several levels ,",3 +210166,"real stake",2 +175334,"this PG-13-rated piffle",2 +17657,"the song",2 +174476,"the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest",2 +52387,"has anchored lighter affairs",2 +38847,"thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful",4 +152149,"a mystery\/thriller , a romance",2 +26335,"Parker 's creative interference",3 +29508,"befall",2 +74026,"and deceptively buoyant",2 +155932,"can be said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie",2 +21077,"is worth seeking out",4 +102202,"( visually speaking )",2 +110386,"There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series",2 +189691,"While it may not add up to the sum of its parts",1 +111376,"Zen",2 +133172,"spy-savvy siblings",3 +219779,"with more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car",0 +144608,"Contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs",0 +195613,"charge money for this",2 +200435,"hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",0 +13799,"A simmering psychological drama in which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them .",3 +58190,"the debate it joins",2 +236121,"such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",1 +15762,"fellow cast",2 +162372,"into a film wreck",1 +237686,"to Clint Eastwood in the lazy Bloodwork",2 +93882,"superbly acted offbeat thriller",4 +130365,"point-and-shoot",2 +181689,"A film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise",3 +166872,"no sense .",1 +236863,"the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .",1 +215407,"the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",1 +127996,"no feelings",1 +107183,"Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond",1 +80290,"for its logical loopholes , which fly by so fast there 's no time to think about them anyway",1 +120506,"for the geek generation",2 +193510,"as it ought to be",2 +210346,"relied",2 +202036,"in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes .",2 +65438,"Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",3 +234599,"of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",1 +227340,"\*\*\* ed",2 +143938,"At a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",1 +63986,"Angela Gheorghiu as famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia ,",2 +7278,"i had expected",3 +214350,"the contest received",2 +65565,"Fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera",3 +25959,"Leppard",2 +127734,"mystification",2 +191611,"a weird fizzle",1 +148498,"Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd",1 +195357,"can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 +134452,"that loses sight of its own story",1 +36499,"repeated",1 +167634,"of our seats",2 +12269,"through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather",3 +162367,"into a blender",2 +238480,"watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard",1 +204341,"its title an afterthought",2 +16726,"of all",2 +237490,"thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",2 +20404,"dock",2 +131163,"record the events for posterity",2 +149825,"The script kicks in ,",2 +205475,"loved classic",3 +91067,"rails",2 +10535,"smarter",3 +131689,"runs out of ideas",1 +12682,"unoriginality and",1 +190710,"a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary",1 +197934,"ensues are much blood-splattering",1 +172109,"string the bastard up",0 +93098,"some laughs and a smile",3 +102113,"( MacDowell ) ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .",0 +165733,"may be as authentic as they are mean",1 +84688,"is tenderly observant of his characters . He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities . His scenes are short and often unexpected",4 +158217,"end credits blooper reel",2 +172132,"structure and pacing",2 +115604,"be this good",4 +202926,"is fascinating , though ,",3 +228552,"an easy target -- those old",2 +160925,"have to say the star",2 +154778,"be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7 . 00",3 +172264,"sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .",0 +148386,"Santa Clause 2 's",2 +60188,"whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",1 +181998,"A slow-moving police-procedural thriller that",1 +215776,"the tides",2 +205565,"made Tucker a star",3 +34111,"like rap music",2 +162683,"is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .",1 +111952,"a frame . Like the Hanks character",2 +133736,"sustain a high enough level of invention",2 +194796,"bold by studio standards",3 +93244,"spanning history",2 +1803,"my big",2 +83402,"inside you",2 +177612,"wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material",2 +42112,"incredibly clever and",4 +150318,"This time Kaufman 's imagination has failed him .",0 +229340,"being a bit undisciplined",2 +82020,"headed by Christopher Plummer",2 +38680,"the string",2 +5634,"come",2 +130237,"pileup",2 +197421,"done in the United States",2 +164123,"its pubescent star ,",2 +51064,"ear candy",3 +128775,"of love , communal discord , and justice",2 +170671,"self-congratulatory",2 +144314,"Buttercup",2 +82133,"her third feature",2 +89084,"of the sophomoric and the sublime",2 +200350,"had the best intentions here",3 +24517,"A worthy entry into a very difficult genre .",4 +214013,"the Blair Witch formula",2 +87805,"never knew",2 +168341,"opera-ish story",1 +90576,"powerfully evocative mood",4 +69557,"The film is bright and flashy in all the right ways .",4 +187910,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious",0 +205889,"matches about it",2 +43584,", fun cheese puff",3 +146933,"Julia Roberts wannabe",1 +30870,"dives",2 +161565,"if a movie is truly going to inspire me , I want a little more than this",1 +136072,"the product",3 +196345,"counterproductive",2 +144700,"Dario Argento",2 +163766,"it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",1 +210817,"saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",1 +184909,"In the end , Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .",1 +112135,"a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one",2 +20827,"horrifically",1 +98925,"uncomfortably timely , relevant , and",3 +18028,"when done right --",2 +186418,"None of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",1 +12511,"too much about this love story . in that setting",1 +111545,"a better actor",2 +33481,"is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",3 +120685,"from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action",2 +14585,"Unlike most teen flicks",3 +106494,"I know we 're not supposed to take it seriously , but I ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary .",2 +41987,"give Crush",2 +71647,"a film of freshness , imagination and insight",3 +225927,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it ,",3 +60236,"will have a Barrie good time",3 +164286,"just a filmed opera",2 +237544,"this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",4 +41912,"feeds our senses",4 +206334,"more a cinematic collage",1 +228079,"a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",0 +10780,"stripped almost entirely",1 +87646,"music instructor",2 +3992,"a more fascinating",4 +217724,"tracking shots",2 +132739,"so insanely stupid",0 +110179,"The story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue",2 +163027,"is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting '",3 +232689,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",3 +64984,"Deflated ending aside , there 's much to recommend the film .",3 +99973,"whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",2 +209259,"photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book )",2 +141953,", Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural",2 +209070,"parodied",2 +124776,"is worth your time , especially",3 +94806,"that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies",2 +54407,"love and destruction",2 +223058,"Darling",4 +173201,"that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",1 +40575,"'s not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel",1 +189077,"This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act",2 +161496,"how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",2 +184563,"I 'm Not , and then",2 +105810,"Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro",2 +65513,"Fellowship .",2 +200307,"gutter romancer 's",1 +11480,"the grandkids or",2 +114005,"an entertainment destination for the general public",4 +27935,"a visceral level that transcends language",3 +144189,"Blue Crush is highly enjoyable .",4 +170848,"she 's really done it this time . That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .",0 +124082,"is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",1 +120115,"find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere",1 +89925,"overdoing",1 +39491,"turfs",2 +164893,"like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",1 +9324,"of overwhelming waste",1 +64471,"Brilliantly written",4 +129385,"on caring for animals and respecting other cultures",2 +147716,"No movement ,",1 +184873,"In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time ...",2 +210975,"seduced .",3 +94268,"teeth-clenching gusto",3 +60348,"with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",3 +85000,"it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .",3 +210046,"rain coat shopping",2 +26373,"Possession is Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Nancy Drew",2 +25825,"Jacobson",2 +49680,"best movies",3 +189806,"With the Assassin",2 +8211,"jostles",2 +165462,"madness ''",2 +33624,"it as you watch",2 +147130,"Less worrying about covering all the drama in Frida 's life and more",2 +48417,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth",4 +100651,"with the lovely Hush ! and your reward",2 +44980,"Cruise",2 +136696,"them heartbreakingly drably",2 +88061,"notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",2 +172550,"talked all the way through it",0 +73234,"admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .",3 +140739,"you do n't have kids borrow some",2 +116690,"car pile-ups",2 +128422,"of a better movie experience",2 +16934,"performers",2 +169575,"quite bad",0 +176966,"turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 .",0 +55339,"of dissidents in the streets",1 +40321,"wo n't rock any boats",1 +17989,"watching it",2 +118523,"does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is",0 +208426,"on both suspense and payoff",3 +70970,"With Brooms",2 +10443,"showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",3 +101619,"'s an unusual , thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",3 +196281,"could have been a thinking man 's monster movie",2 +167284,"of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase",1 +176596,"too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral",1 +54293,"little fuss or noise",1 +121394,"grateful",2 +88969,"of the best movies of the year",4 +151053,"Worth seeing once ,",3 +214302,"the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving",2 +95275,"the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves",2 +65519,"Festival In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .",3 +68113,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they",3 +88120,"occupational",2 +47768,"` Easily my choice for one of the year 's best films . '",4 +490,"as long as",2 +101473,"'s Black Hawk Down with more heart . At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford .",2 +117449,"consistently funny . And educational !",3 +224149,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy .",1 +143302,"A restrained Ribisi convinces as an Italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones .",2 +83328,"informative and",3 +224058,"Infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performance by Diane Lane .",4 +183562,"Done",2 +57105,"so interesting",4 +172519,"takes too long figuring out what to do next",1 +168328,"onto a story already overladen with plot conceits",2 +171897,"stand the test of time",3 +182835,"Blair and Posey",2 +150080,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter .",1 +161003,"he skips off to school",2 +11284,"the devastation",1 +172181,"style promises",2 +107255,"Just as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",4 +176330,"to rate two hours of our attention",2 +193343,"as a bitter pill",1 +104601,"Baader-Meinhof",2 +156622,"complete and utter",1 +87555,"movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes",2 +229054,"at that clever angle",2 +149789,"The reality of the new live-action",2 +150806,"What 's next : '' My Mother the Car",1 +147125,"Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .",1 +53324,"is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work",3 +222956,"Cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .",1 +166354,"most vibrant",3 +125498,"just as hard",2 +211184,"self-consciously flashy camera effects",1 +201009,"help a Jewish friend",2 +89777,"other feel-good fiascos",2 +56017,"pesky mother",1 +135014,"the cinematic canon ,",3 +27774,"a refreshingly serious look",4 +230914,"for an hour-and-a-half",2 +19576,"a sit",2 +187672,"Taiwanese soaper",2 +186076,"Mel Brooks '",2 +80478,"formidable arithmetic",1 +30629,"deep emotionally",4 +88238,"of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",2 +174954,"the upcoming trial",2 +113901,"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting",3 +235063,"pro or",2 +225380,"Pa.",2 +202147,"include anything even halfway scary",2 +187224,"Shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .",1 +21232,"likely inadvertently --",1 +106031,"Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",3 +48034,"a film ,",2 +5447,"care too much about this love story . in that setting",2 +165437,"made me feel unclean",1 +73628,"an American ( and an America ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp",1 +1115,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length",3 +46647,"Rock solid family fun out of the gates",3 +119608,"extremely unpleasant",0 +21103,"it forever",2 +173893,"the film 's target market ?",2 +67987,"One More",2 +13499,", Mark Wahlberg",2 +213529,"that Jackie Chan is getting older , and that 's something I would rather live in denial about",2 +58306,"the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters",4 +142525,", the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story . ''",1 +91196,"real pleasure in its laid-back way",3 +96143,"the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",2 +47700,"Writer\/director Alexander Payne ( Election ) and his co-writer Jim Taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing .",3 +120851,"funny , scary and sad",2 +68614,"Schepisi , aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",3 +51049,"dying",1 +136120,"the real-life story is genuinely inspirational",3 +171457,"so much money",1 +64213,"BV",2 +16994,"professionalism",3 +213917,"that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home",0 +192943,"anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",3 +175985,"to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",2 +164181,"its unblinking frankness",2 +94626,"that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it",2 +65056,"Dickens evergreen",2 +5123,"better acting and",2 +155982,"can see where Big Bad Love is trying to go",2 +44223,"A rich tale of our times",3 +166285,"more worshipful than your random E ! True Hollywood Story",3 +157260,"demanding stunts",3 +204574,"kitten Britney Spears",2 +11913,"the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . it",4 +3434,"( the kid 's",2 +168949,"plays like a mix of Cheech and Chong and CHiPs",2 +101787,"'s not a bad premise , just a bad movie",0 +115825,"being good",3 +217222,"to much of a story",2 +91921,"save us",2 +221533,", some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude .",1 +111252,"Works because we 're never sure if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely",3 +81260,"goofball",2 +149157,"The Time Machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself . It does n't believe in itself , it has no sense of humor ... it 's just plain bored",0 +156560,"comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it .",1 +14803,"a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal ,",4 +32586,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight",3 +96288,"the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",3 +78057,"despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .",3 +139537,"what a reckless squandering",1 +157723,"does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",1 +172816,"than writer\/director John McKay",2 +103942,"A thoughtful , reverent portrait of what is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy .",4 +66485,"It 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style .",4 +13709,". Good fun , good action ,",3 +21162,"itself out",2 +43376,"'ve decided to leave a light on every night from now on",2 +142915,"49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough",1 +62081,", lost twenty-first century America .",2 +198473,"fake , dishonest",0 +144156,"Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro",2 +108155,"One of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...",4 +111016,"What 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",3 +25373,"Full Frontal is the antidote for Soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",4 +58498,"the mood for a Bollywood film",3 +157705,"documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",1 +239140,"you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",2 +211549,"show wary natives",2 +10076,"released",2 +142823,"... too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .",1 +109813,"The film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .",3 +19785,"and Sam Rockwell shows us",2 +84775,"is told .",2 +146985,"Kappa",2 +61093,"'s incredible",3 +166737,"next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo",1 +29275,"at conveying their young angst",2 +90706,"proclaim",2 +89926,"overdoing it",1 +24033,"-- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",1 +167204,"of Hey Arnold ! The Movie",2 +14830,"a sequel",2 +50375,"confident filmmaking",3 +225432,"Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter .",2 +232200,"irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",2 +194609,"between the characters that made the first film such a delight",3 +67243,"Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",4 +100830,"working poor",2 +8807,"miscast leads , banal dialogue",0 +4020,"a pale imitation of the real deal",0 +200494,"has all the trappings of an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",3 +75839,"both convincing and radiant",3 +39775,"very much like the first movie based on J . K .",3 +221225,", Who is Cletis Tout ?",2 +228634,"and Ms. Seldhal",2 +159485,"for the ending credits and the deleted scenes",2 +227672,"`` ha ha '' funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny",2 +232770,"is that Pelosi knows it .",2 +2626,"the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest",3 +63437,"A subtle , humorous , illuminating study",4 +137955,"to the power of women to heal",3 +146079,"I just did",2 +150146,"Thirty",2 +227361,"` Drumline ' shows a level of young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .",4 +195233,"by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",1 +88140,"oddly fascinating",3 +7122,"hey arnold",2 +80880,"general absurdity",1 +142283,", it 's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook .",2 +73531,"also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",4 +166067,"mix-and",2 +147206,"Literally nothing in The Pool",1 +125613,"kinda",2 +97999,"to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy",2 +161840,"in classic disaffected-indie-film mode",2 +237832,"to go since Simone is not real",2 +106335,"However stale the material , Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect :",3 +56380,"rapid-fire",2 +154583,"badly written",0 +157603,"distorts reality",2 +125245,"its exploitive array",2 +196440,"crime lord 's",2 +56026,"picaresque view",2 +94019,"sweet , tender sermon",4 +48885,"an all-around good time",4 +38100,"the courage",3 +218231,"unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense",1 +59286,"to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart",3 +137563,"to ever fit smoothly together",2 +569,"because it 's about family",2 +134856,"the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated .",1 +205223,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy ,",1 +78679,"during the climactic hourlong cricket match",2 +172992,"that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",1 +92211,"seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again",2 +194490,"being playful without being fun",2 +195368,"can doubt the filmmakers ' motives",2 +192683,"anciently",2 +92966,"so many bad romances",2 +18159,"you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",3 +234275,"of J.M. Barrie 's Peter Pan",2 +32109,"go to Leigh for actually casting people who look working-class .",2 +219341,"who has had a successful career in TV",2 +182031,"A sugar-coated Rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone honks .",1 +206957,"new angle",2 +134756,"the Serbs",2 +147441,"Michael Rosenbaum",2 +190606,"a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery",1 +135653,"the light-footed enchantment the material needs",3 +10098,"reminding",2 +51979,"full ticket price",2 +2045,"played out",2 +178378,"will find this one a challenge .",2 +30733,"desperately",1 +208212,"of trusting the material",2 +230323,"docu-Dogma plainness",1 +79613,"familiar subject matter",2 +153810,"are beginning to wear a bit thin .",1 +178029,"when even",2 +180784,", like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows",3 +178556,"with crisp professionalism",3 +148213,"Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",1 +37659,"telling",3 +22313,"the movie 's focus",2 +134204,"that Ice Age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures",2 +10062,"reign of fire may be little more than another platter of reheated aliens",1 +78511,"domestic tension and unhappiness",1 +139266,"was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story",3 +36258,"quantum physics and slash-dash",2 +90616,"prepared",2 +66824,"Iwai",2 +51683,"films like Tremors",2 +32187,"great leaps",3 +31841,"fourth wall",2 +45091,"Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful",3 +78389,"documentary-making",2 +75156,"ballot",2 +48521,"a youthful and good-looking diva",3 +132469,"signing",3 +10908,"swoony lyricism and",2 +1773,"movies",2 +10658,"spectacular",3 +237115,"the one established by Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",2 +48845,"amiable",3 +4232,"a trashy ,",0 +103166,". V . camera",2 +8170,"jam-packed",3 +74728,"as its DreamWorks makers",2 +98761,"tundra soap opera",2 +24676,"And that 's a big part of why we go to the movies",3 +89212,"of wonder",2 +215035,"the middle of Chicago 's South Side",2 +124304,"is n't really about anything .",1 +140659,"you 'd expect from a guy",3 +9290,"of its gags and observations",1 +65945,"Hawley",2 +7972,"it refuses to spell things out for viewers",2 +182742,"Becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any Plympton film : boring",1 +27621,"a little bumpy",2 +64610,"Canada 's",2 +75636,"between damaged people",2 +58939,"they have seen a comedy",2 +86150,"literary figures",2 +58459,"the love ` real '",2 +197499,"dramatic punch and depth",3 +218719,"was an honest effort",3 +130338,"plot device",2 +13634,", some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",1 +180804,", mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between Americans and Brits .",1 +175427,"this interesting time",3 +171502,"so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway",2 +69160,"Taylor 's doorstep",2 +72873,"a-bornin '",2 +87508,"motherhood deferred and desire",2 +22347,"the same magical quality",3 +22705,"volumes",2 +55813,"only to spoof them",2 +40525,"youthful high spirits",3 +141226,"'s an earnest debut full of heartfelt performances , but is ultimately let down by a story that is all too predictable",1 +227375,"` Snow Dogs ' has both .",2 +112396,"a must-see",4 +226654,"This is absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer .",0 +69264,"The Brothers McMullen",2 +231820,"how pertinent its dynamics remain",3 +15534,"derives its power by sticking to the facts",3 +159682,"from Gilligan 's Island",2 +116526,"call ` too clever",2 +1113,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",3 +139964,"will upset or frighten young viewers",1 +206991,"nimble",2 +205433,"lost its fizz",2 +120755,"from the pack",2 +20242,"characters '",2 +49446,"awkwardness",2 +76211,"by talking fish",2 +86814,"marred only",2 +166166,"more depressed",1 +210551,"ridiculous wig",1 +132399,"show these characters in the act and",2 +206391,"more holes than Clyde Barrow 's car",1 +67399,"Manhunter '",2 +60186,"wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths",3 +90866,"pulling the plug on the conspirators",2 +184494,"Hossein Amini",2 +162074,"in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs",1 +9692,"personal",3 +29973,"calls",2 +10405,"ship",2 +181135,", yet not as hilariously raunchy as South Park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .",1 +133185,"squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had",1 +208191,"of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",2 +173687,"the creepiness",1 +233725,"mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",1 +88722,"of less",2 +192046,"after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes",2 +146997,"Kaufman 's imagination",2 +202420,"into hokum . A Rumor of Angels does n't just slip",1 +97322,"think of this",2 +36300,"quite a rarity , even in the family film market .",3 +218464,"very familiar tale",2 +40735,"A worthy entry into a very difficult genre",3 +85262,"its first sign",2 +214943,"the less",2 +5522,"cheese",2 +58942,"they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",2 +114355,"another viewing",2 +232947,"it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",2 +75358,"beautiful , timeless and universal tale",3 +84119,"is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .",3 +161307,"his second",1 +79477,"explored .",2 +155329,"blurs the line between black comedy and black hole",1 +39780,"very solid , very watchable first feature for director Peter Sheridan",3 +18179,"'s in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid",2 +10505,"slice of droll whimsy",2 +198903,"find in this dreary mess",1 +62992,"A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi",2 +164736,"lend its imprimatur to ,",2 +235519,"see in each other",2 +131683,"run-on",2 +60325,"with all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts",2 +231110,"genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout",4 +168155,"on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering",1 +66902,"Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",3 +132684,"smirk uneasily at the film 's nightmare versions of everyday sex-in-the-city misadventures",1 +209324,"plainly dull",1 +144648,"Credibility levels",2 +190361,"a conventional",2 +132839,"soft-core",2 +131181,"redemption and regeneration",2 +177883,"well-acted clunker",2 +137039,"this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs",3 +77527,"created a provocative",3 +59010,"this kind of thing , unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers , only to spoof them",1 +140280,"with their fathers",3 +102082,"( Ferrera )",1 +177784,"we all could have stopped watching long ago .",1 +89127,"of their powers",2 +176604,"too contemplative",1 +53082,"inherent conflict",1 +54930,"moving ,",2 +47439,"Tom",2 +126512,"made , on all levels",2 +154302,"asinine",1 +187960,"The author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating : others may find it baffling .",1 +204199,"its funny moments",3 +69199,"That 's its first sign of trouble",1 +65848,"Grant and Hoult",2 +145048,"Edward Burns ' Sidewalks",2 +217924,"turn more crassly reductive",1 +165048,"lip-synching , tragedy",1 +175789,"title 's",2 +216456,"this one gets off with a good natured warning",3 +1221,"hopkins",2 +101274,"your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving",2 +131034,"raunchy and graphic",1 +96392,"the physical demands made on Büttner",2 +34349,"manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",3 +100324,"win you over , in a big way",4 +10095,"remembered",2 +95674,"the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",3 +159165,"finds its stars slumming in territory",1 +34352,"manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",3 +16602,"most teen flicks",2 +41863,"entertaining with its unconventionally wacky but",4 +177571,"wallow",2 +113263,"accomplish what few sequels can",4 +141534,"'s painful .",2 +233288,"ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .",4 +176014,"to build any interest",2 +34606,"more to grownups",3 +232961,"it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama",2 +193693,"assign one bright shining star",2 +119706,"falls into the trap of pretention almost every time",1 +55792,"one room",2 +51727,"five years from now",2 +15410,"chimpanzees",2 +61588,", Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest .",4 +10865,"surrender",2 +43828,". Clooney , Mr . Kaufman and",2 +173777,"the dynamic duo",3 +81700,"has ended",2 +25537,"Herzog 's )",2 +115697,"becomes a fang-baring lullaby",2 +99346,"very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes",3 +77621,"culmination",2 +220017,"worse than bland",0 +186406,"No one involved , save Dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson , seems entirely improvised .",0 +89014,"of the flick",2 +132990,"sometimes infuriating",2 +38883,"they 're talking about '' Talk to Her",2 +20332,"dabbling in French ,",2 +150938,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 +213016,"suspense and payoff",2 +56877,"seus",2 +151068,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and",1 +175241,"they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination",1 +46033,"Lips ''",2 +23670,", however , it is not",2 +133487,"style . Entertaining",3 +105537,"Driver and",2 +230847,"fit for filling in during the real NBA 's off-season",2 +117956,"deeply pessimistic or",3 +16971,"plus one sheep dog",2 +202016,"in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack ,",2 +126572,"main story",2 +66298,"If you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this Oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .",4 +8619,"make it shine",3 +122617,"humans",2 +206900,"neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor",2 +50842,"dimming",1 +49993,"calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .",3 +53577,"is packed with information and impressions",3 +65315,"Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .",3 +108893,"Shanghai Ghetto may not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski 's The Pianist , but",1 +205955,"may not have a novel thought in his head",1 +174800,"the stage-trained Jez Butterworth ( Mojo ) that serves",2 +178547,"with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child",1 +223732,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .",1 +192993,"appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes",1 +171618,"some ways is a rather indulgent piece",3 +97461,"this may sound",2 +16609,"move",2 +195234,"by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck",2 +218597,"volume and primary colors",2 +119122,"enjoy the big screen",3 +211727,"situation romance",2 +233579,"loved the people onscreen ,",4 +89988,"own views",2 +179765,"'s hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +126378,"loses its fire",1 +202214,"inexcusable dumb",0 +209604,"practically every facet",2 +179058,"you 're a WWF fan",2 +38298,"the haphazard administration",1 +121226,"go anywhere new ,",3 +140770,"you laugh",3 +202236,"inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone",2 +207520,"of a chance",2 +110371,"There is a real subject here",3 +30106,"characters from the page",2 +22852,"without becoming a postmodern joke",2 +195139,"by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",1 +149097,"The Hole",2 +207457,"of Midnight Run and 48 Hours",2 +195461,"cared",2 +164714,"left me with a very bad feeling",0 +178557,"with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",1 +112672,"a serious debt to The Road Warrior",3 +28776,"and round-robin",2 +210623,"romantic quadrangle",2 +97151,"their role",2 +178998,"wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture",1 +10525,"small in scope ,",1 +182822,"Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",1 +15034,"and good lines for everyone in this comedy",3 +31402,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively",4 +87020,"memory and",2 +34133,"likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",2 +35751,"opinion",2 +195532,"cathartic truth",2 +196694,"degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera",0 +223395,"For free .",2 +145969,"I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but",2 +129780,"our close ties with animals",3 +119659,"fair warning",2 +169752,"really bad movies",0 +157927,"drain",1 +147416,"Men in Black II , '' has all the earmarks of a sequel",3 +230480,"either of Val Kilmer 's two personas interesting or worth caring about",1 +155239,"big-screen remakes",2 +213856,"that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival",2 +167454,"of even the most understanding spouse",1 +175092,"their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc .",2 +210453,"repulse any generation of its fans",2 +44428,"American Indian Spike Lee",2 +53239,"is Corcuera 's attention to detail",2 +61942,", heartwarming film",4 +120062,"film to drag on for nearly three hours",0 +101318,"'' Heist",2 +109993,"The movie is a mess from start to finish .",1 +11639,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy",0 +189914,"Yosuke and",2 +120539,"for very little",2 +119433,"evolution",2 +161770,"in Wilder 's",2 +26694,"Tailored to entertain !",3 +42694,"sticking with you",3 +7353,"if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",1 +152146,"a music video rather than a full-length movie",1 +6996,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but",2 +228549,"an earnest , by-the-numbers effort",3 +65895,"Haneke 's portrait",2 +226361,"The movie is a dud .",0 +122100,"heartily sick",1 +211516,"should n't the reality",2 +111142,"Whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .",1 +197134,"distraction .",2 +105263,"Critics need a good laugh , too ,",3 +236340,"than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",3 +66296,"If you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular .",4 +131615,"romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",4 +108114,"Offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .",0 +221701,", you can feel your veins cringing from the workout .",2 +224193,"It 's just merely very bad .",0 +44626,"Average",2 +200544,"has generic virtues ,",1 +44890,"Charles '",2 +98385,"to the romantic comedy genre",2 +98042,"to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",2 +17854,"today 's",2 +142012,", Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .",1 +93784,"such a pleasure",3 +50838,"digs deep emotionally ,",3 +225633,"Robert De Niro singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes",3 +134127,"thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .",3 +126774,"many '' serious issues",1 +44361,"Adams '",2 +200968,"health",2 +29864,"but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion .",2 +90487,"pop culture",2 +116617,"can out-bad-act the other",1 +197524,"dreams , visions",2 +125734,"land-based ` drama",2 +149010,"Taken purely as an exercise in style",2 +52965,"in perspective",2 +162116,"including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether )",2 +188173,"The film did n't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due",2 +182056,"A thriller without a lot of thrills",1 +7035,"have it all go wrong",1 +41906,"fashioned a comedy with more laughs",3 +19012,"Its scenes",2 +20721,"has been given a loving screen transferral",3 +14004,"Enormously",2 +122154,"her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment",2 +218194,"unholy mess",1 +41886,"expectations . Good fun , good action",4 +22906,"you ca n't put down",3 +203804,"it 's surprisingly harmless",3 +11762,"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",0 +1164,"have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",4 +113718,"almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson",1 +176838,"tried to improve things by making the movie go faster",2 +205571,"made a point or two regarding life",3 +44534,"An uncluttered ,",2 +107064,"It thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real world dichotomy that ( Jaglom ) pursued with such enervating determination in Venice\/Venice .",3 +31845,"franchise",2 +57760,"that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",4 +34851,"nearly so sinister",1 +56571,"responsibility and",2 +102225,", Broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .",1 +63885,"An entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .",3 +208128,"of the previous two",3 +130527,"praying",2 +181294,"... a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '",0 +137286,"tiresome",1 +50106,"certain sense",2 +179643,"'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable",3 +130242,"pinheads who talk throughout the show .",1 +29998,"can relate to",2 +89382,"on and off the screen",2 +122913,"in a stunning fusion of music and images",3 +206336,"more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 +85445,"its understanding",2 +39807,"visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more",3 +217692,"tops and hip huggers",2 +166930,"nostalgia slumber",1 +190001,"` Would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? '",2 +185884,"Love Boat",2 +64408,"Bluer than the Atlantic",1 +136846,"think they",1 +179728,"'s especially fit for the kiddies",3 +130653,"privileged lifestyle",2 +63222,"A much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian English title would have you believe .",4 +201833,"in both animation and storytelling",2 +22901,"you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy",3 +80417,"force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers",2 +76063,"businesses",2 +30784,"digitally animated feature film",2 +216991,"to effectively probe Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown",2 +139280,"was written for no one",1 +145154,"Even die-hard fans of Japanese animation ... will find this one a challenge .",0 +28500,"and affection",3 +47230,"The quirky drama",3 +51630,"fight scenes",2 +219374,"who smiles and frowns",2 +101016,"yarns ever .",2 +189798,"With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller : with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie",1 +102767,", perhaps paradoxically ,",2 +228114,"a regurgitation of cinematic violence",1 +24328,"A deviant topical comedy which is funny from start to finish .",4 +123469,"intelligence , wit or innovation",3 +182421,"An incredibly irritating comedy",0 +225787,"Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",2 +106528,"I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back",1 +16710,"of Irish movies",2 +29712,"bounces ) all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",4 +196627,"debated in the media",2 +45869,"Jaglom 's",2 +128204,"numerous scenes",2 +150322,"This time Mr . Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but",2 +163832,"it is funny",4 +232112,"insightful moments .",3 +101706,"'s impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .",2 +162632,"is a misfire",1 +203577,"is the screenplay .",2 +44697,"Beresford",2 +24839,"Birds",2 +158008,"dubious product",1 +232977,"it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",1 +9735,"play against each other so intensely , but",2 +134984,"the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm",1 +31764,"for his characters",3 +227423,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company , ''",1 +50065,"cases",2 +234612,"off the Old Block",2 +137151,"though it was written for no one , but somehow",3 +219240,"which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",1 +27981,"a worthy follow-up",3 +98254,"to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",1 +131370,"replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1 +217245,"to pay full price",2 +150430,"Too close to Phantom Menace for comfort",2 +182567,"Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does",2 +160365,"grinds itself out",1 +139037,"victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and",0 +141492,"'s not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie",1 +166057,"missing from it all is a moral .",2 +45435,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions",4 +28972,"any horror film",2 +45786,"It has its faults ,",0 +49669,"belongs to a big",2 +73464,"all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness",3 +158485,"ever letting them consciously know you have done so",2 +150129,"These are names to remember",3 +132416,"shows Holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady , ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever , a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",1 +29626,"black comedy",2 +116789,"celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",3 +45978,"Lan",2 +84496,"is nothing short of a great one",4 +122618,"humble ,",2 +139321,"watching all this strutting and",2 +176788,"trains",2 +169103,"posing , rather than",2 +45323,"Friel and Williams 's exceptional performances",3 +35855,"over-the-top",2 +35938,"paying homage to art",3 +215602,"the sheets",2 +59402,"to the search for inner peace",3 +23733,", it wins you over .",3 +194157,"be lovely",3 +102830,", slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic",1 +67953,"Offers a persuasive",3 +120823,"fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",3 +182509,"Any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss .",1 +33036,"indicates real talent .",3 +37043,"smart and satisfying",4 +183669,"Enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts",2 +133496,"styx",2 +201718,"in Black mayhem",2 +127780,"nature film and",2 +17375,"syncopated style",3 +8074,"its lackluster gear of emotional blandness",0 +204023,"it still seems endless",1 +29903,"by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel ''",2 +215994,"their budding amours",2 +184022,"Frank Capra played this story straight . But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",1 +187775,"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys",2 +106471,"I have given this movie a rating of zero . But",1 +13295,"writhing under dialogue",2 +2428,"such aching beauty",4 +237287,"the twinkling eyes , repressed smile",2 +228741,"appears in its final form ( in `` Last Dance '' )",2 +163843,"it is nearly impossible to care about what happens on them",2 +216995,"to emerge with any degree of accessibility",2 +64920,"Danny Verete 's",2 +34383,"married",2 +173349,"the Craven",2 +191955,"actually hurts to watch .",0 +239112,"you 're not into the Pokemon franchise",2 +189654,"Where the film falters is in its tone .",1 +172403,"sustenance",2 +172180,"style over character and substance",1 +89729,"opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog",1 +123615,"into your very bloodstream",2 +32452,"heat",2 +152033,"a manipulative whitewash",1 +108624,"Rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to The Rising Place that would set it apart from other Deep South stories .",1 +6665,"fresh ,",4 +176999,"turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull .",0 +74208,"ape",2 +218984,"weighs down his capricious fairy-tale",1 +105297,"Dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick",1 +168781,"people who make movies and watch them",2 +202245,"inject farcical raunch",1 +200530,"has cheapened the artistry of making a film",1 +106583,"If Welles was unhappy at the prospect of the human race splitting in two , he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way .",1 +104777,"Blake 's",2 +129802,"out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha",2 +59272,"to its own bathos",2 +26389,"Prophecies ''",2 +106326,"How this one escaped the Lifetime network I 'll never know .",1 +6121,"ease",2 +194168,"be more like hell",0 +34622,"most compelling",3 +210158,"real howler",2 +112332,"a moratorium",1 +57537,"survival",2 +52878,"in Risky Business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .",3 +141944,", Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever is a dumb action movie .",0 +8424,"lift",3 +217507,"to want both",2 +214648,"the final product",2 +127951,"niches",3 +89054,"of the most entertaining Bonds in years",4 +10614,"some intriguing questions",2 +74507,"art house audiences",2 +232660,"is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic .",2 +236433,"that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's",2 +161009,"he uses to stir his ingredients",2 +230451,"dumb drug jokes and",1 +182613,"As steamy as",2 +26157,"Napoleon",2 +129846,"overall feel",2 +29482,"becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing .",3 +108765,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time .",3 +150037,"There 's an audience for it ,",3 +152346,"a recruitment film for future Hollywood sellouts",1 +118726,"dreck",2 +27688,"a movie star",3 +68082,"Paid in Full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the Reagan years .",3 +238269,"upon Utah each",2 +184582,"I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",1 +186900,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement . Does n't deserve a passing grade ( even on a curve ) .",0 +38433,"the most haunting , viciously honest coming-of-age films",4 +106552,"Ice Age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .",2 +87571,"moving essay",2 +54636,"martial artistry",2 +12605,"two",2 +217560,"tons and",2 +99950,"when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",2 +98955,"under the heat of Phocion 's attentions",2 +13317,"yearnings",2 +26935,"Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",3 +226695,"This overproduced piece",1 +194174,"be numbing . Proof of this is Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever",2 +205935,"may have intended",2 +206881,"needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .",2 +62103,", music , and dance",2 +138309,"treats conspiracy as a kind of political Blair Witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",2 +162824,"is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally",1 +125145,"it will warm your heart",4 +102261,", Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .",4 +229022,"assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce , because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0 +157244,"deliver as many silly voices",2 +70369,"Though not for everyone",2 +175650,"thoughts and",2 +147520,"Movies like this are selling the old European candor , the old wink of ` bold ' revelation . But",2 +109748,"The entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what 's available is lovely and lovable",3 +28395,"an original treatment of a deeply personal subject",3 +235252,"recommend `` Never Again",3 +213750,"that made The Full Monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work",1 +39137,"to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time",3 +162280,"insubstantial",1 +157156,"death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things",1 +200936,"he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me",1 +107677,"McCracken knows that 's all that matters",2 +139451,"welcome with audiences",3 +184393,"Here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . Maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .",2 +146212,"If this is an example of the type of project that Robert Redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it 's time to rethink independent films .",1 +220948,"'s probably worth catching solely on its visual merits",3 +228599,"an interesting storyline",3 +170295,"sadistic tendencies",2 +41681,"by far",2 +23508,", but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based .",1 +63064,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what",3 +54711,"memory lane",2 +143109,"A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality .",1 +152133,"a movie titled '' Glory",2 +77047,"communication",2 +10702,"stand",2 +134683,"the Chuck Norris '' grenade gag '' occurs about 7 times during Windtalkers",2 +26876,"The old-world",2 +181024,", the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas , another breathless movie about same !",2 +89958,"owe Nicolas Cage an apology",2 +105734,"Exhilarating ,",4 +227310,"You walk out of The Good Girl with mixed emotions -- disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions .",3 +37881,"that revels",3 +199103,"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and",1 +223516,"Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs",1 +72714,"a tricky tightrope",2 +102260,", Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .",1 +40572,"'s not always",2 +116536,"calls attention",2 +160281,"gorgeous , somnolent show",2 +74351,"are innocent , childlike and inherently funny",3 +117745,"crude storyline",1 +227980,"a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle",4 +165219,"looked so shimmering and benign",2 +219794,"with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese",3 +215462,"the really bad Blair Witch Project",0 +164208,"jackets",2 +175353,"this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .",0 +132882,"some glimpses",2 +47499,"Ultimate",2 +27820,"a simple and heart-warming story , full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical",3 +182492,"Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu",2 +196492,"crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows",2 +54487,"magnify her outrageous charm",3 +25941,"Lee Jeong-Hyang",2 +156291,"cinematic high crime , one that brings military courtroom dramas down very",1 +4840,"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not .",1 +203455,"is somehow guessable from the first few minutes ,",1 +229201,"be more appropriate",2 +2437,"sum up the strange horror of life",2 +131433,"respecting other cultures",2 +194506,"believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",2 +169358,"programs",2 +56037,"pity or memorialize themselves",2 +201487,"icons",3 +23261,"( not fear-reducing )",2 +174758,"the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant",2 +197409,"doing very little with its imaginative premise",1 +5106,"being washed away in love 's dissolution",2 +162942,"is in front of it",2 +3392,"( clara and paul )",2 +77350,"convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment .",3 +124407,"is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party .",4 +160347,"greedy characters",1 +67064,"Koury",2 +57966,"the Hearst mystique",2 +38839,"them good",3 +121203,"giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody",2 +236858,"the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human",3 +223234,"Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",4 +75988,"brogue",2 +20485,"especially considering his background",2 +82233,"his closest friends",2 +85280,"its hint",2 +126362,"looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .",1 +81653,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",3 +103345,"77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 +172317,"sunnier",2 +44667,"Beautifully shot ,",4 +7131,"hideously twisted",1 +132046,"seen him eight stories tall",3 +236830,"the dunce of a Screenwriting",1 +62212,", shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",3 +95371,"the controversy",2 +118682,"drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue ,",2 +177,"a good , straightforward tale",3 +138717,"unique , well-crafted psychological study",3 +75984,"broad cross-section",3 +72685,"a tough beauty",2 +29350,"authenticity",2 +50703,"deeply affecting",2 +73970,"an unstinting look",2 +190285,"a chilly , clinical lab report",2 +209533,"pop-music history",2 +152122,"a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance",2 +23085,"'s also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time",4 +103198,"... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters",3 +17342,"stump speech",2 +150524,"Try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes Edward Burns ' Sidewalks of New York look like Oscar Wilde",1 +231347,"had just gone that one step further",2 +118488,"documentary feel",2 +130704,"prolonged and",2 +208342,"old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles",1 +130321,"plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes",3 +57525,"surprisingly cinematic experience",3 +16204,"is , aptly enough , a challenge and a punishment .",1 +41632,"be tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators",2 +99603,"was .",2 +48072,"a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",3 +221503,", quieter",2 +213126,"takes a great film",2 +85707,"knows how to tell us about people .",3 +98883,"ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship",2 +42215,"is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences",3 +178442,"wisecracking",2 +214527,"the exotic surface",2 +159217,"flat drama",2 +211098,"seems suited neither to kids or adults .",1 +57005,"simple fable",2 +229505,"but above all",2 +110406,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing",2 +133028,"sordid to function as comedy",1 +87070,"messy and",1 +65265,"Eight Legged Freaks is partly an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s",2 +112388,"a much better mother-daughter tale",3 +165938,"might keep a more general audience even vaguely interested in his bratty character",1 +190439,"a decided lack",2 +223711,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale ,",3 +225291,"Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting",3 +38937,"this documentary",2 +51844,"for unwary viewers",2 +7266,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .",0 +31602,"fill their scenes",3 +25840,"Japan 's premier stylist",3 +12786,"viewer",2 +110439,"This film biggest",3 +228989,"as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",3 +140340,"witty , wistful new film",3 +75376,"beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing",4 +223545,"Griffin & Co.",2 +214121,"the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",2 +68437,"Rick Famuyiwa 's",2 +143318,"A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story , but",3 +109463,"The Piano Teacher is not an easy film . It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .",2 +63760,"Although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted",2 +44047,"A directorial tour de force",3 +101797,"'s not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd",1 +211963,"so many recent movies",2 +209173,"people make fun of me for liking Showgirls .",2 +196052,"compete for each others ' affections .",2 +100851,"works in spite of it",2 +219203,"where exciting",3 +218300,"up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '",2 +73134,"acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .",2 +96101,"the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5",3 +50352,"complicated emotions",2 +92375,"sex , drugs and rock",2 +207697,"of dollars",2 +67334,"Lynch jones ?",2 +180789,", loud , painful , obnoxious",1 +15462,"complex",3 +145341,"Final Draft computer program",2 +99543,"want the funk",2 +95666,"the film is well-crafted and",4 +143694,"American wife\/colleague",2 +86067,"like it 's wasted yours",1 +205077,"like my Christmas movies",2 +131416,"resolutely unamusing",1 +68469,"Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking .",4 +64695,"China 's Sixth Generation",2 +138218,"touch us",2 +42535,"refreshingly honest and",3 +186011,"Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +25287,"Far more",2 +128624,"of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George",3 +21721,"philosophical message",2 +207271,"nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",2 +14007,"Enterprise",2 +14113,"If nothing else",2 +213742,"that just does n't work",1 +39308,"to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds",3 +23161,"'s rather like a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable",2 +102300,", Michael J . Wilson",2 +46490,"Paul Bettany",2 +186619,"Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry",1 +193056,"are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style .",1 +215132,"the movie for me",2 +162533,"is , regrettably , going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them .",0 +38586,"the regime 's talking-head survivors",3 +99133,"unstinting look",2 +198434,"fad",1 +26995,"This is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory",4 +230456,"dupe the viewer",1 +152959,"admire the ensemble players",3 +144268,"Britney Spears",2 +113240,"above sixth-grade height",2 +133710,"surveyed high school students ...",2 +163806,"it has all the qualities of a modern situation comedy",2 +78367,"do n't think that A . C . will help this movie one bit",0 +84404,"is more timely",2 +166598,"neat little story",3 +78907,"emotional tensions",2 +50902,"distant memories",2 +238566,"were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn",1 +205781,"manages for but a few seconds",1 +164077,"its many out-sized",2 +159893,"garner",2 +35363,"of people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",2 +161977,"in the '70s or '80s",2 +228229,"a truly frightening situation",1 +198244,"exalted",3 +144900,"Disturbingly",2 +55468,"of our national psyche",2 +117637,"cracks",2 +37315,"steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England",3 +57623,"tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script",2 +230994,"fresh again",3 +161599,"if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy",2 +181361,"102-minute",3 +186528,"Once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",2 +98151,"to keep the film entertaining",3 +81268,"goofy and lurid",2 +89886,"outstanding performance",4 +33479,"is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality",2 +46094,"Mark Romanek 's",2 +163846,"it is so densely packed",2 +152925,"actually investigating the case",2 +35268,"of his co-stars",2 +36338,"rarely provides",1 +164494,"kung",2 +157815,"does paint some memorable images ... ,",3 +233035,"it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while .",3 +125550,"keen eye , sweet spirit and",3 +96119,"the men and machines",2 +48774,"all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters",2 +103494,"A compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",3 +216672,"through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill",1 +124646,"is that the entire exercise has no real point .",2 +178388,"will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day",1 +226334,"The most horrific movie experience",0 +137748,"to never growing old . Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",2 +69501,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear",4 +206343,"more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",1 +193376,"as a numbingly dull experience",0 +167321,"of a scriptwriter 's imagination",3 +108549,"Ramsay and",2 +182406,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay",0 +194280,"become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters",1 +151600,"a depiction",2 +172837,"that 's neither",2 +165953,"mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ... make that three minutes",1 +103367,"95-minute commercial",0 +218047,"ultimately insignificant",0 +96689,"the silent screams of workaday inertia",2 +157087,"cyber-horror '' flick",2 +204433,"just another situation romance",1 +45813,"It is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be .",4 +125462,"jived",2 +176272,"to make you",2 +107133,"Jackson is one of the best actors there is",3 +114816,"as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns",2 +160033,"gets old quickly . Watch Barbershop again",0 +102291,", LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .",3 +51495,"falls somewhat short",1 +3228,"you do n't",2 +104818,"Both Garcia and Jagger",2 +206738,"must surely be one of them",2 +203586,"is thought-provoking",4 +126535,"made by someone who surely read The Catcher in the Rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia",2 +161154,"hidden it",2 +89453,"on that promise",2 +140711,"you ache with sadness ( the way Chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important",2 +188737,"The superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other .",1 +14782,"a metaphor for this love story",2 +105026,"Chabrol spins",2 +165885,"microwaves",2 +162175,"inexorable passage",2 +117652,"crafty and intelligent",4 +183106,"Circuit gets drawn into the party .",2 +74653,"as comedy goes",2 +77499,"crafted here",2 +207284,"now-cliched",2 +224951,"Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",2 +9552,"out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life",0 +11968,"the thing about guys like evans",2 +113981,"an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do --",4 +115857,"belongs to Nicholson . Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . As Schmidt , Nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance",3 +131047,"read and",2 +221118,") does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .",2 +23025,"'s ( Ricci 's ) best",3 +193782,"at ninety",2 +188414,"The movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like Chris Rock .",2 +203994,"it portrays , tiresomely regimented",1 +56231,"proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .",3 +212197,"something fishy",3 +177087,"unbroken",2 +68863,"Soderbergh 's Solaris",2 +803,"despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break",2 +229605,"by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",2 +25343,"For the most part Stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .",3 +231717,"his circle",2 +69888,"The script by David Koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul ...",3 +87027,"men would act if they had periods",2 +150736,"Ways Out",2 +38105,"the cozy feeling",3 +12376,"to its finale",2 +218328,"us before",2 +96545,"the reassuring manner",2 +6804,"giving",2 +63879,"An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .",4 +225778,"Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc.",2 +94851,"that satisfies , as comfort food often can",3 +172021,"stomach the touchy-feely message",2 +168692,"particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull",0 +107991,"Nicholson .",2 +95042,"the Killer",2 +35745,"opening",2 +114017,"an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas",3 +183990,"For the future , one hopes Mr . Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",1 +128562,"of blows dumped on Guei",2 +112449,"a pack of dynamite sticks ,",2 +129269,"offer no easy rewards for staying clean",2 +115573,"be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable",3 +229323,"before she gets to fulfill her dreams",2 +20980,"involving true story",3 +235051,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? '",3 +127152,"misleading",1 +194554,"better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",3 +111436,"` dramedy '",2 +14014,"Everything that has to do with Yvan and Charlotte",2 +155371,"book status",2 +42928,"turn 180 degrees",2 +153011,"aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",1 +198814,"fifteen-year-old 's",2 +103585,"A film with a great premise but only a great premise",1 +125811,"lavish grandeur",3 +136714,"then out --",2 +11919,"the story subtle",2 +30827,"disco",2 +65221,"Dustin",2 +212961,"sure of where it should go",2 +125354,"its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map",1 +233859,"might just be the movie you 're looking for .",3 +183382,"Despite slick production values and director Roger Michell 's tick-tock pacing",2 +166558,"nary",2 +56847,"sensual delights and simmering violence",3 +127255,"more ,",2 +151221,"` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",1 +170937,"should be enjoying this . '",3 +168153,"on this 21st century",2 +6255,"er , comedy",2 +34427,"maybe , but still",2 +154504,"awful and appealing .",1 +14255,"Manages",2 +163992,"its banality",2 +43317,"'s so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .",3 +33684,"it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",3 +26696,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests",2 +206197,"mingles",2 +152540,"a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs",0 +159596,"formulaic films rather than fresh ones",2 +232288,"is a form of bravery",3 +225811,"Slap her -",2 +89696,"only the most practiced curmudgeon",2 +183282,"David Fincher and writer David Koepp",2 +59118,"tickets",2 +112671,"a serious debt",2 +113020,"a whip-smart sense",2 +116888,"chase movie",2 +179660,"'s best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot",3 +32778,"importantly ,",3 +57181,"some of the major issues",1 +9423,"offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past",3 +95727,"the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film",2 +84158,"is energized by Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",3 +207990,"of snow",2 +118756,"dry humor and",2 +167431,"of director Joe Carnahan",2 +193447,"as entertaining as the final hour",3 +101002,"wrong with that",1 +61440,"( Gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass",3 +153930,"are poorly delivered",1 +152544,"a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",3 +158759,"fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .",1 +133556,"such a graphic treatment",2 +159831,"funnier and",3 +106855,"It 's drab . It 's uninteresting . It squanders Chan 's uniqueness",1 +218978,"weekend",2 +181407,"2002 Enemy",2 +117439,"considerable aplomb",3 +115519,"be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",0 +192677,"anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",3 +190482,"a drive-by",2 +142345,", melodramatic estrogen opera",2 +220034,"worth cheering as a breakthrough",3 +118405,"ditsy",1 +143828,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal !",2 +164755,"less like he 's been burning to tell a war story",2 +215313,"the past 20 minutes looking at your watch",1 +170616,"seems skimpy and unclear",1 +228089,"a popcorn film ,",2 +210345,"relentlessly nasty situations",1 +72138,"a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",3 +197477,"drag it down to mediocrity --",0 +213965,"that you and they were in another movie",1 +211931,"so earnest , so overwrought",2 +129636,"only eight surviving members show up",2 +69184,"Texan director George Ratliff",2 +143151,"A horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness .",1 +112132,"a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and",2 +171753,"sour taste",1 +107279,"Kapur modernizes A . E . W . Mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare .",2 +232012,"in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people",2 +32939,"in the first place",2 +125714,"laconic",3 +9229,"of all those famous moments from the show",2 +209846,"provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",1 +10457,"significant",2 +33144,"into its rhythm",2 +167133,"occasionally insightful acting exercise",2 +163999,"its broad racial insensitivity",1 +155827,"by-the-books blend",2 +134772,"the Vertical Limit",2 +89872,"outright newness . Plus",3 +93383,"squint",2 +39317,"to the adult mind",2 +194702,"bland to be interesting",1 +119429,"evoked in the film",2 +86610,"make you misty even when you do n't",3 +221456,", like Ballistic , arrive stillborn",1 +89692,"only open new wounds",1 +16831,"on surprises",3 +25713,"Is it something any true film addict will want to check",3 +229921,"comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special , freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class .",0 +239030,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00 .",0 +26636,"Stay",3 +111615,"a challenging one",2 +180365,", Eastwood is off his game",1 +195906,"come away thinking not only that Kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another .",1 +219600,"winks",2 +124569,"is spectacular",4 +202251,"inner-city streets",3 +193989,"band performances",2 +188538,"The plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story .",2 +105679,"Even if it pushes its agenda too forcefully , this remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern .",3 +186723,"Plot , characters ,",3 +140387,"wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion",1 +43995,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big ,",4 +194882,"bother with a contemptible imitator starring a ''",1 +133773,"swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",3 +168320,"only to Winger fans",2 +194217,"be too great",2 +28613,"and form their own opinion",2 +171521,"sodden",2 +94649,"that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone",3 +177616,"war story",2 +44318,"A touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care",3 +73423,"all on their own",2 +20880,"in Dogtown and Z-Boys",2 +237378,"their story is predictable",1 +55684,"offers an interesting bit of speculation",3 +121440,"grittily beautiful",3 +13221,"wladyslaw szpilman",2 +195143,"by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .",2 +101632,"'s available",2 +222954,"Cinematic pratfalls given a working over .",2 +162338,"interesting to Ram Dass fans",2 +24066,"-- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen .",4 +177864,"well , it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning",2 +118014,"delineate",2 +121248,"goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and",3 +238640,"when the original was released in 1987",2 +227515,"`` Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",0 +21560,"of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .",4 +212542,"stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself",3 +78525,"done cinematically",3 +187896,"The Uncertainty Principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be",1 +163889,"it otherwise develops",2 +32416,"he has given his tale a warm glow",3 +178046,"when it does n't work , it 's at important times",2 +6548,"follows",2 +55015,"need , history and presumption",2 +163760,"it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . Too predictably , in fact",1 +184680,"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and",3 +160107,"gives away",2 +125028,"it is not what is on the screen",2 +199870,"gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",0 +109487,"The Sixth Sense",2 +191589,"a very good movie in any objective sense",4 +38140,"the dots , just dots",2 +83831,"is a pan-American movie",2 +167129,"occasionally fun enough to make you",2 +3737,"a documentary and more as a found relic",2 +73695,"an athlete , a movie star",3 +31118,"enjoyable than the original",2 +171497,"so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes",1 +230621,"ever filmed",2 +205584,"made for the big screen , some for the small screen",1 +23280,", '' In the Bedroom",2 +210851,"says , ` If I stay positive , maybe I can channel one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",2 +184040,"French hip-hop ,",2 +233068,"it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .",4 +136693,"their world",2 +91320,"recovered",2 +13766,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy",4 +25712,"Is it a total success ? No . Is it something any true film addict will want to check out ? You bet .",3 +238981,"worshipful than your random E",2 +180910,", she is merely a charmless witch .",1 +164874,"like Rollerball",2 +132048,"seen this before",1 +156861,"could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",3 +109379,"That Haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .",4 +117658,"crammed with movie references",2 +101915,"'s something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties",2 +24873,"Bourne .",2 +147001,"Kennedy ? Moot",1 +52397,"has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .",3 +140325,"without stooping to base melodrama",2 +23394,", and definitely not in a hurry",2 +188684,"The somber pacing and lack",1 +206473,"more than it does cathartic truth telling",1 +180282,"( including mine )",2 +12634,"ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but",2 +194306,"becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .",1 +224300,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling",1 +181716,"A good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller",1 +135480,"the groove",2 +150089,"There are n't many laughs in this interesting study of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv .",2 +53162,"interesting real people",3 +114725,"argumentação",2 +90967,"puzzling",1 +224570,"Late Marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet .",1 +180056,"'s tough being a black man in America , especially when the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .",1 +23306,", I can state that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen .",4 +232597,"is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance",1 +52218,"gorgeous , witty , seductive movie",4 +173,"a golden book",3 +182379,"An awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work",1 +190598,"a flat script and",1 +146769,"It will probably prove interesting to Ram Dass fans ,",3 +181830,"A mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .",1 +103744,"A muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us .",3 +103058,", you too may feel time has decided to stand still",1 +208585,"one feels cheated",1 +165051,"lip-synching , tragedy , and lots",0 +64652,"Chabrol 's best",3 +135492,"the hardy spirit",3 +102410,", beautifully realized",3 +18954,"I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +186161,"More of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller",2 +191276,"a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario",3 +156351,"cleverly worked out",3 +15020,"and disturbing",1 +207238,"not-too-distant",2 +24702,"Ao sair",2 +234378,"of an old type",2 +26159,"Napoleon 's journey",2 +97805,"titular character 's",2 +46146,"Melanie Carmichael",2 +200012,"go , pack your knitting needles",2 +97749,"tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",4 +35031,"nuances",3 +120975,"generate",2 +60613,"your mouth",2 +11478,"the good , which is its essential problem",1 +48178,"a male hooker",2 +98951,"undeniably touched",3 +126809,"markedly inactive",1 +11574,"the lion king",3 +98464,"todo",2 +92312,"serious themes",2 +190222,"a brand name",2 +232759,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age",0 +82927,"in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",4 +168216,"one mundane story",1 +204236,"its longevity",2 +137623,"to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",2 +42666,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast",4 +57934,"the 2-D animation",2 +236854,"the exit sign",2 +83198,"in this self-deprecating , biting and witty feature written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald , and directed by Spike Jonze",2 +60710,"'ll keep you wide awake and ... very tense",4 +10411,"shoplifts",1 +118269,"directed with sensitivity and skill",3 +67438,"Martin 's deterioration and",2 +33550,"is well plotted , visually striking",4 +84121,"is deadpan",1 +114339,"another couple",2 +68161,"Pearl",2 +221360,", he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",0 +29912,"by a terrific performance by Abbass",4 +89180,"of unsettling atmospherics",1 +95834,"the gorgeous locales and",4 +141381,"'s just a silly black genre spoof",1 +39692,"up in subtle plot maneuvers",2 +44635,"Awesome creatures , breathtaking scenery , and epic battle scenes add up to another ` spectacular spectacle . '",4 +134158,"that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",4 +4380,"across the country",2 +21339,"modern China",2 +38382,"the lightest Dogme film",2 +117834,"damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again",2 +196342,"counterparts well ...",3 +211177,"self-aware movies",2 +48751,"all at once .",2 +55374,"of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",2 +86026,"like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough",3 +138952,"version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip",1 +153456,"an odd amalgam of comedy genres",2 +32957,"in the renown Chelsea Hotel",2 +175288,"think of staying with this for more than , say , ten",1 +82293,"his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",4 +110476,"This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body",4 +212148,"some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy",3 +148084,"Petroni",2 +63601,"A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans ( but by no means all )",3 +145340,"Final",2 +224621,"Like Schindler 's List , The Grey Zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .",1 +237448,"they ca n't go wrong .",3 +221152,", I 'm behaving like an idiot ! ''",1 +100945,"would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",0 +61490,"( Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",3 +52016,"funny and irritating",2 +23878,", surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",4 +173916,"the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .",0 +168982,"plot conceits",1 +79150,"enveloping affection",3 +227941,"a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery",2 +69747,"The movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .",1 +77818,"deep feeling",3 +216251,"they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film",1 +132487,"silly-looking Morlocks",1 +157587,"disquietingly",1 +186962,"Rob Reiner",2 +151805,"a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .",3 +150858,"Whatever Eyre 's failings as a dramatist",1 +21251,"looking for something",2 +54778,"modern-day royals",3 +235515,"see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting ''",3 +212525,"starving and untalented",1 +155972,"can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality",3 +9729,"platonic",2 +122289,"his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character",1 +55605,"of the same name",2 +164438,"kilt",2 +113545,"airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",1 +80550,"fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in Birthday Girl",2 +22302,"the minds and motivations",2 +20407,"does have a heart . Now , if it only had a brain .",1 +147894,"On top of a foundering performance , ( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .",1 +207427,"of Ford Fairlane",2 +165882,"metaphorically significant about his career",2 +69113,"Takashi Miike",2 +34098,"like an extended episode of Touched by an Angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes --",1 +164279,"junk-food movie",1 +60411,"with this theme",2 +226717,"This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted , and there still could have been room for the war scenes",2 +195558,"certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts",2 +233565,"love it ... hell , I dunno .",3 +60022,"well-deserved reputation",3 +59368,"to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",2 +234079,"needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating",2 +165925,"might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",2 +51075,"ears and eyes",2 +170766,"set to Jersey",2 +23399,", and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .",3 +24639,"An incredibly low-rent Danish film",0 +216870,"to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed",2 +17820,"to outshine the original",4 +110216,"The trappings of I Spy",2 +68597,"Saturday Night Live-style parody",2 +223128,"Dickensian hero",2 +23073,"'s a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",4 +55430,"of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life",3 +104774,"Blade Runner",2 +233713,"making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",4 +180393,", I felt disrespected .",1 +36865,"shake up the formula",2 +74276,"are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",3 +31168,"entire careers",2 +195159,"by editing",2 +126102,"like it or not",2 +79353,"everyone 's bag",2 +180966,", the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .",1 +80716,"full , chilling advantage",3 +201268,"hitman films",2 +64776,"Compulsively",2 +80806,"funny and human and really",4 +112286,"a man 's body",2 +182917,"Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",1 +179125,"you feel like winding up with a kick .",1 +126083,"like an episode of the TV show Blind Date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments",1 +61221,"'s probably worth catching solely on its visual merits . If only it had the story to match .",2 +32588,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness .",3 +163663,"it 's low-cal Woody at best .",2 +223299,"Exciting and well-paced .",4 +195862,"coke",2 +130116,"pep",2 +209301,"pity anyone who sees this mishmash",0 +139461,"well dressed and",2 +9751,"pleasurable",3 +10624,"something bigger than yourself",3 +116119,"botching a routine assignment",1 +130028,"passionate , if somewhat flawed ,",2 +129892,"overused cocktail",1 +123809,"is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking",4 +192874,"anti-",1 +149659,"The only question",2 +167921,"of year",2 +233473,"lingual and cultural differences ...",2 +31297,"every other character seems overlooked",2 +158151,"elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view",4 +57140,"sogginess",1 +132486,"silly-looking",1 +66766,"It must be the end of the world",2 +167930,"off the wall",1 +18391,", challenges the brain",3 +7297,"i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .",3 +77597,"critics '",2 +140353,"wo n't seem like such a bore",2 +46679,"Same song ,",1 +95045,"the Lion",2 +119321,"even as it points out how inseparable the two are",3 +182610,"As saccharine as it is disposable .",1 +197405,"doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",1 +117385,"compressed characterisations",1 +61662,", Never Again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .",4 +233483,"little girl",2 +297,"a whole lot",3 +225269,"Oddly compelling",3 +201403,"how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",1 +26068,"McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",3 +9042,"never worry about anyone being bored",3 +143885,"As ` chick flicks ' go , this one is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",0 +137462,"to believe in your dreams",3 +132904,"some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process",2 +34933,"noisy",1 +215180,"the nature of God",2 +68987,"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe",4 +71929,"a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",3 +103929,"A sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer",2 +190194,"a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three",2 +168791,"perfectly chilled",3 +130394,"political Blair Witch",2 +105233,"Copenhagen",2 +31495,"farm",2 +77016,"coming-of-age movie",2 +134339,"that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",1 +118125,"designed strictly for children 's home video",2 +7772,"is rebecca romijn-stamos",2 +134267,"that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",2 +181807,"A loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the TV series .",0 +178607,"with love triangle",2 +153073,"all its alleged youthful fire",2 +154585,"baffle",2 +160229,"going to make people laugh",3 +55625,"of these curious owners of architectural oddities",2 +134744,"the O2-tank",2 +34976,"not in a hurry",2 +212990,"surprisingly similar teen drama",2 +15374,"captures the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship",3 +130858,"puts flimsy flicks",2 +217264,"to produce another smash",3 +54815,"more compelling",3 +12478,"tonight the maid",2 +87652,"musicals",2 +48590,"absorbing as well as",3 +152411,"a series of pretentiously awful student films",1 +154246,"as tedious as one",2 +146408,"It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ? '' columns from Ladies Home Journal ...",0 +178602,"with lots of flash black",2 +218623,"waiting to scream",2 +34762,"my favorite",4 +81915,"have rarely seen",3 +208192,"of this tacky nonsense",1 +229362,"best Disney movie",4 +151442,"a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle",0 +98615,"towering",2 +204016,"it so desperately needs",2 +18651,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .",3 +115156,"at bringing off the Hopkins\/Rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas",2 +151201,"` CQ",2 +165231,"looking for residuals",2 +75036,"attraction",4 +17336,"struck",2 +91607,"revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",3 +140980,"'ll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film",1 +87481,"most substantial feature for some time",4 +161517,"humanity or empathy",3 +228258,"a worthwhile environmental message",3 +61911,", frightening war scenes",1 +40926,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and",4 +2698,"the right place",3 +164982,"like saying the sun rises in the east",2 +227264,"You 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum .",2 +105106,"Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",3 +85233,"its embrace",2 +31697,"fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",3 +51706,"finding God that is accessible and",2 +43499,", The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",4 +136809,"they see the joy the characters take in this creed",3 +108328,"Pauline And",2 +92754,"skateboarding boom",2 +168454,"outrage",2 +8295,"kicking off",2 +107035,"It may be a no-brainer , but",2 +45913,"Juan",2 +40227,"with its emotional pull",3 +98489,"tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches",2 +5047,"be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals",0 +180199,"( Siegel )",2 +226878,"Unlike most surf movies , Blue Crush thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",3 +195238,"by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",1 +154368,"at inspiring accomplished portrayals",3 +123421,"insightful writer\/director",3 +44965,"Coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .",3 +3513,"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .",1 +16253,"is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do",3 +75763,"blubber",1 +154550,"bad in all its florid variety",0 +226919,"Viva le",3 +161227,"his ambitions",2 +119535,"expert",2 +26758,"The agent",2 +138368,"true inspiration",3 +74396,"are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away",4 +102022,"'ve grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart .",3 +218972,"wears you",2 +161271,"his good intentions",2 +2963,"to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",3 +101210,"you-are-there immediacy",3 +40109,"will catch some off guard",3 +215072,"the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured",1 +24935,"Campanella",2 +133017,"soothe and break",3 +146,"a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin",3 +59004,"this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",4 +128604,"of dazzling entertainment",4 +100890,"worth it",2 +15765,"few and far between",1 +53746,"it 's enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .",1 +65081,"Director Douglas McGrath",3 +100071,"who can see the forest for the trees",2 +127894,"never pretends to be something",2 +18601,"A triumph of art direction over narrative , but what art direction !",4 +127743,"nails Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .",3 +125199,"its cinematic predecessors",2 +169130,"post-production effects",2 +11016,"than '' bladerunner",2 +118328,"discovering a way",2 +200185,"grand fart",1 +70828,"What makes the movie special is its utter sincerity .",3 +129544,"one of Robert Altman 's lesser works",1 +52588,"hidden as",2 +46856,"Succeeds",3 +91068,"rainbow",2 +163933,"it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 +108740,"Samuel L",2 +232276,"is a fierce dance of destruction",2 +147342,"Mark me down",2 +84063,"is being blown",2 +54739,"might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion",2 +183536,"Does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago",1 +2088,"promising ''",3 +213276,"tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment",1 +141346,"'s hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth",1 +266,"a soul-stirring",4 +226052,"Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes",2 +77548,"creates sheerly cinematic appeal",3 +25473,"Happily",3 +224999,"Mr. Wedge and Mr. Saldanha",2 +127981,"no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight",2 +26408,"Radcliffe",2 +212149,"some of which",2 +208156,"of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 +91502,"reopens an interesting controversy and",3 +80268,"for fans of thoughtful war films and those",2 +144713,"Dawn of the Dead",2 +997,"follow",2 +72259,"a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes",3 +226810,"Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",4 +57275,"spontaneity in its execution",3 +160269,"good scenes",3 +197560,"drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés",0 +109247,"Such an incomprehensible mess that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema .",0 +45499,"Hitchcock movie",2 +212703,"strongman",2 +118238,"digested",2 +143510,"Adam Sandler 's cartoon about Hanukkah is numbingly bad ,",0 +11853,"the saddest films i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +196792,"derivative horror",2 +174357,"the movie lacks both thrills and humor",0 +180019,"'s talking",2 +16010,"her better known co-star",2 +203043,"is just lazy writing . Even kids deserve better",1 +174426,"the oh-so convenient plot twists",2 +207954,"of ripe",2 +151642,"a double",2 +152197,"a paper party hat",1 +162665,"is a rather indulgent piece",2 +81725,"has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises",3 +48346,"a rollicking good time for the most part",3 +84780,"is too much of a plunge",1 +233409,"like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita ''",2 +195374,"can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes",2 +47650,"With Dirty Deeds , David Caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .",4 +188683,"The smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em - up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense .",2 +31104,"engaging performances",3 +65787,"God is love",2 +205367,"looking for their own Caddyshack",2 +225007,"Mr. Zhang 's",2 +105446,"Director Lee has a true cinematic knack",4 +63624,"About Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . If you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .",4 +43106,"'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum . But",2 +2082,"pretty clever",3 +64623,"Captivates and shows",3 +18135,"would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",2 +17673,"the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open",3 +64736,"Cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .",3 +86567,"make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",3 +68968,"Spy Kids",2 +47390,"This riveting World War II moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of American culture :",3 +105898,"French films",2 +212291,"speaking on stage",2 +132432,"shows up and ruins everything",0 +140618,"written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s",2 +113645,"all the fuss",2 +80185,"food-for-thought cinema",3 +150514,"True Hollywood Story",2 +92458,"sharp script",3 +88994,"of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment",2 +233179,"its stupidity more than obvious",1 +42699,"stop me",1 +130080,"peculiar American style",2 +131324,"remember the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",0 +122251,"him try out so many complicated facial expressions",2 +36072,"pop junk",1 +181782,"A live-action cartoon",2 +163406,"is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace .",2 +194811,"books unread",2 +60732,"'n' roll",2 +8167,"jacquot 's tosca",2 +83818,"is a minor miracle",2 +170060,"respected critical",2 +188023,"The characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",0 +67963,"Often overwrought",1 +54653,"may also",2 +54563,"makes it interesting trying to find out .",2 +141127,"'s a humorless , disjointed mess .",0 +183278,"Danny Aiello",2 +17196,"show business",2 +179969,"'s seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting",2 +197507,"drawers to justify a film",2 +100113,"who like their romances to have that French realism",2 +117394,"computer graphics",2 +44797,"Bullock 's best work",4 +232639,"is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? '",2 +236709,"the absurdities and inconsistencies",1 +219356,"who lacked any ?",2 +120451,"for money",2 +80956,"get past the taboo subject matter",2 +65129,"Diverting French comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy",2 +221264,", are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .",1 +49052,"and simple manner",2 +123180,"in the right B-movie frame of mind",2 +9430,"offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable",3 +109008,"Smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .",3 +132368,"should you",2 +129804,"out to be",3 +161352,"hits an all-time low in Sorority Boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction .",1 +9438,"omitted",2 +26165,"Neil",2 +200750,"have been a cutting Hollywood satire",2 +120874,"funny humor",3 +102393,", and unforgettable characters",3 +138484,"two-way time-switching myopic mystery",2 +170689,"self-involved",2 +65734,"Gaï",2 +157826,"does the movie fail to make us part of its reality",1 +222285,"An earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives .",4 +51201,"energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological",3 +125630,"know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",3 +172717,"than a mediocre trifle",1 +183623,"Eckstraordinarily",3 +29821,"but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",3 +5267,"bratty for sympathy",1 +213594,"that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design",2 +94921,"that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",2 +97541,"this urban study",2 +41105,"Never ( sinks ) into exploitation",2 +202724,"is an all-time low for Kevin Costner",1 +2777,"their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout",2 +111444,"` life affirming '",3 +159711,"from between the badly dated cutesy-pie mystery scenario and the newfangled Hollywood post-production effects",1 +160235,"gone awry",1 +146109,"I saw Knockaround Guys yesterday , and",2 +126580,"maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature",3 +19676,"admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending .",2 +11807,"the recent hollywood",2 +121664,"has a lot of charm .",4 +101450,"'re looking for a story",2 +12377,"to its gasp-inducing ending",3 +186773,"Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun , but",1 +6335,"experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",4 +15194,"be a good half-hour too long",1 +138596,"under the waves .",2 +13885,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas like this make it human .",3 +86450,"made about the life of moviemaking",2 +66682,"It 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least",4 +99272,"utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",3 +34446,"meets Nancy Drew",2 +48544,"about discovering your destination in life",3 +185828,"Lisa",2 +123757,"is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that 's hard to resist .",3 +216537,"those ` alternate reality '",2 +88914,"of summertime",2 +5355,"by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it",3 +84286,"is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 +106873,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",3 +124989,"it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness",1 +31446,"falling",3 +31053,"embracing",4 +66758,"It may sound like a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie , but A Song For Martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",3 +104824,"Both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right",4 +201226,"his plea",2 +58209,"the details",2 +229028,"at Sydney 's Darling Harbour",2 +225198,"Not kids ,",2 +182631,"At a brief 42 minutes , we need more X and less blab .",2 +39985,"when considering the world 's best cuisine",2 +213716,"that it does n't make any sense",2 +107729,"Meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .",3 +175415,"this hybrid misses the impact of the Disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 MGM version",1 +197590,"dull , somnambulant exercise",1 +157600,"distinguish itself from the herd",3 +87471,"most romantic comedies , infusing into the story",2 +28962,"any agent",2 +222014,"A glorious mess .",2 +47533,"Vietnam",2 +94481,"that 's just plain awful but still",0 +70364,"Though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem , there 's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",3 +88001,"not exactly assured in its execution",1 +146295,"In both the writing and cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you . You end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that .",1 +134134,"that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",3 +43090,"'70s",2 +137128,"those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact",2 +204739,"laugh-out-loud bits",4 +165648,"manifestos",2 +33790,"its intended under-12 audience is concerned",1 +44186,"A muckraking job , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that",2 +199456,"founders",2 +47184,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge . A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back .",2 +78766,"effecting change and inspiring hope",3 +74197,"anything ever , and",2 +189869,"Writer-director Randall Wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew , and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic",1 +181659,"A fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece",2 +104670,"Befuddled in its characterizations",1 +128831,"of old French cinema",2 +172651,"tends to hammer home every one of its points",2 +151813,"a good ear",2 +186325,"New Yorkers always seem to find the oddest places to dwell ...",2 +206094,"middle-class Arkansas",2 +73458,"all three stories",2 +106283,"Hollywood romance",3 +76405,"captors and befuddled captives",2 +133199,"stamina and",2 +14806,"a punishment",1 +206879,"needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less",2 +22588,"trail",2 +126746,"manages sweetness largely without stickiness .",3 +28808,"and story",2 +129675,"open yourself up",2 +60589,"you weep",2 +31920,"from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",1 +217557,"tones and",2 +184900,"In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 +81517,"hammering",2 +21933,"serious exploration",2 +92514,"shocker",2 +180874,", pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni",2 +188882,"There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film . It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .",1 +128662,"of finding entertainment in the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen",2 +127568,"movie length",2 +39197,"to good fun",3 +131954,"seeks",2 +197702,"edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",1 +57775,"that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy",3 +164066,"its lack of whistles and bells just makes it obnoxious and stiff",1 +164260,"jumbled fantasy comedy",2 +199897,"gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",1 +51130,"embark a major career",3 +179479,"'s Barbershop",3 +30250,"com",2 +227109,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears",0 +28688,"and kids",2 +47227,"The quality",2 +87595,"much like a young Robert DeNiro",3 +200889,"have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things",2 +79068,"enough charm",2 +228656,"and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J. Wilson",2 +127454,"most mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",3 +149507,"The lack of pace",1 +193755,"at least conscious",2 +229292,"been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera",1 +67566,"Miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .",4 +79536,"eye view",2 +33589,"it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",3 +81531,"handily makes the move from pleasing",2 +129458,"on the seat in front of you",2 +225035,"Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer ,",2 +213958,"that you 'd swear you",2 +177520,"visually compelling",4 +72365,"a serious work",2 +194394,"been the action",2 +10923,"t",2 +157875,"dopey plot",0 +68197,"Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose ,",3 +112185,"a laconic pace",1 +140950,"'87",2 +129878,"overplayed and",2 +29621,"biz",2 +170578,"seem tedious",1 +161223,"his Chelsea Walls",2 +126233,"little harm done",2 +89106,"of the wondrous beats",3 +131539,"riddled",2 +209994,"quick-cut edits",1 +70616,"Very well-written and very well-acted .",4 +205848,"marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits",2 +82929,"in despite their flaws",2 +164550,"lacks wit , feeling and believability",0 +194340,"been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology",2 +132495,"simple in form",2 +196542,"cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) ,",2 +133475,"stunning images and effects",4 +145670,"Gymkata",2 +145124,"Ethan",2 +108708,"Russo",2 +51804,"for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .",3 +154960,"been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian",2 +212,"a nightmare",1 +127305,"more fragile",2 +101677,"'s endgame",3 +152446,"a single laugh",2 +221228,", ` It 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .",3 +73925,"an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject",2 +162475,"invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of God in the fifth Trek flick .",2 +37115,"solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking",3 +97261,"they are not enough",1 +54066,"keep the film grounded and",3 +51388,"examining its significance",3 +100029,"while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute",2 +196546,"cutesy film references",2 +36051,"plotted , visually striking",4 +152008,"a low-budget hybrid",1 +183759,"Even when Crush departs from the 4W formula ... it feels like a glossy rehash .",1 +45536,"Huppert 's",2 +228800,"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny",4 +53278,"is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience",4 +146496,"It 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .",1 +17777,"to a whole new level",3 +26404,"Quinn",2 +139844,"why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",1 +82559,"humor wry",3 +198085,"even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance",1 +49288,"as it belongs to Martin Scorsese",2 +112635,"a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages",4 +78777,"effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off",2 +190831,"a little less product",1 +18020,"what makes a joke a joke",2 +46194,"Miyazaki 's teeming and",2 +94786,"that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain",2 +119467,"excellent storytelling",4 +177197,"ungainly , comedy-deficient , B-movie rush job",0 +105580,"Each scene wreaks of routine :",0 +144240,"Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas",2 +83014,"in our lives",2 +171122,"since The Bad News Bears has been",2 +172891,"that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",1 +202547,"is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .",1 +51482,"fairly slow",0 +69853,"The quirky and recessive charms",3 +205735,"makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 +132621,"slo-mo sequences",2 +158312,"enough of an attachment",2 +172687,"textural gloss",2 +189743,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution , but",2 +85415,"its style",2 +34904,"new\/old Cinema Paradiso",2 +44673,"Beauty and the Beast",2 +10521,"small",2 +144322,"By the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk ,",1 +187942,"The animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet",3 +151687,"a few airborne TV sets or",2 +197959,"entire Olympic swim team",2 +7932,"it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",3 +19803,"and an album",2 +60725,"'m Going Home is so slight",2 +71846,"a howlingly trashy time",2 +93790,"such an engrossing story",4 +195458,"care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",1 +177804,"we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie",1 +147066,"Lagoon",2 +169807,"recent tensions",2 +134908,"the best looking and stylish",3 +25017,"Company",2 +180679,", if disingenuous ,",1 +92124,"seeing things from new sides ,",3 +90212,"perhaps , but unmistakably",2 +45165,"European-set",2 +147263,"Lovely and Amazing ,",3 +158923,"feel vastly more affronted",2 +57987,"the Pieces ''",2 +123941,"is as predictable as can be .",2 +195768,"clever moments",3 +193944,"bad in a major movie",0 +235568,"seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick",1 +115292,"aware of his own coolness",3 +183701,"Entertains not",1 +229644,"can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro",0 +222981,"Combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart",3 +104822,"Both a detective story and a romance",2 +125829,"le Resistance",2 +69204,"That ` Alabama '",2 +50623,"dangerously seductive",3 +8412,"letting",2 +49803,"bought a big tub of popcorn",2 +190150,"a beautifully shot , but ultimately flawed film",2 +28149,"affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying",2 +144792,"Despite all evidence to the contrary",1 +132519,"since Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game",2 +114904,"as filling as the treat of the title",3 +157696,"do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",1 +39592,"underdog",2 +221124,", ' it also rocks .",3 +186765,"Presents nothing special and , until the final act , nothing overtly disagreeable",1 +60803,"'s a fairy tale that comes from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",4 +76705,"chops '",2 +43351,"'s the work of an artist , one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",3 +128647,"of expectation",2 +140138,"with every mournful composition",1 +16280,"is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary !",4 +218518,"video before month 's end",1 +171419,"so goofy",2 +158009,"dud",1 +110243,"The video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch .",2 +228130,"a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3",1 +230002,"could n't smell",2 +62551,"... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet .",4 +99463,"visual influence",3 +70048,"The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation has made literature literal without killing its soul -- a feat any thinking person is bound to appreciate",4 +144085,"Beers , who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",3 +218509,"very well done",4 +211014,"seek and strike just the right tone",3 +112642,"a satisfying well-made romantic comedy",4 +22463,"through cultural clash",2 +115704,"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle",1 +39180,"to entertain !",3 +52525,"healing system",2 +106562,"If Borstal Boy is n't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece .",2 +118242,"digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations",4 +46139,"Meeting , even exceeding expectations",3 +226388,"The only fun part of the movie",1 +113939,"an alternate version ,",2 +187805,"The Husband , The Wife",2 +20829,"horrifically vivid snapshot",1 +204742,"laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",1 +24928,"C",2 +108520,"Quiet ,",2 +177222,"unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",2 +105112,"Circuit queens wo n't learn a thing",2 +226012,"Supposedly based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents , the film ends with a large human tragedy .",2 +33372,"is far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy , and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle .",2 +106673,"Imagine the CleanFlicks version of ` Love Story , ' with Ali MacGraw 's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes .",1 +56052,"playful respite",3 +80422,"forced avuncular chortles",1 +62448,", you feel alive - which is what they did",3 +137330,"to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",1 +137501,"to constantly draw attention to itself",2 +58954,"thinking urgently",2 +78162,"directed from his own screenplay",2 +180202,"( Siegel ) and co-writers Lisa Bazadona and Grace Woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround Frankie .",1 +226276,"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents",3 +136108,"the rare common-man artist",3 +90845,"psychological fare",2 +100598,"with restraint and a delicate ambiguity",3 +227684,"`` missing thing",2 +113798,"am baffled by Jason X",2 +197012,"director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",2 +184860,"Imogen Kimmel",2 +47249,"The socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ...",3 +37687,"than ` love thyself '",2 +192152,"all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon",1 +111004,"West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",2 +8036,"its dreamlike",3 +14631,"With",2 +138507,"ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers .",2 +26624,"Spike",2 +57443,"stumble into a relationship and then",2 +168679,"part of its reality",2 +115943,"between human urges",2 +13818,"A truly moving experience",4 +144524,"Clericks",2 +232425,"is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues .",3 +13132,"with heart and humor",3 +15788,"flaunting",2 +46134,"Measured against practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor The Silence of the Lambs",2 +214437,"the disappointingly generic nature",1 +26545,"Seeking",2 +54217,"levels and",2 +52828,"imagination to germinate",2 +227610,"`` The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws , but",1 +84229,"is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs",4 +111012,"What 's most memorable about Circuit",3 +204218,"its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd",0 +46369,"Nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away --",1 +24482,"A subtle and well-crafted ( for the most part )",3 +45436,"Hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic ... love Moore or loathe him , you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions .",4 +145458,"Ford effortlessly filled with authority",4 +114310,"animated movies in quite a while",1 +80283,"for its audience",2 +29327,"atavistic power",3 +80255,"for corniness and cliche",2 +197270,"does a flip-flop",2 +224515,"K. Dick stories",2 +145655,"Grief",2 +27169,"Weaver",2 +231130,"get past the fantastical aspects and harsh realities of `` The Isle ''",2 +201024,"her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment",2 +20029,"at a painful incident that made headlines in 1995",2 +77353,"conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable",3 +222742,"But first , you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",1 +116631,"can still show real heart",2 +190864,"a lot better had it been a short film",2 +171820,"spontaneity , originality and delight",4 +175239,"they instead pummel the audience",0 +8402,"lengths",2 +88768,"of mood",2 +68270,"Project",2 +41435,"a gem that could stand alone ,",4 +149265,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and",1 +122254,"himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success",3 +167198,"of Grease",2 +187651,"Swimfan , like Fatal Attraction",3 +222433,"As a movie , it never seems fresh and vital .",2 +76019,"budget B-movie thrillers",2 +110597,"Though in some ways similar to Catherine Breillat 's Fat Girl , Rain is the far superior film .",4 +149470,"The idea of 49-year-old Roberto Benigni playing the wooden boy Pinocchio is scary enough . The reality of the new live-action Pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque .",2 +137174,"thoughtful and unflinching examination",3 +210579,"ripe for all manner of lunacy",2 +201666,"impacts",3 +131119,"reams",2 +95354,"the computer",2 +136594,"the wonders and worries of childhood",2 +214715,"the gags , the characters",2 +23926,", they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",1 +221031,"'ve come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",1 +34101,"like its predecessor",2 +63533,"A typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate French coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",3 +170408,"scare tactics",2 +124592,"is technically sophisticated in the worst way .",1 +171499,"so uninspired",2 +23792,", nonthreatening family movies",3 +190251,"a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",2 +141734,"'ve just",2 +83421,"inspired by real-life events",2 +220037,"worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?",0 +131168,"recycled aspects",2 +92557,"should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title",1 +81145,"glinting",2 +1798,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry .",3 +46560,"Public",2 +31912,"from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",1 +188395,"The movie 's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error . '",0 +195810,"close to pro-Serb propaganda .",1 +207884,"of new technology",2 +224740,"Mason 's",2 +17433,"that has preceded them",2 +190777,"a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",4 +145249,"Eye",2 +44206,"A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder",4 +162307,"intelligible story",3 +140117,"with anyone who 's ever",2 +30557,"cuts deeper than expected",3 +169099,"poses is not ` Who ? ' but ` Why",2 +181957,"A rip-off twice removed",1 +3366,"'s real strength",3 +97269,"they do in this marvelous film",3 +71241,"a New York minute",2 +2725,"the smeary digital",1 +30017,"cannibal genre",1 +121286,"good , Sonny",3 +189817,"Wobbly Senegalese",2 +135612,"the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",1 +58060,"the best in recent memory",4 +74778,"as subtle",2 +27667,"a matter of weeks",2 +73361,"air conditioning",2 +135114,"the dolorous",2 +177562,"waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .",1 +212357,"spiritualism",2 +25995,"Lillard",2 +111357,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade .",2 +200902,"having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",1 +995,"fishing",2 +30435,"could make Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists",3 +51186,"endlessly inventive , fiercely competitive world",2 +47451,"Too often",2 +190020,"` hypertime '",3 +225396,"Parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there is n't enough clever innuendo to fil",2 +151141,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer",2 +201077,"high hilarity",4 +213479,"that 's especially fit for the kiddies",2 +207968,"of seeing The Scorpion King",2 +146134,"I was glad when it was over",0 +10955,"takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never",2 +46720,"Shakespearean",2 +151691,"a few big screen moments",2 +50626,"daring if overlong",3 +122885,"in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",1 +25019,"Compelling as it is exotic , Fast Runner has a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder .",4 +174113,"the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood",2 +55723,"on a devilishly witty script by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller",3 +152169,"a nice vomit bath at his wedding",1 +215051,"the modern rut of narrative banality",1 +219677,"with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",1 +209847,"provide it",2 +160318,"gravitas",2 +224268,"It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting .",3 +170116,"ribbing",2 +228437,"all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father",2 +43914,"2 million Palestinians",2 +2918,"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement ,",2 +113150,"about guys like Evans",2 +142360,", murder , kids ' TV",2 +124871,"it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life",0 +88066,"nourishing aspects",3 +32692,"humanitarian",2 +112929,"a travel-agency video",2 +115612,"be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal ,",3 +86132,"lingering questions",2 +92543,"shortness",2 +216767,"titular community",2 +200410,"hanging over The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather , ` How can you charge money for this ? '",1 +137633,"to growth in his ninth decade",2 +15372,"capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations",3 +194196,"be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely",2 +15267,"blandly",2 +103335,"65th",2 +181291,"... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .",0 +216234,"they ingest",2 +182140,"About Amy",2 +74847,"as you think they might",2 +201668,"impassive a manner",1 +219181,"when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up .",3 +93938,"surprisingly inoffensive",3 +201218,"his own joke",2 +174843,"the sulking , moody male hustler",1 +200197,"gratingly unfunny groaner",0 +61929,", hard-hitting documentary .",3 +22674,"valedictory work",3 +39485,"trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",2 +6561,"for a breath of fresh air now and then",3 +46580,"Rabbit-Proof Fence will probably make you angry . But",1 +22227,"the accents",2 +182374,"An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art .",0 +166028,"mismatched",1 +54244,"like a jazzman",2 +75463,"been exhausted by documentarians",1 +9884,"provocative",3 +213212,"technological exercise",2 +67254,"Like a skillful fisher , the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",4 +11246,"the cockettes ' camera",2 +40485,"young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",3 +34488,"mile",2 +120772,"from watching They",2 +92203,"seen through the right eyes",3 +179217,"your generic sand 'n'",2 +104401,"Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris",2 +166755,"ninety minute",2 +33150,"into something",2 +163801,"it goes further than both",3 +229990,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty",2 +124687,"is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families",3 +22922,"you liked such movies as Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity",2 +187074,"Sadly , ` Garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` Wayne . '",1 +129357,"on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",1 +11895,"the star of road trip",2 +38905,"think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",3 +76833,"close to bowling you over",2 +202684,"is about as necessary as a hole in the head",1 +223309,"Extreme Ops '' exceeds expectations .",3 +36061,"pointed",2 +199577,"from being a realized work",2 +146049,"I doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around ,",1 +108006,"No amount of blood and disintegrating vampire cadavers can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas .",1 +13786,"A mostly intelligent , engrossing and psychologically resonant suspenser .",3 +69390,"The all-French cast is marveilleux .",4 +100728,"without relying on the usual tropes",2 +225125,"Next Pretty Good Thing",3 +122707,"if predictable",2 +181202,"-- even as they are being framed in conversation -- Max is static , stilted .",1 +127031,"message resonate",3 +169166,"preaching to the converted",2 +84700,"is that it 's not nearly long enough .",2 +54570,"makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",3 +132818,"soaper",2 +15457,"compelling ` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question .",3 +104390,"Ana 's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique ...",2 +120100,"find an unblinking , flawed humanity",2 +213643,"that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 +88652,"of history",2 +186892,"Reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture .",1 +63455,"A superlative B movie --",3 +92569,"should instead",2 +157767,"does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers",1 +226266,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",3 +215794,"the topping",2 +98308,"to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",2 +158664,"explode into flame",2 +8686,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember .",3 +212863,"sucked out",2 +217736,"traffics in tired stereotypes and",2 +235897,"some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like",3 +122845,"in Election",2 +192467,"an advantage",3 +89994,"pack it with enough action",2 +221959,"A collage of clichés and a dim",0 +17153,"see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",2 +205,"a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",1 +2425,"such a speedy swan",3 +54908,"moved to the edge of their seats",3 +181651,"A family-friendly fantasy",3 +45358,"Gayton 's",2 +150377,"Tiger",2 +151093,"Yes , dull",0 +150797,"What 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .",0 +28631,"and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",3 +109298,"Swimming With Sharks and The Player , this latest skewering",2 +4876,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness",2 +68158,"Peaks",2 +229549,"by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 +53955,"its otherwise comic narrative",3 +235754,"simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a Hollywood product",0 +216520,"this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",4 +194514,"below the camera line",2 +45857,"Jackson and co",2 +218462,"very close to the nadir of the thriller/horror",2 +132043,"seen everywhere",2 +189203,"Tolstoy",2 +185987,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning . You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",1 +37057,"smooth sleight",3 +24760,"Australian director John Polson",2 +100771,"wonder why Paul Thomas Anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",3 +236777,"the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving",1 +150642,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors",3 +178333,"wildly uneven",2 +71228,"a Hollywood movie",2 +174416,"the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences",3 +83967,"is also a film of freshness , imagination and insight",3 +180041,"'s time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",1 +88058,"nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful",3 +82556,"humor and technological finish",3 +95748,"the flip-flop of courtship",2 +142219,", however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",1 +193833,"attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women",2 +180078,"'ve been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",2 +47677,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance --",3 +187312,"Simone is not a bad film .",3 +204079,"it were subtler",2 +166808,"no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause",3 +27718,"a perfectly realized observation",3 +106629,"If you 've the patience , there are great rewards here .",3 +196857,"destined to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",2 +161331,"his story flattens instead of sharpens",1 +121241,"go through",2 +141913,") comes off like a Hallmark commercial",1 +66948,"Joseph Cedar 's Time",2 +27454,"a couple of scenes",2 +75931,"brief nudity",2 +60707,"'ll ever see .",2 +53854,"it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works",4 +145736,"Has all the poignancy of a Hallmark card and all the comedy of a Gallagher stand-up act",3 +195084,"but unfortunately also",1 +4731,"another platter",2 +164622,"laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut",1 +52271,"greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",3 +57125,"so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",4 +146440,"It 's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline , and",2 +200763,"have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",1 +234804,"our reality tv obsession ,",1 +103834,"A realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch",3 +134039,"than a glass of flat champagne",2 +62861,"A coming-of-age movie that Hollywood",2 +29002,"appealing lead performances",3 +128050,"no wrong",3 +195528,"catches fire .",2 +218102,"under its own meager weight",1 +178268,"whole plan",2 +106434,"I did go back",2 +191721,"about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams",0 +194927,"brazenly misguided project",0 +139242,"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .",1 +111450,"` quit . '",2 +68797,"Simply and",2 +160598,"has a dull , costumey feel",0 +211644,"since Graffiti Bridge",2 +19195,"Provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz .",4 +7160,"his comeuppance",2 +191176,"a real movie",3 +20209,"by shards of feeling",2 +94505,"that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",2 +96163,"the most complex , generous and subversive artworks",3 +129972,"pantheon",2 +19438,"Wollter",2 +233623,"make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation",2 +102368,", adult hindsight",2 +161475,"how long you 've been sitting still",2 +226475,"The script by Vincent R. Nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .",1 +136609,"the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",3 +45372,"Gil and Bardem",2 +141349,"'s hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story",2 +183058,"Chanukah song",2 +158648,"expect more",2 +239190,"you there is no sense",1 +112416,"a new start",2 +64046,"Armageddon",1 +233176,"its storytelling prowess and",3 +232937,"it 's directed by",2 +236669,"the U.N.",2 +9335,"of psychological horror",2 +154541,"bad bear suits",1 +106874,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since Christopher Walken kinda romanced Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists .",3 +46605,"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but",2 +139670,"while ( Roman Coppola ) scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story .",2 +144069,"Bears is bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this , and",2 +120363,"for a more immediate mystery in the present",2 +52420,"has secrets buried at the heart of his story",2 +3162,"why",2 +202749,"is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 +116156,"bowel",2 +179602,"'s all gratuitous before long ,",2 +203946,"it is repetitious",1 +22053,"stark beauty",4 +81123,"gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .",2 +48685,"admirable quality",3 +39849,"warm presence",3 +37286,"staring hypnotically at her",2 +4011,"a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory",0 +226483,"The sound of GUNFIRE and cell phones RINGING .",2 +157591,"disservice",1 +26681,"Swedish",3 +68488,"Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption",4 +178623,"with on any deeper level",2 +109396,"The 3-D vistas",2 +209936,"put away the guitar , sell the amp",2 +165052,"lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes",2 +202849,"is dark , brooding and slow ,",1 +50669,"death and",2 +174677,"the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",1 +25065,"Danish film",2 +181495,"A Few Good Men",2 +96855,"the telling",2 +13749,": Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",2 +99961,"where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical",3 +172030,"stoned",1 +67847,"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",3 +84282,"is highly pleasurable",4 +134318,"that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",2 +191710,"about action",2 +196594,"dates",3 +107994,"Nicole Holofcener 's Lovely and Amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style .",4 +9645,"patched",2 +54962,"multi-character piece",2 +15791,"flourishes",3 +208588,"one forum or another",2 +20551,"filled with subtext",3 +52472,"have been doing something wrong",1 +14397,"Remains",2 +12148,"this insane",1 +122261,"hip hop beat",3 +10498,"slash-fest",1 +149137,"The Rock 's",2 +26395,"Puccini 's famous love-jealousy",3 +196764,"dependence",2 +193578,"as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",1 +70985,"With a confrontational stance",2 +53988,"its star ,",2 +121928,"have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention",1 +194756,"blustery movie",1 +125293,"its lyrical variations on the game of love",3 +129168,"of those",2 +230192,"did I miss something ? ''",1 +40521,"yourself later",2 +225123,"Newcomer helmer Kevin Donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman .",2 +75838,"both black and white stereotypes",2 +168387,"other , better films",1 +179309,"'' Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .",1 +55238,"of Raymond J . Barry as the ` assassin '",2 +14968,"an enemy to his own race",1 +230248,"director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",3 +129785,"our girls",2 +228069,"a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",4 +87513,"mournfully brittle",2 +111169,"Williams creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity .",4 +167966,"offsets",2 +34041,"leveling",2 +175971,"to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 +97289,"they think of themselves and their clients",2 +70304,"This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day",1 +165870,"messing around",2 +225309,"One of the best of the year .",4 +68811,"Skins",2 +191285,"a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome .",0 +231813,"how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",1 +55980,"perfect quiet pace",3 +105680,"Even if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece",3 +88259,"of Reign of Fire",2 +105783,"Fat Girl",2 +123955,"is boring",0 +64663,"Changing Lanes",2 +6719,"fun-seeking summer",4 +209707,"pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility --",2 +144249,"Brainless , but enjoyably over-the-top , the retro gang melodrama , Deuces Wild represents fifties teen-gang machismo in a way that borders on rough-trade homo-eroticism .",1 +45916,"Just about the best straight-up",3 +199159,"for a darker unnerving role",2 +120897,"futuro",2 +187903,"The abiding impression",3 +52874,"in Myrtle Beach , S . C .",2 +200662,"has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 Godzilla , which combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction",2 +169383,"prospective",2 +230433,"dud from frame one",0 +82811,"in Insomnia . He does this so well",4 +88280,"of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",3 +214915,"the last exit",2 +73721,"an earnest study",3 +48613,"achieves as great an impact",3 +42022,"gosh ,",2 +205290,"long . Nevertheless , it still seems endless",1 +12606,"two different",2 +5931,"detailing a chapter",2 +100048,"white-knuckled and",2 +127456,"most moronic screenplays",0 +114023,"an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience",4 +25502,"Hawn",2 +163734,"it came time to get to the heart of the movie",2 +93320,"spirit , perception , conviction",3 +148658,"Snake",2 +89812,"our desire as human beings for passion in our lives and the emptiness one",2 +175510,"this overstuffed , erratic dramedy",0 +93497,"step right up",2 +19677,"admit that somehow it hit you where you live",2 +36799,"sellers",3 +13896,"Between the drama of Cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture",2 +76804,"clever , offbeat and even gritty enough",3 +63649,"Addams Family ''",2 +202726,"is an amicable endeavor .",3 +228981,"as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming",4 +134921,"the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",0 +159725,"from it all is a moral .",2 +211080,"seems entirely improvised",2 +190145,"a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground",1 +29360,"aware of",2 +224619,"Like Mike is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real NBA 's off-season .",2 +226580,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but",4 +103501,"A compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds",4 +116248,"broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .",3 +158822,"family tragedy",1 +51983,"full-bodied",4 +63282,"A properly spooky film",3 +209093,"particularly memorable or",2 +189033,"This is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie .",0 +162513,"is ( long ) gone .",1 +34217,"loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",2 +108940,"Significantly better than its 2002 children 's - movie competition",3 +197541,"drive-by",2 +85967,"lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",3 +111910,"a film in which the talent is undeniable",4 +52866,"in 1994",2 +81234,"good measure",3 +102687,", its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .",1 +145507,"From Elysian Fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .",1 +25623,"I cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film .",4 +200061,"goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots",0 +46629,"Reno )",2 +79587,"fall closer in quality",2 +204368,"its élan , humor , bile , and irony",2 +173850,"the faces",2 +133285,"sticky",2 +159911,"geeky",2 +199449,"found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film",2 +20824,"holds true to Wilde 's own vision of a pure comedy with absolutely no meaning , and no desire to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness .",4 +212788,"submerged here , but who the hell cares",2 +187018,"Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory",2 +45892,"Jesse Raphael atmosphere",2 +237482,"think of this one",2 +112771,"a spring-break orgy",2 +122542,"how difficult",1 +200771,"have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks",1 +92113,"seeing himself",2 +161520,"humans , only hairier",2 +57258,"speculative",2 +99776,"welcome and heartwarming addition",3 +199276,"for only 71 minutes",3 +86877,"matured quite a bit with Spider-Man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films",1 +230964,"forceful ,",2 +207036,"no explanation or even plot relevance",1 +171400,"so densely packed",2 +140497,"worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",3 +171825,"sporting them",2 +5663,"commentary",2 +212064,"solid acting and a neat premise",4 +238671,"which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",2 +84053,"is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",3 +141014,"'m just",2 +112504,"a powerful sequel",4 +51241,"enlightening , insightful and entertaining",4 +188572,"The problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull .",0 +43228,"'s compelling and heartfelt",3 +35986,"personalities",2 +100792,"wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals .",4 +55171,"occupied",2 +33709,"it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it",4 +211567,"shows crushingly little curiosity about , or",2 +119475,"excess ,",2 +44810,"Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot ,",2 +184147,"Girlfriends",2 +84983,"it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",1 +188127,"The film 's ) taste for '' shock humor '' will wear thin on all",1 +140349,"wo n't fly with most intelligent viewers .",1 +180779,", let alone funny",1 +26016,"Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",3 +1962,"only",2 +228170,"a soufflé gone wrong",0 +207788,"of human emotion",2 +183713,"Epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made Tucker a star .",0 +206780,"nadir",1 +73993,"and Anna Mouglalis",2 +98599,"tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",3 +62741,"90-minute postmodern voyage",3 +92961,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",3 +116645,"candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take",3 +62157,", powerful act",3 +54808,"morally alert",3 +67906,"Not quite as miraculous as its DreamWorks makers would have you believe ,",2 +126066,"like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",2 +119626,"facial expressions",2 +203837,"it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",1 +85095,"it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season .",4 +143136,"A great idea becomes a not-great movie .",1 +121863,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller ,",3 +25172,"Droll caper-comedy remake of '' Big Deal on Madonna Street '' that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik . ''",4 +2909,"to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",0 +201749,"in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic",2 +183954,"Fleder",2 +211226,"sensitive observation",2 +163671,"it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences .",1 +156527,"come into focus",2 +193819,"at your neighbor 's garage sale",1 +149857,"The story bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence .",1 +42825,"the higher brain functions as well as",2 +147932,"One-sided documentary",1 +213306,"termina",2 +223560,"H.G. Wells ' ` The Time",2 +86330,"lost somewhere",2 +71406,"a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",3 +114841,"as a very mild rental",2 +207138,"none of the charm and little",1 +143770,"An uneven film",1 +170314,"same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously",1 +152094,"a mouse , for cryin ' out loud",1 +223390,"For all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases",2 +88207,"of Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic",2 +46902,"The Cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",3 +27078,"Treasure Planet is better-than-average family entertainment",4 +130801,"pulp melodrama",1 +9895,"puerile",1 +3632,"a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy",3 +121920,"have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",1 +30596,"de Papai Noel",2 +100613,"with soul",3 +97785,"times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances",1 +172801,"than the mother",2 +92566,"should get to know",2 +121723,"has compelling new material",3 +181931,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not , and in the end , it is almost a good movie",2 +52150,"giving Conduct",2 +33102,"intelligent romantic comedy",4 +198071,"even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",1 +110962,"Watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement . The dominant feeling is something like nostalgia .",2 +110366,"There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",4 +68462,"Robert Harmon 's",2 +92204,"seen through the right eyes ,",2 +130850,"put on the screen , just for them",2 +7212,"home",2 +231860,"i.e. Peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable",0 +25397,"Genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love",4 +109963,"The more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it .",3 +184128,"George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King ,",2 +99749,"wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles",1 +6075,"dramatic substance",3 +131825,"school special",2 +232317,"is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice .",4 +109825,"The film may not hit as hard as some of the better drug-related pictures , but it still manages to get a few punches in",3 +134480,"that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad",1 +220392,"your identity",2 +38357,"the invisible hand of the marketplace",2 +227455,"`` Clockstoppers",2 +50768,"densely",2 +130844,"put it on a coffee table anywhere",2 +186608,"Oprah 's Book Club",2 +231133,"get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen",1 +8755,"melodramatic bodice-ripper",1 +47191,"The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub",1 +122906,"in a role",2 +230706,"failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",1 +3227,"you are n't very bright",0 +209611,"prayer",2 +43653,", love , memory , trust and loyalty",3 +80341,"for sports aficionados and for ordinary louts whose idea of exercise is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex",2 +210532,"reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone",1 +101020,"yearning for adventure and",2 +117272,"comic parody and pulp melodrama",2 +147611,"Nachtwey for self-analysis",2 +224873,"Mr. Chin",2 +147331,"Malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . But the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .",2 +34013,"least inspired",1 +232251,"is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",3 +98515,"too much resonance",1 +24240,": He makes language sexy .",3 +86592,"make the wobbly premise work .",2 +36850,"sex",3 +154487,"avoid imprisonment",3 +87882,"nifty twists",3 +102117,"( Nelson 's )",2 +238337,"viewers will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",1 +149309,"The disjointed mess flows as naturally as Jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .",0 +182970,"By the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular .",3 +20949,"interested in one man 's response",2 +53104,"ins and",2 +177982,"what is virtually absent",2 +119402,"every performance",2 +98085,"to give them credit for : The message of the movie",3 +162400,"into one",2 +136523,"the video store",2 +24302,"A coda",2 +134107,"than recycled",2 +100127,"who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",3 +103400,"A backhanded ode to female camaraderie",2 +223618,"He drags it back , single-handed",2 +165551,"makes Chaplin 's City Lights",3 +208345,"old college try",1 +42032,"grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt",2 +42404,"nicely acted and beautifully shot and",4 +180489,", all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",1 +121997,"have to admit that I am baffled by Jason X .",3 +26275,"Old-form moviemaking at its best .",4 +126177,"lines ,",2 +722,"coming-of-age",2 +12088,"there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",3 +498,"as respectful",3 +10758,"stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",3 +222153,"Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .",2 +137427,"to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",2 +127664,"murky cinematography",1 +88834,"of potential for the sequels",2 +65669,"Friel pulls the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia",1 +48183,"a manga-like heroine",2 +211672,"sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",1 +128602,"of daring films",3 +208630,"one of those art house films that makes you feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",1 +184064,"Friggin '",2 +94567,"that between the son and his wife ,",2 +176703,"took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and",2 +90233,"pertinent and",2 +162168,"ineptitudes",1 +13929,"CGI",2 +132617,"slips from the grasp of its maker",2 +123363,"infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",2 +53312,"is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis",2 +11684,"the music makes a nice album , the food",3 +48713,"aficionados of the whodunit",2 +139010,"very stylish and",3 +62293,", the more details slip out between his fingers .",1 +115103,"asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",3 +144002,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company , '' and I do n't mean that in a good way",1 +106095,"Guy Ritchie 's Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch",2 +188663,"The sequel is everything the original was not",2 +5015,"based on the book",2 +164559,"lame-old",1 +36126,"precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history",2 +181624,"A distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness",1 +53736,"it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing ,",3 +204326,"its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself .",2 +227127,"While not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart",2 +13454,"'s enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable",4 +138783,"until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",1 +24636,"An impressive if flawed effort that indicates real talent .",3 +3756,"a faulty premise ,",1 +117673,"create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",3 +223848,"I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned .",3 +220457,"' and",2 +28678,"and it 's therapeutic to laugh along with them .",3 +183499,"Distances",2 +91629,"revels in its own simplicity",3 +85186,"its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",2 +108879,"Shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams",1 +113391,"adds a much needed moral weight",3 +132458,"sickening , sidesplitting",1 +109000,"Slackers",2 +133594,"suey",2 +153048,"all Plympton seemed to be going for this time",2 +180259,"( and unintentionally ) terrifying .",1 +147831,"Nurse",2 +232622,"is nicely shot , well-edited",4 +66444,"Is an Actress works",2 +13455,"'s enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .",3 +31192,"equal parts of innocence and wisdom",3 +110737,"Touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes , not least the notion that the marginal members of society ...",2 +192458,"an addictive guilty pleasure",3 +8827,"model",3 +199448,"found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough",2 +127359,"more suggestive",2 +128343,"of Juliette Binoche",2 +76983,"comes to America speaking not a word of English",2 +163755,"it created whole new levels of ugly .",1 +57930,"the 1",2 +26334,"Parker 's",2 +183586,"Due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue",1 +213873,"that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 +29503,"been something likable about the Marquis de Sade",2 +210958,"se transforma",2 +195049,"but intellectually stultifying",1 +160685,"has leukemia looked so shimmering and benign .",2 +199739,"gang-member teens in Brooklyn circa",2 +165114,"little to offend",2 +52067,"gently funny , sweetly adventurous",4 +66777,"It tends to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",4 +60123,"which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",3 +197487,"drags the film down .",1 +18219,"it 's in projects like the ( unfortunately R-rated ) Paid",2 +111210,"With the prospect of films like Kangaroo Jack about to burst across America 's winter movie screens",2 +158844,"far beyond its core demographic",2 +186890,"Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",1 +103154,". Nelson",2 +185535,"Just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",3 +20056,"backgrounds",2 +27351,"a Count for our times",2 +83975,"is always watchable .",4 +61505,"( Woo 's )",2 +149838,"The so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer )",2 +115999,"bills",3 +75559,"belongs on the big screen",3 +160727,"has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",2 +3787,"a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",3 +29859,"but still",2 +212054,"softheaded metaphysical claptrap",1 +46662,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle",1 +208032,"of the American War",2 +125770,"last hour",2 +64170,"Atlantic",2 +151129,"You can taste it",2 +135447,"the general 's",3 +229073,"attempts to be grandiloquent , but",1 +235590,"seen this exact same movie",2 +44378,"Aidan Quinn",2 +237224,"the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",2 +201514,"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",2 +208020,"of teendom",2 +30408,"conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love .",3 +22521,"to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",3 +120540,"for what we can get on television for free",1 +199073,"flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new",0 +94809,"that perverse element of the Kafkaesque",2 +139775,"who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",2 +42613,"sex and",2 +206159,"mildly funny ,",2 +110573,"Thoroughly engrossing",4 +188953,"This Scarlet 's letter is A ... as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary",0 +225486,"Pollak",2 +54847,"more traditional action genre",3 +110658,"To better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing , and I wo n't be sitting through this one again ... that in itself is commentary enough .",0 +232630,"is no pleasure in watching a child suffer",1 +87203,"moments to keep it entertaining",3 +223361,"Fifty years",2 +43976,"A brutally honest documentary",3 +121133,"give a second look",3 +370,"allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",2 +129601,"one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",2 +95215,"the big-screen experience",2 +18541,"... a polished and relatively sincere piece of escapism .",4 +182623,"Ask",2 +133099,"spectacles",2 +136455,"the trap of pretention",2 +184581,"I 'm sure there 's a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment .",1 +196826,"desiccated talent",1 +196424,"credited to no fewer than five writers",2 +74928,"at how Western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures",2 +80920,"genuine quirkiness",3 +4417,"adolescence",2 +194570,"better satiric target",2 +68540,"Russian history and culture",2 +106451,"I guess I come from a broken family",2 +198192,"every possible way",2 +50318,"compelling , provocative and prescient",3 +48708,"affable",2 +35959,"people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",1 +77685,"da realidade histórica",2 +143525,"Admirable , certainly",3 +167906,"of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done",2 +173223,"that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 +57042,"slash-and-hack",2 +78341,"do in the film",2 +110304,"There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .",3 +200570,"has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue",3 +151980,"a little too much heart",2 +75107,"awkward Hitchcockian theme",1 +98982,"underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",3 +59006,"this is your ticket right here .",3 +102954,", this movie is hopeless",0 +150239,"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever ,",1 +169160,"pre-shooting",2 +23058,"'s a lovely film with lovely performances by Buy and Accorsi .",4 +163926,"it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy",1 +194818,"bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid .",1 +119661,"fairly basic comedic constructs",3 +82516,"howlingly",2 +58148,"the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts",2 +219872,"without all those gimmicks",2 +119795,"fascinating examination",3 +237639,"through its tidal wave of imagery",3 +172505,"takes no apparent joy in making movies",0 +97865,"to a superior crime movie",3 +194066,"be a wacky , screwball comedy",2 +84277,"is haunting ... ( It 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",3 +146636,"It Is n't So",2 +45877,"Japanese director Hideo Nakata ,",2 +139281,"washout",2 +113609,"all of Pootie Tang",2 +32984,"in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",2 +139866,"will amuse or entertain them",3 +1691,"manages sweetness largely without stickiness",3 +46344,"Not a film to rival To Live",2 +155483,"brilliant four six-packs and",2 +38939,"this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",4 +44175,"A movie with a real anarchic flair",3 +137558,"to ensnare its target audience",2 +153876,"are missing --",1 +39977,"what you do",2 +98831,"two directors",2 +80232,"for adults",2 +211734,"sketchy business plans",2 +28462,"and Norton",2 +183880,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive",0 +124371,"is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film",1 +193053,"are both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",1 +44254,"A smart , steamy mix of road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire",4 +132618,"slips from the grasp of its maker .",2 +208822,"other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 +160814,"have been better off dead",1 +215468,"the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service",2 +65761,"Germany",2 +197502,"dramatically involving",2 +78798,"elect",2 +181951,"A relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action flick .",1 +189787,"With its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment",2 +153247,"ambitious failure",1 +160587,"harsh locations",2 +151729,"a fine backdrop",2 +99926,"when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",4 +67363,"Maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul",3 +76139,"by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",2 +25002,"Clooney fans or adventure buffs",3 +5385,"by the returning david s",2 +199570,"from a television monitor",3 +184648,"I did n't smile .",1 +157430,"difficult task",2 +141687,"'s too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic",1 +30929,"doing them good",3 +237100,"the new script by the returning David S. Goyer is much sillier .",1 +169637,"rap records",2 +201037,"her personal odyssey",2 +43909,"1994 's",2 +167696,"of showiness",2 +15117,"any prizes here",2 +44019,"A compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .",3 +34147,"little film",2 +149922,"The thriller side",3 +91000,"quieter domestic scenes",1 +59052,"thoroughly entertaining comedy that",3 +233622,"make a clear point --",3 +181703,"A formula family tearjerker told with a heavy Irish brogue ... accentuating , rather than muting , the plot 's saccharine thrust .",3 +10559,"so graceless and devoid of merit",0 +33771,"its every nuance in your mind",2 +31521,"fatality",1 +186,"a hungry",2 +140709,"you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",2 +194975,"brooding and",2 +112227,"a long movie at 163 minutes",2 +109166,"Star Trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy .",1 +74804,"as the truth",2 +140856,"your idea of a good time",3 +25005,"Cold",1 +143562,"Ahola",2 +26808,"The film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip .",4 +155599,"but Costner",2 +32804,"in Pasadena",2 +48571,"about the visual medium",2 +231384,"hard to say who might enjoy this",0 +38528,"the personal",2 +8355,"larger",2 +212264,"sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .",0 +130049,"pathological study",2 +74403,"are simply dazzling , particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents",3 +132438,"shrewd enough",1 +68976,"Stallion of the Cimarron",2 +231054,"from unintentional giggles -- several of them",2 +161953,"in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",2 +97179,"them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down",2 +218121,"undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 +20801,"his life into art",2 +9345,"of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation",2 +94804,"that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . That 's fun for kids of any age",3 +179446,"'re left with a story that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments .",1 +128167,"nothing in it to engage children emotionally",1 +136761,"there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally",1 +138329,"tries and tries hard",3 +219177,"when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of",1 +143076,"A dreary , incoherent , self-indulgent mess of a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours ... a cacophony of pretentious , meaningless prattle .",0 +166125,"morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look , rigid performances and an asinine ` twist ' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense .",0 +165985,"mind-destroying cinematic pollution",1 +121490,"guiding",2 +28609,"and finely directed",3 +125412,"its violence",2 +186546,"One key problem",2 +238524,"we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",1 +143720,"An awkward and indigestible movie",1 +94655,"that fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema",2 +191618,"a while , a meander",2 +175049,"the worst in otherwise talented actors",1 +27599,"a joke at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original",3 +167914,"of wit",2 +115698,"becomes a part of its fun",3 +209759,"problematic characters",1 +24201,"1975",2 +166312,"most hopelessly monotonous film",0 +104019,"A wildly erratic drama",2 +100018,"while never really vocalized , is palpable",2 +178735,"witty designs",3 +158159,"elevates itself",3 +57432,"struggling",1 +222058,"A modest masterpiece .",3 +69364,"The Sweetest Thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . But it does have one saving grace . A lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view .",3 +62152,", piercing and feisty",2 +214663,"the first 15 minutes",2 +29856,"but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",4 +220552,"'50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore",2 +228402,"after you have left the theatre",2 +176665,"too much on its plate",1 +59398,"to the next",2 +236184,"surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them",2 +181567,"A chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` In space , no one can hear you snore .",0 +35639,"on its own terms",2 +232851,"is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale",1 +23108,"'s books",2 +120253,"flies",2 +205207,"little enthusiasm",1 +215017,"the mayhem",2 +89645,"one that spans time and reveals meaning ? You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .",3 +6826,"gong",2 +156079,"cast , but beautifully shot",3 +157877,"dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",1 +237193,"the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become `` the punk kids ' revolution",2 +39242,"to make this a two-actor master class",2 +69523,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original , but one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters .",3 +193834,"attempted here",2 +46267,"Much as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization , Haneke has a different objective in mind",3 +161848,"in crude humor",1 +68610,"Scarpia",2 +230466,"earthly",3 +196182,"contrivances and overwrought emotion",1 +236596,"that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",1 +79886,"film grows on you . And how .",3 +124340,"is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique",3 +71515,"a deceptively simple premise",3 +193941,"bad hair design",1 +120496,"for the art houses",2 +129449,"on the park",2 +174415,"the novel charm",3 +24501,"A warm , funny",4 +155756,"by its own head-banging obviousness",1 +191954,"actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",3 +209858,"provocative and vainglorious",2 +95292,"the chaos of France",2 +2084,"probably",2 +134821,"the answers",3 +43753,", this nervy oddity , like modern art should .",3 +153762,"appease you",2 +125941,"lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .",2 +4644,"an entertaining and informative documentary",3 +52635,"his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness",3 +193432,"as conventional as a Nike ad and",2 +113475,"after another for its entire running time",2 +185487,"Joe Gantz",2 +210248,"recompense",2 +66624,"It 's not particularly subtle ...",1 +161978,"in the Escape From New York series",2 +26291,"One of creepiest",1 +155286,"blah characters",0 +56135,"powerful drama",4 +216695,"throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 +11468,"the glacier-paced direction",1 +80502,"found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances",3 +74376,"are n't particularly original",2 +139649,"which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",2 +72905,"about Men",2 +183082,"Chicken",2 +230911,"for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",1 +69625,"The genius of the work speaks volumes , offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates .",4 +16376,"its fatalist worldview",2 +237952,"to show up soon",2 +96641,"the screenplay to keep the film entertaining",3 +197801,"empathy . If there ai n't none , you have a problem",1 +177515,"visual splendour",3 +142382,", originality and delight",3 +100053,"who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",3 +77355,"conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two English women .",3 +81760,"has really",2 +185499,"Johnny Knoxville 's",2 +134507,"that peaked about three years ago",2 +95545,"the enjoyable randomness",2 +167913,"of wills",2 +167287,"of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been",1 +153806,"are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",0 +231394,"harmlessly naïve slice",2 +77039,"common knowledge",2 +89165,"of times",2 +188327,"The main characters are simply named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .",0 +188941,"Third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby !",4 +34267,"macabre , self-deprecating sense",1 +208694,"only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",1 +145397,"Flowers",2 +71314,"a blow",2 +175820,"to Mr . Holland 's class for the music",2 +197416,"done , so primitive in technique ,",1 +63929,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation : its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves",3 +152658,"a visually compelling one",3 +169060,"poor judgment",1 +1190,"heroic",4 +64185,"Aurelie and",2 +9731,"play",2 +120556,"forceful drama",3 +192746,"and murder mystery",2 +231057,"fulfill her dreams",2 +157139,"dead ends and",1 +175950,"to be made",2 +207478,"of The Adventures",2 +49656,"being snared in its own tangled plot",1 +139223,"warped logic by writer-director Kurt Wimmer",1 +161781,"in a fantasy world",2 +235923,"something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities",1 +13149,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp",2 +3000,"turn",2 +178067,"when the intention is quite the opposite",1 +188451,"The movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart .",1 +5627,"collinwood",2 +167328,"of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",2 +122090,"heartbreak and",2 +104821,"Both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes .",4 +119722,"familiar but",2 +45414,"Grant 's two best films",4 +167179,"of Christian love and compassion",3 +236379,"that I mind ugly",2 +170584,"seemed congenital to Demme 's perspective",2 +169041,"politics and drama , an admirable ambition . It 's too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one",1 +53643,"is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings .",3 +91214,"realism , crisp storytelling and radiant",3 +226677,"This method almost never fails him , and",3 +11835,"the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold",4 +147086,"Large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year 's radar screen that it 's tempting just to go with it for the ride . But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .",1 +231950,"in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",3 +197122,"distinctions",2 +163034,"is more boring or embarrassing",1 +128024,"no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance",1 +167449,"of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",1 +225804,"Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour ,",2 +49328,"as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator",2 +110999,"Wertmuller",2 +182294,"American Adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place",4 +145757,"He 'd create a movie better than this .",1 +167435,"of dramatic unity",3 +182620,"Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution",2 +43544,", but it is a refreshingly forthright one .",3 +206856,"need agile performers",1 +32810,"in a 13-year-old girl",2 +41501,"absurd ,",1 +194922,"bravura performance",3 +160336,"great eye",3 +85159,"it will be , and",2 +122043,"he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs",2 +238563,"went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II",2 +122065,"head or",2 +25987,"Lil '",2 +117299,"commercials",2 +175595,"those baseball pictures",2 +107866,"Ms . Ramsay and her co-writer",2 +43432,"( The Cockettes ) provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",3 +28614,"and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren",2 +203607,"is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications",1 +135275,"the field of roughage dominates",2 +107692,"McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor",2 +32965,"in the true potential of the medium",3 +118436,"do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",1 +139081,"visual fertility",2 +45974,"Laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , No Such Thing is a fascinating little tale .",4 +198435,"fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere",0 +144447,"Chinese history : war , revolution ,",2 +110377,"There is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .",4 +167527,"of immaculately composed shots of Patch Adams quietly freaking out",2 +136105,"the rappers at play and",2 +80794,"funny , puzzling",2 +78220,"directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .",3 +70921,"While this movie , by necessity , lacks Fellowship 's heart",1 +193943,"bad improvisation exercise",1 +93352,"sports drama",2 +559,"be the dumbest , sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",0 +107746,"Mick Jagger 's",2 +162155,"indignant , preemptive departure",2 +170072,"restrained Ribisi",2 +75523,"being gullible",1 +108935,"Sia lacks visual flair . But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",3 +201013,"helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",1 +161477,"how many drugs they do",2 +93760,"succeeds primarily",3 +161304,"his recent career",2 +225995,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and amateurish .",0 +237964,"to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks `` The Four Feathers ''",2 +137191,"three splendid actors",4 +112527,"a prim widow",2 +164436,"kills the suspense",1 +113044,"a working",2 +21892,"saddest films",1 +134053,"than any 50 other filmmakers still",2 +8349,"lampoon",2 +206976,"next week",2 +194563,"better luck",1 +99865,"what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script",3 +142181,", formulaic mix",1 +37728,"that 's a big part of why we go to the movies",3 +190092,"a Mormon family movie ,",2 +164357,"just utter ` uhhh , '",1 +31204,"escaped",2 +213122,"takes a back seat",2 +20252,"civil again",2 +64902,"Daily",2 +159850,"funny nor",2 +117086,"clichés ,",1 +39207,"to himself",2 +54220,"liable",2 +139763,"who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings",3 +138787,"until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",2 +57501,"suits '",2 +131818,"scenic shots",3 +73920,"an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",2 +109790,"The film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical Hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe .",0 +187890,"The Tuxedo '' should have been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas",1 +86060,"like blood",2 +167974,"often boring .",0 +173550,"the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",2 +213615,"that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel",0 +159033,"few surprises",2 +143189,"A mawkish , implausible platonic romance that makes Chaplin 's City Lights seem dispassionate by comparison .",1 +25975,"Like Dickens with his passages , McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",4 +95632,"the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .",4 +177736,"watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up",2 +170757,"set himself a task he is not nearly up to",1 +154912,"become valedictorian",2 +2806,"then ends with a whimper",1 +156714,"conscientious",2 +135467,"the good fight",3 +219768,"with little logic or continuity",1 +46266,"Ms . Seigner and Mr . Serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .",3 +182962,"Butterfingered",1 +63814,"Amos records",2 +58298,"the film 's verbal pokes",2 +114482,"appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking",0 +237328,"the whole package certainly captures the intended , er , spirit of the piece",3 +100424,"with a sane eye",2 +233548,"lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison",1 +57686,"than most contemporary statesmen",2 +127289,"more cussing",2 +89034,"of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile",3 +220451,"$ 7.00",2 +8534,"living far too much in its own head",0 +195053,"but it was n't horrible either",3 +214621,"the film only",2 +96577,"the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations",4 +71750,"a gorgeous pair",3 +180655,", hard yank",2 +58874,"their collaborators",2 +91777,"romantic problems",2 +225238,"Now it 's a bad , embarrassing movie .",0 +92515,"shocking conclusion",2 +111854,"a familiar anti-feminist equation",2 +231750,"hits ,",2 +127377,"more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0 +15218,"beads",2 +45968,"L .",2 +171549,"solid fight choreography and",3 +135019,"the class",2 +135771,"the most original American productions",3 +79684,"fare with real thematic heft .",3 +174422,"the off-beat casting",2 +41808,"diverted and",2 +116760,"casting its audience",2 +13537,", and this is a better film than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth .",4 +203250,"is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",2 +128710,"of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",1 +209860,"provoke introspection",2 +59461,"tossed out",1 +124389,"is on full , irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",1 +233738,"marathons and bored",2 +55797,"only 60 minutes",2 +96915,"the triumph",3 +128516,"of an adolescent dirty-joke book done up in post-Tarantino pop-culture riffs",1 +42597,"see this movie -- for its historical significance",4 +4739,"antics",2 +25085,"De Oliveira",2 +112854,"a swathe",2 +86080,"like racism and homophobia",2 +142057,", ` Frankly , my dear , I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",0 +108224,"Open-ended",2 +182637,"At every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it",1 +108875,"Sex with Strangers",3 +71145,"You get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that .",2 +206244,"miss heist -- only to have it all go wrong .",2 +203929,"it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers",1 +219303,"while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L . A .",3 +162105,"inanely for two hours",0 +120511,"for the malls",2 +191699,"about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs .",2 +184273,"Halloween II",2 +45534,"Houses",2 +120170,"first starring vehicle",2 +53497,"is impressive",3 +119439,"exactly endearing",3 +48620,"achieving",2 +168247,"one that seems to be made for a different film altogether",1 +194661,"billing .",2 +155567,"bull sessions",1 +152993,"after seeing this film , it 's not that big a deal",2 +9334,"of promise",3 +160344,"greater intelligence",3 +107396,"Laugh-out-loud lines",3 +57124,"so successful at lodging itself in the brain",3 +70959,"Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia . He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .",3 +153603,"and visual clarity",2 +141037,"'re better off staying home and watching The X-Files .",0 +100843,"works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera .",3 +135950,"the pantheon of wreckage that includes Battlefield Earth and Showgirls",0 +190752,"a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub",2 +122869,"in Vietnam",2 +167900,"of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",2 +95719,"the first frame",2 +185220,"It 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .",1 +214909,"the laborious pacing and endless exposition",2 +934,"extremely",2 +36898,"she is backed by a likable cast .",3 +194123,"be excited that it has n't gone straight to video",2 +65523,"Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying",4 +120227,"flat effort",1 +48408,"a sudden lunch rush at the diner",2 +125873,"leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",1 +230162,"descend upon Utah each January to ferret out The Next Great Thing",2 +115400,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely",1 +31482,"far from the best of the series",1 +88545,"of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",4 +139689,"while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty",3 +108933,"Sia lacks visual flair . But",1 +146146,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 +185221,"It 's sweet",3 +5382,"by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please !",1 +160688,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so",2 +144871,"Director Ferzan Ozpetek",2 +168818,"period drag",1 +209736,"prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself .",2 +216219,"they are to her characters",2 +152184,"a notable degree",2 +227785,"a bit too much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic",0 +107602,"Making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .",3 +205927,"may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",1 +31344,"exhausted",1 +238226,"unintentional giggles",2 +10201,"roots",2 +186276,"Narc can only remind us of brilliant crime dramas without becoming one itself .",2 +212854,"such patronising reverence",1 +53043,"in which need , history and presumption tangle",2 +234268,"of Gangster No. 1 drips",2 +69791,"The otherwise good-naturedness",2 +196343,"counterparts well ... but",2 +236523,"that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",2 +231504,"has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story .",1 +225913,"Spare yet audacious",2 +82844,"in a coma-like state",2 +148063,"Perry 's boss",2 +153617,"animated Old Testament tale of Jonah",2 +204973,"like DeNiro 's once promising career and the once grand Long Beach boardwalk",2 +121907,"have a new favorite musical",3 +5070,"became",2 +117660,"crash this wedding",2 +155964,"can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida .",2 +41357,"Two Weddings and",2 +116244,"brisk , amusing pace",3 +177006,"twentieth century",2 +8265,"just too",2 +51305,"equally gentle sentiments",3 +154650,"be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and Does n't Know How to Have Fun",2 +20844,"ideological ship",2 +72909,"about Zelda 's ultimate fate",2 +1548,"kicks off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .",0 +119149,"enough gun battles",2 +148196,"Pumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film .",1 +191771,"about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",1 +177005,"twentieth",2 +77158,"concrete story and",2 +125894,"left on a remote shelf indefinitely",1 +211012,"seek and",2 +46675,"Salma Hayek",2 +144467,"Chong",2 +27420,"a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",3 +121579,"hammy at times",2 +207080,"no particularly memorable effect",1 +129662,"only wish",2 +47888,"a compelling quest for truth",3 +230093,"date nights were invented for .",2 +203915,"it has been with all the films in the series",2 +30669,"deliciously",3 +162668,"is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",2 +155856,"ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",0 +162004,"in the entertaining shallows",2 +213050,"swimfan does catch on",3 +98319,"to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",2 +13264,"wow",3 +4207,"a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",4 +89972,"own considerable achievement",3 +216614,"threw loads of money",2 +237024,"the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it",2 +50490,"could have been a daytime soap opera",1 +170049,"resolutely without chills",2 +142197,", he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",1 +140720,"you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",3 +146437,"It 's all very cute , though not terribly funny if you 're more than six years old .",3 +188778,"The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese . But it does n't need Gangs of New York .",1 +31426,"eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe",2 +68867,"Soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . What 's left",2 +119538,"expiration date",1 +183667,"Enchanted with low-life tragedy",2 +43851,"... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down .",4 +117507,"convention",2 +193673,"aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others ,",2 +221230,", `` Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever '' seems as safe as a children 's film .",1 +73659,"an admirable one",3 +179695,"'s definitely not",2 +178808,"works on no level whatsoever for me",0 +22330,"the pat notion that middle-aged women just wanna have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment",2 +190997,"a movie star and the man has n't aged a day .",2 +63889,"An estrogen opera so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon .",2 +147926,"One problem with the movie ,",1 +201934,"in my ears",2 +109995,"The movie is gorgeously made",4 +177508,"virtually no",1 +193243,"are your cup of tea ,",2 +58776,"the the wisdom and humor",3 +137413,"to be favorably compared to Das Boot",3 +152204,"a patient predator",1 +184615,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail .",2 +38336,"the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness --",1 +122813,"impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful",2 +19899,"and touching drama",3 +62898,"A culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny",4 +173105,"that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race",2 +101080,"you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet )",1 +168641,"pandemonium",2 +75938,"bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",3 +83029,"in restrictive and chaotic America",2 +185903,"Lucy 's personality tics",2 +160721,"has nothing going for it",0 +206322,"monumental achievement",4 +199179,"for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension",2 +182198,"After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be",1 +99730,"we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",2 +132208,"several silly subplots",2 +187396,"So verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made-for-TV movie .",2 +6161,"elegant wit and",4 +192499,"an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil",2 +72131,"a place",2 +132582,"skinny dip in Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .",0 +44736,"Bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",3 +206798,"narrative logic",2 +112352,"a mostly boring affair",1 +135658,"the line between sappy and sanguine",3 +26370,"Pokemon franchise",3 +143050,"A coarse and stupid gross-out",1 +66708,"It establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout",3 +208141,"of the scruffy , dopey old Hanna-Barbera charm",2 +176925,"trying to do than of what he had actually done",2 +15543,"directs",2 +33635,"it creeped me out just fine .",2 +174673,"the salesmanship ends",1 +132511,"simply stupid , irrelevant",1 +57693,"than the first",2 +213600,"that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong , nothing will",0 +149678,"The only way to tolerate this insipid , brutally clueless film",1 +161878,"in his bratty character",2 +72707,"a treatise on spirituality",3 +212509,"starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",2 +17821,"to play someone who resembles a real kid",2 +182407,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay .",1 +67584,"Monday Morning",2 +132355,"should have stayed there .",1 +121375,"grab you",3 +147391,"Maybe it 's the star power of the cast or the redundant messages",1 +224094,"Is it something any true film addict will want to check out",3 +52378,"has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists",4 +218020,"two whole hours",1 +89107,"of the word , even if you don ' t",2 +201635,"images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",1 +90183,"percussion rhythm",2 +125365,"its slightly humorous and tender story",3 +101033,"yet unsentimental )",2 +142963,"? A romance ?",3 +119176,"ensures that little of our emotional investment pays off",3 +235157,"quite able",3 +37950,"the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",2 +115359,"balanced movie",2 +72934,"about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks",2 +101547,"'s a slow study : The action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed",2 +165961,"mild sexual references ,",2 +121574,"ham and cheek",2 +178479,"with Trouble",2 +53146,"intensely lived",3 +213228,"teen thriller and murder mystery",2 +89629,"one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences",2 +211159,"seen on the screen",2 +42339,"makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",3 +202813,"is certainly a serviceable melodrama",3 +116877,"charming and evoking little ditty",4 +145926,"Huppert 's intensity and focus",2 +86484,"made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture",2 +213468,"that 's TV sitcom material at best",2 +21657,"or Nothing",2 +80412,"for younger kids",2 +118335,"disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling",0 +220388,"your favorite pet",2 +94057,"swung",2 +237588,"thoroughly awful movie",0 +65892,"Handsome and",3 +218790,"was shot on digital video",2 +141621,"'s something with potential here",3 +183572,"Donovan ...",2 +30018,"canon",2 +31903,"from stock redneck ` types '",3 +136356,"the subject 's",2 +41065,"Lends itself",2 +67959,"Offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell .",3 +199978,"giving audiences",2 +225333,"Oops , she 's really done it this time .",2 +46012,"Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .",4 +221279,", but I found What Time",2 +86341,"louts",2 +126018,"like Gandalf",2 +133097,"spectacle and",1 +176,"a good , straightforward",4 +9631,"passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",1 +23131,"'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even in this run-of-the-mill vehicle , because this girl knows how to drive it to the max",3 +188274,"The histrionic muse still eludes Madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch .",1 +100741,"without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy",2 +54508,"make and is determined not to make them",2 +61664,", One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .",2 +195450,"care about the thousands of Americans who die hideously",2 +173564,"the bong",2 +121598,"handsome and well-made entertainment",4 +91698,"right through the ranks of the players",2 +152893,"action scenes",3 +230206,"did n't hate this one",3 +131745,"satisfying conclusions",3 +30249,"colors and prankish comedy",3 +59683,"unexpected places",2 +119466,"excellent choice",3 +209806,"promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .",1 +111916,"a film of near-hypnotic physical beauty",3 +203658,"is very , very far",1 +27516,"a film as Byatt fans",2 +197164,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",0 +137271,"timid",1 +112520,"a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman",1 +165239,"looks as though Jay Roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab",1 +217207,"to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration",3 +156541,"come up with something even quasi-original , when you can pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and puke up something like ROSE RED",0 +149427,"The film makes a fatal mistake",1 +95859,"the hallmark of this bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",3 +157590,"dissatisfied with the movie as a whole",1 +217727,"trade Punch-and-Judy act",2 +81316,"gracefully",3 +201346,"horrible , 99-minute",0 +18702,"As expected , Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances are as sharp as ever , though they may be overshadowed by some strong performances .",3 +54656,"may be",2 +45279,"For his first attempt at film noir , Spielberg presents a fascinating but flawed look at the near future .",3 +156122,"certainly ca n't recommend it",0 +129657,"only time",2 +239050,"wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller",4 +170801,"shake a severed limb",1 +122857,"in Lovely and Amazing",3 +91933,"savory and hilarious",3 +26276,"Oliveira",2 +197295,"does n't do a load of good",1 +227671,"`` ha ha ''",2 +41556,"any arguments one way or",2 +20394,"distanced",2 +51097,"eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights",3 +15759,"feels funny and true",3 +148737,"Some of Seagal 's action pictures are guilty pleasures , but",2 +234,"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings",3 +42804,"the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along",1 +96989,"the video medium",2 +82328,"his storytelling ability",2 +58737,"the specter of death",2 +170895,"shore",2 +221775,"... `` Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...",3 +95367,"the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon",2 +109527,"The acting , for the most part",3 +56985,"silly , outrageous , ingenious",4 +85331,"its ominous mood and tension",2 +37867,"that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match",4 +162627,"is a lot more fun than the film",1 +8078,"its moments of swaggering camaraderie",3 +162585,"is a deeply unpleasant experience .",0 +70323,"This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and",2 +21336,"mixes",2 +110109,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart",4 +122788,"immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza",2 +117021,"classic fairy tale",3 +153593,"and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",1 +174993,"the warpath",2 +134957,"the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video",2 +121613,"hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild",1 +111658,"a coffee table",2 +10114,"represents",2 +86118,"liking the film",3 +128168,"nothing in this flat effort",2 +92985,"so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out",3 +154009,"around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",1 +59731,"unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",2 +155910,"camouflage how bad his movie is",0 +80731,"full of sex , drugs and rock",3 +81597,"has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but",3 +59817,"utterly charming French comedy",3 +127164,"missive",2 +202541,"is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals",1 +226310,"The innate theatrics",2 +239208,"you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",2 +159782,"fryers",2 +65061,"Diesel",2 +68715,"Sexy",2 +74479,"around him",2 +77052,"como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas",2 +86889,"may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks",2 +178204,"who , when she 's given the right lines , can charm the paint off the wall ...",4 +237882,"to make sense",2 +216825,"to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone",2 +228528,"an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence",2 +37590,"takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",3 +144356,"Calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment :",2 +127322,"more interesting -- and , dare I say ,",4 +5000,"bared his soul and",3 +188442,"The movie is silly beyond comprehension ,",3 +85508,"jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod",3 +102204,") dance",2 +171277,"slightly anarchic approach",1 +144151,"Big Fat Waste of Time .",0 +200823,"have held my attention",2 +79036,"enjoy this monster",2 +21715,"permeates",2 +140050,"with a chastity belt",2 +17233,"so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure",3 +193920,"backed off",1 +114508,"applying",2 +55507,"of some of its predecessors",2 +92836,"sloppy , amusing comedy",2 +128795,"of middle age",2 +82176,"highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated",3 +74592,"as a high concept vehicle for two bright stars of the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",4 +175596,"those blues",2 +235916,"somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",3 +3927,"a loosely autobiographical",2 +53429,"is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due",3 +103388,"A ) soulless",1 +62102,", multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",3 +224066,"Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film 's more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",1 +29034,"are experienced actors",4 +188029,"The characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience",2 +222601,"Best Friend Remembers",3 +101109,"you crave Chris Smith 's next movie",4 +25436,"Gorgeous",4 +71036,"Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",2 +45265,"First-time writer-director Serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .",3 +145224,"Excellent acting and direction .",4 +134380,"that is generally",2 +214203,"the biggest disappointments",1 +216292,"think of this dog of a movie",0 +225047,"Ms. Shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .",1 +238041,"told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",3 +178468,"with Green 's half-hearted movie career",1 +227648,"`` ambitious failure",1 +156115,"central romance",2 +95117,"the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman",1 +5450,"cares",3 +2348,"some good , organic character work ,",3 +69380,"The actors are simply too good",4 +109154,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up --",1 +74734,"as many",2 +43781,", very well told with an appropriate minimum of means .",3 +43370,"'s willing to express his convictions",3 +60272,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics need not apply",3 +207915,"of piffle",1 +157421,"die-hard fans",2 +148674,"So lazy and slipshod it confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .",1 +132373,"shout",2 +67472,"Matters",2 +185475,"Jim Carrey",3 +224779,"Mention `` Solaris '' five years from now and",1 +226817,"Troubling and powerful .",3 +4742,"antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",2 +226975,"Watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement .",1 +72235,"a really strong second effort",3 +35514,"of the year 's best acting",4 +188727,"The story of Trouble Every Day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and",0 +194164,"be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",2 +123674,"is , arguably ,",2 +153215,"also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people .",3 +189308,"Tykwer 's",2 +96740,"the spaceship on the launching pad",2 +70035,"The word that comes to mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady , is painterly .",3 +23775,", mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",3 +114770,"artsy ,",4 +9266,"of fright and dread",1 +110785,"Tunney ca n't save",2 +181137,", you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .",1 +215795,"the torments and angst",1 +200423,"happens to flat characters",2 +63830,"An ambitious movie that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off",4 +91369,"regalia",2 +142497,", the jaunt is practically over before it begins .",1 +12044,"the world",2 +180774,", jaded",2 +177260,"unsophisticated scare tactics and",1 +30465,"crafts",2 +42738,"takes its time to tell its story ,",2 +15284,"both preposterous and thoroughly misogynistic",0 +84938,"it 's pretty enjoyable",4 +217390,"to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own",2 +32141,"good-deed\/bad-deed reversals",2 +151787,"a gag die",1 +206393,"more if it had just gone that one step further .",3 +185442,"Japanese jokes",2 +156899,"could still",2 +70000,"The tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .",2 +159863,"fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit .",2 +91998,"scope and pageantry",2 +35946,"pena aprovechar",2 +28311,"an afterthought",2 +97593,"those underrated professionals",2 +86728,"manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .",3 +163831,"it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",1 +158320,"enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film",1 +28781,"and scored",2 +38250,"the first time in several years",2 +185717,"Leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .",1 +208067,"of the energy",2 +14958,"an agreeably",2 +52713,"hooked",3 +115363,"ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",2 +91887,"same-sex culture",2 +205366,"looking for the last exit from Brooklyn",2 +59941,"was 270 years ago .",2 +1287,"in its nearly 2 1/2",2 +6723,"fuse the two ` woods '",2 +86633,"makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering",3 +102827,", skateboards , and motorcycles",2 +34392,"master 's",3 +102703,", like its title character , is repellantly out of control .",1 +146487,"It 's fun , but a psychological mess , with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet .",2 +156465,"cold ,",1 +21406,"near the end",2 +138032,"to you .",3 +164516,"lacking in charm , wit and invention",1 +38075,"the chilling but quite human Berling",2 +156485,"collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",2 +124273,"is n't breaking new ground",1 +16612,"moved and love it",4 +60776,"'s I 'm the One That I Want .",2 +86235,"long limbs",2 +150809,"What 's next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?",1 +210393,"remote , emotionally distant piece",1 +76780,"classics '' Wait Until Dark ''",2 +70450,"Transforms one",2 +118116,"designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 +98704,"trite",1 +112074,"a growing strain",2 +83732,"is Quaid 's performance .",2 +190254,"a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny",1 +167804,"of the mods and the rockers",2 +104596,"B-movie scum",0 +65475,"Fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .",3 +160936,"having a hard time",2 +5643,"comedic",3 +235786,"sit through its tidal wave of imagery",3 +106038,"Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",1 +58789,"the two leads",2 +160548,"hard to be funny",1 +224214,"It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean",0 +96950,"the unusual power",3 +58095,"the cast and crew",2 +233671,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc. .",0 +235389,"rolled down a hill in a trash can",1 +4809,"are wheezing to an end , along with green 's half-hearted movie career",0 +225369,"P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance )",2 +115259,"attracts",2 +95684,"the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .",3 +111275,"Writer-director David Jacobson",3 +62734,"89 minutes",2 +17397,"temper",2 +143822,"Another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths",1 +2941,"to more than body count",2 +79065,"enough action",2 +131084,"reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",0 +140807,"you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",2 +145271,"Famous ( but with bears , and a G rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of Disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure",2 +213341,"than I had expected",2 +58265,"the equal of some of its predecessors",3 +13287,"writer-director david jacobson and his star , jeremy renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",2 +92094,"see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue",3 +111716,"a convenient conveyor belt",2 +58230,"the distance",3 +156702,"confuses the mere flashing of kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun .",3 +22874,"worth a look",3 +100662,"with the right actors",2 +225576,"Rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations",0 +2628,"the imagination to germinate",3 +218960,"wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",1 +24751,"Attal and Gainsbourg 's )",3 +58485,"the middle of Dubya",2 +75880,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",3 +129840,"over-familiarity",1 +179433,"'re far better served by the source material",1 +146196,"If only the story about a multi-million dollar con bothered to include the con .",2 +31884,"from being the funniest movie of the year",3 +158544,"everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you !",3 +221121,") worth",2 +35083,"of Burstein",2 +144032,"Ballistic is silly . Unfortunately",2 +238574,"were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",3 +210012,"quite a nosedive",0 +216098,"there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",1 +146298,"In exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if I 'd been sitting naked on an igloo",0 +176611,"too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation",1 +29536,"believability",3 +116457,"by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",1 +160690,"has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks",0 +197410,"doings",2 +31485,"far less sadistic",2 +130756,"provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .",1 +62398,", vibrant introduction",3 +209355,"play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution",2 +36981,"since , well , Performance",3 +37490,"supposed",2 +206824,"naïf",2 +94719,"that is n't fake fun",2 +70723,"We want the funk - and this movie 's got it",4 +85794,"laugh-out-loud lunacy",3 +31808,"for the type of movie it is ...",2 +218181,"unfortunate title",1 +89027,"of the happily-ever",2 +191228,"a riot-control projectile or",2 +86844,"marvelously",4 +95294,"the character 's gripping humanity",3 +167173,"of Channel 5 grade trash",1 +145604,"God help us ,",2 +73946,"an undercurrent",2 +175876,"to any of the characters",2 +75325,"be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images",3 +6651,"four-star",4 +102906,", the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .",1 +228400,"after applying a smear of lip-gloss",2 +167064,"numerous yawns",1 +236769,"the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold",2 +88716,"of just seven children",2 +99046,"unique and quirky",3 +170417,"scatological",2 +156411,"clothing",2 +33772,"its exacting author",2 +18516,"-- and likely inadvertently --",2 +108261,"Over the years , Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .",4 +73929,"an otherwise delightful comedy of errors",3 +84944,"it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second",4 +125243,"its excellent storytelling ,",3 +151818,"a good joke",3 +195421,"can work the words '' radical",2 +45412,"Grant 's own twist",2 +100161,"whose derring-do puts the X into the games",3 +23680,", importantly , entertaining",4 +199701,"further demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded .",0 +44437,"American remake",2 +49695,"better , but it coulda",3 +115373,"bang your head",1 +135583,"the intimate , unguarded moments",2 +105224,"Continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means .",3 +90058,"part biography ,",2 +141558,"'s relentlessly folksy",1 +208236,"of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things",3 +138515,"ultimately unpredictable",3 +40137,"will touch the hearts of both children and adults , as well as bring audiences to the edge of their seats",4 +214778,"the heroes were actually under 40",2 +128271,"of ( being ) in a shrugging mood",2 +57773,"that does n't make you feel like a sucker",2 +160072,"gifted as Hoffman",3 +89012,"of the first movie",2 +85954,"lets you off the hook",2 +139189,"wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` Hey , Kool-Aid",2 +108030,"None of this is very original ,",2 +7364,"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics , or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor",1 +70026,"The way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of Gator-bashing are consistently delightful .",4 +101338,"'' dangerous",1 +168073,"on every level",2 +154761,"be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film",2 +160849,"have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows",1 +176595,"too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate ,",1 +30356,"considerable force and truth",3 +28298,"amusingly contrived and outlandish",3 +46854,"Submarine flick , Half Ghost Story",2 +213569,"that are generally not heard on television",2 +51944,"from painful",2 +107471,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about North Korea 's recent past and South Korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight",1 +132002,"seems embarrassed by his own invention and",0 +203108,"is molto superficiale",1 +59806,"uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly",3 +54980,"my heart",2 +115917,"better or",2 +110690,"Together ( Time Out and Human Resources ) establish Mr . Cantet as France 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",3 +181921,"A puppy dog",2 +98067,"to forgive that still serious problem",1 +41796,"directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and",2 +121975,"have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time .",0 +38020,"the beginning of time",2 +196579,"dark and bittersweet twist",3 +84565,"is rather the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",3 +152814,"abruptly crosscuts among the five friends",2 +163148,"is nonexistent .",1 +127385,"mornings . I still like Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",3 +130800,"pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",3 +206242,"misogyny and unprovoked",1 +229219,"be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",3 +190192,"a black comedy , drama , melodrama",2 +180934,", spooky , educational , but at other times as bland as a block of snow .",1 +26468,"Robin",2 +79393,"exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk",3 +151562,"a crock --",1 +224408,"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex .",2 +89663,"one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .",4 +75032,"attentions",2 +137168,"thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery",3 +119896,"feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",2 +85397,"its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",3 +149222,"The audience when I saw this one",2 +200835,"have looked into my future",2 +231228,"glum as Mr. De Niro",1 +126169,"likely to irk viewers",2 +173325,"the Armenian genocide",2 +169342,"produces nearly as much lead as gold .",1 +222953,"Cinematic pratfalls",0 +84266,"is greatness here",3 +157651,"do n't have an I Am Sam clue",2 +71175,"Zaza",2 +69511,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But",4 +216471,"this sappy script",2 +153436,"an integral part",3 +3951,"a manner that one never overwhelms the other",3 +85343,"its own self-referential hot air",2 +87422,"most flamboyant female comics",3 +128830,"of office politics",2 +105836,"For all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters",3 +231125,"get another scene , and then another .",2 +6821,"goes to absurd lengths",1 +191026,"a nearly terminal case of the cutes",2 +197325,"does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen",1 +90584,"pre-WWII",2 +83510,"interrogation",2 +90388,"pleasantly and",3 +31139,"enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible",2 +191162,"a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",1 +5966,"directed by alan taylor",2 +123021,"in its attempts to humanize its subject",2 +117324,"compelled",2 +230269,"dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled `` Glory : A Soldier 's Story",1 +229021,"assess the quality of the manipulative engineering",2 +79421,"exceptionally well-acted",4 +53938,"its inhabitants",2 +135719,"the misfortune",2 +102953,", this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs . spy film The Sum of All Fears ,",1 +87770,"needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds",1 +10015,"ray",2 +30323,"conceit",1 +86098,"like this movie a lot",3 +127541,"mounts on bikes , skateboards , and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen .",4 +73491,"almost constant mindset",2 +114967,"as its predecessor",2 +100481,"with cultural , sexual and social discord",2 +92951,"so intensely feminine that it serves as the antidote ( and cannier doppelganger ) to Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon .",4 +183154,"Collapses",1 +220419,"your way to pay full price",2 +87716,"natural acting and a look at '' the real Americans",3 +149715,"The performances are so leaden , Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless and",1 +230947,"for the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",2 +6118,"earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability",1 +223024,"Crikey indeed .",2 +66812,"Its metaphors",3 +173517,"the basis of this film alone",2 +79030,"enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",3 +215342,"the period trappings of this debut venture",2 +209848,"provide it with so much leniency",2 +89089,"of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",4 +175635,"though they should know better",1 +131514,"reworked",2 +197929,"enough to stave off doldrums",1 +135901,"the old are privy to",2 +226684,"This movie is a snow emergency .",2 +70785,"What 's infuriating about Full Frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .",3 +130164,"perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good",0 +49717,"beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear",3 +3188,"with intellectual underpinnings",2 +145416,"For all its highfalutin title and corkscrew narrative , the movie turns out to be not much more than a shaggy human tale .",1 +7203,"hits",2 +151974,"a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance",3 +137024,"this prickly indie comedy",2 +217584,"too eager",2 +19606,"a tongue-in-cheek attitude",3 +179109,"you can say about it is it",2 +158253,"ends well ,",3 +125916,"less ambitious",1 +108995,"Skip the film",0 +125133,"it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",0 +17593,"the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary",4 +45557,"I Want",2 +163959,"it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .",1 +28702,"and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",3 +116602,"can indeed get together",2 +204439,"just as long",2 +139800,"who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary",2 +113077,"a younger lad",3 +3852,"a gracious , eloquent film",4 +226770,"Toback 's Heidegger -",2 +80774,"fun-loving libertine",4 +57249,"speaks more of the season than the picture",1 +154720,"be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull",1 +117393,"computer animation",2 +164359,"just waiting to spoil things",2 +96720,"the smarter offerings the horror genre",3 +70213,"This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one",3 +70837,"What the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .",3 +212283,"spat out",3 +34339,"making his first opera-to-film translation with Tosca ,",2 +41633,"be the most comprehensive of these films and",4 +26200,"No one goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins .",4 +66522,"It 's always fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work .",3 +113691,"all-star salute",3 +195239,"by three-to-one .",2 +206713,"mumbles his way",2 +147849,"Occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive ,",2 +67864,"None of this is meaningful or memorable ,",0 +33040,"indulgent dead-end experimentation",1 +91493,"reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality",3 +159666,"freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class ... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , '' Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",1 +138391,"truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick",2 +32505,"him fame in the first place",2 +121095,"getting a more mature body",3 +198778,"fetching enough",2 +208517,"on the soundtrack",2 +126539,"made in the last five years",2 +146644,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . ''",1 +56743,"science-fiction",2 +234414,"of enjoying this film",3 +6685,"from both a great and a terrible story",2 +189066,"This painfully unfunny farce",0 +3667,"a cocky ,",1 +199392,"for youthful anomie",2 +67242,"Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm",4 +179275,"' appeared in 1938",3 +163286,"is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd",2 +81717,"has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? Who cares ? )",2 +88540,"of effecting change and inspiring hope",4 +187757,"The Big Chill )",2 +99657,"watch and -- especially --",2 +84895,"it 's good enough to be the purr",4 +185455,"Jay Russell",1 +15095,"and true",2 +174184,"the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make",2 +232120,"instead of having things all spelled out",2 +219704,"with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie",2 +105856,"Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie",2 +50224,"cloying or",2 +98744,"truth-telling",3 +201393,"how far Herzog has fallen",1 +212635,"strange guy things",2 +207222,"not very amusing",1 +209762,"proceeds to flop",1 +221269,", as the main character suggests , ` what if",2 +171678,"sometimes inspiring ,",3 +14789,"a new way",2 +194414,"beer-soaked",2 +48231,"a nerve",2 +195783,"cliché and",2 +174535,"the picture strains to become cinematic poetry",1 +144346,"Cabin Boy",2 +197718,"either 11 times too many or else too few",1 +137060,"this superficially loose , larky documentary",1 +41171,"Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",4 +228778,"are both listless",1 +204221,"its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action",0 +178958,"wretched work",0 +154974,"been in the air onscreen",2 +176588,"too bored to care",0 +35428,"of the Stevenson 's novel",2 +208437,"on energy",2 +145326,"Femme Fatale ranks with the worst",0 +182749,"Been there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better",0 +127490,"most restless young audience",2 +200712,"have ( and probably should have )",2 +16954,"place to start",2 +130535,"predictable outcome",1 +17456,"the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB-",1 +59989,"we were",2 +30898,"do n't stand a chance alone",1 +46316,"New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",3 +105603,"Ejemplo de una cinta",2 +185267,"It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but",1 +144656,"Creepy but",2 +126011,"like Bartleby",2 +19013,"Its scenes and sensibility",2 +95772,"the fringes of the American underground",2 +35004,"not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",2 +71686,"a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions",2 +209437,"plot relevance",2 +158414,"even a TV",2 +69410,"The biggest problem",1 +238590,"what happened in 1915 Armenia",2 +217606,"too long with too little",1 +104623,"Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",1 +80872,"gay personal ads",1 +186953,"Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous",1 +63882,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .",3 +35234,"of fact and fiction .",2 +170821,"sham actor workshops",1 +178785,"work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave .",0 +225527,"Puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross",2 +28834,"and that they know their roles so well",3 +237646,"throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken",2 +35771,"or explicit",2 +29687,"both colorful pop junk and the classics",3 +31883,"from aged bottles",2 +207094,"no real reason",3 +4398,"adaptation",2 +128279,"of All Fears",2 +79962,"find their own rhythm",2 +89559,"one black and",2 +100867,"works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride",4 +167399,"of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt",2 +115558,"be realized on the screen",2 +94636,"that embraces its old-fashioned themes and",3 +32262,"hard decisions",2 +111219,"Without ( De Niro ) , City By The Sea would slip under the waves . He drags it back , single-handed .",3 +196175,"continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .",0 +106352,"Humorous ,",3 +188900,"These are textbook lives of quiet desperation .",1 +228688,"another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",0 +4196,"a tendency",2 +127824,"need a good laugh , too",3 +144699,"Dario",2 +235898,"some impudent snickers",2 +181848,"A movie that falls victim to frazzled wackiness and frayed satire .",2 +72309,"a roll",2 +65359,"Even if Invincible is not quite the career peak that The Pianist is for Roman Polanski",2 +56667,"running around",2 +186382,"No film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .",0 +154024,"arthouse middle-brow film",2 +161260,"his film short",2 +225938,"Stale ,",1 +35352,"of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads",3 +113919,"an after school special on the subject of tolerance",2 +187324,"Skillful as he is",3 +18528,". ' Lucas",2 +214916,"the last exit from Brooklyn",2 +157906,"downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves",1 +56688,"sake",2 +218195,"uni-dimensional",1 +197727,"elaborate choreography",3 +189342,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",0 +25738,"It 's absolutely spooky how Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice .",3 +33424,"is n't as gory or explicit .",3 +181233,". 11",3 +89204,"of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation",3 +39838,"warfare",2 +172345,"surface frenzy",2 +50563,"crime story",2 +98144,"to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it",2 +59177,"to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",4 +208664,"one-note",2 +165568,"makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism",1 +145051,"Egoyan 's movie",2 +220967,"'s so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .",4 +181892,"A pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film .",2 +106682,"In IMAX in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .",4 +231381,"hard to fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first",2 +107914,"My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie",2 +59509,"transcends our preconceived vision of the Holy Land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .",3 +52776,"human kindness and hopefulness",3 +44187,"A muckraking job , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that .",2 +109970,"The most consistently funny",3 +32872,"in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",4 +97888,"to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching",1 +117265,"comforting fantasies",3 +46358,"Not since Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa 's Ran",2 +27135,"Visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",4 +1389,"is often",2 +98035,"to everyone looking in",2 +93972,"suspect",2 +184604,"I believe Silberling had the best intentions here , but he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them",2 +191020,"a multitude of simple-minded",1 +92052,"secondary to American Psycho",2 +36774,"seen on the big screen before",1 +112746,"a solid base hit .",3 +67208,"Lieutenant 's Woman",2 +203295,"is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .",1 +21614,"on his characters",2 +9713,"pile too many '' serious issues",1 +188160,"The film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ? The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .",2 +198029,"essentially empty",2 +116086,"boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . If only there were one for this kind of movie",1 +115986,"big studio",2 +89953,"overuse",1 +76982,"comes through even when the movie does n't .",2 +25979,"Like Leon , it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .",3 +43746,", this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .",2 +213590,"that could have been much better",1 +175847,"to a less-compelling soap opera",2 +161941,"in order to avoid them in the future",2 +8777,"methodology",2 +96600,"the rotting underbelly",1 +179150,"you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",1 +170404,"saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",1 +113752,"already thin",2 +71689,"a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller",2 +120920,"gangster flick",2 +97081,"the-week",2 +80018,"first installment",2 +148589,"Sight ''",2 +113835,"amuse or entertain",3 +74923,"at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor",3 +160618,"has a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood",1 +116175,"breach",2 +114537,"are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done",3 +191569,"a trifle flat",1 +234464,"of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",2 +56286,"pummel us",1 +90187,"perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",3 +62785,"A beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",4 +196245,"corner office",2 +111487,"a Macy 's",2 +31799,"for the man 's greatness",3 +175805,"to Be One of Us may be the most tuneless tune",1 +91939,"say , yes",2 +191391,"a step down",1 +72656,"a therapy-dependent flakeball",2 +63733,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart ...",3 +47084,"The film offers an intriguing what-if premise .",4 +225266,"Odd and",1 +65639,"French cinema 's master craftsmen",3 +217684,"top billing .",3 +83256,"inconsistencies is part of the fun . But the talented cast alone will keep you watching",3 +218587,"visually atrocious , and often downright creepy",0 +109769,"The film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .",3 +226499,"The story passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .",1 +74025,"and con , for adults",1 +156130,"change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion",1 +172909,"that Robert Redford 's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps",2 +205907,"maximum comfort and familiarity",3 +138157,"too soon",2 +115841,"belief",2 +176343,"to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",1 +83719,"is Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .",3 +26269,"Often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining",4 +179375,"'ll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .",1 +223868,"I wanted to like much more than I actually did",1 +68731,"Shaw ,",2 +57239,"speak for it",2 +92123,"seeing things from new sides",3 +82748,"important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",2 +93845,"suitable summer entertainment",3 +88660,"of houses",2 +9522,"only half-hearted in its spy mechanics",1 +131375,"represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe",1 +93745,"subtly kinky bedside vigils and",3 +6842,"good-natured",3 +119469,"excels in spectacle and pacing .",3 +149780,"The production values are up there .",3 +32598,"his two leads",2 +137262,"time building",2 +97165,"their teen ( or preteen )",2 +89581,"one man 's occupational angst",2 +79662,"fantasy film",2 +15910,"goofy -LRB- and gory -RRB- midnight movie stuff .",2 +229875,"collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",1 +104468,"As a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle",3 +78530,"donna",3 +63193,"A modestly surprising movie .",3 +186623,"Oscar-winning master",3 +124863,"it 's pretty stupid . I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever . But there 's plenty to offend everyone ...",2 +192855,"another routine Hollywood frightfest",1 +198027,"essentially '' Fatal Attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...",2 +95801,"the genre and",2 +190515,"a fascinating subject matter",4 +227325,"\*",2 +99389,"vibrant and",3 +117047,"clearly a manipulative film",3 +12320,"to be surefire casting",2 +100443,"with actors",2 +34864,"need ( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",2 +82081,"helps create a complex , unpredictable character",3 +237773,"to check out the girls",2 +158048,"dumb entertainment",1 +181231,". .",3 +200626,"has partly closed it down",2 +69050,"Sundance Film Festival",2 +214923,"the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",0 +32312,"has just enough spice to keep it interesting",3 +201831,"in biography but",2 +70199,"This filmed Tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed Tosca that you want .",3 +133680,"surprising highs ,",3 +110850,"Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",1 +189506,"Weiss",2 +195486,"carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",1 +42921,"treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined ,",2 +220861,"'s kinda dumb",1 +98303,"to shock throughout the film",1 +99443,"virtuoso",3 +130688,"profanity and violence",1 +169413,"providing a disquiet world",1 +191606,"a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span",1 +198195,"every print of the film",2 +154625,"bastard",2 +83773,"is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",3 +202200,"inept , tedious",0 +149547,"The messages of compassion and mercy",2 +29748,"brilliant documentary",4 +235108,"pub",2 +53349,"is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .",3 +141188,"'s all pretty cynical and condescending",1 +175395,"this films",2 +146603,"It 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny",1 +96339,"the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and",2 +85153,"it was worth your seven bucks",4 +54404,"love Moore or loathe him",2 +130113,"people who know nothing about the subject",2 +59959,"watchable movie",3 +226631,"This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch , but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",3 +27772,"a refreshing change from the self-interest and paranoia that shape most American representations of Castro",4 +126697,"makes one thing perfectly clear",2 +226925,"WW II",2 +82263,"his greatest triumph",4 +92764,"skillful and moving",3 +123241,"in unusual homes",2 +37913,"that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality",2 +209460,"poetry and passion",3 +193147,"are not at all",2 +65508,"Feeling like a dope",2 +232765,"is tenderly observant of his characters .",3 +117482,"continue",2 +212050,"sociopathy",2 +52459,"have a passion for Musketeers",2 +148729,"Some elements of it really blow the big one",1 +49691,"betrayal , deceit and murder",1 +175647,"thoughtfulness and",3 +224204,"It 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work .",0 +127288,"more complex",3 +5651,"comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",1 +189043,"This little film",2 +62111,", no-nonsense authority",2 +208270,"offal like this",2 +28653,"and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",3 +79450,"expect from movies nowadays .",2 +103671,"A lame romantic comedy",1 +158438,"even on the level",2 +111979,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash",3 +209734,"prevents us",2 +160738,"has somehow",2 +97455,"this little-known story of Native Americans and",3 +114528,"archly",2 +57442,"stumble",2 +61698,", Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .",4 +97383,"this does not really make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .",1 +3277,"'ll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",1 +113929,"an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs",3 +112997,"a war-ravaged land",1 +105118,"City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other ,",2 +229954,"consider this a diss",1 +174191,"the last plot device left standing",1 +143298,"A respectable but uninspired thriller",2 +229754,"carry out a Dickensian hero",2 +14367,"Patric",2 +99822,"well-written and",3 +224597,"Less a movie than",1 +115806,"begrudge",2 +4287,"a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",1 +112407,"a new , self-deprecating level",1 +159310,"fond",2 +120671,"from The Sixth Sense to The Mothman Prophecies",2 +135756,"the most fluent",2 +162876,"is exactly what the title indicates , a report .",2 +131880,"searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ...",0 +219749,"with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly",2 +57599,"taking on adolescent qualities",2 +89562,"one continuum",2 +9441,"omitted nor a clich left unsaid",2 +123942,"is as serious as a pink slip",2 +86249,"look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles",3 +224409,"It would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00 .",0 +128178,"nothing to drink",3 +34640,"most important",3 +151749,"a foot fetish",2 +26152,"Nakata",2 +222776,"But it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us inhabit .",2 +144343,"Ca n't kick about the assembled talent and the Russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers",2 +78848,"eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions",3 +126391,"lost and desolate people",2 +62064,", its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",4 +188988,"This is a picture that Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of :",3 +110271,"Their work",2 +132325,"short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .",3 +144623,"Coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit .",1 +96787,"the strings",2 +212247,"sophisticates",2 +71369,"a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting",3 +225757,"She 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life .",2 +15040,"and healing",3 +202549,"is a bore",1 +123152,"in the genre",2 +235215,"realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen",1 +116986,"cinema fans",3 +187756,"The Big Chill",2 +136093,"the quirky rip-off prison",2 +48430,"a technically superb film ,",4 +81750,"has point",2 +221504,", racist humour",1 +30138,"cheesy effects",0 +195388,"can muster just figuring out who 's who",2 +178659,"with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism",1 +81201,"going to a house party",2 +51409,"exceptions",2 +51163,"emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power",2 +34697,"movie-going",2 +13259,"would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",0 +154939,"been a difficult shoot",2 +52799,"if not entirely fresh , look at war .",2 +87451,"most of whom",2 +224359,"It makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .",0 +167272,"of a 26-episode TV series",2 +166,"a fine",3 +50046,"captured on film .",2 +218515,"video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose",1 +167475,"of gas",2 +210656,"routinely",2 +236910,"the film was better than Saving Private Ryan",4 +141767,"( E ) ventually",2 +121108,"giddy . Half Past Dead",2 +69434,"The charm of the first movie",4 +238449,"was one of the films so declared this year",2 +66423,"Inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening",3 +167589,"of making his own style",2 +168040,"on a daytime television serial",1 +165696,"mars the Touched",3 +142684,"- finding-herself story",2 +16047,"homespun",3 +217279,"to recommend Snow Dogs",2 +124408,"is one of those rare pictures",3 +183657,"Elizabeth Hurley 's",3 +238350,"vs. the big guys",2 +208147,"of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 +162390,"into cliches",2 +51607,"fest circuit",2 +179685,"'s conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",2 +43705,", sprawling picture",2 +98832,"two families",2 +69059,"Sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but",0 +34750,"murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation",3 +97757,"time , death , eternity , and what",2 +87960,"non-exploitive approach",3 +132055,"self-conscious and",2 +49496,"be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",3 +21570,"of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",2 +191387,"a stand-off",2 +117574,"could have used some informed , adult hindsight",1 +70412,"Tom Clancy thriller",2 +102330,", Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",3 +46929,"The Mothman Prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey .",3 +101413,"'ll take the latter every time",3 +152856,"accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach",1 +80207,"for a ballplayer",2 +106648,"If you think it 's a riot to see Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",2 +64517,"Brothers",2 +97413,"this funny film",3 +22458,"thoughtful , moving",4 +127062,"might drive you crazy",1 +54802,"morality ,",2 +52089,"get made-up and",3 +98473,"told , with superb performances throughout",4 +221649,", this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .",3 +22772,"which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ...",2 +14346,"Occasionally",2 +19181,"Polished Korean political-action film",3 +211122,"seems to really care",3 +67954,"Offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .",3 +13187,"within partnerships",2 +187914,"The acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid",0 +174129,"the intention",2 +7580,"intelligence and",3 +41600,"assuming , that is ,",2 +168285,"only half",2 +100510,"with heart",3 +7471,"in that setting",2 +59185,"to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle",3 +99723,"we delight in the images",3 +103266,"10th",2 +24133,"... ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion .",3 +105862,"Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and",2 +6957,"happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size",2 +129777,"our best achievements and other times",3 +70073,"There 's no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane . But here 's a glimpse at his life .",2 +94771,"that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",4 +70909,"While the path may be familiar",2 +77798,"deceptively simple",2 +20630,"gawk",2 +52076,"genuinely spooky",3 +194755,"blustery",1 +173674,"the core of Beijing Bicycle",2 +45083,"Displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , Beneath Clouds establishes Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .",3 +141097,"'s a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned ,",2 +230523,"energy and innovation",3 +233231,"just so the documentary will be over",1 +223668,"His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .",2 +214662,"the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing",2 +41375,"We can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes ,",3 +22409,"these bastions of individuality",2 +88178,"of Cinema Paradiso",2 +111342,"You can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ...",4 +69653,"The journey",2 +94587,"that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then",3 +101056,"you 're gonna like this movie",4 +189751,"Wimps",1 +222215,"Ah , what the hell .",2 +183272,"Damon/Bourne or his predicament",3 +226710,"This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again",1 +195002,"bullets while worrying about a contract on his life",2 +91380,"reinvigorated",3 +210763,"same problems",2 +208390,"on PBS",2 +75110,"baby",2 +70268,"This is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .",3 +186454,"Not really as bad as you might think ! ''",3 +60329,"with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",4 +116292,"built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters",2 +77082,"compensate",2 +62170,", rather chaotic",1 +75362,"beautiful movement and inside information",4 +79037,"enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",3 +8461,"like its parade of predecessors",1 +183607,"Earnest and",2 +68430,"Rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , Jiang Wen 's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut .",4 +44766,"Bourne Identity ''",2 +129468,"on the subcontinent",2 +39313,"to tell a simple story , perhaps the simplest story of all , in a way that seems compelling and even original",3 +22851,"within the family circle",2 +224074,"Intelligent and moving .",4 +37447,"such a way",2 +101125,"you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer",3 +72396,"a simple message",3 +116050,"blended",2 +201493,"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and",1 +164354,"just unthinkable",1 +101996,"'s with the unexplained baboon cameo",1 +175250,"they were a staple of exploitation theater programming",2 +228291,"about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",3 +108447,"Pool",2 +235723,"showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything",3 +80230,"for a winning , heartwarming yarn",3 +79535,"eye candy",2 +187093,"Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant make a great team , but",3 +31743,"for an unknowable past",2 +197614,"dumb story",1 +154013,"arrested",1 +215384,"the point of suffocation",1 +131239,"rehashes",1 +133460,"study them",2 +47873,"a class",2 +121568,"halftime is only fifteen minutes long",2 +173568,"the book trying to make the outrage",2 +11842,"the rowdy participants",2 +70728,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still ,",2 +62137,", or inventive ,",2 +172936,"that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",1 +204349,"its true colors come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes .",2 +170003,"represents Bartleby 's main overall flaw",2 +153575,"and literally",2 +123134,"in the dullest kiddie flicks",1 +195647,"cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences ,",0 +148540,"Shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith",2 +108459,"Possibly not since Grumpy Old Men have I heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another .",2 +49568,"beause",2 +69854,"The quirky and recessive charms of co-stars Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker",3 +56224,"prove recommendation",3 +224746,"Maybe I found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",1 +219660,"with a gobbler like this",2 +145665,"Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998",2 +53124,"inspires",4 +37664,"tempo",2 +69588,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but",1 +151345,"a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0 +43221,"'s been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost .",2 +11760,"the problem",1 +148691,"Socrates motions for hemlock",2 +182221,"Alfred Hitchcock 's imaginative flight",3 +154943,"been a neat little story about believing in yourself",3 +233416,"like Woo 's a P.O.W.",2 +204120,"its artistic merits",2 +196213,"conventional as a Nike ad",1 +153735,"apart from raising the topic ,",2 +60220,"will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker",3 +57810,"that is not easily forgotten",2 +152636,"a truck , preferably",2 +168942,"plays like Solaris , but with guns and jokes .",3 +76436,"capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries",3 +208870,"outdated swagger",1 +43334,"'s still damn funny stuff",3 +217065,"to go get",2 +4340,"about a rag-tag bunch of would-be characters",1 +200224,"great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers",1 +23545,", by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",3 +148345,"Ruh-roh ! Romething",2 +134743,"the North or South Vietnamese",2 +70477,"Triumph of Love",2 +33263,"is a showcase for Sandler 's many talents .",4 +186872,"Reigen",2 +5131,"between bizarre comedy and pallid horror",2 +25900,"Khouri then gets terrific performances from them all .",3 +196514,"culture clash",2 +17604,"the new title",2 +2247,"settled comfortably",3 +8009,"its characters to go over the edge",2 +41099,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie ,",3 +144911,"Do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list -",1 +93897,"suppression",2 +184237,"Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment",1 +156584,"comic-strip characters",1 +63626,"About as big a crowdpleaser as",2 +180653,", half-naked women",2 +196225,"convinced of its own brilliance",1 +146969,"Just one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit . Or some damn thing",1 +114276,"and red van",2 +159744,"from taking its message seriously",2 +71401,"a classic genre",3 +123639,"introspective and",3 +99616,"was going to be released in IMAX format",2 +139634,"whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful",2 +80696,"frothy",2 +155100,"believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",2 +221081,"( T ) he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .",1 +141458,"'s not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",1 +27389,"a brand new name",2 +171176,"situations that are n't funny",1 +40401,"yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",3 +130420,"poorly written",1 +153267,"an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment",2 +132254,"she 's ever done",2 +140363,"women since Valley of the Dolls",2 +112320,"a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor",3 +103790,"A pointed , often tender , examination",3 +78997,"engaging criminal",3 +128951,"of that day",2 +33477,"is serviceable",3 +69441,"The climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",2 +151472,"a choppy , surface-effect feeling",1 +19662,"acceptance and growth",3 +223927,"If the ' 70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy .",2 +163198,"is often preachy and",0 +35890,"packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",4 +232907,"it 's ) worth recommending",3 +232945,"it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 +114829,"as a prissy teenage girl",1 +145010,"Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director",3 +203513,"is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime .",0 +54586,"making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories",2 +179612,"'s already a joke in the United States",1 +128056,"nobody in the viewing audience cares",1 +182030,"A sugar-coated Rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone",1 +31520,"fast-moving and remarkable film",4 +221742,"-- but never less than pure wankery .",1 +73583,"ambitious to be fully successful",3 +87721,"natural-seeming",2 +140867,"your regrets",2 +202404,"into an inhalant blackout",1 +233230,"just slopped ` em together here",1 +198223,"everything except someone",2 +133683,"surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches",3 +49637,"beguiling freshness",3 +235917,"somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks .",4 +112586,"a really cool bit",3 +26762,"The band 's courage",3 +62580,"... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .",4 +32785,"impressive if flawed effort that",2 +47136,"The leaping story line",2 +18479,", then Mostly Martha",2 +224393,"It sucked .",0 +15722,"extremely effective",4 +115791,"begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .",4 +216983,"to dreaming up romantic comedies",2 +65702,"Funny , sexy ,",3 +9012,"nature",2 +135473,"the grasp",2 +38046,"the boundaries",2 +232774,"is that it 's actually watchable",3 +178279,"whose contents get",2 +156940,"cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",0 +30142,"chess game",2 +228398,"after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand",2 +148940,"Sunshine State surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . But the cinematography is cloudy",2 +116109,"bordering on confessional",1 +63296,"A quiet , disquieting triumph",3 +19224,"Rockwell",2 +51220,"enjoy a fast-paced comedy",3 +137693,"to keep on watching",2 +228548,"an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",1 +75736,"bleakness",2 +150477,"Too slow , too long and too little happens .",1 +142234,", in the end .",2 +61639,", Interview with the Assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity .",3 +227621,"`` The Mothman Prophecies '' is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .",2 +202625,"is a particularly vexing handicap .",2 +33965,"laced",2 +38737,"the type of movie it is ...",2 +104510,"As refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream .",3 +135824,"the movie possesses its own languorous charm .",3 +171570,"some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",3 +29062,"are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half",2 +3901,"a lie",2 +115396,"barely shocking , barely interesting and",2 +59375,"to the brim with ideas",3 +123953,"is being dubbed",2 +185364,"It tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did .",2 +86922,"may make you hate yourself for giving in . Ah , what the hell",2 +188229,"The filmmakers know how to please the eye",4 +124788,"it 's Forrest Gump ,",2 +189386,"Veers",2 +100332,"winning and wildly fascinating",3 +208930,"overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle . '",2 +177868,"well , mostly )",2 +143835,"Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock",2 +148021,"Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss Wilde 's still-contemporary play",1 +136766,"there was actually one correct interpretation",2 +163823,"it is banal .",1 +88726,"of life 's harshness",2 +151669,"a family of four",2 +34529,"modern fairytale",2 +150461,"Too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger , more complicated story , one that never materializes .",0 +208361,"old themes",2 +231476,"has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .",0 +143873,"Arnold 's jump",2 +215326,"the people in Love in the Time of Money",2 +188208,"The film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .",1 +153831,"are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them .",1 +7165,"his future",2 +34307,"make us laugh",4 +38175,"the expected hoops",2 +133355,"story opportunities",2 +196874,"detriment",1 +16591,"more thoughtful",2 +117865,"dark beauty",2 +66857,"Jacqueline Bisset",2 +152921,"actual tension",2 +138794,"unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror",3 +132400,"show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse",2 +123634,"introduce obstacles for him",2 +172538,"talent and wit",3 +231617,"he 's one bad dude",2 +206024,"meets Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober , filmed on the set of Carpenter 's The Thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of The Love Boat",1 +151517,"a comedy about relationships",2 +22462,"thriller nonsense",0 +67099,"LaBute masterfully balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . Something for everyone .",4 +174618,"the rare ones",2 +194210,"be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too",2 +4716,"anemic",1 +117106,"closing act",2 +236302,"than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",2 +69830,"The plot of the comeback curlers",2 +130470,"possesses all the good intentions in the world ,",3 +85536,"juiced with enough energy and excitement",3 +112463,"a passable family film",3 +148866,"Steven Spielberg would know how to do",2 +175351,"this clever idea is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",1 +106413,"I Spy",2 +85864,"leavened",2 +24286,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare teenagers into attending services .",4 +79726,"faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty",3 +227754,"a `` true story ''",3 +229803,"cheapening it",1 +77262,"conspiracy thriller JFK",2 +96693,"the silver screen , then this first film",3 +68426,"Rice 's second installment",2 +68804,"Sixth",2 +198444,"fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",1 +172224,"succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy",3 +79735,"featuring a fall",2 +45555,"I 've seen in a long time",2 +43494,", The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny .",4 +139899,"will come up with an original idea for a teen movie",2 +169437,"psycho killer",2 +210185,"realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and",0 +117280,"coming apart",2 +176307,"to play his self-deprecating act against Murphy 's well-honed prima donna",2 +130971,"raised to a new , self-deprecating level",3 +173982,"the first half-dozen episodes and probably",2 +128574,"of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",2 +173815,"the entertainment bull 's - eye",3 +14137,"In scope , ambition and accomplishment",3 +73678,"an anomaly",2 +128580,"of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation",2 +44008,"A compelling Spanish film about the withering effects",3 +225277,"Offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .",1 +183843,"Fairlane",2 +34360,"manipulate its audience",1 +221178,", Michael J. Wilson",2 +153786,"are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .",1 +216999,"to escape the country",2 +152565,"a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken",2 +119106,"engross",3 +35549,"of warmth and humor",4 +4277,"a victim",2 +49295,"as it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",3 +135615,"the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change",2 +109939,"The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .",3 +162055,"in their movie",2 +63332,"A riveting story well told .",4 +55227,"of Leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons",3 +155833,"ca n't act a lick",1 +28278,"amid",2 +159548,"forced and",1 +90741,"promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and",3 +158949,"feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner",1 +15620,"easy target",1 +209804,"promises a new kind of high but",2 +133919,"technically proficient and without the pop-up comments",3 +135734,"the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",3 +147643,"Nervous breakdowns are not entertaining .",1 +228224,"a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",4 +132502,"simplify",2 +46438,"Open-minded kids -- kids who read , kids who dream -- will be comforted by the way it deals with big issues like death and destiny .",2 +185581,"Kathie Lee Gifford",2 +179617,"'s also far from being a realized work",1 +162877,"is exhausting",0 +71974,"a mere disease-of -",1 +43989,"A captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller .",3 +12754,"veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 +27736,"a plot that rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",4 +178786,"work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . Immediately",3 +68654,"Scratch for the music",2 +98875,"uh ,",2 +1409,"is that it truly is romance",3 +80800,"funny .",3 +234222,"nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",1 +11199,"the bad",1 +107294,"Kidman has become one of our best actors",4 +66453,"Israel",2 +200957,"he took to drink",2 +160626,"has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",1 +54760,"miss Interview with the Assassin",2 +183339,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake",3 +97622,"though no",2 +196384,"crass and insulting",1 +203561,"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",2 +183039,"Certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire .",0 +185538,"Just about all of the film",2 +37440,"successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",3 +78882,"emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .",4 +41166,"Reggio 's images and",2 +144007,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly",0 +67348,"Maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements .",2 +74468,"are you wo n't ,",2 +197032,"director Neil Marshall 's intense freight",2 +20239,"character studies",2 +155746,"by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",1 +161242,"his cultivated allergy",2 +131343,"remotely triumphant about this motion picture",3 +192291,"almost as much as they love themselves",1 +44565,"Arnold and his buddy Gerald",2 +71446,"a complex , unpredictable character",2 +193152,"are on the loose ! Run for your lives",1 +112851,"a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point",3 +23458,", at least",2 +20741,"has truly inhabited a character",3 +183557,"Dolman",2 +46594,"Ratcatcher",2 +152070,"a mix of smiles and tears",3 +185546,"Just dreadful . I do n't blame Eddie Murphy but should n't",0 +199872,"gets bogged down over 140 minutes",1 +140597,"wretchedly unfunny wannabe",0 +170970,"should have hidden it from everyone",0 +219868,"within a mile of The Longest Yard",2 +209198,"performances and",2 +203105,"is mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous .",2 +63110,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic ,",3 +30454,"cover",2 +39515,"two leads",2 +104604,"Babak Payami 's",2 +126394,"lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile",1 +182484,"Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke -",0 +174168,"the kind of dramatic unity that transports you",3 +198551,"far more interesting to the Soderbergh faithful",2 +122859,"in Mr . Spielberg",2 +34045,"liberated from the constraints of formula",4 +42974,"watching them",2 +61365,"'s work as well as a remarkably faithful one",3 +189734,"Will anyone",2 +7300,"idiots",0 +14887,"about troubled teens since 1998 's Whatever",2 +218101,"under her skin",2 +80858,"gang lore",2 +228062,"a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",1 +210929,"screen The Master of Disguise 24/7",2 +211817,"slow , predictable and",1 +130727,"protective",2 +5904,"derivative and",2 +168393,"other Seagal movie",2 +211681,"sinks into by-the-numbers territory .",1 +21554,"of the Silberstein family",2 +94495,"that 's there to scare while we delight in the images",3 +15695,"everything else",2 +190420,"a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history",1 +11009,"tepid",1 +166145,"more boring or embarrassing",1 +238818,"winces , clutches his chest",2 +33591,"it 's directed by ... Neil LaBute . Hmm .",2 +98176,"to live waydowntown",2 +168312,"only the story",2 +141902,"( who never gets to play that flute )",3 +216427,"this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",3 +34105,"like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation .",1 +182232,"All mood and no movie .",1 +14892,"absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft",3 +203653,"is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences",0 +18901,"Good Girl",2 +121671,"has a rather unique approach to documentary .",3 +91251,"realm",2 +192047,"after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank",1 +44836,"Caesar",2 +201964,"in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10",1 +202396,"into a sales tool",2 +209506,"ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , Monsoon",1 +5065,"beanie",2 +148495,"Serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in America in 2002 . But",2 +69164,"Tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun .",3 +230741,"faulted",2 +38395,"the majesty of Tolkien 's writing",3 +215139,"the movie in a superficial way , while never sure",1 +94083,"tackling",2 +233469,"lingual",2 +88599,"of genuine excitement",4 +206739,"muster just",2 +159805,"full of them",2 +176885,"trivialize",2 +36751,"seem fun",3 +119603,"extravagant chance",2 +78870,"embraces life in public",3 +6891,"grounded",3 +64974,"Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .",4 +48814,"almost completely deadpan",1 +191360,"a snore and utter tripe",0 +152396,"a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",1 +55245,"of Unfaithful",1 +194984,"brought something fresher to the proceedings",3 +170344,"sandal adventure",2 +168366,"organize it",2 +182015,"A sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .",1 +192994,"appears not to have been edited at all",0 +46535,"Polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions",3 +206661,"much crypt",2 +91550,"respect and",2 +192659,"an unqualified recommendation",2 +90094,"partner and",2 +66310,"If you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .",3 +195298,"calculated events",2 +188132,"The film 's final hour",3 +139310,"watch the target practice",2 +8613,"make a movie",2 +53596,"is quite beautiful",4 +79015,"engrossing film",3 +208149,"of the three",2 +129742,"other than fling gags at it",0 +100415,"with a moral",3 +57400,"strategic objective",2 +153945,"are sophomoric",2 +100934,"would make lesser men run for cover",2 +10938,"take the grandkids or the grandparents",3 +202074,"in this bitter Italian comedy",2 +40646,"A deceivingly simple film ,",3 +15226,"because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",3 +52613,"himself ,",2 +29751,"bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",4 +83561,"into some powerful emotions",2 +35452,"of the female orgasm",2 +77368,"convincingly paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here .",3 +136340,"the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers",1 +140205,"with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",0 +184880,"In a strange way , Egoyan has done too much .",2 +45926,"Kafka",3 +150814,"What John does is heroic ,",3 +195245,"by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",1 +72885,"ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",2 +12362,"to fuse the two ` woods '",2 +49941,"by a talented director",3 +148949,"Sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre .",1 +178237,"who love movies that blare with pop songs",2 +17621,"the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",2 +118469,"do the genial-rogue shtick to death",1 +27580,"a head",2 +79056,"enjoying the big-screen experience",4 +130815,"puppet Pinocchio",2 +238605,"what it promises : A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",2 +186754,"Praise of Love",2 +171541,"sole bright spot",3 +60728,"'m not generally",2 +162892,"is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend",1 +203686,"is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil .",0 +86158,"little guys vs",2 +174826,"the story lacks all trace of wit",1 +2495,"that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",3 +238589,"what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure",0 +155311,"blooper reel",3 +78775,"effects ,",2 +33904,"just as frightening and disturbing",2 +98271,"to risk American scorn",1 +192098,"aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives ,",2 +5084,"becoming irritating",1 +52648,"his most vital work since GoodFellas",4 +131535,"richer than anticipated",2 +93118,"some pretentious eye-rolling moments",1 +90597,"precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",2 +7973,"it shine",3 +209617,"pre-teen crowd",2 +217673,"too too much",2 +146188,"If You Can is n't badly made",2 +106843,"It 's better than mid-range Steven Seagal , but not as sharp as Jet Li on rollerblades .",2 +145943,"I 'm almost recommending it , anyway",3 +82023,"headed east ,",2 +45812,"It is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be",3 +188205,"The film is way too full of itself : it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-Oscar kind of way",1 +52240,"grasp and",2 +67670,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .",4 +84253,"is good , except its timing",3 +120282,"fluttering and stammering",2 +204265,"its own fire-breathing entity in this picture",2 +96104,"the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",4 +2561,"the cockettes",1 +98434,"to visit",2 +36117,"pray",2 +194274,"become ,",2 +168122,"on the making of Wilco 's last album",2 +49133,"are anguished ,",2 +144352,"Callie Khouri .",2 +106301,"Home Movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .",2 +65950,"Hayao Miyazaki 's",2 +45936,"Kaufmann 's '' Quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results",3 +229496,"burnt-out",0 +144362,"Camp",2 +29591,"beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",2 +164865,"like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",1 +215268,"the order",2 +234515,"of the Academy",2 +99195,"urban study",2 +165402,"macho action conventions assert themselves",2 +9834,"prevents them",2 +97694,"through even when the movie does n't",1 +231154,"gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .",3 +8576,"ludicrous",0 +222995,"Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography",2 +157105,"dangerous entertainments",2 +80587,"from a frothy piece",2 +171786,"spent an hour setting a fancy table",2 +4524,"almost any horror film in recent memory",2 +123243,"in waiting to hear how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",3 +234723,"one more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story .",1 +119842,"featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",2 +21882,"rise",2 +61743,", and about his responsibility to the characters",2 +128777,"of love story",2 +92694,"since its poignancy hooks us completely",4 +80102,"flaws , but also",1 +135181,"the entire 100 minutes",2 +66569,"It 's incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated . Just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians",3 +46302,"Neil Burger 's",2 +76350,"can only encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",3 +6336,"experimental",2 +190055,"a 10-year delay",2 +11785,"the queen 's",2 +226440,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ... but",3 +16095,"imagery and hypnotic music",2 +226734,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear",1 +65263,"Egoyan 's work",2 +73346,"aid",2 +189883,"Written , flatly , by David Kendall",1 +132017,"seems tailor",2 +116425,"by its lavish grandeur",3 +223078,"Debate it .",2 +13859,"Andrew",2 +174933,"the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over",0 +104249,"An almost unbearably morbid",0 +68219,"Play-Doh",2 +34987,"not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",2 +216485,"this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale",2 +163194,"is of Brian De Palma 's addiction",2 +147011,"Kevin Spacey",2 +101262,"your skin and ,",2 +188832,"There 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to",2 +132206,"several movies have",2 +195936,"comedy ' scenes",2 +199415,"forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",1 +65751,"George Ratliff 's documentary",2 +46227,"Morvern 's",2 +78703,"each other so intensely , but with restraint",3 +53823,"it is a glorious failure .",1 +224200,"It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",2 +8750,"meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia",2 +203294,"is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",1 +116503,"ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .",2 +226252,"The film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation : the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency",0 +56754,"screenings",2 +127924,"new filmmaker",2 +163053,"is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness ,",2 +190721,"a half dozen young Turks",2 +117761,"crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy .",4 +188814,"There 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale .",1 +104169,"Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . And",0 +126654,"maker 's",2 +77918,"delightful mix of sulky teen drama and overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph",3 +80358,"for the fleeting joys of love 's brief moment",3 +156383,"clipped and abbreviated",2 +129791,"our making",2 +51651,"film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",4 +107836,"Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works ,",3 +217690,"topless tutorial service",2 +233669,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",3 +150721,"Watching Trouble",2 +5314,"brushed",2 +34073,"likably delinquent",2 +23148,"'s not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",3 +48834,"also nicely done",3 +183583,"Dreary tale of middle-class angst",1 +35723,"only be applauded",4 +232441,"is deja vu",2 +21329,"might not buy the ideas .",1 +168729,"pat for its own good .",2 +1842,"no such thing",2 +142624,", well , it 's also rarely coherent .",1 +102223,", Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers",2 +49186,"are raw and",2 +110565,"This wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy",0 +197091,"disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and",1 +53555,"is not what you see",2 +119320,"even as he tells a story as horrifying as any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism",2 +215511,"the rollicking dark humor",3 +1229,"how",2 +105599,"Eight Legged Freaks ? No big hairy deal .",2 +156593,"coming true ' bad",2 +73890,"an intriguing species of artifice",3 +8942,"murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous .",0 +26725,"The Good Girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery ...",4 +112103,"a heck",2 +203807,"it 's talking and",2 +202353,"interior lives",2 +219333,"who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",1 +45806,"It is about irrational , unexplainable life",2 +165675,"many pointless",1 +54145,"larger moralistic",2 +206996,"no Steve Martin",1 +142989,"A TV style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ) .",1 +172752,"than half-a-dozen horror films",2 +198830,"figuring it out would n't make Trouble Every Day any better .",1 +30911,"does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question",2 +66343,"In XXX , Diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .",4 +185585,"Kaufman and Gondry",2 +13035,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth",3 +235954,"sparking debate and encouraging thought",3 +211821,"slow-motion",2 +226523,"The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .",3 +71273,"a bad way",1 +75678,"big kid",2 +67250,"Like a child with an important message to tell ... ( Skins ' ) faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty . '",2 +79430,"executed",2 +42250,"its two predecessors ,",2 +74489,"arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact",3 +8742,"mechanics",2 +171268,"slickness and sophistication",3 +31146,"enough to see it",3 +163488,"is the sort of movie that discourages American audiences from ever wanting to see another foreign film",0 +227698,"`` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes",2 +93489,"steals the show",3 +176511,"to the sum of its parts",2 +238889,"with its company",2 +204195,"its filmmakers",2 +215276,"the original film virtually scene for scene and yet",2 +50168,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic Adams ' attempts",2 +203923,"it is a rather poor imitation",1 +222792,"But once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert .",3 +136411,"the ticket you need",3 +81912,"have put together a bold biographical fantasia",3 +43329,"'s started",2 +75961,"bringing you",2 +145317,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in - Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",0 +239084,"you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie",3 +140079,"with a single stroke",2 +67636,"Most consumers of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it",2 +44699,"Bergman",2 +217192,"to make his debut as a film director",2 +114404,"any in the heart-breakingly extensive annals of white-on-black racism",2 +195869,"cold-hearted curmudgeon",1 +18243,"'' What Time Is It There ? ''",2 +117536,"cor-blimey-luv-a-duck",2 +57802,"that in the nicest possible way",3 +234335,"of `` Panic Room",2 +165084,"little gravity",2 +43577,", fleeting brew",2 +102379,", and at times uncommonly moving",4 +79410,"excels",3 +17282,"song history",2 +190671,"a good woman",2 +179691,"'s deep-sixed by a compulsion",2 +56211,"production values",2 +148790,"Sparks",2 +238593,"what is ...",2 +4034,"a person",2 +183871,"Far more enjoyable than its predecessor .",4 +200464,"has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break",1 +221138,", Freundlich has made just another safe movie .",2 +101913,"'s something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .",3 +17583,"the maddening and magnetic ebb and flow of friendship",3 +157490,"director ) O'Fallon",2 +20243,"charisma and menace",3 +45328,"From the opening strains of the Average White Band 's '' Pick up the Pieces ''",2 +36309,"quite sure what the point is",1 +76061,"business and pleasure",3 +20575,"for acceptance",2 +136249,"the shame of losing a job",2 +123434,"inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience",0 +79045,"enjoyable in its own right",3 +229499,"but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",3 +202667,"is a total misfire .",0 +141429,"'s much too big for its britches",1 +138874,"uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree",3 +175047,"the worse",2 +82187,"hilarious and",4 +36929,"should n't hurt",2 +76004,"brush up against the humanity of a psycho",2 +234444,"of its lead character",2 +184422,"Highly uneven and",1 +105591,"Eastern world politics",2 +193392,"as adults",2 +211995,"so predominantly charitable it can only be seen as propaganda",1 +175364,"this disposable tissue has one wild card",2 +147567,"Murder and mayhem of this sort",2 +111788,"a detective story and",2 +64332,"Bette",2 +197366,"does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .",0 +72519,"a starting point",2 +175752,"time frame right",3 +89558,"one black",2 +12978,"whatsoever",2 +224832,"Most of the supporting characters in Eastwood films",2 +237230,"the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and its off",2 +87033,"mental",2 +199439,"formulaic romantic quadrangle",2 +43612,", intelligent film",4 +102421,", brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .",3 +20957,"intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large",3 +224165,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs .",2 +24994,"Clara",2 +191568,"a treasure chest of material",3 +129020,"of the festival in Cannes",3 +82790,"in 1952 . That 's its first sign of trouble",2 +229236,"beat and supercharged cartoon warfare .",3 +29657,"bold and subversive",3 +199256,"for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull",1 +138270,"translate well to film",3 +43884,"10-year-old Henry Thomas",2 +108657,"Robert J . Siegel",2 +214536,"the experience of being forty , female and single",2 +22476,"to The Others",2 +229830,"clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies .",2 +2940,"to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini",2 +234787,"original and , instead , rehash old jokes",1 +181941,"A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .",1 +221824,"... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned . ''",1 +105754,"Exposing the ways we fool ourselves is One Hour Photo 's real strength .",2 +41561,"appropriated turfs",2 +60002,"weirdly beautiful",3 +221186,", Mr. Koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",3 +226794,"Touché",2 +70647,"Vividly demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .",4 +7052,"having",2 +157124,"daydreams",2 +33850,"its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",3 +17957,"very different",2 +66754,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case .",3 +109380,"That Jack Nicholson",2 +86620,"makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured",4 +3379,"'s the russian word for wow !",3 +146558,"It 's not original",1 +75442,"bedfellows",2 +13389,"your pay per view dollar",2 +225816,"Sleek and arty .",3 +119734,"family drama and black comedy",2 +106539,"I wo n't be sitting through this one again",1 +70997,"With exquisite craftsmanship",4 +122744,"if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade",1 +218505,"very talented but underutilized",1 +41379,"Westfeldt and",2 +220566,"'ll buy the Criterion DVD .",2 +209499,"pomposity and pretentiousness",0 +13303,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability",0 +28150,"affecting and uniquely Almodóvar",3 +59946,"was funny",3 +82996,"in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",2 +148908,"Suffers from all the excesses",1 +165471,"magically",2 +142458,", tasteless",1 +113698,"allow for plenty of nudity",2 +167592,"of margaritas",2 +74242,"applies more detail to the film 's music",2 +48225,"a mysterious creature with psychic abilities",2 +193613,"as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie",1 +193304,"artsy fantasy sequences --",3 +201564,"if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor",1 +80183,"food movies",2 +134488,"that never quite delivers the original magic",2 +22940,"' department",2 +20292,"considering his background",2 +16397,"its shocking start",3 +19242,"Seldahl",2 +117839,"damning and damned compelling .",4 +182063,"A timid , soggy near miss",1 +223274,"Even these tales",2 +118916,"effort and intelligence",2 +234848,"owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal",2 +202387,"into a future they wo n't much care about",1 +218526,"video-viewing",2 +22075,"strike",2 +127491,"most savagely hilarious",3 +232587,"is n't much fun .",1 +88857,"of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative",3 +32768,"imagined",2 +222017,"A gripping drama .",4 +60137,"whimsical and relevant today",3 +151698,"a few cute ideas",3 +226608,"They ' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned .",3 +161541,"hyper",2 +68736,"She boxes these women 's souls right open for us .",3 +4063,"a ragbag",1 +120638,"fresh .",3 +61984,", irrevocable choices",2 +235036,"precisely layered performance",4 +222278,"Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin --",2 +117909,"deal funnier",3 +212564,"stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology",2 +238301,"utilizes",2 +144798,"Despite bearing the Paramount imprint",2 +202657,"is a success in some sense",3 +183203,"Control-Alt-Delete Simone as quickly as possible",0 +70838,"Whatever complaints I might have",1 +183778,"Every visual joke is milked",1 +212131,"some of it",2 +186995,"Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .",1 +226243,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",3 +157718,"does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain .",2 +23687,", in the course of reviewing art-house obscurities and slam-bam action flicks , a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",3 +188080,"The drama discloses almost nothing .",1 +142584,", this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper .",2 +166541,"mystery scenario",2 +95963,"the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing",4 +48070,"a good charitable enterprise",3 +143606,"All in all , there 's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone .",1 +198427,"face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself",2 +100681,"with this unlikely odyssey",2 +85448,"its unflinching",2 +104030,"A wry , affectionate delight",3 +35489,"of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",3 +18489,", though somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady .",1 +194931,"breaking codes and",2 +97123,"their labor , living harmoniously ,",2 +230114,"deep to sink this low",0 +41293,"The story may not be new ,",2 +31545,"feature debut",2 +225686,"Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Philadelphia Story",2 +85337,"its own aloof , unreachable way",2 +134124,"than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe",3 +61939,", heady jumble",2 +61500,"( Watts )",2 +53463,"is extraordinarily good",4 +26985,"This is a terrific character study , a probe into the life of a complex man .",4 +179463,"'re over 25 , have an IQ over 90 ,",1 +220109,"would only be to flatter it .",2 +183224,"Cranky .",2 +75631,"between art and commerce",2 +197764,"emerge with any degree of accessibility",2 +216428,"this may be to believe",2 +9118,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it .",3 +89188,"of vision",2 +151690,"a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone",2 +147627,"Needed",2 +115885,"best comedy concert movie",4 +65042,"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry",4 +79146,"entree",2 +190488,"a dud --",0 +187792,"The Ghost and Mr . Chicken",2 +198456,"fails to make adequate",2 +151043,"Woody Allen movie ever",2 +59000,"this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men",3 +42631,"shut out",1 +114008,"an entirely irony-free zone and Bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids",1 +50233,"college",3 +68018,"One of the very best movies",4 +67727,"Murderous Maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy ...",3 +40675,"A masterpiece four years in the making",3 +28147,"adventurous adults in specialty venues",3 +149162,"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull .",1 +221865,"11 , an antique ,",2 +149362,"The fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .",1 +33638,"it does n't give you time",1 +79010,"engrossing , characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller",2 +214732,"the glitz",2 +52497,"have read like a discarded House Beautiful spread",2 +79852,"fiery passion",4 +207278,"novelist Thulani Davis",2 +126144,"like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",1 +207836,"of kids ' television and plot threads",2 +69721,"The movie 's seams may show",1 +25546,"Highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved Cool as Ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .",3 +107685,"McKlusky",2 +222635,"Bland but",2 +154164,"as flat",2 +66140,"I do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",2 +230266,"disparate Manhattan denizens",2 +127705,"my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much",3 +16695,"obviously struck a responsive chord with many South Koreans",3 +216134,"there are no movies of Nijinsky , so",2 +2301,"skin",2 +71975,"a mere disease-of - the-week TV movie",0 +148991,"TV-style",1 +106059,"Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful ,",3 +221059,"( Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh .",3 +78915,"emotionally and spiritually compelling journey",3 +50752,"delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .",3 +203565,"is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD",1 +172139,"struts about",2 +12231,"those who are only mildly curious",2 +79982,"finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .",3 +227390,"` it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists .",3 +136606,"the world 's religions",2 +56776,"see it twice",4 +234702,"on the whole less",1 +73539,"although in reality they are not enough",2 +232507,"is it a romantic comedy .",2 +206797,"narrative expedience",2 +92126,"seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper ,",3 +7138,"highly",2 +174514,"the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .",0 +98909,"unbridled",2 +178089,"where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble , The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas ,",2 +163236,"is played with exasperating blandness by Laura Regan",1 +239059,"written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",2 +11222,"the casting of raymond j",2 +148052,"Pelosi",2 +131485,"retreat and pee against a tree . Can you bear the laughter ?",2 +143283,"A ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative , of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking",1 +48055,"a gentle film",3 +106546,"II experience",1 +153468,"an ounce of honesty",2 +200760,"have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again",1 +69355,"The Scorpion King more than ably",3 +197820,"emptiness and maddeningly",0 +42047,"has just enough",3 +197168,"do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are",1 +76583,"character piece",3 +96055,"the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped",4 +103542,"A dreadful day in Irish history is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .",3 +102107,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent .",3 +108808,"Schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression .",2 +161788,"in a midlevel sort of way",2 +133992,"terribly convincing",3 +122730,"if they were coming back from Stock Character camp",2 +214258,"the casting call for this movie went out",2 +105132,"Claus",2 +159787,"fudges facts",1 +44910,"Cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as I 'm the One That I Want ...",1 +72473,"a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .",2 +9198,"o'fallon",2 +68059,"Overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances",2 +166065,"mistaking the fact",2 +70190,"This enthralling documentary",4 +27186,"What 's surprising about Full Frontal",2 +231083,"funny , `` dead circus performer '' funny",3 +102552,", he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .",1 +41086,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character ,",4 +230779,"ferret",2 +140279,"with their charisma",3 +179442,"'re interested in Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid .",2 +204241,"its message and the choice of material",2 +155564,"built-in",2 +50630,"dark and jolting images",2 +81916,"have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film",4 +22396,"them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun",2 +135680,"the maker 's",2 +46153,"Mention '' Solaris ''",2 +60055,"what George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949",2 +128535,"of angst",2 +4874,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges",2 +63915,"An intelligent romantic thriller",3 +180900,", revolting",1 +92999,"so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",3 +141088,"'s a bad , embarrassing movie",0 +62188,", roughshod document",2 +68799,"Simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .",4 +196500,"cry for your money",2 +46293,"Myrtle",2 +37242,"splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the British court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors",2 +155337,"boatload",2 +134685,"the CleanFlicks version of ` Love Story , ' with Ali MacGraw 's profanities",2 +234929,"phenomenal fantasy best sellers",4 +103385,"A '' black Austin Powers ? '' I prefer to think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget . ''",2 +141857,"( but ) the script goes wrong at several key junctures .",1 +212861,"suck up to this project",2 +125185,"its brilliant touches",4 +110150,"The script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .",3 +85170,"it would have been with this premise",2 +88743,"of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief",2 +195028,"busts out",2 +96340,"the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem",2 +2559,"the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts",2 +13370,"you hate yourself for giving in .",2 +59442,"tomorrow",2 +149109,"The Irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted",1 +4395,"adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place ,",2 +72968,"about passion",3 +147695,"Nights feels more like a quickie TV special than a feature film",1 +32571,"his past two movies",2 +171879,"stale candy",2 +28886,"and unaffected",2 +189022,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and",0 +29630,"blessedly",3 +157493,"director Danny DeVito and",2 +128203,"numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",3 +228285,"about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex",3 +55899,"overmanipulative Hollywood practices",1 +134189,"that Chabrol spins",2 +76955,"comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle",3 +220960,"'s replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",2 +92167,"seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story",2 +8276,"k",2 +134013,"terrors",2 +201035,"her performance",2 +1587,"length",2 +213993,"the 37-minute Santa vs . the Snowman",2 +176754,"touching moments in Etoiles",2 +113252,"aburrido y",2 +29299,"at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",3 +189959,"/ 11 New York",2 +11358,"the farrelly bros . -- peter and bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy",2 +200845,"have n't seen 10",2 +36354,"reactions",3 +211683,"sit and stare",2 +173847,"the eye candy here lacks considerable brio .",1 +153100,"all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing .",0 +165012,"like this are the result .",2 +118560,"does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",1 +8578,"lynch",2 +12610,"two-lane",2 +96496,"the pseudo-educational stuff",1 +42770,"than I actually did",2 +180135,"( Denis ' ) bare-bones narrative more closely",2 +146426,"It 's a trifle .",2 +154322,"assesses",1 +71612,"a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks",3 +130749,"provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",4 +199535,"from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes",1 +1887,"of aurelie and christelle",2 +199274,"for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",2 +61695,", Sweet Home Alabama is diverting in the manner of Jeff Foxworthy 's stand-up act .",2 +84791,"is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .",3 +220494,"'' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat .",3 +215238,"the old saying",2 +140385,"wondering about the characters ' lives",2 +120429,"for it to hit cable",2 +234242,"occur and not `` if",2 +145267,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that are n't funny .",1 +73800,"an homage to Them , Tarantula and other low - budget B-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s",3 +178132,"whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release",2 +95188,"the best movies of the year",4 +147679,"Newton )",2 +1496,"its abrupt",2 +110837,"Uplifting ,",3 +135864,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast ,",1 +238513,"we get another scene , and then another .",2 +12126,"this fast-paced",3 +113363,"acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge",2 +130388,"pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license",3 +228178,"a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",4 +99936,"when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck",3 +13223,"wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",3 +220536,"'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",3 +61913,", full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick ,",3 +89970,"own children",2 +163470,"is the operative word for '' Bad Company",2 +206814,"natural instinct",2 +36976,"simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies",2 +99182,"ups",3 +15352,"by the film",2 +148594,"Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material .",2 +98675,"treasure and something",2 +182857,"Boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , Impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie .",1 +148334,"Romething",2 +65714,"Galinsky",2 +156814,"convicted violent felons over those assigned to protect us from same",1 +140805,"you sweat",3 +120485,"for staying clean",3 +16311,"it 's also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",1 +172539,"talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",3 +8317,"know or care",2 +91990,"science departments",2 +55803,"only because Bullock and Grant were made to share the silver screen .",3 +164912,"like a masterpiece",4 +7326,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler",1 +199694,"funny performers",3 +190183,"a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ?",2 +99763,"weird , wonderful",3 +187515,"Spring",2 +113883,"an action movie",2 +217226,"to not be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks",2 +63523,"A tone poem of transgression .",3 +37100,"soccer action",3 +228530,"an advance screening",2 +193536,"as nicely",2 +151378,"a bit more",2 +188272,"The histrionic muse",1 +76742,"cinematic touchstone",3 +152907,"actor phones",2 +82620,"if it does take 3 hours to get through",2 +51767,"for Musketeers",2 +238511,"we feel",2 +64463,"Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed",2 +111224,"Without resorting to camp or parody",3 +207755,"of graphic combat footage",2 +16000,"heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",3 +219098,"what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue",2 +16389,"its own grasp of the absurd",2 +139231,"was a guilty pleasure",3 +215450,"the psychology",2 +10592,"soliloquies",2 +181700,"A formula family tearjerker told with a heavy Irish brogue",2 +49365,"astringent wit",3 +229005,"as true",2 +5459,"cast , but never quite",2 +64785,"Confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong .",3 +217514,"to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",2 +145189,"Even with a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder , however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",1 +209251,"phone in his performance as fax",2 +11636,"the most opaque",2 +212234,"somewhat disappointing and meandering",1 +122312,"his first film ,",2 +85164,"it work",2 +157686,"do too many things in this story",1 +148694,"Soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence",2 +39032,"thought it could have been more",1 +194712,"blaxploitation flicks",2 +236503,"that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies",3 +54288,"little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",3 +200057,"goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly",0 +52533,"heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",3 +17346,"subplot keenly",2 +74952,"at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value",3 +130171,"permeates the whole of Stortelling , Todd Solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .",2 +63287,"A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian",2 +58971,"this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",1 +174453,"the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .",1 +68757,"Shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement ,",4 +60151,"who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage",1 +134581,"that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun",3 +204355,"its visual appeal or",2 +224545,"L. Jackson",2 +178771,"wooden boy",2 +52907,"in any language",2 +74837,"as you 'd hoped",2 +24647,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U . S . relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 .",4 +78698,"each film",2 +50191,"cities and refugee camps",2 +27167,"We need ( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks , we need his stones .",3 +163055,"is n't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted",1 +200445,"hard yank",2 +163435,"is that the faith of the Tonga people is in every way inferior to that of John",3 +175850,"to a notable degree",2 +175283,"think of for Swimfan 's existence",2 +185038,"It 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .",1 +189468,"Watching junk like this",0 +159778,"frowns",2 +149195,"The action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide",1 +123240,"in two",2 +236571,"that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence",3 +80892,"generous and subversive",3 +65145,"Dogtown and Z-Boys more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution . ''",3 +236507,"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience ,",1 +116953,"chills the characters",2 +152771,"about miserable Scandinavian settlers",2 +189951,"Zeus",2 +35769,"or even keep your eyes open",1 +78181,"director Denzel Washington",2 +84299,"is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats",4 +147354,"Martin Scorsese street-realist mode",2 +13006,"where the drumming and the marching are so excellent",4 +122756,"ignorant",0 +133598,"suffering a sense-of-humour failure",2 +92785,"slam-bang extravaganza",3 +216411,"this is n't",2 +101941,"'s sweet and fluffy",2 +49287,"as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief",2 +40962,"If it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode , but at this level of manic whimsy , it is just about right",4 +223300,"Exciting documentary",3 +113954,"an ancient librarian",1 +75436,"becomes compulsively watchable",4 +205273,"locale",2 +143656,"Alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but",2 +102643,", it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",3 +161156,"hide Treasure Planet",2 +140337,"witness the conflict from the Palestinian side",2 +151900,"a home movie",1 +235065,"pro or con --",2 +228150,"a sharper , cleaner camera lens",2 +154645,"be a directing license ,",2 +237181,"the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .",3 +210175,"realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire",1 +192904,"any list of favorites",2 +38634,"the situation to simple melodrama",2 +47265,"The story and structure are well-honed .",3 +203838,"it appears not to have been edited at all",1 +111348,"You do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both .",2 +156,"a dreary",1 +178255,"who wants to see a comedy about shoddy airport security",1 +53641,"is sufficiently funny",3 +92517,"shocking testament",2 +48179,"a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality",2 +48064,"a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above",2 +149870,"The story is familiar from its many predecessors :",2 +173725,"the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly",2 +156821,"convoluted melodrama",1 +12130,"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it",2 +48972,"an introduction to the man 's theories and",2 +90262,"photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces",3 +453,"artfully lighted",3 +175579,"this waste",1 +3235,"your",2 +124516,"is so contrived , nonsensical and formulaic",2 +120470,"for poetry",2 +225926,"Spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it",3 +44645,"Baker",2 +238655,"wherever it takes you",2 +193093,"are infants",1 +161637,"ill-conceived and expensive project",0 +30819,"director Sprecher",2 +78271,"dishonorable history",2 +92758,"sketchy but nevertheless",1 +3501,"3 ''",2 +114575,"are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit .",2 +154972,"been honored as best it can",3 +147781,"Not counting a few gross-out comedies I 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",0 +173964,"the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog",1 +161501,"however ambitious and well-intentioned ,",2 +56234,"provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",4 +23578,", despite its smarty-pants aura",2 +214151,"the assumption that its",2 +150693,"Walter Hill 's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity .",2 +39366,"to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",3 +238816,"wilt .",1 +45791,"It has the ability to offend and put off everyone",1 +12895,"we just",2 +33969,"lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart",3 +214114,"the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",1 +89991,"ownership and redefinition",2 +182061,"A timid",2 +51459,"exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .",3 +19511,"a great meet-cute gimmick",3 +3388,"( caine )",2 +189245,"Too much power , not enough puff",1 +978,"films",2 +139287,"watch , giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",4 +124051,"is flat",1 +76131,"by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about",0 +166985,"not smart and not engaging",0 +141430,"'s needed so badly but what is virtually absent",1 +156117,"central story",2 +141753,"( Besson 's )",2 +117177,"come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop",2 +134972,"the central flaw",1 +75709,"biting off such a big job",2 +202502,"is , alas , no Woody Allen .",1 +69520,"The film 's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original ,",2 +215223,"the obstacle course",2 +115904,"better after Foster",3 +224610,"Light , silly",3 +203581,"is this bad on purpose is never clear .",1 +91630,"revenge , and romance",3 +148064,"Perry and",2 +211505,"should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",3 +201102,"highs and",2 +191376,"a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula",0 +90905,"pure , exciting moviemaking",4 +129388,"on cotton candy",3 +161033,"heart , depth and , most of all , purpose",4 +129262,"offer any insight",2 +54917,"movie adaptation",2 +224203,"It 's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one .",2 +236820,"the dollar theatres",2 +229160,"be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",1 +148843,"Starts as an intense political and psychological thriller",3 +205297,"long soliloquies",1 +31225,"eu estava feliz",2 +147804,"Not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop",0 +125076,"it promised it would be",3 +174001,"the frenzied comic moments never click",1 +231881,"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",1 +93135,"some things",2 +127909,"never thought I 'd say this",3 +225871,"Some motion pictures portray ultimate passion : others create ultimate thrills .",2 +51567,"fearlessness",3 +169839,"redeem it from hopeless sentimentality",1 +208399,"on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool '' Clockstoppers",1 +103061,"- and",2 +89200,"of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",4 +47054,"The film has a terrific look",4 +93641,"strong script",3 +214149,"the artistry of making a film",3 +128893,"of self-discovery",2 +32140,"good-deed\/bad-deed",2 +160975,"he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart",3 +97764,"time machine",2 +115083,"as well its delightful cast",3 +151594,"a deeply serious movie that cares passionately about its subject , but too often becomes ponderous in its teaching of history , or lost in the intricate connections and multiple timelines of its story",1 +225220,"Nothing wrong with performances here , but",2 +124439,"is owned by its costars , Spader",2 +66035,"Holm does his sly , intricate magic ,",3 +107699,"Meant to reduce Blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia .",2 +36891,"sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict",3 +178160,"which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",1 +13033,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught ,",2 +440,"are instantly recognizable",3 +82184,"hilarious !",3 +47419,"Though it 's not very well shot or composed or edited",1 +51063,"ear",2 +218415,"vapid and",1 +220965,"'s slow -- very , very slow .",1 +18637,"American Insomnia",2 +219963,"work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer",3 +166661,"nerdy",2 +45677,"Insurrection",2 +132337,"should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",3 +114495,"appealing veneer",3 +193193,"are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,",0 +218491,"very shapable but",2 +12020,"the way the roundelay of partners functions ,",2 +234138,"no new `` A Christmas Carol ''",2 +150439,"Too lazy",1 +55656,"of wit and dignity",3 +237318,"the wan , thinly sketched story",1 +23766,", making his American feature debut ,",2 +125948,"library dust",2 +102964,", this will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then .",2 +40488,"young men",2 +93846,"suitably elegant",3 +50921,"do it",2 +137218,"through the looking glass and into zombie-land '",2 +74042,"and not constant bloodshed",2 +48054,"a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of Jean Reno .",3 +100969,"wrinkles",2 +201972,"in stereotypes that gives the ( teen comedy )",2 +43061,"' Jia",2 +63732,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ... '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding '' comes from the heart",3 +165705,"match his subject",2 +216583,"thousand-times -",2 +12138,"this gentle",2 +52155,"glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light",2 +44256,"A smart , witty follow-up",3 +113617,"all plasma conduits",2 +162291,"integral part",3 +98534,"top floor",2 +149851,"The story ... is moldy and obvious .",0 +160439,"had actually done",2 +26187,"Nickleby thing",2 +118396,"distort",2 +195974,"comes into sharp focus",3 +151591,"a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible",2 +214770,"the heavy subject matter",2 +157201,"deep to uncover it",2 +169216,"present in the movie",2 +18623,"All but",2 +131029,"rather unique",3 +153111,"all the charm",3 +148605,"Since Lee is a sentimentalist",2 +72499,"a spy thriller",2 +97098,"their characters do in the film .",3 +198403,"extravagant pictures",2 +149301,"The director knows how to apply textural gloss",2 +231747,"his story flattens instead of sharpens .",0 +80483,"formulas",2 +33621,"it an honest , lived-in glow",3 +73744,"an endless trailer",1 +220139,"writer David Koepp",2 +205537,"luridly graphic and",1 +226783,"Tom Green as Han Solo ?",1 +4952,"attempted",2 +80876,"geeked",2 +85087,"it made him feel powerful",2 +37218,"spell-casting beauty",3 +73329,"aging , suffering and the prospect of death",1 +25004,"Club",2 +21230,"liked",3 +42681,"stands forth",2 +144366,"Capra and",2 +237662,"time to let your hair down",3 +47519,"Using a stock plot , About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .",3 +227548,"`` O Bruin",2 +29612,"bits of in other films",2 +191174,"a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors",1 +236759,"the buoyant energy level",3 +125041,"it just seems like it does . My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it .",0 +166728,"next ?",2 +52311,"gut-buster",3 +45732,"It 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .",4 +26498,"Russian Ark is mesmerizing .",4 +219972,"work more than it probably should",1 +116203,"bright young men",2 +121031,"gestures",2 +5709,"conservative christian parents",2 +59980,"we have n't seen on the big screen before ,",3 +128687,"of hands-on storytelling",2 +96890,"the titular character 's",2 +95783,"the funniest jokes",4 +123162,"in the middle , the film compels ,",3 +26192,"Nijinsky",3 +200372,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it",0 +129666,"oo",2 +235356,"rest any",2 +9030,"neil burger 's impressive",3 +213320,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and",0 +172772,"than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",1 +71998,"a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides",3 +124436,"is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director",1 +103570,"A fifty car pileup of cliches .",0 +201142,"his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery",3 +110505,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it .",4 +173296,"that you almost forget the sheer",2 +156585,"comic\/thriller",2 +229002,"as tiresome as 9",1 +228933,"as bad as you might think",1 +215916,"the worst comedy",0 +74996,"at the sick character with a sane eye",2 +110576,"Thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .",1 +237532,"this is f \*\*\* ed",0 +151644,"a dozen films",2 +65257,"Eerily accurate depiction of depression .",1 +125571,"keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny Phonce and his several silly subplots .",1 +199895,"gets the impression the creators of Do n't Ask Do n't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes .",1 +72963,"about nothing",1 +85104,"it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .",4 +6610,"for that sort of thing",2 +121041,"get at something",3 +82577,"hypermasculine",1 +210355,"relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .",1 +162297,"intellectually and",2 +45255,"Films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . Seen in that light ,",3 +227839,"a confusing drudgery .",0 +977,"filmmaking",2 +99458,"visual delight",4 +95178,"the best actor",4 +137357,"to accomplish what few sequels can",3 +32128,"good director",4 +119700,"falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .",1 +84225,"is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter",4 +129243,"off the rare trick of recreating",3 +140104,"with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications",2 +121938,"have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",2 +67336,"Lynch-like vision",2 +120535,"for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore",1 +4552,"amari 's",2 +53604,"is sacred in this gut-buster .",3 +2383,"spring break",2 +163721,"it aims so low",1 +70087,"There 's not much to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but",2 +79496,"express their quirky inner selves",2 +194823,"bore-athon .",0 +176427,"to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good",3 +115043,"as the great equalizer",2 +236813,"the director ca n't do",1 +14275,"Merely as a technical , logistical feat",3 +130568,"presents himself as the boy puppet Pinocchio",3 +174704,"the sanctimony",2 +38659,"the spectacle",3 +93065,"some cute moments",3 +16347,"it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",3 +192125,"alert ,",2 +137019,"this one too",2 +72233,"a realistic , non-exploitive approach",3 +65106,"Directors",2 +51338,"even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation",3 +54028,"journalistic work",2 +214123,"the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .",0 +87292,"more of : spirit , perception , conviction",3 +8775,"merry and , yes , melancholy",2 +62530,". Scott Baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",4 +161619,"if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",1 +82508,"how truth-telling",2 +45908,"Jones ... makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1 . 8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart .",3 +28282,"among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately",2 +154209,"as lame horror flicks go",0 +15850,"frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",2 +204113,"its abrupt drop in IQ points as it races to the finish line proves simply too discouraging to let slide",0 +208412,"on a ticket",2 +70061,"Then",2 +219547,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely",1 +49639,"behind the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco",3 +211507,"should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson",2 +127174,"mixed up together",2 +53601,"is really all about performances",3 +176249,"to make a dream seem possible",2 +74569,"as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",3 +138290,"treacly films",2 +141414,"'s low-cal Woody at best .",1 +63816,"Amy and Matthew",2 +87789,"neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith",2 +214401,"the dead horse of surprise",1 +152936,"add anything fresh to the myth",2 +92378,"sex comedy",2 +119696,"falls apart like a cheap lawn chair",1 +89373,"on a shelf somewhere",2 +237701,"to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris",3 +232749,"is somehow making its way instead to theaters .",1 +191860,"accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .",3 +71312,"a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful",1 +208494,"on the engaging",3 +180208,"( Soderbergh ) tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .",1 +224874,"Mr. Chips",2 +233107,"it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .",3 +203962,"it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",1 +26733,"The Mothman Prophecies '' is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .",3 +27053,"Tim Story",2 +95500,"the dull",1 +54659,"may be enough to keep many moviegoers",2 +246,"a retread of material already thoroughly",1 +226992,"We started to wonder if ...",2 +107269,"Kahn",2 +173844,"the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not",2 +41237,"Testud and",2 +89756,"organizing",2 +189333,"Unambitious writing",1 +74679,"as expected .",2 +28193,"all down",3 +111800,"a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .",0 +57038,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors .",2 +3147,"who",2 +223592,"Has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original .",2 +172227,"succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God",3 +80466,"form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life",3 +87214,"moral compromise",2 +6269,"ethnic",3 +234539,"of the exit sign",2 +209780,"profound characterizations",4 +172836,"that 's much too big for its britches",1 +9819,"preteen",2 +77481,"covers this territory with wit and originality",4 +49347,"as you",2 +108097,"Oedekerk mugs mercilessly ,",2 +226965,"Watching E.T now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .",2 +136025,"the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over",1 +155302,"bloated gasbag thesis",1 +1129,"guilty",1 +7222,"horrors",1 +140943,"'' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause",2 +75040,"attractive throughout",4 +77884,"degraded things get",2 +72533,"a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeance they",2 +136633,"the yawning chasm",2 +177440,"very experienced",3 +91141,"raw comic energy",3 +226259,"The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .",3 +31058,"emerging from that most surprising of nations",3 +135160,"the end Sum of All Fears",2 +129727,"originality of plot",3 +215357,"the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series",2 +151881,"a heretofore unfathomable question : Is it possible for computer-generated characters",1 +131133,"receiving whatever consolation",2 +32216,"groups",2 +237168,"the proper cup",2 +141942,", Anne Rice rock",2 +218227,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept",0 +226097,"The Château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '",0 +90222,"persistence",2 +156424,"clumsy and rushed",1 +155647,"but the most committed Pokemon fan",2 +209530,"pop-influenced",2 +167585,"of linguistic fumbling",2 +101806,"'s not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera",0 +42675,"spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features --",2 +144879,"Director Uwe Boll and",2 +23090,"'s an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",3 +25774,"It dares to be a little different",3 +207708,"of entertainment and evangelical",2 +17860,"told by the people who were there",2 +66181,"I like this movie a lot .",4 +19876,"and refined it to a crystalline point",4 +189909,"Yo , it 's The Days Of Our Lives meets Electric Boogaloo .",2 +34245,"loves horses",3 +164652,"lead actress",2 +197181,"do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation",0 +197065,"discount",2 +83428,"instead of a grown man",2 +165637,"manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",1 +194955,"bring cohesion to Pamela 's emotional roller coaster life",2 +177118,"undercurrents",2 +98429,"to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams",3 +187395,"So verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland",1 +108413,"Plodding ,",1 +42496,"pulls it",2 +150520,"Truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .",1 +205785,"manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",2 +108762,"Satisfyingly scarifying , fresh",3 +49587,"because of the startling intimacy",2 +43269,"'s just brilliant in this .",4 +208249,"of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be",2 +7955,"it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme",2 +146953,"Just embarrassment",1 +122691,"if familiar",2 +110065,"The package in which this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped is disappointingly generic .",1 +23585,", diverting , conventional , well-acted tale",3 +55642,"of two rich women by their servants in 1933",2 +210936,"screenwriters Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini",2 +8236,"just do",3 +68283,"Provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust",4 +27826,"a sinner",1 +206625,"movie-of-the-week tearjerker",2 +14141,"In this incarnation its fizz is infectious",3 +130479,"post-war",2 +57753,"that both thrills the eye and",3 +170947,"should be sincere",2 +5246,"both traditional",3 +156970,"creates an interesting dynamic",3 +231318,"grounded in the reality of its characters",2 +84498,"is now outselling the electric guitar",2 +106799,"It 's Tommy 's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her ,",2 +205149,"limp Eddie Murphy",1 +64876,"Crimen",2 +184487,"Hopkins '",2 +182295,"American Beauty reeks",0 +34018,"leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .",3 +5442,"care",3 +237826,"to give than to receive",2 +84802,"is up to you",2 +145747,"Has the feel of an unedited personal journal",2 +42833,"the maddening and magnetic ebb and",2 +34543,"monsters barbecue",2 +174244,"the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction",0 +208628,"one of those ` alternate reality '",1 +238254,"until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",2 +55596,"of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",3 +123738,"is a fascinating film",4 +133903,"tawdry B-movie scum",1 +222075,"A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",3 +39028,"though perhaps",2 +202799,"is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon",3 +26589,"Sits uneasily as a horror picture ... but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .",3 +124709,"is this films reason for being .",3 +283,"a thought-provoking",3 +5343,"butt",2 +53500,"is infectious .",3 +65207,"Dumas classic",2 +157818,"does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",2 +212142,"some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls",3 +108123,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration",3 +4933,"at home",2 +94610,"that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk",4 +144375,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of Fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .",1 +162948,"is it hokey",1 +80070,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous",4 +133827,"take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",3 +86463,"made in more than a decade .",2 +185337,"It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but",1 +142631,", what 's with all the shooting",2 +144844,"Die Another Day suggests that the Bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through",1 +162353,"interrupted by Elizabeth Hurley in a bathing suit",2 +58463,"the luster",2 +201439,"humdrum life",2 +18831,"Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart",3 +80744,"fully engaged",2 +227202,"Without ( De Niro ) , City By The Sea would slip under the waves .",1 +78270,"dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy .",4 +31856,"fresh faces",2 +59163,"to a mainstream American audience",2 +92120,"seeing something purer",2 +35155,"of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession",2 +59790,"used to make movies , but",2 +62657,"18 or",2 +203846,"it becomes long and tedious like a classroom",0 +147774,"Not an objectionable or dull film : it merely lacks everything except good intentions",2 +43151,"'s a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics",2 +119450,"examines general issues of race and justice among the poor",2 +129216,"of watching this 65-minute trifle",2 +77357,"convince us of that all on their own",3 +214691,"the fly",2 +233620,"make `` The Good Girl '' a film worth watching .",4 +220880,"'s mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( Woo 's ) best work",0 +149404,"The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles",3 +97329,"think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet",1 +163610,"it 's a pretty mediocre family film .",1 +128513,"of all things Pokemon",2 +217003,"to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",1 +11189,"the arrogant",1 +129349,"older cad",2 +215112,"the movie 's wildly careening tone and",2 +91314,"record with their mini DV",2 +121393,"grasping actors ' workshop that it is",1 +56395,"raunchy college humor",2 +143996,"Baca-Asay",2 +185179,"It 's not too fast and not too slow . It 's not too racy and it 's not too offensive .",3 +65094,"Director Peter Kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '",3 +107521,"Lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",3 +230460,"during the film 's final ( restored ) third",2 +69444,"The combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives Italian for Beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic .",2 +167561,"of its own world",3 +207782,"of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",3 +209773,"product 's",2 +166160,"more conscientious",2 +52493,"have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration",1 +190822,"a limpid and conventional historical fiction",2 +225763,"Short and",2 +220237,"you 're into that",2 +5392,"by-the-numbers",2 +37461,"sugar-coating or interludes",2 +97094,"their cabins",2 +238753,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting .",1 +230174,"despite many talky , slow scenes",2 +24626,"An excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind .",4 +106440,"I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",1 +203021,"is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way",1 +65958,"He 's the con , and you 're just the mark",2 +228630,"and Mr. Fraser",2 +30014,"candid and often fascinating documentary",4 +30661,"delicate",3 +99097,"unpredictable character pieces",2 +68622,"Schrader",2 +1669,"majidi",2 +163315,"is slight",2 +82943,"in film history",2 +100902,"worthy of her considerable talents",3 +58236,"the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant",3 +63895,"An exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama .",4 +37191,"space adventure",3 +67235,"Like Mike stands out for its only partly synthetic decency .",3 +37087,"so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not",3 +41580,"are few",2 +121287,"good , dry , reliable textbook",3 +12945,"what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms",2 +180651,", grief and fear",2 +101516,"'s a little girl-on-girl action",2 +85346,"its own transparency",2 +22609,"truly singular character",2 +126772,"manufactured",2 +203045,"is just too easy",2 +98845,"two maladjusted teens",2 +79377,"evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean .",3 +24695,"Anthony .",3 +220674,"'s a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 +20189,"but what art direction",2 +6254,"er ,",2 +164139,"its redundancies",2 +52097,"gets fine performances",3 +68435,"Richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings .",4 +224798,"Mildly amusing .",2 +208903,"over-the-top coda",2 +152231,"a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title",0 +52761,"how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",3 +64233,"Banger",2 +179884,"'s not as pathetic as The Animal .",1 +180416,", Killing Me Softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .",2 +164511,"lack of give-a-damn",1 +44304,"A terrific insider",2 +126227,"little grace ( Rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity",3 +104829,"Both exuberantly",4 +90570,"powerful entity",3 +55157,"o filme consegue entreter .",2 +25181,"Eastwood",2 +107438,"Like Kissing Jessica Stein , Amy 's Orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .",3 +191184,"a reason for us",2 +94244,"tearing ` orphans '",2 +59281,"to look away . Ah yes",2 +18833,"Despite",2 +79117,"entertaining them",2 +5168,"bittersweet pathos",2 +11724,"the phenomenal ,",4 +131592,"riveting and handsomely",3 +5917,"deserves a medal",4 +124393,"is one carried by a strong sense of humanism",3 +141340,"'s given the right lines",2 +155731,"by caricatures",2 +216149,"there is n't much to it .",1 +165526,"make sense",2 +194259,"because it 's lousy",0 +52959,"in motion captured on film .",2 +200331,"had ever",2 +23544,", by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",4 +95265,"the cartoon 's",2 +4365,"abundant",3 +1447,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but",4 +65499,"Feardotcom 's thrills are all cheap , but they mostly work",2 +17637,"the right place ... innocent and well-meaning",3 +174991,"the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America",2 +134313,"that ever-growing category",2 +67500,"Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story . Scott Baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .",3 +226127,"The Master of Disguise is funny -- not",0 +29943,"by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",3 +88316,"of a documentary that works",2 +84936,"it 's praises , but",2 +181124,", while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing",4 +232470,"is full of rabbits",2 +21662,"origins",2 +159172,"finished",2 +13241,"words",2 +14678,"a book",2 +184493,"Hossein",3 +87088,"might add --",2 +115910,"better efforts",2 +234239,"occur and",2 +186463,"Notes edition",2 +146621,"It 's sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny and about as compelling as a fishing show .",2 +102544,", gritty , sometimes funny",3 +23193,"'s worth checking out for the performances alone .",3 +131875,"searches ( vainly , I think )",2 +144463,"Chokes",2 +20871,"impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",3 +92174,"seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense",3 +40204,"with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement",4 +126159,"liked it just enough .",3 +203550,"is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies",3 +61791,", beyond the astute direction of Cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .",3 +6699,"from new york series",2 +210092,"rather dull , unimaginative car chase",0 +142304,", it is with most of these things",2 +22557,"to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights",2 +22652,"until everyone is aware of it",2 +24163,"... revenge is sweet !",3 +200458,"harsh reality",1 +56782,"see with their own eyes",2 +113801,"amazingly evocative",4 +150574,"Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",1 +144194,"Boll",2 +186288,"Needs more impressionistic",1 +153478,"an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life",2 +159244,"flies out the window .",2 +156170,"charges full admission and",2 +71588,"a dysfunctional family",2 +84783,"is tuned in to its community",3 +205418,"loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money",1 +203086,"is losing his touch",1 +130856,"putrid",1 +157142,"dead weight",2 +199349,"for the monsters in a horror movie",2 +80917,"genuine dramatic impact",4 +174644,"the results are tired",1 +225278,"Officially , it is twice as bestial but half as funny .",1 +147004,"Kenneth Branagh 's",2 +48801,"allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .",3 +70415,"Tom Stoppard",2 +7136,"highlight",3 +9046,"new ways of describing badness",0 +188,"a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies",2 +24165,"... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport",3 +94940,"that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",3 +176635,"too long , too repetitive",1 +47294,"The weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic",3 +77198,"conjured up more coming-of-age stories",3 +210644,"rough trade Punch-and-Judy act",2 +168683,"particular bite",2 +35483,"of the movie screen",2 +10158,"ricocheting",2 +119462,"excellent 90-minute film",4 +120759,"from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances",1 +166695,"never settles on a consistent tone .",2 +124355,"is not that it 's all derivative ,",2 +45874,"James",2 +226370,"The movie is n't horrible , but you can see mediocre cresting on the next wave .",2 +211373,"shaping the material to fit the story",2 +98108,"to hear",2 +127827,"need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No . 9",3 +39812,"vivid cinematic portrait .",3 +207886,"of noise , mayhem and stupidity",2 +139122,"waged among victims and predators",2 +213817,"that renders its tension",2 +122039,"he harvests a few movie moment gems",3 +107143,"Jacques Chardonne",2 +4597,"an acting bond",3 +228585,"an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",3 +232446,"is difficult to fathom .",1 +17680,"the work",2 +182771,"Belgian waffle",2 +90448,"pointed political allegory",2 +33893,"joyful effusion",3 +98286,"to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",4 +120619,"foursome",2 +37945,"the Company",2 +70493,"Tsai Ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being .",2 +213893,"that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters",2 +18033,"which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question",2 +123706,"is a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",3 +98751,"trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress",1 +143917,"As social exposé , Skins has its heart in the right place , but that 's not much to hang a soap opera on .",2 +111476,"a Disney pic",3 +71798,"a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .",4 +124239,"is masterful . This makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans",3 +212299,"speculation ,",2 +8468,"like just one more in the long line of films this year about",1 +126341,"looking for them",2 +192521,"an endeavour",2 +51902,"friends and",2 +115812,"behind the scenes",2 +82780,"improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end",3 +51988,"fun lite",3 +69806,"The pain , loneliness and insecurity of the screenwriting process",2 +57483,"such gentle but insistent sincerity",2 +235822,"slow -- very ,",1 +10804,"stylistically",3 +114785,"as Greenfingers",2 +220049,"would be Reno",2 +34053,"lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances",2 +106365,"Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes",3 +42299,"look like a ''",3 +89243,"offer either despair or consolation",2 +21861,"response",2 +10794,"study",2 +51436,"express",2 +101874,"'s scarcely a surprise by the time",2 +235866,"so much phone",2 +73263,"advertised as a comedy",2 +41317,"This delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized",4 +58583,"the pitiful",1 +186233,"Much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché .",1 +225897,"Sometimes , nothing satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",3 +234306,"of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper",2 +60010,"welcome relief",3 +88999,"of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",3 +208279,"offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed",1 +23528,", but they 'll register strongly with anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor .",3 +143405,"A turgid little history lesson ,",1 +232542,"is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all it 's a love story as sanguine as its title .",3 +77209,"connect and",2 +162661,"is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience",1 +100652,"with the mentally ill",2 +83783,"is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",3 +171312,"slowest",1 +88677,"of individuals",2 +11174,"the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .",1 +90240,"perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",4 +109864,"The first shocking thing about Sorority Boys is that it 's actually watchable . Even more baffling is that it 's funny .",4 +236642,"the Godzilla",2 +27489,"a duty",2 +92361,"setup",2 +105526,"Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",1 +129304,"office pie",2 +110541,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy",2 +161001,"he should just stick with Austin and Dr Evil .",2 +133183,"squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story",0 +107526,"Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .",0 +71125,"You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . ' And",3 +136397,"the theater lobby",2 +8510,"literally bruising",1 +142407,", reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas",1 +122650,"i . e",2 +197011,"director Clare Peploe 's",2 +94272,"telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug",1 +153781,"are Chan and Hewitt",2 +79830,"few equals this side of Aesop",3 +154561,"bad odor",1 +45805,"It is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .",2 +180999,", the movie is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .",2 +45314,"Fresnadillo 's dark and jolting images",2 +193322,"as I Know What You Did Last Winter",3 +194152,"be intriguing",3 +129722,"original idea",2 +49820,"brew",2 +12961,"what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size",2 +151390,"a blaring heavy metal much of the time",2 +90425,"plunge",2 +152568,"a suspension",2 +121903,"have a good alternative",2 +47371,"This is wild surreal stuff ,",3 +863,"each",2 +192003,"adolescent audience",2 +220623,"'re coming",2 +70920,"While this has the making of melodrama , the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them .",2 +230362,"does n't quite know how to fill a frame .",1 +133101,"spectator sport",2 +188560,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess",1 +226348,"The movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .",1 +96571,"the results . Last Dance",2 +166422,"much accompanying sustenance",3 +220372,"your average television",2 +96936,"the underdog sports team formula redux",1 +210600,"rogue CIA",2 +226382,"The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic , but it 's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge .",2 +185758,"Like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop",1 +101712,"'s insecure",2 +27557,"a good deal of warmth and humor",4 +68593,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey ,",1 +195115,"by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion",1 +89002,"of the exiled aristocracy",2 +200196,"gratingly unfunny",1 +90491,"pop-cyber",2 +137662,"to hit",2 +81590,"harsh objectivity and refusal",1 +219816,"with such patronising reverence",1 +134653,"that you would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van",2 +7610,"into the exxon zone",2 +102967,", though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .",3 +231443,"has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like",2 +161936,"in on the popularity of its stars",2 +229140,"be ahead",2 +17526,"the embers",2 +111429,"` Yes , that 's right : it 's Forrest Gump , Angel Of Death . '",3 +75798,"bone",2 +52410,"has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing .",3 +186268,"Nadia 's birthday",2 +163379,"is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",1 +19287,"The New Guy does have a heart . Now , if it only had a brain .",2 +75506,"behalf",2 +151199,"` B '",2 +3982,"a modern motion picture",3 +50605,"cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",3 +234561,"of the quirks of fame",2 +202528,"is DOA",0 +125529,"just two",3 +153581,"and notorious subject",2 +113986,"an emotional level",2 +196612,"dealing with dreams , visions",2 +174002,"the friends you",2 +139740,"who do n't believe in Santa Claus",3 +91270,"recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .",3 +66068,"Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure",3 +231787,"hoping for a stiff wind to blow it",2 +4922,"aspects",2 +54661,"may be the best play of the 19th century . It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",4 +2379,"spoof of dog day afternoon",2 +156807,"conveying the issue at hand",2 +212451,"stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny",2 +17730,"this disarming indie",3 +170434,"school production",2 +91528,"required to give this comic slugfest some heart",1 +206818,"naught",2 +185049,"It 's all arty and jazzy and people sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it",1 +217144,"to keep it up",2 +117351,"complete with receding hairline , weathered countenance and American Breckin Meyer 's ridiculously inappropriate Valley Boy voice",1 +221148,", I 'll buy the Criterion DVD .",2 +222135,"A.",2 +33514,"is the antidote for Soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",2 +207232,"not-nearly - as-nasty",2 +93934,"surprisingly faithful",3 +102254,", Harold Ramis deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram assistir a este filme também .",2 +91746,"robbed and",3 +151310,"a Screenwriting 101 class",2 +125382,"its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication",3 +1519,"itself",2 +231755,"hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .",0 +108028,"None of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .",1 +203265,"is nothing redeeming about this movie",0 +58869,"the year 's most intriguing movie experiences",4 +209443,"plotted and",2 +26930,"The weakest",0 +19324,"The principals in this cast",2 +133227,"standup",2 +211590,"sick sight",1 +70820,"What makes Barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .",3 +200174,"grab your kids and",2 +208648,"one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian - and",2 +41722,"clinical and",2 +133610,"suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",1 +211351,"shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",3 +172210,"substantial arc",2 +7218,"hoped",2 +43651,", long-suffering but cruel",0 +226742,"Three Stooges .",2 +36590,"risky",1 +182155,"Absolutely ( and unintentionally ) terrifying .",2 +86195,"lively dream",3 +205025,"like a great missed opportunity",1 +206703,"much worth",3 +145319,"Feels like six different movies fighting each other for attention .",1 +226094,"The Bride 's",2 +195427,"canned shots",2 +233172,"its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 +54451,"lyrical metaphor",2 +75422,"become not so",2 +111625,"a cheap cliché",1 +214699,"the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",2 +90619,"present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",3 +114445,"any viewer ,",2 +34357,"maneuvers",2 +133988,"terms of story",2 +48046,"a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted",4 +229409,"bites hard .",1 +98591,"touching story .",3 +30150,"childhood idealism",2 +199492,"freight",2 +88044,"notable largely",2 +93,"2 1/2",2 +161910,"in its violence",2 +194748,"blown them all up",2 +185740,"Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is",0 +75323,"be spectacularly outrageous",4 +169336,"produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",1 +29359,"aware is being examined",2 +128325,"of Ghost",2 +223413,"For those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half .",4 +90825,"providing deep emotional motivation",3 +163146,"is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",0 +168397,"other dreck",2 +130954,"races and rackets",3 +220551,"'50s sociology , pop culture or",2 +698,"cho",2 +168603,"pacing and",2 +216240,"they may be",2 +232449,"is dudsville .",1 +235107,"psychology , drugs and philosophy",2 +212117,"some kid",2 +104042,"Abel",2 +83668,"irresistible junior-high way",2 +235415,"rushed , slapdash ,",1 +6424,"fashion",2 +183922,"Festers in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you",0 +138976,"very dark and very funny",3 +142310,", it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program .",2 +196595,"day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",2 +210265,"red hot",3 +64009,"Anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",4 +86859,"masterpeice",4 +98580,"touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy",3 +1209,"holland lets",2 +122660,"ideal outlet",3 +202435,"into the derivative",2 +234886,"passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court",2 +29098,"aristocratic",2 +205806,"manufactured to claim street credibility",1 +147533,"Mr . Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",1 +43205,"'s an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part",3 +219233,"whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",2 +75723,"black manhood",2 +130484,"poster",2 +51088,"eats ,",2 +180763,", it will probably be a talky bore .",1 +2767,"the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors",2 +146938,"Just A Kiss is just a mess",0 +90268,"physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other",2 +182712,"Bartleby 's pain",2 +108050,"Not a strike",3 +61957,", if also somewhat hermetic .",2 +39261,"to question",2 +47170,"The movie is for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it .",2 +189023,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` Why",0 +196124,"considered work",2 +158906,"feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .",2 +238021,"to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",2 +101435,"'re a Crocodile Hunter fan",2 +3863,"a grinning jack o '",2 +159397,"for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place",1 +120191,"fitting",3 +49244,"as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",2 +15606,"du",2 +39061,"through this bogus veneer",1 +154944,"been acceptable on the printed page of Iles ' book",2 +155725,"by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing",1 +26321,"PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies",3 +35479,"of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .",4 +38795,"the year 's best acting",4 +220113,"would quickly change the channel",1 +77963,"delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .",1 +51374,"everything meshes in this elegant entertainment",4 +150960,"William Harris",2 +228554,"an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features",2 +207704,"of either of those movies",2 +233652,"make you think about existential suffering",3 +220329,"you slice it",3 +75276,"be ignored",2 +42389,"mystery and",2 +24412,"A poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality .",4 +4621,"an amicable endeavor",3 +121751,"has ever made",2 +164712,"left me cold and wet like I was out in the Seattle drizzle without rainwear",0 +191886,"acidic all-male",1 +13437,"'s a great deal of sizzle and very little steak .",1 +40560,"'s also so jarring",2 +40283,"with their acting",2 +8287,"keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 +112955,"a vain dictator-madman",2 +177716,"watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",3 +94978,"that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",4 +94903,"that the highest power of all is the power of love",4 +90307,"pinnacle",3 +96326,"the overall feeling is genial and decent",3 +44851,"Candid and",2 +118070,"depress you",0 +189048,"This ludicrous film",0 +102138,"( Stephen ) Earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",2 +80824,"funny scenes",3 +8397,"legally blonde and sweet home abomination",1 +202488,"is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump .",1 +238126,"true-blue",3 +51769,"for a Bollywood film",2 +223486,"Georgia asphalt",2 +36669,"saved",2 +166276,"more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .",3 +220029,"worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés",1 +58718,"the situation in a well-balanced fashion",3 +138067,"too cliched",1 +184044,"Freudian puppet",1 +34082,"like a '' real Kaputschnik",2 +105696,"Ever is any indication",2 +124435,"is overkill to the highest degree .",0 +183910,"Feels strangely hollow at its emotional core .",0 +191964,"add the magic that made it all work",2 +199332,"for the film 's publicists or",2 +64904,"Daily struggles and",2 +192383,"among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",1 +78546,"down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck",3 +81599,"has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .",2 +22797,"why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",3 +106839,"It 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space",4 +102914,", then Triple X marks the spot .",3 +214939,"the lead roles",2 +204415,"jump-in-your-seat",3 +114141,"an ounce of honest poetry",3 +180794,", lunatic invention",2 +46407,"On the surface a silly comedy , Scotland , PA would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard 's tragic play .",3 +220712,"'s a pale imitation .",1 +175403,"this future world feels absolutely deja vu",1 +126759,"manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it",3 +180596,", demands that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on : trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit",2 +33933,"keeps you in your seat",2 +88473,"of cheesy dialogue",1 +72423,"a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",2 +191826,"absorbing to American audiences",3 +138101,"too heady for children , and",2 +60869,"'s a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to",2 +124380,"is off-putting",1 +166619,"need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs",2 +155188,"between vertigo and opacity",1 +68959,"Sports",3 +174457,"the only way to pay for his next project",1 +13034,"while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there",2 +78059,"despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .",3 +3078,"waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high",1 +153688,"any life at the doorstep .",2 +40581,"'s often infuriatingly",1 +479,"as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break",2 +219256,"which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",1 +141732,"'ve heard that the fans of the first Men in Black have come away hating the second one .",1 +68499,"Romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .",2 +67885,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but",0 +80413,"forbidden",2 +189818,"Wobbly Senegalese updating of '' Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star",2 +164358,"just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",1 +167946,"offer besides unintentional laughs",2 +76142,"by a surplus of vintage archive footage",2 +231481,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie .",3 +224384,"It plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting .",1 +29676,"both Austin Powers films",2 +144597,"Consists",2 +169858,"reek",2 +40955,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but",1 +104934,"By the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",1 +92459,"sharp writing",3 +121596,"hands-on",2 +3423,"( p ) artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting",2 +140562,"would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van",2 +227110,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears .",1 +146148,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but",1 +201186,"his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",1 +66889,"Jarecki and",2 +65198,"Drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but Turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst",3 +38868,"there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots",0 +183398,"Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch",2 +102081,"( Eddie )",2 +138576,"unconditional",3 +158513,"every emotional device",2 +160028,"gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound .",2 +10495,"skins",2 +231349,"had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever",3 +4630,"an emotion closer",2 +109682,"The criticism never rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...",1 +198242,"exaggerated and",1 +39189,"to finish",2 +69606,"The first Tunisian film I have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year",4 +10737,"stereotype",2 +24320,"A deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy .",3 +193174,"are red hot",3 +140803,"you stick with it",2 +49397,"at the expense of its characters",1 +14772,"a long way",2 +89992,"pace master",2 +59774,"us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",3 +195798,"clinical lab report",2 +208117,"of the obvious cliches",1 +184351,"Hate it",0 +121501,"gut-clutching piece",3 +181158,", you realize there 's no place for this story to go but down",1 +152118,"a movie in which a bunch of pompous windbags drone on inanely for two hours",0 +227954,"a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",1 +91508,"repellent to fully endear itself to American art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .",3 +141737,"'ve lost weight",3 +91060,"rage and alienation",1 +186004,"MapQuest",2 +159083,"figuring out",2 +153300,"an adaptation of a novel",2 +32341,"has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion",4 +73650,"an action cartoon",2 +85644,"keeps throwing fastballs",3 +170256,"runs on empty , believing Flatbush machismo will get it through",1 +91535,"residences",2 +175112,"their own coeducational fraternity : Kappa Rho Alpha Phi",2 +214404,"the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",2 +229759,"cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold",2 +51790,"for finding a new and ingenious angle",3 +205933,"may get cynical",2 +15593,"doubtless",2 +133695,"surprisingly sensitive script co-written",3 +139920,"will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .",1 +124780,"is your idea of a good time",2 +101783,"'s no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance .",1 +209922,"pursuing his castle in the sky",2 +137391,"to base melodrama",2 +194119,"be envious of",2 +182362,"An ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked , drama about an abused , inner-city autistic teen .",3 +145647,"Greek Wedding look",2 +57709,"that 's entertainingly",3 +85741,"laid-back",3 +194101,"be classified as one of those ` alternate reality '",2 +136548,"the war movie compendium",3 +12649,"under the right conditions , it",2 +151048,"Works hard to establish",3 +176130,"to formula romantic comedy",2 +56294,"punny 6",2 +145897,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances",3 +75647,"between these women",2 +47646,"Winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars .",3 +220821,"'s getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks",1 +25038,"Crazy",2 +216581,"thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",1 +212649,"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches",2 +209376,"playing with narrative form",2 +1813,"narrative",2 +85840,"learns that believing in something does matter",3 +165392,"lying ,",2 +219613,"wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways .",1 +223696,"How Long",2 +118751,"druggy and self-indulgent",1 +224346,"It looks good , Sonny",3 +135269,"the festival circuit",2 +28694,"and leisurely",2 +172008,"stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you",0 +110551,"This seductive tease",3 +1635,"losing my lunch",0 +76364,"can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction",2 +56269,"pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",3 +14638,"Without heavy-handedness , Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions .",3 +204904,"lewd scene",2 +146932,"Julia",2 +208290,"offer audiences",3 +186512,"Officially",2 +136110,"the rare sequel",3 +211932,"so earnest , so overwrought and",2 +221418,", it 's the repetition of said behavior",2 +201410,"how to develop them",2 +124489,"is simply a matter of ( being ) in a shrugging mood .",1 +185945,"Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way ,",1 +160091,"give us a character worth giving a damn about",2 +106730,"In visual fertility",2 +131245,"relative",3 +198322,"exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",2 +150188,"This film is full of rabbits . Brimful . But",2 +123372,"inflammatory film",2 +108706,"Russians",2 +1125,"ground",2 +130631,"prickly indie comedy",1 +201719,"in Bridget Jones 's Diary",2 +48252,"a palpable sense",2 +147261,"Love may have been in the air onscreen , but I certainly was n't feeling any of it",1 +177215,"universally interesting",4 +237011,"the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",2 +189253,"Totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",1 +122841,"in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli",2 +219171,"when it switches gears to the sentimental",2 +52619,"his being",2 +122345,"his latest effort",2 +205216,"little less product",2 +79764,"feel the beat down",2 +35457,"of the five principals",2 +119440,"exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be",1 +79247,"even if you",2 +84050,"is at once",2 +119898,"feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .",3 +100566,"with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",3 +150464,"Too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",1 +239114,"you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over",0 +107017,"It is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",2 +69561,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders",4 +193452,"as expectant",2 +143777,"An unintentionally",2 +48825,"aloft",2 +22946,"'' 13 Conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .",2 +59165,"to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",2 +34694,"movie star",2 +1749,"moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",1 +9051,"next",2 +218664,"want to think twice before booking passage",1 +206344,"more celluloid",1 +46019,"Lightness",2 +16566,"midnight movie",2 +21002,"is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it .",4 +16373,"its deceptive grimness",1 +215011,"the match that should be used to burn every print of the film",1 +188904,"These self-styled athletes",2 +115072,"as variable as the cinematography",2 +86525,"major would have thought possible .",2 +99288,"valley-girl",2 +77582,"crime movie",2 +108450,"Pootie Tang with a budget",1 +51922,"from being maudlin",2 +44421,"Ambrose 's performance",2 +106614,"If you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick",2 +198723,"feels homogenized and a bit contrived",1 +208939,"overly-familiar",1 +70027,"The whole mildly pleasant outing",3 +66369,"In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study . Yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall ! C'mon !",3 +110302,"There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and",2 +175929,"to be compelling , but",2 +76168,"by exceptional performances",4 +101791,"'s not at his most critically insightful",2 +10691,"spy i spy at a video store near you",1 +191083,"a persistent theatrical sentiment and",2 +193472,"as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",1 +201687,"impressed by this tired retread",2 +236038,"stay late",2 +161140,"here except for some awful acting and lame special effects",0 +218859,"watchable yet hardly memorable .",1 +136521,"the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild",1 +8765,"merci pour le movie",2 +96139,"the minimum requirement",2 +39432,"translates",3 +14385,"R-rated",2 +29205,"as it was more than two centuries ago",2 +230361,"does n't quite know how to fill a frame",1 +191273,"a sci-fi",2 +854,"dream",3 +113055,"a worthless film",0 +197322,"does n't have the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",0 +38607,"the same human and spiritual needs",3 +218021,"two years ago",2 +55019,"need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",2 +48572,"about this film",2 +204958,"like '' si , pretty much '' and",2 +102891,", the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .",3 +85894,"lending the narrative",2 +109351,"Tarkovsky 's",2 +135630,"the latest news footage",2 +163369,"is so trite that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor .",1 +2867,"this magnolia",2 +228381,"admittedly limited extent",1 +5443,"care about",2 +26667,"Suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative . Still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",2 +182622,"Aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand .",1 +148717,"Some Like It",3 +17868,"too-tepid biopic",1 +3317,"'s an entertaining and informative documentary",3 +94802,"that open-minded Elvis fans",2 +90438,"poignant and leavened",3 +5303,"broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force",2 +53418,"is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",3 +212634,"strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film .",2 +155464,"breakdowns",2 +108042,"North Korea 's recent past and",2 +30056,"casting people who look working-class",2 +187295,"Shunji Iwai 's",2 +190328,"a college comedy",2 +180191,"( Seagal 's )",3 +200030,"go straight to video",1 +185959,"Make like the title",2 +181167,"- A Veggie Tales Movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit .",1 +79950,"find greatness",3 +213224,"teen pop kitten Britney Spears",2 +54039,"just a simple fable",2 +30899,"do n't think I 've been as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",2 +39638,"unindicted",2 +136829,"thin soup",1 +169272,"pretty-boy",2 +204777,"leafing through an album of photos",2 +36301,"quite fit",2 +146952,"Just because it really happened to you , honey , does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .",1 +231963,"in `` Last Dance ''",2 +15792,"flourishes aside",2 +78576,"drama\/action",2 +23418,", and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",3 +185673,"Ladies and Gentlemen ,",2 +56423,"real triumphs",3 +148290,"Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",0 +207630,"of believability",2 +222576,"Bella is the picture of health with boundless energy until a few days before she dies .",2 +4694,"an ungainly movie",0 +221209,", Sia lacks visual flair .",1 +154985,"been offered this summer",2 +68010,"One of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing .",3 +214928,"the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian",1 +116279,"buffoons",1 +67570,"Minutes",2 +134547,"that seems tailor",3 +161568,"if durable --",2 +83210,"in unexpected ways , touching",3 +103530,"A different kind of love story - one that is dark , disturbing , painful to watch , yet compelling .",2 +18142,"wrought suspense yarn",3 +158730,"fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and B-film thuggery .",1 +5847,"david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances",3 +58212,"the difference between this and",2 +50332,"compelling motion",4 +20718,"has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects",4 +96670,"the sexy razzle-dazzle",3 +200896,"have your head in your hands",2 +149476,"The impulses",2 +172266,"sudsy cautionary tale .",1 +46485,"Passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , Helga",2 +61968,", in this case , that 's true",2 +183912,"Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow",1 +30889,"do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question",2 +49208,"are well-honed",3 +1690,"manages sweetness largely",2 +95134,"the artist 's career",2 +203648,"is unfocused",1 +183763,"Even with its $ 50-million US budget , Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",1 +102403,", as was more likely ,",2 +83474,"intentional or not --",2 +179926,"'s offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility",2 +87956,"nomination",2 +224918,"Mr. Hartley 's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow",1 +840,"dog",3 +50358,"comprehend",2 +122577,"however fascinating they may be as history",2 +55114,"normative narrative",2 +64899,"Dadaist",2 +46394,"Oliver far more interesting",2 +107011,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches : it primarily relies on character to tell its story",3 +84197,"is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be",3 +128832,"of other assets",2 +228865,"are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .",3 +217210,"to medical school",2 +204252,"its not very informative about its titular character and",1 +8252,"just like the deli sandwich :",2 +40014,"while at the same time being a most touching reconsideration of the familiar masterpiece",3 +229543,"buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking",1 +43307,"'s plenty to enjoy --",3 +121559,"half an hour in",2 +10747,"stiff",1 +31935,"fulfill",3 +18062,"will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes",2 +960,"far more interesting",3 +149170,"The Twist",2 +126958,"meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults",4 +71380,"a charmer",3 +163187,"is numbingly predictable",0 +93832,"suffocating and chilly",2 +231264,"gone that one step further",2 +49681,"best parts",3 +47395,"This story still seems timely and important . And there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",4 +145596,"Glover , the irrepressible eccentric of River 's Edge , Dead Man and Back to the Future , is perfect casting for the role",4 +65974,"Hence",2 +156281,"cinema-besotted",2 +78904,"emotional power",3 +159622,"found the proceedings a little bit too conventional .",1 +221786,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ...",1 +21751,"postmodern",2 +152076,"a moment in these villains or their plot",2 +25784,"It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion . It risks seeming slow and pretentious , because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise .",3 +122210,"high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time",1 +58849,"the why",2 +25141,"Divine Secrets",2 +28494,"and action\/effects on the spectacular scale",3 +180892,", really stupid",1 +100697,"with your own skin",2 +105373,"Dense and thoughtful and brimming",3 +68174,"Performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering Oscar-caliber performances .",3 +181142,", you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard .",0 +199580,"from being simpleminded",2 +187671,"TV skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen .",1 +205343,"look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again",1 +124755,"is very difficult",1 +113087,"able to accomplish",2 +177316,"upstage",1 +89261,"offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .",2 +183487,"Disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .",1 +27739,"a portrait",2 +156543,"come up with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler",2 +41390,"Windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",3 +214803,"the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +140930,"'' XXX",2 +40915,"Frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable --",3 +18509,", you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .",3 +203859,"it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs . Woo",2 +69975,"The structure is simple , but",3 +87286,"more measured or polished",2 +129433,"on the game of love",2 +116286,"building suspense",2 +196022,"coming down off of Miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , Waking Up in Reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie",1 +26153,"Nalin",3 +170831,"shapeless blob of desperate entertainment",1 +238493,"watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",1 +52534,"heartbreaking ,",2 +113411,"admitted egomaniac",1 +73996,"and Clarissa Dalloway",2 +18543,"... are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel .",3 +202631,"is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them !",1 +29154,"as a terrible tragedy",1 +119270,"escaped the Lifetime network",2 +4218,"a thriller",3 +86180,"live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and",2 +208970,"own Caddyshack",2 +28464,"and Paul",2 +104433,"Antwone Fisher based on the book by Antwone Fisher",2 +192885,"any Plympton film",2 +25918,"LaPaglia 's",3 +170123,"riddles",2 +210533,"reworks",3 +93963,"survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller",3 +150337,"Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel , in the end",1 +225807,"Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour , but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not",3 +122810,"important as humor",2 +31551,"feeds our senses with the chilling sights",3 +203497,"is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio",0 +168772,"people far more talented than Ali G",1 +207049,"no light touch",2 +94769,"that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",4 +133583,"sucking you in",2 +60178,"who take part",2 +231306,"greatest mistake",0 +194371,"been much better",1 +223611,"He can scale a building like a super hero , he can out-stealth any agent",3 +60173,"who saw it will have an opinion to share",2 +67273,"Like other great documentaries",3 +197806,"empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",2 +115418,"based on the book by Antwone Fisher",2 +175141,"then , out of embarrassment or stupidity",1 +144072,"Bears resemblance to , and shares the weaknesses of , too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences .",2 +43519,", as always ,",2 +155606,"but a live-action agitprop cartoon",2 +80325,"for prevention rather than",2 +13901,"Bond",2 +159700,"from a script",2 +125410,"its viewers",2 +222051,"A meatier",3 +148378,"Samira Makhmalbaf 's",2 +206529,"most of the scenes",2 +161212,"hipness",3 +184498,"Hot on the Hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .",1 +29378,"balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",2 +175492,"this musty adaptation",1 +210637,"rooting interest",2 +67835,"Nijinsky 's diaries",2 +168290,"only imaginable reason",2 +92139,"seem like they were lifted from Terry Gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 +144541,"Collateral Damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .",1 +226007,"Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",2 +170986,"should peak and is more",2 +199112,"following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do",2 +201984,"in that oh-so-important category",2 +231046,"from the movie gods",3 +112242,"a lot more",3 +70041,"The writing is clever and the cast is appealing",4 +151950,"a lesser Harrison Ford movie -",1 +95003,"the Barbarian",2 +104424,"Another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s American sports movie",0 +164308,"just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting",3 +236169,"sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point",1 +170777,"settles for being merely grim .",1 +99173,"upon the viewer 's memory",2 +45669,"Informative ,",3 +94122,"take pleasure in this crazed",2 +56177,"pretty amazing accomplishment",4 +34070,"likable ,",3 +197886,"engaging charisma",3 +110503,"This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and",3 +189200,"Together shoots for ( and misses )",3 +101391,"'ll enjoy this movie .",3 +131715,"said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better",2 +224260,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling ,",1 +100010,"while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special",3 +224238,"It 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even Oliver Parker 's movie adaptation .",3 +233256,"kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths .",2 +36753,"seem more like disturbing hallucinations",1 +153424,"an innocuous game of fill-in",1 +36650,"sampling",2 +41420,"a blast of shallow magnificence",3 +67685,"Ms . Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate .",4 +91878,"salt",2 +79951,"find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",2 +162153,"indigestible",1 +149555,"The more Kevin Costner rests on his pretty-boy laurels",2 +57034,"skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",2 +201322,"honesty and good sportsmanship",3 +135559,"the inevitable conflicts between human urges",2 +146227,"If you 're looking for comedy to be served up",2 +229329,"begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned .",2 +16693,"obsession",2 +126077,"like a very goofy museum exhibit",1 +76709,"chortles",2 +113210,"about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",3 +104089,"Adults , other",2 +124238,"is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia --",1 +126455,"lovely and",3 +51676,"filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",3 +126921,"may well not",2 +130703,"prolonged",2 +103718,"A mischievous visual style and",2 +184167,"Globetrotters-Generals",2 +149322,"The editing is chaotic , the photography grainy and badly focused , the writing unintentionally hilarious , the direction unfocused",0 +13868,"As lo-fi as the special effects are , the folks who cobbled Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten .",3 +79996,"fingering",2 +143907,"As inept as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West .",1 +91417,"relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view",2 +148277,"Reunion",2 +114614,"are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed",1 +33526,"is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz",2 +22485,"to be anything but a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",2 +44560,"Apesar de seus graves problemas , o filme consegue entreter .",2 +26194,"Nine Queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head .",4 +16723,"of a dormant national grief and curiosity",2 +216012,"their idol 's energy and passion for detail",3 +210116,"raw dough",2 +114236,"and engaging enough",2 +8728,"may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll",2 +201911,"in its lack of poetic frissons",1 +136726,"there 's a little girl-on-girl action",2 +214024,"the Clones",2 +28650,"and historians",3 +27877,"a summer",3 +164613,"laugh at the ongoing efforts of Cube , and his skinny buddy Mike Epps",2 +174684,"the same lazy affability",1 +163251,"is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was",1 +66145,"I do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version .",1 +208302,"offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex",2 +80926,"genuinely sweet",4 +193851,"attractive young leads",3 +99381,"veteran head cutter",2 +20454,"energetic entertainment",4 +133429,"strong piece of work",3 +95721,"the first half",2 +119018,"emphasizing the characters",2 +131407,"resentful Betty and the manipulative yet needy Margot",1 +57009,"since Beauty and the Beast",3 +167055,"nuevas",2 +105935,"GUNFIRE",2 +188954,"This Tuxedo",2 +135524,"the human spirit triumphs",3 +64270,"Beautiful ,",4 +225267,"Odd and weird",1 +31615,"film experiences",2 +52859,"improved .",3 +49333,"as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",3 +177422,"very average science fiction film .",2 +85311,"its most basic",2 +225374,"P.T. Anderson",2 +223791,"I enjoyed Barbershop",3 +37812,"that is",2 +145093,"English subtitles",2 +234620,"offbeat humor , amusing characters",4 +118133,"desired",2 +192252,"all the wrong places",1 +21531,"of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",3 +68112,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli",2 +107184,"Jerry Bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle",1 +70847,"When the movie mixes the cornpone and the Cosa Nostra , it finds a nice rhythm .",3 +207156,"nonexistent --",2 +102178,"( maybe twice )",3 +91386,"rejiggering",2 +237951,"to show up at theatres for it",2 +101470,"'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles with a film whose very subject is , quite pointedly , about the peril of such efforts .",3 +115089,"as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",3 +167375,"of believable and comprehensible impulses",2 +176094,"to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater",2 +10342,"seems to lack substance",1 +158213,"encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes",2 +91220,"realistically if not always fairly",2 +67380,"Mama Africa pretty much delivers on that promise .",3 +117488,"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .",4 +110057,"The only time 8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",1 +115008,"as pretty contagious fun",3 +228063,"a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 +103687,"A lovely and beautifully",3 +230956,"for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers",2 +35350,"of one",2 +40723,"A triumph of art direction",4 +78366,"do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version .",1 +188960,"This director 's cut --",2 +40807,"Carion 's debut feature but his script and direction hums",2 +216465,"this poor remake",1 +156600,"commodified , sold-out concept",2 +26466,"Rob",2 +135491,"the hard ground of Ia Drang",2 +54955,"muckraking",2 +1709,"matinee-style",2 +14740,"a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,",2 +34320,"makes the old story seem new",4 +57549,"sweeping battle scenes",3 +199153,"for a '70s exploitation picture",2 +234380,"of author J.K. Rowling 's books",2 +65417,"Exactly what its title implies",2 +40585,"'s rare in film",3 +134750,"the Rye",2 +30437,"could n't help being captivated by it",4 +104365,"An old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they rarely make anymore .",3 +115861,"beloved genre",3 +160027,"gets more tiresome , especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",0 +72801,"a wartime farce in the alternately comic and",3 +185018,"It 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch",1 +12898,"we just do n't really care too much about this love story . in that setting , their struggle",0 +212024,"so-so films",2 +203764,"it 's hilarious",3 +35884,"owned",2 +102758,", other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .",2 +60919,"'s all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her Bjorkness .",3 +50726,"delightful .",4 +232024,"in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",3 +109240,"Successfully blended satire ,",3 +12590,"turgid",1 +97959,"to blue hilarity",3 +66544,"It 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .",3 +59532,"trial great fun",3 +41227,"Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world ,",4 +155037,"beginnings and middles",1 +227336,"\* S \* H ''",2 +29978,"camps",2 +180583,", cliched and clunky",1 +104250,"An almost unbearably morbid love story .",0 +46183,"Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong",1 +171923,"stars and co-wrote",2 +120039,"film . Just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .",2 +50825,"different path",2 +131475,"retiring heart",2 +98881,"ultimate fate",2 +8947,"murder-on-campus",2 +27047,"Thurman",3 +117201,"come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free",1 +134159,"that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",2 +55490,"of revenge",2 +123866,"is about the subject",2 +36697,"schoolhouse",2 +42235,"its characters ' choices ,",2 +137932,"to the experiences of most teenagers",2 +115740,"been patiently waiting for",2 +114519,"approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise",0 +7551,"inspiration",4 +11119,"that sort",2 +96148,"the moment who can rise to fans ' lofty expectations",3 +165765,"may put you off the idea forever",2 +50879,"disconnection",2 +234667,"on a land",2 +201422,"however entertainingly presented",3 +63121,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it",1 +1247,"hungry",2 +98186,"to make it a great movie",3 +32501,"hilarious romantic comedy",4 +91121,"rather simplistic filmmaking",2 +101583,"'s almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste",3 +71360,"a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ...",3 +174527,"the picture fails to generate much suspense ,",1 +229226,"be the best play of the 19th century",4 +2125,"really dumb",0 +16255,"is fair , even coming from the drive-thru",2 +175940,"to be funny",2 +169008,"plus the script",2 +122262,"hip-hop Tootsie",2 +14951,"ambition",3 +173495,"the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .",1 +91057,"radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film",4 +200674,"has the right approach and the right opening premise",3 +153501,"an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter",1 +81914,"have rarely",2 +166933,"not a trace",1 +76631,"check your pulse",2 +67982,"On its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .",3 +73896,"an irresistible blend",4 +45174,"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",3 +82768,"impressive achievement",4 +228772,"are an immensely appealing couple",4 +51473,"fails him",0 +86489,"magic and whimsy",3 +238389,"want to put for that effort",2 +181462,"9 seconds of Jesse Helms ' anti- Castro rhetoric , which are included",1 +137129,"those rare docs",2 +104314,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and",1 +125755,"largely improvised",1 +45292,"Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary",2 +215012,"the material is slight",2 +180224,"( The kid 's ) just too bratty for sympathy ,",1 +116024,"bland , surfacey way",1 +155452,"brandishing a new action hero",2 +120512,"for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time",3 +95880,"the historical",2 +145362,"Fish",2 +19066,"Marks",2 +122402,"his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",2 +163960,"it were , well , more adventurous",3 +13555,", but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique .",2 +658,"by",2 +64218,"Bad Lieutenant and Les Vampires",2 +139169,"want it to be better and more successful than it is",1 +206816,"nature '",2 +213435,"than the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design",2 +170000,"repetitive manifestos",2 +127069,"might inadvertently",2 +208186,"of this debut venture",2 +35540,"of underdog sports",2 +203096,"is merely Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through",1 +198770,"feminist conspiracy theorist",2 +138331,"tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape",1 +204917,"lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard , but that film is yet to be made",3 +97731,"throw elbows when necessary",3 +26136,"My Lips",2 +165177,"long slog",0 +222335,"Analyze That , '",2 +149658,"The only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .",0 +9157,"nothing left over for jokes",0 +155576,"buoys",2 +153792,"are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",1 +98679,"treats the subject with fondness and respect",4 +224558,"Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 +228228,"a true delight .",4 +223047,"D.J. Qualls as Indiana Jones",2 +9465,"on the what",2 +63483,"A terrific date movie",4 +32313,"has just lost his wife",1 +92080,"see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience",2 +113012,"a web of dazzling entertainment",4 +205775,"manage an equally assured narrative coinage",2 +109133,"Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :",3 +4163,"a successful",3 +110107,"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving ,",2 +69221,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels --",3 +44941,"Cleveland sites",2 +53628,"is so rich with period minutiae",3 +102990,", unimaginative and derivative",0 +27746,"a predictably heartwarming tale",3 +158754,"fails the most basic relevancy test as well .",1 +132928,"someone like Judd ,",2 +148040,"Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",0 +81869,"have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",3 +111477,"a Dream",2 +105912,"From both a great and a terrible story",2 +182342,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it 's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism .",1 +393,"an engaging story",3 +230036,"creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building",3 +119442,"exactly the kind",2 +112324,"a modern-day urban China",2 +180136,"( Denis ' ) bare-bones narrative more closely resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .",1 +3033,"very",2 +171050,"shuns the glamour or glitz",2 +195315,"called a solid success ,",4 +131567,"riot",2 +170333,"same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense",0 +3171,"will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts ...",3 +74934,"at kids",2 +34120,"like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity",3 +16502,"loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",4 +227430,"`` Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",3 +102473,", dark , vaguely disturbing way",2 +165178,"long soap opera",1 +205500,"low-life",1 +15838,"from bygone days",2 +61537,"( like me )",2 +189321,"Ultimate X is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .",0 +169255,"pretty fair description",2 +236086,"struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",1 +149178,"The X potion",2 +54319,"lodging itself",2 +215550,"the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt ,",3 +59014,"this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste",2 +107796,"Monsters ,",2 +27277,"Writer\/director",2 +191525,"a thinking man 's",3 +169914,"released then",2 +128767,"of life 's ultimate losers",2 +169385,"prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps .",1 +106702,"In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This",1 +122231,"highly personal brand",2 +15165,"assaults",2 +136255,"the signposts",2 +20679,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them and amuse them .",4 +12440,"to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers",2 +128047,"no way to entertain or inspire its viewers",1 +62344,", this is even better than The Fellowship . There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .",4 +101070,"you 've a taste for the quirky",3 +161747,"in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",2 +52092,"get the enjoyable basic minimum .",3 +12694,"unrepentantly trashy",0 +159626,"four similar kidnappings",2 +132317,"shootings , beatings , and",2 +148933,"Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal",1 +220554,"'d recommend waiting for DVD and just skipping straight to her scenes .",2 +177203,"uninspired dramatics",2 +14298,"Motown",2 +74973,"at relationships",2 +231543,"have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",1 +2380,"spoon",2 +84096,"is clever and funny",4 +40993,"It 's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be . But",2 +195812,"close to the nadir of the thriller/horror",2 +130691,"professors",2 +182467,"Animal House . Officially",3 +178581,"with handheld cameras",2 +115730,"been his trademark",2 +94162,"takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative",3 +153879,"are more",2 +185216,"It 's supposed to be a romantic comedy -",2 +57630,"technically superb",4 +43895,"14-year-old Robert MacNaughton ,",2 +233274,"labours as storytelling .",1 +223018,"Could The Country Bears really be as bad as its trailers ?",0 +106288,"Hollywood war-movie stuff",1 +29683,"both camps",2 +82090,"her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera",3 +57044,"slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth",1 +139092,"visually inventive",3 +196054,"competent performers from movies , television and the theater",3 +112405,"a network",2 +17399,"tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries",3 +161664,"immature character",1 +19950,"are just that damn good .",4 +177920,"were capable of engendering an emotional response of any kind",2 +195504,"cast in action films",2 +106832,"It 's always enthralling .",4 +170094,"revered",4 +141145,"'s a pretty mediocre family film .",1 +149712,"The performances are so leaden",1 +3304,"'s the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . merry friggin ' christmas",1 +48388,"a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",4 +146270,"Immediately",2 +78364,"do n't seem ever to run out of ideas",3 +2117,"random",2 +54697,"measure",2 +146285,"In The New Guy",2 +126868,"may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",1 +131939,"see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity",2 +68295,"Purgatory",2 +211137,"seems uncertain",1 +228955,"as if it were an obligation",1 +90392,"please history fans",3 +28923,"and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",4 +104511,"As relationships shift",2 +114491,"appeal to Discovery Channel fans",2 +51785,"for dialogue comedy",2 +26928,"The way Coppola professes his love for movies -- both colorful pop junk and the classics that unequivocally qualify as art --",4 +70003,"The trick when watching Godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .",3 +174936,"the tumult of maudlin tragedy",2 +112626,"a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes",3 +43675,", passion and talent",3 +214804,"the house",2 +94012,"sweeping pictures",2 +81191,"going for it , not least",2 +63515,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater ,",4 +143377,"A strong first quarter , slightly less so second quarter , and average second half",3 +34439,"media",2 +187527,"Staggers",1 +222295,"An enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... The Château",3 +136023,"the plot weaves us into a complex web .",3 +31047,"em",2 +238260,"up out of John C. Walsh 's Pipe Dream",1 +196501,"cry for your money back",0 +115143,"at a fraction the budget",2 +134412,"that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",3 +141119,"'s a film that hinges on its casting",1 +27485,"a disreputable air",1 +103705,"A mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic Jackie Chan to even younger audiences .",0 +245,"a retread of material already",2 +220394,"your indifference",1 +209146,"pay a considerable ransom",2 +55302,"of both his medium and his message",2 +120077,"films from the period",2 +71294,"a big job",2 +109423,"The French director",2 +148326,"Roger Michell , who did an appealing job directing Persuasion and Notting Hill in England",3 +184109,"Gayton 's script )",2 +72329,"a satisfying crime drama",4 +16702,"of Cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture",2 +223935,"If we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",3 +140307,"without ballast tanks",2 +76776,"classic spy-action or buddy movie",2 +65429,"Expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle",2 +79089,"enough unexpected twists",2 +104171,"Almost nothing else -- raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation -- is one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited . And in a sense , that 's a liability .",1 +154419,"at this time of year",2 +116351,"buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free",1 +176333,"to reach its destination",2 +136330,"the story 's core",2 +225776,"Shrek '' or",2 +82661,"if you find comfort in familiarity .",2 +54098,"kind , unapologetic ,",3 +39018,"those who are n't too familiar with turntablism",2 +72649,"a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",2 +199174,"for a longtime admirer of his work",3 +45427,"Hanks and Fisk",2 +52156,"glides through",2 +153498,"an undeveloped narrative and",1 +7269,"i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms",3 +224448,"Jacquot 's rendering",2 +3177,"will probably",3 +215720,"the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art",1 +104135,"All of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but",3 +96998,"the visceral excitement of a sports extravaganza",4 +204885,"let alone",2 +155465,"breaking the spell",2 +123752,"is a fun",3 +65882,"H . O . Cho",2 +88235,"of Mamet",2 +377,"alpha",3 +128596,"of corny dialogue and preposterous moments",0 +210093,"rather leaden and dull",1 +90345,"play their roles with vibrant charm",4 +215361,"the play more",2 +91207,"real-life events",2 +50639,"darker",1 +105127,"Clarke-Williams",2 +127034,"messy lives .",2 +226208,"The best part about `` Gangs '' was Daniel Day-Lewis .",3 +124305,"is n't really about anything . When it 's this rich and luscious",2 +203552,"is the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved .",2 +235906,"some nice twists but the ending",2 +110712,"Too much of Storytelling",1 +233609,"maintains a brisk pace as it races",3 +194857,"both adventure and song",2 +121052,"get on television for free",2 +205834,"map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",1 +67585,"Monday Morning that undercuts its charm",2 +73953,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life",1 +95239,"the breathtaking landscapes and villainous",3 +238995,"would be entertaining , but forgettable .",2 +128925,"of stunning images and effects",4 +112164,"a joint promotion",3 +26695,"Tautou",2 +209628,"precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end",1 +107354,"Kubrick-meets-Spielberg",2 +173253,"that this story is too goofy",1 +122796,"impeccable comic timing",3 +40616,"-- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides",4 +215237,"the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas",1 +216083,"then this should keep you reasonably entertained .",3 +147264,"Lovely and Amazing , '",3 +216780,"to Jimmy 's relentless anger",1 +231372,"happened in 1915 Armenia",2 +58742,"the standard of her profession",2 +83602,"intolerance has the power to deform families , then tear them apart",1 +226368,"The movie is n't horrible , but",1 +223541,"Greengrass ( working from Don Mullan 's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in Northern Ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation .",2 +52767,"hugely",2 +31190,"equal",2 +130339,"plot elements",2 +34198,"look at the sordid life of Hogan 's Heroes star Bob Crane .",2 +149546,"The messages",2 +84114,"is darkly atmospheric",3 +55829,"operatic grandeur",2 +121691,"has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness",2 +45420,"Griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .",4 +205449,"lottery",2 +93618,"striking new significance",3 +23990,", who can now add movies to the list of things he does well",3 +236961,"the goo , at least",2 +64784,"Confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong",3 +74620,"as a work of fiction inspired by real-life events . Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere",0 +129235,"of wonders",2 +163456,"is the first full scale WWII flick from Hong Kong 's John Woo .",2 +216978,"to do with him",2 +40224,"with its characters ' choices , good and ill",3 +120654,"frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness",1 +221733,"-- and gross",1 +198667,"feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",2 +81387,"green and",2 +64377,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one",3 +91191,"real horror",2 +93741,"subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph",1 +234578,"of this , and more",2 +159555,"forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",1 +127285,"more common",2 +121166,"given the opportunity",2 +110060,"The overall feel is not unlike watching a glorified episode of '' 7th Heaven . ''",2 +78869,"embraces life",3 +106999,"It does n't work as either .",0 +74531,"artistic significance",3 +179432,"'re far better",2 +111657,"a clue on the park",2 +214311,"the cliched dialogue rip . Or else",2 +65148,"Donald",2 +120177,"fistfights , and",2 +163803,"it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",1 +34489,"military",2 +168894,"placing them",2 +178755,"wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",1 +196239,"coordinated his own DV poetry with the Beat he hears in his soul",2 +108493,"Psychology",2 +14862,"a whole new level",3 +55444,"of means",2 +39569,"unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` Safe ! '",3 +207151,"none of them memorable",1 +199166,"for a film about one of cinema 's directorial giants",2 +18361,", at the same time ,",2 +26945,"There are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .",4 +21460,"nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr . DeMeo",1 +191056,"a one-star rating",0 +73932,"an over-amorous terrier",2 +196944,"difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0 +182488,"Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt",1 +86681,"makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .",4 +42572,"root it",2 +118515,"does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .",2 +157595,"distended",1 +80751,"fumbled by a lesser filmmaker",2 +214299,"the choppy editing",1 +132272,"she shows little understanding",2 +230404,"drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",3 +9064,"no apparent",1 +75396,"because it made him feel powerful",3 +151412,"a bright , chipper style",3 +25607,"Huston",2 +47716,"Yakusho and",2 +31554,"feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters",4 +5056,"be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",2 +158851,"far more cynical",1 +191471,"a talk",2 +153006,"age-wise",2 +235245,"recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt",1 +8782,"middle-aged",2 +125147,"it will warm your heart , and",4 +14433,"Solid , lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts .",3 +34004,"leading ladies",2 +223238,"English cinematographer Giles Nuttgens",2 +186282,"Nearly all the fundamentals",2 +188012,"The characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .",1 +192412,"an '' O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure ...",2 +73190,"adapts",3 +116352,"buzz and",2 +129823,"outweighs",2 +89733,"opting",2 +25913,"L'Avventura and Repulsion",1 +149410,"The film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly ... Alas , Santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the Snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown",2 +214332,"the comic possibilities",3 +203881,"it does n't make any sense",1 +84962,"it a failure as straight drama",0 +23284,", ( Sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .",2 +11708,"the other",2 +143261,"A perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making",1 +179043,"you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it",1 +189314,"Tyson",2 +139270,"was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention",0 +198715,"feels contrived",1 +22915,"you get through the accents",2 +163830,"it is dull",1 +174323,"the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture",3 +133202,"stance is admirable",2 +205332,"look classy in a '60s -",3 +179200,"your DVD player will do it for you",2 +212755,"style massacres",2 +196663,"deep-sixed",2 +142378,", or anywhere else",2 +72989,"about the last days",2 +163431,"is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families",2 +197345,"does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .",0 +224735,"Marisa Tomei is good , but Just A Kiss is just a mess",1 +34518,"misses the summer blockbusters",2 +160960,"he acts so goofy all the time",2 +144781,"Depression-era gangster movie",2 +21150,"its own cleverness",2 +161341,"historical figures",2 +181310,"... has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .",2 +205938,"may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates",2 +194631,"big blustery movie",2 +179750,"'s finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst",2 +77077,"compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",4 +9892,"psychologically rich and",3 +98069,"to form for director Peter Bogdanovich",2 +12181,"this ready-made midnight movie probably",2 +35246,"of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",3 +155463,"break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",2 +141023,"'m not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening",1 +221633,", this could be a passable date film .",3 +205148,"limited welcome",2 +161158,"hide Treasure Planet entirely and",2 +68376,"Rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true .",2 +16252,"is destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",4 +39666,"unquestionably alive",4 +179444,"'re left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 +160051,"gets there",2 +28432,"and BMX riders",3 +59749,"unwary",1 +160495,"hammer . Thumbs",2 +146931,"Judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller Smart Women , Foolish Choices for advice .",1 +46753,"Solaris",2 +13196,"without a doubt",2 +110471,"This is a movie full of grace and",4 +132315,"shootings , beatings",1 +231609,"have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",1 +95680,"the film sits with square conviction and",2 +116407,"by current world events",2 +233829,"men in a sardine can",2 +109131,"Splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .",3 +109696,"The dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .",1 +213383,"than five",2 +125342,"its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",2 +20215,"by the movie 's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia",3 +190887,"a low budget",2 +237772,"to check out",2 +21728,"plot development",3 +10729,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing more than petty theft of your time",0 +222797,"But seriously , folks , it does n't work .",1 +28335,"an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film",4 +142206,", her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",1 +41183,"Schweig ,",2 +177710,"watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination",1 +127589,"moviegoers not already clad in basic black",1 +213475,"that 's been told by countless filmmakers",2 +65979,"Here 's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix .",3 +70938,"Why",2 +40106,"will already be among the faithful",3 +132926,"someone , stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .",0 +103441,"A breathtaking adventure",4 +98476,"told as the truth",2 +167801,"of the manipulative engineering",2 +133267,"stays that way",2 +238026,"to weigh any arguments one way or the other",2 +161102,"her inner journey",2 +102458,", compromised and sad",1 +225317,"One thing 's for sure --",2 +20814,"his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you",3 +197088,"disintegrates",1 +204170,"its demented premise",1 +36162,"priceless",4 +39836,"wanting more",3 +37363,"stomach the rough content",2 +229186,"be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II",2 +64336,"Better than the tepid Star Trek :",3 +195604,"characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",1 +145848,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever . He has a great cast and a great idea . But the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .",2 +230775,"felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",2 +43253,"'s funniest and most likeable movie in years .",4 +174095,"the illogic of Series 7",2 +146229,"If you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film",2 +153320,"an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",4 +232077,"in what is essentially an extended soap opera",1 +229001,"as thrilling as it should be",3 +236410,"that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",2 +215619,"the single female population",2 +149312,"The doofus-on",2 +219882,"without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",1 +6226,"entertaining and informative",4 +226104,"The Four Feathers ''",2 +237571,"this sad-sack waste of a movie is a City of ruins .",0 +238147,"turn stupid",1 +112985,"a virgin with a chastity belt . That 's why Sex and Lucia is so alluring",3 +35044,"object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",2 +207160,"nonsensical and laughable",1 +163668,"it 's nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",2 +118789,"dumped",1 +185773,"Like being trapped inside a huge video game , where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .",2 +214457,"the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",2 +180240,"( and educational",2 +185314,"It makes me say the obvious",2 +216157,"there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",1 +198307,"exhausting Men in Black mayhem to one part family values",2 +107174,"Jeff 's",2 +136513,"the very definition of epic adventure",4 +133438,"struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision",3 +230176,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break !",4 +167082,"objectionable or dull film",1 +186021,"Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton",2 +32179,"great cinematic innovation",4 +169375,"promoter",2 +111231,"Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions . It 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . Like blended shades of lipstick , these components combine into one terrific story with lots of laughs .",3 +171680,"sometimes interesting remake",2 +219309,"whiny and",1 +138990,"very human need",2 +173574,"the boys",2 +135218,"the experiences of most battered women",2 +193139,"are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",0 +21301,"may never become the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will .",2 +129633,"only dull",1 +225207,"Not that I mind ugly",2 +110312,"There 's no good answer to that one .",1 +131600,"robust and",2 +6233,"entirely",2 +48905,"an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",4 +178561,"with drag gags",1 +195182,"by mediocrity . Not bad",2 +5411,"campanella",2 +218862,"watching Seinfeld ( who is also one of the film 's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy",3 +46035,"Live",2 +182981,"Cacoyannis '",2 +218755,"was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",1 +27908,"a tour de force that is weird , wacky and wonderful",3 +128723,"of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers",2 +31436,"fail",1 +33749,"its characters ' choices",2 +62500,"-- thoughtfully written",3 +182059,"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid of urgent questions",0 +24547,"After",2 +163703,"it 's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it",2 +178395,"will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters .",2 +72147,"a poem to the enduring strengths of women",3 +59863,"via",2 +126510,"maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score",0 +174303,"the most notable observation",2 +6809,"glide",2 +40232,"with its open-endedness and surprises",3 +73577,"ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",3 +196461,"cross-country",2 +160326,"greaseballs mob action-comedy .",2 +214087,"the ` plain ' girl",2 +137153,"though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .",2 +184939,"Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality",3 +30912,"does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works . No question .",1 +47326,"There is nothing outstanding about this film ,",0 +143177,"A long-winded , predictable scenario .",1 +132282,"shift",3 +90169,"people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",1 +23122,"'s fascinating to see how Bettany and McDowell play off each other .",3 +161099,"her hair",2 +50885,"disdain",0 +132961,"something provocative ,",3 +4364,"absurdly",2 +92858,"smack",2 +217533,"today 's hottest and",3 +31823,"foreign directors ... borrow stuff from Hollywood",2 +130427,"pop-culture",3 +115729,"been given",2 +180880,", populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .",1 +97642,"thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait",3 +129793,"our respect",3 +182542,"Aptly",3 +81540,"handling conventional material",2 +224367,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop .",3 +64409,"Bluer than the Atlantic and",2 +221158,", I dunno",2 +97703,"through love",3 +199192,"for a train car to drive through",2 +173978,"the first full scale WWII flick",3 +126984,"meditative and",3 +173376,"the Iron Mask and The Musketeer",2 +233634,"make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold",3 +172701,"than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports",2 +136272,"the sleeve",2 +169930,"relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ...",1 +1396,"is so corny",1 +10797,"stunt",2 +95284,"the catalytic effect a holy fool",2 +226606,"These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .",0 +35074,"of '' Elling ''",2 +217523,"to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",1 +95146,"the astute direction of Cardoso",3 +139185,"wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him",1 +35255,"of genius",3 +194778,"bogs down in insignificance ,",1 +31811,"for their first public recital",2 +106722,"In theory",2 +111424,"` This movie sucks . '",0 +211893,"sneak",2 +50749,"delivers its share of laughs and smiles",4 +28530,"and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli",4 +83302,"inescapably",2 +178994,"wrong turn",2 +134991,"the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen",3 +205261,"lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles",2 +115516,"be impossible to believe if it were n't true",2 +164038,"its genesis",2 +10687,"sports",2 +234617,"off-putting French romantic comedy",2 +64386,"Blanchett and Ribisi",2 +52833,"imagine a scenario",2 +79104,"enters a realm where few non-porn films venture",2 +187308,"Silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",1 +83426,"instance",2 +16578,"minor comedy",2 +99826,"well-wrought",3 +22414,"these flicks are just that damn good . Is n't it great ?",4 +129089,"of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy",2 +176829,"treats him human enough",3 +23735,", its claws dig surprisingly deep",2 +177514,"visual clarity",3 +173600,"the cast or",2 +12451,"to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",2 +44466,"An edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch .",3 +74522,"articulate , grown-up voice",3 +87838,"new reality",2 +170583,"seemed congenital",2 +202771,"is attractive .",3 +176245,"to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools",1 +195259,"ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",1 +102000,"'s worth ,",3 +196048,"compelling than the execution",2 +129148,"of their ages",2 +111150,"Wife 's",2 +30219,"close calls and double-crosses",2 +10248,"sag in certain places",1 +150028,"There 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned , as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance",2 +142454,", superficial and trend-hoppy",1 +106750,"Instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many Barney videos .",1 +20754,"have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",3 +166944,"not engaging",1 +5257,"bounce off",2 +20011,"as sharp as ever",3 +136000,"the picture itself is somewhat problematic",1 +68748,"Shindler",3 +95453,"the diciness of colonics",2 +236548,"that the Farrelly Bros. -- Peter and Bobby -- and their brand of screen comedy are wheezing to an end , along with Green 's half-hearted movie career",0 +37680,"terror",1 +209940,"put in an impossible spot",2 +73142,"acting horribly",0 +149833,"The situations and jokes",2 +71917,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud ... and",3 +198113,"even the SLC high command",2 +21418,"new sides",2 +118637,"double-pistoled",2 +53264,"is a compliment to Kuras and Miller . If I had been thinking about the visual medium , they would have been doing something wrong .",3 +123792,"is a much better mother-daughter tale than last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , ' but that 's not saying much .",2 +11603,"the marquis de sade",2 +54193,"left well enough alone",2 +20371,"desperate",1 +11394,"the film is a contrivance , as artificial as the video games japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence , but",2 +197386,"does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature",2 +74505,"art and heart",2 +225901,"Sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery .",2 +168628,"paint some memorable images ...",3 +158644,"expanded and worked into a compelling single feature",4 +55667,"of youth",2 +55248,"of a Vietnam picture",2 +16824,"on '' the other",2 +228174,"a spirit",3 +144923,"Do n't let your festive spirit go this far .",1 +140631,"yawner .",1 +138660,"unexpectedly giddy viewing",3 +178727,"without the songs",2 +85388,"its share of arresting images",2 +68114,"Parker and co-writer Catherine di Napoli are faithful to Melville 's plotline , they and",2 +36661,"satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling",4 +153748,"appeal to No One",1 +193538,"as obvious as telling a country skunk",1 +170056,"respectable but",2 +11085,"that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",2 +214306,"the circumstances of its making",2 +119694,"falls about ten feet onto his head",1 +79778,"feels a bit anachronistic .",1 +227947,"a gripping , tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he 's been in a while",3 +10696,"stage",2 +89185,"of video",2 +154816,"be smart",2 +8737,"mean",1 +226441,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise , ... but its delivery is a complete mess",1 +97010,"the wave",2 +123611,"into their very minds",2 +41043,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . ( But it 's ) worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",3 +209975,"puzzling real-life happening",2 +68314,"Qutting may be a flawed film",1 +183965,"For a film about explosions and death and spies",2 +189383,"Vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much .",1 +39138,"to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time .",4 +207465,"of Richard Nixon",3 +67439,"Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness",2 +86746,"manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",2 +177601,"wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world .",2 +159672,"frisk through the back alleys of history",2 +49265,"as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get",4 +80121,"flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original , mind you",3 +174475,"the otherwise compelling director",2 +225261,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful and",3 +156219,"cheerful , built to inspire the young people ,",3 +45186,"Every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency",2 +173508,"the background of a scene in a future Quentin Tarantino picture",2 +99387,"vibrant , and intelligent",4 +119128,"enjoyable above average summer",2 +87784,"neglecting character development",0 +220062,"would be easy for critics to shred it .",1 +169895,"rekindled",2 +209243,"perverse escapism",2 +42768,"terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious",3 +57561,"sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys",2 +91869,"sadness and obsession",1 +115828,"being noticeably derivative",2 +49613,"been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",3 +165898,"middling car chase",2 +172525,"takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",1 +164131,"its quirky excesses",1 +157631,"do if He was a film director",2 +50120,"character portrait",2 +101077,"you 've seen '' Stomp ''",2 +106977,"It 's uninteresting",0 +135321,"the film does n't manage to hit all of its marks",1 +16073,"human comedy",3 +126084,"like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",3 +212552,"sterotypes",1 +137360,"to actually give them life",2 +153192,"almost recommending it , anyway",2 +129018,"of the expressive power of the camera",3 +83277,"indelible epic American story",3 +165053,"lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes .",2 +27643,"a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative",3 +85349,"its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",3 +236819,"the documentary will be over",2 +163549,"is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness",1 +225999,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball",4 +62587,"... is hackneyed",2 +76987,"comes to no good",1 +218387,"utterly inept",2 +165478,"maintains the same snail 's pace",1 +117502,"contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls",1 +116114,"boring , pretentious",0 +117568,"could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",2 +151371,"a big ole '",2 +219237,"which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",1 +212086,"some comic sparks",3 +180040,"'s the worst movie of 2002",0 +24513,"A work of the utmost subtlety and perception , it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",3 +74071,"and unabashed sweetness",3 +39055,"through our homes",2 +153711,"anyone who has seen Chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",1 +4381,"acting",2 +213039,"sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",1 +20395,"distancing",2 +139057,"viewing for sci-fi fans",2 +74277,"are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",3 +192834,"another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie",1 +177607,"wants to be",2 +59337,"to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",3 +231474,"has sequel-itis something fierce .",2 +205931,"may find it uninteresting",1 +140092,"with actorish notations on the margin of acting",1 +146852,"Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",1 +220384,"your dream",3 +54732,"might not even",2 +15563,"do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",4 +142730,". Coal",2 +233075,"it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",2 +129917,"own head",2 +89388,"on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake",2 +209641,"predictable as the tides",1 +232647,"is not easy",2 +237899,"to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",1 +172683,"test Trekkie loyalty",1 +190706,"a gripping thriller",3 +38291,"the grand , intelligent entertainment",3 +227032,"What 's next : `` My Mother the Car ? ''",2 +81384,"greatest-hits reel",4 +141584,"'s so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .",0 +70686,"Warner Bros . B picture",2 +102096,"( Harmon )",3 +59759,"upsetting",1 +41147,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down , and",4 +123385,"inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc",3 +181944,"A rehash",1 +42500,"pushes the boundaries of biography , and",2 +135563,"the influence of Rohypnol",2 +165269,"loser",1 +38941,"this fourth animated movie in four years",3 +50165,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return",2 +28066,"abuse",1 +167597,"of mean-spiritedness",1 +65017,"Deserves a place of honor next to Nanook as a landmark in film history",4 +194825,"bored by as your ABC 's",1 +116759,"casting excellent Latin actors of all ages --",4 +92453,"sharp and",3 +129493,"once a couple",2 +154144,"as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",3 +190965,"a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",1 +183388,"Despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot",2 +36691,"scathing",1 +84032,"is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr .",3 +137139,"those who are n't looking for them",2 +229424,"blend together as they become distant memories .",3 +33718,"it surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",3 +208011,"of such a minute idea",3 +63417,"A stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films",4 +182533,"Appropriately",3 +212005,"so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",0 +195154,"by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",1 +11982,"the tonga people",2 +102567,", hospital bed or insurance company office",2 +171808,"spitting",1 +54357,"look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage .",2 +238950,"womanhood",2 +7250,"hush",2 +60600,"young and old",2 +166454,"much livelier",3 +113507,"against humanity",1 +135868,"the nerve-raked acting ,",1 +88595,"of fun , with an undeniable energy",3 +138644,"undistinguished rhythm",1 +112426,"a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar",4 +79270,"even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be",2 +205809,"many can aspire but none can equal",3 +20179,"but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty .",3 +36862,"shadow side",2 +208539,"once a guarantee",2 +209461,"poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat",1 +152292,"a prostituted muse",2 +79173,"errs",2 +162365,"into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0 +148382,"Sandler , who also executive produces ,",2 +133428,"strong piece",3 +204266,"its own investment",2 +3063,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie",3 +116035,"blank",2 +5289,"brisk ,",3 +122145,"her bully of a husband",1 +129112,"of the screen at times",2 +224599,"Less than fresh",0 +37102,"social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",3 +219750,"with his clamorous approach",2 +149233,"The best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding .",2 +68156,"Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business .",4 +207174,"nostalgia or sentimentality",2 +25854,"Jeffrey Dahmer",2 +118001,"delicious and",3 +152656,"a visual Rorschach test",2 +33785,"its goals with ease and confidence",4 +203524,"is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character",2 +174127,"the intelligence of everyone",2 +44120,"A gripping movie ,",3 +131126,"reassures us",3 +199063,"flicks in general",2 +36787,"self-deprecating",1 +49919,"button",2 +138075,"too cute",2 +214465,"the earnest emotional core",3 +187378,"Snow Dogs ' has both",2 +79441,"exist in one",2 +96090,"the many film",2 +136875,"this Nicholas Nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances",2 +145648,"Greek tragedy",2 +72840,"a wonderful subject",3 +138479,"two-dimensional offerings",1 +172835,"that 's missing",2 +220464,"' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable .",1 +129561,"one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",1 +158061,"dunce",1 +226945,"Warmed-over hash .",2 +104990,"Captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world .",3 +227171,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test Trekkie loyalty .",0 +220369,"your SAT scores",2 +159653,"freeze frames",2 +199771,"generates little narrative momentum",1 +90102,"passion and pretence",4 +60559,"you can feel the love .",3 +52783,"humor ends and tragedy",1 +160622,"has a wooden delivery",2 +146828,"James Eric , James Horton and",2 +160433,"had , in fact ,",2 +29305,"at the binds of a small family",2 +150134,"These spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but",2 +225320,"One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing",1 +222410,"Anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved .",2 +57662,"terrific climax",4 +65728,"Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",4 +21240,"lively and enjoyable",4 +22488,"to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois , tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski , that the compact 86 minutes breezes by",4 +214501,"the entire family",2 +136912,"this creed",2 +220133,"wrapped things up at 80 minutes",2 +204060,"it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production",2 +228343,"acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover",3 +82591,"ideas and awkwardness",1 +28767,"and remarkable",3 +112529,"a prison stretch",2 +14659,"` who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question",2 +201524,"if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",1 +94115,"take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,",2 +232391,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work",4 +17584,"the making",2 +213051,"swinging .",2 +76760,"civil disobedience , anti-war movements",2 +181,"a good movie",4 +64882,"Crudup 's",2 +189244,"Too much power ,",2 +56451,"rediscover",2 +144493,"Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",1 +9401,"of vulgar highlights",1 +23416,", and knows the form 's history",2 +190113,"a Xerox machine rather than",2 +111304,"Yes , soar",2 +158627,"exercise in time-vaulting literary pretension",1 +70986,"With a confrontational stance , Todd Solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .",2 +46028,"Likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer .",2 +30277,"coming to a head",2 +235220,"really did happen",2 +204609,"knowing anyone",2 +153877,"are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick , and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all",1 +161047,"heat up only in the movie 's final scenes",2 +224941,"Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos",3 +132593,"sleaze",1 +155684,"by Jay Scherick and David Ronn",2 +86947,"may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",2 +29159,"as a young man who uses sarcastic lies like a shield",1 +100807,"work as well as a remarkably faithful one",3 +180247,"( and funnier",3 +154637,"battling a monster loose in a spaceship",2 +58255,"the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",3 +38620,"the service",2 +101106,"you cool",2 +70161,"They 're just a couple of cops in Copmovieland , these two , but in Narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood",2 +131256,"release your pent",2 +38167,"the era 's",2 +140610,"writer-director Parker",2 +238899,"with propaganda",2 +113761,"also happens to be that rarity among sequels",2 +141843,"( and literally )",2 +163082,"is n't just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby",2 +90480,"ponder affair",2 +93798,"such high-profile talent",4 +56537,"rent",2 +115536,"be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",2 +94271,"telegraphed",2 +202196,"indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness",2 +98425,"to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",3 +104888,"Brosnan 's",2 +120817,"full price",3 +113265,"accomplished work",3 +30202,"claustrophobic on-board quarters",2 +182685,"Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever ''",2 +181980,"A serious movie with serious ideas . But seriously , folks , it does n't work .",1 +173789,"the editing room",2 +223627,"Heaven Allows",2 +184523,"How much you are moved by the emotional tumult of ( François and Michèle 's ) relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them .",2 +110676,"To the civilized mind , a movie like Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .",1 +164009,"its charm quickly fades",1 +104287,"An engrossing Iranian film",2 +151658,"a dull , ridiculous attempt",1 +36525,"resonates in a profound way , comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",4 +111211,"With the prospect of films like Kangaroo Jack about to burst across America 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative .",3 +122437,"hits a nerve",1 +134860,"the author 's work",2 +52620,"his bones",2 +91383,"rejection by one 's mother",1 +118199,"diction",2 +206080,"messy , murky , unsatisfying",0 +140373,"wonderful on the big screen",4 +54520,"make its way",2 +99551,"want to call Domino 's .",2 +137105,"thoroughly satisfying",4 +124070,"is funny --",3 +71624,"a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",3 +1923,"of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties",2 +2661,"the mothman prophecies",2 +62672,"1950s sci-fi movies",2 +15730,"fame freeway",2 +233459,"like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s",3 +100302,"will talk about for hours .",3 +129180,"of those rare remakes",3 +40310,"witnessed",2 +77331,"controlling",2 +106325,"How this one escaped the Lifetime network",2 +193318,"as Die Hard on a boat",2 +128390,"of Stuart Little 2",2 +113768,"also not very good .",0 +125885,"leaving the theater",1 +153788,"are about",2 +125584,"kept returning to one anecdote for comparison : the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures",2 +235343,"reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels",1 +63023,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending .",3 +232610,"is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",1 +166474,"much to me",2 +108793,"Scherfig ,",2 +28123,"adds up to good fun .",4 +228283,"about `` Gangs ''",2 +61762,", and room noise",3 +189351,"Unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .",0 +12154,"this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .",1 +204871,"less mature",3 +114827,"as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery",3 +211603,"silly and monotonous",1 +220856,"'s just merely very bad .",0 +91030,"quite a bit",2 +143772,"An uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously .",1 +210713,"sabotaged by pomposity",0 +43643,", its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .",3 +81815,"has warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed .",4 +195878,"collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",2 +191895,"acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts",3 +110158,"The sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness get you down .",0 +61888,", entertaining two hours . You get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that .",2 +100176,"whose portrait",2 +122838,"in About a Boy",2 +180132,"( Crystal and De Niro ) manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing .",2 +177778,"we 've been offered this summer",2 +188067,"The densest distillation of Roberts ' movies ever made .",1 +41194,"Smith 's point is simple and obvious --",2 +35280,"of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know",3 +97948,"to be wholesome and subversive at the same time",3 +57822,"that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant",2 +14615,"Whether",2 +223943,"If you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with Jason X.",3 +154730,"be exploring these women 's inner lives",2 +173480,"the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic",3 +86932,"may or may",2 +226793,"Torres",2 +160291,"got tired of hearing people kvetch",2 +237220,"the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate",3 +146045,"I do n't see the point .",1 +42629,"show us",2 +136019,"the plot is equally hackneyed",2 +75573,"benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story",3 +230265,"dismay",1 +193872,"avarice and damaged dreams",1 +146800,"Its well",2 +25137,"Disturbing",1 +192520,"an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",1 +230307,"do n't really care too much about this love story .",1 +165493,"make a dream seem possible",3 +80256,"for cover",2 +122309,"his fellow barbers",2 +11484,"the guise of a modern motion picture",1 +238811,"will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 +133876,"talk-heavy film",2 +21780,"provocatuers",2 +52468,"have become a Spielberg trademark",2 +99424,"views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point .",3 +207128,"nominated for an Oscar next year",3 +187354,"Sling",2 +179987,"'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary .",0 +234986,"plucks `` The Four Feathers ''",2 +39821,"wafer",2 +126500,"luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",4 +20765,"headlines",2 +171610,"some spice",3 +145582,"Glenn Close",2 +62571,"... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",3 +182752,"Been there done that .",1 +63014,"A fine , rousing , G-rated family film ,",3 +55884,"over-the-top way",2 +110227,"The underworld urban angst is derivative of Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself",3 +186615,"Orson",2 +123010,"in his entire script",2 +187122,"Saving Private Ryan . He may have meant the Internet short Saving Ryan 's Privates .",1 +166405,"movie time trip",2 +92756,"sketchy",1 +127703,"my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family ,",2 +205293,"long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare",1 +60971,"'s best about",2 +53861,"it should .",2 +44301,"A terrific B movie --",3 +172770,"than just dizzy",2 +48959,"an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst",3 +29007,"applauded",2 +62979,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it",4 +8789,"mike",2 +180303,"( the warden 's daughter )",2 +131039,"re",2 +50247,"combustible",2 +121310,"good laugh",4 +126420,"love , lust",2 +228482,"also seriously",2 +219332,"who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up",1 +62582,"... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any English Lit",3 +17107,"rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",3 +104980,"Can I admit XXX is as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ?",1 +109425,"The Gift",2 +194463,"behind the project",3 +2634,"the kind",2 +38693,"the superfluous Notting Hill",2 +57170,"some members of the audience",2 +172876,"that 1982 's Tootsie ,",2 +152732,"about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses",1 +17234,"so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives",3 +21985,"slice-of-depression life that touches nerves and rings true",3 +203737,"it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it",2 +185392,"Its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",1 +44447,"Among",2 +166709,"new faces",2 +25889,"Kathryn",2 +113707,"alluring backdrop",2 +134458,"that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism",2 +186946,"Right now",2 +69910,"The simplicity of The Way Home",2 +60735,"'re burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",2 +55129,"not to be moved by this drama",1 +130929,"quit",2 +159181,"first few villians",2 +38257,"the fondness he has for his characters",3 +29756,"broached",2 +52834,"imagine a scenario where Bergman approaches Swedish fatalism using Gary Larson 's Far Side humor",3 +227789,"a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes",0 +33308,"is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses",3 +213153,"takes the cake",2 +27664,"a masterful piece of artistry",4 +168813,"perhaps the heaviest , most joyless movie",0 +226006,"Sugar Hill Gang , etc.",2 +191872,"accuse Kung Pow for misfiring ,",2 +134187,"that Caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",3 +169186,"predominantly amateur",1 +71186,"Zwick",2 +205510,"lower I",2 +123265,"in-joke",2 +34752,"museum",2 +146087,"I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .",0 +207257,"nothing left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",1 +80666,"from the lives of the people",2 +56067,"pleasurable trifle",4 +199081,"fluidity and",2 +28014,"about being a different kind of time traveler",2 +74662,"as darkly funny , energetic",3 +230744,"fear about `` Fear Dot Com ''",2 +44289,"A superbly",3 +94203,"tampoco",2 +109839,"The film starts promisingly ,",2 +115123,"assistir a este filme também .",2 +33774,"its excessive moral baggage",1 +32136,"good sparring partners",3 +155566,"bull 's",2 +74711,"as in real life",2 +99588,"warm and winning",3 +20460,"enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme",4 +113081,"a-knocking",3 +154934,"becoming boring and predictable",0 +140441,"works as well as it does because of the performances",3 +13039,"while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",1 +167694,"of shame",2 +170050,"resolutely without chills .",2 +237127,"the other '' and",2 +147859,"Of course , by more objective measurements",2 +105725,"Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and last fall 's '' Heist '' so much fun .",3 +19613,"a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone",3 +160517,"hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",0 +218451,"verbally flatfooted",1 +42069,"hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still",2 +225287,"Oh come on .",1 +120230,"flatter",3 +179963,"'s refreshing",3 +153863,"are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",1 +50758,"demeaning",1 +176098,"to empowerment",2 +15805,"follows a resolutely realistic path in this uncompromising insight into the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands .",3 +125591,"kid-vid",2 +33660,"it in",2 +31900,"from novel",2 +183418,"Did we really need a remake of '' Charade ? ''",2 +123200,"in the viewing audience",2 +234106,"new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters . '",3 +100546,"with keen insights",2 +9886,"provocative . it",2 +164671,"learn along the way about vicarious redemption",2 +218023,"typical Sandler fare",2 +227692,"`` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",1 +8954,"musings",2 +103481,"A cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .",1 +69577,"The film just might turn on many people to opera , in general",4 +45636,"If you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",3 +139659,"which may be why it works as well as it does",3 +128005,"no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y , por momentos ,",2 +227303,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride .",3 +156164,"characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc . )",2 +163918,"it shows",2 +82994,"in love with his stepmom",2 +229489,"built settings . .",2 +68967,"Springer",2 +154968,"been groundbreaking",2 +87401,"most contemporary adult movies are lacking",2 +132386,"show Blind Date , only less",1 +63452,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire",3 +220753,"'s also the year 's sweetest movie .",4 +50169,"chronicles Seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic Adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time",3 +91636,"revision",2 +113158,"about identity and alienation",1 +48495,"a wickedly subversive bent",3 +44459,"An artful , intelligent film",4 +58763,"the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement",2 +105901,"Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .",3 +160980,"he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",1 +127684,"must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",1 +211262,"serve no other purpose",1 +107654,"Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",2 +21903,"saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",2 +5622,"cold",1 +239127,"you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",3 +54307,"live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",2 +194789,"boiled",2 +156054,"cares passionately about its subject",4 +33223,"is a film that will have people walking out halfway through",0 +23118,"'s extremely well played and often very funny",4 +124608,"is that Rob Schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl",3 +222675,"Brilliant !",4 +116415,"by freeing them from artefact",2 +145938,"I 'll stick with The Tune",2 +115165,"at his own birthday party",2 +49142,"are charming and",3 +177281,"unusually vivid set",3 +93702,"su amor",2 +133961,"tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0 +178450,"wish-fulfilling",2 +92607,"shows excess in business and pleasure ,",3 +178635,"with pop songs",2 +32983,"in this run-of-the-mill vehicle",1 +102871,", the film does hold up pretty well .",3 +199205,"for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works",1 +159968,"genuinely honest moment",2 +33125,"intimate film",3 +235531,"see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",1 +172047,"story . You 've seen them a million times .",2 +130351,"plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel",3 +105818,"Finn and Edmund",2 +95052,"the Marxian dream of honest working folk",2 +128786,"of manners and misanthropy",2 +199346,"for the last exit from Brooklyn",2 +44264,"A solid examination",3 +63805,"Amid",2 +167753,"of the Police Academy series",1 +28039,"about the goal of its makers , the show ... represents a spectacular piece of theater",4 +155952,"can make it more than fitfully entertaining",3 +133805,"take an entirely stale concept and",1 +182306,"American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature",2 +148178,"Propelled",2 +196237,"coordinated",3 +127648,"muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through",1 +43823,"-- provocatively so --",2 +35156,"of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .",2 +34961,"not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom",1 +30588,"darn",2 +116344,"but with enough hope",2 +136586,"the women 's",2 +91256,"reassuring",2 +85224,"its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and",2 +151018,"With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perry 's boss",3 +50431,"contemplating",2 +131685,"runaway",2 +160740,"has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .",2 +69798,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr . Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities",3 +46178,"Miller 's film",2 +22939,"' ... 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 . '",4 +17126,"rolling your eyes",1 +97016,"the way of slapstick sequences",2 +226296,"The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought --",2 +104645,"Battlefield Earth",2 +134526,"that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",1 +129060,"of the modern male",2 +228697,"another scene , and then",2 +156942,"crashing and banging",2 +181814,"A low-budget affair , Tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Then again , in a better movie",1 +154042,"arty",2 +60850,"'s a setup so easy it borders on facile",2 +212922,"superficial treatment",1 +216751,"tired stereotypes",1 +201549,"if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",1 +79592,"fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",3 +181819,"A man",2 +66501,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and",4 +51040,"drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer",2 +228449,"all the wiggling energy",3 +92107,"see this picture",2 +38319,"the higher brain functions",2 +71074,"Woven together handsomely",3 +89233,"off-center humor",2 +64959,"DeVito 's misanthropic vision",3 +185258,"It collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",1 +191854,"acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies",3 +120611,"four decades",2 +125787,"latest pop thriller",2 +117590,"could possibly find it funny .",2 +109905,"The innocence",2 +179501,"'s a big idea",2 +131290,"remaining true to his principles",2 +107224,"Journalistically dubious",2 +122245,"him before",2 +54199,"legal eagles",2 +234897,"pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +139166,"wannabe film --",1 +99781,"welcomed tens of thousands of German Jewish refugees while the world 's democracie",2 +88481,"of co-dependence",2 +39080,"time on that second round to see the subtleties of Ramsay 's portrait of grief",2 +201136,"his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task",2 +137678,"to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc",2 +7186,"his skinny",2 +76458,"carol",2 +12458,"to wonder , ` what 's the point ? '",1 +30027,"captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests",3 +50502,"could reasonably expect",2 +131754,"save the movie",2 +226930,"Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it",0 +62233,", standard , connect-the-dots storyline",2 +112349,"a more immediate mystery in the present",2 +13579,", funny and good-natured",4 +196566,"daft by half ... but",3 +101636,"'s barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 +14655,"` A '",2 +162835,"is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening",0 +31927,"from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",1 +30477,"creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad .",3 +224437,"J.M. Barrie 's Peter Pan",2 +7536,"informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms .",3 +178080,"when you instantly know whodunit",1 +101268,"your sympathy",2 +225496,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure .",2 +184647,"I did n't laugh . I did n't smile . I survived .",1 +60183,"wholesome twist",4 +45393,"Good car chases , great fight scenes , and a distinctive blend of European , American and Asian influences .",3 +61896,", every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",3 +194672,"biting into it",2 +58293,"the film 's mood",2 +35555,"of why we go to the movies",3 +108712,"Rymer",2 +168071,"on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",2 +190174,"a big box of consolation candy",1 +207797,"of incident",2 +122321,"his genre",2 +117134,"coherent rhythm",3 +161450,"hour 's",2 +161615,"if you have an interest in the characters you see",2 +78448,"does n't give a damn",2 +235932,"sometimes a chuckle",3 +78091,"develop her own film language",3 +184567,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but",2 +101480,"'s Lovely and Amazing ,",4 +141559,"'s relentlessly folksy ,",2 +75415,"become a good man",2 +94756,"that kind of impact on me these days",3 +198573,"farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale",2 +33597,"it 's more of the same",3 +28276,"ambling",2 +218178,"unforgettably stupid",0 +172316,"sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy",1 +53282,"is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",3 +66575,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior --",2 +40753,"An enjoyable film for the family , amusing and cute",4 +176062,"to create some pretty cool characters",4 +140384,"wonderfully warm human drama",3 +85216,"its contrivances",3 +185573,"Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .",1 +941,"eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",1 +126444,"love song",3 +130333,"plot and animation",2 +208579,"one decent performance from the cast",2 +120350,"for a best-foreign-film Oscar",3 +81205,"going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn",3 +130193,"philosophical musings",3 +13440,"'s a lovers-on-the-run crime flick",3 +22295,"the least",2 +14035,"For",2 +4938,"at the cia",2 +3781,"a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",1 +85105,"it must be admitted , not entirely humorless . Indeed",3 +177667,"was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie",2 +218267,"until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal",3 +203391,"is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs",0 +22129,"tantalizing",4 +226790,"Too bad the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back .",1 +150375,"Through",2 +10491,"sized",2 +124983,"it gets rock-n-rolling",3 +119773,"far more meaningful",3 +5581,"claustrophobic",1 +107760,"Mike White 's deft combination",2 +121341,"gorgeous animation",3 +203167,"is n't complex enough to hold our interest .",1 +229304,"been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",2 +114471,"apart from others in the genre",2 +110200,"The thing about guys like Evans is this",2 +223442,"Full of surprises .",3 +43652,", look at war .",2 +164231,"jokes , dealing in broad stereotypes and outrageously unbelievable scenarios , and saddled with a general air of misogyny",1 +40021,"while the little ones get a fuzzy treat",3 +15932,"gritty",3 +91083,"rapids",2 +8058,"its goodwill",3 +10005,"rates an ` e ' for effort -- and a ` b ' for boring .",1 +211416,"shifting in your chair",2 +57494,"suggests nothing",1 +198955,"fire-breathing entity",2 +230976,"found What Time",2 +85495,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times ,",3 +192576,"an imitation movie",0 +182657,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare I say , outdated",1 +68850,"Snide",0 +214336,"the compassion , good-natured humor and",3 +66768,"It must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes",3 +222377,"And that should tell you everything you need to know about All the Queen 's Men .",2 +13833,"Allen",2 +27006,"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash , and you 'll be glad you went along for the ride .",4 +44436,"American love stories",3 +6465,"female",2 +117558,"could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",0 +167806,"of the more irritating cartoons",1 +209775,"production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins ' inclination to play Hannibal Lecter again , even though Harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",1 +59717,"unlike many revenge fantasies",2 +116491,"byplay and bickering",2 +191621,"a white American zealously spreading a Puritanical brand of Christianity to South Seas islanders",2 +202770,"is attractive",3 +174385,"the nail",2 +86631,"makes for a touching love story",4 +131458,"resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and",2 +29173,"as anything the cinema",2 +192330,"also by some of that extensive post-production",2 +223559,"H.G. Wells ' Time Machine",2 +13772,"A few artsy",2 +121518,"hack-and-slash",2 +122153,"her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human",3 +218705,"was a better film",3 +9263,"of film directors",2 +131425,"resorting to camp or parody",1 +116844,"characteristically startling visual style",3 +138077,"too cutesy",2 +214440,"the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .",0 +135106,"the director does next",2 +59148,"to Liyan 's backyard",2 +170930,"should , indeed",2 +43418,"( Le Besco )",2 +150276,"This movie is maddening .",1 +153746,"apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca-Asay",2 +75532,"being teenagers",2 +78060,"despite their flaws",2 +46557,"Probably the best case for Christianity since Chesterton and Lewis .",3 +86838,"marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the Yiddish theater , both in America and Israel",3 +1692,"manic",1 +112992,"a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs",3 +119230,"epic four-hour Indian musical",3 +14459,"Steven Segal",2 +12031,"the whole",2 +215819,"the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade",2 +236766,"the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly",3 +107209,"Jolie 's performance",2 +37069,"so bizarre to the adult mind ,",2 +229061,"at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",3 +193043,"are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",2 +31050,"embrace",2 +217126,"to its own detriment",1 +206939,"never quite settles on either side",2 +88030,"not to",2 +50200,"clashing in today 's New Delhi",2 +10103,"rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",4 +192856,"another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise",1 +124502,"is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .",3 +179608,"'s all surprisingly predictable",1 +72949,"about in thick clouds of denial",1 +87255,"more down-home flavor",3 +131203,"redundant and inauthentic",1 +94206,"tan superficial como muchas",2 +91785,"romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .",2 +173126,"that makes you want to like it",3 +53004,"in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres",3 +3708,"a cutesy",2 +187963,"The bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all",0 +203687,"is well-acted by James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal",4 +94357,"than '' Bladerunner",2 +6062,"doofus-on",1 +93756,"succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order .",2 +215616,"the simple fact",3 +131339,"remotely",2 +168025,"on .",2 +192546,"an example to up-and-coming documentarians",4 +73805,"an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",4 +124974,"it feels like unrealized potential",1 +145500,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did",1 +185929,"MGM 's",2 +211237,"sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre",2 +226316,"The kooky yet",2 +48633,"across its borders",2 +230411,"dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition",1 +7970,"it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations",3 +116394,"by a strong and unforced supporting cast",3 +93652,"structure and",3 +86722,"managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry",2 +170070,"restage the whole thing",1 +25171,"Droll caper-comedy",3 +71288,"a big , comforting jar",3 +44880,"Challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative . But it 's too long and too convoluted and",1 +141208,"'s also heavy-handed",2 +220641,"'re the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",2 +21257,"loves",3 +12627,"ultimately succumbs",1 +90913,"pure craft and",3 +148449,"Scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . It 's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .",1 +147379,"Maudlin and melodramatic we expected . Boring we did n't .",1 +226260,"The film ...",2 +109023,"So fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated . Not to mention absolutely refreshed .",3 +39161,"to convey grief and hope",2 +159840,"funny ( enough )",2 +18485,", this is a movie that 's got oodles of style and substance .",4 +7208,"homage",3 +141331,"'s full of throwaway one-liners , not-quite jokes , and a determined TV amiability that Allen personifies",2 +102717,", mean-spirited lashing",1 +225531,"Punch-Drunk Love ''",2 +237455,"they have a tendency to slip into hokum",1 +73917,"an old-fashioned nature film",2 +16175,"intense",3 +100608,"with some buoyant human moments",2 +227306,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm .",2 +2133,"record about an aspiring writer 's coming-of-age",2 +170728,"sequel that 's much too big for its britches",1 +148927,"Suggests",2 +209766,"produce adequate performances",3 +233346,"leave the auditorium feeling dizzy , confused , and totally disorientated",0 +63061,"A funny and touching film that is gorgeously",4 +3835,"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper",3 +60703,"'ll cheer . Otherwise , maybe .",3 +202480,"irreparably drags the film down .",1 +62180,", reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .",3 +37094,"sober and affecting",3 +116311,"but a little too smugly",1 +208207,"of tones and styles",2 +93988,"suspenseful enough",3 +45284,"Forgettable",1 +108668,"Rocky and Bullwinkle",2 +209403,"please people",3 +33711,"it something any true film addict will want to check",3 +28130,"adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .",2 +27612,"a landmark in Japanese animation",4 +27900,"a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications",3 +47282,"The vitality of the actors",3 +164626,"laughing with us , folks . It 's laughing at us",2 +213978,"the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance",1 +231518,"hate myself",0 +90327,"placing their parents",3 +45409,"Granger Movie Gauge",2 +120896,"future-world holographic librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",4 +43018,"winning performances and",4 +9644,"patch",2 +191340,"a sketch on Saturday Night Live",2 +34829,"narcotizing",2 +159570,"forget its absurdity .",1 +236880,"the film buzz and whir : very little",2 +90652,"pretty good execution",3 +159706,"from behind",3 +109214,"Stonehenge .",2 +166180,"more generic",2 +179414,"'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .",0 +138804,"unwavering and arresting",3 +175496,"this obscenely bad dark comedy ,",0 +134083,"than its 2002 children 's - movie competition",2 +109283,"Surprisingly , considering that Baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .",1 +42072,"heartbreaking honesty",3 +239118,"you 're watching a serious actioner : the next",3 +94550,"that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear",2 +203063,"is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .",1 +232139,"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and",4 +146158,"I would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris . But even",2 +15769,"filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",4 +186260,"My Sweet",2 +238873,"with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message",4 +135016,"the cinematography",2 +170447,"sci-fi video game graphics and",2 +99368,"very simply",2 +128682,"of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",3 +133512,"submarine drama",2 +123019,"in humanity",2 +209776,"products",2 +28216,"all-American girl",3 +9014,"nature against progress .",2 +18701,"As expected",2 +235504,"see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good",3 +141082,"'s Something About Mary and both American Pie movies . Oh",2 +5811,"crumb",2 +65599,"For those in search of something different , Wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",3 +225468,"Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph .",3 +31188,"epochs",3 +157159,"debases a concept comedy",1 +140256,"with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego",2 +32156,"gosh , will you be shocked .",3 +111045,"What sets Ms . Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .",4 +196129,"consistently amusing",3 +17290,"space",2 +105759,"Fahrenheit",2 +136699,"thematically complex",3 +106017,"Godfrey Reggio 's",2 +39099,"to Elmer Bernstein 's perfectly melodic score",3 +72307,"a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride",4 +25835,"Jane",2 +13630,", sharp acting and partially animated interludes",4 +193864,"autistic",1 +37886,"that saves his pathos from drippiness",2 +170176,"rolling over in their graves",0 +20123,"bigotries",1 +11224,"the casting of raymond j . barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary",3 +112811,"a struggling nobody",1 +198324,"exotic dancing",2 +199360,"for the stunning star",4 +65509,"Feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in Nine Queens .",2 +34502,"minor flaws",1 +212144,"some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink Laurence Olivier",1 +87455,"most personal",3 +52440,"has the showmanship of Clones ' last 45 minutes",3 +4854,"as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but",2 +45904,"Jones )",2 +236876,"the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",2 +170117,"ribbing itself to be truly entertaining",3 +216884,"to be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances",2 +102270,", I dunno .",2 +215152,"the movie looks genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .",3 +53194,"into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",4 +112434,"a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",1 +49943,"by an unlikely team of Oscar-winners",2 +234660,"on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",2 +23210,"( An )",2 +57195,"some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness",4 +189477,"We can tell what it is supposed to be",2 +224189,"It 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ?",1 +220953,"'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' .",0 +30559,"cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over",4 +224255,"It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain .",2 +126632,"make the film relevant today",3 +211123,"seems to remain an unchanged dullard",1 +93027,"societal",2 +160933,"have viewers recoiling from the reality",2 +128979,"of the action",2 +171871,"stagey",2 +79321,"every blighter",2 +95686,"the film trades in",2 +146397,"It 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous ' ...",1 +33204,"is Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Nancy Drew",2 +72241,"a reasonably attractive holiday contraption ,",3 +161547,"idea is",2 +204645,"lackluster at best",0 +188429,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn ,",1 +70146,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and",3 +11404,"the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed",3 +190583,"a film with this title",2 +7825,"is unlike any",3 +93439,"stark portrait",2 +50914,"disturbing bio-pic",1 +99874,"what is kind of special",3 +73119,"acquires",2 +112808,"a strong sense of humanism",3 +74205,"anything that 's been done before",2 +194552,"betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",1 +132809,"so warm and fuzzy",4 +6807,"glacier-paced",0 +235941,"sort of loved the people onscreen , even though I could not stand them .",3 +93858,"summer movies",2 +37478,"superficially preposterous",2 +209503,"ponderous and",1 +46388,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way : Last Orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship .",2 +213918,"that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",3 +162225,"innovation or pizazz",2 +189637,"When the precise nature of Matthew 's predicament finally comes into sharp focus",2 +26413,"Ramsay",2 +180869,", overblown enterprise",1 +237675,"tired of going where no man has gone before",1 +184249,"Gremlins",2 +83325,"influenced",2 +83201,"in to its community",2 +68184,"Peter Bogdanovich",2 +22026,"sophisticated entertainment",3 +155855,"ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy",1 +44121,"A gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching",3 +169638,"rap-metal",2 +217127,"to its own detriment --",1 +213517,"that Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility",2 +17184,"sheep",1 +9399,"of urgent questions",2 +5141,"bibi 's",2 +118072,"depressing than entertaining",0 +193721,"at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten",1 +148180,"Propelled not by characters but by caricatures .",1 +85862,"leave your date behind",2 +224790,"Michael Stewart",2 +231069,"fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences",4 +96267,"the now 72-year-old Robert Evans",2 +81949,"have you believe",2 +158011,"due to the general sense that no two people working on the production",2 +79635,"family-film plot",2 +230284,"do all three",2 +182303,"American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",2 +208221,"of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives Hollywood sequels a bad name",1 +209545,"portent",2 +236887,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and -- unless prewarned --",1 +41033,"It would be interesting to hear from the other side ,",2 +111921,"a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",4 +211112,"seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",1 +83483,"interesting and at times",3 +145743,"Has something to say ...",2 +174571,"the prequel",2 +11538,"the kathie",2 +24333,"A distant , even sterile , yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of Hogan 's Heroes star Bob Crane .",3 +236085,"struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",1 +173669,"the conversation",2 +5959,"die hideously",0 +60080,"what-if premise",2 +24611,"An elegant",4 +153982,"are touching moments in Etoiles",3 +50543,"creative .",3 +102158,"( and fairly unbelievable",2 +192524,"an energetic , extreme-sports adventure",3 +58517,"the movie proceeds",2 +64950,"Day feel",2 +47681,"Would",2 +227871,"a disaster of a story ,",1 +41797,"directs the entire film",2 +18995,"It 's not so much enjoyable to watch as it is enlightening to listen to new sides of a previous reality , and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world .",3 +6444,"feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas",3 +7760,"is nothing if",2 +216624,"thriller as lazy",1 +27703,"a neater trick in Possession",2 +225012,"Ms.",2 +163106,"is n't so much bad",2 +55773,"one heck",2 +149043,"Terri",2 +210938,"screenwriting parlance",2 +184165,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour .",1 +81356,"great cast",3 +196876,"devastatingly telling",2 +91293,"reclaiming",2 +153096,"all right .",2 +92700,"sincerely crafted picture",4 +105237,"Cosby-Seinfeld",2 +39079,"time for their first public recital",3 +145854,"Hollywood dreck",1 +224472,"John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders",1 +162404,"into sham truths",1 +233247,"keeps things interesting , but do n't go out of your way to pay full price .",1 +181041,", there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .",0 +4276,"a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture .",4 +135110,"the disparate elements do n't gel",1 +43041,"wraps back around",3 +221568,", the effect comes off as self-parody .",1 +4748,"any of their intelligence",2 +184848,"If you recognize Zeus ( the dog from Snatch )",2 +154296,"as you might expect",2 +7953,"it is nature against progress . in fessenden 's horror trilogy",2 +158504,"every character in this movie and , subsequently , the movie itself",2 +22795,"whose frailties",2 +226340,"The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore 's The Scarlet Letter .",1 +87875,"nice twists but the ending",2 +16601,"most powerful of all",4 +216302,"thinking , `",2 +106631,"If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again",2 +73230,"admirable one",3 +58588,"the places , and the people ,",3 +210016,"quite enough of them",3 +103618,"A generic international version of a typical American horror film .",1 +53426,"is both inspiring and pure joy .",4 +219336,"who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",1 +161446,"hot-button",2 +46325,"Niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around . '",3 +35164,"of an event that has to be seen to be believed",3 +230254,"discerning taste",3 +175448,"this latest",2 +105897,"French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",3 +139545,"what he can in a thankless situation",2 +13007,"where the knees should be",2 +9592,"paints - of a culture in conflict with itself ,",3 +162364,"into a 9",2 +194236,"bears more than a whiff of exploitation",2 +36142,"premier",2 +2257,"sheridan",2 +37810,"that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos",3 +57172,"some moments of rowdy slapstick",2 +144772,"Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but it neglects few others",2 +192814,"annex",2 +94275,"tell :",2 +27546,"a gauzy , dithering way",2 +96317,"the outer limits of raunch",1 +132876,"some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .",1 +73359,"aims to confuse",1 +136664,"their ears",2 +64370,"Bisset is both convincing and radiant",4 +186784,"Prince",2 +202720,"is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .",3 +119374,"eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",2 +51611,"few evocative images",2 +212350,"spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion",1 +74808,"as their characters do in the film .",2 +66320,"Igby Goes Down is one of those movies .",2 +219390,"who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",3 +58008,"the alacrity",2 +119964,"ferment",2 +40180,"with actual ideas on its mind",2 +199613,"from the 4W formula",2 +17830,"to show how its done",3 +70047,"The year 's greatest adventure , and Jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation",3 +209394,"plays worse now",1 +130048,"pathological",2 +15362,"calcified into chronic cynicism and fear",1 +191488,"a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo",1 +179496,"'s a bad action movie",1 +110553,"This slow-moving Swedish film",1 +138834,"upset or frighten",2 +10184,"robert",2 +99067,"unleashed",2 +216483,"this situation",2 +10599,"some chills and sustained",2 +204944,"lighten the heavy subject matter",2 +102912,", the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .",0 +95910,"the idealistic kid",2 +68043,"Oscar Wilde 's classic satire",3 +11477,"the good ,",3 +212710,"struggling to create",1 +203831,"it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun",1 +64604,"Cam",2 +109039,"Soldiers to be remembered by",2 +50316,"communal",2 +83782,"is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast",3 +215116,"the movie , as opposed to the manifesto ,",2 +222880,"Caine makes us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose .",3 +188613,"The rollerball sequences",2 +220564,"'ll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",2 +15843,"from perfect",3 +79568,"fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",3 +116159,"box office pie",2 +27248,"Without ever becoming didactic",2 +109757,"The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest",2 +227059,"What sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre",3 +197264,"does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .",1 +138913,"vampire fun",3 +55644,"of urban life",2 +137320,"to Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island",2 +137671,"to humanize its subject",2 +224445,"Jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of Candid Camera staged for the Marquis de Sade set",0 +157187,"decides , like Lavinia , to go the conservative route",2 +162346,"intermittently pleasing",3 +109971,"The most consistently funny of the Austin Powers films",4 +183264,"Dahmer 's two hours amounts to",2 +2329,"so incredibly",3 +233321,"laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat .",2 +165260,"loosens",3 +48909,"an element",2 +21736,"political agitprop",2 +199150,"for `",2 +110373,"There is a real subject here , and",3 +154033,"artistic license Avary employs",2 +150700,"Warmed-over Tarantino by way of wannabe Elmore Leonard .",1 +28304,"an aborbing if arguable case for the man 's greatness",3 +194747,"blown them",2 +106886,"It 's just not very smart .",1 +16512,"lump-in-the-throat family entertainment that derives its power by sticking to the facts",3 +63259,"A poignant and gently humorous",4 +166173,"more exciting",2 +36415,"reduces",2 +160003,"get the full brunt of the comedy",2 +159148,"find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",1 +174167,"the kind of dramatic unity",3 +32076,"gives it an honest , lived-in glow",3 +47557,"Warren",2 +102041,"'ve yet",2 +234917,"performer '' funny",3 +25291,"Far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features Nickelodeon has made from its other animated TV series .",4 +56912,"shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",4 +76696,"chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back ,",2 +149073,"The Blair Witch Project",2 +171647,"something for once",2 +21907,"say that it 's slow at times",1 +30537,"cultural history",2 +109074,"Somehow Ms . Griffiths and Mr .",2 +141898,"( the film 's target market ? )",2 +80242,"for any movie",2 +46837,"Strikes Back",2 +94898,"that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist Alice",2 +135437,"the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen",3 +24821,"Bettany",2 +203914,"it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",1 +182508,"Any film that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",1 +111950,"a fragment of an underdone potato",1 +197328,"does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick .",1 +123837,"is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly",2 +144888,"Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island",2 +152142,"a multi-million dollar",2 +141454,"'s not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination",1 +49771,"bodies",2 +211336,"shabby digital photography",1 +120483,"for someone like Judd , who really ought to be playing villains",1 +44618,"Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate French comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie .",3 +170195,"rosily",2 +171477,"so shimmering and benign",2 +38231,"the film suffices",2 +154088,"as a pompous professor",1 +139901,"will embrace this engaging and literate psychodrama",3 +219699,"with an utterly incompetent conclusion",0 +155390,"boring , wincingly cute",1 +1841,"no such",1 +159292,"fog",2 +78504,"doing what they do best - being teenagers",2 +55999,"perpetual",2 +235663,"she ca n't provide any conflict",1 +163376,"is something in Full Frontal , I guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them",2 +12224,"those films",2 +54379,"loss , grief and recovery",2 +4205,"a thoughtful , emotional",3 +197247,"do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ?",1 +152299,"a psychological mess , with Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet",1 +85793,"laugh-out-loud",3 +73740,"an encouraging debut feature",3 +67754,"Nair 's cast is so large it 's Altman-esque ,",2 +159322,"foot-dragging",1 +122283,"his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose",2 +205175,"listless and desultory affair",1 +185204,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy :",4 +99809,"well-done",3 +205864,"masquerade ball",2 +35819,"ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world",2 +61248,"'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong",3 +88466,"of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances",3 +136089,"the qualities that made the first film so special",3 +59061,"those visual in-jokes ,",2 +182285,"Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",1 +198921,"find the oddest places",2 +33071,"inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France",2 +154848,"be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around",0 +235526,"see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices",2 +236922,"the first 2\/3",2 +57924,"that would have been perfect for an old '' Twilight Zone '' episode",2 +88096,"obnoxious",1 +1016,"for children ,",2 +46842,"Strip it of all its excess debris",2 +87762,"need to see it",3 +63200,"A movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well .",3 +191092,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . He 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery",2 +120530,"for this kind of movie",2 +139526,"what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled",2 +122056,"he so chooses",2 +156697,"confused mediocrity",0 +60888,"'s a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama",4 +238052,"too clichéd and too often strains",0 +69185,"Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings",2 +137222,"through the specific conditions of one man",2 +6450,"feeling this movie",3 +51508,"family parable",3 +225243,"Næss",2 +209957,"putrid writing , direction and timing",0 +138409,"trying to say",2 +221172,", John Q. is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a good cause .",0 +217826,"trotting out threadbare standbys",1 +2005,"particular",2 +57430,"struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them",3 +22547,"to several Greek-American weddings",2 +23116,"'s endearing to hear Madame D . refer to her husband as ` Jackie '",2 +200922,"he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and",2 +212912,"summer playoff",2 +159048,"fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",0 +132777,"so poorly",1 +36624,"round",2 +68589,"Sandra Bullock vehicle",2 +88458,"of business",2 +226798,"Traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill .",2 +194729,"blinding embarrassment",1 +74334,"are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before",3 +220085,"would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation",3 +119882,"feeling a little sticky and unsatisfied",1 +16437,"lectures on '' the other",2 +208046,"of the bra",3 +212903,"suited to a quiet evening on PBS",1 +200341,"had n't blown them all up",2 +83740,"is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",3 +167461,"of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales",4 +129977,"parallels",2 +147972,"Outer-space buffs might love this film , but",2 +88601,"of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man",3 +154806,"be said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie",2 +79963,"find their own rhythm and",2 +20093,"because it is full of necessary discussion points",3 +220504,"'' is entertaining .",3 +163168,"is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him",1 +137358,"to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",3 +120404,"for certain movies",2 +186668,"Perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .",1 +196821,"deserves every single one of them",2 +116453,"by the Sea swings from one",2 +189811,"Witless and utterly pointless",1 +21491,"of a Dangerous Mind",2 +67131,"Lasker 's",2 +237229,"the social milieu - rich New York intelligentsia - and",2 +56808,"seems timely and important",3 +125698,"lacking in substance",0 +11415,"the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...",4 +28746,"and posturing",2 +180165,"( Janey )",2 +20867,"important chronicle",2 +128644,"of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story",3 +141617,"'s something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying ` Get in the car , bitch , ' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer",1 +225973,"Still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .",4 +81218,"good B movies",3 +236793,"the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks ''",2 +60445,"woman 's",2 +82110,"her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and",2 +211618,"simmer",2 +103837,"A really good premise",3 +215490,"the revelation",2 +94675,"that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",3 +61590,", Blood Work is a strong , character-oriented piece .",4 +138116,"too long to shake",1 +76770,"classes",2 +235137,"put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year",0 +183459,"Director Tom Shadyac and star Kevin Costner",2 +3579,"a best selling",3 +116348,"buy just",2 +174661,"the robots",2 +229928,"commands interest almost solely as an exercise in gorgeous visuals .",3 +177547,"wading",1 +204366,"its élan",3 +168672,"part farce",2 +200072,"goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen",2 +171003,"show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it does n't signify a whole lot either .",2 +208786,"origin story",2 +194104,"be considered work",2 +55967,"pedigree",2 +212302,"speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best ,",1 +116178,"break up",1 +196112,"confusing melange",1 +192711,"and ` triumph '",2 +87215,"moral favorite",3 +62427,", with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .",3 +162187,"inflated past its natural length",1 +200680,"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted",0 +63126,"A keep - 'em",2 +53726,"it 's an eye-opener .",3 +62712,"5 alternative housing options",2 +143532,"Afraid to pitch into farce",1 +232320,"is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .",4 +68730,"Shaw",2 +12931,"well-paced",3 +27647,"a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best .",4 +212879,"suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 +10517,"slowly ,",2 +164706,"left a few crucial things",2 +42444,"people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and",2 +73484,"allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",3 +223602,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U.S. -- a major director is emerging in world cinema .",4 +45624,"If you 're in the mood for a Bollywood film",2 +57230,"souls and risk and schemes and",2 +64870,"Creeps you out in high style",2 +5241,"both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right",4 +100376,"with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike",3 +202037,"in the present Hollywood program",2 +17857,"together his slasher video from spare parts",1 +215398,"the power of poetry and passion",3 +156039,"care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",2 +158830,"fancy table",2 +220219,"you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 +237926,"to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 +8205,"jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .",3 +115544,"be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002",0 +224532,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .",4 +97700,"through its flaws",2 +158168,"embarrassment or",1 +77781,"death , especially suicide",2 +75710,"biting off such a big job the first time out",2 +196271,"could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...",2 +227862,"a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy",4 +231725,"his disparate Manhattan denizens",2 +183605,"Ear-splitting",1 +113949,"an amiable but unfocused bagatelle",2 +217561,"tons and tons",2 +100936,"would n't have the guts to make",2 +68773,"Show addict",2 +5121,"best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",1 +7090,"henry",2 +67143,"Lawrence 's",2 +168129,"on the production",2 +163613,"it 's a tad slow",1 +157780,"does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor",2 +1110,"gory",2 +152971,"adult entertainment",2 +184976,"Is '' Ballistic '' worth the price of admission ? Absolutely not . It sucked . Would I see it again ?",0 +83102,"in the future",2 +190555,"a film , and",2 +58726,"the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",3 +12430,"to the company",2 +127241,"moon",2 +143999,"Bad '' is the operative word for '' Bad Company ,",1 +50035,"caper thrills",3 +35216,"of disco Bollywood that , by the end of Monsoon Wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater",3 +94724,"that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",4 +93535,"stirs the emotions",3 +127105,"milks drama",2 +122443,"hoary dialogue , fluxing accents ,",2 +78516,"dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes",2 +173025,"that he 's a disloyal satyr",1 +219253,"which hurts the overall impact of the film",1 +236461,"that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience",2 +54681,"may pander to our basest desires for payback",3 +87855,"new young talent",2 +172178,"style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998",2 +224922,"Mr. Holland 's class",2 +230501,"embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St. Petersburg 's Hermitage Museum .",3 +67781,"Native Americans",2 +222950,"Cinematic poetry",4 +202042,"in the river",2 +178988,"written off",1 +17979,"wallet",2 +69966,"The stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and",2 +72856,"a worldly-wise and very funny script",3 +22336,"the rare director",3 +54390,"love , longing ,",3 +76856,"coastal setting distracts",2 +58693,"the seeds of hope",3 +228641,"and drab wannabe",0 +154112,"as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune",2 +235094,"provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest",3 +168825,"permanent sex-reassignment",2 +168039,"on a consistent tone",2 +215082,"the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I",1 +140498,"worth yet another visit",3 +71941,"a magnetic performance",4 +123633,"introduce",2 +123345,"indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",1 +209295,"pitiful , slapdash disaster . A DOA dud from frame one .",0 +69754,"The movie is well crafted , and well executed . If you 're paying attention , the '' big twists '' are pretty easy to guess - but",4 +161909,"in its title",2 +171827,"spouse",2 +8064,"its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture",3 +72984,"about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",3 +153244,"ambitious adaptation and elaborate production",4 +178597,"with lack of give-a-damn",2 +136161,"the right stuff for silly summer entertainment",3 +17406,"than '' Memento ''",2 +63589,"A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .",3 +74976,"at the Sundance Film Festival",2 +84079,"is breathtaking",4 +101460,"'re ready to hate one character",2 +234280,"of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls ''",2 +200058,"goes on and on and on and on",1 +80310,"for nice evening out",3 +114231,"and dime-store ruminations",2 +191696,"about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend",2 +131134,"recent Argentine film Son",2 +53704,"is what George Orwell might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949 .",3 +222040,"A living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange .",3 +22599,"troopers",2 +47099,"The fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural French school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .",3 +211045,"seem tired and ,",1 +33186,"inventively detailed and packed with fleet turns of plot and a feast of visual amazement .",4 +205760,"making this character understandable",2 +96859,"the tepid Star Trek",2 +13238,"wonderfully",3 +120713,"from every pore",2 +95681,"the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women",4 +113368,"actually clicks",2 +152109,"a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears",0 +142629,", well-worn video box cover",3 +101205,"you wo n't be disappointed",4 +72880,"ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck",2 +56126,"posthumously published cult novel",2 +35597,"old myths and wonder",2 +120960,"geek",2 +16537,"many misses as hits",1 +172168,"stupider",0 +217347,"to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once",0 +46853,"Submarine flick ,",2 +192431,"an ` action film '",3 +110257,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained ,",4 +73320,"aged Napoleon",2 +154114,"as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",1 +151428,"a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",1 +52756,"how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",3 +11053,"that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears",1 +3628,"a case",2 +116426,"by its own pretentious self-examination",1 +194013,"based upon",2 +33331,"is at the heart of Italian for Beginners .",3 +42667,"sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and",4 +11720,"the payoff",3 +15650,"enough moments of heartbreaking honesty to keep one glued to the screen",3 +37160,"something strangely diverting",3 +2201,"say",2 +16074,"human foibles and contradictions",2 +72702,"a train wreck",0 +124949,"it did n't try to",2 +84943,"it 's smooth and professional",3 +195423,"can work the words '' radical '' or",2 +22767,"whether you buy the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man .",2 +70342,"Those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .",3 +10359,"self-promotion",1 +78629,"dreary expanse",1 +103064,"- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .",2 +29426,"be savored",3 +75092,"aware of their not-being",2 +87884,"nit-picky",1 +83786,"is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .",3 +52148,"gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things",2 +225920,"Spider-Man '' certainly",2 +6567,"for a shoot-out in the o",2 +239175,"you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .",1 +17434,"that has to do with Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband",2 +46158,"Methodical ,",2 +235704,"should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",1 +75409,"because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",2 +147309,"Makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .",0 +105093,"Chris Columbus ' sequel",2 +15753,"fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",2 +74809,"as these shootings are concerned",2 +227705,"`` they '' were , what `` they '' looked like",2 +160130,"giving a public oration ,",2 +32677,"how they are expressed through our homes",2 +20822,"hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",2 +221505,", rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",2 +79071,"enough cool",3 +85703,"knowledge imparted",2 +9769,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary",3 +44740,"Bobby )",2 +133072,"spare dialogue and",3 +42308,"loved about it",3 +223228,"Eh .",2 +228996,"as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking",4 +53907,"its conception",2 +145464,"Formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .",1 +53672,"is this adroitly minimalist movie",2 +133111,"spent screen series go",2 +235780,"sink this low",1 +180662,", he can not overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .",1 +203280,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb",0 +36249,"puts far more polished documentaries to shame",4 +105509,"Dog Soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .",3 +181445,"8 Movies Ago",2 +87077,"mettle",3 +220250,"you 've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard",1 +115890,"best part",3 +187657,"Switchblade",2 +46482,"Passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards .",1 +192652,"an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt )",1 +63547,"A very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy .",3 +191289,"a self-conscious sense",2 +44348,"A witty , whimsical feature debut .",3 +182185,"Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , Jane Campion might have done ,",2 +142235,", incoherent , self-indulgent mess",0 +97320,"think most of the people who loved the 1989 Paradiso will prefer this new version",4 +221476,", not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it",1 +110704,"Too campy to work as straight drama and",1 +210700,"rush to the theatre",4 +93210,"soon forgotten",1 +212569,"stiletto-stomps",2 +71432,"a company",2 +31334,"except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",3 +168592,"own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",2 +212884,"suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected .",0 +101203,"you wo n't",2 +235198,"ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",1 +167330,"of a toy chest whose contents get",2 +8748,"meets his future wife",3 +102577,", if somewhat flawed ,",2 +142354,", most insulting movie",1 +44971,"Corny",1 +121838,"has some of the best special effects ever",3 +143061,"A cumbersome and cliche-ridden movie greased with every emotional device known to man .",1 +228839,"are really going to love The Piano Teacher .",3 +76548,"cerebral and cinemantic flair",4 +187985,"The biggest problem with Satin Rouge",2 +170306,"salesmanship",2 +169333,"produced such a script",2 +117787,"curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",1 +149259,"The cast is uniformly excellent ... but the film itself is merely mildly charming .",2 +109876,"The gags , and the script ,",2 +151935,"a las nuevas generaciones",2 +188156,"The film 's trailer also looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .",0 +136452,"the transcendent performance",4 +37491,"supposed to be",2 +41692,"capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy",4 +135779,"the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies",2 +34708,"moving and invigorating",3 +95125,"the animé tradition",2 +121853,"has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .",2 +193290,"artistic and",2 +84347,"is left with the inescapable conclusion that Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .",2 +171335,"small-screen",2 +94901,"that the film trades in",2 +145074,"Elizabeth Hurley",2 +42809,"the family ,",2 +172193,"subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 +80130,"flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain",2 +128656,"of family and community",2 +83610,"intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity",3 +238863,"with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",3 +100145,"whole damned thing",1 +233018,"it ends up",2 +184531,"Hrs .",2 +180707,", is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",3 +224956,"Mr. Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",3 +125863,"leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .",1 +78195,"director John Schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .",2 +218648,"want MacDowell 's character to retrieve her husband",2 +97226,"these characters ' foibles",2 +81973,"he 's the best brush in the business",4 +212332,"spiffy bluescreen technique",3 +220039,"worthwhile topic",3 +116954,"chills the characters ,",2 +109242,"Successfully blended satire , high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie .",3 +198545,"far less endearing disabilities",0 +116594,"can go through",2 +622,"both",2 +45706,"It 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .",3 +177198,"unified showing",2 +176993,"turns out to be a pretty fair description of how you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller .",1 +22503,"to find solace in events that could easily crush it forever",3 +71808,"a heartfelt romance for teenagers",3 +228648,"and its makers '",2 +965,"fat",1 +18939,"Hu",2 +119931,"feels much longer",2 +91361,"refreshingly realistic",4 +146311,"In the end , Ted Bundy 's only justification is the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac : there 's no larger point , and little social context .",2 +42637,"simplicity and",2 +172145,"stuck together",2 +45102,"Dunst 's",2 +41902,"falling into place",2 +106221,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion",0 +146567,"It 's not that Kung Pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation .",1 +76543,"central performance",2 +224113,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but",0 +15098,"and uses Damon 's ability to be focused and sincere",4 +71349,"a canny crowd pleaser , and",3 +51178,"end up on cinema screens",2 +87604,"much of a plunge",1 +89661,"one whose lessons",2 +185336,"It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure ,",1 +83155,"in the voices of men and women",2 +148210,"Qualls",2 +18475,", the pace never feels slack",3 +150007,"The young stars are too cute : the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative :",1 +149571,"The movie does n't think much of its characters , its protagonist , or of us .",1 +79755,"feel like you owe her big-time",2 +225083,"Myrtle Beach , S.C.",2 +71060,"Works because Reno",3 +108589,"Reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock 's thrillers , most of the scary parts in ` Signs '",3 +198334,"expect more from director Michael Apted ( Enigma ) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan ( Reversal of Fortune ) than this cliche pileup",1 +108794,"Scherfig , the writer-director",3 +18349,", an almost real-live girl",3 +113563,"all Hollywood fantasies",1 +76586,"character-driven storytelling",3 +91350,"reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film",3 +136550,"the water-camera operating team",2 +27857,"a step in the right direction",3 +146714,"It made me feel unclean ,",1 +154605,"barely a moment",2 +176088,"to do virtually everything wrong",1 +33480,"is so bluntly written , without a trace of sentimentality",0 +233839,"metal , fireballs and revenge",3 +224157,"It 's an effort to watch this movie ,",1 +191607,"a weak script",0 +32919,"in such a way",2 +23267,"( s ) the audience",2 +6558,"footage",2 +18237,"' Lucas",2 +177139,"undermines its message of Christian love and compassion",1 +211395,"she , Janine and Molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family --",2 +191129,"a prayer",2 +15564,"do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen .",2 +117,"a biting satire",3 +20447,"empathetic",3 +69555,"The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",3 +57281,"spook-a-rama",3 +925,"existing ,",2 +220938,"'s one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads",2 +101625,"'s as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",3 +161774,"in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work",0 +230048,"cringe",0 +17992,"way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",3 +75635,"between controlling interests",2 +175726,"thrown into a pot of boiling water",1 +130881,"quasi-documentary",3 +97446,"this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .",3 +71168,"Your response",2 +162323,"interesting but essentially unpersuasive",2 +224936,"Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",2 +61047,"'s fun , wispy ,",3 +96432,"the popularity",2 +166250,"more than 90",2 +15317,"but gripping , questing look at a person",3 +25697,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe",3 +222571,"Behind the glitz , Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .",0 +190693,"a great shame",2 +212360,"spiteful idiots",1 +109292,"Swept Away ' sinks .",0 +138219,"touching and funny",4 +133890,"targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic .",1 +71795,"a happy ending is no cinematic sin",3 +238741,"wife communicating",2 +168881,"pillage from Shirley Jackson , Richard Matheson ... and",2 +66856,"Jacqueline",2 +106964,"It 's sweet . It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt . And ,",3 +102945,", this is a must !",4 +15234,"been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen",2 +15866,"get an ` A ' for originality",4 +215476,"the resonant",2 +222420,"Arty gay film .",2 +168067,"on casting himself in the title role",2 +107014,"It is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .",3 +86505,"mainstream audiences have rarely seen",3 +122290,"his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression",1 +26663,"Subversive",2 +196365,"crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay",2 +157470,"directed , cowrote",3 +24358,"A gripping , searing portrait",3 +76890,"color and",2 +25315,"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life .",3 +45821,"It just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .",3 +205666,"make his debut as a film director",2 +188040,"The concept behind Kung Pow",2 +29617,"bittersweet and lyrical mix",3 +227194,"With an unusual protagonist ( a kilt-wearing Jackson ) and subject matter , the improbable `` Formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but",3 +120043,"film The Sum",2 +79987,"fine , nuanced lead performances",3 +142005,", Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",1 +139616,"when you think you are making sense of it",2 +41783,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break !",4 +234830,"overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot",1 +37236,"spiritual torpor",2 +135646,"the life out",2 +48470,"a very original artist in his medium",3 +6519,"fisher",2 +224701,"Make Chan 's action",2 +110245,"The warnings to resist temptation in this film",3 +219580,"will wish there had been more of the '' Queen '' and less of the '' Damned",2 +15873,"giant",2 +203967,"it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh .",3 +88360,"of a show forged in still-raw emotions",2 +143670,"Although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke .",1 +214998,"the making of this movie",2 +131601,"robust and scary",3 +23138,"'s moist",2 +199186,"for a shoot-out in the o . k .",3 +85640,"keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic",3 +205477,"lovely trifle",4 +83261,"increase the gravitational pull considerably",2 +3625,"a callow rich",2 +238445,"was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",0 +67388,"Man confronting the Demons of his own fear and paranoia",2 +118266,"directed and convincingly acted .",4 +156230,"chemistry between Chan and Hewitt",2 +193916,"back to sleep",1 +175523,"this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions --",1 +93420,"standard , connect-the-dots storyline",2 +164148,"its shaky foundation",1 +77858,"definite",2 +144324,"By the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion",0 +131886,"seated",2 +104666,"Before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",1 +156764,"contain",2 +226063,"Thanks largely",3 +69027,"Stuart 's poor-me persona",1 +202780,"is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0 +2018,"people 's capacity for evil",1 +99366,"very silly",2 +134928,"the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations",1 +73144,"action cartoon",2 +57673,"than a new voice that deserves to be considered as a possible successor to the best European directors",4 +118640,"doubting",1 +125268,"its heightened , well-shaped dramas",4 +88077,"nuanced look",3 +173970,"the fires",2 +98390,"to the size of a house",2 +176522,"to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",1 +183867,"Fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and",3 +71546,"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite . It 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",3 +19070,"Metropolis",2 +79969,"finding their way",2 +97338,"this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .",4 +59758,"uplifting and moving",4 +151324,"a True Story",2 +130791,"pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",1 +142524,", the screenplay is stiff as a board ,",0 +145022,"Each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception .",2 +145370,"Flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey",1 +141736,"'ve learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is",1 +36700,"scope and detail",3 +128742,"of its maker",2 +213683,"that is only mildly diverting",2 +59594,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story ,",4 +130144,"perfectly executed and",3 +212223,"sometimes creepy intimacy",3 +225752,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M. Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace : he just forgot to add any genuine tension .",0 +76571,"changes that fit it",2 +102457,", compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",3 +124032,"is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",3 +131501,"reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .",3 +181777,"A little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt .",1 +17712,"these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the Discovery Channel . But in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .",3 +68136,"Paul Cox needed to show it",2 +88706,"of its style",2 +61418,"( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film",3 +165289,"loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",2 +102714,", magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .",4 +7135,"high-energy",3 +180395,", I hate to like it .",2 +144045,"Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler",2 +86738,"manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar",3 +38809,"their emotional nakedness",1 +132642,"slow-moving Swedish film",1 +186486,"Notorious C . H . O . still feels like a promising work-in-progress",3 +167074,"oafish",1 +64780,"Conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle",4 +60402,"with the humor and intelligence of the script",4 +167588,"of lumpen life",2 +104944,"Byatt 's",2 +198236,"evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",1 +145812,"Hills",2 +25766,"It 's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner , and even if it 's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep .",3 +160109,"gives none to the audience",1 +229847,"clichéd and shallow",0 +59858,"very well shot",4 +37270,"stage version",2 +47002,"The director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut .",3 +169669,"rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships",1 +175393,"this film teaches all too well",3 +80360,"for the heart as well as the mind",3 +108109,"Offers no new insight",1 +13002,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it",0 +67883,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered",2 +192353,"always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story",3 +178701,"with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms",1 +92670,"simple message",3 +84934,"it 's praises",2 +165671,"many of the characters",2 +169134,"postmodern conceit",1 +50274,"comes away exhilarated",4 +118033,"delivers few moments of inspiration",2 +82101,"her grace",3 +171366,"smug and self-congratulatory kind",1 +197556,"drown yourself in a lake afterwards",0 +7767,"is one of the year 's best films",4 +198410,"extremely flat lead performance",1 +9813,"preordained events",2 +43512,", and bombastic",2 +20572,"for Polanski",2 +85488,"joined in song",2 +89717,"open-faced , smiling madmen",2 +146494,"It 's hampered by a Lifetime-channel kind of plot and a lead actress who is out of her depth .",1 +39731,"used",2 +124190,"is just the ticket you need .",3 +98166,"to leave",2 +233173,"its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite",3 +36828,"serious sparkles",3 +160744,"has taken promising material for a black comedy and",3 +117768,"cultist 's",2 +76957,"comes along ,",2 +98386,"to the secret 's eventual discovery",2 +27613,"a lean and engaging work",4 +16666,"no means",2 +171478,"so sickly sweet",2 +12585,"tsai ming-liang",2 +26046,"Marquis",3 +69049,"Summer award",2 +124799,"it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling",3 +17464,"the Enterprise crew",2 +51750,"focused on the characters",2 +145066,"El Gallo",2 +114422,"any of these three actresses , nor",2 +89006,"of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint",2 +185728,"Leonard ''",2 +11549,"the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",1 +44043,"A densely constructed , highly referential film ,",2 +231263,"going where no man has gone before",3 +56746,"scored and",2 +44399,"All in all , The Count of Monte Cristo is okay , but it is surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",2 +37296,"startling optimism",3 +210019,"quite makes it to the boiling point",2 +7685,"is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic kathy bates turns up . bravado kathy",1 +78517,"domination",2 +170059,"respected",3 +4057,"a quirky",2 +91723,"rise to fans ' lofty expectations",3 +43821,"-- not of Hearst or Davies",2 +141364,"'s home video of their baby 's birth",2 +41035,"It would be interesting to hear from the other side , but in Talk to Her , the women are down for the count",2 +230272,"distinct flair",3 +210728,"sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things",3 +203498,"is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured Christmas season pics ever delivered by a Hollywood studio .",0 +168584,"own look",2 +79824,"fetishes",2 +115620,"be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and",3 +6989,"has energy",3 +232005,"in heart what it lacks in outright newness",2 +21305,"meditation",2 +165706,"match its outer space setting",2 +70072,"There 's no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane . But here 's a glimpse at his life",2 +202124,"inadvertent",1 +193455,"as funny nor",1 +158149,"elegantly considers various levels of reality",3 +77359,"convinces us",2 +101955,"'s the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream .",0 +89774,"other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",1 +220008,"worn a bit thin over the years",1 +121675,"has a true cinematic knack",3 +82962,"in his first directorial effort",2 +4070,"a real",2 +199032,"flat manner",1 +135189,"the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .",3 +161121,"her process of turning pain into art",2 +208990,"own precious life",2 +95538,"the ending",2 +164175,"its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",1 +236986,"the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble",1 +134067,"than flesh-and-blood humans",2 +207471,"of Scooter",2 +211426,"shock humor",2 +205498,"low-budget series",1 +111147,"Why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?",0 +83963,"is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .",4 +72100,"a passion for the material",3 +16873,"otherwise respectable action .",2 +181216,"-- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",1 +137431,"to be passionate and truthful",3 +62730,"83 minute document",2 +19297,"The additional storyline is interesting and entertaining , but it does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story . I like the new footage and still love the old stuff .",2 +134443,"that lacks what little Lilo & Stitch had in",2 +176713,"toothless Dog",1 +25775,"It dares to be a little different , and that shading is what makes it worthwhile .",3 +32398,"he 's favored for decades",2 +189007,"This is n't a movie : it 's a symptom .",1 +13159,"with no soft edges",2 +1715,"may not be pleased",1 +142248,", it 's John Turturro , who 's simply fab as a Spanish butler with a foot fetish .",4 +194666,"bisexual sweetheart",2 +27090,"Two Weddings and a Funeral '' fun",4 +90765,"propulsive incident",2 +178134,"which Hoffman 's brilliance",3 +43516,", and gently tedious in its comedy",3 +180912,", should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?",1 +31821,"foreboding",2 +33373,"is far less sadistic than usual",2 +225466,"Plays like John Le Carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .",1 +87413,"most edgy",3 +221562,", the L.A. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",3 +137116,"those in Mr . Spielberg 's 1993 classic",3 +133744,"swathe",2 +127804,"nearly epic proportions",2 +96902,"the tradition",2 +186215,"Mr . Taylor",2 +23946,", though I 'm sure some will try",2 +152079,"a monopoly on mindless action",1 +142071,", all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill .",1 +119737,"family warmth",3 +184796,"If all of Eight Legged Freaks was as entertaining as the final hour",2 +60295,"wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective",1 +172489,"takeoff just never happens",1 +70559,"Unfolds as one",3 +60374,"with psychic abilities",2 +6249,"equally",2 +201203,"his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",1 +2071,"prepare",2 +118155,"detailed wonders",2 +140074,"with a screenplay to die for",4 +70682,"War Department telegrams",2 +210418,"repeating what he 's already done way too often",1 +44918,"Choquart 's",2 +223155,"Disappointing in comparison",1 +141479,"'s not nearly as good as any of its influences",1 +190786,"a jump cut !",2 +36129,"precise and moving portrait",4 +35513,"of the year",2 +214204,"the biggest disappointments of the year",1 +105971,"Georgian-Israeli",2 +215081,"the most pitiful directing",0 +199546,"from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc . Reyes ' word processor",1 +237222,"the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision",1 +152469,"a solid woman - finding-herself story",3 +210996,"see strange young guys",2 +137004,"this movie is hopeless",1 +213861,"that team up for a",3 +178114,"where the story 's going",1 +63931,"An often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast",2 +33986,"laser-projected paintings",2 +72220,"a rattling noise",2 +125808,"laugther , and tears",2 +113966,"an assassin 's greatest hits",2 +112313,"a mesmerizing performance",3 +140420,"worked against the maker 's minimalist intent",1 +104816,"Borstal Boy is n't especially realistic",1 +177426,"very careful about raising eyebrows",2 +206292,"modestly comic",2 +16402,"its vistas",2 +109471,"The Rising Place",2 +201094,"highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial",1 +166203,"more multifaceted",2 +156049,"careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",1 +184505,"How Long Is This Movie",1 +71558,"a director enjoying himself immensely",3 +204376,"itself is actually quite vapid .",1 +73964,"an unnatural calm that 's occasionally shaken by ... blasts of rage ,",2 +1871,"obviously",2 +49393,"at the beach",2 +209572,"post-September 11 , ''",2 +58559,"the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies",2 +169775,"really high",2 +138765,"unsatisfied",1 +172223,"subversive little indie film",3 +12132,"this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",1 +207811,"of its critical backlash and more",1 +38882,"they 're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable .",1 +137654,"to his best work",3 +149055,"That 's pure PR hype",2 +120065,"filme também",2 +82376,"hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with Bullock 's memorable first interrogation of Gosling .",3 +219469,"will be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor",1 +63768,"Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events",2 +31746,"for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",2 +71512,"a dead-end existence",1 +170620,"seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there .",1 +228612,"an older woman who seduces Oscar",2 +106685,"In Praise of Love '",2 +132035,"seen ( Eddie ) Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed",0 +126699,"makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people",2 +46164,"Meyer",2 +238069,"too may feel time has decided to stand still .",2 +187211,"Set",2 +106488,"I just saw this movie ... well , it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie .",1 +234112,"next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",0 +172268,"suffer '",1 +175219,"they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",2 +109610,"The best thing that can be said of the picture",3 +36282,"quieter",2 +228781,"are both superb ,",4 +134310,"that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin could n't keep my attention",1 +177600,"wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world",2 +113346,"action\/thriller",2 +107680,"McDormand",2 +226730,"Those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves .",3 +87692,"narcotized",1 +236767,"the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . '",2 +186013,"Marine/legal mystery",2 +11906,"the story ,",2 +65896,"Haneke 's portrait of an upper class Austrian society",2 +188355,"The modern-day characters",2 +89051,"of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",4 +100313,"will win you over , in a big way",3 +209749,"pro-Serb",2 +152414,"a serious critique",2 +218263,"unsuccessfully",1 +89088,"of the strangest",2 +171741,"sound machine",2 +96754,"the still-inestimable contribution",3 +18649,"An absorbing trip",3 +180500,", and better",3 +227502,"`` Home Alone '' film",2 +107864,"Ms . Ramsay",2 +106479,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but",0 +133406,"strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve .",4 +80363,"for the kiddies , with enough eye",2 +189455,"Watchable",3 +38138,"the dizzying heights",2 +105733,"Exceptionally well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .",4 +88016,"not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",3 +233956,"most beautiful , evocative",4 +11379,"the film 's strength is n't in its details",2 +114362,"answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",2 +48321,"a really special walk in the woods",3 +155385,"boring , and",1 +159079,"figure out just where the other characters , including Ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of Ana 's future",2 +20307,"crash",2 +48379,"a solid build-up ,",3 +23927,", they easily fill their scenes and , fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria .",4 +137491,"to come out of China in recent years",2 +28396,"an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller",3 +195671,"choke leash",2 +46728,"She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .",3 +172934,"that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam",0 +199288,"for real characters and compelling plots",2 +61031,"'s far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .",1 +89314,"old Ferris Bueller",2 +215162,"the movie that",2 +81146,"glinting charm",3 +108911,"Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",3 +42559,"revenge and",1 +30510,"crises",2 +6413,"farce ,",1 +79263,"even the corniest",1 +220754,"'s also too stupid",1 +162804,"is believable ,",2 +179060,"you 're a WWF fan , or",2 +201361,"horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",2 +31464,"family film market",2 +107770,"Minac",2 +184727,"I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 +181816,"A low-rent retread",1 +20861,"impeccable",4 +196028,"command",2 +222941,"Christmas !",2 +139941,"will probably be in wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .",1 +179544,"'s a lousy one at that",1 +198263,"except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality",2 +171625,"somehow tack one together",2 +128060,"noir villain",2 +203352,"is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another",2 +225197,"Not just unlikable .",1 +99372,"very tense",2 +215121,"the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 +49101,"appeal more to guys",2 +61882,", elusive , yet inexplicably",3 +134253,"that beneath the familiar , funny surface",3 +89839,"out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story",2 +187023,"Rosenthal",2 +115755,"been too many of these films",1 +214144,"the appointed time and",2 +127791,"near-fatal mistake",0 +77542,"creates an impeccable sense of place ,",4 +177211,"unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure",1 +120331,"for Angelique",2 +182112,"A word of advice to the makers of The Singles Ward :",2 +51612,"few exceptions",2 +215005,"the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 +61669,", Phifer and Cam",2 +23725,", it marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy .",3 +216247,"they see in each other also is difficult to fathom",1 +70261,"This is pure , exciting moviemaking .",4 +142329,", kids ' TV",2 +174197,"the latest System of a Down video",2 +114934,"as important as humor",3 +201460,"hunky",2 +105308,"Daring and beautifully made .",4 +170514,"see Maid in Manhattan",3 +69508,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour .",2 +50432,"contemplating their own drastic life changes",2 +78361,"do n't notice the 129-minute running time",3 +136596,"the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap",1 +15479,"couples",2 +178154,"which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive",2 +89263,"offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",4 +198390,"express warmth",3 +23713,", it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat",3 +165601,"makes the grade as tawdry trash .",1 +45581,"I hoped I would",2 +48503,"a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need",2 +50575,"cross-cultural differences",2 +225417,"Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell",2 +164220,"jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations",1 +75872,"boundary-hopping",2 +230268,"dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost",1 +109483,"The Santa Clause 2 , purportedly",2 +84987,"it borders on facile",1 +25834,"Jakob the Liar",2 +84169,"is essentially a ''",3 +22067,"stop me from enjoying much of it",2 +185658,"Labor Day weekend upload",2 +77550,"creates something more beautiful than either of those films",3 +8892,"motion picture",2 +24051,"-- but his subjects are charmers .",3 +88847,"of raunch",2 +192275,"all-woman dysfunctional family",2 +129069,"of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 +146685,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie . Arnie blows things up .",1 +183992,"For this sort of thing to work",2 +52646,"his most sparkling",4 +7642,"is a contrivance ,",1 +168557,"overshadowed by the uberviolence of the Clericks as this becomes just another kung-fu sci-fi movie with silly action sequences",0 +67871,"Norton holds the film together .",2 +102480,", delicate treatment",3 +205856,"marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",3 +194913,"brainy prep-school kid",2 +101478,"'s How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable .",1 +147587,"My god , I 'm behaving like an idiot",2 +236220,"t-tell stance",2 +223752,"I am baffled by Jason X.",1 +103955,"A touching drama about old age and grief",3 +39066,"throughout the movie",2 +231002,"from Don Mullan 's script",2 +167654,"of pretentious , meaningless prattle",1 +91794,"rote work and predictable",1 +98639,"transcend its genre",3 +213223,"teen movie concern",2 +19270,"Still pretentious and filled with subtext",1 +216327,"this DVD",3 +111610,"a certain part of a man 's body",3 +39210,"to hit theaters since Field of Dreams",3 +93503,"stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .",4 +205308,"longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",1 +166380,"moves his setting to the past ,",2 +133576,"such enervating determination",3 +230256,"disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision ,",2 +46673,"Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere",2 +35320,"of love and jealousy and sacrifice",2 +178600,"with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",1 +199336,"for the full 90 minutes",2 +134386,"that is often quite rich and exciting",4 +111236,"Woo has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director",3 +178068,"when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety",2 +44537,"An unforgettable",3 +64067,"As I settled into my World War II memories , I found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .",3 +175261,"thing to fear about '' Fear Dot Com ''",2 +179010,"wry white man",2 +177875,"well acted and well intentioned",3 +7718,"is great summer fun to watch arnold",3 +178876,"would be very sweet indeed .",2 +54753,"minutiae",2 +152388,"a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace",2 +229169,"be denied",2 +130723,"propriety-obsessed family",2 +206482,"more user-friendly",2 +133715,"survive a screening",2 +46798,"Stephen Rea",2 +74690,"as good as The Full Monty , but a really strong second effort",3 +130456,"posible",2 +134070,"than fright",2 +158185,"emotionally desiccated",1 +92995,"so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or",3 +199299,"for some glacial pacing",2 +237854,"to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition",2 +90585,"pre-WWII drama",2 +50887,"dished",2 +61667,", Paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .",4 +109714,"The director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . The results are far more alienating than involving .",1 +150005,"The young stars are too cute :",3 +79094,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and",4 +214326,"the comic elements",2 +75985,"broader",2 +96973,"the vengeance they",2 +96695,"the similarly themed `",2 +102477,", deeply meditative picture",2 +197822,"empty , fetishistic violence",0 +233766,"may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga .",2 +80370,"for the protagonist",2 +200010,"go , Who is Cletis Tout ?",2 +128026,"no pretensions",2 +6581,"for all the writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses , there",1 +23223,"( Director Peter ) Jackson and his crew have so steeped themselves in the majesty of Tolkien 's writing that every frame produces new joys , whether you 're a fan of the books or not .",4 +152578,"a tasty performance from Vincent Gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary",3 +139556,"what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",1 +87787,"neo-Hitchcockianism",2 +219039,"were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",1 +216704,"thumpingly",3 +53443,"is definitely worth",3 +161466,"how hard",2 +140802,"you so crazy",1 +15981,"have nothing left to prove",2 +81296,"got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",3 +6873,"grant",2 +5718,"constant smiles and frequent laughter",4 +909,"escape",3 +203239,"is not a Jackie Chan movie",2 +54223,"liberating",3 +130019,"passably diverting",2 +153811,"are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",2 +145600,"God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life :",2 +105672,"Even before it builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene , in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia , it 's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon .",3 +167708,"of spectacularly",3 +204611,"knowing your identity",2 +96628,"the scariest movie",3 +119702,"falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject",1 +95612,"the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . Sometimes shorter",2 +201848,"in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",3 +60288,"wireless",2 +146979,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but",2 +154632,"battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense",1 +41457,"a metaphorical visual style and",3 +84467,"is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .",2 +154094,"as a scary movie",2 +25275,"Fair Play",2 +111440,"` ick '",1 +84142,"is driven by appealing leads",3 +193265,"around this movie directionless",1 +46404,"On the heels of The Ring",2 +21890,"rousing treatise",2 +47795,"a Bollywood film",2 +10410,"shoot-out",2 +70396,"Time is a beautiful film to watch , an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .",4 +86876,"matured quite a bit with Spider-Man ,",3 +224292,"It falls far short of poetry",1 +64021,"Apollo 13",2 +79952,"find her husband",2 +168417,"otherwise talented",3 +130251,"piss on trees , b . s .",1 +66862,"Jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .",3 +77585,"criminal world",2 +42238,"its heart and",2 +188063,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil",1 +94478,"that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",4 +89162,"of thoughtful war films and those",3 +144882,"Director Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein",2 +89943,"overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",1 +220732,"'s a treat -- a delightful , witty , improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",4 +93064,"some buoyant human moments",3 +64056,"Arnold ! The Movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance",4 +127108,"millions of eager fans .",2 +98169,"to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him",2 +46670,"Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .",3 +140776,"you like it or not is basically a matter of taste",2 +40900,"Far from perfect ,",1 +132205,"several funny moments",3 +100604,"with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",3 +66858,"Jacqueline Bisset and",2 +208096,"of the lead actors a lot",2 +129455,"on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",2 +53446,"is derivative",1 +118885,"eats up",2 +238755,"will be anything but .",2 +93423,"standard Hollywood bio-pic . Schrader",2 +2312,"sly",2 +10828,"suckers",1 +46527,"Poetry in motion captured on film . While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",3 +148029,"Partway through watching this saccharine , Easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected TV show .",0 +138645,"uneasy blend",1 +222840,"But you 'd never guess that from the performances .",2 +139968,"willing to go with this claustrophobic concept",1 +46156,"Menzel 's",2 +199864,"gets a full theatrical release",2 +72829,"a winning , heartwarming yarn",4 +85998,"light on the chills and",2 +168780,"people who have never sung those blues",2 +82387,"hold and",2 +135068,"the crudity",2 +158475,"eventually has a lulling effect",2 +86585,"make the movie any less entertaining",2 +155694,"by Michelle Williams",2 +117175,"come , already having been recycled more times than I 'd care to count",0 +94634,"that elude the more nationally settled",2 +180258,"( and unintentionally )",2 +11976,"the thousands of americans who die hideously",1 +8003,"its blair witch project real-time roots",1 +224366,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest , but I enjoyed Barbershop",3 +210285,"reeked",2 +92141,"seem possible",2 +39219,"to keep both kids and parents entertained",3 +30832,"discontented woman",2 +134220,"that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",1 +12533,"tour-de-force",3 +238916,"with the movie 's final half hour",2 +499,"as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for",3 +24917,"Buy and Accorsi",2 +234121,"no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner",1 +236984,"the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",1 +107307,"Killer ''",2 +26511,"Sam Jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day Wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune .",3 +170469,"screen time he gives Nachtwey for self-analysis",2 +84731,"is the integrity of DeVito 's misanthropic vision",2 +237940,"to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence",1 +156695,"confused in Death to Smoochy",1 +148514,"Sex With Strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . But",2 +81155,"gluing you",2 +3597,"a bolly-holly",2 +182956,"Bullock and Hugh Grant",2 +9065,"no apparent reason",1 +145140,"European pickup . What 's hard to understand",1 +132630,"slow scenes . But something seems to be missing .",1 +221958,"A collage",2 +36527,"resorting",2 +12010,"the wanderers",2 +122567,"how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",2 +20429,"dynamite",2 +149895,"The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious .",2 +211846,"smart , not cloying",4 +145422,"For all its technical virtuosity",2 +60679,"'70s Blaxploitation films",2 +66362,"In its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment",1 +238075,"too stupid",0 +166278,"more than six years",2 +86584,"make the most sincere and artful movie in which Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",4 +230028,"crazy ''",2 +95378,"the cornpone and",2 +213329,"terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony",1 +7623,"introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror",3 +146464,"It 's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .",1 +116673,"captures ,",2 +224963,"Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",2 +39790,"viewers may be more exhausted than the athletes onscreen",1 +175108,"their maudlin influence",2 +99720,"we are undeniably touched .",3 +198314,"exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean",0 +91272,"receive it",2 +73260,"adventurous Indian filmmakers toward a crossover",3 +226753,"Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` Clockstoppers , ''",1 +117111,"clotted",1 +96448,"the precarious balance",2 +7917,"it ca n't escape its past , and",1 +12514,"too precious",2 +125502,"just does n't cut it",0 +117466,"contains very few laughs and even less surprises",0 +20631,"gawk at",2 +236110,"succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",3 +178950,"wrapped up into one .",2 +136343,"the story unfurls",2 +157014,"crisply",2 +83868,"is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",3 +169402,"proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .",1 +98313,"to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",3 +79840,"fiascos",1 +20710,"hard to beat",4 +143028,"A cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself",2 +100084,"who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",3 +226732,"Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade .",2 +179448,"'re looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses",2 +16913,"park",2 +61865,", director\/co-writer Jacques Audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers",3 +58208,"the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure",3 +120521,"for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 +148244,"Rates",2 +163131,"is no entry portal in The Rules of Attraction",1 +45127,"Efficient ,",3 +86898,"may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",3 +190354,"a consummate actor",3 +6534,"flat , misguided comedy",0 +219287,"while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",1 +211458,"shot but dull and ankle-deep ` epic . '",1 +206572,"motives and context",2 +191539,"a tidal wave of plot",3 +94926,"that trademark grin of his --",3 +137934,"to the failure of the third Revenge of the Nerds sequel",1 +86625,"makes a wonderful subject for the camera",4 +157771,"does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel",0 +152879,"acting and indifferent",2 +9429,"offers some flashy twists and",3 +55435,"of love , loyalty and the nature",2 +28884,"and ultimately touching",3 +209938,"put away the guitar , sell the amp , and",1 +103339,"72",2 +43344,"'s the music",2 +70719,"We get an image of Big Papa spanning history , rather than suspending it .",2 +61685,", Slap Her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .",3 +95096,"the absurdities",2 +150534,"Two big things",2 +104384,"An unusually dry-eyed , even analytical approach to material that is generally",3 +234363,"of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",1 +166047,"missed the boat",1 +75660,"beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor",2 +29052,"are lives worth watching , paths worth following .",3 +122927,"in advance",2 +143555,"Aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash . Stay",1 +195151,"by cancer",2 +58809,"the unthinkable ,",2 +21014,"is balanced , reflective and reasonable",4 +110152,"The sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give Blade fans another look at Wesley Snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .",1 +153955,"are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy",1 +188488,"The only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game",1 +78050,"desperation worthy of Claude Chabrol",2 +122876,"in a McCulloch production",2 +187273,"Shows",2 +188368,"The most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about World Traveler , which opens today in Manhattan ,",2 +13960,"Derrida",2 +47793,"a 50-year friendship",2 +13296,"writhing under dialogue like ` you 're from two different worlds ' and ` tonight the maid is a lie and this",1 +55380,"of her three protagonists",2 +105294,"Cyndi Lauper in The Opportunists",2 +89386,"on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs",2 +106112,"Gyllenhaal . Maggie G . makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen",4 +41394,"You 'd think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold . Yet the act is still charming here",2 +45717,"It 's a quirky , off-beat project ...",3 +67437,"Martin 's deterioration",2 +41506,"acknowledges and celebrates",3 +202672,"is a worthwhile topic for a film",3 +121478,"grunge-pirate",2 +21624,"on the theme of motherhood",2 +120488,"for taking a fresh approach to familiar material",3 +69244,"The Addams Family ''",2 +77676,"cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture",2 +238251,"untidily honest",3 +93604,"stretches of impact and moments of awe",4 +198134,"even-handedness",2 +1517,"its target",2 +104340,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength",1 +102573,", if downbeat ,",2 +187369,"Smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong",0 +146847,"Jason X is positively anti-Darwinian",2 +4636,"an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",1 +154374,"at least 10 complete misses ,",2 +165746,"may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture",2 +103355,"90 punitive minutes",0 +73657,"an action hero with table manners , and",2 +36462,"relaxing around old friends",3 +228342,"achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions .",4 +89710,"open mind",2 +226693,"This off-putting French romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of Amélie .",2 +187126,"Schaefer",2 +88813,"of passions",2 +9491,"one of the smartest takes on singles culture i 've seen in a long time",3 +238237,"unlike watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven",2 +209483,"police-procedural",2 +11702,"the ongoing",2 +212238,"somewhat predictable plot",1 +226545,"The whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . '",0 +126308,"look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .",3 +71274,"a ballplayer",2 +150750,"We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers .",1 +38990,"this timely sci-fi mystery",2 +194089,"be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh",2 +25946,"Legally Blonde",2 +58382,"the highest production values",4 +72336,"a screen adaptation",2 +12796,"violent",1 +180517,", another breathless movie about same !",2 +130185,"phenomenal , especially",4 +232247,"is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\* .",1 +176409,"to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs",2 +229609,"ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",1 +144050,"Bartlett 's hero",2 +43759,", threatening and unforgettable",3 +119180,"enter into",2 +92294,"sentimental script",3 +89721,"opened it up for all of us",3 +196553,"cutting and",2 +4986,"balances",2 +63219,"A much better documentary",4 +208269,"offal",1 +135149,"the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",2 +224683,"MY LITTLE EYE is the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years .",4 +217605,"too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots",0 +227283,"You can taste it , but there 's no fizz",1 +115491,"be dismissed",2 +156571,"comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs",0 +59673,"unendurable",0 +98938,"undeniable entertainment value",3 +46963,"The Two",2 +194096,"be called '' Jar-Jar Binks",2 +191061,"a paranoid and unlikable man",2 +88505,"of dark comedy",2 +177200,"unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece",0 +92804,"slickness",2 +150852,"What would Jesus do if He was a film director ?",2 +238961,"wonderful , imaginative script",4 +170204,"roughly the same people every year",2 +54263,"like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while",1 +147190,"Liman , of Swingers and Go ,",2 +58518,"the movie should win the band a few new converts , too",4 +133784,"tabloid",1 +57538,"suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",2 +133242,"start a reaction",2 +7744,"is n't in its details",2 +126515,"made .",2 +230659,"except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character .",1 +7437,"in its comic barbs",2 +201762,"in World Traveler",2 +179183,"you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno",1 +131275,"religious fanatics",2 +73727,"an easy movie to watch",3 +74525,"articulates a flood of emotion .",3 +21561,"of the human spirit",2 +156768,"contains few laughs and not much drama",1 +178314,"why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?",1 +195611,"characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",1 +61927,", handbag-clutching Sarandon",2 +118647,"down the path of the mundane",1 +152755,"about every conceivable area",2 +69665,"The large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia",4 +235191,"re-create",2 +238580,"what TUCK EVERLASTING is about",2 +151944,"a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well",1 +215302,"the overlooked pitfalls",2 +113333,"action movie production",2 +73068,"accessible and haunting",2 +129135,"of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide",2 +1769,"mothman",2 +158790,"falls back on the same old formula of teen sex , outrageous pranks and scenes designed to push the envelope of bad taste for laughs .",1 +88488,"of comedy and melodrama",2 +19708,"almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995 's Safe",2 +49050,"and relevant today",2 +221407,", it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived .",1 +224331,"It is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",4 +202582,"is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast .",1 +9994,"rape-payback",1 +94233,"tear himself",2 +219296,"while the humor aspects of ` Jason X ' were far more entertaining than I had expected",3 +177570,"walked out on a movie",0 +133136,"splitting",2 +224049,"Incoherence",1 +76807,"clever and funny",3 +37939,"the British court 's",2 +43427,"( Reno ) delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion .",3 +158302,"enough charm and good",3 +105129,"Claude Chabrol 's",2 +90842,"psychological action film",2 +80384,"for the trees",2 +163868,"it may feel like a parody of the mellow , peace-and-love side of the '60s counterculture",2 +67928,"O Fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually",3 +117713,"creepy , scary",2 +111707,"a conclusion or pay off",2 +191279,"a screenful of gamesmanship",2 +104379,"An unremarkable",2 +201236,"his scripting unsurprising",1 +164490,"knows how to please a crowd , and that 's about all it does well .",3 +164191,"itself indicated profundity",2 +26848,"The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .",4 +227524,"`` Last Tango in Paris '' but",2 +198762,"felt they owed to Benigni",2 +212831,"such a great one",3 +59891,"visual medium",2 +54009,"itself taking on adolescent qualities",2 +2103,"pta proud yet",1 +204659,"lacks it .",1 +2772,"their brains",2 +137102,"thoroughly modern",2 +99212,"us share their enthusiasm",3 +234516,"of the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces ''",2 +236885,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way ,",1 +72545,"a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude",3 +131681,"run-of-the-filth",1 +25624,"I did n't recognize it at first",2 +225435,"Perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but",2 +174871,"the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",1 +207119,"no wit ,",1 +34616,"most American representations of Castro",2 +230108,"decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive",2 +47948,"a delightfully dour",3 +80533,"frequently funny thrill",3 +227130,"While not quite `` Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc. ''",2 +166655,"neither of them deserves Eric Schaeffer",1 +63346,"A sensitive , cultivated treatment of Greene",2 +13487,", '' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .",3 +19039,"Kinnear 's",2 +152553,"a sudsy tub",2 +199529,"from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",2 +178276,"whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",1 +178835,"worst instincts",1 +141699,"'s used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",1 +172580,"taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",1 +230277,"ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man",3 +65765,"Ghetto",1 +34729,"much more than I actually did .",2 +126181,"lingers in the souls of these characters",2 +173044,"that is all too predictable",1 +70414,"Tom Hanks ' face",2 +112382,"a movie that works against itself",2 +163651,"it 's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie",1 +168210,"one long chick-flick slog",2 +235463,"say things like `` si , pretty much '' and `` por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans .",2 +95854,"the guru who helped",3 +194642,"big screen magic",4 +220772,"'s as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? ''",0 +41559,"appeal even",3 +163418,"is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life",2 +114079,"an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",3 +138664,"unexplored",2 +176669,"too obvious or simplistic",1 +197787,"emotional roller coaster life",2 +144259,"Brian Levant",2 +136913,"this delicate coming-of-age tale",3 +120522,"for the walled-off but combustible hustler",2 +10507,"slightly",2 +100839,"works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",3 +133275,"stereotypical caretakers",1 +45981,"Lan Yu is at times too restrained ,",1 +142830,"... will find this one a challenge .",2 +178775,"wool",2 +115840,"being what the English call ` too clever by half",2 +58669,"the same time ,",2 +201003,"hectic and",2 +182929,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all",2 +57369,"stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions",0 +97588,"those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",3 +5315,"brushed with sentimentality",3 +129613,"one-dimensional buffoons",1 +45834,"It seems like I have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now I ca n't wait for the sequel .",3 +223434,"From both a great and a terrible story , Mr. Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",3 +17240,"so honest and keenly observed that it does n't feel like one",3 +206694,"much to do , too little time to do it in",1 +15977,"have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",1 +58032,"the background --",2 +60582,"you pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +41084,"Middle American musical torpor and",2 +109056,"Some of the computer animation",2 +118081,"derivative elements into something",2 +82467,"house party",2 +204978,"like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . How about surprising us by trying something new ?",0 +9650,"paths",2 +148957,"Swamp",2 +50154,"children 's",2 +63568,"A wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of Being John Malkovich .",3 +2570,"the crowds",2 +213079,"tacks on three or four more endings",1 +122713,"if somewhat standardized ,",3 +223272,"Even the unwatchable Soapdish",0 +125684,"labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two",1 +194222,"be utterly entranced by its subject",2 +199503,"fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile",4 +219033,"welt",2 +188214,"The film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film .",2 +731,"corny",1 +223941,"If you 're a fan of the series",2 +97426,"this instance",2 +60701,"'ll be your slave for a year",2 +237626,"three descriptions suit Evelyn",2 +197333,"does n't leave you with much",1 +106871,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery ,",2 +43185,"'s a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman",4 +46898,"The Bourne Identity ''",2 +227655,"`` cartoon ''",2 +152394,"a script ( by Paul Pender ) made of wood",1 +92878,"smart , sassy and",4 +168980,"plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",1 +224354,"It looks like an action movie , but",1 +118057,"denying its brutality",2 +111367,"Your Neighbor 's Dog",2 +75663,"bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",1 +26568,"Sharp",3 +24704,"Armenian-Canadian",3 +131672,"ruins everything",1 +53995,"its sweeping battle scenes",3 +189859,"Would that Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility",1 +125215,"its costars , Spader",3 +129172,"of those films that seems tailor",2 +198934,"finds a consistent tone and lacks",3 +194142,"be growing",3 +96371,"the performances and",2 +211504,"should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations .",2 +225670,"Sa da TAY !",2 +161734,"in America in 2002",2 +38732,"the true potential",2 +24572,"Almost every scene in this film",2 +190078,"a Hollywood-ized Austen",2 +164696,"leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting",0 +174617,"the radical action",2 +117596,"could shake a stick at",2 +80284,"for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse",3 +220790,"'s bright side .",3 +147218,"Live-honed",2 +8145,"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .",2 +76180,"by its special effects",2 +133148,"spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are",2 +230547,"enjoying this film",4 +205960,"may well be the only one laughing at his own joke",1 +228969,"as often as possible",2 +184967,"Interview With the Assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",1 +42217,"is sophisticated , brash , sardonic , completely joyful",4 +213919,"that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",1 +167815,"of the other dreck",2 +192816,"annoyed me most about God is Great",1 +228184,"a story of dramatic enlightenment",3 +66848,"Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",4 +219842,"with the raising of something other",2 +89532,"once in a while a film",3 +82501,"how things will work out",2 +159770,"from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle",1 +169714,"reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it",2 +232246,"is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",0 +217026,"to fill time",1 +93829,"suffers",2 +46799,"Stephen Rea ,",2 +35949,"pencil-thin story",0 +136160,"the right stuff",2 +42467,"please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim",2 +27523,"a film to be savored .",4 +95438,"the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment",2 +42000,"gives its subject",3 +6771,"gets his comeuppance",2 +214486,"the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz",2 +88723,"of levels",2 +153978,"are too easily overcome",2 +214805,"the hug cycle",2 +64135,"At 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .",4 +34297,"make in the interests of doing them good",3 +285,"a thought-provoking , haunting",4 +24850,"Bloody",1 +176026,"to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",1 +18725,"Benefits from a strong performance from Zhao , but it 's Dong Jie 's face",3 +134746,"the Philip Glass soundtrack CD",2 +84439,"is n't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous",1 +123480,"intelligent weepy",2 +84072,"is born to play Shaggy !",3 +192587,"an inner life",2 +55452,"of moviemaking",2 +26425,"Read My Lips is an original .",3 +186321,"New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma",2 +138449,"twenty",2 +185159,"It 's not a bad plot : but ,",2 +129620,"one-of-a-kind work",3 +19107,"Mostly Martha",2 +38710,"the thinnest",2 +1177,"help but engage",3 +209711,"pretentious as the title may be",1 +38519,"the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",3 +17504,"the chops",2 +149000,"Takashi Sorimachi )",2 +121656,"has a gentle , unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic .",3 +41135,"On the surface , it 's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick , but",3 +100603,"with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",2 +15124,"archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all",2 +23905,", the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in .",4 +74365,"are mesmerizing",3 +15574,"does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations",3 +128072,"none of which",2 +226574,"There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",1 +238833,"with 146 minutes of it",2 +151070,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and Kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable .",1 +56846,"sensual delights and simmering",3 +168242,"one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 +159260,"florid turn",2 +73825,"an important director",3 +176049,"to come up with one cogent point , unless it 's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women",2 +45031,"Definitely funny stuff",4 +167893,"of very bad special effects",0 +106061,"Graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to Unfaithful , but gripping performances by Lane and Gere are what will keep them awake",3 +119855,"feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite",3 +13027,"while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one ,",1 +206584,"mounted ,",2 +183961,"Follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .",1 +187653,"Swimfan , like Fatal Attraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .",2 +58049,"the benefit",2 +57595,"takes them",2 +222478,"As written by Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson from a story by Wilson",2 +205371,"looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks",2 +172126,"strong , determined monarch",3 +77806,"decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .",3 +122225,"highest degree",2 +20092,"beaut",3 +90545,"potential for the sequels",3 +141387,"'s just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .",1 +31644,"find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack",3 +72164,"a powerful though flawed movie",2 +204205,"its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor",2 +36689,"scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others .",4 +32589,"his stones",2 +9379,"of the star of road trip",2 +205808,"many bona fide groaners among too few laughs",0 +236676,"the Yankee",2 +85994,"lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies",4 +228807,"are jarring",2 +109804,"The film is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation .",3 +176004,"to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",2 +20483,"escape it",2 +50421,"considers",2 +141171,"'s about all",2 +236363,"that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out",2 +5832,"dare to delve",2 +199334,"for the fine star performances",3 +192271,"all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .",1 +143250,"A one-trick pony whose few T&A bits",1 +115602,"be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls",0 +158776,"faith , hope and charity",3 +221256,", and even touching",3 +184633,"I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...",0 +2185,"sad to say",1 +207765,"of hibernation",2 +37785,"that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you",3 +209001,"paced , and often just plain dull",0 +109665,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure",3 +95436,"the degree that ivans xtc . works",2 +6836,"good movie . good actress .",4 +20509,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last",4 +151954,"a lesser Harrison Ford movie - Six Days , Seven Nights , maybe ,",2 +189021,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight ,",1 +23936,", this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",4 +224201,"It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him .",2 +228678,"another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",2 +60016,"well-acted , bald",3 +68774,"Showtime",2 +82446,"horribly",0 +208408,"on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good",1 +52212,"good-natured fun",3 +201667,"impassive",2 +167884,"of turning pain into art",2 +60955,"'s as good as you remember .",3 +59364,"to tell of the unspeakable",2 +40605,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness :",3 +179944,"'s pretty far from a treasure",1 +124864,"it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",1 +71820,"a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",3 +237417,"there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",1 +29920,"by bright and friendly souls",3 +18517,"-- but , happily , a victim of none",3 +195187,"by now intolerable morbidity",1 +197648,"each other Bullock and Grant",2 +15111,"anthropologically detailed realization",2 +207773,"of his particular talents",2 +183340,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake ,",4 +227996,"a lot of bullets",2 +73363,"air-conditioning",2 +55372,"of ground",2 +13193,"without ( de niro ) , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back ,",2 +216363,"this debut venture",2 +47291,"The volatile dynamics of female friendship",2 +11123,"that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +173274,"that we get",2 +186702,"Pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",1 +137436,"to be remembered by",2 +108517,"Quando Tiros em Columbine acerta",2 +34087,"like a minor miracle",3 +7475,"in the escape from new york series",2 +27375,"a big part",3 +12878,"watching blobby old-school cgi animation",1 +215768,"the thousands of Americans who die hideously",1 +106243,"His Secret Life is light , innocuous and unremarkable .",1 +107244,"Just another combination",2 +134949,"the brawn , but not the brains",1 +129279,"offers a glimpse of the Solomonic decision facing Jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them",2 +35372,"of purpose",4 +164344,"just stuff .",2 +142084,", anyone who has seen The Hunger or Cat People will find little new here",2 +87124,"mill",2 +215029,"the messiness",1 +112501,"a powerful look at a failure of our justice system",3 +137171,"thoughtful , visually graceful",3 +40338,"work to see it at the first opportunity",3 +81861,"have been with this premise",2 +45221,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but",3 +16737,"of feeling",2 +50020,"can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",1 +222966,"Clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",1 +89025,"of the grieving process",1 +74629,"as an earthy Napoleon",2 +236180,"surprises .",2 +129588,"one strike",1 +126815,"marketing department",2 +128466,"of a perhaps surreal campaign",2 +156340,"clearly defines his characters",2 +139108,"volatile romantic lives",2 +144120,"Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial . Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",1 +51215,"engrossing entertainment",4 +237166,"the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story",2 +24910,"But in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",0 +80672,"from the screenplay",2 +81418,"grow boring",1 +46550,"Predictable storyline",1 +106104,"Guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson ,",1 +149776,"The problem with this film is that it lacks focus . I sympathize with the plight of these families , but",0 +107922,"NBA",2 +191789,"about the thousands of Americans who die hideously",1 +66249,"If cinema had been around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",2 +76493,"casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back ,",3 +24961,"Chancellor",2 +92615,"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but",2 +111714,"a contest",2 +67014,"Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny ,",4 +70822,"What makes How I Killed My Father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .",4 +16631,"n't know",2 +101769,"'s never too late to believe in your dreams . '",2 +38203,"the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",4 +233706,"making Kahlo 's art a living ,",3 +4797,"are murky",2 +53052,"includes the line",2 +70366,"Though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .",2 +124912,"it all . Jackass is a vulgar and",1 +73607,"amusing and unsettling",4 +201442,"humor , bile , and irony",2 +155992,"can stumble sometimes",1 +57036,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine --",3 +220467,"' rip-off",0 +118222,"different and",2 +93996,"sustains a higher plateau",3 +16070,"huge",2 +15211,"be seen to be believed",2 +199208,"for an unfocused screenplay",1 +112649,"a science fiction",2 +137005,"this movie is short",2 +52238,"grandly",3 +149961,"The two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect",1 +202380,"into Newfoundland 's wild soil",2 +113934,"an aloof father",2 +78128,"die-hard French film connoisseurs",3 +228053,"a new scene , which also appears to be the end",2 +235276,"regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",1 +208246,"of wit and humor",2 +179900,"'s not really funny",1 +195531,"catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?",1 +98918,"uncinematic",1 +177723,"watched the brainless insanity of No Such Thing",1 +64323,"Bermuda",2 +151670,"a fanatic",2 +28830,"and that 's what makes it irresistible .",4 +157042,"crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops",1 +171129,"singing -",2 +212640,"strangely impersonal and abstract",1 +2582,"the dumbest",0 +151414,"a bright sheen",3 +169985,"rent a pedigree instead",1 +234642,"often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",3 +94193,"talented performers",3 +72903,"about K-19",2 +149435,"The film seems a dead weight . The lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt .",1 +231940,"in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",2 +202759,"is as generic as its title",1 +62416,", while never really vocalized , is palpable",2 +82970,"in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally",2 +117014,"clashing cultures",2 +17127,"romantic comedy",2 +37088,"so terrific at conveying their young angst",4 +29977,"camp to create a completely numbing experience",2 +49892,"bullseye",2 +208413,"on a ticket ?",2 +85383,"its shape-shifting perils",2 +190169,"a better travelogue",2 +131933,"see this terrific film with your kids",4 +110095,"The powder blues and sun-splashed whites of Tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs .",3 +82374,"hits and",2 +185413,"Ivy",2 +198352,"experienced by Southern blacks as distilled",2 +165477,"maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .",1 +93729,"subtitled French movie",2 +168111,"on the basis of this film alone",2 +170162,"robbery",1 +124700,"is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .",0 +30414,"cornball",2 +191926,"action-oriented World War",3 +89890,"over a man",2 +203478,"is strictly routine",1 +151868,"a hatred for men",2 +77144,"concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway",3 +150001,"The writers , director Wally Wolodarsky , and all the actors",2 +33536,"is uniformly excellent and relaxed .",4 +28241,"also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes . A rewarding work of art for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",3 +220529,"'' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .",2 +231572,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and",1 +217827,"trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey",2 +154865,"beautifully produced film",4 +176863,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither .",1 +157428,"different worlds",2 +12011,"the wanderers and",2 +81900,"have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",1 +20816,"historical",2 +183610,"Earnest and tentative",3 +93689,"stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying",4 +199720,"gadgets and whirling fight sequences",2 +156507,"com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense",1 +48805,"allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .",3 +183413,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up",1 +105045,"Charlize CHASES Kevin with a GUN . Courtney CHASES Stuart with a CELL PHONE . The sound of GUNFIRE and cell phones RINGING .",2 +92929,"so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance",4 +145028,"Earnest falls short of its Ideal predecessor largely due to Parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material .",1 +202649,"is a step down",1 +132085,"sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime",4 +209500,"pompous references",1 +235888,"solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble",4 +145658,"Guided",2 +115270,"authentic feel",3 +79031,"enjoy for a lifetime",3 +78339,"do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close",2 +94237,"tear them apart",2 +110856,"Vega )",2 +83691,"is , at bottom",2 +124449,"is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior )",2 +180881,", potentially ,",2 +178071,"when they were a staple of exploitation theater programming",1 +195727,"clams",2 +2649,"the modern",2 +119189,"entertaining , if somewhat standardized , action",3 +171128,"sincere , and just",3 +96559,"the region 's",2 +24762,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly",3 +108856,"Serving Sara",2 +235875,"so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 +21051,"is razor sharp",3 +114089,"an intelligent weepy",3 +152786,"about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",2 +114617,"are lost in the thin soup of canned humor .",1 +57807,"that is fresh to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything",2 +230764,"feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .",1 +83878,"is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade",4 +99702,"way original",3 +60443,"wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released ,",0 +62797,"A bittersweet drama",3 +206937,"never quite ignites .",1 +71140,"You do n't need to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California .",1 +97500,"this quality band",3 +222526,"B.",2 +49414,"at this and its",2 +166132,"more accessible",3 +56413,"read like a discarded House Beautiful spread",3 +43962,"A . I .",2 +43830,". Hill",2 +40782,"Attal and",2 +172106,"striking or",2 +96869,"the thinness",2 +222472,"As the movie dragged on",1 +203326,"is plenty",2 +135261,"the feelings",2 +138510,"ultimately minor ,",2 +182011,"A so-so , made-for-TV something",2 +92306,"serendipity",2 +221108,"( since Sept. 11 )",2 +22168,"that could easily crush it forever",1 +163696,"it 's still a mistake to go see it .",1 +15386,"celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",3 +238302,"utilizes the idea of making Kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work",3 +204369,"itself --",2 +183414,"Did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ?",1 +195764,"clever ideas and",3 +88374,"of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences",2 +124848,"it 's more than a worthwhile effort",4 +208036,"of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre",2 +2284,"since",2 +57394,"strains",1 +215733,"the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film",2 +224051,"Inconsequential",1 +143019,"A bravura",2 +131817,"scenic",3 +40927,"Goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast",4 +143325,"A sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes",1 +116040,"blanks",2 +78032,"deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies",3 +229112,"baffled by Jason X.",0 +59047,"this year 's very best pictures",4 +157884,"double-cross is more than just a filmed opera .",2 +162453,"intriguing enough",3 +230777,"felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign",0 +81830,"have I",2 +14135,"In its ragged , cheap and unassuming way",1 +218880,"watching this movie",2 +57678,"than he is in this performance",2 +208377,"on '' The Mothman Prophecies ''",2 +161540,"hyped up that a curious sense of menace informs everything",2 +168456,"outrageous dark satire",2 +91530,"required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",3 +54836,"more specifically ,",2 +41782,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams '' bathroom break",4 +194497,"being very inspiring or insightful",3 +93831,"suffocating and",2 +187238,"Shanghai Ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage",3 +12697,"until",2 +133752,"sweet , funny , charming ,",3 +163541,"is ultimately a pointless endeavor .",2 +235956,"speak fluent flatula ,",2 +101689,"'s foremost cinematic poet of the workplace .",2 +155488,"brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience",2 +80701,"frothy piece",2 +228241,"a weird amalgam",2 +82831,"in Spielberg 's work",2 +208334,"old , familiar",1 +5584,"clearly well-intentioned",3 +175529,"this ricture",2 +12273,"thumbs down",1 +201254,"his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",1 +209998,"quick-cuts , ( very )",2 +141136,"'s a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance",1 +227983,"a light , yet engrossing piece",3 +209384,"plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up",0 +46895,"That I Want",2 +5139,"bewildered",2 +21125,"it should be",2 +210348,"relied too much on convention",1 +17077,"refreshingly novel ride",3 +80357,"for the first 89 minutes",2 +50249,"come away",2 +225522,"Psychologically",2 +224215,"It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean ,",0 +107569,"MY LITTLE EYE is the best little '' horror '' movie I 've seen in years .",2 +109344,"Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise",1 +40459,"you think it ca n't get any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",1 +5344,"buttons",2 +127361,"more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",2 +25617,"I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form",2 +2232,"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing .",3 +144405,"Chan and Hewitt",2 +24484,"A swashbuckling tale",2 +27617,"a literal and spiritual torpor",2 +219915,"wives are worse",1 +8822,"missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and",0 +70806,"What a concept",3 +169910,"relatives swap one mundane story after another",1 +20752,"have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story",4 +36664,"saturation",2 +49918,"but utterly delightful .",3 +95315,"the cinematic front",2 +139065,"violinist",2 +129560,"one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",4 +115085,"as well-characterized",3 +158381,"erratic dramedy",1 +117453,"constant fits of laughter",3 +148563,"Shot perhaps ` artistically ' with handheld cameras and apparently no movie lights by Joaquin Baca-Asay",2 +2752,"the strange horror of life",0 +99783,"welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor",4 +162211,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control .",1 +61150,"'s no conversion effort",1 +98347,"to the World Trade Center tragedy",1 +178653,"with sugary bits of business",2 +175131,"them now is an exercise in pointlessness",1 +135358,"the film never veers from its comic course",3 +105970,"George Lucas can only dream of",2 +189378,"Upper West Sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute .",1 +118942,"eldritch",2 +141059,"'re to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff",2 +229545,"buzz-obsessed",1 +227528,"`` Lolita ''",2 +189049,"This ludicrous film is predictable at every turn .",0 +71332,"a bumbling American",2 +45468,"Heaven",3 +99681,"watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies",2 +146258,"Illiterate , often inert sci-fi action thriller .",1 +28115,"add movies to the list of things he does well",4 +71810,"a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",2 +229476,"brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ` comedy gag . '",2 +218046,"ultimately flawed",1 +69209,"That old adage",2 +97816,"to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed",2 +152317,"a rather indulgent piece",2 +165518,"make its characters idiots",1 +133393,"stretched out to 90 minutes",1 +229915,"comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow .",1 +156791,"contrived , well-worn situations",1 +108472,"Presents a side of contemporary Chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists , and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation .",3 +87137,"mind-bending drugs",2 +33596,"it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .",3 +222364,"And it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .",0 +3303,"'s 86 minutes too long",1 +182566,"Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals",2 +156967,"creates a new threat for the MIB , but",2 +149965,"The unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession .",0 +107045,"It may not be particularly innovative , but",2 +111554,"a big time stinker",1 +219652,"with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing",1 +126824,"marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending",0 +5034,"be funny",3 +227924,"a genre that",2 +85090,"it makes up for in heart .",3 +112812,"a student film",3 +192472,"an album of photos",2 +100026,"while speaking to a highway patrolman",2 +162955,"is its spirit , its ribald , full-throated humor .",3 +102037,"'ve seen it",2 +34569,"more homosexual undertones than an Eddie Murphy film",1 +217040,"to flat characters",1 +189395,"Very stupid and annoying .",0 +233714,"making its way instead to theaters",2 +237009,"the kind of low-key way",2 +46879,"Tatou",2 +87343,"more than exposes the roots of the skateboarding boom that would become '' the punk kids ' revolution",3 +57901,"that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems",2 +113476,"after another in this supposedly funny movie",2 +146069,"I had n't already seen .",2 +40331,"wonderful portrait",3 +64024,"Apted",2 +29965,"ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches",2 +198173,"every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment",2 +112195,"a leather",2 +183523,"Dodgy",1 +115477,"be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",3 +5953,"did the same",2 +40233,"with its unconventionally wacky",2 +225798,"Singer\/composer Bryan Adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story --",2 +177915,"were a crime",2 +37868,"that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality",1 +23337,", Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .",4 +183748,"Even fans of Ismail Merchant 's work , I suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .",1 +49609,"been in years",2 +14785,"a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",2 +164450,"kinky soft-core imagery with naughty fun",2 +170615,"seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one .",1 +9159,"notorious",2 +144982,"Dreary , highly annoying",0 +182000,"A sluggish pace and lack",2 +182931,"Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and",1 +196963,"dimness",1 +198501,"famed",3 +58224,"the director ,",2 +9733,"play against each other so intensely",3 +125192,"its characterization",2 +112221,"a lonely beacon",2 +215027,"the mere suggestion of serial killers",3 +93402,"stakes out the emotional heart of Happy",4 +8077,"its moments",2 +173203,"that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you",0 +140139,"with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",2 +115066,"as to get",2 +10316,"secondary",1 +52332,"had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen",2 +101669,"'s difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",1 +54841,"more than capable",3 +233805,"me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here",0 +224379,"It might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but Mr. Earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists",4 +166568,"naturalistic small talk",3 +209130,"past and uncertain future",2 +102219,", Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .",1 +139977,"win any awards in the plot department",2 +128802,"of moronic stunts",1 +63446,"A sun-drenched masterpiece",4 +238029,"to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow",2 +35724,"only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",3 +53896,"its careful pace and",2 +19474,"a cross-section of Americana",2 +110965,"We 've liked Klein 's other work",2 +197133,"distraction",2 +61298,"'s that good",3 +183350,"Depressingly thin",1 +195589,"channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie",2 +59033,"this story must be told and retold",2 +216027,"their own creations",2 +204905,"liberal use",2 +229735,"capturing a brief era of insanity",2 +72848,"a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them",1 +186530,"Once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",1 +214495,"the end result does no justice to the story itself .",1 +102537,", genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills",2 +233587,"lucratively",3 +200802,"have done in half an hour",1 +228059,"a non-stop funny feast",4 +46768,"South Korean filmmakers",2 +176538,"to waste the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson all in the same movie",0 +66484,"It 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .",4 +47909,"a crack ensemble",3 +87912,"no major discoveries",2 +86099,"like this movie a lot .",4 +206833,"nearly 80-minute running time",2 +51046,"due to its rapid-fire delivery",2 +169053,"ponytail",2 +160541,"hard and",2 +170804,"shake your head in disbelief",1 +100455,"with an important message to tell",3 +2432,"such as pulp fiction",2 +51904,"friendship ,",3 +83866,"is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence",3 +85277,"its hackneyed elements",2 +228234,"a very good reason",2 +113479,"after school special",2 +234630,"offers escapism",3 +160496,"hammer home",2 +93399,"staircase gothic .",2 +234159,"non-mystery",2 +95899,"the humor has point",3 +142800,"... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double",1 +182181,"Adroit but",2 +221654,", though .",2 +128302,"of Chinese film",2 +158877,"fascinating stories",4 +154917,"becomes a cliche-drenched melodrama by mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy",0 +129781,"our country",2 +40411,"you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story .",4 +160223,"going to a film festival",2 +221924,"A Few Good Men told us that we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes",2 +224019,"In his debut as a director , Washington has a sure hand .",4 +78044,"despairing",2 +26816,"The film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses .",3 +160621,"has a voyeuristic tug",3 +228715,"any other John Woo flick for that matter",2 +81802,"has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong",3 +40656,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : You experience it as you watch",3 +163228,"is perfect casting for the role",3 +12446,"to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",1 +116535,"calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",2 +21621,"on the nature",2 +99044,"uniformly good",3 +137325,"to The Road Warrior",3 +19977,"as Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",1 +63405,"A solid cast",3 +179476,"'s , it 's simply unbearable",0 +144370,"Care deftly",2 +68281,"Proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie .",2 +123535,"intimate relationships",2 +96816,"the suppression of its tucked away",2 +183614,"Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",2 +201850,"in creation",2 +90441,"point of view",2 +22570,"tongue-in-cheek",3 +234408,"of distraction",2 +56993,"silver-haired and leonine",2 +226143,"The Music",2 +96128,"the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters",3 +8770,"merit it",3 +32728,"if arguable",2 +27828,"a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem",4 +118020,"deliver some tawdry kicks",3 +145454,"Forced , familiar",1 +27980,"a worthy companion to the many fine , focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",4 +57228,"souls and",2 +229029,"at ``",2 +114787,"as I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies",3 +126053,"like a hazy high that takes too long to shake",1 +184279,"Handsome and sincere",3 +189523,"Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but",2 +127722,"my uncles are all aliens , too . '' Congrats Disney on a job well done , I enjoyed it just as much",3 +17806,"to hell",1 +74325,"are especially fine",3 +126331,"looking ,",2 +48445,"a tragic dimension and",1 +128082,"nor Robert De Niro",2 +226680,"This mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , John C. Walsh",2 +16683,"not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",2 +90647,"pretty decent",3 +122003,"have to see it .",3 +127818,"neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief",3 +74602,"as a pale successor",1 +111472,"a Copenhagen neighborhood",2 +184248,"Gregory Hinton",2 +63782,"America 's thirst",3 +44387,"Alan Arkin",2 +59821,"utterly mad",2 +189060,"This one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .",0 +115816,"behold in its sparkling beauty",3 +70983,"With ` Bowling for Columbine",2 +15032,"and fun to see Goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen",4 +56979,"significantly",2 +142805,"... stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier .",1 +64405,"Blue Crush ' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .",2 +30422,"could be her breakthrough role .",3 +238576,"were that grand a failure",1 +105336,"Day Parade balloon",2 +121834,"has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed",2 +200345,"had since '' Ca n't Stop The Music . '' It may as well be called '' Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 +154232,"as predictable and",1 +77944,"delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory",3 +36463,"releasing",3 +56104,"pop music .",2 +108768,"Saved from being merely way-cool by a basic , credible compassion",3 +73719,"an awkward Hitchcockian theme in tact",2 +234707,"once intimate and universal cinema",3 +89976,"own immaturity",2 +215637,"the smartest kids in class",3 +41180,"Russell and",2 +190846,"a little violence and lots",2 +134459,"that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0 +199407,"foreign shores",2 +174031,"the gimmick",2 +164411,"kiddie paean",2 +129794,"ourselves is One Hour Photo 's real strength",3 +173572,"the border of bemused contempt",1 +10901,"swings and",2 +154275,"as they promise",2 +63876,"An engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .",4 +68612,"Schepisi 's",2 +12556,"treads where few american films dare to delve --",4 +232600,"is n't the actor to save it .",1 +229312,"been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill",1 +116529,"call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad '",2 +196319,"could n't make a guest appearance to liven things up .",2 +51192,"endurance",2 +159763,"from the reality",2 +142265,", it 's disastrous",1 +180168,"( Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests may be too narrow to attract crossover viewers .",1 +140681,"you 're after",2 +97684,"through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement",3 +173361,"the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",1 +17602,"the neurotic mindset",2 +216990,"to easy jokes and insults",1 +228597,"an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys",3 +35629,"on fatality , classism , and ignorance",1 +120871,"funny bones tickled",3 +218519,"video game movie",2 +590,"being the big hit franklin",2 +166281,"more than this",2 +106129,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ...",1 +239142,"you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex",2 +238794,"will probably be in wedgie heaven",2 +27579,"a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations .",1 +173552,"the block of wood",2 +112970,"a very good ( but not great ) movie",3 +64239,"Barbarian",2 +122234,"highly watchable",4 +13306,"written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",3 +137573,"to face in marriage",2 +210325,"relationship maintenance",2 +58328,"the first Men in Black was money",3 +182375,"An awful movie",0 +182521,"Anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .",0 +77166,"confection",2 +35839,"outer",2 +21184,"keeps the film constantly taut ... reflecting the character 's instability with a metaphorical visual style and an unnerving , heartbeat-like score",3 +4332,"abiding",2 +115815,"behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman",2 +6871,"grandkids",3 +9846,"profound cinema",4 +62247,", surrealistic moments",3 +200963,"head-on",2 +85182,"its New England characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial",1 +17390,"teach kids about the dangers of drugs",2 +13292,"writer\/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky , with mixed results",2 +174226,"the lousy dialogue",0 +218579,"visual marvel",3 +130718,"proper , middle-aged woman",2 +135262,"the feelings evoked in the film",2 +73171,"acts with the feral intensity of the young Bette Davis .",3 +32608,"hit theaters since Field of Dreams",2 +17768,"through the eye , the heart , the mind",3 +76533,"celebrities",2 +54921,"movie lovers as well as",3 +78632,"drive past",2 +30115,"charming , quirky and leisurely",3 +92762,"skilfully",3 +85923,"less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese",3 +66332,"Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses , and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all .",3 +170083,"retread concept",1 +150522,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",1 +58856,"the woods",2 +189719,"Who is this movie for ? Not kids , who do n't need the lesson in repugnance . It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",0 +160537,"happenstance",2 +199746,"gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",1 +34813,"n't seen on the big screen before",2 +233013,"it does n't even seem like she tried .",0 +191776,"about the filmmaker 's characteristic style",3 +207969,"of self",2 +184960,"Interminably",3 +136024,"the pocket monster movie franchise",2 +62135,", or",2 +55767,"one 's",2 +232700,"is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal",2 +90804,"proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .",3 +94950,"that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",1 +77664,"cut through the sugar coating",2 +23225,"( Fessenden ) is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills",3 +181991,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama",0 +47963,"a distinctive blend",3 +28710,"and mindset",2 +171304,"slow , drab",1 +96567,"the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers",2 +149607,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously , but",3 +202453,"introspection",2 +52830,"imaginative kid 's movie",3 +238139,"try to avoid",1 +214136,"the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative",1 +191330,"a single character",2 +175941,"to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic",1 +5179,"blandness",1 +132174,"set up a dualistic battle between good and evil",2 +146646,"It becomes gimmicky instead of compelling . '' Interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into .",2 +232914,"it 's a `` true story ''",2 +187974,"The beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw ,",3 +156204,"cheap slasher flick",2 +84394,"is more engaging than the usual fantasies Hollywood produces",3 +226860,"Um ,",2 +200675,"has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond",3 +228916,"as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",0 +200351,"had the misfortune",2 +115507,"be glued to the screen",3 +169430,"pseudo-hip luxury car commercial",2 +88699,"of its political edge",2 +24756,"Australia",2 +14302,"Mr . Earnhart",2 +176131,"to fortune",2 +192009,"adoring , wide-smiling reception",3 +62788,"A biopic about Crane 's life in the classic tradition",2 +164284,"just a dumb excuse",1 +119233,"epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be",3 +110629,"Tim McCann 's Revolution",2 +89634,"one summer film that satisfies",3 +85850,"leave us with a sense of wonder",3 +190683,"a great director at the helm",3 +189773,"With a completely predictable plot",1 +89570,"one form or",2 +203740,"it 's all surprisingly predictable .",1 +87812,"never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",3 +76812,"clever pseudo-bio",3 +235619,"serious subject matter and dark , funny humor",3 +197456,"down off",2 +210596,"rode",2 +30791,"dingy backrooms or pristine forests",2 +189399,"Vicente",2 +79590,"fall dawn",2 +237420,"there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",4 +232265,"is a director to watch .",3 +30068,"celebrates the human spirit",3 +232623,"is nicely shot , well-edited and",3 +157,"a dreary indulgence",0 +193444,"as easy to be bored by as your ABC 's",1 +55660,"of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists",3 +32610,"hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date .",2 +86246,"look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux",2 +54165,"layered and",2 +26283,"Once",2 +15953,"has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique",3 +72781,"a voice",2 +185825,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and",2 +14202,"Just a Kiss seem minty fresh",3 +112908,"a torrent",3 +185359,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is :",0 +232341,"is a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do is engage an audience .",1 +228354,"action-packed submarine",3 +212503,"starter . It 's not an easy one to review",2 +153569,"and immature character",1 +97911,"to be carried away",2 +185122,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",4 +147575,"Murphy 's well-honed prima donna",3 +59656,"underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing .",3 +137196,"thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",2 +190793,"a knockout",3 +15899,"good action",3 +31067,"emotionally assertive",3 +220153,"writing , direction and timing",2 +69418,"The case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .",4 +38571,"the price of admission",2 +174732,"the series '",2 +68896,"Some remarkable achival film about how Shanghai ( of all places )",3 +176101,"to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one",1 +54864,"most alive",3 +209644,"predictable or",1 +193331,"as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty",2 +162046,"in the way of insights",2 +124584,"is supremely unfunny and unentertaining",1 +147973,"Outer-space buffs might love this film , but others will find its pleasures intermittent",3 +183148,"Cold , pretentious",1 +223223,"Ecks vs. Sever '' or ``",2 +158712,"eye-filling",3 +143840,"Any movie this boring",0 +39891,"we have n't seen on the big screen before",3 +39333,"to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",1 +6569,"for all its surface frenzy",2 +30357,"considerable personal charm",3 +80992,"gets under your skin",2 +203054,"is left",2 +129586,"one small pot",2 +80973,"gets around to its real emotional business",3 +72380,"a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions",4 +164501,"la estafeta a las nuevas generaciones",2 +102519,", featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .",3 +114773,"artwork",3 +52422,"has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",3 +127606,"moving in many directions",2 +113246,"absolutely unnecessary",1 +151078,"XFL",2 +32357,"have a distinct flair . His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .",3 +68481,"Rogers 's mouth",2 +170358,"satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise",1 +106175,"Has nothing",1 +143041,"A clumsily manufactured exploitation flick",0 +36488,"remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",3 +168998,"plucky heroine",2 +204314,"its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",1 +40161,"with a bright future",4 +16518,"magnet",2 +15388,"challenge",2 +154055,"as Mr . Deeds was to that of Frank Capra",2 +198576,"fart jokes , masturbation jokes",2 +23604,", especially those who are n't aware of",2 +127286,"more common saccharine genre",2 +141415,"'s making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause",2 +110033,"The next big thing 's",3 +65598,"For those in search of something different",2 +158186,"emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject",0 +62637,"129-minute running time",2 +17555,"the fresh air",3 +129378,"on an irresistible , languid romanticism",3 +120701,"from anything",2 +216431,"this movie directionless",1 +81117,"gives this aging series",2 +235578,"seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting",2 +99894,"what may be the performances of their careers",4 +32042,"gets uniformly engaging performances from his largely amateur cast .",4 +9381,"of the tonga people",2 +76414,"capture these musicians in full regalia",3 +120379,"for a younger crowd",2 +108034,"None of this so-called satire",2 +191053,"a nuanced portrait",3 +119888,"feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",1 +226010,"Sum Of All Fears ''",2 +36595,"rivals Shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",4 +192165,"all its social and political potential",2 +18337,", Mr . Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .",3 +47406,"Thomas",2 +17341,"stump",2 +103881,"A sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration",2 +14825,"a sad picture of the singles scene",1 +202942,"is generally amusing from time",3 +163079,"is n't funny , either",1 +83523,"into a cinematic poem",3 +145954,"I 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :",1 +105829,"For all its brilliant touches , Dragon loses its fire midway , nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion .",1 +151560,"a creative wall",2 +45519,"Hollywood teenage movies",2 +67680,"Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",3 +56529,"reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies",4 +137280,"tired , talky feel",1 +103783,"A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable .",1 +91003,"quieter middle section",2 +157640,"do much stalking",1 +20444,"emotionally cheated",1 +25400,"George Pal 's",2 +200720,"have a cute partnership in I Spy",3 +199482,"frazzled wackiness",2 +144446,"Chinese history : war , revolution",2 +6263,"especially so",3 +149015,"Tambor ,",2 +212488,"staring into an open wound",2 +38351,"the interests of doing them good",3 +223271,"Even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage .",0 +73555,"always reaching for something just outside his grasp",2 +57087,"smooth the moral stiffness",2 +81351,"great , fiery passion",4 +27203,"What might have been a predictably heartwarming tale",1 +205915,"may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 +645,"bullock",3 +87031,"mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication",2 +215869,"the warden 's daughter",2 +143649,"Altar",2 +184298,"Happy Hour kinda",2 +124749,"is unwavering and arresting",2 +95857,"the halfhearted zeal",2 +9100,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable",3 +54525,"make much of a splash",2 +4691,"an unexpected plot twist",2 +56345,"quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and",3 +159579,"forgive me --",2 +107029,"It leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .",1 +50229,"cold-blooded comedy",2 +2803,"themselves",2 +92022,"screwball thriller",2 +117485,"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood",2 +8883,"most late-night bull sessions",1 +155231,"big-budget , after-school special",1 +171894,"stand by her man",2 +156912,"countless other people",2 +198665,"feel like you were n't invited to the party",1 +71625,"a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",4 +122709,"if she had to sit through it again",2 +190770,"a huge disappointment coming ,",1 +229297,"been done before but never so vividly or",3 +201205,"his mom",2 +170811,"shall",2 +2427,"such aching",1 +19210,"Redgrave",2 +64767,"Comedian",2 +136622,"the worst of the Brosnan bunch",1 +38241,"the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful",3 +212181,"someone of particular interest to you",2 +225711,"Scotland , Pa.",2 +111912,"a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man",2 +17068,"reel-to-reel",2 +215247,"the one most of us",2 +58916,"there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie",3 +125115,"it to be better and more successful than it is",3 +175126,"them a bit more",2 +219507,"will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter",2 +46716,"Sever",2 +53050,"include the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",3 +182792,"Best described as I Know What You Did Last Winter .",2 +18621,"Alias Betty is predictable",1 +144235,"Boyd 's screenplay",2 +25850,"Jason X has cheesy effects and a hoary plot",0 +48718,"after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing",2 +233325,"layer of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue",1 +236549,"that the German film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food",1 +193203,"are surprisingly uninvolving",2 +109124,"Spielberg 's realization of a near-future America",2 +159025,"few gross-out comedies",2 +151632,"a documentary --",2 +110159,"The sheer joy and pride",4 +44712,"Betty Fisher",2 +48903,"an assurance worthy of international acclaim",3 +14221,"Kurys '",2 +82264,"his greatest triumph is keeping the creepy crawlies hidden in the film 's thick shadows",3 +180986,", the humor would have been fast and furious",2 +55242,"of The Two",2 +74661,"as darkly funny ,",4 +192594,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and",0 +217776,"treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .",1 +173586,"the built-in silliness of the whole affair",1 +198808,"fewer than five",2 +153403,"an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive",2 +203488,"is supposed to be growing",2 +188965,"This feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head",1 +82348,"historic legal battle",2 +4747,"any more",2 +173821,"the ethos",2 +81063,"give us anything we have n't seen before",1 +79799,"female comics",2 +24767,"Auto Focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era",3 +168177,"one about their famous dad , author of Death in Venice , etc . ,",2 +51029,"dressed",2 +191765,"about same",2 +139083,"visual party tricks",2 +99029,"unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and",2 +62944,"A different movie -- sometimes tedious -- by a director many viewers",2 +116778,"cautionary parable",2 +33608,"it 's still pretty tasty .",3 +106421,"I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,",2 +192555,"an exhilarating exploration",3 +175899,"to be a comedy about relationships",2 +202376,"intimidated by both her subject matter and",1 +89655,"one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling",2 +234428,"of health with boundless energy",2 +15536,"desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",3 +230654,"exceeds expectations .",4 +38303,"the heartbeat",2 +33053,"ingenious and entertaining",4 +34648,"most other",2 +110571,"Thornberry stuff",2 +61828,", chilling advantage",2 +92647,"side-by-side",2 +232514,"is just lazy writing",0 +23054,"'s a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic .",3 +66691,"It 's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .",1 +176548,"to which the slasher genre has sunk",2 +113757,"also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",1 +179545,"'s a masterpiece",4 +227556,"`` Pokemon ''",2 +201908,"in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",1 +78010,"derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films",1 +129759,"otherwise bleak tale",1 +107122,"J . Lo",2 +159014,"fetid underbelly",1 +176610,"too dull to enjoy .",1 +117157,"column",2 +79327,"every low-budget movie",2 +236355,"that 's a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",3 +186393,"No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives",2 +190355,"a consummate actor incapable of being boring",3 +18328,", All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",3 +46241,"Mr . Hill",2 +149684,"The original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece !",0 +104309,"An erotic thriller",3 +152400,"a scriptwriter 's imagination",2 +65990,"His Girl Friday",2 +62006,", it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",4 +186104,"Miami Vice '' checklist of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks .",2 +93481,"stays there for the duration .",2 +57003,"simple and innocent a movie as you",3 +165475,"mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",1 +36030,"playfulness",2 +52346,"happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",3 +172179,"style murder mystery",2 +232359,"is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. ,",1 +20763,"he continues his longer journey still ahead",2 +212076,"some bad singer-turned actors",1 +7306,"if not entirely wholesome",2 +213558,"that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +161393,"hollow exercise",1 +113772,"also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",3 +200432,"hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +218107,"under your arm",2 +171492,"so tedious that it is impossible to care whether that boast is true or not",1 +151245,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",0 +136181,"the same all over",2 +232477,"is going to show up soon",2 +98195,"to make up for the ones that do n't come off",3 +206706,"muddled drama",1 +180362,", Comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .",1 +149060,"That chirpy songbird Britney Spears has popped up with more mindless drivel",1 +69967,"The stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters",2 +31117,"enjoyable film",4 +169085,"portal",2 +138800,"unveil it until the end ,",2 +89650,"one truth",2 +209577,"post-adolescent",2 +77325,"contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present",2 +153463,"an open can of pop",2 +134690,"the Dogtown experience",2 +37108,"softest moments",2 +171671,"something so gross",1 +136960,"this is a must !",4 +158208,"encounter in an entire career",2 +210872,"scenes in search",2 +209008,"paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 +217333,"to show",2 +126556,"made the story relevant in the first place",2 +113872,"an MTV , sugar hysteria , and PlayStation cocktail",2 +101374,"'d expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries",3 +146525,"It 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .",1 +234270,"of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time",2 +70505,"Turpin 's film",2 +164730,"legends like Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston occasionally directed trifles",2 +15697,"everything might be literate and smart",3 +121446,"gritty style",2 +2924,"to explain themselves",2 +48301,"a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain",2 +155512,"brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",1 +196065,"completely out of control on a long patch of black ice",2 +80067,"flat-out amusing ,",4 +151703,"a few laughs ,",3 +127116,"mind-numbingly awful that you hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as",1 +149721,"The picture ,",2 +69378,"The Woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made Allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring",3 +118566,"does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",2 +171126,"sincere ,",2 +230124,"defies categorisation",2 +213431,"than the finished product",2 +28438,"and Drop Dead Gorgeous",3 +17409,"than his earlier English-language movie , the overpraised Elizabeth",1 +21200,"largely celebratory film",3 +74965,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand",4 +95602,"the fight scenes",2 +85875,"leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts",3 +138667,"unfocused , excruciatingly tedious",1 +190717,"a gunfest than a Rock concert",2 +61159,"'s no time to think about them anyway",2 +161305,"his revoked",2 +154515,"awkward interplay and utter lack",1 +53185,"into its own",2 +220411,"your pooper-scoopers",1 +226274,"The film is explosive , but a few of those sticks are wet",1 +210379,"remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",1 +120674,"from a bygone era",1 +138638,"underway",2 +200704,"hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of High Art",1 +193710,"at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",2 +17760,"those with whom",2 +79220,"eternity",2 +119029,"enactments ,",2 +75236,"be captivated , as I was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still",3 +182945,"Bruckheimer productions",2 +112509,"a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",4 +179834,"'s low on both suspense and payoff",1 +222876,"Ca n't kick about the assembled talent and the Russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers .",2 +195617,"charm and little",2 +22410,"these events",2 +23890,", that is ,",3 +167769,"of the couple 's BMW",2 +149056,"That 's the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence .",2 +194212,"be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser",0 +210632,"rooting against",2 +27150,"Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women , water , nature , and sexuality .",4 +142367,", no matter how you spell it , it 's still a mistake to go see it .",0 +88082,"nursery",2 +1243,"human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting .",3 +115247,"attendant",2 +22268,"the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds",2 +69924,"The story 's",2 +38873,"these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece",3 +70377,"Thought-provoking and stylish",4 +34435,"me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation",1 +203959,"it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind",0 +31312,"evokes",2 +109103,"South Korea 's",1 +39224,"to laugh along with them",3 +212087,"some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment",2 +46279,"My Lips is an original",3 +79900,"film that comes along every day .",2 +237035,"the light --",2 +26649,"Still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .",4 +40210,"with his affection for Astoria and its people",3 +165209,"look like a classic",4 +198227,"everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",1 +41384,"While not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in Girls Ca n't Swim",3 +47938,"a deep vein of sadness",1 +84819,"is well-crafted",3 +194934,"breaking glass and",2 +141196,"'s almost funny",2 +152693,"a world-class filmmaker",4 +106942,"It 's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ...",0 +235339,"repressed smile",2 +217885,"try to sell",2 +227659,"`` crazy ''",1 +71989,"a modern Lothario",2 +169501,"pussy-ass",2 +183631,"Eddie Murphy and",2 +149549,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and",3 +76322,"can chew by linking the massacre",2 +167614,"of nausea",2 +155064,"being even dumber",0 +25010,"Collateral Damage",2 +55063,"ni duda cabe",2 +183545,"Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement",1 +41664,"both hokey and",2 +95,";",2 +155883,"calculated to provoke shocked laughter , without following up on a deeper level",2 +153856,"are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness",1 +35640,"on its performances",2 +32005,"generated many",2 +236752,"the boobs",2 +137277,"tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",3 +23472,", both visually and in the writing",2 +221434,", it is with most of these things ,",2 +127207,"modernizes",2 +206358,"more confused , less interesting and more",0 +96419,"the plot and",2 +140408,"work better as a real documentary",2 +14600,"Watching Haneke 's",2 +22986,"'' works",2 +154486,"avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0 +217864,"trusted audiences to understand a complex story",2 +95930,"the incredible IMAX sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes",3 +24540,"Adobo",3 +193746,"at humor",2 +30887,"do indeed feel for them .",3 +3540,"` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama .",0 +59453,"too restrained",0 +223783,"I do .",3 +74218,"appeal to anything",2 +168259,"ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers",2 +230250,"disapproval",1 +112482,"a plethora",2 +175040,"the wooden boy",2 +157427,"different scenery",2 +58579,"the picture is unfamiliar",2 +189677,"While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .",1 +152213,"a period romance",2 +185548,"Just entertaining",3 +105774,"Fans of the modern day Hong Kong action film",2 +201582,"if the movie knew what to do with him",1 +13610,", its vistas are incredibly beautiful to look at .",3 +62251,", taut , piercing and feisty",3 +45925,"K-19 : The Widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .",3 +78551,"downsizing",2 +59626,"unadulterated",2 +120628,"francamente aburrido y",2 +30816,"director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying",2 +105878,"Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .",0 +158685,"exposing his own obsession",2 +47719,"Yes , but also intriguing and honorable ,",3 +39628,"unforgettably uncertain days",2 +222146,"A.I. with this challenging report so liable",2 +10612,"some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching o fantasma",0 +69106,"Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit",4 +67078,"Kudos",2 +109120,"Spider-Man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .",1 +135743,"the more you will probably like it .",3 +126234,"little insight",2 +100738,"without the vulgarity",2 +96565,"the remake",2 +54352,"look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .",3 +204042,"it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",1 +24576,"Although Life or Something Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies",3 +223319,"Fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters",1 +157842,"doing the same thing",2 +156520,"come down",2 +236912,"the filmmaker would disagree ,",2 +173460,"the actors nor",2 +188200,"The film is strictly routine .",1 +233450,"like much more than I actually did",2 +103463,"A chance to see three splendid actors",3 +190670,"a good video game movie is going to show up soon .",2 +165255,"looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .",1 +46104,"Martin and",2 +190656,"a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well",2 +165592,"makes sense",2 +26769,"The best thing",3 +2930,"to have settled comfortably into her skin",3 +88429,"of art , music and metaphor",2 +79311,"ever so gracefully",3 +238130,"truly frightening",2 +159734,"from quirky",2 +217671,"too straight-faced",1 +40012,"while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts",2 +38537,"the pitfalls",3 +227729,"a Mrs. Robinson complex",2 +109273,"Supposedly , Pokemon ca n't be killed",2 +208980,"own film",2 +108264,"Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",3 +27493,"a family 's",2 +124918,"it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",3 +221844,"... the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .",1 +26586,"Simple y sencillamente te sorprenderá .",2 +211621,"simple fact",2 +116666,"captivating and intimate",4 +76071,"but a starting point",2 +7128,"hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty",0 +82935,"in enormous packages",2 +20618,"from first frame to last",2 +107956,"Neil Burger",2 +116422,"by it -- the kind of movie",3 +98388,"to the silliness",2 +214823,"the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light",2 +175146,"then do n't rent it",1 +17060,"recasts",2 +73812,"an image of Big Papa spanning history , rather than suspending it",2 +99575,"warm , enveloping affection",4 +187366,"Smokers",2 +107932,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed . Those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep",0 +223208,"E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",3 +129715,"original Italian-language soundtrack",2 +208469,"on personal relationships",2 +188074,"The documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice .",1 +238485,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role",4 +48043,"a fine ,",2 +113723,"almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination .",2 +92109,"seeing `",2 +85808,"launching",2 +166286,"morose little soap opera",2 +168566,"overtones",3 +102992,", unpretentious",2 +189602,"What should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .",1 +152889,"action flick",2 +40624,"11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and",3 +30620,"decent moral",3 +157533,"disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water",1 +38004,"the audacity",2 +61684,", Skin of Man , Heart of Beast feels unusually assured .",3 +102938,", this Argentinean ` dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors .",2 +185369,"Italian comedy",2 +233921,"more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre",2 +58126,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment ,",0 +179089,"you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",2 +207971,"of self-help books",2 +120362,"for a modern-day urban China",2 +186730,"Plympton 's",2 +79769,"feel-good family comedy",4 +18844,"Easier to respect than enthuse over , Andersson 's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing .",2 +149675,"The only way",2 +2497,"that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",4 +156061,"caring about",2 +92808,"slight but",1 +236226,"take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side",1 +106934,"It 's not particularly well made",1 +100965,"wreak havoc in other cultures",1 +206335,"more abundant supply",2 +124475,"is repulsive and depressing .",1 +69079,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't going to win any Academy Awards",1 +160778,"hateful to be classified otherwise",2 +19898,"and to visit with some of the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",3 +68950,"Spike Jonze",2 +92637,"shut about the war between the sexes and how to win the battle",2 +40664,"A historical epic with the courage of its convictions",4 +43847,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero .",3 +86305,"looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .",2 +196488,"crush depth",2 +197840,"end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",1 +145840,"Holland",2 +130839,"pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 +90396,"pleasing at its best moments",3 +209817,"protect your community from the dullest science fiction",2 +17002,"provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions",4 +96977,"the very fabric",2 +148609,"Since when did dumb entertainment",1 +66072,"Hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .",4 +167850,"of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",1 +6293,"ever",2 +193708,"at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic",1 +226512,"The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",1 +229180,"be faulted",2 +71371,"a chance to learn , to grow , to travel",3 +122034,"he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car",3 +203224,"is no '' Waterboy",2 +183870,"Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .",2 +2454,"sweet , harmless , dumb , occasionally funny",2 +9442,"on a computer",2 +88877,"of sex , duty and love",2 +99047,"unique culture",3 +15179,"attention",2 +213251,"telegraphed so far in advance",2 +209267,"picked a lock",2 +54184,"leave a light on every night from now",3 +225779,"Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc. ''",2 +190372,"a corn dog and",2 +32282,"has always been part of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps '' Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference ...",2 +99833,"were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities",1 +17175,"sexual aberration",2 +231848,"hundred times",2 +91018,"quirky ,",2 +173799,"the embarrassing script and weak direction",0 +118423,"do its characters exactly",2 +219988,"worked too hard",2 +21899,"satisfy as grown-up escapism",4 +99848,"what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1 +156331,"clear from the start",2 +204533,"keeps it fast -- zippy , comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale .",2 +35826,"out halfway through",2 +182733,"Because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work",0 +101644,"'s better than mid-range Steven Seagal , but not as sharp as Jet Li on rollerblades",2 +211207,"sell it",3 +116420,"by hitting on each other",2 +194273,"because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",2 +196715,"delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone",1 +96505,"the purr",2 +107878,"Much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s , but",2 +96541,"the real turns magical",3 +74210,"aplomb",2 +206597,"mouthpieces , visual motifs",2 +23644,", good and ill",2 +79705,"fascinating psychological fare",4 +153677,"any huge laughs",2 +213860,"that takes place during Spring Break",2 +200202,"grayish",1 +2675,"the muddled",1 +52119,"ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes",3 +110247,"The waterlogged script",1 +17660,"the story and those who know it from bygone days",2 +154538,"bad . Not ` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like",1 +93889,"superlative B movie",2 +94207,"tangents",2 +202212,"inevitable incarnation",2 +170661,"seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal",2 +225237,"Now he makes them .",2 +55061,"next generation",2 +26834,"The heightened symmetry",3 +91664,"rich in the tiny revelations of real life",4 +92834,"slip out between his fingers .",2 +66672,"It 's that good .",4 +14962,"an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film",4 +50508,"counter-cultural idealism and",2 +230641,"everything those of us who do n't object to the description `` unelected ''",2 +164132,"its quirky excesses like a New Year",2 +107931,"Naipaul fans may be disappointed .",1 +17248,"so racked with self-loathing",1 +201919,"in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you",1 +108658,"Robert Louis Stevenson 's",2 +64734,"Cletis Tout",2 +3779,"a film 's",2 +169460,"pulls up",2 +141164,"'s a trifle of a movie",1 +8306,"kirkegaard",2 +33525,"is time for their first public recital",2 +55849,"other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",3 +210937,"screenwriters just",2 +80059,"flash",2 +205269,"loads of CGI and",2 +86812,"marks an encouraging new direction for La Salle .",3 +142166,", even the eager consumers of Moore 's pasteurized",2 +37362,"stoically",2 +233517,"look as though they are having so much fun",3 +2749,"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but there 's a certain style and wit to the dialogue .",2 +80918,"genuine excitement",4 +35482,"of the movie 's charm",3 +176536,"to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world",3 +183864,"Fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess .",2 +11266,"the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",1 +118702,"dramatically moving",4 +101180,"you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",2 +88501,"of creative belly laughs",4 +146883,"Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",2 +194020,"basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938",1 +116209,"brilhantismo",3 +220298,"you know the picture is in trouble .",1 +84355,"is lightweight filmmaking ,",1 +88572,"of familial separation and societal betrayal",3 +24017,", you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .",3 +131995,"seems as funny as it did in Analyze This , not even Joe Viterelli as De Niro 's right-hand goombah",2 +102916,", then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",1 +36421,"reflect on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise",2 +79368,"evil , monstrous lunatic",1 +90550,"pours",2 +68424,"Rice",2 +100074,"who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful",2 +40142,"wind",3 +190511,"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating",3 +201149,"his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things",2 +59931,"wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions",2 +12125,"this disease",2 +135718,"the mind of the killer",2 +173505,"the back alleys of history",2 +137698,"to lampoon",2 +14666,"a badge of honor",3 +112945,"a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film",4 +85820,"laws , political correctness or common decency",2 +2358,"some serious soul searching to do",2 +86405,"low-budget constraints",1 +10740,"steve buscemi",2 +32718,"idealistically selfless",2 +71463,"a convincing one",3 +186607,"Oprah 's",3 +11756,"the power of its own steadfast , hoity-toity convictions",2 +92300,"separate adventure",2 +126354,"looks like an action movie",2 +96947,"the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better",3 +151197,"` Abandon all hope , ye who enter here ' ... you should definitely let Dante 's gloomy words be your guide .",1 +74154,"any flaws that come later",1 +204601,"know what it wants to be",3 +72130,"a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",3 +29705,"both the pitfalls",1 +137857,"to simplify",2 +135240,"the familiar Bruckheimer elements",2 +83366,"injects freshness and spirit",4 +65165,"Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby '",2 +182548,"Archibald",2 +212216,"something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine",3 +84220,"is funny",3 +46136,"Meeting",2 +210597,"rode the Zipper",1 +223312,"Extremely bad .",0 +87683,"mysterious , sensual , emotionally intense , and replete",3 +9071,"no picnic",1 +207213,"not to be looking at",2 +89238,"offended",1 +131341,"remotely probing or penetrating .",1 +206587,"mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .",3 +145876,"Honoré",2 +230045,"credits like `` Girl",2 +157059,"curiosity about",2 +148369,"Sacrifices",2 +46456,"Oscar-winning sound",4 +209465,"point-of-view shots",2 +87709,"national events",2 +116859,"charged , but ultimately",2 +237557,"this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .",1 +209187,"peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0 +207510,"of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games",3 +155596,"burst bubble",2 +31466,"family movies",2 +180451,", State Property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful .",1 +149118,"The Loud and the Ludicrous '",2 +39660,"unmistakable",2 +19949,"are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .",4 +172203,"subservient",1 +211710,"sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",1 +120241,"flesh-and-blood",2 +121614,"hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",2 +9452,"on rice 's second installment of her vampire",2 +100634,"with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award",2 +134100,"than one",2 +144401,"Chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .",1 +1065,"general hospital crossed with a Saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon",3 +76424,"captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",3 +200124,"good surprise ending",4 +160713,"has no sense of humor",0 +215962,"the year ...",2 +23787,", nature , and sexuality",3 +35144,"of a good page-turner",2 +179466,"'re really",2 +112573,"a rarity in Hollywood",3 +85977,"life in the performances",4 +232506,"is it a romantic comedy",2 +137750,"to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",1 +202626,"is a picture",2 +116851,"characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time",3 +223051,"Dahmer 's two hours",2 +55766,"once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .",4 +141296,"'s disastrous",1 +97474,"this movie one bit",2 +210309,"regimented",2 +234466,"of my aisle 's walker",2 +31196,"era",2 +164943,"like entertainment for trolls",0 +88415,"of an indulgent",2 +100980,"writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's",2 +9977,"rabbits . brimful .",2 +1617,"little else to offer",1 +117250,"comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .",2 +123607,"into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller",2 +78795,"either the obviousness",2 +5293,"britney spears",2 +127330,"more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead",1 +95015,"the Cosa Nostra",2 +102493,", eager",2 +218979,"weekend upload",2 +199598,"from movies with giant plot holes",1 +45955,"Kissinger 's",2 +15613,"earlier Disney efforts",2 +24284,"A candid and often fascinating documentary",3 +90373,"plays out ...",2 +111146,"Why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me",0 +165972,"milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality",2 +185352,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie .",1 +229994,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film",2 +41981,"gets under our skin",2 +47817,"a beguiling freshness",3 +158769,"fair in the interest of full disclosure",2 +99081,"unmistakable , easy joie",4 +181141,", you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of Jerry Bruckheimer productions , especially because Half Past Dead is like The Rock on a Wal-Mart budget .",2 +97851,"to a courageous Scottish lady",2 +142493,", the fun slowly leaks out of the movie .",2 +89946,"oversized",2 +238380,"wanes .",1 +98280,"to say that after seeing this movie in IMAX form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is",2 +80060,"flashback",2 +16861,"original , even though it rips off many of its ideas",2 +106535,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ...",0 +120754,"from the next teen comedy",2 +135136,"the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel ,",2 +152062,"a misdemeanor ,",2 +86265,"look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices",2 +103798,"A portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers",2 +17322,"still be unaffected . Dramas",2 +66479,"It 's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .",3 +145739,"Has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags",1 +198681,"feel the screenwriter at every moment ` Tap ,",2 +233816,"meatier",2 +156047,"care whether that boast is true",2 +120608,"found this a remarkable and novel concept",3 +117480,"continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",2 +101925,"'s still quite worth",3 +51590,"feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",4 +216206,"they 'll probably run out screaming .",1 +93353,"sports drama\/character study",2 +12520,"too young is too cool",2 +198018,"especially when rendered in as flat",2 +225731,"Senegalese updating of `` Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",3 +49711,"between this",2 +88650,"of his sounds and images",2 +136453,"the transition",2 +69330,"The Lord of the Rings",3 +9052,"next ...",2 +37256,"sprawling",2 +211032,"seem like mere splashing around",2 +16755,"of life in Hong Kong cinema",2 +210254,"recreation",2 +63293,"A pure participatory event that malnourished intellectuals will gulp down in a frenzy .",2 +45377,"Girls Ca n't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",3 +166538,"myself unconscious",2 +219014,"well-defined",3 +23471,", bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory",3 +230499,"embarrassment .",0 +85190,"its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",2 +126430,"love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",4 +147315,"Makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters",1 +83886,"is a sort of geriatric Dirty Harry , which will please Eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man .",2 +223772,"I could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was",0 +73187,"adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel",2 +19240,"Sayles ' smart wordplay and clever plot contrivances",3 +125538,"justifies",3 +24979,"Cho 's fearless in picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",4 +175921,"to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane",0 +202986,"is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .",1 +135052,"the contradiction",2 +50242,"colorful look",3 +130790,"pudo",2 +102478,", deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",3 +237943,"to see the one of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",4 +238908,"with suspense",2 +159729,"from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery",3 +23222,"( Director Peter ) Jackson and his crew",2 +61148,"'s no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane",2 +149884,"The streets , shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus ,",2 +163311,"is simply distasteful to audiences not already sharing ( the movie 's ) mindset",1 +71266,"a atacar",2 +113732,"almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese 's 168-minute Gangs of New York",2 +161458,"how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong",2 +177951,"what Christmas-tree flocking in a spray can is to actual snow : a poor -- if durable -- imitation",2 +15147,"as coloring rather than substance",2 +5511,"charlie",2 +216541,"those decades-spanning historical epics",2 +188407,"The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable",1 +834,"does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",3 +68163,"Pellington",2 +87745,"nearly psychic nuances",2 +118321,"discards",2 +35740,"open spaces",2 +151835,"a great eye",3 +224194,"It 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .",1 +59890,"visual in-jokes",2 +170023,"requires a delicate , surgical touch",2 +40642,"A compelling ,",3 +74821,"as visceral",2 +44260,"A solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket .",3 +75758,"bloody stew",2 +164401,"kept Cameron Diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape",2 +88985,"of the company 's astonishing growth",3 +69766,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much .",2 +230418,"dreary movie .",0 +94113,"take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",3 +185006,"It 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled .",1 +124303,"is n't particularly funny",1 +31940,"full of memorable performances from top",4 +137489,"to clean the peep booths surrounding her",2 +67743,"Nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals",3 +21543,"of revolution",2 +11148,"that would be reno",2 +967,"feel",2 +205502,"low-rent --",1 +101372,"'d expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",2 +186192,"Most of the information",2 +82584,"iconoclastic artist",2 +159904,"gay culture",2 +230804,"fills me",2 +73214,"adds enough quirky and satirical touches",3 +106468,"I have a new favorite musical --",4 +116783,"caved",2 +103904,"A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict as",3 +229641,"can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good .",4 +27910,"a trace of sentimentality",2 +48637,"acted , emotionally devastating piece",3 +32090,"glad-handing",2 +111510,"a Western backwater",2 +55695,"often unsettling landscape",2 +185764,"Like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive",1 +4008,"a murderous event in 1873",2 +139444,"weird \ \/ Thinking",2 +18862,"Farrell",2 +177897,"well-meaning clunkiness",1 +152914,"actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",1 +224314,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away",4 +184358,"Hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours ,",1 +114327,"animator Todd McFarlane 's superhero dystopia",2 +203947,"it is set in a world that is very , very far from the one most of us",2 +200480,"has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying .",2 +144817,"Despite the pyrotechnics",2 +16811,"of watching them today",2 +140132,"with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",2 +158982,"felt like it did",2 +230965,"forceful , sad",2 +128039,"no signs",2 +210104,"rather thin moral",1 +235092,"provide any conflict",1 +141216,"'s also uninspired",1 +27125,"Villeneuve",2 +95958,"the intoxicating fumes and",3 +9686,"permeate vincent 's",2 +236213,"sweet and romantic",4 +93245,"spanning history ,",2 +46488,"Paul 's",2 +72764,"a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",4 +64195,"Auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance",3 +26017,"Madonna does n't suck as an actress",2 +177621,"warmed-over melodrama",1 +32415,"he has for his characters",2 +53872,"it turns out to be another winning star vehicle",4 +71063,"World War II memories",2 +126210,"little bloodshed",2 +14906,"admirable",4 +166898,"nominal",3 +48879,"an acid viewpoint and",2 +233143,"its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger",3 +23703,", it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",3 +143975,"Austin Powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet",2 +184169,"Go ,",2 +58508,"the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings",2 +178688,"with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",1 +82819,"in Manhattan , Jennifer Lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt",3 +64168,"At times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live )",1 +190366,"a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes",3 +126057,"like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown",3 +99512,"vulgarity ,",2 +167073,"o'clock",2 +85554,"just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",3 +148041,"Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me",1 +193218,"are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent",1 +97943,"to be sure",2 +111330,"You 've already seen City by the Sea under a variety of titles , but",1 +130263,"plain bad",1 +192595,"an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors",0 +235562,"seems to be coasting .",1 +191843,"abused , inner-city autistic",2 +137682,"to irk viewers",2 +185408,"Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",2 +129995,"particularly dark",2 +25477,"Harry",2 +160635,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but",3 +129655,"only there were one for this kind of movie",2 +46983,"The best film about baseball to hit theaters since Field of Dreams",3 +228869,"arm 's length",2 +186581,"One of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily",2 +67692,"Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters",1 +157773,"does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story",2 +174790,"the spark of imagination",2 +156085,"casting himself in the title role",2 +193981,"ballerina",2 +188927,"They presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes",1 +167971,"often appear to be reading the lines and are incapable of conveying any emotion",1 +219596,"winged",2 +166438,"much facile technique ,",2 +209913,"pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try",2 +77486,"crack cast",3 +195966,"comes close to being either funny or scary",2 +39044,"thrilling moments",4 +114580,"are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending .",2 +46730,"Shirley Temple script",2 +71141,"You do n't want to call the cops",2 +135295,"the film 's length becomes a part of its fun",3 +237758,"to become good",2 +145694,"Hanson Brothers",2 +201799,"in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn",1 +232621,"is nicely shot ,",3 +217588,"too few laughs",1 +193323,"as I laughed throughout the movie",3 +5591,"cleverness",3 +58761,"the stuff of lurid melodrama",3 +145204,"Every so often a movie",1 +182924,"Brooklyn circa",2 +176569,"told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .",1 +214426,"the dilemma",2 +142626,", well-crafted family film",4 +159299,"following up",2 +162393,"into flashy , vaguely silly overkill",2 +127773,"natural exuberance",2 +126679,"makes hard work",2 +1048,"funny",3 +58722,"the slippery slope",1 +22959,"'' Minority Report",1 +127744,"named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal",2 +11366,"the film 's best trick",3 +47678,"Worth watching for Dong Jie 's performance -- and",4 +67202,"Letterman",2 +32754,"ignites",3 +201776,"in a character 's hands",2 +39365,"to weigh any arguments one way or the other . He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works .",3 +177453,"very slow",1 +110821,"Undisputed scores a direct hit .",3 +200260,"growing up in Japan",2 +224294,"It falls far short of poetry , but",1 +168353,"ops",2 +234603,"of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",3 +189323,"Ultimately , Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .",1 +234007,"much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice",1 +6820,"godzilla",2 +166902,"non-believer",2 +155323,"blue-chip cast",2 +147069,"Lambs and",2 +37266,"spunky , spirited fashion",3 +181421,"42 minutes",2 +4587,"an ` e",2 +96961,"the usual tropes",2 +222035,"A lame comedy .",0 +182158,"According",2 +140827,"young American",3 +70570,"Unforgiven",1 +151984,"a lock",2 +40972,"Is It",2 +10783,"stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , labute",2 +191071,"a paunchy midsection",2 +128330,"of Hitchcockian suspense",2 +155668,"buying",2 +191823,"absolutely and completely ridiculous",0 +188745,"The title , alone , should scare any sane person away .",0 +158069,"dust-caked stagnation",1 +68440,"Rife with the rueful , wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language",3 +44423,"America , history",3 +80081,"flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles",2 +16492,"loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",3 +60112,"where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters",2 +46655,"Rose",2 +185988,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning . You 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .",2 +132172,"set out to lampoon , anyway",3 +159775,"from your memory minutes",2 +70479,"Triumph of Love is a very silly movie ,",1 +136839,"think of a film more cloyingly",3 +234573,"of the year 's most enjoyable releases",4 +202701,"is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now",1 +182090,"A weird little movie",1 +44300,"A terrific B movie",4 +6885,"green 's half-hearted movie",1 +34468,"merry and , yes , melancholy film .",4 +41101,"Nemesis together",2 +17878,"transparently",3 +72902,"about God",2 +92374,"sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip",4 +176578,"tongue uncomfortably",1 +71156,"You would n't want to live waydowntown",1 +70630,"Vin Diesel",2 +10843,"superior to its predecessor",3 +133704,"surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion",2 +83892,"is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise",3 +179503,"'s a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .",1 +233033,"it is a failure .",0 +157316,"deserves credit",3 +198641,"feeble Tootsie knockoff .",1 +85582,"just ticking",2 +64278,"Beautiful to watch and",4 +90454,"politesse",2 +188999,"This is for the most part a useless movie , even with a great director at the helm .",1 +222326,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , The Grey Zone does have a center , though a morbid one .",0 +155840,"ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that",1 +152757,"about everything in Blue Crush in one form or the other",2 +222732,"But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still .",2 +24119,"... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that",0 +26073,"Mendes",2 +140397,"word processor",2 +15347,"by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",2 +17374,"syncopated",2 +94290,"temptingly",2 +230144,"delivers what it promises : A look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans .",3 +149512,"The last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but",2 +238266,"uphill or something",3 +127881,"never flagging legal investigator",2 +195756,"clever bits",3 +232972,"it 's so clever you want to hate it",2 +27581,"a heady experience",3 +58434,"the kind of motion picture",2 +22883,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today",4 +125946,"librarian ( Orlando Jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized",3 +56203,"probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better",3 +209497,"pomposity",1 +204942,"light showers",2 +208038,"of the Holy Spirit",2 +163820,"it is all windup and not much of a pitch",1 +232287,"is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work .",0 +176942,"tunnel under or barrel",2 +186275,"Naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .",1 +25309,"Fine",3 +99899,"what punk rock music",3 +26823,"The film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry .",4 +116468,"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 .",4 +172481,"take to get there",2 +165987,"mind-numbingly lengthy riff",1 +170679,"self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash .",1 +222720,"But I do .",2 +116919,"cheek in the film",2 +143030,"A chaotic panorama",1 +77240,"considered career-best performances",4 +136506,"the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds",2 +141752,"( Andy Lau )",2 +15274,"boasts a huge charm factor",4 +29298,"at once surreal",2 +59210,"to confront their problems openly and",2 +157635,"do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing",1 +69326,"The Little Mermaid",2 +187762,"The Chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .",1 +150456,"Too much of it",1 +169463,"pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed",2 +59823,"vain",2 +82917,"in clarity",3 +17050,"realistic",2 +64331,"Best of all is Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man .",4 +222019,"A gushy episode of `` M",2 +24325,"A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush is an incurious , uncharismatic , overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide .",2 +64524,"Brown Sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",3 +205538,"luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing",1 +145237,"Expect to be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",1 +247,"a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese",1 +73400,"all it seems intended to be",2 +110591,"Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period",2 +75907,"brave and challenging",3 +6897,"guilt and",2 +36306,"quite pleasing",3 +146128,"I suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy",1 +167887,"of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns",1 +58861,"the wrap",2 +38393,"the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books",4 +164552,"lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .",0 +220789,"'s bright side",2 +60510,"xXx",2 +91264,"recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to",3 +19947,"are engaging",3 +238668,"which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",4 +68419,"Revolution OS",2 +40570,"'s intense and thrilling",4 +189675,"While Hoffman 's performance is great , the subject matter goes nowhere .",2 +136424,"the tongue-in-cheek attitude",2 +158583,"exam",2 +166333,"most of the things Costner movies are known for",2 +76614,"charming but",2 +177296,"unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .",1 +191741,"about generating suspense",2 +80643,"from seeming predictably formulaic",1 +153841,"are hopelessly",2 +201968,"in some of those",2 +146573,"It 's not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and",2 +79367,"everything too safe",1 +90872,"pulls a little from each film",2 +225628,"Ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .",0 +102248,", Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .",3 +62978,"A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and",3 +78067,"detailed story",2 +211326,"severe body odor",0 +107317,"Kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .",4 +67598,"Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions .",1 +206100,"might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",1 +239006,"would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .",2 +155290,"blandly directed",1 +194402,"been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy",1 +105944,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White . But",1 +135175,"the enigmatic features of ` Memento '",2 +148467,"Screenwriters Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni",2 +40639,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life",3 +227379,"` The Thing ' and a geriatric",2 +225271,"Oedekerk wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven .",0 +173694,"the crotch ,",2 +6949,"hapless",1 +50685,"declines",1 +53015,"in the skate\/surf culture",2 +91769,"rom",2 +145316,"Feels like one of those contrived , only-in -",1 +133906,"teaming",3 +90312,"pitch-perfect",3 +186954,"Ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than Wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .",1 +153084,"all of the contemporary post-colonialist consciousness that Kapur tries to bring to The Four Feathers",2 +92658,"signpost",2 +39335,"to the point of resembling a stage play",1 +175783,"tiring",0 +101246,"your interest",2 +119188,"entertaining , if somewhat standardized ,",3 +170614,"seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one",2 +143676,"Amber is such a joke",1 +201963,"in sentimentality",2 +38237,"the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",3 +206978,"nice Belgian waffle",3 +53888,"its Hawaiian setting",2 +232045,"in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",3 +77105,"complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",3 +157685,"do too many things",2 +109485,"The Santa Clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie ,",2 +95193,"the best performance from either in years",4 +199789,"genial but never inspired ,",2 +167457,"of exploitation theater programming",2 +42092,"hits the mark",4 +148001,"PTA proud yet director Muccino 's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television",1 +128003,"no importa el talento de su reparto o lo interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y ,",2 +57425,"struggle furiously",1 +25355,"Francophiles",3 +40347,"works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",3 +91059,"rage and",2 +53230,"irrational , long-suffering but cruel",1 +118468,"do the genial-rogue shtick",2 +76277,"call for prevention rather than to place blame ,",2 +25500,"Hawke",2 +233185,"its tidal wave of imagery",3 +208599,"one moment a romantic trifle",2 +137677,"to inflate the mundane into the scarifying",2 +77984,"denouements",2 +100761,"wobbly",1 +11916,"the story itself",2 +104027,"A wretched movie that reduces the Second World War to one man 's quest to find an old flame .",1 +144114,"Belushi 's",2 +75290,"be mildly amusing",3 +82789,"in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present",2 +22342,"the rise",2 +198305,"exhausted , desiccated talent",1 +180843,", nor",2 +72997,"about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80",3 +120412,"for fans of British cinema , if only",2 +16494,"lovable",3 +52412,"has n't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",3 +117306,"communal discord",2 +57827,"that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",3 +169015,"point at things that explode into flame",1 +197848,"ended up",2 +52296,"grounded in an undeniable social realism",3 +76744,"cinematic vision",2 +74459,"are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman",2 +227660,"`` cyber-horror '' flick",2 +76279,"call the cops",1 +23302,", Hell House is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .",3 +36158,"pretentious dialogue",1 +10157,"rich",3 +219885,"without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision",3 +48676,"add up to another ` spectacular spectacle",4 +77653,"cursory",1 +126783,"many directors",2 +10973,"taylor appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes",1 +69919,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get :",3 +107854,"Mr . Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .",4 +44028,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , Read My Lips is an original . This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone ,",4 +82517,"howlingly trashy time",3 +109667,"The color sense of Stuart Little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but",2 +179998,"'s stand-up magic wanes . Hopkins , squarely fills the screen",2 +185741,"Less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is .",0 +192090,"aimless , arduous",1 +213502,"that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating",1 +16753,"of its running time",2 +77693,"dampened",2 +73928,"an otherwise delightful comedy",3 +42962,"walk ,",2 +142832,"... would be more at home on a daytime television serial",1 +87609,"much of the writing is genuinely witty",3 +122826,"improved upon the first and",3 +139646,"which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill",3 +1011,"for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",2 +26110,"Moretti 's",2 +207114,"no unifying rhythm or",0 +189352,"Unfunny",1 +135553,"the indifference",2 +86711,"malapropisms",2 +75720,"bizarre heroine",2 +221808,"... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",1 +222778,"But it was n't .",1 +116195,"breed",2 +17915,"undeniably fascinating and playful",4 +204264,"its own fire-breathing entity",2 +78926,"emphasising",2 +159511,"for the viewer",2 +96521,"the rarest kinds of films",4 +174975,"the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .",1 +201662,"immediate inclination to provide a fourth book",3 +115512,"be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild",1 +76065,"but Freeman and Judd make it work",2 +137841,"to see who can out-bad-act the other .",2 +223081,"Decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like .",2 +195696,"cinematic .",2 +118589,"does to the experiences of most teenagers",2 +212033,"sober-minded original",2 +107917,"My precious new Star Wars movie",3 +133113,"spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .",3 +95969,"the key grip",2 +147736,"No worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer ,",1 +148019,"Parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann have ,",2 +90537,"post , pre , and",2 +143505,"Adam Larson Broder",2 +7965,"it mostly",2 +95648,"the film has -- ironically -",2 +237529,"this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie",2 +225863,"Some actors steal scenes .",2 +122269,"his Dangerous Game",2 +77768,"deadpan cool ,",2 +193937,"bad blend",1 +39315,"to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work",1 +209839,"proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .",1 +62255,", terminally",2 +71791,"a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling",4 +220533,"'' sequel opening",2 +52873,"in Iran",2 +36737,"see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",3 +100670,"with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face",2 +87168,"mob music drama",2 +135247,"the fanatical adherents on either side ,",2 +129894,"overweight and",2 +46373,"Offers much to enjoy",3 +86284,"look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls",2 +108488,"Prozac",2 +59587,"twice about",2 +183025,"Castro rhetoric",2 +207350,"occasionally bewildering",2 +110182,"The story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",3 +180516,", annoying , heavy-handed",0 +234562,"of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",4 +104039,"ANTWONE FISHER",2 +189745,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution , but American audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .",2 +180547,", bloody and mean",1 +122217,"high-buffed gloss",2 +44579,"As broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .",3 +142422,", selfish , greedy characters",2 +121538,"had no effect",2 +220618,"'re ` they ' .",2 +175125,"them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause",2 +167373,"of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute",2 +58984,"this delightful comedy",3 +117753,"crushingly self-indulgent spectacle",1 +187290,"Shu",2 +94377,"than ably",2 +66648,"It 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process",3 +209309,"place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics",1 +218292,"up for a",2 +188191,"The film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .",1 +1847,"not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite",3 +162779,"is apt to encounter in an entire career",2 +99079,"unlimited access to families and church meetings",3 +94696,"that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",3 +190228,"a brilliant college student --",3 +100658,"with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice",2 +190835,"a little more human being ,",2 +35389,"of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare",3 +178034,"when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text",2 +51531,"far from being yesterday 's news",3 +87837,"new populist comedies",2 +109097,"Sonny Miller",2 +229221,"be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga",2 +5125,"better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh .",3 +26707,"The 3D images only enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",4 +165859,"merely sustains it .",2 +158142,"elaborate surveillance technologies",2 +86485,"maggots",2 +19979,"as Hollywood action epics .",2 +36959,"sickness and love",2 +150501,"Tries to add some spice to its quirky sentiments but the taste",2 +1210,"holland lets things",2 +180324,") lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",2 +97801,"tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",2 +207681,"of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating",1 +220229,"you 're convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just does n't have big screen magic .",1 +137726,"to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity",2 +220188,"year late for tapping into our reality tv",1 +4983,"bad",0 +155297,"blind orphan",2 +141447,"'s no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",1 +134935,"the boomer demographic",2 +206248,"missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout",3 +121439,"grittily",2 +32546,"his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",4 +155842,"ca n't erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",1 +5148,"big bloody",2 +108792,"Scherfig )",2 +133353,"story is almost an afterthought",1 +45903,"Jones 's",2 +86447,"made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love",2 +58596,"the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure",2 +29184,"as distinctive",2 +573,"been",2 +3603,"a bottom-feeder",0 +189000,"This is just lazy writing . Even kids deserve better .",1 +182278,"Alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking",3 +209529,"pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit",3 +65981,"Herrmann",2 +174071,"the heaviest , most joyless movie",1 +182988,"Call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",1 +190925,"a mediocre movie trying to get out",1 +188203,"The film is way too full of itself",1 +6570,"for all its surface frenzy ,",2 +119004,"emotional tug",2 +8169,"jacquot 's tosca is a treat .",4 +214975,"the look and the period trappings right",3 +202055,"in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",3 +39804,"visually and in the writing",3 +234650,"older woman",2 +156881,"could have lent the film a bit more depth",2 +235540,"seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough",1 +161378,"hokey script",1 +68599,"Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films",2 +33575,"it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .",4 +96155,"the more nationally settled",2 +2268,"shorty resonate",2 +138071,"too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .",2 +151901,"a home movie of Audrey Rose",2 +164393,"keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it",2 +230252,"disapproval of Justine combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions",2 +145961,"I 'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse : The part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening , but it 's stupid .",0 +176231,"to laugh at",2 +72863,"a young Robert DeNiro",3 +167232,"of Puccini 's tale of devotion",2 +119718,"familiar , funny surface",3 +42307,"love the way",4 +32587,"his smart , edgy voice and waddling profile ( emphasized here ) accent the humor of Wilson 's plight , and that saves his pathos from drippiness",3 +122783,"immature and",1 +11784,"the queen",2 +10889,"swim",2 +22197,"that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds",2 +99375,"very touching",4 +230828,"find something new to add to the canon of Chan",2 +46425,"One of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since The Evil Dead .",3 +233016,"it does n't need Gangs of New York .",2 +82725,"impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head",3 +1047,"funniest",4 +69788,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and",3 +15577,"does just that .",2 +1299,"in the saddle",2 +216727,"time 's",2 +197632,"during your screening",2 +121278,"gone before",2 +155653,"but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ? --",2 +102044,"( '' Safe Conduct '' )",1 +12324,"to become didactic",1 +210392,"reminiscence",2 +136780,"these tragic deaths",2 +167025,"nothing but Costner , flailing away",2 +178147,"which is better than most of the writing in the movie",2 +61190,"'s nowhere near",1 +20257,"closest to the truth",2 +122827,"improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper",3 +162592,"is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject",0 +112312,"a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . Killing time , that 's all that 's going on here",0 +124589,"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast",3 +45072,"Director of photography Benoit Delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors",4 +180431,", One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",1 +164887,"like a bad idea from frame one",0 +26147,"Naipaul 's",2 +100583,"with pitch-perfect acting",4 +94492,"that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",3 +179670,"'s clearly",2 +108710,"Ryan '' battle scenes",2 +38757,"the very beginning",2 +81874,"have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .",4 +20125,"blurred",1 +86713,"malnourished intellectuals",1 +22619,"ultimate theme",3 +115723,"been a lot nastier",2 +137949,"to the mystic genres of cinema : Unbreakable and Signs",2 +94499,"that 's unique or memorable .",3 +149796,"The result is solemn and horrifying , yet strangely detached .",1 +74655,"as community-therapy spectacle",2 +100492,"with enough unexpected twists",3 +17174,"sexual",2 +152726,"about Stealing Harvard",2 +50190,"cities",2 +96566,"the resourceful Molly",3 +164911,"like a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito 's Way",1 +222065,"A noble failure .",1 +3002,"turns maddeningly predictable",2 +195295,"cafeteria",2 +14658,"` urban comedy '",3 +63906,"An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation .",3 +206561,"mother and daughter",2 +89688,"only makeup-deep",1 +164727,"leftover romantic motifs",2 +36360,"real appeal",3 +40638,"A charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy --",4 +37463,"suggests",2 +176206,"to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience",0 +46987,"The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but",2 +190581,"a film that is only mildly diverting",1 +132534,"singing , and unforgettable characters",3 +45592,"I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks .",3 +65142,"Dogtown & Z-Boys",2 +171019,"showcases Carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff",1 +109451,"The Mummy and The Mummy Returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King .",2 +209900,"punched through",2 +23639,", furious and full",2 +157553,"disconnects",1 +78101,"devoid of objectivity",2 +62604,"... the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . '",0 +185723,"Lee )",2 +60139,"whippersnappers",2 +15993,"headache",1 +122771,"imaginative and successful",4 +158618,"executed with anything more than perfunctory skill",2 +229788,"certainly is n't dull .",3 +46051,"M-16",2 +2458,"swims",2 +28001,"about September 11th",3 +194626,"beyond-lame",1 +118276,"director Carl Franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",3 +112905,"a topnotch foursome of actors",3 +150335,"Those who managed to avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida in college can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida . Or , you can do something fun tonight",1 +10369,"sequel",2 +119767,"far enough",2 +120156,"firmly director John Stainton",2 +204435,"just another teen movie ,",1 +91348,"reflections",2 +66183,"I liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .",3 +202628,"is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",1 +148733,"Some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent .",2 +27416,"a chance alone",2 +223969,"If you are willing to do this",2 +231056,"frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context",0 +5225,"boredom",0 +3674,"a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",2 +35166,"of any size",2 +172362,"surprising winner",3 +5276,"breathtaking",4 +100565,"with multiple",2 +234526,"of the bad reviews",1 +82443,"hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",3 +147957,"Oscar Wilde",2 +65677,"From Danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds .",2 +4977,"back and forth ca n't help",2 +128342,"of Jonathan Swift",2 +69652,"The ingenious construction ( adapted by David Hare from Michael Cunningham 's novel ) constantly flows forwards and back , weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",3 +116038,"blanket",2 +160694,"has lost its originality",1 +136467,"the two year affair",2 +147906,"One groan-inducing familiarity begets another .",1 +90040,"para expresar su amor",2 +96132,"the middle of hopeful",2 +94695,"that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",4 +65836,"Gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways .",4 +128634,"of effort and intelligence",2 +156765,"contain half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2",2 +173142,"that never materializes",1 +111220,"Without Shakespeare 's eloquent language",2 +152606,"a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is",2 +164778,"less-compelling soap opera",2 +166211,"more or less slogs its way through",1 +204150,"its clever concept",3 +81998,"he only scratches the surface",2 +4210,"a thoughtful , reverent portrait of what",4 +35138,"of a compelling or comprehensible narrative",3 +59280,"to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",3 +203306,"is opening today at a theater near you",2 +199005,"five years ago",2 +41426,"a compelling journey ... and",4 +28925,"and zags",2 +8343,"lai",2 +235828,"slugs the Yankee .",2 +48874,"an account",2 +144791,"Despite a powerful portrayal by Binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .",1 +171782,"spends too much time wallowing in Bibi 's generic angst",1 +192857,"another run-of-the-mill Disney sequel",1 +51118,"elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother",3 +214256,"the casting call",2 +116121,"both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson",2 +128563,"of both thematic content and narrative strength",4 +54429,"low-budget film",2 +204123,"its attractive young leads",3 +114275,"and pulp melodrama",1 +135440,"the fuss",2 +163880,"it never quite gets there",1 +155151,"better short story",2 +156192,"charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated",2 +76475,"cartoon tracts",2 +70176,"This charming , thought-provoking New York fest",4 +72853,"a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",3 +160425,"hack Nick Davies",1 +146454,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie",0 +142199,", he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to ,",2 +129930,"own story",2 +72580,"a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force",4 +230138,"delivered with a hammer",2 +146180,"If Melville is creatively a great whale , this film is canned tuna .",0 +94559,"that as a compliment",2 +123936,"is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .",2 +164760,"less poetic than simply pretentious",2 +31514,"fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie",4 +35293,"of it all",2 +206037,"melt --",2 +155993,"can swallow",2 +188938,"Third time 's the charm",3 +80047,"fit the incredible storyline to a T .",4 +188495,"The only type",2 +214291,"the charms of stars Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",3 +151527,"a community theater production of a great Broadway play",2 +69759,"The movie plays up the cartoon 's more obvious strength of snazziness while neglecting its less conspicuous writing strength .",2 +236990,"the implication",2 +102661,", it is worth searching out .",3 +100750,"wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .",3 +126266,"livelier",2 +21626,"once you get through the accents",2 +223990,"Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .",1 +203243,"is not a bad movie",3 +92240,"self-destructive man",2 +16278,"is riveting",3 +78297,"distanced us",1 +152884,"acting to make it interesting",2 +168022,"ole '",2 +78591,"dramatize",2 +138610,"underlined by Neil Finn and Edmund",2 +86134,"lingering terror",2 +141135,"'s a movie forged in the fires of Chick Flick Hell .",0 +229401,"big moment ''",2 +153430,"an insider clique ,",2 +133482,"stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",1 +226558,"Then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up Twin Peaks action ...",3 +105571,"EYE",2 +190590,"a first-time actor",2 +53494,"is impossible not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",4 +6238,"envy her condition",2 +194082,"be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set",1 +217995,"two fatal ailments --",1 +154478,"avenges",2 +194281,"become apparent",2 +13677,", you ca n't wait to see what happens next .",3 +13004,"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .",3 +80581,"from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang",2 +235178,"ranks as the most original in years .",4 +162278,"instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs",0 +217477,"to the younger set",2 +87161,"misogynist",1 +197331,"does n't know what it wants to be",1 +124433,"is otherwise a sumptuous work of B-movie imagination",3 +162025,"in the movie with a shred of plausibility , not an event that is believable , not a confrontation that is not staged , not a moment that is not false",2 +78363,"do n't see often enough these days",3 +63142,"A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr",3 +208598,"one lewd scene",2 +41850,"enjoy a close look",3 +59524,"treat the issues lightly",2 +201126,"hippopotamus ballerina",2 +185345,"It should be interesting , it should be poignant , it turns out to be affected and boring",1 +129825,"over .",2 +140536,"would ever",2 +151174,"Ze movie starts out so funny , then",2 +121383,"grainy and",2 +67559,"Mike Leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",4 +80180,"folly",2 +231545,"have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good",2 +228784,"are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices",2 +209393,"plays worse",1 +42874,"the year 's most thought-provoking film . But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",3 +98154,"to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically",2 +14000,"Engagingly",3 +87640,"music , and dance",2 +10187,"robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime",3 +104494,"As if Drop Dead Gorgeous was n't enough",2 +87628,"multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",3 +199175,"for a lugubrious romance",2 +183512,"Do in Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",1 +234845,"own actions and revelations",2 +178898,"would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",3 +167648,"of political prisoners or persecutions",2 +220254,"you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie",0 +172248,"such revelations wilt",2 +160342,"great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi",1 +214415,"the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen",1 +103814,"A punch line without a premise , a joke",1 +238691,"who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers",2 +95920,"the importance of the man and the code",2 +132057,"self-conscious and gratingly irritating films",2 +140959,"'d give real money to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes",2 +95363,"the concession stand",2 +187437,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs . Sever , were made for the palm screen .",0 +160491,"hamburgers",2 +41707,"charming yet",3 +206438,"more psychotic than romantic",1 +77474,"courageous Scottish lady",3 +85776,"lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation",2 +227481,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel , but it simply becomes a routine shocker",1 +3466,"... a bland murder-on-campus yawner",0 +83427,"instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair",4 +186517,"Oleander 's uninspired story",1 +155172,"between escapism and social commentary",2 +205057,"like as a low-budget series on a UHF channel",1 +238379,"wallowing in hormonal melodrama",1 +130662,"probably one of the best since The Last Waltz",4 +233009,"it could have been worse .",2 +20702,"gyro",2 +230394,"down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow",1 +133039,"soulless",1 +32955,"in the privileged position of eavesdropping",3 +212996,"surround himself",2 +27856,"a step",2 +66459,"It 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",4 +42373,"more tissues and",2 +92342,"set in a remote African empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine",3 +90251,"philosophy",2 +155220,"big laughs",3 +96631,"the scattershot terrorizing tone",2 +195069,"but something far more stylish and cerebral --",2 +28538,"and charmingly",4 +99230,"used soap",1 +40000,"where its intended under-12 audience is concerned",1 +44172,"A movie that reminds us of just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",4 +143095,"A film that suffers because of its many excesses .",1 +160408,"guess ,",2 +198538,"fantastic visual trope",3 +156934,"crafted out of millions of vibrant flowers .",2 +59684,"unexpected plot twist",3 +153679,"any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks",2 +218644,"wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?",1 +65327,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely",4 +238201,"underdog movie since The Bad News Bears",3 +205519,"lugubrious",2 +11789,"the quiet american",2 +36670,"saved from unbearable lightness by the simplicity of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances",3 +59798,"uses her face and her body language to bring us Morvern 's soul , even though the character is almost completely deadpan",2 +65716,"Galinsky and Hawley",2 +177792,"we do n't demand a standard of quality for the art that we choose",1 +93448,"starting point",2 +7878,"it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .",2 +234441,"of insulting , both to men and women",1 +228472,"along with his sister",2 +120132,"finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of Roger Swanson .",3 +216439,"this movie just goes on and on and on and on",1 +81126,"gives you something",2 +126641,"make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book",3 +28022,"about everything right",3 +44861,"Catch",2 +174450,"the only sane rationale I can think of for Swimfan 's existence",2 +211650,"since the 1991 dog Rover",2 +127978,"no clear-cut hero and",2 +9020,"nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",3 +225500,"Powers ? ''",2 +24224,"77-minute",2 +127817,"neatly and effectively",3 +168559,"oversize medium",3 +129914,"own floundering way",1 +190634,"a gangster sweating",2 +89278,"offers us the sense that on some elemental level , Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .",3 +13111,"winsome facial symmetry",2 +117455,"constantly draw attention to itself",2 +193156,"are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0 +71897,"a lioness , protecting her cub , and he a reluctant villain , incapable of controlling his crew",2 +101594,"'s also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly",3 +238740,"wickedly sick and twisted humor",3 +169595,"radiant , grimly purposeful and",2 +203020,"is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing",0 +129439,"on the level",2 +874,"else involved",2 +198471,"fairly weak",1 +43091,"'70s European-set spy pictures",2 +57829,"that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",3 +124101,"is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .",3 +192036,"after Oedekerk",2 +95828,"the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",4 +83031,"in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles",2 +147510,"Most of the supporting characters in Eastwood films are weak , as are most of the subplots . This one 's weaker than most .",0 +34036,"less than the characters , although the filmmakers supply enough complications , close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us",3 +81879,"have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers",2 +93206,"somewhat tired",1 +73866,"an intense indoor drama",3 +58648,"the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",3 +78158,"directed , grown-up film",2 +162504,"irrevocably bizarre",1 +211077,"seems done by the numbers",2 +165794,"mean-spiritedness",1 +132347,"should have been a lot nastier",2 +107606,"Mamet 's '' House of Games '' and",3 +205309,"longtime admirer",3 +59784,"us to hope that Nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",3 +22916,"you guessing from first frame to last",3 +97122,"their labor , living harmoniously",2 +75462,"been done before",2 +19991,"as everyday activities",2 +206617,"movie-biz farce",2 +168816,"perhaps unwittingly",1 +48700,"adroitly minimalist",2 +4896,"as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe",1 +82473,"how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +194035,"be 1970s animation",2 +74278,"are a guilty pleasure",2 +176593,"too cerebral for its own good --",2 +151863,"a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances",3 +96964,"the utter authority of a genre gem",3 +62625,"101 premise",2 +109913,"The jokes",2 +74187,"anyone else",2 +84641,"is stark , straightforward and deadly",2 +175755,"time low",1 +18110,"with time .",2 +13698,"-LRB- and gory -RRB-",2 +55649,"of warmth",3 +79703,"fascinating literary mystery story",4 +126357,"looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such .",0 +23441,", and wall-to-wall toe-tapping music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",2 +11719,"the pants",2 +177976,"what he had actually done",2 +191374,"a sprawl",2 +204525,"keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good",0 +131027,"rather thinly-conceived movie .",2 +220553,"'d never guess that from the performances .",2 +202845,"is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .",0 +137034,"this review life-affirming",3 +204225,"its lead",2 +116623,"can relate",3 +94283,"tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship",4 +189129,"Though Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .",1 +152148,"a mystery\/thriller ,",2 +17189,"shook , rattled , or rolled",2 +37075,"so intriguing",4 +122970,"in conviction",2 +200669,"has the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",1 +128185,"noticeably derivative",1 +140921,"'' Notting Hill",2 +5956,"didactic and",2 +202546,"is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing",0 +220337,"you to feel something",2 +235641,"shackles",2 +172464,"take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida .",3 +147031,"King , who 's honestly trying , and Schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot",2 +160165,"go down smoothly enough with popcorn",3 +178376,"will find things to like",3 +75359,"beautiful and mysterious",4 +216124,"there , done that ... a thousand times already",0 +62694,"2 , 500 screens",2 +33563,"is worth the promise",3 +12112,"this :",2 +7742,"is n't exactly quality cinema",1 +169539,"qualifies",2 +179878,"'s not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .",1 +112438,"a number of themes",2 +226906,"Verne",2 +49951,"by millions",2 +106951,"It 's so laddish and juvenile",0 +151391,"a blender",2 +68264,"Private Ryan ''",2 +228280,"about `` Fear Dot Com ''",2 +163908,"it should be profound , and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere",1 +14984,"and Gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes .",2 +150725,"Watching Trouble Every Day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming",1 +97092,"their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s",2 +65428,"Expect",2 +206447,"more salacious telenovela than serious drama",1 +199311,"for the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room",2 +74215,"apparatus",2 +222266,"Although it includes a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , `` Orange County '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be .",3 +215242,"the once grand Long Beach boardwalk",2 +73761,"an enjoyably frothy ` date movie ' ...",3 +14323,"Nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations ...",3 +171009,"show life in all of its banality",1 +220826,"'s guilty fun to be had here",3 +162207,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy",3 +161730,"in 1978",2 +21013,"is back in a major way .",3 +102126,"( Roman Coppola )",2 +213544,"that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities",2 +116808,"certainly clever in spots",3 +14765,"a little clarity",2 +37516,"surprisingly sincere",4 +6475,"field",2 +160900,"have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and",3 +51942,"from now",2 +141964,", Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 +96990,"the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",2 +121764,"has ignored",2 +124783,"issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate",1 +104526,"As we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ' The filmmakers might want to look it up .",0 +61461,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",4 +227437,"`` Besotted '' is misbegotten",1 +105624,"Ends",2 +198664,"feel like you 're watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 +118857,"earnest inversion",2 +170515,"see Robert De Niro singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes . Choose your reaction : A . ) That sure is funny ! B . ) That sure is pathetic",2 +70067,"There 's a lot to recommend Read My Lips .",3 +57194,"some wonderfully fresh moments",3 +113390,"addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st",3 +130744,"proves you wrong on both counts .",2 +128884,"of roughage",2 +72947,"about human nature",2 +21631,"one of Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",1 +70861,"Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of America 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .",2 +187779,"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys '' has flaws",2 +80165,"fluid and quick",2 +166310,"most heinous man",1 +229566,"by Spader and Gyllenhaal",2 +128021,"no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",1 +70436,"Town and Country",2 +140650,"yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together",0 +225193,"Not every animated film from Disney will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon '' .",1 +22360,"the stuff about Barris being a CIA hit man",2 +115683,"become a cult classic",3 +225156,"No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N.M. ' or any other interchangeable actioner",2 +70591,"V . S",2 +184515,"How inept",2 +85135,"it sting",2 +75714,"bittersweet bite",3 +43950,"8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",3 +14381,"Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery .",3 +52812,"if you do n't think ( Kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen",2 +204957,"like '' si , pretty much ''",2 +102466,", critics be damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again .",2 +219765,"with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",1 +233376,"letdown .",1 +226837,"Two or",2 +144402,"Chainsaw",2 +164085,"its natural length",2 +124008,"is dudsville",1 +73102,"achival",2 +70313,"This rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point .",3 +47118,"The humor and humanity of Monsoon Wedding",3 +64431,"Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape",2 +139780,"who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes",2 +97107,"their culture 's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse",3 +39232,"to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",2 +78320,"disturbing story",1 +158260,"endure instead of enjoy",1 +39789,"viciously honest coming-of-age films",4 +64121,"Assured , glossy",3 +185689,"Latin music",2 +16744,"of honor",2 +207475,"of Sorority Boys",2 +186185,"Most folks with a real stake in the American sexual landscape will find it either moderately amusing or just plain irrelevant .",2 +89003,"of the famous director 's life",2 +154230,"as personal therapy",2 +135021,"the clever credits roll",3 +100448,"with all the grandiosity",1 +185008,"It 's a brilliant , honest performance by Nicholson",4 +227141,"Who , exactly , is fighting whom here",1 +11490,"the hapless victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny ''",1 +77165,"conducted work",2 +20808,"his other movies somehow",2 +2707,"the same way",2 +231714,"hippie-turned-yuppie",2 +180739,", it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",0 +184560,"I 'm Not",1 +197119,"distillation",2 +12380,"to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting",1 +20112,"believe it or not ,",2 +210981,"see a study in contrasts : the wide range of one actor , and the limited range of a comedian",2 +163300,"is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace",2 +43949,"8 million charmer ,",3 +136657,"their control",2 +164835,"lifted from a screenwriter 's outline and",1 +26064,"McDowell",2 +180064,"'s unfortunate",1 +133942,"telegraphed pathos , particularly",2 +32209,"groove",2 +20345,"deadpan suspense",3 +115414,"base melodrama",2 +49772,"bodily",2 +204688,"larded",1 +233929,"more glamour than clamor",2 +80362,"for the holiday season",2 +195336,"camera twirls",2 +125182,"its best when the guarded",2 +855,"dreary",1 +203164,"is n't as weird as it ought to be",1 +88953,"of the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s",2 +174181,"the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",1 +207403,"of Brits behaving badly , watch Snatch again .",2 +153675,"any given daytime soap",2 +124897,"it -- the kind of movie",2 +76375,"can swallow its absurdities and crudities",2 +155741,"by episodic TV veteran Joe Zwick",2 +191087,"a personal low for everyone involved",0 +48668,"actors who are ,",2 +71445,"a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu",2 +3500,"3",2 +113886,"an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters",3 +53222,"inviting all the same",3 +188068,"The dialogue is cumbersome",1 +230595,"even flicks",2 +87953,"noble warlord",2 +45609,"If Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure",0 +110309,"There 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted",1 +56686,"sailors and folks",2 +57233,"spare and simple manner",2 +112940,"a true cinematic knack",3 +236727,"the attraction a movie",2 +128825,"of no real consequence",1 +65970,"Heidi",2 +168725,"past its natural length",1 +103478,"A clever script and skilled actors",3 +228279,"about `` Fear Dot Com",2 +231116,"genuinely engaging performers",4 +172928,"that are all the more impressive for their lack of showiness",3 +121048,"get into the history books",2 +43340,"'s the equal of some of its predecessors",2 +57526,"surprisingly entertaining",4 +162242,"insipid , brutally clueless film",0 +170546,"see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you ! ' when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie",2 +131973,"seem self-consciously poetic and",3 +231334,"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce",1 +103555,"A few hours",2 +143936,"Aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness .",1 +113255,"accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",3 +32951,"in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances",3 +86302,"looks closely ,",2 +69306,"The Island of Lost Dreams",2 +188608,"The redeeming feature of Chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in The Tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine .",1 +63066,"A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage '' be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .",4 +23870,", sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",4 +204162,"its critical backlash",1 +171752,"sour cliche",1 +69322,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact",4 +164196,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished",0 +198160,"every bad action-movie line in history",0 +64324,"Bermuda Triangle",2 +17592,"the most fun",4 +20622,"from this bunch",2 +74731,"as life",2 +79468,"explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",2 +207419,"of Disney 's great past",3 +227175,"Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",2 +51894,"fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera",3 +6257,"erotic",3 +134425,"that it is",2 +30969,"dumbness",1 +128592,"of consequence",2 +4723,"anonymous",2 +122233,"highly professional film that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways",4 +26462,"Rich",3 +220860,"'s kind of insulting , both to men and women",1 +17899,"two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser",4 +237112,"the old adage",2 +123218,"in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction",2 +40070,"who would like to dismiss the film",1 +217702,"total rehash",2 +101308,"' ... a great , participatory spectator sport . '",3 +159057,"fifties",2 +50755,"delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel 's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic 's No Man 's Land .",2 +124702,"is the stuff that Disney movies are made of",3 +167209,"of J",2 +125219,"its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches",1 +128780,"of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 +112022,"a glorified sitcom",1 +156229,"chef",2 +228608,"an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex",2 +63638,"Adam Sandler will probably ever appear",2 +100962,"wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why",3 +29316,"at this level of manic whimsy",2 +112119,"a high enough level",3 +12144,"this harrowing journey into combat hell",1 +175397,"this for more than , say , ten",2 +96520,"the rarest kinds",3 +191549,"a toss-up",2 +104751,"Billy Ray and Terry George",2 +134709,"the Iranian new wave",2 +214483,"the emotional resonance of either of those movies",2 +173266,"that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",1 +153298,"an acute character study and a trite power struggle",2 +136615,"the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time .",2 +2569,"the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",1 +135254,"the fateful fathers --",2 +5980,"disbelief",1 +130355,"poetic force",3 +72096,"a party",2 +141625,"'s still a mistake to go see it",1 +59705,"unhurried , low-key film",1 +40594,"( Director Peter ) Jackson and",3 +81936,"have to salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch",3 +56596,"revelatory and",3 +157741,"does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , The Selection , became in its final form",2 +201389,"how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky",2 +169557,"quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable .",0 +198957,"fireballs and",2 +52480,"have chemistry both as friends and lovers",3 +13946,"Children may not understand everything that happens -- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .",4 +48767,"all the alacrity of their Hollywood counterparts",2 +204569,"kinda wrong",1 +144433,"Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn",2 +120850,"funniness",3 +138047,"told it feels accidental",2 +159370,"for a set . Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap",1 +127407,"most audacious ,",3 +154006,"army men",2 +110639,"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip .",1 +185916,"Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but",3 +107116,"Its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters",2 +50763,"demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",3 +157400,"did n't .",2 +16011,"her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",2 +135382,"the filmmakers have gone for broke",2 +234790,"other Imax films do n't",2 +119162,"enough sweet and",3 +205058,"like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show",2 +235436,"same throughout",2 +62927,"A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie",3 +48173,"a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur",4 +191007,"a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 +50149,"chemistry and complex relationship",2 +38997,"this white trash War",2 +61154,"'s no surprise",2 +237441,"they 're each interesting",3 +178191,"whistles and",2 +32665,"how another culture handles the process of courting and marriage",2 +59259,"to her role",2 +85113,"it one of the best war movies ever made",4 +7743,"is n't going to win any academy awards",1 +156570,"comes together as a coherent whole .",3 +58104,"the character at all stages of her life",2 +1037,"fresh",4 +151610,"a difficult task",2 +228054,"a nice , harmless date film",3 +98294,"to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside",2 +123574,"into national media circles",2 +19341,"The tug of war that ensues",2 +197238,"do them",2 +144243,"Brainless , but",1 +55628,"of this film",2 +116091,"bon",2 +114394,"any contemporary movie",2 +106404,"I 've seen in years .",2 +143719,"An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more .",1 +65894,"Handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .",3 +215807,"the true intent",2 +75807,"boom-bam crowd",2 +27975,"a worthwhile tutorial",4 +64443,"Bowling for Columbine",2 +237297,"the underlying caste system in America",2 +6893,"grounding",2 +55322,"of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",3 +156464,"coincidence",2 +45585,"I liked About Schmidt a lot , but",2 +110130,"The rest of the film ... is dudsville",1 +212719,"stud",2 +125974,"life affirming",3 +36212,"providing good , lively company",3 +216075,"then biting into it and",2 +199676,"fumbles the vital action sequences",1 +23239,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness : we need his shticks",3 +72236,"a realm",2 +12447,"to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor",3 +215603,"the shock and curiosity factors",2 +88048,"noteworthy characters",3 +220600,"'ll still have a good time . ''",3 +81462,"guns , violence , and",2 +232338,"is a pretty decent little documentary .",3 +51479,"fairly irresistible package",4 +237074,"the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",4 +212716,"stuck in an inarticulate screenplay",0 +149813,"The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy",1 +203666,"is violated",1 +42729,"take a vicarious voyage",3 +198090,"even its attitude",2 +177549,"wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",2 +52547,"hefty audio system",2 +136217,"the script 's potential",2 +121415,"great rewards",4 +39953,"what a fine documentary does best",3 +447,"are obviously pretty clever",3 +183023,"Case of Fire ? lazily and glumly",1 +219879,"without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes",2 +193316,"as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped",2 +7733,"is just too dialed-up to be america 's sweetheart",1 +37856,"that many",2 +9296,"of its second half",2 +18688,"Anna",2 +198981,"first-rate cast",3 +183851,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133 : whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .",1 +50498,"could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .",4 +181198,"-- definitely a step in the right direction",4 +93121,"some real vitality",3 +231854,"hybrid .",2 +114449,"any working class community",3 +11496,"the horror concept",2 +119124,"enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension",4 +30247,"colorful set pieces",3 +234309,"of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway",3 +226950,"Warner Bros. giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",2 +126933,"me on The Santa Clause 2 was that Santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard",2 +189184,"To say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful",1 +148072,"Personal Velocity ought to be exploring these women 's inner lives , but it never moves beyond their surfaces",2 +218557,"virtually no aftertaste",1 +139648,"which is a pity ,",2 +134206,"that M . Night Shyamalan 's",2 +137894,"to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star",2 +70283,"This movie has the usual impossible stunts ... But it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie",3 +57065,"smack-dab in the middle of Dubya",2 +23628,", fine judges both , never overcook the hysteria",2 +192734,"and fatally overlong",1 +173186,"that set in at this time of year",2 +12364,"to get to its gasp-inducing ending",3 +196151,"consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable",0 +56643,"romantic crime comedy",3 +127990,"no easy , comfortable resolution",2 +67812,"Niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press",3 +176729,"toss them",2 +189309,"Tykwer 's surface flash",2 +168476,"over a 28K modem",2 +45801,"It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then",4 +27221,"While not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",3 +97366,"this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .",3 +13930,"CGI technology",2 +31730,"for Zhao",2 +237106,"the numbers and",2 +157520,"directorial efforts",2 +13662,", this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale",3 +211798,"slopped",1 +213745,"that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse",1 +103288,"19th-Century crime",2 +23433,", and the experience is profound . The Hours is what movies are supposed to be ...",3 +211556,"showcases pretty mediocre shtick .",1 +204384,"jagged , as if",2 +218634,"walked out muttering words like '' horrible '' and '' terrible , '' but",0 +89951,"overtly determined",2 +224004,"In a 102-minute film , Aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .",2 +70437,"Trade",2 +43809,"-- Mollà , Gil and Bardem --",2 +117793,"currently",2 +46206,"More concerned with Sade 's ideas",1 +160343,"great whale",2 +123491,"interesante que pudo haber resultado su premisa , pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",2 +72980,"about the calories",2 +146018,"I can say",2 +177810,"weaker than most",1 +2101,"pta",2 +63158,"A lovely film ... elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic",3 +61519,"( and ultimately the victim )",2 +127017,"mental instability",2 +80469,"formal",2 +4405,"add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",3 +95972,"the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller",2 +195930,"comedic context",2 +206378,"more engaged and honest treatment",3 +149584,"The movie gets muted and routine .",1 +226407,"The overall fabric is hypnotic , and Mr. Mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy",4 +126058,"like a lonely beacon",2 +214745,"the greatest plays of the last 100 years",3 +726,"conflict",1 +27411,"a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania",2 +109401,"The 3-D vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .",4 +39398,"topical",2 +173379,"the Jerry Springer crowd",0 +46936,"The Quiet American",2 +152323,"a re-hash of the other seven films",1 +43750,", this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",3 +76623,"chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds",2 +182927,"Broomfield 's style",2 +230442,"dumb ,",1 +40105,"will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",3 +23902,", the film can only be applauded .",4 +12806,"volatile",1 +146695,"It gives poor Dana Carvey nothing to do that is really funny ,",1 +182840,"Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling ( Murder by Numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative",4 +49878,"brutally honest documentary",3 +34418,"may just be living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence .",3 +56524,"remind the First World",2 +145166,"Even if you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before",2 +74157,"any genre",2 +154830,"be the only way to pay for his next project",2 +173494,"the audience hostage",2 +209978,"quadrangle",2 +104420,"Another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theme make up for it .",2 +39732,"used best",2 +190811,"a leash",2 +154765,"be made for a different film altogether",1 +129699,"or insurance company office",2 +38808,"their eccentricities",3 +238332,"view a movie",2 +130118,"peppering the pages",2 +142150,", does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else .",2 +182230,"All Time",2 +134786,"the ` ick '",1 +202552,"is a brand name",2 +37496,"sure some will try",2 +83157,"in the voices of men and women , now",2 +191847,"accentuating",3 +79092,"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits ,",3 +127150,"misguided acts",2 +56252,"provocatively so",3 +179682,"'s consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but",3 +8388,"left me behind",1 +94376,"than a strict reality",2 +191118,"a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent",3 +198364,"exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor",3 +126722,"makeup",2 +127637,"much to absorb",2 +211551,"show-biz",2 +199273,"for older viewers",2 +225241,"Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill",4 +222872,"Ca n't Stop The Music . ''",2 +203733,"it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",2 +57388,"straight from the ages",3 +66405,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and Pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances .",4 +113221,"about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be .",1 +125475,"joyous celebration",4 +37778,"that could lead a man across centuries",3 +185908,"Lurid and less",1 +233060,"it lacks grandeur and that epic quality often associated with Stevenson 's tale as well as with earlier Disney efforts .",1 +54621,"many of us",2 +101302,"$ 99 bargain-basement special",1 +9258,"of either cracking up or throwing up",0 +160692,"has long passed the point of being fertile",2 +61622,", Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .",3 +68365,"Real Women may have many agendas , but it also will win you over , in a big way",4 +83706,"is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is",3 +83934,"is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .",4 +130997,"rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide .",3 +149563,"The movie 's biggest offense",2 +74073,"and unpredictable character pieces",2 +130847,"put on a show in drag",2 +101557,"'s a very valuable film ...",3 +89809,"our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint",2 +89837,"out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",2 +215486,"the restraint to fully realize them",2 +79004,"engaging mix",3 +108790,"Scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation",3 +229537,"butterflies that die",1 +130165,"period 's",2 +139470,"well worth watching",4 +150807,"What 's next : '' My Mother the Car ?",2 +151715,"a film festival",2 +112931,"a travesty of a transvestite comedy",1 +114263,"and narrative grace",3 +121637,"harm",1 +159618,"found the movie as divided against itself",1 +53344,"is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .",3 +63025,"A fine effort , an interesting topic , some intriguing characters and a sad ending . Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for",2 +237821,"to form a string",2 +28303,"an aborbing if arguable case",3 +64343,"Between them , De Niro and Murphy make Showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .",4 +165573,"makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent",3 +86206,"lofty expectations",2 +239201,"you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",3 +25909,"Korea",2 +66878,"Janklowicz-Mann",2 +42730,"take their relationships",2 +118171,"developed characters",3 +231293,"grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker",2 +192444,"an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",2 +96701,"the size of a house",2 +42654,"solid and affecting and",3 +78248,"discontent , and yearning",2 +102608,", is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 +203246,"is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs",1 +68233,"Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph . It 's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens ' grandeur .",4 +48659,"action powers",2 +200930,"he has n't yet coordinated his own DV poetry with the Beat he hears in his soul",2 +56652,"rootlessness",2 +196983,"directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue",0 +189737,"Will no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans",3 +74089,"animation enthusiasts",3 +239166,"you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",1 +234361,"of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",1 +223418,"Fortunately for all involved , this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water .",0 +7381,"implausibility",2 +64515,"Brother-Man",2 +222363,"And it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it .",0 +143967,"Attraction =",2 +65660,"Fresh and",3 +197078,"disease-of-the-week",1 +102901,", the movie stirs us as well .",3 +10845,"support",2 +78824,"elevate",3 +91422,"reluctant villain",2 +118467,"do the era justice",2 +162444,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous .",1 +67820,"Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business",3 +91962,"scathing and joyous .",3 +85460,"its visual merits",3 +169816,"recognize that this story is too goofy ...",2 +59893,"visual stylists",2 +38677,"the story moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe",2 +236816,"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 +46416,"One feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early Italian neorealism .",3 +132480,"silly chase sequence",2 +190868,"a lot more bluster than bite",1 +94227,"taught by The Piano Teacher",2 +33412,"is more enjoyable than the original",3 +88277,"of TV 's Big Brother",2 +186510,"Of all the Halloween 's",2 +71310,"a bit too enigmatic",1 +54351,"look as good or better than in the original , while the Oscar-winning sound and James Horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system",3 +22917,"you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",4 +4875,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges ,",3 +90400,"pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",4 +91563,"restatement",2 +93357,"sports-movie triumph",3 +157804,"does not necessarily",2 +212172,"some visual wit ... but little imagination",2 +72548,"a strength",3 +188369,"The most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about World Traveler , which opens today in Manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .",2 +211147,"seen as a conversation starter . It 's not an easy one to review",2 +198913,"find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` The Ring",2 +193837,"attempts , in vain",1 +178485,"with a blind orphan at its center , no less --",2 +141344,"'s got its heart in the right place",3 +135251,"the fast-paced contemporary society",2 +66399,"Insomnia .",2 +236927,"the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style",3 +175179,"there are several truly jolting scares",3 +224568,"Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true .",2 +175915,"to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",3 +146712,"It kinda works and qualifies as cool at times , but is just too lame to work or be cool at others .",2 +8340,"lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming",1 +159390,"for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations .",1 +134875,"the banality and hypocrisy",0 +234715,"one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another",1 +137587,"to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than Leon )",1 +100925,"would have you believe .",2 +17430,"that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of Iranian rural life close to the Iraqi border",3 +33008,"incandescent tones and stupendous performances",4 +9240,"of brotherly conflict and reconciliation",2 +84820,"is what matters .",3 +1583,"lee is a sentimentalist",2 +205541,"lush and",2 +228076,"a picture book",2 +121006,"genteel and unsurprising",1 +94743,"that it seems the film should instead be called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",1 +70051,"The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible",2 +63831,"An ambitious movie that , like Shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off .",4 +183514,"Do n't Ask still",2 +108125,"Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .",4 +122366,"his oppressive",2 +93817,"sucks you in",3 +19372,"Though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .",4 +146021,"I can take infantile humor ... but",1 +183056,"Changing Lanes ''",2 +220607,"'m behaving like an idiot ! ''",2 +18191,"( plus one sheep dog )",2 +180984,", the first half of Sorority Boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens",0 +158798,"falls short",1 +209868,"pseudo-witty",2 +231094,"gags in search of a story",0 +18461,", sugar-free wit",2 +236521,"that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",3 +170949,"should be very careful about raising eyebrows",2 +181839,"A modestly comic , modestly action-oriented World War II adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .",2 +44569,"As a tolerable diversion , the film suffices :",1 +206027,"melange",2 +116073,"boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery",3 +9440,"omitted nor a clich left",2 +161354,"hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",3 +32283,"has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade",2 +199184,"for a romantic comedy",2 +172241,"such an instant camp classic",3 +142645,", with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .",1 +154700,"be cleverer , better written and of",3 +124854,"it 's not much more watchable than a Mexican soap opera",1 +87737,"nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and",4 +119980,"few gut-busting laughs",3 +158091,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent ,",3 +164949,"like horrible poetry",1 +193702,"assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs",2 +69001,"Steinis",2 +181742,"A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more",1 +121961,"have killed him",2 +87067,"messiness",1 +58125,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment",1 +191220,"a riddle",2 +102198,"( too ) short",2 +173078,"that it feels like a suicide race",2 +230090,"dark , funny humor",3 +108506,"Pure of intention and passably diverting",2 +3140,"while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast .",1 +175278,"think of a single good reason",2 +135496,"the heart of the film",3 +171989,"still ca n't act a lick .",0 +148873,"Sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta",1 +155331,"boast",2 +86440,"machismo",2 +31155,"entangled interrelationships",1 +126186,"lipstick",2 +223162,"Disjointed parody .",1 +179520,"'s a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good",2 +153676,"any ground",2 +53396,"is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places",4 +173371,"the Halloween series",2 +217004,"to everyone else",2 +24919,"By taking Entertainment Tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy , Auto Focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing .",2 +71308,"a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",3 +75864,"both their inner and outer lives",2 +238469,"watch Snatch again",3 +130249,"piss on trees , b .",1 +148663,"Snuggle Fabric Softener bear",2 +72271,"a renowned Indian film culture",3 +207438,"of Hollywood vs . Woo",2 +101072,"you 've figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",2 +21182,"keeping",2 +98416,"to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",3 +140767,"you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +65103,"Director-writer Bille August ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally",4 +158740,"fail to make us part of its reality",1 +65279,"Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks .",2 +115314,"back to where it began",2 +134596,"that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 +185388,"Its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept . 11 ) .",1 +29560,"best known for the superfluous Notting Hill",2 +75163,"band Wilco",2 +162696,"is about a boring , sad man being boring and sad .",0 +34131,"likely to see anytime soon",2 +73137,"acting ` chops '",2 +179019,"ye",2 +146193,"If looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride",2 +155705,"by Wilson",2 +7605,"into everyman 's romance comedy",3 +28100,"action\/effects on the spectacular scale",4 +121141,"give him work",2 +99541,"want one",2 +83358,"inhuman",1 +190257,"a cartoon in the end",2 +222226,"Alas , it 's neither .",1 +39467,"true fans of the Stevenson 's novel will likely prefer Disney 's more faithful 1950 live-action swashbuckling classic",2 +34200,"look inside that tumultuous world .",2 +186799,"Proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness",1 +231182,"give `` Scratch '' a second look",3 +44045,"A densely constructed , highly referential film , and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard 's finest work",4 +178265,"whole new levels",2 +10333,"seem very romantic",3 +55742,"on its sleeve",2 +234992,"point .",2 +224764,"Mel Gibson and",2 +50056,"care about its protagonist and",2 +126752,"manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .",4 +20067,"based on CQ , I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project .",4 +114960,"as it thinks it is",2 +68521,"Rudd",2 +119089,"engage in",2 +30729,"deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",4 +184136,"Get out your pooper-scoopers",1 +224983,"Mr. Spielberg",2 +158013,"dug by the last one",2 +202113,"in which the kids in the house will be gored",1 +160386,"groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",2 +173079,"that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",2 +125183,"its bills",2 +203188,"is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced '",1 +118576,"does not negate the subject",2 +147122,"Less a study",2 +38899,"they love what they do",4 +61321,"'s there",2 +187380,"So aggressively cheery",1 +140976,"'ll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",0 +99944,"when there are lulls",2 +58380,"the high infidelity",1 +116543,"came back with the astonishing revelation that '' they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",3 +125672,"la suerte",2 +55694,"often unsettling",1 +211692,"sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning",1 +73973,"an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut",3 +236595,"that you can dance to",3 +171475,"so second quarter",2 +46885,"Temple",2 +74580,"as a detailed personal portrait",3 +131914,"see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade ,",2 +118752,"druggy and self-indulgent ,",1 +83843,"is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed Tosca that you want .",3 +15025,"and excitement",3 +135115,"the dominant Christine",2 +137642,"to have seen it",2 +139355,"waydowntown may not be an important movie , or even a good one , but",2 +9109,"nostalgic",3 +163279,"is revelatory",2 +85221,"its defining philosophical conscience",3 +10223,"running",2 +129798,"out of control",1 +47774,"` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .",4 +229044,"at heart is a sweet little girl",4 +121212,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad",4 +171612,"some tart TV-insider humor",2 +237941,"to see it then",2 +181295,"... about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .",0 +190208,"a bored Cage",1 +153348,"an astonishingly bad film",0 +95196,"the best script",3 +171396,"so completely inane",1 +38136,"the disorienting unreality",2 +126938,"mean things",1 +174545,"the plot is so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",2 +129228,"of wind chimes",2 +231961,"in ` Warm Water Under a Red Bridge '",2 +106424,"I ca n't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",1 +4715,"android",2 +83337,"infused with the sensibility of a video director",3 +232889,"is why Anthony Hopkins is in it",2 +57916,"that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",2 +156497,"college life",2 +209325,"plainly dull and",2 +106767,"Iranian drama Secret Ballot",2 +95455,"the difficult subject of grief and loss",2 +212583,"stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0 +233465,"like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film",3 +99339,"very fabric",2 +62084,", low-budget constraints",1 +117635,"crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment",3 +232548,"is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions .",2 +160311,"grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus",1 +76356,"can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost",3 +222351,"And butterflies that die \/ And movies starring pop queens",2 +161815,"in all of its banality",1 +201338,"hopelessly out",1 +231192,"give each other the willies",1 +153432,"an instant camp classic",4 +178509,"with a nutjob",2 +227804,"a case of ` Sacre bleu",2 +143012,"A bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance ...",0 +4764,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes",1 +94512,"that Besson has written in years",2 +84534,"is particularly impressive .",3 +67652,"Moulin",2 +205335,"look ill at ease sharing the same scene",1 +18166,"you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes",2 +59736,"unseen forces",2 +90969,"qatsi ' trilogy",2 +55591,"of the novella as one could reasonably expect",2 +60570,"you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters",3 +232822,"is the sense that peace is possible",3 +171026,"shown poor judgment",2 +764,"dazzles the eye",3 +219408,"whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile",3 +121814,"has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism",2 +8057,"its goals",2 +182780,"Beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce ... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .",0 +234465,"of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film",1 +50633,"dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography ,",4 +122947,"in an off-kilter , dark , vaguely disturbing way .",1 +134577,"that the battery on your watch has died",2 +224326,"It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it .",4 +173372,"the Halloween series has lost its edge",1 +183235,"Cronenberg",2 +193929,"bad Clive Barker movie",0 +29126,"as Americans , and human beings , should know",2 +220905,"'s no energy .",1 +97963,"to break through the wall her character erects",2 +125423,"its writers , John C . Walsh",2 +149229,"The average local news columnist has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America .",2 +13095,"williams plays sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in insomnia",3 +46908,"The Evil Dead",2 +95403,"the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",3 +153638,"another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle",2 +134541,"that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema",4 +42836,"the modern B-scene :",2 +62708,"300 years of Russian history and culture",3 +94708,"that is all the more remarkable because it",4 +235955,"speak fluent flatula",1 +147289,"Macy Gray 's game",2 +219781,"with moviegoers ages",2 +33048,"influence",3 +7104,"her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original",3 +174529,"the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor does it ask searching enough questions to justify its pretensions",0 +222199,"After all , he took three minutes of dialogue , 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long .",1 +163446,"is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree",3 +119536,"expert thriller",4 +150943,"Why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery",1 +5636,"come as they may , lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick",2 +215169,"the muck",1 +3653,"a clich left",2 +56078,"plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy",2 +55961,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +198546,"far more demanding than it needs to be",1 +156941,"crashing and",2 +238937,"witty updatings",2 +110258,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but",3 +220160,"writing screenplays",2 +168909,"plastered with one Hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0 +66252,"If horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like .",2 +148447,"Scores no points",1 +63419,"A strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort",3 +9471,"once again",2 +187198,"Sendak nor",2 +132704,"snow-and-stuntwork",2 +31894,"from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",3 +49400,"at the hypocrisy of political correctness",1 +80807,"funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful",4 +7197,"his trademark misogyny",1 +151064,"Writer\/director John McKay ignites some charming chemistry between Kate and Jed",3 +49672,"bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight",3 +151388,"a bland , pretentious mess .",0 +166714,"new live-action",2 +127969,"no amount",2 +56183,"prevalent",2 +177425,"very bad special effects",1 +75876,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday",3 +231938,"in Case of Fire",1 +106484,"I honestly never knew what the hell was coming next",3 +98247,"to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming Washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today",4 +16720,"of Two Weddings and a Funeral",2 +158549,"everything 's in place",2 +149910,"The tale of Tok ( Andy Lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of O ( Takashi Sorimachi ) , the most legendary of Asian hitmen ,",2 +56964,"shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .",3 +125553,"keep my attention",4 +123432,"inspire a trip to the video store",2 +29440,"be to stand out",2 +88234,"of MTV 's Undressed",2 +104067,"Ackerman",2 +147352,"Marries the amateurishness of The Blair Witch Project with the illogic of Series 7 : The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie",1 +90190,"perfect for a ballplayer",3 +37400,"stultifyingly contrived",2 +60957,"'s as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",4 +71320,"a bracing truth",2 +153648,"another safe movie",2 +80588,"from a mediocre one",2 +127868,"neurasthenic",1 +228701,"answered yes , by all means",3 +165173,"long enough to intimidate",2 +63880,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy",3 +63512,"A time machine , a journey back to your childhood",3 +191830,"absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 +69223,"That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults",4 +81428,"grows from a vacuum",2 +66786,"It wo n't hold up over the long haul , but",1 +169604,"raise the bar on stylized screen violence",3 +186227,"Ms . Shu is an institution",3 +18038,"who cobbled",2 +79977,"finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice",3 +156467,"cold , bliss-less work",0 +13161,"with profundity",2 +113236,"above average summer",2 +147355,"Mary Gaitskill 's",2 +176725,"tortured ( and torturing )",1 +73815,"an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",4 +15702,"exactly a gourmet meal",3 +129464,"on the soullessness of work",1 +144776,"Denzel Washington 's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony .",0 +68060,"Overcomes its visual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances .",3 +180924,", soggy potboiler",0 +63921,"An intelligently made ( and beautifully edited )",4 +218159,"undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold",1 +141924,", ' have never been more appropriate .",3 +59722,"unlike the Americans , who have a passion for Musketeers , only to spoof them",2 +5218,"borderline",2 +177528,"visually unattractive , unbearably loud",0 +172054,"story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .",0 +41273,"The movie addresses a hungry need for PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies ,",2 +143279,"A predictable and stereotypical",1 +16648,"neurotic mindset",2 +191631,"a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise",1 +209576,"post-September 11 , '' The Sum Of All Fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves .",0 +79179,"escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",3 +101574,"'s all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",3 +44498,"An immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century",4 +231203,"given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart",2 +229752,"carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",3 +168147,"on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America",2 +144258,"Brian De Palma 's addiction",2 +131802,"scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it",3 +23922,", thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful",4 +128847,"of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones",2 +47572,"Weinstein",2 +139029,"vicious and absurd",0 +188790,"There 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .",1 +181719,"A good-natured ensemble comedy",3 +136936,"this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country",4 +71571,"a documentary to disregard available bias",3 +20690,"green-guts monster movies",2 +41654,"blisteringly defined , that every other character seems overlooked and",2 +191608,"a weak script that ca n't support the epic treatment",1 +235250,"recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",3 +50129,"characters must come first",2 +131363,"repetition than creativity",2 +54578,"makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day",2 +133317,"stinker",2 +164960,"like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness",2 +116306,"burlap sack",2 +184639,"I could not stand them",0 +189771,"With a '' Spy Kids '' sequel opening next week",2 +178766,"wonder why Enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie",1 +77187,"confrontational",1 +40837,"David and",3 +43904,"1949",2 +56736,"schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",2 +65171,"Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut",3 +145912,"Hudlin",2 +66817,"Its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work .",3 +99667,"watch these two together again in a New York minute",3 +198731,"feels like a book report",1 +109539,"The action is reasonably well-done ...",3 +72011,"a more rigid , Blair Witch-style commitment",2 +22297,"the level of the usual maudlin",2 +49171,"are n't interested in rap ,",2 +33913,"just how exciting and satisfying the fantasy cinema can be when it 's approached with imagination and flair",4 +173615,"the characters sound",2 +15401,"charming old reel-to-reel recordings",3 +214749,"the grosses",3 +189667,"Whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , I ca n't say for sure : Memories of Rollerball have faded , and I skipped Country Bears . But this new jangle of noise , mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title .",0 +141684,"'s too random and inconclusive",1 +44257,"A sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss",2 +132560,"sixth-grade height",2 +159517,"for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team",2 +54397,"love --",3 +66896,"Jeff Foxworthy 's",2 +199856,"get your money",2 +102111,"( MacDowell ) ventures",2 +103379,"A ''",2 +70001,"The trick",2 +217362,"to special effects",2 +208204,"of time , money and celluloid",1 +96029,"the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",3 +53206,"intriguing , bizarre",3 +233215,"just did n't care as much for the story .",0 +196588,"dark-as-pitch",1 +27705,"a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary",4 +94879,"that strays past the two and a half mark",2 +216244,"they owed to Benigni",2 +183820,"Exploring",3 +20803,"his longer journey still",2 +34555,"moral suspense story deals",2 +222967,"Clooney sustains throughout",2 +108685,"Rosario Dawson",2 +123326,"indifference",1 +193382,"as a serious drama about spousal abuse",3 +194903,"bouts",2 +68182,"Perhaps the grossest movie ever made . Funny , though .",3 +101117,"you fear",2 +71299,"a big way",2 +3240,"your random e !",2 +47765,"\/ several warp speeds",2 +112464,"a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",2 +1382,"is for you",2 +159087,"filled with unintended laughs",2 +101943,"'s telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head",3 +63907,"An instance",2 +105396,"Despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as I thought it was going to be",2 +184546,"Humorless , self-conscious art drivel",0 +189190,"To the filmmakers , Ivan is a prince of a fellow , but",2 +56036,"pity or memorialize",2 +36854,"sexual passion",3 +176551,"to witness first-time director",2 +100997,"written by Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother , Donald ,",2 +170261,"runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy",1 +223190,"Dr. Feelgood",2 +67244,"Like a Tarantino movie with heart",4 +117731,"critics be damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again .",2 +193735,"at best in this forgettable effort",2 +118417,"do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .",3 +221973,"A cross between Blow and",2 +58650,"the repressed mother on Boston Public just",2 +102211,") works",2 +13484,"'s told by the people who were there",2 +48237,"a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane ,",2 +210425,"repetitive scenes",2 +51634,"figured",2 +123069,"in place for a great film noir",4 +150586,"Unless you are in dire need of a Diesel fix , there is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it .",1 +81147,"glitz",3 +151098,"Yes , one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch , but her love for the philandering Philip only diminishes her stature .",2 +228618,"an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --",2 +58524,"the murderer",2 +51401,"exceptional detail",4 +151831,"a great cast and",3 +126127,"like real life",3 +92535,"short on plot",1 +205625,"maintain interest",2 +201552,"if it were a person",2 +31778,"for only the most patient and challenge-hungry moviegoers",2 +5868,"deeper",2 +215778,"the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",2 +138544,"unassuming drama",2 +52273,"grim , upsetting glimpse",1 +129906,"owes Frank",2 +219360,"who might be lured in by Julia Roberts",2 +210477,"resists the intrusion",2 +112336,"a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate",2 +5174,"blade",2 +170168,"roisterous",2 +61900,", fervently held ideas",2 +143451,"A workshop mentality prevails .",2 +16553,"may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films",1 +212610,"stormy",2 +148625,"Skins has a right to yawp ,",2 +131383,"repulsive and depressing",0 +39547,"ultimate '' Bellini",3 +112342,"a more annoying , though",1 +18617,"African-American",2 +230380,"doing last year",2 +217191,"to make his English-language debut with a film",2 +152387,"a scenic forest",2 +16533,"makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the Motown sound",3 +220636,"'re out there ! ''",3 +165301,"lots of cheese",1 +2688,"the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and",0 +96492,"the proper conviction",3 +118096,"describes Pauline & Paulette",2 +75975,"brio",2 +218777,"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",0 +199805,"genuinely pretty . Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .",2 +76230,"by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails",3 +178638,"with projects such noble and lofty ambitions",2 +40819,"Christopher Plummer , as the prime villain",2 +144966,"Dr . Feelgood",2 +121571,"halfwit plot",0 +760,"day",2 +38226,"the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",4 +25970,"Life or Something",2 +155555,"build any interest",2 +185671,"Ladies and",2 +13625,", quiet cadences",2 +213379,"than dramatically involving",2 +237771,"to check it out",2 +23183,"'s the tension that keeps you in your seat",4 +227079,"When Mr. Hundert tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises , ' we nod in agreement .",2 +162718,"is all too evident",2 +107535,"Love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache",3 +166778,"no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious",1 +28584,"and easily",2 +70974,"With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told .",4 +154572,"bad-luck",1 +150117,"There is something in Full Frontal , I guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them",2 +41345,"This version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful",3 +15006,"and best of all",3 +67638,"Most of the things that made the original Men in Black such a pleasure",3 +208991,"own preciousness",3 +54138,"lane",2 +188128,"The film 's darker moments",2 +172075,"strained comedy",1 +205191,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension ,",1 +6319,"exciting and",4 +99320,"version of the old Police Academy flicks",2 +189264,"Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold",4 +105037,"Character",2 +229719,"can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",1 +199351,"for the non-fan",2 +61815,", but what it needs",2 +162499,"irrepressible",2 +201152,"his chest and gasps",2 +215127,"the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",3 +198253,"exceedingly memorable one",3 +117734,"cross and change",2 +133508,"subject 's",2 +40467,"you went along for the ride",2 +216807,"to a quiet evening on PBS",2 +206523,"most of it",2 +118783,"dumb gags",1 +239103,"you 're a fan of the series",3 +136961,"this is a story without surprises",1 +29853,"but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .",2 +133109,"spent more time in its world",2 +167848,"of the year 's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",1 +161643,"illicit",2 +234214,"nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",1 +43689,", schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all .",1 +116685,"captures the wonders and worries of childhood",4 +141221,"'s an awfully derivative story",1 +20616,"from feeling repetitious",2 +76388,"canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait",2 +177527,"visually unattractive ,",1 +179411,"'m not sure which is worse : the poor acting by the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by Vincent R . Nebrida or the gutless direction by Laurice Guillen",1 +139520,"wet burlap sack",1 +39561,"una buena",3 +201063,"heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated",1 +41744,"courting and",3 +121646,"has a brain",3 +206795,"narrative banality",1 +230513,"ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",1 +150093,"There are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them",1 +4376,"accumulated",2 +37357,"stirred",2 +212830,"such a dungpile",0 +97927,"to be mildly amusing",3 +47091,"The film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .",3 +1860,"notably better acted",3 +127953,"nightmare versions",2 +211059,"seemed bored ,",2 +145261,"Fairly",2 +223984,"If you like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic , here 's a fun one .",4 +200857,"have once again",2 +138528,"unabashedly hopeful",3 +48160,"a lot of life",3 +64122,"Assured , glossy and",2 +214682,"the five writers",3 +26329,"Papai",2 +7348,"if you 're up for that sort of thing",3 +143662,"Although Huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",1 +128952,"of that elusive adult world",2 +43694,", she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie",3 +83778,"is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes",2 +177574,"waltzes",2 +70075,"There 's no conversion effort ,",1 +74098,"annals",2 +69489,"The ensemble cast",3 +96955,"the ups and downs of friendships",3 +36726,"seamless ensemble .",4 +64437,"Bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time",3 +65447,"Eyre , a Native American raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor",3 +189069,"This painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story",1 +38092,"the constraints",2 +141081,"'s Scarface . That 's a cheat",2 +233899,"moat",2 +61294,"'s technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive",3 +208333,"ol' boys",2 +221870,"146 minutes",2 +92218,"sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",3 +21837,"refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds",2 +223515,"Good-naturedly cornball sequel .",3 +224186,"It 's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles , but Notorious C.H.O. still feels like a promising work-in-progress",3 +29782,"but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .",2 +141679,"'s too long , too repetitive , and",0 +164907,"like a high school film project",1 +12916,"weight",2 +22589,"trail .",2 +63187,"A mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in .",4 +105192,"Congrats",2 +60834,"'s a lovely , sad dance highlighted by Kwan 's unique directing style .",3 +138321,"trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable",4 +83955,"is actually one of its strengths . Entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .",3 +66083,"Huppert and Girardot",2 +24707,"As Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie",2 +127102,"milk",2 +9207,"of ` ethnic cleansing",1 +191260,"a salt-of-the-earth mommy",2 +220098,"would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from Anne Rice 's novel The Vampire Chronicles .",2 +206711,"multitude",3 +235907,"some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",2 +46323,"Niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this Hollywood contrivance orbits around",2 +135708,"the message of our close ties with animals",2 +66975,"K-19 : The Widowmaker is a great yarn .",3 +206229,"miserable and smug",1 +70420,"Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before ,",1 +26305,"Only an epic documentary could get it all down",3 +160251,"good design",3 +52673,"his unemployment . Good film ,",4 +203279,"is one baaaaaaaaad movie .",0 +40285,"with their breath",2 +24131,"... a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway .",1 +140611,"writer-director himself",2 +55646,"of urgency in the here and now of The Two",2 +191579,"a valentine",2 +182427,"An inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .",0 +139507,"were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 +15201,"be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind",2 +112893,"a threat",2 +32457,"heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue",2 +86647,"makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",2 +196014,"comin ' at ya -- as if",2 +97496,"this premise",2 +113369,"actually give them life",3 +205201,"little changes",2 +164848,"likable movie",3 +28007,"about a young man",2 +147382,"May cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists .",0 +16577,"minor",2 +83095,"in the film 's short 90 minutes",2 +13906,"Bow",2 +71890,"a lightweight story",2 +211623,"simple title",3 +73514,"also a",2 +152326,"a reactive cipher , when opening the man 's head and heart is the only imaginable reason for the film to be made",2 +90947,"put you off",1 +147556,"Much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie",1 +179622,"'s an admirable rigor to Jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",2 +95333,"the climactic hourlong cricket match",3 +157083,"cutting , it does not achieve the kind of dramatic unity that transports you .",2 +211630,"simplistic and",2 +123357,"inexperienced",1 +105012,"Carvey 's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg .",0 +144459,"Cho 's life story",2 +53750,"it 's great cinematic polemic",4 +94891,"that term",2 +16094,"imagery and hypnotic",3 +229077,"attendant intelligence",2 +5971,"director rob",2 +200153,"got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra",2 +223328,"Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance",1 +177921,"were doing 20 years ago",2 +41319,"This insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary , in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes",3 +153246,"ambitious and well-intentioned ,",2 +1123,"grocery lists and",2 +155026,"before you 'll spy I Spy at a video store near you",2 +170565,"seem all that profound , at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material",1 +176811,"travelogue",2 +43691,", selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness",2 +117923,"debilitating",1 +170142,"rigid and",1 +168419,"otherwise talented cast",3 +231207,"gives the lie",1 +307,"about as",2 +222118,"A waste of good performances .",0 +171531,"soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 +219090,"what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",1 +197725,"either of those movies",3 +12987,"when the first few villians are introduced as '' spider '' and '' snake",2 +74726,"as it should be done cinematically",2 +128641,"of entertainment",2 +178754,"wonder , ` What 's the point ? '",1 +227459,"`` Cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only ! ''",3 +196396,"create characters out",2 +154889,"because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",1 +103194,"... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ...",3 +189742,"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets , where Mr . Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms . Shu is an institution ,",2 +147268,"Lovers only",2 +141372,"'s impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .",2 +68171,"Peralta",2 +191597,"a violent battlefield action picture",2 +227299,"You might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible .",2 +78122,"did n't get our moral hackles up",2 +30291,"comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",3 +73512,"already mentioned",1 +99331,"very charming and funny movie",3 +17636,"the rest of the picture",2 +9816,"present",2 +138673,"unfolds .",2 +174458,"the ooky-spookies",2 +32053,"gifted",3 +141393,"'s just not scary",2 +37800,"that feels very human and very true to life .",4 +81692,"has definite weaknesses",1 +151089,"Yes , 4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to Spirited Away",1 +212362,"spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role",4 +204622,"laborious pacing",0 +183654,"Electric Boogaloo",2 +48257,"a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene",2 +1595,"lets",2 +94192,"talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda 's ultimate fate",3 +30127,"check it out and form their own opinion",3 +91462,"remarkably mature",4 +171957,"staying with this for more than , say , ten",2 +19271,"Still pretentious and filled with subtext , but entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",3 +38578,"the production 's",2 +59400,"to the other",2 +34140,"literary lyricism and profound common sense",3 +124447,"is phenomenal , especially the women .",4 +110293,"There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...",3 +146163,"II ,",2 +24478,"A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war criminal .",2 +59816,"utterly charming",3 +165913,"might be the only thing Femme Fatale has going for it .",2 +153433,"an insult",1 +119641,"fails to entertain",0 +179714,"'s dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous :",2 +3174,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio . as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all",0 +174942,"the two best adjectives to describe Ghost Ship",2 +8751,"melancholy",1 +127646,"muddled and",1 +24034,"-- a low-down version of the American dream .",3 +175797,"titles or",2 +161036,"heart-tugging",3 +239225,"your seat ,",2 +15178,"attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie",2 +154387,"at least this time there 's some centered storytelling to go along with all the weird stuff",2 +157592,"dissolves",2 +189770,"With Rare Birds , as with The Shipping News before it , an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil -- and The Rock once again resists the intrusion .",2 +27386,"a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .",2 +63992,"Aniston",2 +9285,"of intelligence and non-reactionary morality",3 +204914,"lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard",2 +201736,"in Invincible",2 +62002,", it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message",4 +4171,"a suffocating rape-payback",0 +30767,"dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .",3 +116190,"breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",4 +39397,"topic",3 +73529,"also somewhat hermetic",2 +161890,"in its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",0 +216553,"those rejected must have been astronomically bad",2 +11301,"the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .",1 +89791,"other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up",3 +145122,"Essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty",2 +189894,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination",3 +147330,"Malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . But the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure",2 +54450,"lyrical endeavour",2 +181869,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . It makes me say the obvious :",1 +50636,"dark places",1 +148155,"Pretension , in its own way",1 +29824,"but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .",3 +131728,"sample",2 +92794,"slathered on crackers",2 +42087,"his family performing ,",2 +22066,"stop",2 +35154,"of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",4 +188688,"The sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .",1 +208964,"overwrought emotion",1 +66775,"It sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that .",4 +49756,"bleak and",1 +159177,"first 10 minutes",2 +108980,"Sisterhood with a hefty helping of Re-Fried Green Tomatoes .",2 +115916,"better off staying on the festival circuit",0 +120838,"fun with it all",3 +54135,"lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy",1 +64410,"Bluer than the Atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie",3 +55408,"of its contemporary characters",2 +36459,"relax and have a few laughs while the little ones get a fuzzy treat . '",4 +30257,"come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",2 +146801,"Its well of thorn and vinegar",1 +125142,"it were n't true",2 +65261,"Efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .",3 +57297,"squeamish",2 +158756,"fails to hit the entertainment bull 's - eye",1 +122126,"helm",2 +80730,"full of nuance and character dimension",3 +60500,"wrenching",2 +16734,"of educational energy",3 +205187,"little action",1 +72050,"a music scene",2 +61568,") reminded me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .",2 +140826,"you wrong on both counts",1 +114389,"any after-school special",2 +42206,"is popular and powerful in this high-tech age ,",4 +152963,"admiring this bit or that , this performance or that",2 +118251,"dime-store ruminations",1 +235927,"something else far more pleasurable",2 +135888,"the numbers",2 +133526,"suburban Jersey",2 +76114,"by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",2 +121410,"great film noir",4 +23150,"'s not there yet",1 +178911,"would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered .",2 +30886,"do indeed feel for them",3 +47504,"Undiscovered",3 +148801,"Splash without the jokes",1 +49130,"are amiable and committed",3 +225134,"Nicole Holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully",3 +223708,"Hubert Selby Jr.",2 +11448,"the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight",3 +89486,"on the meaning of ` home",2 +195989,"comes up short",2 +30778,"difficult , absorbing film",2 +27717,"a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid",2 +18189,"( and gory )",2 +202304,"insultingly inept and artificial examination",1 +100847,"works because of the universal themes , earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by India 's popular Gulzar and Jagjit Singh .",4 +97868,"to a universal human impulse",2 +172714,"than a hotdog",2 +98376,"to the last",2 +84592,"is scary .",2 +146279,"Impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly . For starters , the story is just too slim",2 +202802,"is both a snore and utter tripe",0 +99105,"unrelentingly grim -- and",1 +156283,"cinematic corpse",1 +184609,"I ca n't compare Friday After Next to them",2 +59856,"very original artist",3 +178053,"when it takes itself too seriously and",1 +148206,"Q",2 +56629,"riveting World War",3 +143657,"Alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but Ayurveda does the field no favors",2 +67018,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure",3 +136945,"this fresh . Not as good as the original",1 +78503,"doing the goofiest stuff out of left field",2 +117113,"clownish",2 +88432,"of artifice",2 +44515,"An interesting story",3 +149955,"The twist that ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance , but twists are getting irritating , and",1 +131058,"real '' portions of the film",3 +81891,"have made the film more cohesive",2 +138815,"update her beloved genre for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",3 +53088,"injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater",4 +135740,"the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are",3 +77386,"cops in Copmovieland , these two",2 +89804,"otherwise delightful",3 +56853,"sent my spirit",2 +405,"an inexpressible and drab wannabe",0 +234760,"one-sided , outwardly sexist or mean-spirited",1 +229420,"blasphemous and",1 +235994,"spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together .",1 +234822,"over again .",2 +9321,"of nostalgic spy-movie charm",3 +58488,"the mixture",2 +109331,"Takes one character we do n't like and",2 +59586,"twice",2 +23409,", and it 's a story that we as Americans , and human beings , should know",3 +216965,"to director Abdul Malik Abbott and Ernest ` Tron ' Anderson",2 +111581,"a breakthrough in filmmaking",4 +7380,"impatiently",2 +157965,"dress",2 +78686,"dutifully",2 +20799,"his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead",2 +174891,"the thing look really slick . The voices are fine as well . The problem , it is with most of these things",2 +177627,"was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",1 +206379,"more engaging . Oh",2 +25554,"His Best Friend Remembers ''",2 +142824,"... too slow , too boring , and occasionally annoying .",0 +92755,"skeletons",2 +182129,"AMC",2 +27356,"a Red Bridge",2 +232436,"is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .",1 +8614,"make a movie with no soft edges",2 +4175,"a superb",3 +235808,"slight , pale Mr. Broomfield",2 +67991,"One of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .",4 +216707,"tick-tock pacing",1 +45046,"Desmond 's legal eagles",2 +86022,"like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",3 +42165,"is as much",2 +89190,"of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns",2 +205615,"made-for-home-video quickie",0 +102277,", I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care",2 +150551,"Uncertain in tone ... a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity Short Cuts by way of Very Bad Things",1 +215185,"the necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",1 +92763,"skillful and",3 +237609,"though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in",2 +62334,", this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .",4 +221763,"-- when it comes to truncheoning --",2 +228502,"amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness",0 +176553,"to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",1 +161097,"her goats",3 +102886,", the film suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion .",1 +126979,"mediocre movie",1 +149846,"The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit ,",2 +80435,"forever lost .",2 +40155,"wit and wolfish pessimism",2 +83876,"is a small gem",3 +99402,"video-game-based",2 +41597,"as romantic nor",2 +130764,"provocative conclusion",2 +116264,"brutal nature",2 +65059,"Die",1 +110063,"The package",2 +163962,"it winds up affirming the same damn moldy values the material has always held dear",1 +30143,"chew",2 +188804,"There 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed :",2 +54722,"midlife crisis",1 +36278,"quiet freak-outs",1 +169515,"put some lovely pictures up",2 +165691,"marred by a willful single-mindedness .",1 +202761,"is as innocuous",2 +150343,"Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way",3 +205083,"like on the other side of the bra",2 +176296,"to our grains of salt",2 +138918,"variable",3 +153633,"another bad movie .",0 +49597,"becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and not '' if",2 +151115,"You Need Him",2 +192085,"ailments",1 +10584,"sock-you-in-the-eye",2 +144345,"Cabin",2 +24288,"A captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners .",3 +9902,"pull his head out of his butt",0 +48670,"actresses",2 +70587,"Using an endearing cast",3 +88353,"of a public service",2 +183973,"For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture",2 +46260,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor .",3 +215781,"the title character herself",2 +167674,"of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",1 +78082,"devastating documentary",2 +148985,"TV special",2 +112459,"a participant",2 +61283,"'s stylishly directed with verve",3 +110250,"The weird thing about The Santa Clause 2 , purportedly a children 's movie ,",2 +32871,"in his Hong Kong films",2 +165555,"makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama",1 +169432,"pseudo-serious minutes",2 +82650,"if you 've a taste for the quirky",2 +63386,"A smart , compelling drama",4 +4427,"adventures",3 +188126,"The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .",1 +140817,"you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 +225789,"Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material",1 +155591,"burn out",3 +107235,"Juliette Binoche",2 +176312,"to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage",1 +115380,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 +198754,"feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way",0 +106053,"Grant is certainly amusing ,",3 +403,"an inexpressible and",2 +14215,"Kong cinema",2 +9343,"of road trip",2 +89265,"offers food",2 +215911,"the working out",2 +26850,"The long-range appeal of '' Minority Report ''",3 +56276,"pulls us",3 +171632,"something 's happening",2 +2779,"their heads",2 +77797,"deceptively minimalist",2 +232387,"is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington .",2 +210561,"right at home as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",1 +29259,"assimilated",2 +202137,"incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",1 +36445,"regurgitation",1 +78071,"deterioration",2 +176603,"too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous",1 +69765,"The movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , Rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much",3 +216394,"this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot",2 +64793,"Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",3 +193244,"are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear",1 +51419,"exoticism",2 +133536,"succeeded in",4 +13680,"-- I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does --",2 +27933,"a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing",2 +130531,"precious and finely cut diamond",3 +224577,"Lazy , miserable and smug .",0 +198961,"fires and stacks",2 +85900,"lengua para expresar su amor",2 +7890,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies ,",3 +189079,"This rough trade Punch-and-Judy act did n't play well then and",2 +39069,"thrust",2 +174277,"the mix of verbal jokes",2 +193050,"are big enough for a train car to drive through --",2 +96557,"the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches",2 +110982,"Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title",3 +79381,"evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that Birthday Girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while",2 +15143,"as a movie gets these days",2 +45344,"Gangs",2 +63501,"A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",4 +37597,"taking Entertainment Tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy",3 +58529,"the nation",3 +56044,"play Desmond 's legal eagles",2 +131109,"really good premise",4 +128474,"of a sense of deja vu",2 +69972,"The structure",2 +111354,"You need n't be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work . Though Haynes ' style apes films from the period",3 +197418,"done by most of the rest of her cast",2 +41574,"are as intelligent",3 +121795,"has moments of inspired humour",3 +83972,"is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",3 +214697,"the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma",1 +68223,"Playfully profound ... and",3 +10075,"release",2 +49106,"appealingly",3 +133215,"standard guns",2 +185460,"Jeong-Hyang Lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness .",2 +167405,"of cliches and absurdities",0 +178194,"white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial",2 +201106,"hijacks the heat of revolution and",2 +196222,"convince us that acting transfigures Esther",2 +121989,"have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .",3 +139909,"will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere",0 +224981,"Mr. Soderbergh 's direction and visual style",2 +189388,"Veggie",2 +45827,"It may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert .",2 +162299,"intellectually and logistically a mess",2 +136568,"the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener",1 +59712,"unique and entertaining",3 +59982,"we journey through life",2 +200649,"has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",1 +148813,"Spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama",1 +125460,"jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel",2 +206901,"neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic",2 +237756,"to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",3 +156654,"composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations ,",2 +204526,"keeps firing",2 +87021,"memory and desire",2 +170213,"rouse the Rush Hour crowd",2 +100913,"would do better elsewhere",1 +225450,"Petter",2 +33255,"is a refreshing change",3 +55208,"of Cho 's fans",2 +73717,"an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic",2 +90963,"puts the X into the games",2 +74068,"and twisted characters",3 +149018,"Tambor , almost makes ''",2 +91675,"richly rewarded",4 +224823,"More mature than Fatal Attraction , more complete than Indecent Proposal and more relevant than 9 1\/2 Weeks , Unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .",4 +23849,", scariest movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others .",3 +145861,"Hollywood playas",2 +152881,"acting exercise",2 +182874,"Borrows from other movies",1 +134851,"the audience to buy just",2 +45939,"Keenly",3 +86608,"make you",2 +38748,"the uses and abuses of fame",2 +46240,"Mr . Clooney , Mr . Kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .",2 +19244,"Sex",3 +230498,"embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",2 +101015,"yarns ever",3 +154195,"as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",2 +86805,"marked",2 +15944,"happiest surprise",4 +230190,"did I miss something",1 +152486,"a sour taste in one 's mouth , and",2 +95877,"the highest power",3 +233184,"its tidal wave",3 +192837,"another entry in the sentimental oh-those-wacky-Brits genre that was ushered in by The Full Monty and is still straining to produce another smash hit .",2 +158229,"endorses",3 +76476,"cartoons derived from TV shows",3 +168248,"one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface . That 's a cheat",0 +140821,"you will probably like it .",4 +141880,"( like one of Hubert 's punches )",2 +95250,"the bullets stop flying",2 +197751,"elusive , lovely place",3 +26742,"The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck",2 +55571,"of the film that inspired it",2 +147081,"Lanie 's",2 +48150,"a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and",3 +151280,"a Diesel fix",2 +197788,"emotional tumult",2 +15281,"bored or frustrated",1 +208418,"on an aircraft carrier",2 +67366,"Majid",2 +18100,"with coarseness",1 +214108,"the addition",2 +46864,"Swedish fatalism",2 +199318,"for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation",2 +234780,"or `` suck ''",1 +51875,"found myself",2 +40553,"'s a little bumpy",1 +50064,"cartoonish as the screenplay",2 +138938,"ver un elenco tan compenetrado con",2 +36534,"responsible",3 +45552,"I 've never bought from telemarketers , but",2 +75347,"be white-knuckled and unable to look away",4 +179557,"'s a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",2 +145767,"He was a film director",2 +9673,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes",4 +46002,"Le Besco )",2 +12975,"what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings",2 +72654,"a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge .",3 +30251,"com saudades",2 +58178,"the cuddly Shower",3 +76570,"change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other",2 +236428,"that elusive `` missing thing",2 +104861,"Bring on the sequel",3 +49444,"awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",3 +141649,"'s the kind of movie that makes you want to like it",3 +222057,"A meatier deeper beginning and\/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is , it 's a very very strong `` B + . ''",3 +231202,"given the drive of a narrative",2 +49149,"are due",2 +65996,"His work with actors",2 +87710,"national treasure",3 +115301,"b & w British comedy",2 +234623,"offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",4 +8196,"jesus",2 +100663,"with the right actors and",2 +165345,"low .",2 +27430,"a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report",3 +228616,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved",2 +19902,"and vitality",2 +113867,"an MTV",2 +187065,"Sad nonsense , this . But",1 +73508,"along with his sister , Sofia ,",2 +183178,"Comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .",0 +10745,"sticking out",2 +182959,"Burns ' fifth beer-soaked film",2 +146509,"It 's harmless , diverting fluff . But it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",2 +118920,"egocentricities",1 +47711,"Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack",3 +16618,"moviemaking all the way",3 +230085,"dancing to - West Side Story show tunes",2 +128344,"of Kaufman 's approach",2 +64539,"Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo",2 +93346,"spooky action-packed trash of the highest order",0 +25630,"I have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first",2 +170962,"should have been",1 +110185,"The story plays out slowly ,",1 +162848,"is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven .",2 +54485,"magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length",4 +236875,"the film ... It was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second",1 +115493,"be enjoyed as a daytime soaper",3 +17247,"so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike",1 +158435,"even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich",1 +157114,"dark satire",2 +21239,"little patience for Euro-film pretension",1 +51956,"from the grind to refresh our souls",2 +202601,"is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",1 +59275,"to keep many moviegoers",2 +204056,"it was an honest effort and",2 +114872,"as beautiful , desirable , even delectable ,",4 +204560,"kill Michael Myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies",0 +113446,"advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",3 +130447,"portions",2 +203471,"is still straining to produce another smash",2 +90583,"pre",2 +70242,"This is n't a stand up and cheer flick : it 's a sit down and ponder affair . And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable",3 +176046,"to come by as it used to be",2 +156077,"cash in on the popularity of its stars",2 +31872,"from Elliott 's memoir",2 +75725,"black-and-white inspires",3 +152214,"a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",1 +104018,"A wildly entertaining scan of Evans ' career .",4 +193370,"as a long",2 +238520,"we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",2 +11892,"the st .",2 +198370,"exploiting molestation",2 +49627,"begins on a high note and",3 +114358,"another we",2 +115095,"ask , why should you buy the movie milk when the TV cow is free ?",1 +75327,"be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made",4 +1141,"handle",2 +81398,"gripping and",3 +206463,"more than a stifling morality tale",2 +193713,"at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",2 +61556,"( who is always a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate )",3 +142034,", Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production .",1 +137120,"those living have learned some sort of lesson",2 +228596,"an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out --",2 +34969,"not come readily to mind when considering the world 's best cuisine",1 +235447,"saw how bad this movie was",0 +64050,"Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud",4 +163109,"is n't that funny",1 +187478,"Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours .",1 +142218,", however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . And that leaves a hole in the center of The Salton Sea .",0 +171591,"some of the other dreck",2 +133246,"started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted",2 +229102,"backs",2 +108364,"Pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .",4 +204528,"keeps it fast",2 +234922,"permeates all its aspects -- from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",1 +85921,"less emotionally",2 +136975,"this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental .",2 +150063,"There 's plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes .",1 +209171,"peekaboo clothing",2 +234113,"nice , harmless",3 +215842,"the various Silbersteins",2 +212277,"sources of humor",2 +161193,"hile long",2 +168239,"one pussy-ass world",1 +141623,"'s sort of true",2 +146994,"Kate and Jed",2 +194308,"becomes increasingly implausible as it races",1 +109937,"The lively appeal of The Last Kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy .",4 +89610,"one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible",3 +191023,"a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition",0 +194362,"been lost in the mail",1 +7026,"have been",2 +42249,"its soccer action and",2 +95070,"the Sleeper Movie",2 +69539,"The film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .",4 +114056,"an honest attempt to get at something",3 +67060,"Korean New Wave '",2 +97363,"this bold move works",3 +41042,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious , and",1 +174636,"the repetitive manifestos",2 +36768,"seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death .",3 +3829,"a good-hearted ensemble",3 +16122,"in key roles",2 +79329,"every once",2 +42854,"the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and",3 +124428,"is only surface",2 +208926,"overload",2 +130905,"quiet , patient and tenacious",2 +11986,"the tv-cops comedy",2 +155593,"burning",2 +119148,"enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining",3 +90246,"phenomenal band",3 +228153,"a shifting tone",2 +17047,"real people",2 +80509,"four Englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality",2 +25282,"Fans of Nijinsky",3 +73085,"accurate ? Who cares ? )",2 +194797,"bolder",3 +13875,"At heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance .",4 +155326,"bluescreen",2 +83515,"intimate feeling",3 +211424,"shlockmeister Ed Wood",2 +229988,"could have been worse .",2 +38255,"the five principals",2 +62873,"A compelling pre-WWII drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message .",4 +138624,"underplayed",1 +42493,"pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock",2 +189326,"Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .",0 +231737,"his life , his dignity and",2 +40946,"Hip-hop has a history , and",2 +74497,"art , ethics",2 +75144,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories",3 +200106,"good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess",2 +180828,", more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .",1 +126968,"measured work",2 +27417,"a charitable B-minus",2 +134085,"than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",1 +177116,"underarm",2 +113990,"an emotional tug",2 +78879,"emerges a radiant character portrait .",3 +71843,"a host of splendid performances",4 +25439,"Goyer",2 +161903,"in its plotting",2 +88412,"of an especially well-executed television movie",3 +210546,"ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .",1 +142862,"13 months",2 +119163,"enough sweet and traditional romantic",2 +19462,"a beaut",3 +141252,"'s badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school",0 +51235,"enjoyable and frankly told tale",3 +65200,"Drumline ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",3 +146322,"Includes too much obvious padding .",1 +40172,"with a smart script and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention",3 +233177,"its storytelling prowess and special effects",4 +219599,"winking social commentary",3 +195470,"carefully choreographed atrocities ,",2 +92219,"seesawed",2 +46446,"Orwell",2 +96700,"the size",2 +172744,"than corruscating commentary",3 +5351,"by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",2 +52604,"highly referential",2 +226288,"The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year !",3 +163240,"is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead",3 +118689,"dramatic .",2 +207998,"of sour immortals",2 +104428,"Anton",2 +205029,"like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers",1 +22627,"unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story",3 +191578,"a useless movie",0 +63211,"A moving and weighty depiction of one family",3 +98572,"touching ,",3 +208554,"one 's appetite",2 +36614,"romantic thriller",3 +65362,"Even if you 're an agnostic carnivore , you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",3 +164394,"keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race",2 +92618,"shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .",3 +205999,"meanspirited",2 +212665,"stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .",1 +33522,"is the way it avoids the more serious emotions involved .",1 +85502,"jolted out of their gourd",2 +226198,"The beautiful images and solemn words",3 +179345,"'70s exploitation picture",2 +225833,"So here",2 +198893,"finally seem so impersonal or even shallow",1 +195354,"can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?",1 +221851,"... will always be remembered for the 9-11 terrorist attacks .",2 +236003,"staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby",2 +68449,"Ringu",2 +63602,"A zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded Elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .",4 +67785,"Nelson",2 +68344,"Ratliff 's two previous titles , Plutonium Circus and",2 +129981,"paraphrase a line from another Dickens ' novel",3 +74724,"as it may sound",2 +78602,"drawing me into the picture",2 +133386,"stray barrel",2 +30467,"crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",3 +148520,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M . Night Shyamalan movie , and he frequently maintains the same snail 's pace",1 +53648,"is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .",3 +225071,"Must-see viewing for anyone",4 +48523,"a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations",4 +48210,"a movie is more than a movie . Go .",4 +164055,"its horse tale about freedom",2 +180576,", but through the perverse pleasure of watching Disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel",1 +77446,"could make you weep",1 +208252,"of your local video store for the real deal",2 +78963,"endless trailer",1 +149651,"The only camouflage",2 +78085,"devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",4 +20832,"how to spin a tale and one",2 +49583,"because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity",2 +162304,"intelligent and considered in its details , but",3 +167128,"occasionally fun enough",3 +145784,"Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable",2 +20047,"authors herself as Anna Battista , an Italian superstar and aspiring directress who just happens to be her own worst enemy",2 +183969,"For a movie about the power of poetry and passion",2 +124412,"is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture .",2 +151100,"Yes , you are ,",2 +133579,"such pictures",2 +122590,"hugely entertaining",3 +21407,"nearly everyone",2 +11102,"that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",1 +133248,"started out as a taut contest of wills between Bacon and Theron , deteriorates into a protracted and borderline silly chase sequence",1 +150236,"This is n't just the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby",2 +146201,"If the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God",2 +117818,"cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",2 +237594,"those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic",2 +158461,"even think of staying with this for more than , say , ten ...",2 +156682,"condescending and",1 +123253,"in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",2 +135469,"the good intentions",3 +171556,"some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon",2 +55930,"paranoia , and",1 +195895,"college-friends genre",2 +188161,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances",3 +905,"entertainment",3 +58840,"the way we were ,",2 +15031,"and fun",3 +40036,"who build a seamless ensemble . There is n't a weak or careless performance",3 +190571,"a film so cold and dead",0 +89218,"of your seat a couple of times",2 +41583,"are not",2 +143668,"Although there are several truly jolting scares , there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",2 +160962,"he also contributed to the screenplay --",2 +138738,"unlock",2 +144461,"Cho 's life story , which provided an engrossing dramatic through line",2 +41057,"L'Avventura and",2 +223348,"Feeble",0 +107351,"Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and",3 +211439,"shooting schedule",2 +51397,"except that",2 +162846,"is courageous ,",3 +10916,"symbols",2 +14500,"The invincible Werner Herzog is alive and well and living in LA",3 +219226,"whether compromise is the death of self ... this Orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people",0 +122686,"if considerably less ambitious ,",1 +53253,"is Undercover Brother",2 +88836,"of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",3 +186083,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and",1 +139859,"wildly erratic drama",2 +25035,"Crackerjack entertainment",2 +31100,"engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",3 +181934,"A quaint ,",3 +238542,"weird amalgam",1 +100063,"who are n't part of its supposed target audience .",2 +210518,"reveals the true intent of her film",2 +5638,"come out of national lampoon since class reunion",2 +43583,", from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",2 +154305,"asking too much",1 +226041,"Taken purely as an exercise in style , this oppressively gloomy techno-horror clambake is impossible to ignore .",2 +170296,"sadly unrealized",1 +167551,"of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",1 +200832,"have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways",2 +155269,"bizarre , funny , tragic -",3 +170430,"schlock merchant",2 +190572,"a film so graceless and devoid",1 +107361,"Kurys never shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , Sand and Musset are worth particular attention .",2 +86870,"matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop",2 +30116,"charming , quirky and leisurely paced Scottish comedy",3 +82397,"holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",3 +83055,"in such a gloriously goofy way",3 +221420,", it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",2 +161801,"in a screenplay",2 +208869,"outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks",1 +198494,"falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in",2 +151781,"a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts",1 +23362,", acidic Brit comedy .",2 +134901,"the best Star Trek movie in a long time",4 +20176,"but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .",4 +214570,"the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",1 +221408,", it 's just another sports drama\/character study .",1 +163652,"it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre",1 +101829,"'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful whatsoever .",0 +14489,"The animated subplot keenly depicts the inner struggles of our adolescent heroes - insecure , uncontrolled , and intense .",3 +211344,"shake up the mix",2 +76668,"chilling advantage",3 +234735,"one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",4 +91960,"scathing and",2 +69619,"The fun of the movie",3 +29957,"by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",3 +149453,"The furious coherence that ( DeNiro ) brings to this part only underscores the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself , which feels , as it plods toward the end , less like a movie than like the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing .",1 +123897,"is amiss in the world .",1 +90461,"political intrigue",2 +192149,"all end in someone screaming",1 +189864,"Wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited .",2 +144301,"Busy",2 +226912,"Viewers of `` The Ring '' are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes .",2 +164935,"like an impostor",1 +232159,"into a dire drama partway",2 +106664,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +176784,"trails",3 +106513,"I say",2 +103145,". It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries . There 's a sheer unbridled delight in the way the story unfurls ...",3 +132318,"shootings , beatings , and more cussing",2 +55340,"of early Italian neorealism",2 +137311,"to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable",1 +184464,"Hollywood star",2 +40953,"Huppert and",2 +216136,"there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",1 +7789,"is still pretty darned good",4 +162293,"intellectual entertainment",3 +37499,"surely no classic , like the novel upon which it is based",1 +24316,"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises",3 +60100,"when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story ,",2 +132482,"silly original cartoon",2 +2481,"tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",1 +128640,"of ensemble cast romances recently",2 +196701,"delay",2 +10997,"tendency",3 +79751,"feel help",2 +98366,"to the film 's music",3 +99330,"very charming and funny",4 +98492,"tonal",2 +48400,"a strong impression",3 +16291,"is the song itself",2 +163421,"is that if the concept is a poor one , there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 +153914,"are nowhere near gripping enough .",1 +100178,"whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting French malapropisms",2 +162249,"inspire the young people",3 +168408,"other than their funny accents )",2 +189025,"This is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` Why ? '",0 +138526,"un elenco tan compenetrado con",2 +104449,"Arliss Howard 's",2 +166368,"mount a conspicuous effort",2 +65758,"German occupation",2 +3118,"when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey",2 +40474,"you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",2 +128340,"of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball",2 +112323,"a model of menacing atmosphere",2 +101292,"zings along",2 +234254,"of Action Man cliché atop wooden dialogue",1 +165350,"low-budget hybrid",1 +211074,"seems as safe as a children 's film . Well ,",2 +209861,"provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience",3 +10176,"riveting memories",3 +198177,"every family",3 +12100,"they film performances",2 +224275,"It collapses when Mr. Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",1 +36573,"ridiculousness",1 +173146,"that nobody treats him human enough",2 +176226,"to keep the story compelling",2 +189900,"Yes they can swim , the title is merely Anne-Sophie Birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through .",2 +102281,", I was entranced .",4 +129708,"orbit",2 +19435,"Willis 's world-weary colonel",2 +177854,"weird and distanced",1 +14822,"a roller-coaster",2 +177966,"what experiences you bring to it",2 +187293,"Shum 's good intentions",2 +162421,"into the future",2 +28578,"and disgusted with this material",1 +89989,"ownership",2 +7652,"is a good film",4 +122801,"imperfect , love-hate",2 +208578,"one decent performance",3 +223648,"High on melodrama",1 +183313,"DeNiro belt",2 +29860,"but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",2 +218572,"visual and verbal clichés",1 +222885,"Calvin Jr. 's",2 +92028,"script and execution",2 +131187,"reduce Blake 's philosophy",2 +233390,"life is too short",2 +112583,"a realistic atmosphere that involves us in the unfolding crisis",3 +70274,"This may be Dover Kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic .",2 +11961,"the teens '",2 +225968,"Steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges : it 's so clever you want to hate it .",3 +41660,"both De Niro and",2 +32749,"if ultimately not quite satisfying",1 +134520,"that puts",2 +58360,"the group 's playful spark of nonconformity",3 +178413,"wilts",1 +71270,"a bad choice",2 +202088,"in this wildly uneven movie",1 +149606,"The movie is too cute to take itself too seriously ,",1 +77324,"contrasting",2 +49674,"best European directors",3 +192952,"anyone would really buy this stuff",2 +208098,"of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls",2 +89501,"on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity --",2 +1524,"joke",1 +236256,"tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast",2 +220622,"'re burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",1 +81767,"has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) - with nothing but net",3 +147593,"My reaction in a word : disappointment .",0 +209116,"passatempo",2 +173729,"the director 's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac",2 +221106,"( or threatened )",2 +179910,"'s not too offensive .",2 +35943,"peep show",2 +183255,"DOA dud",0 +92887,"smart little indie .",3 +84880,"it 's based",2 +126154,"liked a lot of the smaller scenes",3 +132787,"so sloppy , so uneven",0 +33573,"it 's also full of sharp , smart satire .",4 +145564,"Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that",3 +194383,"been sacrificed for skin",1 +130742,"proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .",3 +48085,"a great movie",4 +25620,"I complain all the time about seeing the same ideas repeated in films over and over again , but The Bourne Identity proves that a fresh take is always possible .",4 +182245,"All the small moments and flashbacks",3 +46841,"Strip it",2 +31772,"for mercy",1 +96324,"the overall experience is awesome",4 +148763,"Sometimes smart but more often sophomoric .",2 +52845,"immigrant",2 +172804,"than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York )",2 +38094,"the contacts",2 +165902,"might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments .",1 +153421,"an inkling",2 +216666,"through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy",1 +187939,"The animation and backdrops",2 +215079,"the most part a useless movie , even with",0 +148023,"Part comedy",2 +118064,"depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",2 +238547,"well worth the time .",4 +191468,"a tad less for grit and a lot more",2 +70258,"This is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .",4 +130190,"philosophers , not",1 +95105,"the actresses",2 +79597,"falling over",2 +55230,"of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists",3 +38699,"the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",4 +225604,"Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage .",1 +38951,"this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work , dancing and music .",4 +141648,"'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that .",1 +225060,"Much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...",3 +59329,"to say about growing up Catholic or , really , anything",2 +232037,"in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk",3 +168614,"packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .",2 +126932,"me on The Santa Clause 2",2 +124064,"is funny , scary and sad .",3 +179006,"wrote Patch Adams , for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me",0 +99597,"warmth to go around , with music and laughter",3 +111239,"Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . But",3 +37505,"surprised me how much pleasure I had watching McGrath 's version .",4 +53894,"its borders",2 +47968,"a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience",3 +48940,"an extraordinary piece",4 +132797,"so tedious it makes the silly spy",2 +69476,"The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed",3 +38666,"the spice",2 +87450,"most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",0 +11287,"the dialogue and drama",2 +33845,"its serious sense",2 +161480,"how many times",2 +175100,"their high heels",3 +153250,"amiable monkeys",2 +4862,"as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is",2 +193274,"arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",0 +199724,"gags to break the tedium",1 +139049,"view ,",2 +90626,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and",2 +54231,"light modern day family parable",3 +153110,"all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors",1 +155415,"both the movie",2 +38639,"the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential",2 +27855,"a stellar performance by Al Pacino",4 +175804,"to Be One of Us",2 +64532,"Bubble",2 +25822,"Jackie )",2 +111102,"While Solondz tries and tries hard , Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",1 +129462,"on the skinny side",2 +192527,"an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",3 +177466,"vibes",2 +218141,"underscoring the obvious",2 +164011,"its complete and utter lack",0 +144299,"Burr",2 +125855,"learn a thing",2 +127510,"mostly boring affair",1 +155470,"breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn",1 +125955,"lies ... footage that might have made No Such Thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .",1 +168016,"old-fashioned , occasionally charming",3 +77559,"creative film",3 +191757,"about nothing delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",1 +152977,"affected",2 +58315,"the film operates nicely off the element of surprise",4 +221117,") debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",1 +230727,"fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved",2 +993,"finish",2 +80105,"flaws Igby Goes Down may possess",2 +127532,"motivated by something",2 +152629,"a travesty of the genre and",2 +78053,"despicable characters",1 +27398,"a bright future",4 +164317,"just graduated from elementary school",2 +17572,"the insight and honesty",3 +86639,"makes it a failure as straight drama .",1 +72297,"a ripper of a yarn and",3 +212008,"so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it",1 +126215,"little ditty",2 +136470,"the type of stunt",2 +172302,"sulking , moody male hustler",2 +161038,"heartless",2 +170810,"shaky foundation",2 +79147,"entwined",2 +60364,"with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after Greene 's story ends",2 +89451,"on teen comedy",2 +33020,"increasing weariness",2 +55417,"of its repartee",2 +83404,"insider movie",2 +179700,"'s difficult for a longtime admirer of his work",2 +36197,"promotes understanding",3 +135150,"the emotional realities",2 +65323,"Entirely",2 +111976,"a funny person",2 +91198,"real thematic heft",2 +121630,"hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy",1 +167534,"of ineptitudes",2 +79314,"ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera",2 +16386,"its magic in other parts of the world",3 +150135,"These spiders can outrun a motorcycle and wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds , but they fall short of being interesting or entertaining",1 +6144,"efficient ,",3 +140021,"with 94 minutes",2 +44822,"By not averting his eyes , Solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable .",3 +57717,"that ,",2 +132481,"silly hack-and-slash flick",2 +115186,"at morally bankrupt characters",2 +131777,"say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets . Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",0 +211860,"smash its face in",1 +134058,"than awe",3 +64672,"Charles Dickens",2 +168226,"one of the most repellent things",1 +171285,"slightly bored",1 +51990,"fun to watch",3 +78941,"encourage us to see Samira Makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",2 +217247,"to pilot",2 +177168,"unessential",1 +111648,"a classical dramatic animated feature",3 +232931,"it 's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation .",3 +61631,", I 'll admit it ,",2 +26884,"The performances take the movie to a higher level .",4 +88467,"of cerebral and cinemantic flair",4 +175148,"then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion",2 +12284,"tired",1 +213279,"tells its story in a flat manner and",2 +83478,"interested in asking questions",2 +106538,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but I laughed so much that I did n't mind .",2 +139143,"walk into the nightmare of war",2 +69393,"The asylum material",2 +20081,"be interesting to hear from the other side",2 +3649,"a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",1 +32252,"handsome",2 +5115,"best and",4 +187526,"Squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , Burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare .",1 +15818,"for the American people",2 +84270,"is gripping , as are the scenes of Jia with his family",4 +171607,"some script weaknesses and",1 +1471,"it gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good",3 +187387,"So exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming .",1 +180634,", female and single",2 +51251,"enough romance",2 +228797,"are frequently more fascinating than the results .",2 +127802,"nearly as funny",2 +221746,"-- full of life and small delights --",3 +136816,"they were coming back from Stock Character camp",2 +185787,"Like most of Jaglom 's films",2 +17801,"to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",2 +58035,"the balance between the fantastic and the believable",3 +149779,"The production values are up there",2 +226714,"This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted",1 +19110,"Mr . Parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom .",4 +201832,"in biography but in hero worship",2 +202484,"irritating ( at least to this Western ear ) ,",0 +20709,"happily ,",3 +110579,"Those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary",3 +86900,"may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",3 +180112,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while , and",1 +125360,"its sensitive acting",2 +109607,"The best part about '' Gangs '' was Daniel Day-Lewis .",2 +196025,"coming to terms with death",2 +42460,"play out as a clever , charming tale",3 +176749,"totally formulaic movie",1 +217060,"to give it thumbs down",0 +108333,"Paxton ,",2 +14468,"Swimming",2 +117266,"comforting fantasies about mental illness",2 +222762,"But it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre .",0 +112000,"a genteel , prep-school quality",2 +179413,"'m not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on Johnny Knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",1 +6207,"energizes it",3 +105390,"Despite some visual virtues",2 +134102,"than our lesser appetites",2 +139555,"what it wants to be when it grows up",2 +101799,"'s not enough substance in the story to actually give them life",1 +146718,"It made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen .",1 +134778,"the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",2 +91308,"recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it",3 +225528,"Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut",2 +123211,"in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",3 +92185,"seen it all before in one form or another",1 +74224,"appealing enough",3 +113638,"all the dramatic weight",1 +26839,"The inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .",4 +66338,"In Auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance",3 +10435,"shows moments of promise",2 +102734,", namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",2 +76410,"capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances",3 +21428,"no scene that screams '' bathroom break",3 +7401,"in a coma",1 +8689,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date .",4 +155775,"by some way",2 +115120,"assignment",2 +40297,"within one family test boundaries",2 +73572,"ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance",2 +74606,"as a romantic comedy",2 +124168,"is its Tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .",2 +233133,"its conclusion ,",2 +182641,"At once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",1 +159741,"from so many literary and cinematic sources that this future world feels absolutely deja vu",2 +164747,"less chemistry",2 +189655,"Where their heads were",1 +33022,"increasingly unsettling",2 +225280,"Often hilarious .",3 +153143,"all the usual ground",3 +168677,"part farce , part Sliding Doors , part pop video --",2 +158166,"embarrassingly ham-fisted",1 +63336,"A rock-solid gangster movie with a fair amount of suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics .",3 +112547,"a promise nor a threat so much",2 +139091,"visually graceful",4 +32515,"hippies",2 +74916,"at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices",2 +181262,". Shu",2 +151919,"a kids '",2 +236573,"that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical",2 +238579,"what ?!?",1 +182747,"Been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called The Professional",1 +142917,"4Ever is harmless in the extreme and",2 +14109,"IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",4 +107479,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure",2 +190849,"a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days",1 +74632,"as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it",3 +82195,"him any less psycho",2 +3646,"a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",1 +205363,"looking for a common through-line",2 +44467,"An effectively creepy ,",3 +40685,"A pleasurably jacked-up piece of action moviemaking",4 +147548,"Muccino 's",2 +45559,"I ca n't say it 's on par with the first one",1 +222671,"Brian De Palma 's Scarface",2 +133299,"still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",1 +192278,"allow an earnest moment",2 +109400,"The 3-D vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe ,",3 +195902,"combined scenes of a Japanese monster flick with canned shots of Raymond Burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction",1 +72972,"about scares",2 +69502,"The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear .",3 +205542,"lush and inventive",4 +124573,"is spot on",3 +180599,", despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",1 +233789,"may not be history -- but then again",2 +90986,"questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .",1 +123333,"indisputably spooky film",2 +66529,"It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts )",3 +184176,"Go for La Salle 's performance , and make",2 +150646,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in '' Stuart Little 2 '' :",2 +29290,"at long last gives its subject a movie worthy of his talents",4 +26160,"Napoleon 's journey is interesting",4 +182405,"An excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability",1 +232645,"is not a movie about fetishism",2 +12579,"true and",3 +86818,"marry science fiction",2 +229264,"become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as Brother-Man vs. The Man .",2 +151166,"Zaidan",2 +121244,"go your emotions",2 +54430,"low-budget film noir movie",1 +82399,"holds up well after two decades",3 +123766,"is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is",3 +236525,"that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler '' PG-13 rating",1 +48423,"a tarantula",2 +41830,"draws us",2 +216940,"to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people",2 +164849,"likable performances",3 +11273,"the cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama",1 +85132,"it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable",3 +127723,"myopic mystery",2 +66809,"Its flame-like",2 +199388,"for war",2 +232369,"is a whole lot of fun",4 +164576,"larger point",2 +182134,"Abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .",0 +51117,"element",2 +49254,"as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",3 +165112,"little to disguise the fact that the characters barely move",1 +149480,"The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable , but",3 +92969,"so many other Hollywood movies of its ilk",2 +18514,"-- and an album",2 +224390,"It squanders Chan 's uniqueness : it could even be said to squander Jennifer Love Hewitt",2 +126122,"like one of ( Spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",0 +23162,"'s rather like a Lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable .",2 +215699,"the storytelling and",3 +141992,", I feel sorry for Madonna .",1 +92915,"smug or sanctimonious",1 +80840,"future years as an eloquent memorial",3 +123802,"is a pleasant enough dish",3 +129816,"outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! )",1 +13824,"A well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .",4 +114724,"argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish",1 +147632,"Needless to say , the dramatics that follow are utter hooey .",0 +197757,"emailed",2 +94562,"that at the very least",2 +119398,"every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do",4 +137252,"tie together beautifully",4 +159430,"for horror movie fanatics",3 +161270,"his games of hide-and-seek",2 +7409,"in a standard plot",1 +82085,"her Friends image",2 +191151,"a purpose",2 +118427,"do more than",2 +129913,"own existence",2 +70766,"Were",2 +193970,"bait-and-switch",2 +11020,"than another platter of reheated aliens",1 +219770,"with longer exposition sequences between them",2 +47638,"Wilco fans will have a great time , and",3 +3876,"a haunted house ,",1 +211065,"seeming like 800",2 +230426,"drives this movie",3 +153481,"an overbearing series of third-act crescendos",2 +55958,"pay the full ticket price to see '' Simone ,",2 +7679,"is above all about a young woman 's face",3 +55070,"nicely understated expression",3 +17845,"to the movies",2 +124208,"is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .",1 +172331,"supposed to be a comedy",1 +153612,"anemic and formulaic",1 +75895,"boxes these women 's souls right open for us .",3 +218964,"wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers",2 +73105,"achronological vignettes",2 +187617,"Such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but Kaufman and Gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .",1 +225431,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .",4 +160233,"golf clubs",2 +225506,"Prepare to marvel again .",3 +142903,"3000 video",2 +156945,"crass and forgettable",1 +111478,"a GUN .",2 +214559,"the filling",3 +227574,"`` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",2 +115868,"benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants",2 +32613,"hoary plot",1 +129124,"of the terrorist attacks",2 +201504,"identity and heritage",2 +2723,"the sloppy slapstick comedy",2 +30896,"do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",2 +211325,"several scenes run",2 +177388,"values are up there",2 +50016,"can not",2 +16606,"mostly little-known",2 +184370,"Hell is ) looking down at your watch and realizing Serving Sara is n't even halfway through .",1 +16461,"like to go to the movies to have fun",2 +52151,"giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating",2 +147141,"Let 's hope -- shall we ? -- that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly '' inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen .",1 +131905,"see Piscopo again after all these years",2 +227295,"You have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting",3 +180866,", over-the-top coda",2 +227447,"`` Brown Sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film .",3 +116433,"by movie 's end",2 +220573,"'ll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair",0 +74753,"as possibly the best actor working in movies today",4 +90217,"perkiness",2 +111579,"a brand-new",2 +198888,"final third",3 +130709,"promised",2 +179720,"'s easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",1 +85444,"its tucked away",2 +30909,"does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth",4 +200588,"has much to learn",1 +112039,"a good line in charm",3 +180134,"( Denis ' ) bare-bones narrative",2 +41853,"enough science to make it count as educational ,",3 +220801,"'s emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",3 +237597,"those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels",2 +123584,"into the Exxon zone",2 +36285,"quietly reflective",3 +30618,"deceitful",0 +197723,"either moderately amusing or",3 +188405,"The movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film",1 +23404,", and human beings ,",2 +182934,"Broomfield dresses it up",3 +161398,"home on the small screen",1 +180691,", inconsistent , dishonest",0 +19527,"a look",2 +99314,"vent",2 +29600,"big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",3 +154709,"be cruelly tormented",0 +24296,"A charming romantic comedy that",3 +216577,"thought he need only cast himself",2 +225192,"Not even Solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it .",1 +118729,"drifts",2 +61593,", Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .",3 +110749,"Treasure Planet rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage .",4 +160274,"good stuff",3 +144313,"But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",1 +53613,"is sentimental but feels free to offend ,",2 +159327,"for '' Bad Company",2 +65310,"Enigma ' is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers . '",3 +194940,"breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .",2 +28222,"allow it in",2 +43401,"( Election )",2 +10634,"somewhere between",2 +154156,"as divided",2 +219982,"worked a lot better had it been a short film",2 +2031,"pg-rated",2 +8069,"its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",1 +117176,"come a-knocking",2 +106078,"Grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . The little girls understand , and",2 +71657,"a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography",3 +196418,"creative storytelling",4 +163942,"it wants to be",3 +235294,"relative letdown .",0 +238631,"when dramatic things happen to people",2 +183308,"DeMeo is not without talent : he just needs better material .",2 +117434,"conservative Christian parents and",3 +30066,"cautionary",2 +174948,"the ugly",1 +104529,"Ash",2 +74319,"are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .",3 +136802,"they live together",2 +56079,"plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .",3 +41031,"It wo n't bust your gut -- and it 's not intended to --",3 +205923,"may be to believe",2 +116678,"captures a life interestingly lived",3 +115607,"be too crazy with his great-grandson 's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way",2 +162536,"is -- forgive me -- a little thin",2 +8956,"must have been for them to make it",2 +100100,"who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",3 +10365,"selling",2 +148008,"Pap",2 +225439,"Personal Velocity has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness ,",1 +24252,": others need not necessarily apply .",2 +95922,"the importance of those moments",2 +80051,"flakeball",1 +91567,"restraint and",2 +144693,"Dante 's",2 +65277,"Either",2 +61999,", it 's a movie that gets under your skin",2 +71780,"a guilty-pleasure ,",3 +203335,"is pretty landbound",2 +229051,"at our age",2 +684,"certain",3 +50184,"cinematically",2 +80447,"forgettable .",0 +216768,"to '' Tonight",2 +9282,"of hugh grant and sandra bullock",2 +218486,"very obviously",2 +220840,"'s harmless ,",2 +132668,"smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still",3 +148932,"Suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but",2 +1667,"mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes",2 +53274,"is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .",3 +150184,"This film , starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock ,",2 +40337,"work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind .",4 +24765,"Auto Focus",2 +67368,"Majidi 's direction",2 +25225,"Engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying .",2 +197042,"directs an equally miserable film the following year",0 +150428,"Too bland and fustily tasteful",2 +42342,"making his first opera-to-film translation",2 +204522,"keeping themselves kicking",3 +116493,"ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era",2 +31350,"exists for its soccer action and its fine acting",4 +104978,"Can I",2 +97371,"this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon",3 +105557,"Duvall 's throbbing sincerity",3 +47113,"The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .",4 +201772,"in a barrage of hype",2 +227043,"What `` Empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .",3 +36128,"precise and moving",3 +40354,"works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism .",3 +104488,"As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .",0 +55046,"never game his victims",2 +227972,"a joyous occasion",4 +112524,"a pretty good overall picture",4 +201502,"ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger )",1 +55234,"of New York",2 +195440,"captive by mediocrity . Not bad",3 +148528,"Shaky close-ups",2 +202451,"intriguing curiosity",3 +67395,"Manhattan 's architecture",2 +92979,"so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",1 +73013,"about their lives",2 +60509,"wry understanding",3 +156592,"coming together",2 +203714,"issues '",1 +173190,"that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",1 +54773,"modern day family parable",3 +213304,"tepid and choppy recycling",1 +215148,"the movie is powerful and provocative",4 +62026,", it comes to life in the performances .",3 +79269,"even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another",3 +141174,"'s about as exciting as a sunburn",1 +238876,"with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",2 +177869,"well .",2 +224871,"Mr. Chabrol 's subtlest works",3 +140527,"would be over in five minutes but instead the plot",0 +110851,"Van Wilder may not be the worst National Lampoon film",2 +64350,"Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",3 +138293,"treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate",3 +5682,"complicated",2 +100044,"white parents",2 +213299,"tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge",3 +120761,"from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way",4 +118720,"dream image",2 +201678,"implausible as it",2 +215724,"the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",1 +19972,"arousing",3 +144887,"Discovery Channel",2 +123322,"indie of the year ,",3 +13811,"A taut , intelligent psychological drama .",4 +71,"( shyamalan ) turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count",3 +150671,"Vittorio De Sica proud",2 +109494,"The Sum",2 +54232,"lighter",3 +23227,"( Gai ) comes closer to any actress I can remember to personifying independence in its purest and , yes , most intimidating form .",3 +33388,"is in depicting child abuse",2 +97140,"their own rhythm",3 +5787,"craziness",1 +64588,"C'mon",2 +153629,"another anemic and formulaic Lethal Weapon-derived buddy-cop movie",1 +59865,"via Kirsten Dunst 's remarkable performance , he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",3 +171946,"stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters",3 +15159,"as something rare",3 +225615,"Rewarding",3 +66782,"It was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo .",3 +51871,"found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .",3 +116164,"brain strain",1 +160066,"getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",1 +89392,"on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants ,",2 +187202,"Sept . 11",2 +143090,"A fascinating but choppy documentary",3 +19759,"an impossible romance",2 +42013,"gone civil",2 +32737,"if it was made without much thought",1 +75949,"bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie",3 +200628,"has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",1 +30428,"could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality",2 +222409,"Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .",1 +197896,"enjoyable level",3 +220769,"'s as good as you remember",3 +63320,"A respectable venture on its own terms",3 +49935,"by a comically adept ensemble",3 +189790,"With lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- Max is static , stilted .",2 +94070,"synergistic impulse",2 +114409,"any less enjoyable",1 +60949,"'s apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies",4 +185823,"Linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '",2 +68701,"Sensitive ensemble performances",3 +62974,"A fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man .",3 +6954,"happening",2 +173022,"that has no interest in itself",1 +141749,"( A ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment .",0 +200804,"have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster",2 +193059,"are clinically depressed",1 +229540,"buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G.I. Jane",2 +149114,"The Longest Yard '' playbook",2 +215383,"the point of ridiculousness",0 +103793,"A poorly scripted , preachy fable",1 +134050,"than an hour",2 +137028,"this queen a thoroughly modern maiden",2 +6722,"fuse",2 +119537,"expiration",2 +16965,"pleasant enough movie",3 +20363,"descent",2 +132142,"serve the work",2 +124477,"is revealing",2 +191011,"a movie with no reason for being",0 +228494,"always very colorful",3 +74251,"approach to the workplace",2 +94363,"than I had with most of the big summer movies",2 +17943,"uphill battle",2 +127303,"more feral in this film",2 +84675,"is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .",4 +171117,"since Freddy Got Fingered",1 +226098,"The Château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .",1 +88983,"of the clients",3 +220444,"É um passatempo descompromissado",2 +130716,"propaganda machine",2 +195271,"ca n't really call it",2 +14045,"George",2 +112758,"a speed",2 +139762,"who inspired it",2 +27931,"a very lucky filmmaker the day",3 +233040,"it is as a cross between Paul Thomas Anderson 's Magnolia and David Lynch 's Mulholland Dr.",2 +41854,"enough science to make it count as educational , and",3 +118587,"does strong , measured work .",3 +214783,"the highly predictable narrative falls short",1 +168030,"on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers",2 +88220,"of James Dean",2 +11712,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little",1 +55169,"occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment",3 +134265,"that can be found in Dragonfly",2 +101304,"& w British comedy",2 +7303,"if high crimes were any more generic it",1 +232595,"is n't that Stealing Harvard is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure",1 +173303,"the '' XXX",2 +11541,"the kathie lee gifford of film directors",1 +154000,"aristocrat",2 +11870,"the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor",4 +8496,"lilia 's",2 +16654,"new environment",2 +145029,"Easter-egg-colored",2 +91230,"really , really good things",3 +22455,"though still positive ,",3 +117294,"commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded",2 +139947,"will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .",3 +18431,", its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",4 +41410,"You would n't call The Good Girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) ,",1 +82350,"historical context",2 +216023,"their luster",3 +197862,"ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors",1 +24363,"A historical epic",3 +55655,"of who did what to whom and why",2 +81163,"go back",2 +119881,"feel-good sentiments",3 +125631,"know nothing about the subject",2 +21842,"relatively sincere",3 +14827,"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than '' Memento ''",4 +73390,"all but guaranteed",2 +87554,"movies about their lives",2 +66610,"It 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie . You feel good ,",3 +66303,"If you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work . Much of it is funny ,",4 +127567,"movie landscape",2 +49033,"and civic virtues",2 +2730,"the sort",2 +146416,"It 's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense .",1 +140799,"you see because the theater",2 +11806,"the recent",2 +32686,"human foibles",2 +8437,"lightness",2 +114200,"and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",3 +155396,"boring and sad",1 +206261,"misuse",1 +3085,"weird performances",2 +24728,"As surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph",4 +148659,"Snake ''",2 +63035,"A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres --",4 +9115,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting ,",3 +55581,"of the humanizing of one woman",2 +113946,"an ambition to say something about its subjects ,",2 +189318,"UHF channel",2 +46327,"Niro and Crystal",2 +202064,"in the way that Malkovich was",2 +15438,"coloring rather than substance",2 +235289,"rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept. 11",2 +60279,"wind up",2 +101184,"you thought would leave you",3 +238245,"unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out",1 +99738,"we see",2 +189872,"Writer-director Ritchie reduces Wertmuller 's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon .",1 +11573,"the lion",2 +207554,"of a new teen-targeted action TV series",3 +72295,"a ripper",2 +221950,"A case in point :",2 +228249,"a whole lot of fun",4 +183717,"Essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality",2 +208091,"of the intrigue from the TV series",2 +80552,"frighten",2 +150257,"This is the type of movie best enjoyed by frat boys and college kids while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another .",1 +175136,"thematic ironies",2 +39208,"to his characters",2 +112514,"a premise",2 +65365,"Even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",2 +3041,"video",2 +233470,"lingual and",2 +98213,"to old Tori Amos records",2 +167353,"of an unedited personal journal",2 +75770,"blues and",2 +8554,"loses",1 +201672,"impenetrable and insufferable ball",0 +131281,"rely",2 +197721,"either funny or scary",2 +197300,"does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen",0 +142738,". I .",2 +185303,"It just goes to show",2 +150370,"Thought",2 +188680,"The slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat",0 +230844,"first-time director Kevin Donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of Chan",3 +53300,"is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie",4 +190629,"a funny moment",3 +233109,"it would be easy for critics to shred it",0 +190524,"a few chuckles",2 +95397,"the creepy crawlies",2 +226967,"Watching `` Ending ''",2 +10109,"reno 's immense wit and",3 +238847,"with `` The Bourne Identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .",3 +239219,"your particular area of interest",2 +184247,"Gregory",2 +225783,"Shrewd but pointless .",1 +13968,"Director",2 +69062,"Surprisingly",2 +91318,"recording truth",2 +159064,"fiftysomething",2 +17507,"the clichés",1 +223819,"I have to admit I walked out of Runteldat .",0 +237413,"there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",3 +123105,"in such a bizarre way",2 +139681,"while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death",1 +130511,"powerful emotional wallop",4 +8043,"its electronic expression",2 +105525,"Dragon ''",2 +127950,"niche hit",2 +231611,"having an old friend",3 +91982,"school-age",2 +109740,"The end result",2 +144697,"Daphne",2 +88725,"of liberalism",2 +24432,"A rarity among recent Iranian films : It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight .",4 +156500,"college-spawned ( Colgate U . )",2 +30766,"dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming",2 +141241,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this",0 +65749,"George Ratliff",2 +23447,", anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love",3 +182300,"American action-adventure buffs",3 +1505,"its lan , humor ,",2 +148766,"Sorority Boys ,",2 +25425,"Goldie Hawn",3 +54490,"mainly nonprofessional",2 +166385,"movie anything",2 +38369,"the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides",4 +239018,"would have easily tipped this film into the `` A '' range , as is",3 +213116,"taken from a distance",2 +215010,"the match",2 +227683,"`` men in a sardine can '' warped",1 +142833,"00",1 +152128,"a movie that might have been titled ` The Loud and the Ludicrous '",0 +186604,"Opera on film",2 +219164,"when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",1 +236477,"that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .",1 +140701,"you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing",3 +6153,"either cracking up or throwing up",2 +131598,"robotic sentiment",2 +161418,"hopelessly monotonous",0 +178405,"will suspect",2 +30841,"displayed",2 +77131,"computer industry",2 +165751,"may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",1 +195574,"chances that are bold by studio standards",2 +71819,"a highly gifted 12-year-old",3 +210233,"reasonably intelligent person to get through The Country Bears",2 +206565,"motionless characters",1 +89304,"often watchable , though goofy and lurid ,",3 +62544,"... Despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race",3 +156903,"could use a little American Pie-like irreverence",2 +29814,"but his subjects are charmers .",3 +116274,"buck or so",2 +217969,"twice removed",3 +191894,"acted -- and far less crass -",2 +65593,"For most of its footage",2 +64126,"Astonishing ...",3 +217802,"tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and",1 +52609,"highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie",4 +36639,"sadistic",1 +54772,"modern condition",2 +36095,"possible futures",2 +235086,"protecting her cub , and",2 +5075,"beck 's next",2 +187732,"That frenetic spectacle",2 +174054,"the guts to confront it",2 +101272,"your toes",2 +76202,"by quickly",2 +23063,"'s a pleasure to see Seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and Colin Quinn",3 +113770,"also smacks of revelation",2 +28724,"and obvious",2 +99673,"watches his own appearance on Letterman with a clinical eye",1 +96150,"the monsters we make , and the vengeance they",2 +116391,"by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",1 +182261,"Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself",1 +75870,"bound",3 +85056,"it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",3 +94951,"that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck",2 +206324,"moral dilemma",2 +199967,"gives out",3 +16284,"is still intact",2 +31280,"ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives",3 +70062,"There 's",2 +179163,"you simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant",2 +3336,"'s likely very",2 +91882,"salute writer-director Haneke",3 +132184,"sets out with no pretensions and",2 +69922,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble",3 +107631,"Maryam is a small film ,",2 +63796,"American musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",3 +15156,"as many misses as hits",2 +146149,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over",2 +23868,", speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",4 +68720,"Shakespeare 's better known tragedies",3 +140795,"you places you have n't been , and also places you have",2 +195346,"can analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down .",0 +134718,"the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker",2 +54136,"lacks in general focus",1 +18807,"Dangerous Mind",2 +49025,"and , more specifically , behind the camera",2 +125327,"its own languorous charm",3 +85083,"it lets the pictures do the punching",2 +197161,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes ,",2 +60597,"young , Black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",3 +153954,"are sure to be entertained",3 +233670,"makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",1 +131165,"recyclable",2 +89368,"on a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level",2 +66897,"Jeff Foxworthy 's stand-up act",2 +171131,"singing - and dancing to - West Side Story show tunes .",2 +164540,"lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .",1 +3417,"( or preteen )",2 +154015,"arrive in September",2 +86580,"make the case the Kissinger should be tried as a war criminal",2 +120979,"generate suspense",3 +139307,"watch the film twice or",2 +3877,"a haunted house , a haunted ship",2 +64976,"Deepa Mehta",2 +73291,"afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket",3 +13650,", the movie works .",3 +118166,"devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity",3 +48616,"achieves its main strategic objective",3 +23920,", the startling optimism ,",3 +104146,"All the movie 's narrative gymnastics",2 +214105,"the actresses in the lead roles",2 +24598,"American feature debut",2 +191356,"a smoother , more focused narrative",2 +212526,"states",2 +32520,"his affection",2 +185086,"It 's clear why Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on MGM 's shelf .",1 +224835,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : `` Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .",3 +166024,"misguided , and ill-informed , if",1 +73232,"admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint .",4 +177538,"vomit bath",1 +203383,"is schematic and obvious .",1 +92612,"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams",1 +167113,"obvious or simplistic",1 +13075,"wild",2 +151999,"a lot less sensational",1 +90539,"post 9-11 period",2 +126313,"look down on their working-class subjects",2 +21775,"produced and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",2 +186371,"No big whoop , nothing new to see",1 +29057,"are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone",3 +214193,"the big build-up",2 +164100,"its own depiction",2 +184145,"Gilmore",2 +192016,"adventues",2 +113338,"action-adventure",2 +43257,"'s great cinematic polemic",3 +68212,"Pierce",2 +98565,"touch you",2 +232690,"is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .",4 +218389,"utterly painful to watch",0 +231878,"if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation",2 +223373,"First-time director João Pedro Rodrigues ' unwillingness to define his hero 's background or motivations",1 +50654,"de que entretiene",2 +119647,"fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .",0 +4692,"an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back",3 +129924,"own minority report",2 +8163,"jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting .",1 +52284,"grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of American society in an unnerving way",3 +18935,"Hollywood action epics .",3 +54688,"maybe even a notch",2 +16593,"most Bond outings in recent years",2 +6109,"e . t . just as i hoped i would",3 +66546,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart",4 +103129,". E aqueles que decidiram",3 +84920,"it 's never as solid as you want it to be",1 +212143,"some of the more overtly silly dialogue",1 +135509,"the highest",2 +63283,"A properly spooky film about the power of spirits",3 +163785,"it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",1 +236404,"that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type",3 +207295,"numbing .",1 +224229,"It 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids .",4 +162120,"incomplete",2 +41705,"charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol",3 +72273,"a retooled genre piece",2 +18408,", focused",2 +212818,"succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling",1 +159899,"gasp-inducing ending",3 +134199,"that I am baffled by Jason X",2 +225397,"Parents may even find that it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults .",4 +36783,"self-aware in its dumbness",1 +127231,"monster 's",2 +121012,"gentle '",2 +210304,"regarding life",2 +113967,"an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",1 +99262,"usually dread encountering the most",1 +100669,"with the terrifying message",1 +86795,"many ways the perfect festival film",3 +152097,"a movie , largely devoid",1 +200171,"grab us ,",2 +79214,"este",2 +151315,"a TV episode",2 +213317,"terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting",0 +198971,"first film something",2 +4801,"are only mildly curious",2 +29796,"but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",3 +106056,"Graphic",2 +220921,"'s not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean",0 +147966,"Others may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",0 +65009,"Depending",2 +188674,"The skills of a calculus major at M . I . T .",3 +57149,"solid performance",3 +137061,"this supposedly funny movie",0 +6288,"even with all those rough edges safely sanded down , the american insomnia is still pretty darned good .",3 +195922,"come off as pantomimesque sterotypes",1 +209737,"preview screening",2 +26832,"The format gets used best",3 +31262,"even the claustrophobic on-board quarters",2 +111326,"You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . But",2 +11981,"the tonga",2 +158620,"executives and",2 +79844,"fierce dance",2 +135848,"the mystery",2 +35612,"on a 10-inch television screen",1 +204045,"it turns the stomach .",1 +123709,"is a big letdown .",1 +198996,"fits the bill perfectly",4 +134502,"that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",2 +34854,"nearly three",2 +163609,"it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy .",0 +173774,"the durable best seller Smart Women",2 +219320,"who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting",2 +153963,"are the result .",2 +34903,"new\/old",2 +157772,"does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel .",0 +152485,"a sour taste in one 's mouth ,",0 +90138,"pays earnest homage to turntablists",3 +40573,"'s not exactly",2 +138651,"uneven dialogue and plot lapses",1 +8,"' a nightmare on elm street",1 +211529,"should serve detention",1 +176299,"to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment",2 +145798,"Hey Arnold ! The Movie could have been made 40 years ago , and parents ' appreciation of it may depend on whether they consider that a good thing",2 +60142,"who 's ever had family trauma",2 +107794,"Monroe",2 +98062,"to fit in any modern action movie",2 +2025,"perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",3 +29584,"between the characters",2 +212699,"strong supporting players",3 +198728,"feels impersonal , almost generic .",1 +201661,"imitator",2 +124289,"is n't much better .",1 +136896,"this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness .",2 +103983,"A visionary",3 +233436,"like a splendid meal",4 +103244,"... the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning .",1 +183182,"Competently directed but terminally cute drama .",3 +80292,"for its overwhelming creepiness",1 +3068,"want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like pinocchio .",1 +124609,"is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material",0 +80553,"frighten and",1 +188136,"The film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut .",1 +158188,"emotionally unavailable rut",1 +99292,"van der Groen",2 +156361,"cliche-riddled but self-serious",2 +64156,"At times",2 +129209,"of using a video game as the source material movie",2 +218268,"until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale",0 +77682,"cynicism right",2 +14498,"The film provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .",2 +7984,"it worth",2 +84561,"is quite a vision .",3 +114257,"and mordantly humorous",3 +26422,"Rarely",2 +230075,"cynicism to cut through the sugar coating",1 +127374,"more than two decades",2 +3382,"'s too long and unfocused",0 +212382,"sporadic bursts of liveliness ,",2 +75222,"be another man 's garbage",2 +72557,"a string of exotic locales",3 +77290,"consumers",2 +237669,"tinny",2 +13710,". Much of the way",2 +182058,"A thriller without thrills and a mystery devoid",1 +185880,"Louis Begley 's source novel",2 +105980,"Giannini",2 +125872,"leaves Blue Crush waterlogged",1 +81386,"greed and materalism",2 +201122,"hippest",3 +227838,"a confusing",2 +108868,"Several uninteresting , unlikeable people do bad things to and with each other in '' Unfaithful . ''",1 +207009,"no charm ,",1 +14155,"It",2 +93347,"spooky net",2 +14439,"Somewhere short",2 +201902,"in insignificance",1 +79038,"enjoyable Undercover Brother",3 +174847,"the summer heat",2 +85223,"its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister",2 +203680,"is we never really see her Esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing",1 +8616,"make it",2 +166756,"no Southern stereotype",2 +129576,"one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party",4 +103034,", worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it",1 +8582,"lynch , jeunet , and",2 +33799,"its makers , the show",2 +76101,"by Angela Gheorghiu , Ruggero Raimondi , and Roberto Alagna",2 +232876,"is well worthwhile .",4 +1629,"look",2 +184376,"Helmer Hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .",1 +176652,"too many studio pics",2 +219223,"where we suspend our disbelief",2 +72317,"a sad ending",2 +213190,"tardier for exploiting the novelty of the ''",2 +5608,"closer",2 +84623,"is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .",3 +165784,"me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen",1 +88296,"of ` home",2 +204493,"justifying",2 +38942,"this fourth animated movie in four years wo n't convert you",2 +217889,"trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed",1 +30013,"candid and often fascinating",4 +128789,"of maternal instincts",2 +98087,"to gluing you to the edge of your seat",3 +3043,"view or",2 +6679,"fright and",2 +117991,"deliberate",2 +121114,"giggly little",2 +85035,"it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",3 +101581,"'s almost worth seeing",2 +47548,"WASP matron",2 +6521,"fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ...",3 +95733,"the first to be released in the U . S .",2 +171594,"some of the time",2 +41241,"The Emperor 's New Clothes '' begins with a simple plan ... Well , at least that 's the plan",2 +86767,"manual animation",2 +200982,"hears Harry Shearer is going to make his debut as a film director",2 +94165,"takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .",2 +177890,"well-intentioned ,",3 +225530,"Pumpkin struts about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .",2 +160989,"he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable",2 +13915,"Britney has been delivered to the big screen safe and sound , the way we like our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway .",3 +131147,"recognition",2 +71181,"Zelda 's ultimate fate",2 +112151,"a huge cut of above the rest",4 +205437,"lost the politics and the social observation and",2 +236634,"the French-produced ``",2 +42851,"the ride ( bumps and all ) ,",2 +175203,"these things",3 +80485,"forum to demonstrate their acting ` chops '",2 +237284,"the trip there is a great deal of fun .",3 +164218,"jerking",2 +202072,"in themselves",2 +65082,"Director Douglas McGrath takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .",0 +126816,"marks a modest if encouraging return",3 +66608,"It 's not just a feel-good movie ,",3 +130221,"piece , a model of menacing atmosphere",3 +123255,"in which the developmentally disabled",2 +95763,"the forest for the trees",2 +222077,"A riveting documentary .",4 +122193,"hidden impulsive niches",2 +189110,"Those eternally devoted to the insanity of Black",2 +85645,"keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity",3 +79215,"este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constatação da realidade histórica",3 +106921,"It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable",3 +196132,"consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped",2 +130854,"put the struggle into meaningful historical context",2 +108885,"Shakespeare 's eloquent language",3 +98928,"uncommonly sincere",3 +102521,", feels clumsy and convoluted",1 +136408,"the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",2 +44287,"A subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience : The Pianist does not",0 +189286,"True to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus",1 +228327,"absurdist humor",1 +47706,"Xiaoshuai",2 +156991,"creepy about Never",2 +11381,"the film 's strength is n't in its details , but",2 +234606,"of which they 'll get plenty )",2 +155150,"better short",2 +190980,"a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking",3 +157378,"devotes",2 +22426,"this bunch",2 +118437,"do n't believe in Santa Claus",1 +172886,"that Ethan Hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it",1 +109920,"The kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of",3 +23176,"'s the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner",4 +22137,"tender",2 +134785,"the Yiddish stage",2 +148231,"Rainy days and movies",2 +85995,"light ( yet unsentimental )",3 +235900,"some interesting storytelling devices",3 +41095,"Narc may not get an ` A ' for originality , but",2 +178894,"would have gotten under the skin",2 +37486,"superstitious",2 +237916,"to receive",2 +205354,"looked like crap , so crap is what I was expecting .",0 +134888,"the battery",3 +123275,"inappropriate and",2 +55987,"performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing",4 +119746,"fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 +92838,"slovenly",2 +190284,"a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped",1 +165309,"loud , low-budget and tired",0 +85617,"keep things on semi-stable ground",2 +35256,"of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",2 +134069,"than franchise possibilities",3 +238875,"with an alien deckhand",2 +171745,"sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in",2 +46481,"Passable entertainment",2 +66958,"Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",3 +214832,"the imagined glory of their own pasts",1 +215412,"the preview screening",2 +15030,"and frighteningly evocative",2 +107679,"McCulloch production",2 +9606,"parisian",2 +88248,"of Nazi politics and aesthetics",1 +10351,"self-congratulation",2 +136143,"the results are underwhelming",2 +204434,"just another teen movie",1 +104456,"Art-house to the core",3 +202843,"is cruel",1 +127317,"more in love",2 +90393,"please its intended audience -- children --",2 +185804,"Lillard and",2 +225427,"Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing ,",2 +144612,"Coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else .",3 +37350,"stills",2 +127751,"narrative and ( too ) short",1 +81331,"grand whimper",2 +142653,", yikes , uproarious",3 +180896,", rent the Disney version .",1 +25829,"Jagger the actor is someone you want to see again .",3 +65997,"His work with actors is particularly impressive .",4 +194240,"beast-within metaphor",2 +93567,"straight versus gay personal ads",2 +234982,"plods along methodically , somehow",2 +206534,"most pitiful directing",1 +61733,", almost mystical work",4 +60189,"whose boozy , languid",1 +201816,"in all the wrong places",1 +98124,"to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly",3 +154168,"as going to the film",2 +186862,"Really dumb but occasionally really funny",3 +157501,"director John Woo has built his career on",2 +66794,"It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .",0 +26207,"Nolan",2 +110419,"This Chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .",4 +26018,"Mafia",2 +11004,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet",2 +209658,"pregnancy",2 +52561,"her characters",2 +162731,"is almost impossible to follow",0 +140299,"with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",4 +181614,"A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip .",1 +232196,"irredeemably",2 +49471,"barely clad",2 +36011,"picking apart human foibles , not afraid to lay her life bare in front of an audience .",3 +121722,"has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream",3 +141091,"'s a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit .",0 +108761,"Satisfyingly scarifying ,",3 +125644,"knows ,",2 +60204,"wifty Southern charm has anchored lighter affairs",3 +139626,"where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",2 +207195,"not heard on television",2 +143126,"A graceless , witless attempt at mating Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller .",1 +233278,"lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend ''",1 +233451,"like one of those conversations that Comic Book Guy on `` The Simpsons '' has",2 +230064,"curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices",2 +222013,"A giggle a minute .",4 +78078,"detract",2 +70926,"White Oleander",2 +182304,"American and",1 +148463,"Scottish director Ritchie",2 +204987,"like Prophet Jack",2 +22191,"that might mean",2 +123536,"into The Importance of Being Earnest",2 +128416,"of a Golden Book sprung to life",3 +21212,"leave Justine",2 +190371,"a corn dog",1 +97284,"they mostly work",2 +198474,"fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment",0 +165043,"lingo and mindset",2 +20805,"his next project",2 +802,"despite its raucous intent , xxx",2 +170078,"retch",0 +233092,"it snuck under my feet",2 +211406,"she-cute",3 +224528,"Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and",2 +121213,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .",4 +126347,"looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles",2 +123448,"instruct without reeking of research library dust",2 +122235,"highly watchable , giggly little story",4 +92253,"self-indulgent and maddening",1 +213121,"taken with its own style",2 +208832,"ought to be",2 +17018,"qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists",2 +97524,"this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",2 +219574,"will turn out",3 +180722,", it 's not a very good movie in any objective sense",0 +16346,"it is by no means his best work",1 +141201,"'s also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",0 +116480,"by war , famine and poverty",2 +172492,"takes a long time to reach its destination",1 +171,"a fresh idea",3 +67034,"King Hunk",2 +137255,"till",2 +112033,"a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department",3 +199943,"given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",2 +21429,"no simple movie",3 +121628,"harder and harder",2 +134523,"that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it",2 +6825,"gold",3 +153466,"an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie",1 +40094,"wide-ranging effects",2 +199452,"found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .",0 +111668,"a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie",2 +52811,"if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart",2 +25940,"Lee",2 +218151,"understated performances of ( Jack Nicholson 's ) career .",3 +176882,"trite in its last 10 minutes",2 +154499,"away . Otherwise , this could be a passable date film",3 +182169,"Adam Sandler 's 8 Crazy Nights is 75 wasted minutes of Sandler as the voice-over hero in Columbia Pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .",1 +195948,"comes across ,",2 +181640,"A dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets .",0 +200352,"had the misfortune to watch in quite some time",1 +35411,"of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience .",3 +72222,"a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord",1 +176873,"trip tripe",1 +121275,"gone ,",2 +88452,"of black manhood",2 +133276,"stereotypical caretakers and",2 +102749,", often tender ,",2 +153592,"and star quality",2 +87390,"most brilliant",4 +89323,"old boy 's",2 +165315,"loud once .",2 +153621,"annoyingly",1 +38227,"the film portrays",3 +201573,"if that 's not too glorified a term --",2 +88288,"of Witherspoon",2 +86668,"makes up for it",2 +40119,"will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .",4 +113388,"address his own World War II experience in his signature style",4 +69626,"The graphic carnage and re-creation",2 +22980,"'' should come with the warning '' For serious film buffs only",1 +75071,"available",3 +212508,"startled when you 're almost dozing",2 +64054,"Arnie musclefest",2 +82284,"his opening scene encounter",2 +36662,"satisfies like old-fashioned swashbuckling .",3 +100330,"winning , heartwarming yarn",4 +49209,"are well-honed .",3 +35237,"of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",1 +7402,"in a film that does n't merit it",1 +58405,"the illogic of its characters",1 +157133,"dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the",1 +23675,", if not more so ,",2 +169207,"prepared to call it a draw",2 +172307,"sums up",2 +81037,"give a thought",2 +119471,"except : Film overboard",1 +135120,"the dramatic weight",2 +22135,"temptation",2 +135797,"the movie 's inescapable air",2 +51736,"flesh",2 +79942,"find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart",2 +134671,"the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting",2 +195624,"cheap junk and",0 +94157,"takes hold and grips",3 +194000,"barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism",1 +194908,"bracingly nasty accuracy",2 +80328,"for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",3 +69514,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .",1 +51931,"from his smooth , Goodfellas image",2 +194086,"be as intelligent",3 +105745,"Exploitative and",1 +81850,"have any right to be",2 +7067,"heart and",2 +8369,"laurel",2 +166925,"nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness",1 +130320,"plenty of funny movies",3 +58111,"the chasm",2 +1195,"high-tech",2 +210288,"reference",2 +6004,"disturbing .",1 +229500,"but Pinocchio",2 +229619,"ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted",0 +5820,"cube",2 +221346,", from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S.C. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",3 +220949,"'s pure PR hype .",1 +218061,"um passatempo descompromissado",2 +37661,"tells",2 +42429,"opened up",2 +73447,"all the right ways",3 +80795,"funny , puzzling movie",3 +13040,"while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected",3 +149117,"The Loud and",2 +8720,"may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",1 +144588,"Consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept",0 +59715,"units",2 +214159,"the audience feels",2 +139436,"wedgie heaven . Anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning",1 +67374,"Makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .",3 +46043,"Lookin ' for sin , American-style ?",1 +151359,"a bargain-basement",1 +79514,"extraordinarily talented",4 +176096,"to earn our love",2 +19222,"River",2 +213539,"that Malkovich was",2 +61191,"'s nowhere near as good as the original",1 +135156,"the emptiness of success",2 +162893,"is felt : not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend .",1 +25122,"Director Benoit Jacquot",3 +73561,"am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here",0 +123027,"in its narrative specifics",2 +55947,"pat storylines",1 +233655,"makes Minority Report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans ,",4 +86996,"melancholy and",2 +161688,"implicit premise",2 +8380,"leave the theater feeling they 've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal",1 +20951,"interesting and entertaining",4 +29196,"as if he has been giving them private lessons",2 +159998,"get off his chest",2 +158170,"emblematic of the witless ageism",1 +188512,"The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and",1 +149824,"The script kicks in",2 +204545,"key problem",2 +48212,"a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",3 +214575,"the film 's publicists",2 +116265,"brutality",2 +5399,"ca n't say it 's on par with the first one",1 +9580,"pacino",2 +15755,"feel something",2 +96868,"the things that prevent people from reaching happiness",1 +9196,"o",2 +75904,"brass soul",2 +17648,"the series",2 +91989,"sci-fi thriller",3 +213098,"take on any life of its own",2 +194944,"breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",3 +95896,"the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",2 +207758,"of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams",2 +113436,"advance screening . ''",2 +139093,"visually smart",3 +101145,"you like blood",2 +111815,"a document about him",2 +93267,"speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",2 +44520,"An inventive ,",3 +188521,"The pacing is often way off",1 +33066,"innocence and wisdom",3 +193597,"as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had",2 +42222,"is the only part of the film",2 +43272,"'s like watching a nightmare made flesh .",2 +66954,"Juan Carlos Fresnadillo",2 +32447,"heartfelt family drama .",4 +96218,"the movie exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .",2 +117313,"company once again dazzle and delight us",4 +8823,"missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behavior . being latently gay and liking to read",1 +211795,"slippery self-promoter",1 +11921,"the story subtle and us in suspense",3 +163786,"it ever get made",2 +101653,"'s changed the male academic from a lower-class Brit to an American , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film",1 +125711,"lacks visual flair",1 +146503,"It 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends",1 +77297,"contemplative , and sublimely beautiful",4 +20185,"but think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art",2 +94716,"that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",3 +230429,"drudgery",1 +115319,"backhanded ode",2 +165688,"marketable product",3 +131252,"relatively short",2 +46597,"Raymond J . Barry as the ` assassin '",2 +164051,"its hilarity is completely unintentional",1 +65847,"Grant and",2 +109435,"The Importance of Being Earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",3 +215146,"the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from",2 +146780,"Its characters are thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book paper .",1 +33896,"jumps",2 +130936,"quite '' Shrek '' or Monsters , Inc .",3 +167617,"of non-God spiritual-uplift movies",2 +204175,"its doe-eyed Crudup",2 +49615,"been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script",2 +50254,"come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights",2 +179823,"'s like on the other side of the bra",2 +179127,"you feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",3 +111250,"Works as pretty contagious fun",3 +52230,"graceful , moving",4 +176480,"to the high seas",2 +217450,"to the level of the direction",2 +212885,"suffers through this film",1 +152721,"about Hanukkah",2 +24029,"-- I do n't know if it 's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th , though I 'm sure some will try -- but it 's as close as anyone has dared to come .",2 +179506,"'s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior",1 +226207,"The best part about `` Gangs ''",2 +177973,"what happens as because she was captured by this movie when she obviously belongs in something lighter and sunnier",2 +198496,"false and",1 +190412,"a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick",1 +91008,"quietude",2 +220737,"'s a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived .",4 +90542,"potent chemistry",3 +185211,"It 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",2 +38133,"the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",2 +163566,"is wan .",2 +184514,"How do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any ? On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .",1 +74485,"arresting image",3 +230889,"for Ram Dass 's latest book",2 +198340,"expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .",2 +134572,"that takes its sweet time building to a climax that 's scarcely a surprise by the time",1 +13139,"with itself",2 +52013,"funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre",4 +233900,"mob action-comedy .",2 +174418,"the oddest thing about the movie",2 +149488,"The issue of faith",2 +115794,"begins to fade from memory",1 +85592,"justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",3 +103738,"A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film",4 +11420,"the final",2 +231805,"how could it not be ?",2 +226637,"This film biggest problem",1 +184641,"I did n't find much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",1 +132139,"serious-minded the film is",2 +112788,"a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George",3 +217340,"to shred it",2 +212691,"strong and convincing performances",4 +206670,"much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",1 +230619,"ever ,",2 +80021,"first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",3 +112697,"a sick and evil woman",1 +72275,"a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy",2 +179933,"'s only one way",2 +76470,"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",4 +93268,"speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",3 +117082,"cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",2 +63355,"A sexy , surprising romance ... Idemoto and Kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger .",4 +219004,"well-acted , but",3 +203697,"is why film criticism can be considered work .",1 +173232,"that the movie is n't scary",1 +192897,"any generation",2 +26572,"Shinya",2 +78496,"does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .",2 +62227,", solid , kinetically-charged",4 +218026,"typical late-twenty-somethings natter",1 +165365,"lower depths",1 +220177,"y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible",2 +167620,"of not much else",2 +118772,"dullest kiddie flicks",0 +230611,"even though their story is predictable",2 +185378,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and Schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",1 +72601,"a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist",3 +178164,"whiff",2 +204530,"keeps it fast -- zippy",3 +216112,"there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour",1 +72134,"a place of honor",2 +177369,"utter fearlessness",3 +49398,"at the hands of the unseen forces of fate",3 +144593,"Considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot ,",2 +16435,"leaving a sting",2 +19932,"appropriately",2 +205528,"lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show",2 +175253,"they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare",0 +112868,"a technology",2 +11314,"the dubious feat",2 +65872,"Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance",4 +201329,"hop fantasy",2 +179563,"'s a real shame",1 +37375,"strangely diverting",2 +133688,"surprisingly buoyant",3 +192145,"all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow . I ca n't .",0 +224147,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not",1 +211046,"seem tired and , what 's worse , routine",1 +217205,"to make you think about existential suffering . Instead",2 +127380,"more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller",3 +50956,"does n't disappoint",3 +34749,"murder-suicide fandango",2 +69560,"The film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .",4 +145610,"Godawful",0 +47187,"The next generation of mob movie",3 +64930,"Darkly funny and",3 +86390,"loved the look of this film .",4 +31840,"fourth animated movie",2 +126283,"lonely beacon",2 +100441,"with a visually masterful work of quiet power",4 +104381,"An unremarkable , modern action\/comedy buddy movie whose only nod to nostalgia is in the title",1 +107769,"Miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .",3 +29402,"be called Iranian",2 +103503,"A competent , unpretentious entertainment",2 +232389,"is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 +134861,"the authority",1 +202996,"is in its tone",2 +44501,"An impeccable study in perversity",2 +71903,"a little longer",2 +75919,"breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people",4 +95131,"the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",2 +24449,"A rigorously",2 +119280,"especially realistic",3 +10392,"several survivors ,",3 +128947,"of that already-shallow",1 +110543,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and",0 +108462,"Pratfalls",2 +151765,"a freak show",2 +25980,"Like Mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for Lil Bow Wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .",4 +86208,"logic and science",2 +155097,"believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",1 +169621,"rancid crème brûlée",1 +173734,"the director can & # 8217 : t",2 +161712,"imprisonment",1 +168553,"overrides",1 +164733,"legitimate funny",4 +11631,"the most high-concept sci fi adventures",4 +13018,"which predictability",2 +203668,"is virtually unwatchable .",0 +138304,"treat its characters , weak and strong ,",2 +116869,"charming ,",4 +94981,"the '70s",2 +143494,"Accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue is n't smart , then you need to use more poetic license .",1 +197781,"emotional conviction",3 +33907,"just dots",2 +111903,"a film about a family 's joyous life",2 +150878,"When not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack , the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray 's game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean .",2 +74748,"as ordinary , pasty lumpen",2 +140658,"you 'd better have a good alternative",2 +189837,"World War II action",2 +84546,"is plenty of fun for all .",3 +231713,"himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr.",2 +150141,"They takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending .",2 +222587,"Benigni 's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial",2 +190949,"a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex",1 +166738,"next Texas Chainsaw Massacre .",2 +156390,"cloaked in gross-out gags",1 +7708,"is especially so in the finale",2 +8891,"motion captured",2 +66460,"It 's Jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite .",2 +186534,"One Hour Photo lives down to its title",2 +217904,"trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years",1 +93299,"spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .",4 +61006,"'s easy to like and",3 +24492,"A teasing drama whose relentless good-deed\/bad-deed reversals are just interesting enough to make a sinner like me pray for an even more interesting , less symmetrical , less obviously cross-shaped creation .",3 +8643,"makes s & m seem very romantic",3 +168191,"one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else .",2 +16574,"mimicking the work of his subjects",2 +215020,"the media",2 +1460,"it 's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter ,",2 +55292,"of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",3 +162170,"inert sci-fi action thriller",0 +100680,"with this premise",2 +62881,"A conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in Ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .",3 +221323,", easily substitutable",1 +102443,", character and comedy bits",3 +52969,"in pretty Irish settings",3 +36910,"shines through each frame",4 +103640,"A harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .",3 +202618,"is a movie that starts out like Heathers , then becomes Bring it On , then becomes unwatchable",0 +227394,"` terrible filmmaking ' bad , but more like , ' I once had a nightmare like this ,",0 +145550,"Gere gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it .",2 +26852,"The magic",3 +236536,"that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton",1 +132268,"she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",3 +36187,"profiles five extraordinary American homes",3 +28993,"anything the cinema",2 +71671,"a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past",3 +54347,"look American angst in the eye and",2 +220373,"your belt",2 +146660,"It does n't help that the director and cinematographer Stephen Kazmierski shoot on grungy video , giving the whole thing a dirty , tasteless feel .",0 +84646,"is still a cinematic touchstone",3 +47710,"Ya-Ya 's",3 +26057,"Maud and Roland 's search",2 +185327,"It never rises to its clever what-if concept .",1 +108232,"Or that the battery on your watch has died .",2 +29878,"but uncommercial",2 +103819,"A quirky comedy",3 +48859,"amusing joy ride",4 +18710,"Audiences conditioned to getting weepy over saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and their empathetic caretakers",1 +20244,"charming yet poignant",3 +102517,", far more meaningful story",3 +77306,"content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",4 +9799,"powerful , accessible",4 +41461,"a nice little picture ,",4 +6268,"estranged",1 +187885,"The Sweetest Thing leaves a bitter taste .",0 +49920,"buzz , blab and money",1 +3487,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .",0 +68226,"Playfully profound ... and crazier than Michael Jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows .",3 +188153,"The film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ...",0 +17125,"rolling",2 +207221,"not too slow . It 's not too racy and it 's not too offensive .",2 +153759,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and had nothing left over for jokes .",0 +238912,"with the fast , funny , and even touching story",4 +157871,"doomsday",2 +81560,"hard to conceive anyone else in their roles",4 +206290,"modest laughs",3 +170577,"seem sincere , and just",3 +184991,"Ismail",2 +25006,"Cold War",2 +2007,"particularly toxic",2 +18410,", full of strength , warmth and vitality .",4 +96378,"the perils",2 +86993,"melancholia",2 +198604,"faster paced family",2 +143872,"Arnold 's",3 +64725,"Circus",2 +17026,"racked",2 +5877,"delicately",2 +178094,"where his ambitions have wandered",2 +187123,"Saving Ryan 's",2 +120572,"forgive the flaws and love the film",3 +69299,"The Hours , a delicately crafted film ,",3 +135558,"the inevitable conflicts",2 +215377,"the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired",1 +164668,"leaning forward",2 +16890,"outshine the original",3 +92425,"shaken as Nesbitt 's Cooper",2 +72003,"a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner",3 +91486,"reminds you just how comically subversive silence can be .",2 +217424,"to the audience and to the genre",2 +198068,"even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene . What should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .",0 +152474,"a sorority",2 +160599,"has a few characters and ideas",2 +223728,"I 'm going to recommend SECRETARY , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",3 +121441,"grittily beautiful film",3 +139477,"well-made and satisfying",4 +123851,"is a visual treat for all audiences",4 +74751,"as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",4 +142574,", this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by Hollywood .",1 +59539,"trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",2 +91488,"reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .",4 +70143,"There is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .",1 +196662,"deep shelves",2 +67149,"Leading",2 +147089,"Largely a for-fans artifact .",2 +231221,"glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",4 +220173,"wrong turns",2 +205217,"little logic or continuity",2 +93195,"sometimes tedious",1 +204591,"know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",1 +177751,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",0 +189982,"` Opening up ' the play more has partly closed it down .",1 +216269,"things fall apart",1 +214373,"the creative process or even",2 +2349,"some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights",3 +65550,"Finch 's tale",2 +163048,"is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions",3 +146586,"It 's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold",1 +191388,"a standard-issue crime drama",2 +74983,"at the edge of your seat for long stretches",3 +230813,"film worth",2 +215814,"the two daughters",2 +35119,"of Puccini 's famous love-jealousy",2 +97336,"third or fourth viewing",3 +146339,"Instead of panoramic sweep",2 +185329,"It puts Washington , as honest working man John Q . Archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .",3 +192630,"an outline for a '70s exploitation picture",2 +158939,"feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s ,",2 +144519,"Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers : neither of them deserves Eric Schaeffer",2 +203325,"is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",4 +222699,"Build some robots ,",2 +181697,"A film without surprise",1 +12300,"to actually engage it",2 +141604,"'s so unmemorable",1 +190623,"a frustrating patchwork :",0 +114235,"and effective film",3 +88356,"of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people",2 +57264,"speeds",2 +18865,"Fat Greek Wedding",2 +77842,"defeated",2 +11642,"the most ordinary and obvious",2 +71781,"a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort",3 +175284,"think of it as American Pie On Valium",1 +211635,"simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes",2 +96759,"the stomach",2 +172050,"story flattens",1 +142565,", this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters .",1 +9844,"proficiency",3 +171310,"slow him down to a canter",2 +190761,"a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable .",2 +187868,"The Simpsons",2 +30216,"clever but veers into overkill",1 +34272,"made about Hollywood",2 +52123,"giddy",2 +149119,"The Man From Elysian Fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves .",0 +20247,"choose to see it",3 +69782,"The off-center humor is a constant , and the ensemble gives it a buoyant delivery",4 +149143,"The Santa Clause 2 's",2 +117127,"cocoon",2 +216928,"to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency",2 +35979,"perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars",3 +170812,"shall we ?",2 +103633,"A gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn Jerusalem .",3 +46788,"Stage director Sam Mendes",2 +175708,"through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse",1 +53105,"ins and outs",2 +232381,"is also a troubling interpretation of Ecclesiastes",1 +185775,"Like its parade of predecessors , this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .",2 +131184,"rediscovering the power of fantasy during wartime",3 +61158,"'s no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer Derek Luke .",4 +42915,"transformed into the stronger of the two films",3 +98936,"uncut version",2 +171037,"shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",2 +235717,"show-biz and",2 +105327,"Davis ' highly personal brand",2 +60360,"with love for the movies of the 1960s",3 +73634,"an Argentine retread of '' Iris",2 +200946,"he or anyone else could chew",2 +154904,"become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon ''",1 +217967,"twice as bestial but half",2 +130335,"plot and pornographic way",1 +152699,"a yellow streak",2 +61443,"( Has ) an immediacy",3 +198481,"falling in love",3 +214117,"the adventures",2 +178105,"where something 's happening",3 +20173,"but in Talk to Her , the women are down for the count .",1 +93841,"suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles",2 +170104,"revolve around group therapy sessions",2 +20978,"involving",2 +160520,"haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",1 +32879,"in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .",1 +60795,"'s a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting .",3 +1823,"needs to stay afloat in hollywood",2 +99825,"well-written as Sexy Beast",3 +160767,"has virtually no",2 +24771,"Awkward but sincere and",2 +128895,"of sentimental chick-flicks",2 +88050,"nothing but net",4 +181871,"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations . It makes me say the obvious : Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here .",2 +70929,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark ,",0 +81185,"goes to the essence of Broadway",3 +191194,"a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",0 +132509,"simply stupid",2 +176069,"to desperate measures",2 +162973,"is just too , too precious in the end .",3 +195809,"close to pro-Serb propaganda",2 +67166,"Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",3 +225306,"One minute",2 +174873,"the territory",2 +2199,"savvy",3 +162443,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous",1 +183338,"Demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from Oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .",1 +202164,"inconsistent , dishonest",1 +219387,"who want to appear avant-garde",2 +212056,"soggy performances",1 +89500,"on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity",2 +58885,"their problems",2 +200806,"have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident",2 +213762,"that malarkey",1 +219202,"where director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",1 +90558,"powerful act",3 +233225,"just might .",2 +29367,"backed by a likable cast",3 +46663,"S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle ,",1 +115608,"be truly revelatory about his psyche",2 +135472,"the grandeur of the best Next Generation episodes is lacking",1 +171681,"sometimes maddeningly slow",1 +226685,"This movie is to be cherished .",4 +235432,"said the film was better than Saving Private Ryan",3 +47491,"Two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions --",3 +63067,"A gem of a movie",4 +82572,"hymn and a cruel story of youth culture",1 +215318,"the payoff for the audience ,",2 +76450,"caring",2 +13522,", and admirable for what it does n't do",2 +157433,"difficult to",2 +35315,"of living",2 +138686,"unfunny wannabe",0 +124189,"is just the ticket you need",2 +53059,"increasing decrepitude",1 +15207,"be measured",2 +172147,"stuck with for two hours",0 +204756,"lax and",1 +229495,"burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol",1 +31463,"family film",2 +150148,"Thirty years ago",2 +25663,"If you can stomach the rough content , it 's worth checking out for the performances alone .",3 +40663,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet - but ` Barbershop ' shows he 's on his way",3 +87043,"menu",2 +200336,"had just",2 +38236,"the film version of High Fidelity did",2 +173015,"that graze the funny bone",3 +160470,"half the excitement of Balto , or",2 +39850,"warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",3 +207964,"of scenes in Frida",2 +12879,"watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format",1 +115924,"better than mid-range Steven Seagal ,",3 +213612,"that even Freeman ca n't save it",1 +177217,"unjustified",1 +145649,"Green 's",2 +55429,"of knucklehead swill",1 +224452,"Japan 's wildest filmmaker",2 +122670,"identity farce",2 +159536,"for which he should not be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",2 +13595,", insistently humanizing",3 +217008,"to expose the life of male hustlers",2 +188162,"The film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances ,",3 +114501,"appeared",2 +152193,"a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame",1 +188258,"The good is very , very good ... The rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful .",2 +7430,"in her material",2 +114438,"any shoddy product",1 +149867,"The story is -- forgive me -- a little thin , and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed",1 +121307,"good kids",2 +138191,"topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .",1 +128572,"of building to a laugh riot",3 +83925,"is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut",3 +13834,"Amazing",4 +189871,"Writer-director Ritchie",2 +95066,"the Russian word for Wow !",3 +40041,"who definitely has something on his mind",2 +86562,"make it a great movie",4 +165960,"mild sexual references",2 +81098,"gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .",4 +21130,"its ambitions",3 +42866,"the utter cuteness of Stuart and",3 +101803,"'s not half-bad",2 +77662,"cut out figures from drawings and photographs and",2 +24498,"A very funny",4 +72422,"a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable",2 +177569,"walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal",2 +68096,"Para",2 +136828,"thin -- then out -- when there 's nothing else happening",1 +200437,"hard to like a film so cold and dead",1 +134752,"the Sea swings",2 +143977,"Austin and Dr Evil",2 +67171,"Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight",4 +23914,", the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters .",2 +153578,"and lofty ambitions",2 +209729,"pretty tattered",1 +118410,"diverges from anything",3 +140474,"worry about anyone",2 +109799,"The film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings , but",1 +139849,"why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing",2 +139014,"very stylish and beautifully photographed , but far more",4 +39759,"versus",2 +176926,"trying to finish a race",2 +223709,"Hugh Grant and",2 +86278,"look like something like this",2 +22194,"that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality",3 +102671,", it really won my heart",4 +224422,"J.",2 +196541,"cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself )",3 +19087,"Ming-liang",2 +158287,"enjoyably over-the-top",4 +189002,"This is more a case of ` Sacre bleu ! ' than ` Magnifique ' .",2 +65955,"He 's the con",1 +219718,"with complicated plotting and banal dialogue",1 +148789,"Spanish-American War",2 +94205,"tan",2 +192696,"and Hollywood cultures",2 +219444,"why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America",2 +36442,"regime 's",2 +208356,"old pickup skidding",1 +113965,"an assassin 's",2 +102975,", tragedy , bravery , political intrigue",2 +33632,"it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",1 +145265,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown",3 +148513,"Sex With Strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness .",2 +163098,"is n't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients .",2 +82311,"his role as ( Jason Bourne )",2 +122637,"humor-seeking dollars",2 +82066,"hell so shattering it",2 +148546,"Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune",2 +212689,"strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain",1 +162724,"is allegedly ''",2 +44513,"An interesting look behind the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco",2 +196415,"creating the characters who surround Frankie",1 +228200,"a surge through swirling rapids or",2 +231407,"has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .",0 +35367,"of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",3 +185373,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick",2 +187669,"TV sitcom material",1 +125685,"labors so hard to whip life into The Importance of Being Earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .",1 +4853,"as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel '' the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting",3 +20172,"but his words and images do n't have to add up to mesmerize you .",3 +33254,"is a refreshing absence of cynicism in Stuart Little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . Eventually , it wins you over .",4 +115538,"be much more",2 +207466,"of Roberts ' movies",2 +101896,"'s so laddish and juvenile",1 +193409,"as bad as you think",0 +182864,"Bolado credit",2 +462,"as",2 +196493,"crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows ,",2 +16662,"nice to look at while you wait for the story to get going",2 +198186,"every indulgent , indie trick in the book",1 +305,"about",2 +59105,"throes",2 +19101,"Morgan",2 +61898,", fat , dumb",1 +13883,"Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas",2 +130009,"partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely",2 +224774,"Men in Black II has sequel-itis something fierce .",1 +211960,"so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type",1 +218372,"using them as punching bags",1 +48547,"about fathers",2 +105397,"Despite the fact that this film was n't as bad as I thought it was going to be , it 's still not a good movie",0 +206211,"minutes .",2 +40604,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness",2 +126941,"mean-spirited",1 +216806,"to a movie like this",2 +227666,"`` familiar ''",2 +67903,"Not quite",1 +115160,"at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",1 +138114,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all",0 +62181,", repressed and twisted",2 +73875,"an interesting slice",3 +13255,"would be reno",2 +92980,"so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",2 +207340,"obvious game",2 +211305,"setting this blood-soaked tragedy of murderous ambition",2 +83615,"intrigue and human-scale characters",3 +19925,"apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",2 +218130,"underlies",2 +237930,"to rush right out and see it",3 +48759,"all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls",2 +124179,"is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject",2 +37781,"that could stand alone",2 +190074,"a Hallmark Hall of Fame",3 +47667,"Wolfe",2 +136929,"this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust",2 +224100,"Is this",2 +51386,"examine our values",2 +131492,"reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations",2 +234447,"of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 +7069,"hearts of gold",4 +162057,"in this Magnolia Primavera",2 +50313,"commercial yet inventive",3 +162158,"individually or collectively",2 +6404,"fantastic kathy",3 +183400,"Deuces Wild is on its way .",2 +132661,"smart and funny",4 +40979,"It 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . But",1 +39101,"to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone",3 +159066,"fight choreography",2 +198815,"fifth beer-soaked film",1 +174594,"the prospect of Beck 's next project",2 +122806,"importa",2 +182310,"American and European cinema has amassed a vast Holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than The Grey Zone .",1 +12882,"watching o fantasma",2 +70841,"Whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .",4 +53798,"it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats",2 +68034,"Ong 's promising debut",3 +142156,", dumb action movie",0 +237170,"the pulsating thick",2 +40326,"women , water , nature , and sexuality",3 +36037,"pleasantly",3 +190788,"a kids ' flick .",2 +162381,"into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",1 +187384,"So bland and utterly forgettable",1 +234691,"on the couch of Dr. Freud",2 +171079,"silly action sequences",2 +177075,"unable to find their way out of the fog and the ashes",2 +227530,"`` Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .",1 +180237,"( a kilt-wearing Jackson )",2 +217440,"to the film 's direction",2 +111413,"` It 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '",2 +98942,"undeniably hard",1 +74578,"as a curiosity",2 +6264,"especially so in the finale",2 +164325,"just is n't much to laugh at",1 +226721,"Thoroughly awful .",0 +65502,"Features one",2 +58061,"the best movies",4 +108406,"Pleasant",4 +145551,"German-Expressionist",2 +219292,"while nothing special , is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .",3 +153912,"are nowhere",2 +8519,"little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",1 +136237,"the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers ''",2 +164888,"like a bad soap opera",1 +230034,"create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption",3 +109707,"The director and her capable cast",3 +82683,"illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box",3 +102920,", there 's little to be learned from watching ` Comedian '",1 +167898,"of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past",3 +118043,"demands .",2 +131851,"screen with considerable appeal intact",2 +197537,"dresses it up",2 +13052,"white",2 +217219,"to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",1 +127242,"mopping up",3 +226643,"This is SO De Palma .",2 +96987,"the victims of domestic abuse",2 +165343,"loving the friends you",3 +29513,"begging",2 +78969,"endure every plot contrivance",2 +24889,"Brit",2 +174312,"the most succinct review of it you 'll read anywhere",2 +164533,"lacks everything except good intentions",1 +200646,"has something significant to say",3 +179885,"'s not completely wreaked",2 +91104,"rarest",2 +182909,"Brendan Behan",2 +58313,"the film lacks in general focus",1 +134828,"the apparent skills",3 +62668,"1950 's",2 +8687,"many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so",4 +93918,"surprise us with plot twists",3 +8384,"lectured",2 +114631,"are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .",1 +49523,"be had here . Chomp chomp",2 +21149,"its myriad flaws",0 +102121,"( P ) artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime",2 +210169,"realistic '",3 +175507,"this opera is n't a favorite",1 +129119,"of the stand-up comic",3 +71052,"Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and",3 +230187,"dialog between realistic characters",3 +170606,"seems just a long , convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag , no less",1 +182410,"An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound",1 +115055,"as the two year affair which is its subject",2 +116577,"can depress you about life itself",0 +165698,"martial arts adventure",3 +115990,"big-budget\/all-star movie",3 +23493,", but is relatively slow to come to the point .",1 +167265,"of ZigZag",2 +96632,"the scenes of Jia with his family",2 +166901,"non-God spiritual-uplift movies",1 +27966,"a winsome cast and nice dialogue",4 +193194,"are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material",0 +205213,"little lemon drop",2 +44263,"A solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude .",4 +103052,", you can go home again .",2 +195896,"colorful Masseur",2 +181004,", the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .",2 +104795,"Bluto Blutarsky",2 +181449,"80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting",1 +179190,"you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .",1 +47418,"Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog 's works , Invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .",4 +226130,"The Monster",2 +195365,"can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it .",1 +104299,"An enjoyable above average summer diversion",3 +28582,"and document",2 +183395,"Deuces Wild , which was shot two years ago",2 +136444,"the tragedy",2 +129386,"on character",3 +115235,"attacks",2 +42981,"well , that",2 +196442,"criminals",2 +179690,"'s dark and tragic",2 +80874,"gaze",2 +47743,"Young Hanks and Fisk",2 +65062,"Diesel 's",2 +104213,"American director",2 +124979,"it first sets out to be",2 +114001,"an entertaining movie",3 +52495,"have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals",2 +213348,"than ` Silence of the Lambs ' better than ` Hannibal '",2 +27744,"a precise and moving portrait",4 +215718,"the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting",1 +112581,"a real documentary",3 +141523,"'s only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart .",2 +145193,"Every bit",2 +4292,"a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy",1 +234025,"my aisle 's walker",2 +64858,"Crammed with incident , and bristles with passion and energy .",3 +235115,"pulls back",2 +117121,"clumsy and convoluted",2 +218496,"very slow , uneventful",1 +34559,"more emotionally assertive",3 +15775,"finally , as artists",2 +8373,"lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",1 +9565,"overly sentimental",1 +53134,"instigator Michael Moore 's",2 +212324,"spied with my little eye ...",2 +134645,"that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives",2 +64538,"Bullock Bubble and",2 +155809,"by their 1970s predecessors",2 +31494,"far the lightest Dogme film",2 +99862,"what can easily be considered career-best performances",4 +71745,"a good shot",4 +133068,"spaghetti western",1 +41608,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse",3 +216355,"this calibre",2 +143600,"All ends well , sort of ,",3 +111277,"Writer-director David Jacobson and his star",2 +172813,"than us",2 +234594,"of us inhabit",2 +67407,"Many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching A Walk To Remember .",4 +216635,"thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending",1 +208197,"of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way",1 +63597,"A worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",3 +13102,"win some hearts",2 +193213,"are terribly wasted",1 +195381,"can hide a weak script",2 +190421,"a cute partnership",3 +230212,"did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",2 +220813,"'s extreme , all right",2 +106676,"Impeccably",3 +125543,"ke",3 +48130,"a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm",4 +154032,"artistic license Avary",2 +197693,"eccentric characters",2 +23351,", a few too many weeping",1 +15266,"bite",1 +214788,"the history or biography channel",2 +361,"all odds",2 +69818,"The performers are so spot on",4 +225148,"No , it 's the repetition of said behavior , and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad , more grating and boring than anything else .",0 +113658,"all the mounting tension of an expert thriller",3 +82099,"her feature film",3 +36864,"shake it",3 +158893,"feature-length horror",2 +114274,"and preposterous moments",2 +128156,"nothing at all",1 +131012,"rarely sees .",2 +167604,"of modern love life",3 +187143,"Schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ...",1 +132721,"so damned",2 +110647,"Tiros",2 +15751,"features",2 +175895,"to be America 's Sweetheart",2 +1338,"into her skin",2 +154307,"asks you to not only suspend your disbelief",2 +174631,"the redundant messages",1 +177357,"ushers",2 +25433,"Good movie . Good actress . But",2 +77267,"constantly defies expectation",4 +167237,"of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island",2 +80383,"for the taking",2 +236290,"than Georgia asphalt",2 +183067,"Check",2 +128070,"none of these words",2 +52933,"in his underwear",2 +75769,"blues",1 +96639,"the screen in years",2 +2258,"sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its lan , humor , bile , and irony",1 +24403,"A pleasant enough comedy",3 +230441,"dullest Irish pub scenes",1 +196414,"creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine",3 +209735,"prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself",1 +89082,"of the skateboarding boom",3 +37409,"stupendous performances",4 +54476,"made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost",2 +100911,"would become '' the punk kids ' revolution",2 +97450,"this kind of material is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",1 +66909,"Jewish WW II doc",2 +40235,"with menace and squalor",2 +235057,"prevent its tragic waste of life",1 +187493,"Spacey 's",2 +152613,"a totally formulaic movie",1 +17378,"take their relationships into deeper waters",3 +111570,"a blip",1 +74992,"at the multiplex",2 +201111,"him bitter and less mature",2 +236872,"the film 's power",3 +139745,"who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him",2 +212887,"suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters",1 +85241,"its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing",4 +53196,"into the sort of heartache everyone",1 +3032,"verve",2 +44548,"Another one of those estrogen",1 +173969,"the fire burns out",2 +185355,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle",0 +154929,"becomes too heavy for the plot",1 +211040,"seem smug and cartoonish",1 +80725,"full of deep feeling",4 +162839,"is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial .",2 +117034,"clean the peep booths surrounding her",2 +130173,"perpetrating Patch Adams",2 +125489,"just a waste",0 +214132,"the alternate sexuality",2 +117977,"defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle",2 +70651,"Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury ,",2 +49198,"are subtly",2 +38503,"the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",2 +89494,"on the success of Bollywood",3 +102409,", be-bop",2 +221717,"- as-nasty -",1 +32775,"implies",2 +113958,"an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .",2 +107753,"Might",2 +168748,"pay for a shimmering picture postcard",2 +63013,"A fine , rousing , G-rated family film",3 +196976,"dire warning",2 +47772,"` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but",2 +107871,"Ms . Sugarman",2 +2876,"this movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 +205589,"made herself over so often now",2 +60912,"'s all entertaining enough , but do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper",2 +198164,"every bit as much",2 +192428,"an ` A ' list cast",4 +201773,"in a better movie",2 +13661,", this movie introduces a promising , unusual kind of psychological horror .",4 +108779,"Schaeffer 's",2 +158722,"face and spit",1 +64910,"Dana Janklowicz-Mann",2 +22508,"to get up and dance",2 +10025,"real strength",4 +146455,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie ,",1 +45964,"Kuras",2 +101183,"you thought of the first film",2 +74907,"at a defeated but defiant nation in flux",2 +194751,"blueprint",2 +91406,"released in the U . S",2 +54771,"modern city",2 +29150,"as a self-conscious performer",2 +235940,"sordid and disgusting",0 +191943,"actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor )",2 +181551,"A cellophane-pop remake of the punk classic Ladies and Gentlemen , The Fabulous Stains ...",1 +232747,"is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking",3 +36781,"self-appointed guardians",2 +68415,"Returning director Rob Minkoff ... and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin ... have done a fine job of updating White 's dry wit to a new age .",4 +237548,"this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",4 +230280,"divorce",2 +215508,"the river",3 +234430,"of his voice",2 +200960,"he was before",2 +132667,"smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be .",3 +46386,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way :",3 +231536,"have a heart",2 +118514,"does little that is actually funny with the material",1 +202663,"is a third-person story now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it",2 +149382,"The film 's implicit premise is that the faith of the Tonga people is in every way inferior to that of John .",2 +217053,"to get excited about on this DVD",3 +192864,"another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows",0 +47346,"This bracingly truthful antidote to Hollywood teenage movies that slather Clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .",3 +38222,"the film industry",2 +90818,"provides no easy answers",2 +128151,"not-so-small",2 +177587,"want to be worrying about whether the ineffectual Broomfield is going to have the courage to knock on that door",2 +40247,"with seriousness and compassion",3 +218643,"wanes dramatically",1 +136736,"there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 +214528,"the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing )",3 +53113,"insists",2 +44448,"Among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation",4 +131607,"roll movie",2 +213497,"that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song",1 +20605,"freaky scenes",2 +65226,"E . T",2 +204430,"just another revenge film",1 +149835,"The smug , oily demeanor",1 +170535,"see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes",1 +177885,"well-acted television melodrama",3 +203205,"is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price .",2 +24607,"An amazing and incendiary movie that",4 +196099,"conceptual exercise",2 +47875,"a classic low-budget film noir movie",3 +207127,"nominated for an Oscar",4 +107968,"Nelson 's )",2 +4826,"as '' all",2 +156672,"concentrates on any single person",2 +123947,"is at work",2 +46800,"Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn",2 +188886,"There are some laughs in this movie , but",3 +74984,"at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes",4 +95278,"the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema",2 +56191,"prime escapist fare",2 +104805,"Bogdanich is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .",1 +173790,"the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .",1 +44650,"Baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch , a haunting ode to humanity .",3 +35233,"of fact and fiction",2 +90667,"previous dragon drama",2 +65783,"Gives an intriguing twist",3 +178851,"would Jesus do if He was a film director ?",2 +214879,"the intrigue from the TV series",3 +16417,"kick",2 +85318,"its new sequel",2 +219563,"will probably please people",3 +45725,"It 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant .",3 +8870,"more than petty theft",2 +207770,"of his league",2 +218308,"upbeat ending",3 +235103,"provocations",2 +193660,"as you think",2 +74324,"are equally strange , and his for the taking .",2 +60624,"! C'mon",2 +221301,", caring",3 +153254,"amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",0 +216202,"they '' wanted and",2 +151685,"a feminist action fantasy",2 +199808,"gesturing",3 +6265,"essence",2 +214386,"the cultural distinctions",3 +47360,"This flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .",4 +88133,"odd but ultimately satisfying blend",3 +92386,"sexual and",2 +109628,"The boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on Guei",2 +200945,"he or anyone else",1 +143976,"Austin Powers movie",2 +147975,"Outrageousness",2 +221948,"A brutal and funny",4 +119935,"feels somewhat unfinished .",1 +38070,"the charm of the original American road movies , feasting on the gorgeous , ramshackle landscape of the filmmaker 's motherland",3 +129999,"particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon",2 +216262,"thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time",1 +49070,"anteing up some movie star charisma",3 +205695,"make you think about existential suffering . Instead",3 +70144,"There is no substitute for on-screen chemistry",3 +211084,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10 , 000 times .",1 +229995,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and",2 +116474,"by then",3 +114227,"and comedy bits",3 +6242,"episode ii",2 +169999,"repetitive , muddy and blurry",1 +24345,"A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : You experience it as you watch .",3 +54142,"large-frame",2 +160859,"have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",2 +39791,"viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",4 +4019,"a noble end can justify evil means",2 +209190,"perfect cure",2 +6252,"equally beautiful , self-satisfied",4 +90813,"provides a strong itch to explore more",3 +87777,"needs to",2 +123408,"insanely stupid",0 +113452,"affectingly",3 +126146,"like to ride bikes",3 +147851,"Occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story .",2 +204555,"kids or",2 +211007,"seeing former nymphette Juliette Lewis",2 +147180,"Like the Chelsea 's denizens ... Burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .",2 +202584,"is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .",4 +191031,"a neat twist , subtly rendered ,",3 +91621,"reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds",3 +195364,"can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that Carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it",1 +19367,"Those who would follow Haneke on his creepy explorations",2 +229544,"buying into sham truths and routine `` indie '' filmmaking , Freundlich has made just another safe movie .",1 +141908,") Schaeffer",2 +55902,"own bathos",2 +210338,"releasing it",2 +11373,"the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .",3 +217586,"too fast",1 +71953,"a masterfully",3 +78102,"devoid of objectivity and",2 +56304,"pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg",3 +135069,"the cruelty and suffering",1 +115571,"be seated next to one of those ignorant",2 +151571,"a curmudgeonly British playwright",2 +204909,"liberation movement",2 +216778,"to Forget",2 +52942,"in its generalities",2 +58719,"the skate\/surf culture",2 +56737,"schmaltzy and predictable , but still",1 +35397,"of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",4 +209935,"put away the guitar ,",3 +69599,"The first Bond movie",2 +92773,"skims",2 +112944,"a true study , a film with a questioning heart",3 +222208,"Aggravating",1 +229749,"carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''",3 +86531,"make Love a joy to behold .",4 +14226,"Laissez-Passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",4 +217500,"to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie .",1 +109569,"The art direction is often exquisite",4 +64099,"As part of Mr . Dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in America",2 +101218,"young audience",2 +11074,"that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",3 +26084,"Mick Jagger",2 +87400,"most contemporary adult movies",2 +34494,"mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",2 +101946,"'s the element of condescension ,",1 +31949,"fullness",2 +116245,"broad streaks",2 +119713,"falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting",0 +41604,"at once clueless and",1 +58513,"the movie 's various victimized audience members",0 +226864,"Under the Sea ' and the George Pal version of H.G. Wells ' ` The Time",2 +124806,"it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived",3 +9131,"not in order to excuse him but rather",2 +57268,"spend so much",2 +233333,"lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race .",1 +93767,"successful example",3 +155616,"but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy",2 +174318,"the movie 's final scenes",2 +2026,"performances",2 +32346,"has two winning lead performances and charm to spare .",4 +230432,"dubbed hedonistic",2 +211368,"shaped by the most random of chances",2 +54597,"manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless",3 +113400,"admire the film 's stately nature and",4 +139758,"who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie to pore over",2 +95887,"the holiday season",2 +102570,", however , almost makes this movie worth seeing . Almost .",2 +5856,"de niro",2 +217370,"to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing",1 +165372,"lukewarm . Maybe",1 +60841,"'s a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .",4 +121846,"has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .",4 +124694,"is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness",3 +165261,"loosens in direct proportion",1 +93530,"stirring ,",3 +136597,"the word perfectly describes Pauline & Paulette",2 +111857,"a familiar ring",2 +190916,"a meander",2 +220412,"your screening",2 +25175,"Dumas",2 +111131,"Whitaker 's",2 +64268,"Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio",3 +185957,"Maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of",3 +45097,"Drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .",3 +152302,"a puzzle",2 +147971,"Outer-space buffs might love this film ,",2 +116192,"breathtaking mystery",3 +30021,"caper-comedy",2 +32349,"hat",3 +23986,", while Russell and Dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .",3 +88358,"of a self-hatred instilled",2 +208285,"offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already",2 +17932,"unique in its deceptive grimness",2 +109421,"The Four Feathers is definitely horse feathers , but if you go in knowing that , you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox .",3 +221231,", `` Besotted '' is misbegotten",2 +221105,"( or threatened",2 +132586,"skip will be two hours gained .",2 +124027,"is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer",1 +76716,"cinema 's capability for recording truth",2 +197851,"endless exposition",1 +104771,"Black and",2 +36144,"preposterous lying hero",2 +84982,"it attractive throughout",3 +164792,"let down by a story that is all too predictable",1 +108312,"Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest",2 +157946,"draw easy chuckles but",2 +73147,"action films",2 +81553,"happy , heady jumble",3 +14053,"Gollum 's ` performance '",2 +47593,"What a great way to spend 4 units of your day",4 +202583,"is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",4 +210706,"ruthlessly",2 +149972,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an '' ambitious failure",1 +66801,"Its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .",3 +193197,"are spectacular",3 +197844,"endearing about it .",3 +17412,"than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",1 +90868,"pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",3 +41355,"To Be and",2 +110154,"The setting is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game .",3 +23159,"'s predictable",2 +157157,"deathbed",1 +119424,"evoke any sort of naturalism",2 +152434,"a silly , self-indulgent filmmaker",1 +159470,"for the '' XXX",2 +27796,"a salute to the universal language of rhythm",4 +76466,"carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .",3 +119973,"few advantages",2 +71473,"a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",1 +14544,"Though",2 +104540,"Asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about",2 +85911,"less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally",2 +67469,"Mastering",2 +221299,", by-the-numbers effort",2 +119545,"exploit the script 's potential for sick humor",2 +184533,"Hudlin comedy",2 +46524,"Plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel .",3 +73169,"actress and director",2 +82168,"high-wattage",3 +83064,"in the 1940s",2 +173816,"the entire movie",2 +158882,"faux-contemporary",2 +44801,"Burning",1 +137880,"to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare",2 +67300,"Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels",2 +69594,"The filmmakers ' eye for detail and",3 +144219,"Both stars",2 +1852,"not a good movie , but",2 +217198,"to make them laugh",2 +50682,"decidedly",2 +17724,"think by now America would have had enough of plucky British eccentrics with hearts of gold",2 +88643,"of his images",2 +35440,"of the books",2 +229095,"b.s.",1 +134623,"that were it not for Holm 's performance",2 +79605,"familial separation and societal betrayal",2 +183804,"Everything that was right about Blade is wrong in its sequel .",1 +195095,"by Behan",2 +54741,"mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi",1 +81194,"going on here",2 +141411,"'s little to love about this English trifle .",1 +153943,"are sometimes inexpressive",1 +203659,"is very , very far from the one most of us",1 +180781,", life-affirming moments",3 +239203,"you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible",2 +35963,"perfect .",3 +56560,"resolutely unreligious",2 +133705,"surrounding her",2 +124528,"is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up",1 +36936,"show it to their own kids",3 +152939,"add up to a meal",2 +229561,"by Michael Caine and Brendan",2 +192212,"all the dysfunctional family dynamics",2 +42550,"represented ,",2 +189373,"Unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . Vulgar is too optimistic a title .",1 +16103,"in Imax 3-D , the clichés disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography",3 +108807,"Schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression",0 +218223,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny ,",0 +82570,"hymn",2 +239194,"you think it ca n't get any more gay",1 +16975,"ponders the reasons we need stories so much .",2 +160477,"half-baked thoughts",1 +208365,"old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy",1 +22303,"the minds and motivations of people under stress",2 +227872,"a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills",0 +14484,"The Isle '' you 'll get a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",4 +14845,"a strong case",3 +75273,"be half as entertaining as it is",3 +23224,"( Fessenden )",2 +198964,"firmer",2 +22884,"wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned",3 +101275,"your typical Majid Majidi shoe-loving ,",2 +25744,"It 's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary ...",3 +178441,"wins ` Best Picture '",3 +166597,"nearly up",2 +193005,"applying a smear of lip-gloss . Rather",2 +199814,"get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone",2 +122785,"immature and unappealing to care about",0 +205047,"like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast",1 +122773,"imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0 +93067,"some cute moments , funny scenes",3 +197515,"dream world",2 +151095,"Yes , one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch ,",3 +110456,"This heist flick about young Brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper . It should have stayed there .",0 +187816,"The Kid Stays in the Picture ''",2 +222241,"All the characters are stereotypes ,",1 +215251,"the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",1 +93811,"suck the audience",2 +19881,"and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",3 +111958,"a friend",3 +21155,"its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a Jules and Jim for the new millennium .",4 +1550,"kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie",3 +212600,"stomps in hobnail boots over Natalie Babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .",0 +32284,"has always been something likable about the Marquis de Sade .",3 +113078,"a younger lad in Zen",2 +54330,"long and unfocused",0 +140190,"with movie references",2 +72653,"a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking",3 +83238,"incapable of controlling his crew",1 +78683,"dustbin",2 +45987,"Land Beyond Time is an enjoyable Big Movie primarily because Australia is a weirdly beautiful place",4 +46970,"The Wild Thornberrys Movie",3 +97376,"this day and age",2 +45354,"Gaunt , silver-haired and leonine ,",3 +109426,"The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene .",2 +211933,"so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible",1 +25011,"Collateral Damage finally delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans .",3 +30530,"cuddly sequel",3 +40930,"Greene delivers a typically solid performance in a role that is a bit of a departure from the noble characters he has played in the past , and he is matched by Schweig , who carries the film on his broad , handsome shoulders",4 +137962,"to the spare , unchecked heartache of Yasujiro Ozu",3 +159234,"fleshed-out enough",2 +12004,"the very people who are intended to make it shine",1 +150640,"Very special effects",2 +102492,", dull",2 +46838,"Strikes Back ...",2 +105264,"Critics need a good laugh , too , and",2 +49339,"as their counterparts",2 +225672,"Sad nonsense",0 +92706,"singing long",2 +3039,"very moving and",3 +139374,"we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all",2 +169679,"raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy",2 +86269,"look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd",2 +193551,"as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables --",0 +163720,"it ai n't",2 +181964,"A road trip that will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet ?",1 +163604,"it 's a long time before the fat lady sings",1 +204664,"lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( Eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success",1 +115563,"be resolved easily , or soon",2 +143506,"Adam Resnick",2 +142827,"... visually striking and slickly staged",3 +51229,"enjoyable ...",3 +158941,"feels as if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s , and starred Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn",2 +198998,"fits the profile too closely",3 +222666,"Boyz N The Hood",2 +86462,"made in more than a decade",2 +221995,"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller about the shadow side",4 +89845,"out of an Alice",2 +155686,"by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember",3 +81470,"guts and crazy beasts",2 +214186,"the best Irish sense",3 +181975,"A sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity .",3 +54316,"locals",2 +47827,"a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , Nicholas Meyer 's Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country",4 +21914,"search",2 +74964,"at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and",4 +65849,"Grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all",2 +33344,"is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical",4 +127682,"musicals back 40 years",3 +167497,"of her own creation",2 +193729,"at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe",2 +163783,"it ends up being , like ( Seinfeld 's ) revered TV show , about pretty much nothing .",2 +182037,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with '",1 +9431,"often affecting",2 +40160,"with a brand new name in southern Tennessee",3 +165520,"make like Laurel and Hardy 'n the hood",2 +34959,"not always a bad thing",2 +10272,"saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to",1 +46187,"Miramax",2 +3687,"a compelling piece",4 +33024,"incredibly clever",3 +23873,", steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions",2 +154762,"be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",1 +97695,"through everyday events",2 +19385,"Tunney",2 +237335,"the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",4 +66502,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers",3 +191747,"about how Ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the CIA",2 +150127,"There ought to be a directing license , so that Ed Burns can have his revoked .",0 +43476,", Mr . Kaufman and",2 +102131,"( Scherfig )",2 +104734,"Big Bad Love",3 +132273,"she tried",2 +214584,"the film as a bonus feature",2 +92974,"so much like a young Robert DeNiro",3 +483,"as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it",2 +14988,"and O orchestrate",2 +190878,"a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential",3 +416,"another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic",2 +38165,"the equal",2 +54507,"make and",2 +94488,"that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",1 +109550,"The actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but",2 +32066,"given his tale a warm glow",4 +172834,"that 's just the problem with it",1 +46585,"Raimi",2 +143544,"After seeing SWEPT AWAY",2 +171200,"sketchbook style and adroit perspective shifts",2 +44852,"Candid and comfortable",3 +82881,"in action",3 +27122,"Viewed on its own terms",2 +164259,"jumbled",1 +40348,"works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull .",4 +116775,"cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix",0 +94434,"than spectacular , E . T . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .",4 +10311,"searing",2 +115333,"bad direction and bad acting --",0 +21518,"of his chosen reality",2 +46810,"Steven Soderbergh 's ` Solaris ' is a failure",0 +227674,"`` hi ''",3 +111302,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care , so I did n't",0 +129538,"one more time",2 +111489,"a McCulloch production",2 +42916,"translates Naipaul 's lively mix of characters from the page",4 +158510,"every drop",2 +223706,"However , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .",3 +99481,"vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",3 +107458,"Like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long :",1 +100776,"wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama",3 +18466,", thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast",4 +149302,"The director knows how to apply textural gloss ,",3 +8787,"might be a release",2 +223792,"I enjoyed it enough to recommend",3 +164800,"let your festive spirit go this far",2 +46020,"Like Mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches .",2 +87217,"moral shrapnel",2 +169618,"rancid",2 +145445,"For starters , the story is just too slim",1 +22784,"who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man 's response to stroke",2 +47729,"You 'll forget about it by Monday , though ,",1 +47496,"Twohy",2 +220775,"'s as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 +181731,"A great script",4 +150344,"Though Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .",1 +41952,"for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier --",4 +8221,"juice and delight",3 +207484,"of The Shining , The Thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick",2 +68260,"Prepare to marvel again",4 +233237,"keep coming",2 +1236,"human",2 +225239,"Noyce 's greatest mistake",1 +141448,"'s no palpable chemistry between Lopez and male lead Ralph Fiennes",0 +65743,"Gently humorous and touching .",3 +190116,"a ` guy",2 +201244,"his spine",2 +42207,"is relatively slow",1 +94403,"than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0 +213588,"that comes through all too painfully in the execution",1 +78206,"director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema",3 +231853,"hushed lines",2 +51324,"essentially an exceptionally well-written , well-edited , well-directed , well-acted , bald rip-off of Aliens .",2 +81466,"gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes",2 +198694,"feeling guilty for it",1 +159411,"for days",2 +17385,"talking",2 +51001,"down-to-earth Bullock",3 +185470,"Jia 's",2 +137466,"to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers",2 +163181,"is nothing new",2 +142341,", manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance .",2 +237409,"there 's nothing very attractive about this movie",0 +13803,"A solidly seaworthy chiller .",3 +188712,"The story is lacking any real emotional impact ,",1 +184331,"Has its moments , but",3 +127366,"more than our lesser appetites",2 +37992,"the ages",2 +193368,"as a hole in the head",1 +109155,"Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and",1 +28657,"and humor",2 +214011,"the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end",2 +205546,"macabre sets",2 +90841,"psychodrama",2 +198209,"every step",2 +163420,"is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .",1 +36964,"silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",4 +91565,"restored )",2 +207112,"no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by",1 +166537,"myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done",2 +64523,"Brown Sugar signals director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema .",3 +147501,"Morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he 's taken one of the world 's most fascinating stories and made it dull , lifeless , and irritating .",1 +165657,"mannerisms and self-indulgence",3 +219864,"with unlikable , spiteful idiots",1 +40132,"will savor every minute of Cox 's work",3 +125686,"labours",2 +18281,"'s amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family .",3 +68384,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond Road Warrior , it owes enormous debts to Aliens and every previous dragon drama -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining .",3 +22291,"the indomitable human will",3 +37833,"that is part homage and part remake of the Italian masterpiece",3 +112503,"a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film",2 +180646,", for that matter , Shrek )",3 +123071,"in practice",2 +79689,"farts , urine , feces",1 +47380,"This movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen",1 +139371,"we 've seen before",2 +68442,"Rifkin",2 +166423,"much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun",3 +204596,"know it 's a comedy",2 +111269,"Would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",3 +117894,"dazzle and",2 +219934,"woefully hackneyed",1 +100288,"will play the dark , challenging tune taught by The Piano Teacher .",2 +70502,"Tunisian film I",2 +90627,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale",3 +230405,"drama ?",2 +203806,"it 's talking",2 +225896,"Something like scrubbing the toilet .",1 +161529,"humorless disquisition on the thin line between sucking face and literally sucking face .",1 +51810,"for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves",2 +197794,"emotionally malleable",1 +72270,"a remote African empire",2 +56504,"relevant",2 +81860,"have been recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war .",2 +8531,"liven things up",2 +3991,"a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",2 +153360,"an awfully derivative story",1 +26067,"McGrath 's version",2 +150147,"Thirty years",2 +28753,"and public misperception of how the whole thing works",2 +79400,"exceedingly rare",3 +1451,"it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid '' .",0 +190604,"a flip-flop",2 +170152,"ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so",1 +70021,"The usual movie rah-rah ,",2 +91731,"river",2 +89582,"one man 's occupational angst and",2 +139813,"whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface",2 +129927,"own rules",2 +72496,"a spontaneity",3 +47024,"The fascination",2 +59228,"to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",3 +188922,"They do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film .",2 +127740,"nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living",2 +227337,"\*\*",2 +96552,"the recording sessions are intriguing ,",3 +182388,"An empty , ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility .",2 +80776,"fundamentally unknowable",2 +152539,"a stupefying",1 +30374,"contemporary American film",2 +222108,"A true pleasure .",3 +120466,"for people who have n't read the book",2 +150049,"There 's no denying the elaborateness of the artist 's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity .",1 +98910,"unbridled greed and materalism",2 +77063,"compassion , sacrifice , and",2 +70923,"Whitaker",2 +230166,"description `` unelected ''",2 +185923,"Lyne 's latest , the erotic thriller Unfaithful",2 +230010,"courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls ''",3 +79792,"felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world .",3 +218621,"waiting for Frida",2 +232517,"is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity",1 +222264,"Although it does n't always hang together -- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- `` Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .",2 +159689,"from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense",2 +226359,"The movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L.A. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults .",4 +158523,"every line and sag",2 +196033,"common through-line",3 +93527,"stimulating and",3 +141402,"'s kinda dumb . And second , what 's with all the shooting ?",0 +182005,"A small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek ) .",1 +199756,"gay s/m fantasy",1 +238742,"wiggling",2 +18550,"... the gentle melding of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? ''",3 +55914,"packed with telling scenes",2 +40939,"Helene Weigel ,",2 +138037,"todos",2 +172520,"takes too long figuring out what to do next .",1 +117508,"conventional thriller",3 +188496,"The only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles",2 +157626,"do exactly that",2 +37522,"surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling",3 +182118,"A work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .",0 +96649,"the seamy underbelly",2 +39970,"what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates",3 +76853,"co-writer Catherine di Napoli",2 +151553,"a cookie-cutter movie",1 +195080,"but they 're simply not funny performers",1 +28516,"and as detailed as a photograph",4 +194301,"becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",1 +228789,"are fantasti",3 +127417,"most battered women",1 +150828,"What happens to John Q ?",2 +21954,"sharp as ever",3 +55926,"pander to our basest desires",3 +168367,"organize it with any particular insight",2 +179938,"'s plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",1 +51315,"escapist adventure",2 +45316,"Frida is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance . What sets it apart is the vision that Taymor , the avant garde director of Broadway 's The Lion King and the film Titus , brings .",3 +225838,"So original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .",4 +200048,"goes down easy ,",2 +197505,"drawbacks",1 +13942,"Chicago",2 +153018,"aims so low",1 +97419,"this gentle and affecting melodrama",2 +129756,"others in the genre",3 +149799,"The sad thing about Knockaround Guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is .",1 +7937,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and",1 +131066,"real magic",3 +15330,"but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .",2 +55475,"of photography Benoit Delhomme",2 +165946,"might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",1 +49229,"artless sytle",1 +169410,"provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback",1 +47128,"The large-frame IMAX camera",2 +19710,"almost real-live",3 +82668,"ignore the cliches and",2 +116339,"but rather by emphasizing the characters",2 +46123,"Maybe Thomas Wolfe was right : You ca n't go home again .",2 +18085,"with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",4 +9817,"presentation",2 +145229,"Excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .",1 +184890,"In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter",3 +144424,"Chelsea Walls deserves a medal",4 +129461,"on the shoulders of its actors",3 +163678,"it 's only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart .",3 +194942,"breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",1 +99659,"watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",2 +152252,"a powerful portrayal",3 +135394,"the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career",4 +103644,"A hidden-agenda drama that",2 +148125,"Point Pleasant",2 +185110,"It 's fitfully funny but never really takes off .",2 +103636,"A grittily beautiful film that looks ,",4 +211712,"sits there like a side dish no one ordered .",0 +193253,"arguments , schemes and",2 +135157,"the encounter",2 +10143,"revel",2 +52804,"if the screenplay falls somewhat short",1 +131963,"seem fresh again",3 +143135,"A great idea",3 +130248,"piss on trees , b",2 +186823,"Put it somewhere between Sling Blade and South of Heaven , West of Hell in the pantheon of Billy Bob 's body of work",2 +166460,"much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller",3 +10055,"refuses to spell things out for viewers",1 +210560,"right approach",3 +41494,"a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",3 +5177,"bladerunner",2 +156831,"cop or",2 +68653,"Scratch for a lesson in scratching",1 +147942,"Opens",2 +235326,"reminds me of a vastly improved Germanic version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style .",3 +127457,"most multilayered and sympathetic",3 +170699,"selfish , greedy characters",1 +58863,"the writer-director",2 +32373,"have hoped to match",2 +45349,"Gauls",2 +73649,"an acting bond that makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",3 +105203,"Consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire",0 +203277,"is on its way .",2 +20448,"empathetic caretakers",3 +19360,"This examination",2 +13258,"would n't",2 +22969,"'' a city where people still read",2 +57844,"that may not always work",1 +60466,"worker",2 +11262,"the comparative accuracy of ms",2 +235230,"really more of The Next Pretty Good Thing",2 +132042,"seen before from Murphy",2 +47764,"\/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals",2 +149704,"The pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes .",2 +169885,"rehearsal",2 +227796,"a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",3 +13532,", and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days",2 +126175,"limp biscuit",1 +90048,"parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances",3 +4060,"a rag-tag",2 +2406,"stickiness",2 +64603,"Call to Jeanette MacDonald",2 +7237,"hugh grant and",2 +111062,"What you end up getting is the Vertical Limit of surfing movies - memorable stunts with lots of downtime in between .",2 +40295,"withering effects",2 +127054,"might I suggest that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener ?",1 +77179,"confirms Lynne Ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema",4 +49581,"because Bullock and Grant",2 +229200,"be made on the cheap",0 +11322,"the emotional integrity",3 +233044,"it is impossible to look away",4 +158853,"far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious Charlie Kaufman",0 +125052,"it may just scare the pants off you .",2 +155349,"bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .",0 +114101,"an invitation to countless interpretations",2 +199031,"flat dialogue",1 +96462,"the press",2 +55823,"opera lovers",3 +173747,"the divide",2 +186967,"Rob Schneider , Dana Carvey",2 +3128,"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche .",1 +126047,"like a cold old man going through the motions .",1 +28004,"about a couple",2 +235446,"savour the story",3 +80150,"flow through the Hollywood pipeline without a hitch",3 +187032,"Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics",1 +92872,"smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play",4 +22684,"very much",2 +82662,"if you have no interest in the gang-infested , East-vs . - West Coast rap wars",1 +119669,"fairly trite",1 +42523,"rebel , connect and",2 +74001,"and Jagjit Singh",2 +93457,"starts out bizarre",1 +203973,"it might have held my attention ,",1 +24315,"A delectable and intriguing thriller",4 +204107,"its Blair Witch Project real-time roots",2 +78328,"diverting enough",2 +31264,"even the most",2 +197759,"embarrassed to be part of",1 +233822,"meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out",2 +86658,"makes the right choices at every turn",3 +12424,"to spare",2 +215582,"the selection of outtakes",2 +146584,"It 's often faintly amusing ,",2 +189099,"This version of H . G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H . G . Wells ' great-grandson",2 +174987,"the visuals and eccentricities",2 +31336,"except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from Monty Python 's Meaning of Life .",1 +21769,"previous reality",2 +114472,"apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents",3 +238461,"was witty",3 +73691,"an astounding performance",4 +948,"familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid",1 +129055,"of the lovers who inhabit it",2 +165438,"made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes",0 +236341,"than your random E",2 +143598,"All Ms . Jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters .",2 +98241,"to prove his worth",2 +47351,"This disturbing bio-pic",1 +116259,"brought unexpected gravity",3 +22279,"the filmmaker",2 +216184,"these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau",2 +220013,"worn-out material",1 +150596,"Utterly",2 +5836,"daring and",2 +173331,"the Benjamins",2 +39808,"visually striking",4 +17650,"the shop",2 +63253,"A plethora",2 +6824,"going to win any academy awards",4 +5539,"childhood",2 +236740,"the best espionage picture to come out in weeks",4 +52073,"genuinely moving and",3 +112270,"a lower-class Brit",2 +32722,"idiocy",1 +173284,"that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",1 +75724,"black pearls",2 +155191,"beyond a monotonous whine",2 +192926,"any recreational drug",3 +44681,"Below may not mark Mr . Twohy 's emergence into the mainstream",1 +51366,"every self-mocking moment",3 +21847,"remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot",4 +103639,"A harrowing account of a psychological breakdown",2 +29324,"at young women",2 +135812,"the movie is rather choppy .",1 +186856,"Raymond Burr",2 +140858,"your lives",2 +145615,"Goes on and on to the point of nausea",1 +132410,"showing honest emotions",3 +42260,"keeping an eye out",2 +7908,"it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer",0 +132698,"snazzy dialogue",3 +135143,"the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse",0 +151886,"a historical text",2 +68689,"Seeing Seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on Letterman with a clinical eye",3 +141846,"( and scary )",2 +91419,"reluctant",1 +101668,"'s difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",1 +236903,"the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly American abroad , and the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability",0 +116695,"care about being stupid",2 +66403,"Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and",4 +207247,"nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume",2 +17117,"rips",2 +213556,"that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline",1 +65706,"Funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness",3 +181749,"A horrible , 99-minute",0 +133307,"still lingers in the souls of these characters",2 +91259,"reassuringly familiar",3 +38706,"the terrific performances",4 +143434,"A whimsical if predictable time-travel fable marred by a willful single-mindedness .",2 +214300,"the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line",0 +58093,"the bullseye",3 +98811,"twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives",2 +45056,"Despite the 2-D animation , The Wild Thornberrys Movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",3 +180905,", see it for Karen Black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named Dirty Dick .",2 +78333,"do best",2 +186819,"Purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .",0 +6486,"filmed production",2 +81752,"has problems",2 +69556,"The film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .",4 +133128,"splashed across the immense IMAX screen",2 +202776,"is bad",0 +228262,"a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",3 +167224,"of Moore 's pasteurized",2 +127111,"mind and",2 +13405,"'' Conan",2 +156758,"consumer-advice",2 +139496,"were all comedy",3 +197548,"droning house music",1 +234842,"own Hamlet",2 +59550,"true impact",3 +209896,"pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood 's Dirty Harry period",3 +209227,"personal policy",2 +118834,"each other psychologically",3 +49856,"brings them",2 +32987,"in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",2 +210196,"really does n't have much to say beyond the news",1 +41828,"draws our attention like a magnet , and",4 +164928,"like a sugar high gone awry",1 +160240,"gone-to-pot Asbury Park , New Jersey",1 +22500,"to escape it",2 +83170,"in their wake",2 +38316,"the hedonist",2 +4460,"ah , what the hell",2 +81504,"half mark",2 +60604,"young woman 's",2 +210849,"says ,",2 +110763,"Truth or Consequences , N . M . '",2 +141323,"'s first quarter",2 +44037,"A delightful stimulus for the optic nerves",4 +228203,"a sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",4 +40940,"Here ,",2 +170918,"shot by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus",2 +143715,"An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .",1 +232323,"is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .",3 +66820,"Its rawness and vitality",3 +89083,"of the smarter offerings the horror genre",3 +70992,"With an expressive face reminiscent of Gong Li and a vivid personality like Zhang Ziyi 's , Dong stakes out the emotional heart of Happy .",3 +16276,"is often filled with a sense of pure wonderment and excitement not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",3 +196852,"despite some first-rate performances",3 +205317,"look at , listen to ,",2 +8220,"juice and",2 +159810,"full-blown",2 +50721,"delayed",2 +144384,"Cassavetes",2 +125744,"languorous slo-mo sequences",1 +137038,"this rude and crude film",1 +213332,"testosterone",2 +5722,"contemporary southern adolescence",3 +21061,"is still ultimately very satisfying",4 +124384,"is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",3 +142609,", viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap .",0 +173135,"that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",1 +16774,"of tartness",2 +24901,"Building slowly",2 +36073,"pops",3 +39833,"want to see again",4 +77393,"corny visual puns",1 +185670,"Lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .",1 +108555,"Rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in Trouble Every Day .",3 +147619,"Nasty",1 +229942,"conceited",1 +194058,"be a serious contender for the title",2 +37979,"the ` they do n't make 'em like that anymore ' department",3 +185363,"It takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",3 +67854,"None of his actors",2 +3953,"a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone",3 +39299,"to some neglected all-stars",2 +50053,"captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path",3 +2500,"that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot",1 +88974,"of the big fight",2 +85934,"less-is-more approach",3 +215950,"the writing and direction to the soggy performances",1 +233186,"its tragic waste",0 +189510,"Welcome to Collinwood is n't going to jell",2 +174719,"the script goes wrong at several key junctures .",1 +191599,"a visit to McDonald 's",2 +227249,"Yes , you are , Ben Kingsley .",2 +17420,"that constantly frustrates our desire to know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",2 +228000,"a lower I.Q.",0 +36332,"rare , exhilarating",4 +163717,"it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends",2 +150645,"Very special effects , brilliantly bold colors and heightened reality ca n't hide the giant Achilles ' heel in '' Stuart Little 2 ''",1 +22897,"you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",1 +94516,"that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",2 +8654,"makes your teeth hurt",0 +97197,"there 's much to recommend the film .",4 +119942,"felt fantasy of a director 's travel",3 +226112,"The Grey Zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of Holocaust movies ... but",2 +69459,"The directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on Taylor 's doorstep . But",1 +68298,"Puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman .",3 +215963,"the year ... Watching it",2 +126666,"makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",3 +190737,"a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice Belgian waffle",3 +177881,"well-acted but dangerously slow",1 +20341,"date movie",2 +164816,"lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",2 +10290,"schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character .",0 +170254,"runs on empty",0 +105982,"Girl '' a film",2 +12946,"what 's the point",1 +223836,"I love the robust middle of this picture .",4 +220711,"'s a movie that gets under your skin .",2 +207091,"no psychology here , and no real narrative logic --",1 +91586,"retaliation",2 +3897,"a juicy writer",3 +31825,"forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war",2 +133661,"sure if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely",2 +7304,"if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title",1 +61239,"'s right to raise his own children .",2 +137486,"to choose",2 +151020,"With tiny little jokes and nary an original idea",1 +199573,"from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook",2 +115518,"be in presentation",2 +121231,"go from stark desert",1 +97297,"thick and",2 +69315,"The Lady and the Duke surprisingly",3 +26491,"Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round",3 +43274,"'s lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X .",4 +61709,", Villeneuve creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .",3 +197217,"do n't need to try very hard",1 +65980,"Heremakono",2 +146126,"I suspect ,",2 +222891,"Carré",2 +186928,"Revolution Studios and",2 +6789,"give a backbone to the company and",2 +163712,"it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed",1 +223777,"I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes",0 +126307,"look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic",2 +14727,"a flattering sense",4 +130001,"particularly the fateful fathers --",2 +165699,"martial arts movies",2 +177147,"underwritten by the NBA",1 +145215,"Evil games",2 +38308,"the hearts and minds of the five principals",2 +47297,"The whole is quite entertaining",3 +42869,"the worst ,",1 +161935,"in on how bad the movie is",1 +198900,"find anything to get excited about on this DVD",1 +111067,"What you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height .",0 +231510,"has value can not be denied",3 +190741,"a heaven",3 +182257,"Allegiance to Chekhov , which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard ,",3 +208326,"often now",2 +130437,"popcorn thriller",3 +96122,"the menace of its sparse dialogue",1 +10958,"takes big bloody chomps out",1 +137858,"to sit through it again",1 +82745,"important developments of the computer industry",2 +149150,"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow --",1 +56509,"relishes every self-mocking moment .",3 +153819,"are cloaked in gross-out gags .",1 +141355,"'s hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong .",1 +126757,"manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust",3 +219940,"wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work",1 +219740,"with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",1 +45250,"Films",2 +4360,"absolutely",3 +217215,"to merit such superficial treatment",1 +229285,"been 20 years since 48 Hrs",2 +16208,"is -RRB- why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",4 +113437,"advanced",2 +900,"enough disparate types",2 +200592,"has n't been living under a rock",2 +131198,"redundancy and",1 +120019,"figure it out",2 +133718,"survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",1 +60383,"with some surprisingly violent moments",2 +162654,"is a particularly toxic little bonbon , palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few .",1 +178669,"with the exception of about six gags",2 +233411,"like Mr. Schepisi 's",2 +145264,"Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast",1 +30736,"despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",2 +33326,"is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter",4 +151272,"a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",3 +225400,"Part low rent Godfather .",1 +196980,"directed , barely",1 +198025,"essentially '' Fatal Attraction ''",2 +139621,"where it began",2 +116200,"brief amount",2 +106555,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw , but",3 +150,"a demented kitsch",1 +119768,"far from",2 +214744,"the greatest plays",3 +367,"all the actors",2 +78951,"endangered reefs",2 +106415,"I admire",3 +161376,"hoity-toity convictions",1 +194899,"bound and",2 +122781,"imitations",1 +180353,", Blue Crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .",2 +68045,"Oscar nomination",3 +87177,"modern life",2 +85772,"lasting images",3 +232029,"in the U.S.",2 +220866,"'s like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend",1 +219755,"with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking",2 +25561,"Hoffman brings to his characters , as if he has been giving them private lessons",3 +217790,"tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy",1 +145119,"Essentially a collection of bits",2 +91456,"remarkably accessible and haunting film",4 +202966,"is grisly",2 +7086,"helps",2 +133291,"stifles creativity",1 +37328,"sticking with you long after it 's over",3 +96839,"the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn",3 +125086,"it rhapsodizes",2 +58865,"the writing , acting and character development",2 +157235,"del Toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .",1 +8408,"less like",1 +60970,"'s best",3 +32183,"great evident",3 +67851,"Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair",3 +88898,"of spectacular belly flops",1 +207479,"of The Cherry Orchard",2 +239014,"would have been doing something wrong .",2 +132665,"smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like",1 +87731,"nearly as graphic",2 +53975,"its script is not",1 +150929,"While the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an American movie might demand",2 +178404,"will stomp away in disgust .",0 +230671,"exist for hushed lines like `` They 're back ! ''",2 +41687,"call The Good Girl",2 +46588,"Raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .",4 +39755,"veins",2 +3815,"a full hour",2 +132924,"somebody might devote time to see it",1 +115793,"begins as a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant .",2 +32296,"has created a masterful piece of artistry right here",4 +202497,"is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein ,",1 +127825,"need comforting fantasies about mental illness",1 +116421,"by humanity 's greatest shame",1 +173123,"that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy",1 +31729,"for Soderbergh fans who think he 's gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",3 +3848,"a gory slash-fest",1 +88342,"of a pair of spy kids",2 +194633,"big build-up",2 +155168,"between actor and role",2 +228892,"as Mr. Deeds was to that of Frank Capra",3 +130072,"pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .",3 +19260,"Star",3 +205372,"looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale",1 +125620,"knew existed",2 +204729,"latter experience",2 +155848,"ca n't help but go soft and stinky",1 +226569,"There 's no energy .",0 +3912,"a lightweight escapist film",2 +6987,"has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher",2 +31486,"far less sadistic than usual",2 +23676,", if that 's what you 're in the mood for",2 +59231,"to evoke surprising poignance",3 +121623,"hard-eyed",2 +136473,"the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism",1 +90562,"powerful and deeply moving example",4 +179507,"'s a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior .",2 +190698,"a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",4 +187101,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary",3 +50107,"certainly does n't disappoint",3 +198131,"even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread",3 +115766,"before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming",2 +212403,"sprung from such a great one",3 +175456,"this leaky script barely stays afloat",0 +78863,"embellishment",3 +68667,"Second Chances '",2 +91423,"relying on animation or dumb humor",1 +175045,"the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz",2 +218752,"was just a matter of ` eh . '",1 +88056,"nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",0 +215694,"the storyline and its underlying themes",2 +233203,"jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff",3 +65845,"Grant ,",2 +150498,"Trekkie loyalty",3 +195559,"certain extent",2 +218373,"usual cafeteria goulash",2 +223489,"Giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun .",3 +129392,"on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",1 +1434,"it 's another retelling of alexandre dumas ' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .",3 +71099,"Yes , it 's as good as you remember . In fact , even better .",4 +184073,"Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire",2 +58503,"the more traditional action genre",2 +132843,"solemn film",2 +157692,"do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply ca n't sustain more than 90 minutes",2 +40243,"with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer",3 +9965,"quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",1 +7207,"hollow",1 +85561,"just do n't work in concert",1 +66542,"It 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate Gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen .",3 +76264,"ca n't stand",1 +2254,"shainberg 's",2 +238512,"we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",1 +38673,"the stoically",2 +199869,"gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand",1 +179255,"zombies",2 +177662,"was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",1 +191132,"a predictable , maudlin story",1 +182219,"Alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .",2 +165414,"made a film that makes previous vehicles look smart and sassy",2 +197160,"do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",0 +173746,"the disjointed , haphazard script",1 +165030,"likely wound up a TNT Original",2 +39869,"was two centuries ago",2 +90449,"points for political correctness",2 +67995,"One of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning",4 +8810,"misguided",0 +110405,"Third Kind",2 +238914,"with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",3 +149483,"The intent",2 +12313,"to be america 's sweetheart",3 +22562,"to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",3 +97913,"to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time",3 +72528,"a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle",3 +32860,"in films",3 +62083,", love .",3 +139958,"will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",1 +21163,"jealousy",1 +57356,"still seems timely and important .",3 +26704,"That rara avis",2 +68230,"Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ... Bisset is both convincing and radiant",3 +132563,"skeleton",2 +184511,"How can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing ? In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",0 +53064,"inept",1 +12242,"though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",1 +185083,"It 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie -",2 +2724,"the smeary",1 +188064,"The darker elements of misogyny and unprovoked violence suffocate the illumination created by the two daughters and the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil .",1 +42065,"he does make for excellent company , not",2 +202320,"intense freight",2 +131899,"see '' Blue Crush ''",3 +73635,"an Orc",2 +82340,"his two previous movies",2 +203578,"is the word for the big-fisted direction of Jez Butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",1 +88469,"of character and mood",2 +122355,"his most",2 +207760,"of having been slimed in the name of High Art",1 +220659,"'s Rambo - meets-John Ford .",2 +28984,"anymore",2 +19568,"a rousing treatise",2 +223577,"Hard to resist .",3 +66010,"Hitler-study",2 +74013,"and artistic transcendence",3 +1306,"inane",1 +80789,"funny , harmless and as substantial",3 +97623,"though no less horrifying for it )",2 +229906,"comedic moments",3 +74742,"as often",2 +169267,"pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent",0 +189343,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks",2 +98478,"told film .",2 +108608,"Resembles",2 +217275,"to quite pull off the heavy stuff",2 +217156,"to lead a group of talented friends astray",1 +151530,"a competent enough filmmaker",3 +7609,"into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture",2 +121529,"had a wonderful account to work from",3 +82005,"he stumbles in search of all the emotions",2 +28577,"and director Stephen Herek 's",2 +198429,"faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance",0 +107998,"Nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed",2 +68317,"Qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere",3 +161317,"his shortest , The Hole ,",2 +167400,"of choreographed mayhem",2 +138417,"turgid fable",1 +99386,"vibrance and warmth",3 +124627,"is that it does have a few cute moments .",3 +9398,"of unwatchable drivel",0 +152379,"a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",1 +97128,"their largest-ever historical canvas",3 +166183,"more glaring",2 +199427,"formal settings",2 +59094,"three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",3 +161608,"if you 've watched the far superior Nurse Betty or Sunset Boulevard . Even the unwatchable Soapdish is more original",0 +57893,"that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one",3 +55981,"perfect star vehicle",2 +137050,"this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",3 +91576,"rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s .",2 +137176,"thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy",2 +120337,"for Gai 's character to avoid the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",3 +228576,"an exploration of the emptiness",2 +164274,"junk food cinema",1 +3963,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason",0 +218622,"waiting for Frida to just die already",1 +169177,"predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine",1 +189945,"Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .",2 +189445,"War II action",2 +109932,"The little girls",2 +149487,"The issue",2 +112394,"a mushy , existential exploration",2 +215438,"the project surrounding them is distressingly rote",2 +177204,"unintended",2 +26969,"This cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends .",4 +20041,"attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",4 +83038,"in society",2 +117179,"come away from his film overwhelmed ,",3 +161478,"how many drugs they do or",2 +90457,"political correctness and suburban families",2 +214353,"the contrivances and overwrought emotion",1 +34804,"n't make 'em like that anymore",3 +47465,"Translating complex characters",2 +59201,"to call the film ` refreshing",3 +30164,"chorus line",2 +107805,"More of a career curio than a major work",2 +192847,"another movie",2 +111691,"a comparison",2 +77709,"dare I say it twice --",2 +185678,"Lan Yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama",2 +14745,"a great way",4 +217314,"to see the it",2 +205801,"manipulative sentimentality",2 +154413,"at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",1 +181113,", we hope it 's only acting .",3 +61226,"'s quite diverting nonsense .",2 +222306,"An inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of Vietnamese refugees living in U.S. relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 .",4 +80036,"first-time director Denzel Washington",2 +91217,"realistic , non-exploitive approach",3 +111882,"a festival film",2 +22094,"successful and accessible",3 +195164,"by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life",1 +44198,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings",3 +196211,"conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice",0 +130979,"raison",2 +213872,"that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",1 +124188,"is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '",2 +120387,"for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature\/nurture argument in regards",2 +70427,"Topics that could make a sailor blush -",2 +56773,"see a lot of life",3 +142109,", but lapses quite casually into the absurd",2 +219840,"with the preteen boy in mind",2 +36243,"pushing",2 +177759,"waterlogged equivalent",1 +38965,"this movie phenomenon",4 +10902,"swings and jostles",3 +53144,"intense and effective",4 +228566,"an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",4 +235961,"spelled",2 +49506,"be called an example of the haphazardness of evil",2 +198299,"exercise .",2 +186318,"Neverland",2 +1931,"of weird performances and direction",1 +238546,"well paced and satisfying little drama",3 +83897,"is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .",3 +98444,"to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",2 +71113,"Yorkers",2 +17723,"think Undercover Brother has run out of steam",1 +65468,"Fantasma",2 +142855,"12-Step",2 +14732,"a good chunk of its running time",2 +162849,"is crammed full of them",2 +171402,"so disgusting",1 +109313,"TV-cops",2 +184194,"Golden Eagle 's",2 +204105,"its 100 minutes",2 +17183,"she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts .",3 +145856,"Hollywood hoo-ha",1 +185857,"Long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .",0 +228605,"an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication",3 +233969,"most multilayered and sympathetic female characters",4 +150957,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .",2 +83908,"is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death",4 +223214,"Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",0 +210688,"runs around and",3 +123850,"is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",3 +229705,"can now take an 85-minute brush-up course with the documentary Derrida",2 +43500,", Tosca is a real treat .",3 +207186,"not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie",1 +193790,"at other times as bland as a block of snow",1 +110149,"The script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy .",0 +208552,"once too often",1 +154666,"be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum ,",1 +107090,"Italian guys",2 +49374,"at different aspects of Chinese life clashing with each other",2 +146898,"John Huston",2 +149854,"The story and characters are nowhere near gripping enough .",1 +182625,"Aspires to the cracked lunacy of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai , but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",1 +152357,"a revelatory performance",2 +188690,"The soupy end result has the odd distinction of being playful without being fun , too .",2 +213641,"that gives the ( teen comedy )",2 +156267,"choreographed bloodshed taking place",2 +50512,"countless other flicks",2 +238238,"unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet",0 +233616,"make Gangster No. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .",3 +215756,"the testosterone-charged wizardry",2 +141883,"( long ) gone",2 +110810,"Ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies .",2 +230988,"fourth `` Pokemon ''",2 +180690,", incoherent , instantly disposable",0 +26123,"Ms . Leoni",3 +122270,"his Halloween trip",2 +146240,"If you collected all the moments of coherent dialogue , they still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",1 +47924,"a day at the beach",3 +181803,"A loud , ugly , irritating movie without any of its satirical",0 +94549,"that always ended with some hippie getting",2 +228268,"about 3\/4th",2 +218303,"up soon .",2 +217309,"to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears",2 +231651,"hear Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie ' -- and he does make for excellent company",3 +224685,"Madame D. refer to her husband as ` Jackie '",2 +63741,"Alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful",3 +237559,"this movie was",2 +162022,"in the manner",2 +161799,"in a romance",2 +197583,"dues for good books unread",2 +182212,"Ah-nuld 's action hero days",2 +168854,"philosopher Jacques Derrida",2 +35768,"or even as",2 +175383,"this film , which is immaculately produced",3 +161689,"implodes in a series of very bad special effects",0 +184941,"Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience",2 +178983,"written by Michael Berg and Michael J . Wilson",2 +12990,"when the first few villians are introduced as '' spider '' and '' snake '' you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak",2 +190009,"` dog '",2 +194607,"between not-very-funny comedy",2 +68704,"Sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .",4 +78617,"draws us in long",3 +63990,"Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair",3 +42560,"rewarded by brutal , committed performances",3 +8158,"its well-meaning clunkiness",2 +224724,"Many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid",2 +49619,"been worse",1 +184913,"In the not-too-distant future",2 +200505,"has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie is long gone",1 +155829,"by-the-numbers action",2 +50092,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '",3 +153221,"although ,",2 +4225,"a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda",2 +5771,"could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it",0 +76904,"comatose",1 +9861,"proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .",3 +72070,"a nice rhythm",2 +171379,"snazzy-looking digital effects",3 +131812,"scattered moments of lazy humor",2 +166295,"most committed",2 +11735,"the physically spectacular",4 +120300,"folds",2 +88928,"of that first encounter",2 +175024,"the whole affair",2 +189606,"What the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean .",1 +123115,"in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby",1 +120275,"flourishes and",3 +107082,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly ,",2 +102276,", I have just one word for you - -- Decasia",2 +197003,"direction and timing",2 +67702,"Much of The Lady and the Duke",2 +29960,"ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie",3 +77936,"delivered in low-key style",3 +112241,"a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",3 +232210,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \/ 11 , an antique , in the end",1 +226290,"The first question to ask about Bad Company is why Anthony Hopkins is in it .",1 +157517,"director or",2 +29901,"by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu",2 +98115,"to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen",1 +45223,"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama .",3 +232545,"is meant to make you think about existential suffering",2 +10853,"surely",2 +67281,"Lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life",2 +190673,"a goofball movie ,",2 +113421,"adorable Italian guys .",3 +155551,"bugged",2 +154776,"be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast",1 +165686,"marginalization",1 +200217,"great scares and",3 +125994,"light comedic work",2 +51354,"eventually prevail",3 +90409,"plenty of movies",2 +105615,"Ellis",2 +205633,"major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee",1 +145438,"For most movies , 84 minutes is short ,",1 +42083,"himself or",3 +126173,"limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp .",2 +26417,"Ranging",2 +215246,"the one most",2 +93264,"speaking to a highway patrolman",2 +44485,"An exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir",3 +66207,"I think Payne is after something darker",2 +5316,"brushed with sentimentality but",3 +230244,"director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell",3 +147142,"Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",1 +223478,"George W. Bush ,",2 +72753,"a very good time at the cinema",3 +99207,"us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head",2 +121735,"has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .",3 +172663,"terminally depressed",1 +29123,"artistic brilliance",3 +56757,"scripts",2 +230783,"festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact",2 +137575,"to faith and rainbows",3 +176773,"toxic in its own right",1 +200229,"grievous",1 +22356,"the strange , stark beauty",3 +214842,"the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack",2 +142657,", you 'll need a stronger stomach than us .",2 +157100,"dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry",3 +188242,"The following things are not at all entertaining :",1 +148926,"Sugar Hill Gang , etc . )",2 +50871,"directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable",4 +90917,"pure misogynist evil",1 +71882,"a lifetime",3 +61786,", average , middle-aged woman",2 +12771,"very romantic",4 +150932,"While the mystery surrounding the nature of the boat 's malediction remains intriguing enough to sustain mild interest , the picture refuses to offer much accompanying sustenance in the way of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun .",1 +142721,"-- while undeniably interesting --",2 +112814,"a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers",2 +73272,"affable Maid",2 +177468,"vibrant flowers",2 +192893,"any doubt that Peter O'Fallon did n't have an original bone in his body",1 +14098,"I 'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does",2 +172133,"structure and staging",2 +229033,"at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age",1 +158816,"fame and fortune",3 +217237,"to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes",2 +222382,"And there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .",3 +227246,"Yes , dull .",0 +201584,"if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement .",2 +127392,"morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick",0 +24590,"Alzheimer",2 +182128,"AIDS yet",2 +109854,"The film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama",2 +156927,"cowrote",2 +73349,"aimed at kids",2 +201697,"improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment",2 +90678,"primary visual influence",3 +148361,"SATs",2 +3965,"a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .",1 +106426,"I can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al .",2 +56176,"pretty amazing",3 +141004,"'ll wonder if Lopez 's publicist should share screenwriting credit",2 +1732,"midway",2 +176583,"too amateurish and",1 +231351,"had since",2 +26195,"No .",1 +194309,"becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points",2 +293,"a visual delight and",4 +155253,"biopic hammers",2 +173589,"the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",1 +18258,"'ll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",4 +21627,"once you get through the accents , All or Nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit",3 +159446,"for more than , say , ten",2 +117000,"circa",3 +28771,"and retribution",2 +159311,"fond memories",2 +158239,"ends the movie is the one with the most emotional resonance ,",2 +208936,"overly convenient plot twists",1 +96821,"the sweet Cinderella story",3 +129818,"outward",2 +98088,"to go around , with music and laughter",3 +154558,"bad martial arts movies",1 +132212,"several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is",0 +46698,"Scotland , PA",2 +216309,"thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser",1 +101738,"'s like an all-star salute to Disney 's cheesy commercialism",2 +30196,"classic films",3 +128322,"of GUNFIRE and cell phones",2 +149905,"The tale of Tok ( Andy Lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail",2 +87733,"nearly as graphic but much",1 +217938,"turns What Time Is It There ?",2 +183777,"Every visual joke",2 +1765,"most addicted",2 +13243,"work up",3 +92471,"she gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo",3 +152306,"a quickie TV special",2 +167787,"of the fog and the ashes",2 +159359,"for a long time",2 +43948,"8 million charmer",3 +83061,"in that",2 +109360,"Tells ( the story ) with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot 's persnickety problems",2 +39874,"watching McGrath 's version",2 +199260,"for most of the characters .",2 +171455,"so much bad as bland",1 +130481,"postcard",2 +38197,"the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children",1 +194546,"bestial",2 +235963,"spend on a ticket",1 +122098,"heartfelt concern",3 +163147,"is nonexistent",2 +31085,"encourage",4 +63096,"A hallmark film",3 +154733,"be fooled by the impressive cast list",1 +122912,"in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never",3 +21873,"richer by his own experiences , making his other movies somehow",3 +58764,"the subject",2 +120462,"for originality of plot",3 +79577,"faith and",2 +230486,"elevate `` Glory ''",3 +163123,"is neither ... excessively strained and contrived .",2 +29227,"as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing",2 +120312,"followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",1 +204903,"lewd",2 +152919,"actual snow :",2 +143220,"A momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year",3 +40481,"young adult life in urban South Korea",3 +112203,"a line",2 +53109,"insightful enough",3 +15119,"any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy",2 +123721,"is a common tenet in the world 's religions",2 +159601,"found by his characters",2 +220180,"yank",3 +4457,"agonizing",0 +22220,"the Mideast desert",2 +175682,"thriller side",2 +51536,"far more pointed and",3 +116781,"cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",2 +133519,"substantive movie",3 +1355,"irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there",3 +86159,"little indie .",2 +161123,"her raw performance and",3 +204124,"its awkward structure and",1 +112772,"a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",2 +141790,"( Madonna )",2 +69030,"Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . But once the falcon arrives in the skies above Manhattan , the adventure is on red alert",3 +98277,"to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +64318,"Benjamins",2 +18326,", AND satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",4 +11329,"the endlessly repetitive",0 +132862,"some corny television",1 +88838,"of pure craft and passionate heart",4 +2104,"pta proud yet director",1 +124349,"is not really",2 +152574,"a taste for Swamp Thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score",2 +121896,"have I heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another",2 +88931,"of that post 9-11 period",2 +39530,"two young men in the prime of their talent",3 +22758,"what will happen to her",2 +41187,"Sensitive ,",3 +53970,"its rapid-fire delivery",4 +186158,"More likely",3 +103996,"A vivid , sometimes surreal",4 +139601,"when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",1 +65683,"From the dull",1 +21974,"sitcom",2 +37732,"that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar",3 +4672,"an ironic",2 +109312,"TV show",2 +105079,"Chill '' reunion",2 +62387,", unforced continuation",2 +9081,"no small amount",2 +73174,"actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen",4 +155346,"body-switching farce",2 +231981,"in a sardine",2 +28172,"aim for our sympathy",2 +159034,"few unintentional",1 +238749,"will anyone really care ?",0 +125050,"it may be",2 +112280,"a major role",2 +48656,"action and reflection",2 +26911,"The story feels more like a serious read , filled with heavy doses of always enticing Sayles dialogue .",3 +1320,"insights",2 +105182,"Conduct ( '' Laissez-passer '' )",2 +44197,"A pleasant enough romance",3 +65110,"Disappointingly",1 +12584,"tsai",2 +41297,"The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned : It 's a slow slog to get there",3 +137845,"to send your regrets",1 +105131,"Claude Chabrol 's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .",3 +96900,"the top floor of a skyscraper",2 +18229,"the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog )",3 +41899,"fact and",2 +152774,"about raising eyebrows",2 +40016,"while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull",4 +135628,"the last time I saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in Extreme Ops",1 +230579,"especially the a \*\* holes",2 +149653,"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 +160084,"give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss",1 +92655,"signals",2 +169357,"programming",2 +31007,"edgy",2 +200361,"half-an-hour long",2 +142514,", the only thing Avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . It makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time .",1 +187743,"The 70-year-old Godard",3 +132442,"shrieky special effects",1 +79241,"even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",3 +39901,"we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world .",2 +40156,"with Samantha",2 +40763,"An incredibly low-rent Danish film ,",2 +208349,"old familiar",2 +35687,"one occasion",2 +121913,"have baffled the folks in the marketing department",2 +151145,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .",0 +231519,"hate myself most mornings",1 +32365,"have been more",2 +9204,"observations",2 +133142,"spoiler alert ! )",1 +10528,"small potatoes",1 +122277,"his boisterous energy",3 +174531,"the picture making",2 +11676,"the movie occasionally threatens to become didactic ,",1 +191689,"about Kennedy 's assassination",2 +25776,"It deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons .",3 +190668,"a good vampire tale",3 +116710,"career - kids = misery",1 +23393,", and damn the consequences",1 +237939,"to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''",0 +119342,"even lazier and far less enjoyable",1 +140975,"'ll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",1 +20466,"enormous",3 +167458,"of exploitative garbage",1 +208865,"out-of-field )",2 +58392,"the human complexities",2 +175504,"this one is so formulaic that it seems to be on auto-pilot",1 +85001,"it desperately needed",2 +228810,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have )",0 +68571,"Salma goes native and",2 +179021,"year old",2 +1381,"is felt",2 +226038,"Take Care of My Cat ''",2 +169564,"quirky and funny",3 +197150,"do , too little time",2 +212089,"some dignity",2 +81719,"has fun with the quirks of family life",3 +160644,"has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight",1 +40097,"wildest",2 +5508,"charles",2 +220663,"'s The Scarlet Letter",2 +214958,"the life of the celebrated Irish playwright , poet and drinker",2 +4594,"an absurdly overblown",0 +68721,"Shakespeare 's plays",2 +116556,"can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental .",2 +1329,"intellectual underpinnings",2 +94140,"takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth",3 +42769,"terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious ,",3 +140456,"works out his issues",2 +130129,"perfect teaming",3 +20475,"entertaining enough at ` face value ' to recommend to anyone looking for something different .",3 +2132,"record",2 +185844,"Live '",2 +152020,"a made-for-TV look",1 +100035,"whimsicality , narrative discipline",4 +6488,"filmmakers",2 +200910,"he 's in",2 +146362,"Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri",2 +91873,"said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees",3 +96765,"the stories work and the ones that do",2 +162332,"interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic",3 +162491,"involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy ,",2 +91564,"restored",2 +163575,"is what we call the ` wow ' factor .",3 +171015,"showcases Carvey 's talent for voices",3 +216527,"this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door",2 +167854,"of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned",2 +166587,"nearly enough and not",2 +179732,"'s exactly the kind of movie Toback 's detractors always accuse him of making",1 +206759,"my eyelids ... getting",1 +102657,", it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .",2 +115700,"becomes a sermon for most of its running time .",1 +114155,"an underlying seriousness",2 +16063,"hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .",3 +78885,"emigre",2 +23476,", but Abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .",3 +187088,"Sandler running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often",1 +238649,"where Ms. Shu is an institution",2 +117446,"considering that Baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .",1 +191126,"a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them",1 +23998,", will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .",4 +25029,"County",2 +173205,"that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",1 +138241,"traditionally plotted popcorn thriller",2 +226001,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball . ''",4 +1762,"more worshipful",3 +136706,"then again",2 +131734,"sappy and",2 +27230,"Wilco",2 +106823,"It 's a very valuable film ...",4 +56070,"plot holes",1 +48664,"actor 's",2 +224298,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie .",2 +13963,"Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",3 +219927,"wo n't much care about",1 +141120,"'s a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",1 +24830,"Biggie and Tupac is so single-mindedly daring",3 +67295,"Lock , Stock",2 +159317,"fool you",2 +110058,"The only time 8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target is during the offbeat musical numbers .",2 +219151,"when Carol Kane appears on the screen",2 +61701,", The Hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .",3 +193849,"attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it",2 +130075,"peaked",3 +20248,"chosen reality",2 +137826,"to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach",2 +116751,"casting ,",2 +74233,"appetizer",2 +121472,"grows on you -- like a rash",1 +182868,"Boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but",2 +141916,") has learned new tricks",2 +62010,", it 's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .",2 +158374,"erase",2 +207776,"of his skill",2 +99024,"unflappable air",3 +207678,"of credible gender-provoking philosophy",3 +117240,"comes off as so silly",2 +143586,"All 's well that ends well",3 +120341,"for Hollywood horror",2 +9736,"play against each other so intensely , but with restraint",3 +67926,"O . Cho",2 +232981,"it 's too long and too convoluted and",1 +5128,"better effects",3 +81826,"haunting and sublime music",2 +181900,"A potentially good comic premise and excellent cast",3 +159538,"for years in China . He has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about",2 +58146,"the complexity of the Catholic doctrine",2 +147028,"King , who 's honestly trying",2 +49538,"be reminded of who did what to whom and why",2 +42604,"seem fully aware",2 +161222,"his American wife\/colleague , Terri",2 +16218,"is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them",4 +49769,"boasting",2 +86194,"lively and engaging examination",4 +105389,"Despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed .",3 +45935,"Kaufmann 's '' Quills ''",2 +86331,"lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon",2 +141345,"'s guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role",2 +16627,"n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests",1 +130492,"potential twist",2 +236591,"that would have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",2 +119909,"feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .",1 +122799,"impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep",3 +154017,"arrives ,",2 +124675,"is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a Randall Wallace film .",1 +187791,"The Ghost and",2 +160711,"has no idea of it is serious",1 +47079,"The film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant",4 +166154,"more collection of penis , breast and flatulence gags in search of a story . Or a profit .",2 +216910,"to better advantage on cable",2 +174188,"the last one",2 +144933,"Does n't Know How to Have Fun",1 +74766,"as sharp as a samurai sword",4 +166262,"more than a prop",2 +94459,"thank goodness for this signpost",2 +167807,"of the most dangerous parts of the world",2 +81987,"he expresses our most basic emotions",3 +118654,"downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness",3 +51772,"for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool",1 +156070,"carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder",2 +202822,"is clever enough",3 +160498,"hammers",2 +201446,"humor and eye-popping visuals",3 +199080,"fluidity",2 +113349,"activate girlish tear ducts does n't mean it 's good enough for our girls",2 +30126,"check it out",4 +105189,"Confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation",1 +107151,"James Bond thriller",3 +167182,"of Damon Runyon crooks",2 +16896,"overcomes the regular minefield of coming-of-age cliches with potent doses of honesty and sensitivity",3 +159337,"for Lise",2 +182345,"An allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals African American professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing",3 +169934,"religious films are n't your bailiwick",2 +177981,"what is the point ?",1 +91514,"represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken .",3 +214960,"the light , comic side of the issue",3 +215196,"the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc . , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 +230188,"dialogue rip",2 +11171,"the action switches between past and present ,",2 +155655,"but winds up as a slender cinematic stunt",2 +22366,"the time",2 +178945,"wrap things up",2 +73033,"above pat inspirational status",3 +126134,"like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead",3 +224776,"Mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .",1 +216620,"thriller 's",2 +217788,"tries to be ethereal ,",2 +185245,"It all unfolds predictably , and the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense",1 +59489,"tracking",2 +103302,"3-D vistas",2 +32012,"gentle blend",3 +140744,"you expect",2 +142134,", cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",1 +203285,"is one dumb movie",0 +230528,"engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less",3 +92009,"screen caper",2 +152773,"about pretty much nothing",1 +177545,"vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse",1 +54601,"manages to incorporate both the horror",3 +211649,"since last week 's Reign of Fire",2 +144103,"Behan 's book , but missing",2 +128236,"occasionally horrifying but",2 +98127,"to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms . Mirren , who did )",3 +94334,"terrific job",3 +32258,"happily along for the ride",4 +119576,"expressive power",4 +143007,"A bit of an unwieldy mess .",1 +5292,"britney",2 +135109,"the disparate elements",2 +203034,"is just as obvious as telling a country skunk",1 +186932,"Reyes ' directorial debut",2 +60073,"what to whom and why",2 +200286,"guilty about it",1 +197520,"dreaming",2 +130682,"produced sparkling retina candy",3 +121350,"gorgeous film",3 +164885,"like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong",0 +110530,"This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine ,",3 +6605,"for personality",2 +71373,"a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",3 +21303,"may well be the most comprehensive of these films and also strike closest to the truth .",4 +146774,"It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi .",0 +97649,"thoughtful what-if",3 +31043,"elevated by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",3 +178347,"will be able to recognize that this story is too goofy ... even for Disney",1 +71477,"a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",3 +109183,"Stephen )",2 +155590,"burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another",1 +4370,"accepting him",3 +181501,"A Meatballs for the bare-midriff generation",2 +134317,"that falls far short",1 +136824,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .",1 +114972,"as leaky",2 +77288,"consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted Rembrandt",3 +105708,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story ,",3 +116469,"by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot",2 +82618,"if it belongs on the big screen",3 +31457,"familiar with turntablism",2 +195168,"by his pretensions",2 +136119,"the real-life story",2 +83258,"increase",2 +6417,"farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except",1 +104622,"Baird is a former film editor",2 +193426,"as charming",2 +120822,"fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard",2 +132023,"seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .",0 +63021,"A fine effort , an interesting topic ,",3 +173983,"the first sci-fi comedy",2 +230343,"does have a heart",4 +55619,"of the worst possibilities of mankind",1 +174664,"the rules of the Country Bear universe",2 +69812,"The performances of the children",2 +13345,"you 're up for that sort of thing",2 +139318,"watching a glorified episode of '' 7th Heaven",1 +108489,"Prozac Nation",1 +4674,"an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force",2 +72711,"a trenchant critique of capitalism",2 +188552,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and",0 +196698,"degrades its characters , its stars and its audience",0 +61054,"'s funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful",2 +70315,"This sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder .",2 +68091,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic .",3 +42979,"weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and",3 +28935,"animated sweet film",4 +2810,"there 's back-stabbing , inter-racial desire and , most importantly , singing and dancing .",3 +192398,"amusedly , sometimes",2 +126220,"little excitement",1 +101439,"'re down",1 +68240,"Poignant Japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak .",3 +137333,"to a fault , but",2 +89861,"outdoes its spectacle .",3 +212457,"stand-up magic wanes . Hopkins ,",2 +190201,"a block",2 +156665,"conceivable",3 +67569,"Minkoff",2 +161202,"hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential",1 +17577,"the latent 15-year-old romantic",2 +65481,"Fatale",2 +164199,"itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : They Might Be Giants '",1 +142627,", well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie",2 +98287,"to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original",3 +97920,"to be had",2 +4758,"apart",2 +23580,", director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .",3 +187588,"Story territory",2 +229493,"burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 +137159,"thought . Better",3 +198438,"failing , ultimately ,",0 +47628,"While some will object to the idea of a Vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone , Soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation .",1 +11707,"the original",3 +12788,"villainous",1 +180235,"( Witherspoon 's ) better films",2 +132699,"sneaks up on the viewer",3 +148420,"Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production .",1 +121790,"has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the English call ` too clever by half",2 +22461,"three-year-old production",2 +128636,"of emotional desperation",1 +84901,"it 's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures , and even the times in which they lived . But they fascinate in their recklessness",2 +127371,"more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach",1 +59335,"to see '' Sade ''",2 +236375,"that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible",2 +180131,"( Crystal and De Niro )",2 +182920,"Broder 's screenplay",2 +203281,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb .",0 +63596,"A worthwhile documentary ,",3 +109337,"Talk To Her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but",2 +227747,"a `` Friday '' worth waiting for",3 +185148,"It 's makes a better travelogue than movie .",1 +105531,"Drang",2 +123699,"is Eric Rohmer 's economical antidote to the bloated costume drama",2 +93695,"stylish surprises",3 +97183,"themselves and",2 +211828,"sluggish pace and lack",1 +55852,"otherness",2 +41159,"Provides an intriguing window",3 +133459,"study .",2 +167386,"of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another",2 +39888,"we do indeed feel for them .",3 +217397,"to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 +139728,"who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival",2 +86368,"love in remembrance .",3 +60298,"with '' The Bourne Identity ''",2 +135696,"the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall",2 +100046,"white-empowered police force",2 +24234,"94 minutes",2 +215728,"the surprisingly shoddy makeup work",1 +126393,"lost in its midst .",2 +38508,"the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",1 +53393,"is an impossible task",1 +121306,"good intentions leads to the video store ''",1 +145027,"Earnest but earthbound ... a slow , soggy , soporific , visually dank crime melodrama\/character study that would be more at home on the small screen but for its stellar cast .",1 +76498,"casual ode",2 +175995,"to blow $ 100 million on this",2 +49327,"as the direction is intelligently accomplished",4 +198726,"feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .",1 +127357,"more stately",2 +15157,"as many misses as hits , but ultimately",1 +74749,"as part of the human condition",2 +7419,"in conflict with itself",1 +180408,", Jane Campion might have done ,",2 +9432,"often food-spittingly",3 +132688,"smuggling drugs inside Danish cows",2 +56649,"romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",0 +214478,"the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past ,",3 +150883,"When the film ended , I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while .",0 +177159,"uneasy alliance",2 +85334,"its overwhelming creepiness",2 +184216,"Got Fingered .",2 +148507,"Seven Nights",2 +219119,"what is good for the goose",2 +161632,"ill-advised meddling",1 +106836,"It 's an entertaining movie",3 +61626,", Hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the Vietnam War before the pathology set in .",2 +606,"black",2 +157827,"does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",1 +60451,"wonderful tale",4 +235773,"sing the lyrics",2 +208222,"of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles",1 +176489,"to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",0 +223567,"Hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film",4 +184617,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie ,",3 +1114,"got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 -",2 +173478,"the appeal",2 +139796,"who the other actors in the movie are",2 +8542,"look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",0 +54471,"made such a strong impression",4 +208079,"of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",1 +49404,"at the mercy of its inventiveness",1 +176011,"to bring off this kind of whimsy",2 +142952,": We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers .",1 +162285,"insufficiently",1 +47414,"Those who love Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie improved .",2 +90224,"personal ads",2 +127389,"morph into a typical romantic triangle",2 +56459,"reenacting",2 +93409,"stalking men with guns",2 +71969,"a melodrama",2 +110832,"Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place",2 +89287,"often exciting",3 +139170,"want something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by",2 +34869,"need his stones .",2 +168309,"only succeeds in the third of these .",2 +180711,", it 's a conundrum not worth solving .",1 +138431,"turned out",2 +135733,"the more daring and surprising American movies",3 +126196,"listless direction",1 +196726,"demanding than it needs to be",1 +101074,"you 've got the wildly popular Vin Diesel in the equation",3 +115692,"become one of our best actors",4 +130252,"pit",2 +174621,"the reaction of Israelis",2 +184910,"In the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .",1 +104665,"Before",2 +9117,"not a cozy or ingratiating work , but it 's challenging , sometimes clever , and always interesting , and those are reasons enough to see it",3 +218799,"was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight",1 +124526,"is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",0 +129582,"one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences",2 +61351,"'s very little sense to what 's going on here",1 +6950,"happen",2 +177386,"valid points",3 +172985,"that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school",1 +186878,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness .",1 +123858,"is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace",4 +149025,"Tara Reid plays a college journalist , but",2 +44511,"An intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .",3 +127965,"no , paralyzed",1 +93681,"style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story",3 +37742,"that 's what makes it irresistible .",2 +20284,"comprehensive",2 +229841,"cleverer , better written and",4 +141173,"'s about as exciting",2 +138573,"uncompromising , difficult and unbearably beautiful",3 +193928,"bad , bad movie",0 +65117,"Discursive but",2 +109250,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball .",3 +178391,"will not hold .",1 +68705,"Sensual",3 +48420,"a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story",3 +205723,"makes no difference in the least .",2 +50894,"display of murderous vulnerability",2 +149337,"The ending does n't work ... but",1 +213754,"that makes a melodramatic mountain out",2 +50337,"completely deadpan",1 +41454,"a lively script , sharp acting and",4 +22715,"want to miss About A Boy",1 +103407,"A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat",2 +98327,"to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",2 +132419,"shows little understanding",3 +15550,"disarming indie",2 +3106,"wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend",1 +144801,"Despite her relentless vim and winsome facial symmetry , Witherspoon is just too dialed-up to be America 's Sweetheart .",2 +50793,"despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",3 +177567,"walk out",2 +208745,"opportunities for occasional smiles",2 +117973,"deftly setting off",2 +76024,"building up",2 +179088,"you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films",2 +193822,"at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting",1 +199457,"four letter words",2 +118105,"deserved better",2 +178205,"who also executive produces",2 +218013,"two or three times",2 +122591,"hugely entertaining and",3 +123678,"is , at its core ,",2 +120471,"for posterity",2 +168545,"overpower",2 +224198,"It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex",2 +58468,"the majority",2 +78560,"dragon",2 +56434,"really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",3 +168766,"pell-mell",2 +54364,"look at war",2 +165951,"might well be the worst special-effects creation of the year",0 +155313,"blow the big one",1 +41539,"ambition is in short supply in the cinema ,",0 +142139,", delicious",3 +2332,"so leaden",2 +94110,"take on a great writer and dubious human being",3 +28354,"an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking that stands , despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft , in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",3 +99406,"view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies",2 +16554,"may not understand everything that happens",2 +139447,"weird relative",2 +109034,"Soderbergh , like Kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .",4 +157802,"does not make for much of a movie .",1 +53444,"is definitely worth seeing",3 +230496,"elusive ... stagy and stilted",1 +87129,"millions of lives",2 +98959,"under way",2 +23422,", and one to ponder after the credits roll",3 +65832,"Gosling 's",2 +79647,"fans ' lofty expectations",2 +33948,"know about music",2 +30637,"deeply emotional eyes shine through this bogus veneer ...",2 +111539,"a beauty to behold",4 +211702,"sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ?",1 +89033,"of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",3 +79505,"extended bedroom sequence",2 +9083,"no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim",2 +107500,"Literary purists",2 +151456,"a certain kind of horror movie",2 +2650,"the modern masculine",3 +187892,"The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .",1 +34638,"most idiosyncratic",2 +146668,"It does n't quite work ,",1 +157777,"does n't make up for a weak movie",1 +102685,", its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .",3 +145088,"Enduring love",3 +61746,", and beautifully shot",3 +199143,"for PG-13",2 +100939,"would n't want to live waydowntown",1 +52539,"heartening tale",3 +235173,"random , superficial humour",1 +146544,"It 's mildly amusing , but I certainly ca n't recommend it .",1 +77887,"degrading and strangely liberating",3 +75788,"bold colors",3 +38815,"their hopes",2 +7660,"is a lumbering , wheezy drag",1 +100014,"while his characters are acting horribly",1 +107023,"It is very difficult to care about the character , and",1 +37798,"that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion",4 +186124,"Midnight Run",2 +167191,"of Frank Capra",2 +7859,"it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .",0 +222523,"B picture , and",1 +177865,"well , it 's also rarely coherent .",1 +69861,"The re-release of Ron Howard 's Apollo 13 in the IMAX format",2 +144195,"Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein",2 +184917,"In the spirit of the season , I assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .",1 +137118,"those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre",2 +169982,"rent '' Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance",2 +217656,"too placid",1 +4204,"a thoughtful ,",3 +190207,"a bore",1 +88882,"of sheer goofiness and cameos",2 +10555,"so fresh",3 +189198,"Toback 's detractors",2 +154821,"be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious",1 +131978,"seem so real in small doses",3 +60461,"work and",2 +99544,"want the ol' ball-and-chain",2 +108379,"Peter Sellers",2 +106759,"Intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery",4 +141436,"'s nice to watch a movie that has n't been focus-grouped into tedium",3 +22074,"stress",1 +114791,"as Mr .",2 +59766,"urge to destroy is also a creative urge",2 +237296,"the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood",2 +19611,"a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins",1 +196313,"could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",3 +1632,"looking",2 +187593,"Strictly middle",2 +168146,"on the vine",2 +58451,"the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen ,",1 +63730,"Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in ...",2 +208591,"one hopes Mr . Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",2 +109670,"The comedy",3 +112958,"a vampire soap opera",2 +69054,"Superbly",3 +21495,"of a sit",2 +181357,"10-year",2 +237844,"to hear characters talk about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",2 +171187,"skates blithely from one implausible situation to another",1 +212467,"standoffish",2 +130614,"pretty well",3 +17334,"striking ending",3 +94849,"that rings",2 +33616,"it a total success ?",1 +209600,"power outage",2 +145645,"Great story , bad idea for a movie",1 +1597,"lighted",2 +8118,"its recycled aspects ,",1 +108473,"Presson",2 +92897,"smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .",3 +200841,"have much emotional impact on the characters",3 +15423,"clarify",2 +47488,"Twilight",2 +66667,"It 's still a comic book , but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul",3 +140502,"worthwhile glimpse",4 +42993,"what that mind looks like , but",2 +167081,"objectionable or dull",1 +20473,"entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",3 +107414,"Leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of Hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .",1 +106425,"I ca n't wait to see what the director does next",3 +45858,"Jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .",3 +198689,"feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy",1 +157661,"do n't pile on this much syrup",1 +71496,"a curious sick poetry ,",1 +205444,"lots of boring talking heads , etc . --",2 +133505,"subcontinent",2 +77869,"deft and",2 +143359,"A sometimes tedious film .",1 +47662,"With the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors , Eight Legged Freaks is prime escapist fare .",4 +221928,"A Jewish WW II doc that is n't trying simply to out-shock , out-outrage or out-depress its potential audience !",2 +172957,"that charges full admission and gets",2 +41548,"an example of sophisticated , challenging filmmaking",4 +97354,"this a charmer",3 +115130,"assuredly",3 +126547,"made its way into your very bloodstream",2 +86224,"long , intricate , star-studded",3 +67591,"Mood",2 +198813,"fifteen-year-old",2 +93977,"suspense ,",3 +173161,"that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",1 +68147,"Pauline & Paulette",2 +35114,"of Music play",2 +129627,"only a genius",1 +26732,"The Mothman Prophecies ''",2 +163425,"is that it can be made on the cheap .",2 +66016,"Hollywood 's comic-book",2 +19549,"a polished , sophisticated entertainment that is in love with its own cleverness",4 +162321,"interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",0 +171299,"slogs",2 +167456,"of everyone involved",2 +87005,"melted",2 +51976,"full honor",2 +157531,"disagree",3 +200978,"hear George Orwell turning over",1 +162117,"incoherent , self-indulgent",0 +63393,"A smart , sassy and exceptionally charming",4 +34805,"n't miss it",2 +148963,"Sweet Home Alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .",1 +214874,"the interior lives of the characters",2 +10770,"strictly",2 +161985,"in the TV-to-movie franchise game",2 +34539,"monastic",2 +172973,"that did not figure out a coherent game",1 +153859,"are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",2 +160226,"going to have tepid films like Dragonfly tossed at them",2 +204722,"late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives",2 +142817,"... there just is n't much to laugh at .",1 +33880,"itself up in subtle plot maneuvers",3 +62843,"A chilly , brooding but quietly",3 +184911,"In the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .",0 +4889,"as social expos ,",2 +206897,"neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .",1 +164575,"largely unexplored",2 +140728,"you can release your pent up anger",3 +133863,"taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",3 +36623,"rough waters",1 +238698,"who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",3 +132123,"serial murders",3 +208352,"old guy",2 +9056,"night shyamalan",2 +67964,"Often overwrought and",1 +237634,"thriller `` New Best Friend ''",3 +126982,"mediocre special effects ,",2 +68548,"Ryan Gosling ( Murder By Numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance .",4 +35722,"only as an afterthought",2 +107318,"Kirshner",2 +11761,"the problem is that for the most part , the film is deadly dull",0 +120163,"first film 's",2 +159783,"fryers and",2 +227665,"`` do-over",2 +146078,"I highly recommend Irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .",2 +37609,"talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",1 +2414,"structure",2 +151178,"Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",2 +159874,"fuzzy huggy",2 +3364,"'s played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up",3 +55239,"of Southern Gothic",2 +64808,"Contrived as this may sound , Mr . Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .",3 +32525,"his beguiling Belgian fable",2 +164013,"its convolutions",1 +26637,"Stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a '' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .",3 +29521,"behavior and intent",2 +163179,"is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class",0 +154025,"arthritic",1 +190764,"a homage",3 +215060,"the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen",2 +195232,"by the source material",2 +135439,"the further Oprahfication of the world",1 +86262,"look away for a second",2 +34626,"most demented",1 +158748,"fails on its own",1 +226505,"The story really has no place to go since Simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict",1 +98695,"tried as a war criminal",1 +151592,"a deeper level",2 +52196,"good humor",4 +26529,"Schweig",2 +48508,"a wonderfully creepy mood",3 +187968,"The band performances featured in Drumline are red hot",3 +205405,"loosely tied series",1 +75229,"be blissfully exhausted",3 +87832,"new comedy",2 +2934,"to life",2 +158024,"dull , lifeless , and irritating",0 +129690,"opposed to the extent of their outrageousness",3 +11996,"the vehicle",2 +224405,"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film ,",0 +22732,"we would expect nothing less from this bunch",3 +164004,"its characters ' frustrations",2 +64003,"Antonia",2 +221320,", dull .",1 +144587,"Conforms itself with creating a game of ` who 's who ' ... where the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences .",1 +32406,"he does make for excellent company",3 +181673,"A few energetic stunt sequences briefly enliven the film , but the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time , and the protagonists ' bohemian boorishness mars the spirit of good clean fun",1 +61629,", I 'd rather listen to old Tori Amos records",1 +100703,"without a hitch",2 +214631,"the film with a skateboard",2 +119891,"feels an awful lot",2 +217134,"to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",1 +58606,"the pretension",2 +14379,"Planet",2 +119527,"expected ,",2 +143845,"Any rock pile",2 +200085,"gone badly awry",1 +153358,"an average comedic dateflick but not",1 +135216,"the experiences of Zishe and",2 +102668,", it never seems fresh and vital . It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling .",1 +230056,"crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the Godzilla",2 +151276,"a City",2 +35571,"offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...",3 +107181,"Jeremy Renner )",2 +199017,"flash that barely fizzle",1 +189598,"What more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?",0 +192607,"an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",3 +169297,"prisoners",2 +160657,"has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry",1 +196604,"dead wife",2 +42682,"staring hypnotically",2 +139906,"will find millions of eager fans .",3 +144133,"Beta Alpha Delta",2 +80834,"fused with their humor",3 +28204,"all spot",2 +235180,"rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",1 +138185,"topical or",2 +107819,"Most of the storylines",2 +38497,"the only part of the film",2 +92347,"sets out",3 +60782,"'s Kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers",3 +63072,"A giddy and provocative sexual",4 +104036,"A-Team",2 +34713,"moving film that respects its audience and its source material .",3 +188932,"Things really get weird , though not particularly scary :",1 +165079,"little comic\/thriller",2 +137969,"to the very history it pretends to teach",2 +112869,"a technology in search",2 +218153,"undeterminable",1 +100501,"with fondness and respect",3 +142875,"1970s predecessors",2 +48124,"a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel",3 +237233,"the sports arena",2 +143384,"A synthesis of cliches and absurdities",1 +167432,"of disbelief . Rather",2 +134553,"that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life",2 +172639,"tempted",2 +16359,"it wears its B-movie heritage like a badge of honor",3 +141542,"'s pretty toxic in its own right",0 +59108,"through out",2 +118302,"directorial career",2 +7057,"hawn and",2 +129541,"one not-so-small problem",1 +189993,"` Snow Dogs ' has both",2 +140448,"works its magic with such exuberance and passion that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun .",3 +153749,"appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz",2 +130679,"produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar",2 +64312,"Belgium",2 +150553,"Uncommonly",2 +131284,"relying on the viewer",2 +120688,"from a simplistic narrative and a pat , fairy-tale conclusion",2 +123075,"in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad",1 +209191,"perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself",2 +175377,"this equally brutal outing",1 +140628,"y cada uno",2 +107004,"It gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .",2 +154969,"been here",2 +168381,"ornamentation , and group song",2 +17779,"to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",2 +79882,"film connoisseurs",2 +233277,"lacked any",1 +140274,"with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe",2 +30476,"creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad",3 +120981,"generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",3 +226322,"The long-range appeal of `` Minority Report ''",3 +54046,"just as",2 +84433,"is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction",4 +96602,"the roundelay of partners functions",2 +104078,"Adam Sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt",1 +125466,"joint",2 +147999,"PR hype",1 +231898,"if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly",1 +85545,"just a bit",2 +23530,", but they bring a fresh , quirky charm to the formula .",3 +51431,"explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut",3 +221461,", look at that clever angle !",2 +205674,"make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs",2 +74421,"are sometimes",2 +123998,"is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",2 +156633,"completely crass and forgettable",0 +39422,"trace",2 +40907,"Flavorful and",3 +86078,"like movies that demand four hankies",3 +111821,"a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding",1 +133534,"succeed in producing that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad .",1 +190591,"a first-time actor )",2 +175954,"to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",1 +234905,"penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing .",3 +69846,"The powerful success of Read My Lips with such provocative material",3 +109249,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us '' The Skulls '' and last year 's '' Rollerball",3 +201609,"if you want to see a flick about telemarketers",1 +168481,"over character and substance",2 +92760,"skewed characters",2 +132274,"sheds",2 +97407,"this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .",3 +219952,"words ''",2 +106770,"Iraqi factory",3 +139498,"were coming back from Stock Character camp",2 +127182,"mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon",3 +189940,"Your nightmares",1 +23049,"'s a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more",4 +104725,"Beware",2 +47918,"a culture in conflict",2 +1566,"laddish and juvenile , only",1 +84808,"is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way .",3 +177896,"well-meaning , beautifully produced film",3 +202299,"insufferably tedious and turgid",1 +35066,"odd",2 +195373,"can feel good about themselves",2 +194269,"because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair",2 +22193,"that rapidly deteriorating line",1 +33042,"inexorably",2 +111975,"a funny no-brainer",3 +226222,"The characters never change .",1 +30676,"delights that gets even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind .",3 +87097,"might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies",4 +186666,"Payne screenplay",2 +170882,"shock many with its unblinking frankness .",2 +99714,"we 've long associated with Washington",2 +120717,"from frame one",2 +21091,"it 's not terribly original",1 +54256,"like long books and movies",2 +161656,"imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",1 +57308,"star power",3 +6323,"exclamation",2 +41020,"It is ridiculous , of course ... but",1 +56878,"seus graves problemas",2 +177355,"uses water",2 +164164,"its subtle undercurrents",2 +218957,"weaned on the comedy of Tom Green and the Farrelly Brothers",2 +206265,"mixed messages , over-blown drama and",2 +52805,"if they 're old enough to have developed some taste",2 +205643,"make a convincing case for the relevance of these two 20th-century footnotes",3 +182035,"A superfluous sequel",0 +220568,"'ll buy the soundtrack .",3 +234084,"neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be",0 +65423,"Excellent performances from Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton",4 +217012,"to fashion a Brazil-like , hyper-real satire",2 +27114,"Uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict",3 +49886,"build in the mind of the viewer and",2 +107423,"Less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving",2 +141650,"'s the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch",1 +207474,"of Sommers 's title-bout features",2 +151006,"With generic sets and B-grade special effects , Jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525 .",1 +85515,"journey back",2 +172064,"straight out of central casting",2 +36471,"religious bigotry",1 +76973,"comes off as a pale successor",1 +40812,"Chalk it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy , but I had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",3 +81433,"grumble",1 +72611,"a sure hand",3 +109783,"The film can depress you about life itself .",1 +221592,", the movie is a disaster .",0 +160832,"have been someone else",2 +101396,"'ll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",3 +154643,"be a comedy about relationships",2 +22400,"then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",0 +235272,"reflect a woman 's point-of-view .",3 +186003,"Many shallower movies these days seem too long , but this one is egregiously short .",2 +29545,"below the gloss",2 +43563,", deceit and murder",1 +218745,"was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun",2 +69865,"The result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from Spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable . But it 's also disappointing to a certain degree",2 +68856,"Snowball 's",2 +118629,"dorkier aspects",2 +183496,"Disreputable doings and",2 +45140,"English",2 +2828,"they are of daytime television",2 +61601,", Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .",3 +186613,"Ordinary People",2 +212163,"some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy",2 +132114,"sequels can never capture the magic of the original . Well",1 +93607,"strict moral code",2 +90926,"pursuers",2 +201640,"images of a violent battlefield action picture",2 +129315,"often less",2 +97227,"these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective",3 +24496,"A triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat",3 +68387,"Remember ''",2 +68296,"Purgatory County",1 +133467,"stuffs his debut with more plot",2 +1416,"is this love or is it masochism ? binoche makes it interesting trying to find out",2 +51734,"flawed and delayed",0 +211550,"show wary natives the true light",2 +108847,"Sense",2 +58986,"this elegant entertainment",3 +229263,"become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as Brother-Man vs. The Man",2 +131959,"seem deceptively slight on the surface",2 +112354,"a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers .",0 +20445,"emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",1 +38051,"the brilliance of his Hong Kong films",4 +232496,"is impressive .",4 +179514,"'s a conundrum not",2 +46008,"Leguizamo and Jones are both excellent",4 +125137,"it was put on the screen , just for them",2 +92326,"served as executive producer",2 +123416,"insiders",2 +205920,"may be ploughing the same furrow once too often",1 +111698,"a completist 's",2 +6024,"does , in fact ,",2 +140969,"'d need a shower",1 +123396,"inner-city youth",2 +47648,"Wiseman epic",4 +80883,"generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows",2 +186137,"Mira Sorvino 's",2 +39792,"viewers with the task of divining meaning",2 +71821,"a highway patrolman",2 +188706,"The story has little wit and no surprises .",1 +149808,"The screenplay sabotages the movie 's strengths at almost every juncture . All the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable",0 +130781,"psychological drama , sociological reflection ,",2 +1983,"our emotions",3 +10151,"rhythms",2 +117743,"crude and unrelentingly exploitative",1 +155918,"can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level",2 +16420,"know it from bygone days",2 +6157,"elbows",2 +93351,"sports aficionados",3 +7584,"intended to make it shine",3 +195923,"come off as pantomimesque sterotypes .",1 +116702,"care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 +182051,"A tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship .",2 +174414,"the notion that a strong , unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history is undermined by Ahola 's inadequate performance",1 +185412,"Ivan is a prince of a fellow",3 +163520,"is too cute",3 +129298,"offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of Martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party .",2 +14930,"all the more",2 +38210,"the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise",4 +128175,"nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 +90451,"police force",2 +76769,"class resentment",1 +138062,"too bleak , too pessimistic and",1 +191523,"a thin line between likably old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy",2 +184357,"Hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours",2 +185577,"Karen Janszen",2 +60149,"who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns",2 +88243,"of Mostly Martha",2 +158521,"every leading character",2 +235316,"remarkable piece",4 +170980,"should now",2 +38435,"the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",4 +91620,"reveals meaning",3 +68485,"Rohmer 's bold choices",2 +230332,"does `` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan . ''",2 +105960,"Gay",2 +207287,"nowhere near as",2 +141989,", I do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .",1 +183261,"Daddy",2 +179493,"'s The Thing",2 +10370,"sequence",2 +191445,"a superior moral tone",4 +239134,"you can do no wrong with Jason X.",3 +102215,", ( Goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .",3 +97138,"their own immaturity",1 +213278,"tells its story in a flat manner",1 +28166,"aging hippies",1 +238730,"why anybody picked it up",2 +32565,"his nicely nuanced narrative",3 +21189,"knew how to spin a tale and one",3 +3021,"understatement",1 +236459,"that is life -- wherever it takes you",2 +138654,"uneven mix",2 +163948,"it was in her music",2 +189703,"While the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull",3 +26925,"The warm presence of Zhao Benshan",3 +29354,"avoid the Godzilla sized soda",1 +143949,"At some point",2 +217737,"traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications",1 +139973,"wills",2 +82654,"if you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge",2 +170925,"shot himself in the foot",1 +85588,"just what ( Aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career",3 +19269,"Steven Soderbergh 's Full Frontal",2 +76087,"but not sophomoric",2 +139154,"walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and",2 +142060,", a ready-made Eurotrash cult object .",1 +157619,"dives into soapy bathos",2 +236708,"the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director , Tony R. Abrams , in their feature debut",2 +158823,"famous dad",2 +42857,"the sense of isolation",2 +159636,"frat boy 's",2 +174715,"the script ,",2 +199372,"for their acting chops",2 +56665,"run through its otherwise comic narrative .",3 +117448,"consistently funny . And educational",3 +135934,"the original text",2 +9433,"often food-spittingly funny",4 +188384,"The movie 's major and",2 +176361,"to rise above its disgusting source material",2 +29832,"but it has clearly been made with affection and care .",4 +216641,"through , however , having sucked dry the undead action flick formula , Blade II mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary .",0 +7671,"is a sweet treasure and something well",3 +109580,"The attraction between these two marginal characters",2 +148044,"Patchy combination",1 +16002,"heavy-handed ,",1 +205526,"lunatic invention",2 +190924,"a mediocre movie",1 +97280,"they make their choices",2 +70534,"Una película oscura , precisa",2 +169741,"real-life , big-budget NC-17 version",2 +112926,"a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions . This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications",3 +199042,"flavor and",2 +221271,", at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .",3 +37560,"sympathetic",2 +49140,"are celebrated",3 +56362,"quite the memorable experience it might have been",2 +196249,"correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice",4 +59538,"trimming",2 +162185,"inflated",1 +33656,"it has to prove anything",2 +72280,"a revealing look at the collaborative process",3 +110922,"Walter 's documentary",2 +54999,"narcotics",1 +149591,"The movie is Dawn of the Dead crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second .",1 +2221,"see them , finally",2 +93577,"strange and dysfunctional",2 +231270,"good action , good acting , good dialogue ,",4 +125898,"left with a handful of disparate funny moments of no real consequence",2 +173396,"the NBA",2 +225817,"Sluggish",1 +159865,"fustily",2 +202955,"is gone",2 +177774,"we 're not watching a double",2 +78441,"does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .",2 +215660,"the spirit of good clean fun",3 +122712,"if somewhat flawed ,",2 +223410,"For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",0 +177675,"was out in the Seattle drizzle",2 +204287,"its personable , amusing cast",4 +149802,"The screenplay does too much meandering , Norton has to recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced",0 +82247,"his effortless performance",4 +13383,"young romantics out",2 +129603,"one the public rarely sees .",2 +171807,"spit out the screenplay",1 +119956,"female protagonist",2 +220383,"your disgust and your indifference",0 +1543,"kicks off with an inauspicious premise",2 +215803,"the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas , another breathless movie about same !",1 +137758,"to outer space",2 +9702,"philosophical",3 +140204,"with reality and actors",2 +138224,"tov",2 +4884,"as markers for a series of preordained events",2 +79066,"enough and",2 +172953,"that can be said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie",2 +31236,"even better in hindsight , as you mull over its every nuance in your mind",4 +202624,"is a particularly vexing handicap",1 +181050,", they fall to pieces",2 +220895,"'s my advice , Kev .",2 +15568,"do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled",1 +74446,"are to be embraced .",3 +37321,"stepping",2 +81757,"has rarely",2 +87588,"much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes ,",3 +46996,"The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .",4 +107839,"Mr . Deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor .",0 +193481,"as if it were an obligation .",1 +171568,"some exciting scenes",3 +149548,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely",2 +116054,"bless",2 +87439,"most magical and most",3 +13197,"without any redeeming",1 +45751,"It 's so good that you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake .",2 +197531,"dredge",1 +14462,"Stevenson 's tale",2 +186810,"Purdy",3 +91815,"routine",2 +177948,"what 's supposed to be a comedy",1 +147977,"Outrageousness is all Plympton seemed to be going for this time . We miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride .",1 +71599,"a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence",3 +111588,"a broken family",2 +98789,"turning in some delightful work on indie projects",3 +112730,"a smile , just sneers",2 +141235,"'s as flat as an open can of pop left sitting in the sun .",1 +98049,"to fascinate",2 +10544,"snake",2 +188992,"This is a third-person story now , told by Hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .",1 +217213,"to merely bad rather than painfully awful",1 +65384,"Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ...",3 +124941,"it could become a cult classic",3 +33300,"is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",2 +13611,", logistical feat",2 +79242,"even if it 's far tamer than advertised",2 +181881,"A period story about a Catholic boy who tries to help a Jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell .",0 +216797,"to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line",2 +170460,"scratch the surface",2 +231980,"in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero",2 +50725,"delicious pulpiness",3 +136375,"the surprise ending is revealed",3 +224762,"Medem may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed , but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt .",1 +860,"during",2 +124980,"it flirts with bathos and pathos and the further Oprahfication of the world as we know it",2 +56282,"pulpiness",2 +144771,"Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship , but",2 +146027,"I certainly was n't feeling any of it",1 +42046,"has just",2 +113422,"adorably",3 +37210,"specificity",2 +48166,"a magnificent drama",4 +18398,", dabbling in French ,",2 +68316,"Qutting may be a flawed film , but",1 +105147,"Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him . Big time",0 +118179,"devote",2 +198891,"finally comes into sharp focus",3 +6786,"give",3 +102227,", Bui chooses to produce something that is ultimately suspiciously familiar .",1 +59141,"to Betty Fisher",2 +202470,"invulnerable",2 +34282,"madness",2 +212129,"some laughs in this movie",3 +234745,"one presumes",2 +122139,"her actors",2 +27087,"Turns",2 +106248,"Hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms",2 +41732,"comprehensive and",2 +228244,"a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away",2 +13079,"wilder",2 +35360,"of pawns , bishops and kings",2 +188956,"This angst-ridden territory",2 +126328,"lookin '",2 +138011,"to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves",2 +4619,"an almodovar movie without beauty or humor",2 +7613,"into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity",1 +123361,"inexplicable sequels",2 +37128,"some great one-liners",3 +92997,"so unconventional",2 +178943,"wrap a person in a sticky cocoon in seconds",2 +180618,", empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... His Secret Life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .",1 +228410,"aggressively impressive as its American counterpart",3 +132227,"sexual relationship",3 +38654,"the spare precision",2 +66246,"If a horror movie 's primary goal is to frighten and disturb , then They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",4 +185289,"It has the right approach and the right opening premise",3 +160214,"going on for too long",0 +238583,"what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",2 +76323,"can come in enormous packages",2 +216722,"tight pants and",2 +181615,"A disaster",1 +29708,"bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies",1 +194951,"brilliant college student",2 +38605,"the rough waters of contradiction",1 +152456,"a slick piece",2 +221661,", ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\*",1 +10482,"sits uneasily",1 +164820,"life problems '",2 +33470,"is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death",2 +49128,"are about what you 'd expect",2 +176613,"too familiar",2 +106667,"Imagine Kevin Smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey ,",2 +6702,"from the aristocrats ' perspective",2 +32867,"in her unfinished story",3 +207649,"of cautionary tale",2 +63577,"A winning comedy",3 +151440,"a bygone era , and its convolutions ...",2 +199133,"for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",3 +165533,"make that three minutes",2 +195717,"circles it obsessively , without making contact",2 +223863,"I walked away from this new version of E.T. just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes .",4 +13150,"with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it 's - good camp .",0 +196854,"despite the efforts of a first-rate cast",1 +38828,"their screen rapport",2 +49049,"and refugee camps",2 +114088,"an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",3 +93242,"spaniel-eyed Jean Reno",2 +16704,"of Fassbinder",2 +25706,"Iron Man",2 +106919,"It 's not a film to be taken literally on any level ,",1 +133660,"sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should",2 +78921,"emotionally strong",3 +21932,"serene",3 +16236,"is alive and well and living in LA",3 +180187,"( Screenwriter ) Pimental took the Farrelly Brothers comedy and feminized it ,",3 +57010,"since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago",2 +188106,"The ethos of the Chelsea Hotel may shape Hawke 's artistic aspirations",2 +215078,"the most part a useless movie , even",1 +229611,"ca n't even do that much",1 +123750,"is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life",0 +1675,"make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",1 +215678,"the story 's center",2 +1953,"on the cannibal genre",1 +190713,"a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic",1 +16015,"her lips",2 +171022,"showiness",2 +183373,"Despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .",1 +126137,"like the succession of blows dumped on Guei",2 +179456,"'re not interested in discretion",2 +99267,"utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue",3 +165945,"might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",2 +97105,"their culture 's",2 +21747,"post-Soviet",2 +50994,"done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast",4 +106906,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny",2 +151363,"a benefit concert",3 +29225,"as the biennial Disney girl",2 +46112,"Mattei",2 +164054,"its horse tale",2 +168344,"opium overdoses",2 +94791,"that most elusive of passions",2 +182995,"Calvin Jr . 's Barbershop",2 +6608,"for something",2 +54163,"lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco ) .",2 +41639,"bedevils the film",2 +155501,"bringing it",3 +28659,"and ignorance",2 +87484,"most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise",3 +31745,"for anything resembling reality",2 +192861,"another silly Hollywood action film ,",2 +82468,"households",2 +138632,"understanding of the expressive power of the camera",3 +31276,"eventful summer",2 +48165,"a lyrical endeavour",2 +71471,"a couple hours of summertime",3 +115817,"being )",2 +205860,"mas não convence . É um passatempo descompromissado -- e só",2 +21059,"is somewhat melodramatic",1 +73338,"ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least",3 +77570,"creeps into your heart .",3 +231629,"he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema",2 +186916,"Return to Neverland",2 +152471,"a sometimes interesting remake",2 +146333,"Instead of hiding Pinocchio from critics",2 +30472,"create engaging characterizations in Imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix",4 +114476,"apes",2 +171831,"spray",2 +112465,"a passing twinkle",3 +158023,"dull , lifeless",0 +9850,"projection",2 +147506,"Most new movies have a bright sheen . Some , like Ballistic , arrive stillborn ... looking like the beaten , well-worn video box cover of seven years into the future .",1 +276,"a subculture hell-bent",2 +144514,"Class",2 +37106,"soft spot",2 +49696,"better , not",2 +13853,"An original gem about an obsession with time .",3 +186203,"Movie . ''",2 +158399,"etc .",2 +21687,"paranoia and insecurity",1 +104975,"Campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast overcome the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution .",3 +152336,"a real downer ?",0 +104668,"Before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end",1 +22008,"soft , percolating magic",3 +235450,"say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible",2 +7934,"it far more satisfying",3 +86990,"megalomaniac bent",2 +137494,"to comparing The Evil Dead with Evil Dead II",1 +215907,"the words ''",2 +229518,"but mush-hearted",2 +81113,"gives the story",2 +189626,"When ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .",1 +63392,"A smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : It gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic .",4 +13888,"Behan 's work",2 +43804,", you get a lot of running around , screaming",2 +34619,"most breathtakingly designed",4 +17124,"roller-coaster",2 +75128,"bad film",0 +175982,"to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video",1 +199484,"frazzled wackiness and frayed satire",1 +78432,"does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",2 +97279,"they lived",2 +204321,"its sincere acting",3 +73977,"an upper class Austrian society",2 +17163,"seen the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 +113982,"an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",3 +90025,"painterly and literary",2 +188219,"The filmmaker 's heart",2 +213352,"than a gripping thriller",2 +19892,"and the film uses humour to make its points about acceptance and growth .",3 +12950,"what a concept , what",2 +77459,"could prove to be another man 's garbage",1 +200566,"has its moments",3 +231796,"horns in and steals the show .",2 +62913,"A decent-enough nail-biter",3 +71276,"a beautiful , aching sadness to it all . Paul Cox needed to show it .",4 +105139,"Clements",2 +64033,"Are we a sick society ?",1 +170362,"satirical documentary that fudges facts",1 +83951,"is about the relationships rather than about the outcome .",2 +168066,"on cable",1 +5554,"chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",2 +139499,"were hailed as the works of an artist",2 +106334,"However stale the material , Lawrence 's delivery remains perfect",2 +143381,"A subtle variation on I Spit On Your Grave in which our purported heroine pathologically avenges a hatred for men .",2 +853,"draws several decent laughs",3 +55689,"offers instead",2 +48472,"a visceral sense of its characters ' lives",3 +149632,"The moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess",2 +237740,"to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals",3 +26835,"The heightened symmetry of this new\/old Cinema Paradiso",2 +162317,"intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",1 +233855,"might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",1 +155066,"being exciting",3 +219143,"what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal",2 +225780,"Shrewd",1 +180528,", as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs ,",1 +190782,"a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky",2 +216560,"those who are drying out from spring break",3 +111182,"With '' Ichi the Killer '' , Takashi Miike , Japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman ...",2 +34533,"modulated psychological thriller .",3 +120135,"finely crafted ,",4 +117998,"delicate treatment",3 +123504,"interesting as a documentary -- but not very Imaxy .",2 +116070,"bluffs",2 +6706,"from the ricocheting",2 +142861,"125-year divide",2 +45843,"Italian neorealism",2 +197215,"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . ` Snow Dogs ' has both .",1 +45933,"Kaufmann 's",2 +221002,"'s time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge",2 +109233,"Stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence",1 +129501,"once emotional and richly analytical",3 +112679,"a shallow rumination",1 +173538,"the best efforts",2 +50350,"complexities",1 +27444,"a compelling or comprehensible narrative",3 +208641,"one step",2 +129420,"on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns",3 +156069,"carry a dozen films",2 +211784,"slight and uninventive movie",2 +94251,"technically sumptuous but also",3 +112657,"a secular religion",2 +43801,", you ca n't forget it ,",2 +198451,"fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",0 +112072,"a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque",1 +86697,"making fun of these people",2 +29081,"are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .",3 +120392,"for another ride",2 +14282,"Miyazaki himself",2 +122884,"in a cold mosque",2 +120199,"fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition",2 +89568,"one film that 's truly deserving of its Oscar nomination",4 +2617,"the heavy doses of weird performances and direction",2 +141775,"( I ) f you 've been to more than one indie flick in your life , chances are you 've already seen this kind of thing .",1 +217508,"to want to be a character study",2 +144994,"Drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that Three Seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality .",2 +154409,"at the kaleidoscope of big , colorful characters",2 +36736,"see Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",3 +171735,"soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . Let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .",1 +130780,"psychological drama , sociological reflection",2 +143295,"A recipe for cinematic disaster",1 +212628,"straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",1 +236905,"the film of `` The Kid Stays in the Picture ''",2 +202317,"intended and otherwise",2 +75601,"best war movies",4 +13323,"yet curiously tepid",2 +99217,"us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced .",3 +128301,"of China in recent years",2 +218928,"we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized .",1 +22862,"wordplay",2 +103506,"A confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design",3 +69960,"The storytelling may be ordinary , but",2 +22633,"uncommonly human character",3 +7834,"is without a doubt",2 +226903,"Venice ,",2 +140377,"wonderfully funny moments",3 +55523,"of that world",2 +139263,"was n't just bad",0 +27215,"Whether seen on a 10-inch television screen or at your local multiplex",2 +151389,"a blaring heavy metal",2 +139821,"whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",2 +80977,"gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection",3 +70940,"Wickedly funny",3 +4423,"adrien brody",2 +148688,"Soapdish",2 +217956,"turns the Marquis de Sade into a dullard",1 +25001,"Clooney 's a good director .",4 +218459,"very amusing",4 +200415,"happen along",2 +101802,"'s not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video",3 +87416,"most enchanting",3 +172337,"sure if you 're a Hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself",3 +174284,"the moments",2 +46294,"Myrtle Beach",2 +75956,"bring something new into the mix",3 +114381,"any John Waters movie",2 +92792,"slapstick sequences",3 +196451,"critical backlash",1 +151540,"a concept comedy",2 +140176,"with little style",2 +142948,": It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",3 +78012,"desarrollarse",1 +236422,"that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell",2 +210984,"see her Esther blossom",2 +114788,"as Jane",2 +4390,"adam",2 +60667,"'' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .",4 +53594,"is quiet , threatening and unforgettable .",4 +192542,"an established filmmaker",3 +85447,"its understanding , often funny way",2 +54385,"love , betrayal , revenge",2 +55280,"of absurdist",1 +115149,"at all clear",2 +45562,"I ca n't say that I liked Homeboy : it 'd be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",1 +136784,"these years",2 +122205,"high camp",2 +167718,"of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality",2 +92549,"shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins",2 +127704,"my 6-year-old nephew said , '' I guess I come from a broken family , and",2 +236792,"the couch of Dr. Freud",2 +106956,"It 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a Latino hip hop beat . But the second half of the movie really goes downhill",1 +128357,"of Mothman Prophecies",2 +218675,"wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people .",2 +17251,"solid",3 +100587,"with plot twists",2 +151283,"a French poodle",2 +154258,"as the film goes on",2 +166567,"natural size",2 +144853,"Director Barry Skolnick",2 +163827,"it is clever , but",3 +170390,"say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",1 +19595,"a sucker for a good old fashion romance and someone who shamelessly loves to eat , then Mostly Martha offers all the perfect ingredients to more than satisfy your appetite .",4 +231535,"have a few",2 +27749,"a profound way",3 +108425,"Plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and",3 +176129,"to forgive the financial extortion",2 +64288,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .",4 +14375,"Picture contenders",2 +13798,"A simmering psychological drama",4 +86113,"liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .",3 +82646,"if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",3 +73705,"an auspicious feature debut",3 +98758,"tucked",2 +109532,"The acting is fine",3 +176941,"tunnel",2 +109043,"Solondz 's social critique",2 +19003,"It is now .",2 +168466,"outrun a motorcycle",2 +216351,"this bad on purpose is never clear .",1 +171023,"showing a patient predator and his foolish prey",2 +155101,"believes it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile .",1 +24717,"As a singular character study , it 's perfect . It 's also the year 's sweetest movie .",4 +40716,"A tale of horror and revenge",2 +111119,"While the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed",2 +17591,"the most famous author who ever lived",4 +138395,"truncated",1 +77987,"denying the power of Polanski 's film",2 +113730,"almost the first two-thirds",2 +132122,"serenity and poise",3 +168045,"on a historical text",2 +197620,"dumplings .",2 +230920,"for exaggeration",2 +228739,"appear in Gosford Park ( as well as one , Ms. Mirren , who did )",2 +121292,"good actors , good poetry",3 +17042,"reaffirming",2 +190910,"a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",2 +218467,"very good movie",3 +95038,"the Iranian people",2 +127037,"metropolitan",2 +214051,"the I-heard-a-joke",2 +178421,"wincingly cute",2 +224536,"Kirshner and Monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other .",0 +14996,"and a story that is unlike any",3 +13872,"At about 95 minutes",2 +188631,"The script 's judgment and sense of weight",2 +222811,"But the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",0 +448,"are of daytime television",2 +43235,"'s energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological",3 +148618,"Sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time",1 +181502,"A Meatballs for the bare-midriff generation .",2 +88401,"of all those famous moments",3 +106633,"If you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy",3 +101917,"'s sort of a 21st century morality play with a Latino hip hop beat",2 +112779,"a step further , richer and",3 +199458,"four times",2 +101886,"'s simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly",1 +187540,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it",2 +173484,"the artist 's conceptions",2 +193456,"as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is",1 +185136,"It 's just plain boring .",2 +198465,"fairly harmless but",2 +214548,"the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing",2 +33110,"interests",2 +178849,"would Jesus",2 +92271,"sends you",2 +32691,"human screenwriter",2 +238247,"unsentimental , straightforward text",2 +133962,"telling a fascinating character 's story",3 +210859,"scarcely nourishing",2 +56108,"popularity",2 +59173,"to be Ya-Ya",2 +144179,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be ,",3 +125302,"its message is not rooted in that decade",2 +39311,"to tease",2 +134804,"the actors ' perfect comic timing",4 +71219,"a 1950 's Doris Day feel",2 +97359,"this batch",2 +96508,"the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions",4 +152891,"action pictures",2 +232704,"is pathetic !",0 +62550,"... Wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .",3 +163250,"is pretty miserable , resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting .",1 +170619,"seems to be no clear path as to where the story 's going , or how long it 's going to take to get there",1 +237698,"to Stonehenge",2 +52438,"has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters",4 +90285,"picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film",3 +38831,"their seats",3 +125097,"it set out to lampoon , anyway",1 +134367,"that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",3 +95852,"the group",2 +2943,"to only a chosen",2 +169016,"pointless and",1 +185712,"Lear 's soul-stripping breakdown",2 +223482,"George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King ,",2 +215698,"the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 +55290,"of an extraordinary piece of music",4 +200796,"have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release",0 +122494,"hop",2 +162235,"insensitivity",1 +139129,"wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .",2 +200636,"has so many flaws",1 +22781,"who just happens to be her own worst enemy",1 +161808,"in a visual style that is willfully overwrought",1 +238938,"witty updatings ( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",3 +58260,"the enjoyable basic minimum .",3 +238920,"with us , folks",2 +39820,"waddling profile ( emphasized here )",2 +148679,"So routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated Final Draft computer program .",1 +20402,"do next",2 +83273,"indeed almost",2 +2579,"the drama",2 +238370,"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible ,",0 +205635,"major movie",3 +125506,"just for them",2 +200517,"has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .",0 +175157,"there 's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at .",1 +8871,"more than petty theft of your time",1 +14103,"I loved it ! Gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible !",3 +202555,"is a cinematic misdemeanor",1 +181423,"4W",2 +147165,"Like a can of 2-day old Coke . You can taste it , but there 's no fizz",0 +104599,"BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team",2 +124611,"is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny",2 +227054,"What makes Esther Kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .",1 +209124,"passionate enthusiasms",3 +165334,"loveless",1 +81151,"gloriously goofy way",3 +96580,"the right choice",3 +85972,"life and love",3 +142389,", please .",2 +102746,", obvious or self-indulgent",2 +215321,"the payoff for the audience , as well as the characters ,",3 +170326,"same sentence",2 +204209,"its handful",2 +455,"artfully lighted , earnest",3 +170484,"scripting , shooting or post-production stages",2 +132076,"semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .",3 +19724,"ambitions",2 +112123,"a highly ambitious and personal project for Egoyan",2 +177983,"what it claims to be",2 +21949,"shapelessly",1 +1499,"its empty",1 +195397,"can only be described as sci-fi generic .",1 +206542,"most random",2 +86843,"marvelous first 101 minutes",3 +213788,"that often becomes",2 +174859,"the suspense is palpable",3 +213581,"that celibacy can start looking good",2 +135894,"the odd enjoyably chewy lump",3 +238482,"watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities",2 +93983,"suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",3 +170525,"see another foreign film",2 +19090,"Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more",3 +49662,"believe in it",2 +2407,"still",2 +203862,"it could channel",3 +115101,"asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",3 +52411,"has more than enough",3 +378,"already",2 +21697,"pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",1 +221432,", it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more .",2 +77257,"consoled",2 +163929,"it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness .",1 +97095,"their careers",2 +69512,"The film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . But ...",3 +122768,"images and effects",2 +142352,", more or less slogs its way through soggy Paris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek .",1 +165091,"little less bling-bling and",2 +130583,"pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",2 +7276,"i did n't laugh at the ongoing efforts of cube , and his skinny buddy mike epps , to make like laurel and hardy 'n the hood .",0 +16740,"of heart",3 +134343,"that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap",1 +144759,"Delta",2 +25564,"Hogan",2 +14540,"This may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other Holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there .",3 +58469,"the male midlife crisis",2 +49028,"and Diane Lane",2 +25192,"Eight",2 +237099,"the new script by the returning David S. Goyer",2 +120740,"from people",2 +4824,"artsy and often pointless",0 +19905,"and winds",2 +22010,"solace in events that could easily crush it forever",1 +26720,"The Emperor",2 +170972,"should have to sit through The Master of Disguise",2 +176018,"to call it a draw",2 +194030,"be '' Last Tango in Paris '' but",2 +206282,"modern-day characters",2 +111755,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain : big fights :",2 +107589,"Maggie Smith",2 +17037,"rattled",2 +49107,"appealingly juvenile",3 +129513,"one appreciate Silence of the Lambs",3 +99315,"venture",2 +54403,"love Moore or",3 +144941,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence",1 +172738,"than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation",1 +27156,"Washington .",2 +164563,"lapdance",2 +138705,"uninspired",1 +51519,"fans who ca n't stop loving anime ,",3 +6678,"fright",1 +2734,"the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do ,",2 +11753,"the pool drowned me in boredom",0 +48488,"a well-deserved reputation",3 +148821,"Spy is an embarrassment , a monotonous , disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points and situations .",0 +800,"despite its raucous intent",1 +122253,"himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline",3 +71824,"a hilarious ode",4 +231197,"give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy",4 +160017,"get-go",2 +32159,"got ice water in your veins",1 +3677,"a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life",4 +176737,"tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment",1 +93978,"suspense , intriguing characters",4 +206722,"mushy finale",2 +23521,", but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",3 +82045,"heartfelt and hilarious",4 +67668,"Mr . Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly --",2 +190711,"a gross-out quota",2 +164799,"let the subtitles fool you",1 +171051,"shuns the glamour or glitz that an American movie might demand",2 +236605,"the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",2 +105041,"Charlize CHASES Kevin",2 +236725,"the assassination of John F. Kennedy",2 +48000,"a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights",2 +8336,"lacks juice and delight",1 +221381,", insensitive",1 +123972,"is completely serviceable and quickly forgettable",1 +49598,"becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and not '' if .",1 +159170,"fingernails",2 +147502,"Most new movies",2 +107398,"Laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling",4 +116106,"boosted to the size of a downtown hotel",2 +66447,"Is truth stranger than fiction ? In ( screenwriter ) Charlie Kaufman 's world",2 +33238,"is a manual of precinct cliches",1 +179997,"'s spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",1 +162169,"inert",2 +52971,"in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",2 +41315,"This concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind",1 +218145,"understand the difference between dumb fun and just plain dumb",1 +93711,"subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances",1 +128115,"not only to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists",2 +19513,"a heart . Now , if it only had a brain",2 +158597,"except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .",1 +111300,"Yes , I suppose it 's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care ,",1 +229711,"can see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies '' .",2 +11000,"tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy",2 +201449,"humor and heart and very talented young actors",3 +127383,"mornings",2 +71889,"a light-hearted way the romantic problems",4 +176806,"traps",2 +46780,"Spider-Man",3 +93960,"survive",2 +146150,"I wish I could say '' Thank God It 's Friday '' , but the truth of the matter is I was glad when it was over .",0 +59338,"to see it twice",3 +68857,"Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .",1 +116057,"blind eye",2 +44108,"A gorgeous , high-spirited musical",4 +62263,", the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely .",3 +204678,"lame and sophomoric",0 +54947,"much more if Harry & Tonto never existed",2 +150625,"Velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the American filmmaking scene .",1 +172976,"that disconnects every 10 seconds",1 +198111,"even that 's too committed .",1 +34390,"mass-market entertainment",3 +198612,"faux-urban",1 +53338,"is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence",3 +159228,"fleetingly amusing",3 +63453,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .",4 +93583,"strangely believable",3 +126082,"like an answer",2 +236247,"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting . ''",1 +72918,"about a very human one",2 +153405,"an ice cube",2 +226542,"The wanton slipperiness of \* Corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .",4 +171637,"something aboul '' Full Frontal ''",2 +14278,"Michael Caine",2 +170383,"saw Knockaround Guys",2 +106341,"Hugh Grant 's",2 +7426,"in from",2 +181554,"A characteristically engorged and sloppy",1 +71895,"a lioness",2 +212154,"some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... ( b ) ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck",2 +19827,"and exceedingly hard",2 +164094,"its otherwise talented cast",2 +19116,"Murderous",1 +151488,"a clear case of preaching to the converted",2 +78964,"ends or",2 +169404,"provide a mix of smiles and tears",2 +64081,"As banal as the telling may be",1 +214497,"the engaging",2 +235936,"sometimes indulgent",2 +40998,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing , and",1 +93125,"some savvy producer",3 +231084,"funny , and even touching",4 +126350,"looks back on those places he saw at childhood , and captures them by freeing them from artefact , and by showing them heartbreakingly drably",1 +153694,"any particular dishonor",2 +27338,"` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do",1 +88685,"of isolation and frustration",1 +115803,"begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and",2 +97975,"to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's",3 +81440,"guessing plot",2 +221444,", it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .",2 +169600,"raging hormones and sledgehammers",2 +49332,"as the protagonists struggled",1 +42045,"has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and",4 +89940,"overnight",2 +26125,"Much monkeyfun for all .",4 +149994,"The worst kind of independent : the one where actors play",1 +60886,"'s a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told , with superb performances throughout",4 +23615,", experimental entertainment .",2 +4580,"amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing",1 +169978,"render it",2 +175356,"this could be a passable date film",2 +116448,"by submerging it in a hoary love triangle",2 +141784,"( It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view .",1 +78273,"disjointed",1 +76242,"ca n't deny its seriousness and quality",3 +137704,"to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out",3 +138677,"unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .",3 +68936,"Spend your Benjamins on a matinee",2 +15282,"bored or frustrated by the film",0 +212901,"suited neither",1 +161825,"in at this time of year",2 +201133,"his R&D people",2 +123939,"is as predictable",1 +11363,"the field and a story you",2 +154674,"be all the more infuriating",1 +315,"about the movie",2 +55860,"our basest desires",2 +150864,"When You Need Him",2 +39931,"well worth the time",4 +217315,"to see the same old thing in a tired old setting",1 +109076,"Sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating",3 +102231,", Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love .",4 +93106,"some of its plaintiveness",2 +172568,"tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .",1 +129090,"of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up",1 +47178,"The movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .",3 +144414,"Characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs .",1 +110188,"The story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .",3 +73385,"all at once",2 +143780,"An unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",1 +116835,"character construct",2 +62167,", quick and dirty look",2 +138184,"topical humour",3 +96115,"the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",1 +226024,"TAY !",2 +69013,"Stomp",2 +194133,"be found in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film",1 +227436,"`` Besotted ''",2 +85668,"killer soundtrack",3 +5731,"contrived",2 +157066,"cuss",2 +161275,"his heart in it",2 +46385,"Old people will love this movie , and I mean that in the nicest possible way",3 +60440,"wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",2 +207933,"of production",2 +43039,"would surely",2 +64844,"Could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .",3 +192427,"an Oscar",4 +39798,"visceral level",2 +134327,"that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda",1 +164108,"its own postmodern conceit",2 +62305,", the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .",2 +188752,"The troubling thing",1 +221613,", their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .",0 +126170,"limitations",1 +232825,"is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",1 +201941,"in our boots",2 +48313,"a ravishing , baroque beauty",4 +221205,", Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",3 +9674,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate vincent 's days",3 +209850,"provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",2 +13456,"'s even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 +76310,"campaign-trail press",2 +156302,"cinematic year",2 +137509,"to courage and happiness",3 +143251,"A one-trick pony whose few T&A bits still ca n't save itself from being unoriginal , unfunny and unrecommendable .",0 +107252,"Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .",1 +57879,"that score",2 +7814,"is to substitute plot for personality",1 +193682,"aspire but none can equal",2 +230300,"do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 +106454,"I had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop ,",1 +128778,"of loving",3 +115856,"belong to somebody",2 +220586,"'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum",2 +202323,"intentando",2 +99535,"wallflower",2 +238450,"was outshined by LL Cool J.",2 +224127,"It 's a quirky , off-beat project .",3 +224690,"Made me unintentionally famous",3 +157669,"do n't rent it",0 +106547,"IMAX in short",3 +195438,"captions",2 +208463,"on mood",2 +83307,"inexplicable",2 +203027,"is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype",1 +46834,"Strange it is , but delightfully so .",3 +153301,"an admirable ambition",3 +143971,"Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school",1 +127899,"never reach satisfying conclusions",1 +60768,"'s ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",3 +140717,"you are making sense of it",2 +217505,"to wade through",1 +127852,"negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice 's behavior or",1 +73397,"all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy",3 +206007,"mechanical .",2 +197864,"ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise",1 +237561,"this new version of E.T.",2 +39677,"unsettlingly familiar",2 +69358,"The Sweetest Thing ,",3 +134852,"the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",2 +23487,", but as the film proves , that 's not always a bad thing .",3 +213286,"temple",2 +25061,"Daniel",2 +92633,"shrugging acceptance to each new horror",2 +110857,"Venice\/Venice",2 +20625,"full of strength , warmth and vitality .",4 +85412,"its stupidity",1 +125878,"leaves something to be desired",1 +151769,"a free ticket",3 +230131,"delicate interpersonal",2 +76621,"charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle",1 +232813,"is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 +118375,"disrobed most of the cast ,",1 +55411,"of its grand locations",3 +166680,"never knows when to let a gag die",1 +74411,"are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",4 +19820,"and directed the film with Charles A . Addessi , much of the time",2 +94630,"that effortlessly draws you in",4 +99592,"warm up to",3 +238118,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip .",1 +11361,"the field and",2 +211288,"serviceable melodrama",2 +103649,"A highly personal",2 +187858,"The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but I 've got to give it thumbs down",1 +184084,"G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H .",2 +63118,"A hypnotic portrait",3 +92430,"shakes you vigorously",3 +7262,"i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment",0 +54455,"macabre and very",2 +174033,"the girls",2 +24558,"Alabama",2 +36254,"qualify",2 +238452,"was poetically romantic and full of indelible images",3 +229046,"at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety",2 +102634,", it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0 +196327,"could pass for Mike Tyson 's E ! True Hollywood Story .",2 +114202,"and , through it all , human",3 +224394,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about .",1 +103217,"... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .",3 +122605,"human need",2 +93145,"somebodies",2 +227496,"`` Gangs '' is never lethargic",3 +37506,"surprising about Full Frontal",3 +175589,"thorn",2 +154369,"at its center",2 +182475,"Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid",1 +234178,"not a must-own",1 +203083,"is loopy and ludicrous ...",1 +83718,"is Garcia , who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",2 +178223,"who has to contend with unpleasant characters , hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes",1 +86540,"make Williams sink into melancholia",2 +143467,"Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists .",0 +214192,"the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen",4 +25898,"Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel ''",2 +156231,"chemistry or lack thereof",1 +22780,"who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",1 +224231,"It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless",2 +312,"about family",2 +233908,"moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year",4 +226117,"The Hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound",4 +85944,"let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him",3 +27229,"While the stoically delivered hokum of Hart 's War is never fun , it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation .",2 +60876,"'s a tougher picture than it is",2 +62990,"A film about female friendship that men can embrace and women",4 +45845,"Its maker ,",2 +181695,"A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director",1 +101827,"'s nothing interesting in Unfaithful",1 +143349,"A soggy , cliche-bound epic-horror yarn",0 +54795,"moody slice of Southern Gothic",3 +207161,"nonsensical and laughable plotting",1 +5506,"charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer",1 +57294,"spy pictures",2 +85926,"less horrifying for it )",2 +196791,"derivative collection",2 +76218,"by the end of the flick",2 +226419,"The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable ,",3 +70077,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and",3 +21522,"of isolation",2 +128440,"of a game",2 +143855,"Apparently kissing leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good ,",2 +115543,"be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then",2 +105453,"Director Roger Kumble",2 +7962,"it makes your teeth hurt",1 +31023,"effort to watch",1 +180089,"'ve never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic",1 +72896,"ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band .",3 +45741,"It 's hard to imagine anybody ever being '' in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as The Grey Zone , but it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started .",2 +161587,"if rather precious ,",3 +217825,"trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz",2 +140829,"young Chinese woman",2 +103177,"... Cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .",0 +64612,"Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .",3 +213846,"that special annex of hell",0 +181081,", trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .",1 +163767,"it does n't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor",1 +19421,"Who",2 +130581,"pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than Evelyn this year",1 +87498,"most watchable film",4 +169353,"profound , and hyper-cliched",1 +68425,"Rice 's",2 +106609,"If the very concept makes you nervous ... you 'll have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness .",2 +171796,"spinning its wheels",0 +178670,"with the fishes",2 +8597,"made piece of unwatchable drivel",0 +230160,"descend upon Utah each",2 +179575,"'s a teenage boy out there somewhere who 's dying for this kind of entertainment",2 +78031,"deserves recommendation",3 +226339,"The most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since Roland Joffé and Demi Moore",0 +5775,"courage",2 +20501,"everyday",2 +208305,"offers an AIDS subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",1 +168200,"one episode",2 +82297,"his own children",2 +69903,"The series ' message",2 +40651,"A droll , well-acted , character-driven comedy with unexpected deposits of feeling",3 +43745,", this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past",3 +153302,"an affair",2 +208316,"offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos",2 +188215,"The film virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness .",2 +162084,"in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",1 +155724,"by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting Love Hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline",4 +108580,"Reggio and Glass put on an intoxicating show .",3 +124461,"is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0 +103495,"A compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day .",4 +102104,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous ,",3 +111653,"a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between",2 +39275,"to screen",2 +62655,"1790 's",2 +169956,"remains whether this should , indeed , have been presented as a theatrical release .",2 +101333,"'' Safe Conduct '' )",2 +219018,"well-intentioned effort",3 +199567,"from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche",1 +174556,"the point of utter nonsense",2 +238632,"when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",1 +142667,", you feel like winding up with a kick .",2 +132531,"sincere performance",4 +148234,"Ralph Fiennes",2 +208247,"of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals",2 +160595,"has a bundle in common with them ,",2 +67666,"Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",3 +107108,"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change ,",3 +82410,"homophobia",2 +35316,"of loss",1 +88670,"of ideas and wry comic mayhem",2 +225467,"Plays like one of those conversations that Comic Book Guy on `` The Simpsons '' has .",1 +215664,"the stamina",3 +230753,"feel as if he or she has missed anything",2 +231237,"go to the U.N.",2 +73476,"allowing us to find the small , human moments , and",3 +156847,"costumey feel",2 +5011,"bartlett 's",2 +136539,"the vital comic ingredient",3 +99960,"where its recent predecessor miserably",1 +38050,"the brilliance",2 +177593,"want to string the bastard up",1 +54453,"lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food .",3 +34632,"most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",3 +203982,"it never melts .",2 +187385,"So bland and utterly forgettable that it might as well have been titled Generic Jennifer Lopez Romantic Comedy .",0 +63959,"An unexpectedly sweet story",4 +170285,"sad schlock merchant",1 +70952,"Will you",2 +117748,"crudity",1 +139367,"we 're supposed to shriek",2 +200521,"has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",2 +175932,"to be cruelly tormented",1 +202430,"into splatter movies",1 +61628,", Home Movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",4 +70361,"Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone",3 +123234,"in to it",2 +98430,"to view events",2 +26577,"Shyamalan has given us in his past two movies",2 +13462,"'s in projects like the -LRB- unfortunately R-rated -RRB- Paid",2 +19993,"as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics . Is this progress",2 +221361,", here 's a fun one .",3 +106719,"In the wake of Saving Private Ryan",2 +148230,"Rainy",2 +169767,"really finds the tonal or thematic glue it needs",3 +209084,"particularly amateurish episode",1 +124968,"it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject",1 +121105,"giant commercial",2 +209523,"poorly staged",1 +110331,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and",3 +110540,"This quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking .",4 +205476,"loved the people onscreen",3 +29245,"as well as the libido",3 +102351,", Vulgar is , truly and thankfully , a one-of-a-kind work .",1 +188387,"The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though ,",1 +43700,", so will your kids .",2 +234165,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even",1 +105795,"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes , just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work .",1 +140009,"wiseacre crackle",2 +34084,"like a breath of fresh air",4 +113453,"affectionate delight",3 +237044,"the local flavour",2 +149617,"The movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable .",1 +104969,"Calvin",2 +219941,"wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made",0 +175034,"the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",1 +1926,"of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",1 +217729,"trademark style and flash",3 +1518,"its target audience",2 +27697,"a narrative film",3 +69029,"Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . But",1 +139427,"weathered",1 +33722,"it to Rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",2 +115053,"as the tortured husband",2 +236430,"that ends with Truckzilla",2 +81699,"has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .",3 +23581,", director Jackson strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale .",4 +193722,"at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses",2 +82544,"human-scale characters",2 +39623,"unfamiliar world",2 +103993,"A visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification .",1 +178778,"word ''",2 +157085,"cutting-room floor",2 +70299,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in Morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .",4 +184096,"Ganesh 's rise",2 +29105,"arresting",3 +40784,"Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut",3 +168264,"only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",1 +58504,"the most depressing places",1 +116724,"caring for animals and respecting other cultures",3 +15858,"gambol",2 +45719,"It 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .",3 +140275,"with the subject",2 +207386,"of Altar Boys ' take on adolescence",2 +237363,"theatre and",2 +60072,"what to whom and",2 +115241,"attempts and",2 +204507,"keep it interested",3 +121320,"good the execution",3 +191995,"admission ? Absolutely not",1 +63856,"An emotionally and spiritually compelling journey",3 +24132,"... a well-observed and disturbing little movie",2 +23523,", but the film conjures the magic of author J . K . Rowling 's books .",2 +70617,"Vibrantly",3 +173019,"that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is",3 +2733,"the sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do",2 +227066,"What they see in each other",2 +43178,"'s a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth .",4 +232337,"is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , Michel Piccoli .",3 +206986,"night and",2 +71278,"a beautiful film",4 +215975,"the zip",2 +169449,"puke up something like ROSE RED",0 +75537,"being very funny",4 +196836,"desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",1 +189711,"While we want MacDowell 's character to retrieve her husband",2 +179623,"'s an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film",2 +216387,"this flawed , dazzling series",2 +64231,"Balzac and",2 +10576,"so-so",2 +213094,"take her spiritual quest at all seriously",2 +59147,"to Lau",2 +136833,"things to like about Murder By Numbers",3 +91825,"rug",2 +197561,"drowns in sap",2 +225286,"Oh , look at that clever angle !",3 +84933,"it 's potentially just as rewarding",3 +137613,"to get a few punches in",2 +121191,"gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers",4 +62122,", of man or of one another",2 +69573,"The film is saved from",2 +106697,"In his latest effort , Storytelling , Solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good",3 +12619,"ultimately",2 +46026,"Likely",2 +233002,"it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile .",1 +108841,"See Clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes . But be warned , you too may feel time has decided to stand still . Or that the battery on your watch has died .",1 +128263,"odds with the rest of the film",1 +202615,"is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots",0 +83905,"is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .",4 +128023,"no point during K-19",2 +211868,"smile .",2 +16424,"lacking any MTV puffery",2 +146101,"I must have failed",1 +96531,"the reaction in Williams is as visceral as a gut punch",3 +10436,"shows moments of promise but",2 +54547,"makes a great impression",4 +223417,"Fortunately for all involved",2 +58991,"this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past",2 +57451,"stylistic juggling act",2 +62317,", then look no further , because here it is .",3 +115487,"be damned . If you already like this sort of thing , this is that sort of thing all over again",1 +47556,"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . I loved this film .",4 +144714,"Day Afternoon",2 +130473,"possesses its own languorous charm .",3 +185730,"Leontine",2 +34076,"like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",2 +64035,"Argentine",2 +101968,"'s too good for this sucker",2 +23477,", but Australian director John Polson , making his American feature debut , jazzes it up adroitly .",3 +205918,"may be lighter on its feet",2 +196080,"complicated plotting and banal dialogue",1 +172526,"taking a child younger",3 +181789,"A long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music",0 +162325,"interesting elements",3 +129343,"old-fashioned but",2 +38482,"the nuances",2 +108828,"Seagal ran out of movies years ago",1 +224144,"It 's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think .",3 +188527,"The pairing does sound promising in theory ...",2 +66273,"If you 're in the mood for a melodrama narrated by talking fish , this is the movie for you",2 +158849,"far less funny than the original , Killers",1 +212908,"suited to video-viewing than the multiplex",2 +238970,"work the words `` radical '' or `` suck ''",0 +179848,"'s missing in Murder by Numbers",2 +28828,"and terribly hip bit",3 +91845,"rusted-out",1 +57412,"strictly speaking",2 +139036,"victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act",2 +10244,"safely",2 +121521,"had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot",1 +83520,"into Charleston rhythms",2 +59025,"this performance",2 +7557,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory",3 +99648,"wash",2 +72672,"a ton",2 +174915,"the title of this film implies",2 +223429,"Freundlich has made just another safe movie .",2 +221142,", Hart 's War has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player .",3 +131260,"released by a major film studio",2 +128806,"of motherhood and desperate mothers",1 +106674,"Imax movie",2 +154428,"at your local",2 +70111,"There are laughs aplenty ,",4 +128560,"of bland hotels , highways , parking lots",1 +14418,"Scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",2 +4581,"amusing",4 +119903,"feels dusty and leatherbound",2 +84219,"is fully formed and remarkably assured",4 +67962,"Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .",3 +138193,"topnotch foursome",3 +78514,"dominate a family",1 +191838,"absurdly inappropriate",2 +539,"banged",2 +66486,"It 's a masterpeice",4 +83068,"in the U . S",2 +145934,"I 'd have to say the star and director are the big problems here .",1 +235803,"slack complacency",0 +125456,"jell into charm",3 +144518,"Clayburgh and Tambor are charming performers :",4 +212620,"storytelling skills",3 +213939,"that we have n't seen 10",2 +101012,"y todo",2 +180902,", save your disgust and your indifference",1 +237457,"they see in each other",2 +205937,"may have made a great Saturday Night Live sketch , but a great movie it is not .",1 +112171,"a kid can go through",2 +83072,"in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",3 +154330,"associations you choose to make",2 +82285,"his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier",2 +55765,"once the true impact of the day unfolds",2 +1183,"her",2 +57415,"strike a nerve in many",2 +140839,"young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults",2 +45058,"Despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .",3 +40164,"with a confidence",2 +14028,"Far from perfect",2 +22059,"still makes it much better than your typical Bond knock-offs",4 +85725,"lacks in action",1 +85373,"its relatively serious subject",2 +9297,"of jesus ' son",2 +32883,"in its most tedious scenes",2 +182716,"Battle Bots",2 +11693,"the new film",2 +89430,"on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work",3 +234996,"pointed personalities , courage , tragedy",3 +123724,"is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw",1 +46045,"Love ''",4 +159822,"fumbling",2 +111267,"Worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .",3 +11086,"that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler",1 +53540,"is never dull .",2 +47474,"True",2 +174122,"the insight",2 +71827,"a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey",4 +6099,"duck the very issues it raises",1 +10926,"tactics",2 +173891,"the film 's supposed insights are so poorly thought-out and substance-free that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",0 +65704,"Funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic .",4 +97859,"to a new age",2 +694,"charming",4 +210313,"rehashes several old themes and",2 +43390,"( A ) wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting .",4 +236527,"that screams `` bathroom break",1 +110606,"Though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story",4 +217951,"turns out to be ( Assayas ' ) homage to the Gallic ` tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness .",2 +59975,"we 're all in this together",2 +209692,"presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows",2 +89262,"offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film",4 +95001,"the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival",3 +71418,"a closet full of skeletons",2 +92575,"should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come",4 +219156,"when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic",0 +189144,"Though there are entertaining and audacious moments",2 +87202,"moments out of an Alice",3 +43371,"'s witty and inventive",4 +219564,"will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long",1 +123675,"is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan",4 +16139,"in which children on both sides of the ever-escalating conflict have their say away from watchful parental eyes ,",3 +13080,"will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience",4 +135034,"the coming-of-age movie",2 +48337,"a remote seacoast in Iran",2 +212495,"stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie",2 +108047,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers --",3 +62118,", nuanced look",2 +125981,"life and loss",2 +6427,"father",2 +208448,"on how interesting and likable you find them",2 +36579,"right down",2 +234224,"nubile young actors",3 +31628,"filmic",2 +209880,"public park",2 +112488,"a poor man 's",2 +134035,"than ` Truth or Consequences , N . M . ' or any other interchangeable",2 +178001,"what this movie thinks it is about",2 +100117,"who loves both dance and cinema",3 +214255,"the cast portrays their",2 +96345,"the pat ending",2 +126630,"make such a worthless film",1 +164292,"just another kung-fu sci-fi movie",1 +155347,"bogged down",1 +189926,"You can practically hear George Orwell turning over .",0 +46801,"Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn ,",2 +187737,"That neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .",1 +12566,"tribute",3 +112418,"a new treasure of the Hermitage",3 +96147,"the moment prevails",2 +58069,"the best play of the 19th century .",4 +180927,", something terrible happens",2 +64384,"Blair Witch-style commitment",3 +191903,"acting craft",2 +55035,"nervous energy , moral ambiguity",2 +81404,"gripping portrait",3 +188264,"The great pity is that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and send it to its proper home .",1 +130256,"place for a great film noir",3 +15515,"deeply felt and masterfully stylized",4 +126373,"los actores ofrecen actuaciones verdaderamente memorables",2 +168634,"paints an absurdly simplistic picture",1 +35447,"of the emotional development of the delicate characters",3 +74926,"at his 12th Oscar nomination",3 +194734,"blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",2 +85870,"leaves you",2 +196913,"did n't go straight to video",2 +27133,"Visually imaginative",3 +209601,"power-lunchers",3 +218362,"uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things",2 +157285,"depict them",2 +7808,"is the only winner",4 +158068,"dust-caked",1 +90709,"produced in recent memory",2 +18834,"Despite its many infuriating flaws -- not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 +58745,"the stands",2 +122006,"have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary",2 +134877,"the bar",2 +79533,"extremes",2 +223773,"I could say `` Thank God It 's Friday ''",1 +202458,"invited",2 +222318,"An overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .",1 +182299,"American action",2 +25536,"Herzog 's",2 +213503,"that 's where this film should have remained",1 +195877,"collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",0 +209505,"ponderous and pretentious endeavor",1 +88979,"of the campaign-trail press , especially ones",2 +102883,", the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .",4 +63868,"An engaging criminal",2 +233073,"it more if it had just gone that one step further",2 +130604,"pretty funny movie",3 +98374,"to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",3 +178797,"working on the production",2 +51812,"for sin , American-style ?",2 +220997,"'s the real damn : It is n't funny , either",1 +156270,"choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically",2 +10999,"tendentious intervention",1 +80460,"form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",3 +101700,"'s hardly over",2 +124195,"is less successful on other levels",1 +100279,"will love its fantasy and adventure",3 +32634,"honest and unaffected ( and gentle ) way",3 +187047,"S . Goyer",2 +11965,"the thin veneer",1 +45979,"Lan Yu",2 +121437,"grit and",2 +96102,"the massacre",1 +227837,"a confession to make",2 +95230,"the blithe rebel fantasy",2 +109906,"The innocence of holiday cheer",4 +131320,"remarkably alluring film",4 +93615,"striking a blow",2 +183191,"Content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger",2 +98081,"to give a movie a B-12 shot",2 +54019,"jingles",2 +38113,"the death report",1 +109167,"Star Wars movie",2 +194298,"becomes Bring it On",2 +104470,"As action-adventure",2 +133585,"sucking you in ... and",2 +82365,"history fans",2 +164827,"lifeless boxing film",0 +218288,"up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Oh , and more entertaining , too",1 +158925,"feel while you 're watching this ultra-manipulative thriller",2 +4124,"a soap opera",2 +184885,"In all the annals of the movies , few films have been this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant .",0 +230923,"for her actions",2 +65913,"Hare",2 +67619,"More than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology ...",2 +156272,"choreographed mayhem",2 +114723,"argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect",3 +207014,"no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch",1 +229938,"complexity to its not-so-stock characters .",4 +101177,"you think it 's in danger of going wrong",2 +23529,", but they 're each interesting .",3 +57943,"the Americans ,",2 +236444,"that grand a failure",0 +51259,"enriched",3 +144857,"Director Boris von Sychowski",2 +79922,"filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",4 +33168,"intrigues",2 +38301,"the heart of Italian for Beginners",3 +75941,"brilliant gag",3 +159691,"from a Halloween",2 +119824,"favors to their famous parents .",2 +168671,"part drama , the movie",2 +114544,"are along",2 +63806,"Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community",3 +121912,"have an idea of the film 's creepy , scary effectiveness",3 +81043,"give all three stories life .",2 +109882,"The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .",1 +70104,"There are a couple of things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",3 +237526,"this group , who live in the same apartment building",2 +179609,"'s all surprisingly predictable .",1 +221910,"90 minutes long",2 +152742,"about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel",0 +210362,"remain interested , or at least conscious",1 +98728,"trumpet blast",2 +109547,"The actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .",1 +219418,"whose crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude",1 +74028,"and director Tuck Tucker",2 +5185,"blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers )",4 +83136,"in the same category",2 +142081,", and group song",2 +223116,"Despite bearing the Paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement European pickup .",0 +86809,"marks a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich",3 +207312,"objects",2 +228255,"a working over",2 +98522,"too-conscientious",1 +54091,"kids who read , kids who dream",3 +211063,"seeming goofy",2 +154898,"because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison",1 +233799,"maybe `` How will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? ''",0 +145134,"Eugene",2 +180046,"'s too committed .",2 +152898,"action-fantasy",2 +230297,"do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .",1 +36714,"screen-eating dominatrixes like Goldie Hawn",1 +180565,", but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .",1 +195385,"can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity",1 +95774,"the frustration ,",1 +171046,"shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues",2 +50024,"can trust",3 +78658,"dual performance",2 +141288,"'s difficult",2 +93684,"stylish and moody",3 +183845,"Falls short in explaining the music and its roots .",2 +86619,"makes The Banger Sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare",3 +228192,"a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned",4 +63544,"A very well-meaning movie ,",3 +128994,"of the challenges",2 +159045,"fictitious Charlie Kaufman",2 +15687,"ever .",2 +131555,"right questions",3 +11465,"the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene .",2 +116993,"cinematic predecessors",2 +29529,"being examined",2 +95679,"the film sits with square conviction",3 +32792,"in Australia 's film history",2 +121954,"have given this movie a rating of zero .",1 +77075,"compelling dramatic means",3 +12391,"to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection",2 +81467,"gut-wrenching , frightening war scenes since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",3 +151501,"a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase ,",1 +217079,"to have been edited at all",2 +180117,"( An ) absorbing documentary",3 +6234,"entirely wholesome",4 +124335,"is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between",2 +218070,"unbalanced mixture",1 +205833,"map thematically and stylistically , and",3 +109890,"The images",2 +126230,"little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",2 +82981,"in its own aloof , unreachable way",2 +23569,", creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich",3 +62869,"A compelling allegory about the last days of Germany 's democratic Weimar Republic",3 +3407,"( if not entirely wholesome",2 +191646,"a worthwhile topic",3 +56236,"provides a grim , upsetting glimpse at the lives of some of the 1 . 2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza .",2 +12770,"very old-school",2 +151379,"a bit more depth",2 +18846,"Elling",2 +10930,"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool",1 +34545,"mood tics and dialogue",2 +236689,"the `` Queen ''",2 +208001,"of staring at a blank screen",2 +85733,"lacks the utter authority of a genre gem",1 +171130,"singing - and",2 +188220,"The filmmaker 's heart is in the right place ...",2 +16352,"it off",2 +185233,"It 's tough being a black man in America , especially when the Man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .",2 +181766,"A listless and desultory affair .",1 +21523,"of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality",2 +118522,"does n't cut it",1 +226365,"The movie is ingenious fun .",4 +188787,"Theological matters",2 +53504,"is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",3 +78346,"do n't combine easily",1 +233797,"may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .",1 +25396,"Genuinely",2 +133690,"surprisingly decent flick",4 +34458,"memorable ensemble piece",3 +113229,"about two itinerant teachers",2 +233302,"laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can",1 +42990,"were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop",3 +176977,"turned my ballpoint notes to invisible ink",2 +139965,"will warm your heart",3 +167280,"of a Screenwriting 101 class",2 +128581,"of clarity and audacity",2 +173997,"the former Murphy Brown does n't pop Reese back",2 +135312,"the film anything",2 +134254,"that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",4 +134219,"that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary",1 +236408,"that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding",2 +182068,"A tired , unnecessary retread ...",0 +172320,"superficial and trend-hoppy",0 +236225,"take centre screen ,",2 +175825,"to Ram Dass",3 +184918,"In the wrong hands",1 +134707,"the Hopkins\/Rock collision",2 +223662,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images",4 +72895,"ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .",3 +133879,"talking about their genitals in public",2 +201576,"if the filmmakers were worried",2 +169290,"prime sports cliche",1 +223220,"Ecks vs. Sever",2 +215485,"the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",0 +44675,"Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis",2 +151214,"` Lovely and Amazing , ' unhappily ,",2 +190077,"a Hollywood studio",2 +63245,"A playful Iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .",3 +172286,"sugary sentiment and withholds delivery",1 +119257,"era justice",2 +13451,"'s also so jarring that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story .",1 +57742,"that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",4 +238877,"with awe",3 +215531,"the same fights",2 +106403,"I 've seen him before",2 +106875,"It 's funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",3 +56165,"present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy",3 +209623,"preachy parable",1 +164604,"late-night bull sessions",2 +150694,"Wang 's",2 +219631,"with Harris 's strong effort",2 +40621,"-- and likely inadvertently",2 +116609,"can no longer pay its bills",2 +96065,"the love story",2 +16866,"originally intended",2 +231403,"has about 3\/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0 +178474,"with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 .",0 +17142,"school",2 +218698,"warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards",2 +75791,"bold presentation",3 +193950,"bad nothing else is",1 +65345,"Eudora Welty",2 +223987,"If you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set",2 +108661,"Robin Tunney",3 +234249,"odoriferous thing ... so",2 +230341,"does have a center , though a morbid one",2 +137555,"to engross even the most antsy youngsters",3 +67022,"Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .",4 +185707,"Lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .",0 +10336,"seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr .",1 +21868,"rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel",3 +192823,"another Arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate",1 +62581,"... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of Nazi politics and aesthetics .",4 +61320,"'s the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent",4 +133338,"stop Eric Schaeffer",2 +85837,"learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",4 +83110,"in the least",2 +128254,"odd situations",2 +125874,"leaves him shooting blanks",0 +63097,"A hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look",3 +44272,"A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe .",4 +55794,"one whose view of America , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",3 +55590,"of the music business in the 21st Century",2 +62574,"... director John Schultz colors the picture in some evocative shades .",3 +88005,"not far down the line",2 +181186,"-- and disposable story --",1 +14256,"Manages to be original , even though it rips off many of its ideas .",2 +226273,"The film is explosive , but",1 +85598,"keep grown-ups",2 +159012,"festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles",1 +5006,"bart freundlich",2 +140599,"write",2 +236454,"that if the video is n't back at Blockbuster before midnight , you 're going to face frightening late fees",1 +56672,"runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache",3 +197131,"distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up",1 +29844,"but loving family",2 +125337,"its philosophical burden",2 +231908,"imaginative as in the original",3 +82680,"illustrated by a winning family story",3 +35957,"people together in a sweet and charming way",3 +126525,"made a difference to NYC inner-city youth",2 +231104,"gay men",2 +14034,"Fessenden 's horror trilogy",2 +213818,"that requires the enemy to never shoot straight",3 +99289,"valley-girl image",2 +160939,"having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast",4 +232270,"is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance .",3 +159586,"former MTV series",2 +184122,"George Roy Hill 's",2 +215652,"the sparse instances of humor meant to shine through the gloomy film noir veil",2 +68828,"Slow",1 +41131,"Often moving and",3 +125643,"knowing that",2 +58542,"the novella",2 +148031,"Passably entertaining but also",2 +126864,"maximum moisture",2 +56766,"secrets",2 +148833,"Star Trek tradition",2 +176287,"to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy",1 +206246,"misses the mark",1 +32543,"his distinctive ` blundering ' style",1 +234355,"of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",2 +96434,"the population",2 +1454,"it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .",0 +179182,"you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible . Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled",1 +142346,", might be all the more infuriating",1 +8980,"namely",2 +186422,"Norma Rae",2 +220902,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer .",0 +104598,"BA , Murdock and rest",2 +1537,"keeps",2 +145639,"Gray 's",2 +124501,"is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",0 +43515,", and fearlessness",3 +138823,"upon the original hit movie",2 +111257,"World Traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special",2 +183528,"Does anyone",2 +177273,"untugged",2 +65491,"Fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them ,",2 +61169,"'s not just a feel-good movie",3 +219892,"without much energy or tension",1 +72505,"a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can",4 +130504,"powerful , chilling , and affecting study",3 +28144,"adventure show",3 +150280,"This movie seems to have been written using Mad-libs . There can be no other explanation . Hilariously inept and ridiculous .",1 +238975,"working from Don Mullan 's script )",2 +116657,"capitalize",2 +87456,"most plain",1 +1083,"go too much",2 +231568,"have directed him",2 +104825,"Both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .",4 +31294,"every nuance",2 +35534,"of time",2 +120105,"find it with Ring , an indisputably spooky film : with a screenplay to die for",4 +192377,"ame and unnecessary",1 +10976,"taymor ,",2 +227153,"Why `` they '' were here and",2 +128626,"of dreck",1 +199970,"gives the ( teen comedy )",2 +40958,"I enjoyed Time of Favor while I was watching it , but",3 +94648,"that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling",3 +193281,"art imitating life or life imitating art",2 +52985,"in the audience",2 +225556,"Quietly",2 +169140,"potion",2 +56913,"shines on all the characters",4 +16467,"lips",2 +126296,"long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction",2 +44082,"A full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution",4 +100354,"wish you had n't seen",1 +205001,"like Woo 's a P . O . W .",2 +237696,"to Nicholson",2 +233091,"it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms. Spears",1 +75512,"behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater",2 +166026,"mishmash",1 +153114,"all the cliches and",2 +127339,"more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",2 +42245,"its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and",3 +224524,"Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon ''",2 +16752,"of its own self-contained universe",3 +82566,"humour and",3 +161913,"in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience",1 +70211,"This is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .",4 +17903,"ultimate redneck road-trip",2 +199039,"flattening its momentum with about an hour",1 +208119,"of the other",3 +108237,"Orlando Jones",2 +68642,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf",3 +154694,"be both repulsively sadistic and mundane",1 +53509,"is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts",2 +100856,"works on any number of levels",4 +161610,"if you do n't know anything about Derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave .",0 +127458,"most multilayered and sympathetic female",3 +3869,"a half-hearted",1 +165731,"may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?",1 +108392,"Piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying",3 +192334,"also is difficult to fathom",1 +94348,"terrorism",1 +89909,"overall experience",2 +184717,"I suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the DVD .",1 +207396,"of Bible parables and not an actual story",1 +223699,"How can you",2 +228681,"another great `",3 +207432,"of Guy Ritchie",3 +144751,"Deconstructionist",2 +219498,"will enjoy .",3 +83330,"infuriating about Full Frontal",1 +74422,"are sometimes bracing",3 +7479,"in the larger picture",2 +152443,"a single good reason",3 +172038,"stopped watching long ago",1 +106436,"I did n't hate this one , it 's not very good either .",1 +22687,"very satisfying",4 +217448,"to the insanity of Black",2 +81447,"guiltless",2 +110133,"The result , however well-intentioned ,",1 +74903,"at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows",2 +147645,"Nettelbeck 's film",2 +185205,"It 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy : Diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly",4 +179552,"'s a movie about it anyway",2 +97351,"this Wild film",3 +156822,"convolution",2 +35273,"of hollow despair",1 +159439,"for its titular hero",2 +133190,"staged for the Marquis de Sade set",2 +37437,"subversive tone",2 +5610,"clumsily",1 +60961,"'s as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .",3 +20412,"does n't have the same magical quality as the beginning of the story .",1 +97908,"to be another man 's garbage",2 +221644,", this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian .",0 +189821,"Woo 's a P . O . W .",2 +211887,"snail-like pacing",0 +152922,"actually buy into",2 +156477,"cold fish",1 +4307,"a white-empowered police",2 +227624,"`` The Ring '' is pretty much an English-language copy of the film that inspired it ,",2 +55525,"of the 1960s",2 +204816,"leaves an awful sour taste .",2 +157909,"downing one alcoholic beverage after another",2 +81178,"goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .",2 +148877,"Stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily",1 +51520,"fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and",2 +192780,"and stolid Anthony Hopkins",2 +75096,"awe and",2 +53892,"its Hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick",3 +171043,"shun her kids ,",1 +6213,"enjoy on a computer",2 +22804,"will probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",1 +53112,"insistently demanding otherness",2 +137295,"to 90 minutes",2 +231573,"have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep",1 +176917,"try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward",1 +130147,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters ,",4 +115489,"be dealing with right now in your lives",2 +182445,"An uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection .",1 +143832,"Anthony Hopkins ? Big deal ! We 've already seen the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal -- and it was better the first time",1 +26186,"Nickleby",2 +72865,"a young artist 's thoughtful consideration",3 +77221,"conquer",2 +103255,"... what a banal bore the preachy Circuit turns out to be",0 +23816,", perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it",3 +51795,"for it",2 +227210,"Woefully pretentious .",1 +140861,"your neck",2 +122381,"his performances",2 +193730,"at best ,",2 +38935,"this depiction of fluctuating female sexuality",2 +61870,", distracted rhythms",2 +225953,"Stay away .",0 +194921,"brats",2 +101848,"'s one tough rock",2 +65879,"Gulzar and Jagjit Singh",2 +16598,"most fun",4 +169392,"protect us",2 +236294,"than Saving Private Ryan",2 +21513,"of fear",2 +161257,"his fictional Yvan 's neuroses",2 +215085,"the most positive thing",3 +90722,"proficient",2 +141248,"'s at stake in this film",2 +64069,"As Janice , Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .",3 +14216,"Korean",2 +32504,"him committed",2 +43063,"' begins and ends with scenes so terrifying I 'm still stunned . And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .",3 +87633,"mundo",2 +52045,"generalities",2 +217329,"to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush",2 +218850,"watch in quite some time",2 +192682,"analyze this movie in three words : Thumbs Friggin ' Down",0 +204774,"leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 +60578,"you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other",1 +46712,"Sen",2 +7073,"heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them",2 +83775,"is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",4 +203353,"is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another .",2 +147825,"Nouvelle",2 +18300,"'s only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch",2 +55051,"new and ingenious angle",4 +145358,"First good , then bothersome .",1 +190821,"a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",1 +75662,"biased",1 +104945,"Byatt 's plot",2 +35101,"of Italian for Beginners",2 +54446,"lurid fiction",2 +61488,"( Shakespeare 's )",2 +224434,"J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",3 +26419,"Ranging from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting , Personal Velocity gathers plenty of dramatic momentum .",4 +237576,"this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel",1 +83363,"initial promise",2 +127464,"most of its running time",2 +52363,"harrowing and",2 +227963,"a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman",2 +151846,"a green Mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder",2 +16719,"of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though",1 +200580,"has made Tucker a star",3 +99168,"updating works surprisingly well",4 +90255,"phony relationship",1 +124487,"is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount",0 +63713,"All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline .",2 +35885,"owned a cassette of Def Leppard 's Pyromania",2 +20062,"bangs",2 +110314,"There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight",2 +86850,"masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case",2 +89644,"one that spans time and reveals meaning ?",2 +152452,"a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem",1 +120338,"for God 's sake !",2 +136102,"the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",1 +77847,"defend himself",3 +3020,"underpinnings",2 +99238,"uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .",3 +68775,"Showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .",4 +159040,"fiction flicks",2 +45611,"If the first Men in Black was money",2 +192765,"and quirky comedy",3 +110747,"Traveler",2 +30865,"divertida",2 +109919,"The journey is worth your time , especially if you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .",3 +94134,"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to Earth ) and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .",3 +108872,"Sex With Strangers is fascinating ...",4 +50088,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity",3 +213767,"that miss",1 +89517,"on which it 's based",2 +151470,"a child younger",2 +62852,"A college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !",3 +136460,"the truly good stuff",3 +79346,"every sense of the word , even if you don ' t",2 +144509,"Clare",2 +235797,"sketchy characters and immature provocations",0 +19715,"also strike closest to the truth",2 +62289,", the humor has point",3 +223061,"David Lynch",2 +170058,"respectable but uninspired thriller",1 +178230,"who just graduated from elementary school",2 +88731,"of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",3 +150584,"Unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : ` Scooby ' do n't .",1 +32345,"has two winning lead performances and charm to spare",4 +141862,"( director ) O'Fallon",2 +163884,"it offends by just being wishy-washy",0 +212221,"sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently --",2 +129258,"offensive and nothing",2 +40263,"with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",2 +177278,"unusual . But they do n't fit well together and neither is well told",0 +135893,"the obstacles of a predictable outcome and a screenplay that glosses over Rafael 's evolution",1 +58723,"the slippery slope of dishonesty",1 +123838,"is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly .",1 +79372,"evocative shades",3 +101713,"'s insecure in Lovely and Amazing",2 +156782,"continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound",1 +236865,"the film 's centre",2 +169075,"popped up",2 +157054,"cultural mores",2 +122346,"his latest effort ,",3 +163067,"is n't as sharp ,",1 +103250,"... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be .",1 +169693,"raw insight or",3 +127661,"mundane '70s disaster flick",1 +191883,"achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .",3 +56471,"refugee",2 +46317,"Nicholas",2 +151230,"` bold ' revelation",2 +9086,"no sugar-coating",2 +224975,"Mr. Serrault",2 +139851,"wide-awake all the way",3 +61423,"( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up",4 +56657,"rounded and revealing",3 +55984,"perfectly entertaining",3 +162042,"in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters",2 +27042,"Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites",4 +121745,"has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama",1 +58653,"the rest of the cast",2 +124167,"is its Tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret",2 +206779,"métier",2 +72055,"a national conversation",2 +98132,"to interpret the film 's end as hopeful or optimistic",3 +151745,"a florid turn of phrase",2 +127805,"nearly every corner",2 +234626,"offers chills",3 +223504,"God It",3 +135062,"the cracks",2 +218198,"uniformly well acted",3 +83335,"infused Frida with a visual style unique and inherent",3 +208059,"of the dialogue",2 +151144,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz",1 +58304,"the film certainly does n't disappoint",4 +149540,"The makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and",1 +119181,"enter into .",2 +3115,"what you get with empire is a movie you 've seen many times before , repackaged as new material because there is a latino in the lead .",1 +170934,"should be charged with loitering -- so much on view , so little to offer .",1 +204257,"its overinflated mythology",1 +209760,"problems ,",2 +188338,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard . '",0 +17320,"sticking to the facts",3 +72871,"a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild",3 +28186,"all adds up to good fun .",4 +221463,", maybe .",2 +113357,"actorish notations on the margin of acting",2 +45330,"Fuhrman",2 +47618,"While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",3 +197613,"dumb high school comedy",1 +191476,"a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra",2 +231515,"hastily and amateurishly",1 +190217,"a bowser",1 +216191,"these movies",2 +6085,"drivel",1 +236783,"the commitment",2 +119250,"equals the original",3 +15846,"from watchful parental eyes",2 +51313,"escapes",2 +76302,"camera sense",2 +74181,"any stripe",2 +15408,"chilly",2 +126865,"may ,",2 +139946,"will remind them that Hong Kong action cinema is still alive and kicking",3 +175035,"the wizard",2 +116907,"cheaper action movie production",2 +31721,"for Kissinger as a calculating war",1 +138300,"treasured",3 +54605,"manga-like",2 +155594,"burning to tell a war story",2 +123503,"interesting as a documentary -- but not very Imaxy",2 +159230,"fleshed",2 +101427,"'m not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",1 +160193,"goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy",0 +125323,"its own existence",3 +68445,"Rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout .",4 +90232,"persuasive",3 +225211,"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown",1 +147604,"Myers never knows when to let a gag die : thus , we 're subjected to one mind-numbingly lengthy riff on poo and pee jokes after another",0 +52744,"hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",2 +209181,"people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation",2 +201900,"in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit",3 +105793,"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes",2 +50492,"could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage Shirley Temple script",2 +118452,"do n't get Williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile",1 +44535,"An uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",3 +173306,"the 007 clone",2 +129299,"offers nothing",1 +14416,"Schweiger is -RRB- talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",3 +6827,"good actress",3 +96473,"the pristine camerawork",3 +26562,"Shainberg 's",2 +201551,"if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans",2 +227477,"`` Fatal Attraction '' remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987 .",2 +22932,"your children",2 +160471,"half the excitement of Balto , or quarter the fun of Toy Story 2",0 +102578,", if somewhat standardized ,",2 +36974,"simply by crossing the nuclear line",2 +164842,"lighter and",2 +217130,"to its title",2 +166489,"mummified",2 +133800,"take Rob Schneider and",2 +6402,"fantasma",2 +197769,"emerges as a numbingly dull experience .",1 +67823,"Nicks sustains the level of exaggerated , stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit .",3 +125725,"lame story",0 +238155,"turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film",1 +117919,"deathly",1 +216956,"to cut",2 +100790,"wonders ,",2 +380,"although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative",1 +137747,"to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship",2 +183839,"Fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers",0 +162743,"is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt Seagal 's character ... performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we 're not watching a double .",1 +137755,"to one man",2 +178354,"will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon '' .",1 +64973,"Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection",3 +218493,"very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",1 +77952,"delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern Lothario .",4 +114842,"as a video\/DVD babysitter",2 +67373,"Makes one thing abundantly clear . American musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",4 +188034,"The cinematic equivalent",3 +110169,"The soundtrack",2 +173254,"that three minutes",2 +18646,"Amy 's self-absorbed personality",1 +97309,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk ,",3 +92333,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .",3 +108209,"One thing is for sure : This movie does not tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou-Chou .",2 +130715,"propaganda film",1 +73782,"an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal",3 +119359,"even when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling",1 +162686,"is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless XXX mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .",0 +36296,"quirky and poignant Japanese film",4 +188307,"The last three narcissists left on earth compete for each others ' affections .",2 +45919,"Just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years .",4 +42255,"journey from childhood idealism",2 +9794,"pour le",2 +217403,"to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief",3 +107137,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors ,",3 +85027,"it finds a nice rhythm .",3 +152001,"a lot more fun",3 +120792,"frustrating misfire",1 +68898,"Something for everyone",4 +147783,"Not even the Hanson Brothers can save it",0 +69034,"Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture .",3 +89052,"of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",4 +213297,"tense arguing",1 +188123,"The feature-length stretch",2 +238441,"was n't .",2 +218228,"unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .",0 +31708,"focused films emerging from that most surprising of nations",3 +127579,"movie structures",2 +150035,"There 's a solid woman - finding-herself story somewhere in here , but you 'd have to dig pretty deep to uncover it .",2 +226514,"The thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes",0 +184980,"Is Great",3 +24843,"Blade II",2 +88017,"not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick",3 +139053,"viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality",3 +32206,"gripping film",4 +81169,"go the distance",3 +144895,"Disney-fied adolescent angst",1 +111137,"Who is the audience for Cletis Tout ?",2 +213301,"tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",3 +170342,"sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager",2 +28869,"and those",2 +136888,"this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole",0 +77789,"decent kid-pleasing",3 +89873,"outright newness . Plus ,",2 +215363,"the playlist",2 +112815,"a stumblebum",0 +208253,"of your movie-going life",2 +69821,"The picture runs a mere 84 minutes ,",1 +150636,"Verbinski substitutes atmosphere for action",1 +9544,"originality",3 +44189,"A no-holds-barred cinematic",3 +226219,"The casting of Raymond J. Barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .",3 +195362,"can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",2 +79687,"farts , urine",1 +117552,"cotton candy",2 +82571,"hymn and",2 +96907,"the trap of the maudlin or tearful",1 +224053,"Inconsequential road-and-buddy pic .",1 +236563,"that this really did happen",2 +137475,"to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel , Seth Green and Barry Pepper .",2 +195335,"camera moves",2 +87354,"more than merely a Holocaust movie",3 +193925,"backstage bytes of information",2 +123539,"into a comedy graveyard",1 +151990,"a long and clunky ending ... which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience 's awkward silence",1 +87448,"most of the big summer movies",2 +214790,"the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch",1 +43455,", B movie way",2 +19610,"a troubled African-American 's",2 +6747,"gentle",3 +224301,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .",1 +164917,"like a non-stop cry for attention",1 +147380,"Max Rothman 's",2 +1894,"of dog day afternoon",2 +184568,"I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks",0 +159550,"forced and heavy-handed ,",1 +113713,"almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .",2 +160915,"have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",2 +194580,"better the less the brain is engaged",2 +44200,"A pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable",4 +202490,"is ) a fascinating character ,",4 +215886,"the weight of too many story lines",1 +12696,"unsettling",2 +133823,"take the latter every time",2 +89579,"one man 's downfall ,",2 +138691,"unguarded",2 +122264,"hip-hop culture in general",2 +229015,"as-nasty -",1 +123100,"in spite of all that he 's witnessed",2 +75646,"between the two brothers",2 +181717,"A good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance",2 +169374,"promising meditation",2 +94662,"that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",3 +84183,"is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .",3 +101398,"'ll have a good time with this one too",3 +134549,"that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes",1 +104484,"As each of them searches for their place in the world",2 +119660,"fairly basic",2 +109055,"Some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson",1 +213998,"the Animal Planet",2 +96811,"the sugar coating",2 +222978,"Collateral Damage ''",2 +2392,"star",2 +192561,"an extended short",2 +109695,"The dialogue",2 +223988,"If you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio 's theory of this imagery as the movie 's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change .",3 +139418,"weak and strong",3 +34751,"murderous event",2 +237591,"those crass , contrived sequels",0 +220244,"you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .",2 +97,"Saturday",2 +230860,"flavours and",2 +20523,"face value",2 +219212,"where nearly all the previous unseen material resides",2 +126735,"making water torture seem appealing",2 +211513,"should keep you reasonably entertained .",3 +107877,"Much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s ,",2 +201053,"here is DOA .",1 +222858,"Béart and Berling",2 +159332,"for Deeper Meaning",2 +228439,"all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0 +206630,"moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots",3 +182595,"As it stands , there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .",2 +162787,"is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain",0 +31269,"even the softest moments in the angry revolt",2 +206277,"modern L . A",2 +12772,"very thrilling",4 +164366,"justify the almost two hours",2 +49830,"brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing",3 +170694,"self-regarding",2 +202688,"is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies",4 +208004,"of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",1 +81181,"goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults",4 +97629,"thought of the first film",2 +75749,"bloated plot",1 +194782,"bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .",1 +50954,"does n't also",2 +157063,"curmudgeonly British playwright",2 +237790,"to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases",4 +108511,"Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station",2 +14252,"MTV puffery",2 +192055,"afterlife and",1 +165195,"longs to frisk through the back alleys of history ,",2 +229123,"based on Philip K. Dick stories",2 +174649,"the richness of characterization",3 +100004,"while Dark Water is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu",2 +194379,"been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit",1 +158958,"feels like a low-budget TV pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .",1 +38347,"the intelligent romantic comedy",3 +47752,"Zhang 's last film , the cuddly Shower",2 +69564,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders , but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",3 +228500,"ambitious ` what if",3 +227225,"Would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ?",2 +39605,"unearthed",2 +118058,"denying that Burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him",3 +126944,"mean-spirited and wryly observant .",1 +226156,"The Pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",4 +108313,"Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest .",3 +154276,"as thick as the cigarette smoke",1 +2320,"so bloodless",1 +167492,"of half-baked thoughts",1 +148264,"Reginald Hudlin",2 +191093,"a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing",1 +215889,"the wheezing terrorist subplot has n't the stamina for the 100-minute running time",1 +11514,"the incredibly flexible",3 +111474,"a Crocodile Hunter fan",2 +176573,"tonal or thematic",2 +147663,"New Best Friend 's Playboy-mansion presentation",2 +109375,"Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon",2 +81588,"harrowing movie",2 +40306,"without much thought",2 +232997,"it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .",0 +137375,"to an uninspired philosophical epiphany",2 +48382,"a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and",4 +61174,"'s not nearly long enough",2 +57958,"the Catholic doctrine",2 +100610,"with some hippie getting",2 +95534,"the end of the world",1 +82754,"impossible disappearing\/reappearing",2 +13110,"winsome facial",2 +182041,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but",0 +144617,"Costner movies",2 +230197,"did it ever get made ?",2 +180111,"( Allen 's ) been making piffle for a long while ,",0 +100358,"wit and empathy",3 +107210,"Jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .",3 +213365,"than a well-mounted history lesson",2 +164065,"its lack of whistles and bells",2 +13068,"whose face",2 +171506,"so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of Glenn Close , Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer )",1 +210555,"rife",2 +150719,"Watching Scarlet Diva",2 +186808,"Punch-and-Judy",2 +20020,"as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",3 +33511,"is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",3 +6332,"expect light romantic comedy , good gosh ,",3 +134012,"terrorists are more evil than ever !",1 +71485,"a crowdpleaser as",4 +208861,"out there ? It 's dark and tragic",2 +69435,"The charm of the first movie is still there",4 +80349,"for the audience",2 +157279,"depend on what experiences you bring to it and what associations you choose to make",2 +21366,"movingly genuine",4 +152147,"a mystery\/thriller",2 +2756,"the supporting cast",2 +15745,"fascinating and fun",4 +57429,"struggle tragically",1 +14526,"This delicately",3 +14290,"Morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but Morvern Callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .",2 +61765,", and subtly different",2 +5814,"crushes",3 +205910,"may as well",2 +74420,"are some movies that hit you from the first scene",3 +67122,"Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane ,",2 +177067,"ultra-low-budget",1 +175220,"they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day",1 +134422,"that it feels almost anachronistic",1 +53475,"is full of memorable performances from top",4 +205591,"made it all work",3 +91513,"represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken",3 +55875,"out of a deep-seated , emotional need",2 +119923,"feels like just one more",3 +219705,"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",1 +193484,"as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum",2 +26898,"The second chapter",2 +57952,"the Beast",2 +209359,"played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even Freeman ca n't save it",0 +114114,"an oddly winning portrayal of one",3 +17893,"truth '",2 +85744,"lame Musketeer",1 +73617,"an 8th grade boy delving",2 +1890,"of car chases",2 +169131,"post-production stages",2 +73136,"acting , direction , story and pace",2 +134000,"terrific score",3 +52338,"hands",2 +229750,"carries almost no organic intrigue",1 +136923,"this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability",2 +78478,"does n't use ( Monsoon Wedding ) to lament the loss of culture",2 +190587,"a fine idea",3 +82721,"impair your ability to ever again maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman",3 +60545,"you 've seen .",2 +3519,"86 minutes too",2 +51302,"equal amounts",2 +7096,"her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant",1 +76348,"can offer",2 +173975,"the first few minutes",2 +39493,"turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",2 +212711,"strung-together",2 +46719,"Sever '' or '' xXx",2 +114923,"as humor",2 +28836,"and the absence of spiritual guidance",2 +38456,"the movie 's release",2 +139393,"we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",3 +200707,"hate to like it .",1 +127431,"most fluent",2 +31719,"for Beginners",1 +27926,"a valuable time",3 +180183,"( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W . Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al .",2 +160188,"god awful",0 +139495,"were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",0 +45819,"It is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .",4 +237202,"the script carries Arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''",3 +150460,"Too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller",2 +24263,"A beguiling splash",3 +48403,"a subversive element to this Disney cartoon",2 +78345,"do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",1 +159647,"free tickets",2 +101351,"'' superior",3 +8177,"james eric",2 +47581,"What 's really so appealing about the characters",2 +155070,"being interesting or entertaining",3 +78507,"doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",2 +125756,"largely improvised numbers",2 +112859,"a swirl of colors and inexplicable events",2 +109037,"Solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work",0 +94731,"that it 's implosion",1 +77133,"computer-generated",2 +60244,"will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",3 +58159,"the consequences of one 's actions",2 +212497,"start looking good",3 +158097,"earnestly",2 +198777,"fetching",3 +1943,"on its empty head",1 +163633,"it 's being",2 +130282,"playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",1 +126279,"location",2 +208540,"once a guarantee of something",2 +25116,"Deutchland a popular destination for hungry tourists",3 +64177,"Audience",2 +144089,"Before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy",2 +232547,"is merely a transition is a common tenet in the world 's religions",2 +157768,"does n't have his heart in it",1 +111852,"a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",3 +134802,"the action looks fake",1 +12140,"this halloween",1 +11714,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated",2 +199296,"for sick and demented humor simply",1 +204629,"lack depth or complexity , with the ironic exception of Scooter",1 +237101,"the new thriller proves that director M. Night Shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .",4 +213680,"that is impenetrable and dull",1 +237327,"the whole package",4 +169986,"rent installment",2 +127862,"neorealism 's",1 +136986,"this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise",2 +74536,"arts master",2 +222648,"Boisterous , heartfelt comedy",3 +153769,"apprehension",2 +31885,"from childhood idealism",2 +8902,"mr . nelson",2 +93193,"sometimes murky",1 +135184,"the entire franchise",2 +73793,"an extraordinary film ,",4 +507,"as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .",2 +199890,"gets shut out of the hug cycle .",2 +83817,"is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end .",3 +21576,"of the usual maudlin",1 +160120,"gives them",2 +83418,"inspirational love story",4 +180928,", sometimes creepy intimacy",1 +104714,"Best Friend ''",3 +172674,"terrible true story",2 +87867,"next movie",1 +201865,"in every sense",2 +184620,"I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ...",3 +21653,"open-ended",2 +229987,"could be more appropriate",1 +239209,"you would end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",2 +221768,"... Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario .",1 +173736,"the director has n't added enough of his own ingredients .",1 +35519,"of their children",2 +119273,"eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension",0 +198268,"exceptionally dark",2 +74272,"are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .",3 +159942,"generous cast",3 +33169,"intrigues and even fascinates us",4 +225373,"P.T.",2 +145114,"Erin Brockovich ,",2 +172796,"than the fiction",2 +59042,"this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale",3 +121409,"great credit",3 +151650,"a draw",2 +227596,"`` Spider-Man '' certainly delivers the goods",4 +77106,"complex , unpredictable character",4 +155846,"ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's",1 +2052,"pleasant",4 +115088,"as you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach",2 +190701,"a grenade with his teeth",1 +191097,"a pious , preachy soap opera",1 +42873,"the year 's most thought-provoking film . But",3 +220973,"'s something auspicious , and daring , too , about the artistic instinct that pushes a majority-oriented director like Steven Spielberg to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",2 +119430,"evoking",2 +145491,"Frenetic",2 +230692,"expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale",2 +175061,"the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",0 +31447,"falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement",4 +60275,"win the band",2 +186664,"Paymer",2 +75879,"bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of '' His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",3 +48511,"a work of incendiary genius",3 +130493,"potentially enticing",3 +32115,"goes unindicted here , which is probably for the best . And if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes",3 +27866,"a strange combo",2 +15930,"gripping , questing look",2 +166856,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame",1 +16446,"lifts",2 +196593,"darker unnerving role",2 +21377,"my adoration",3 +55358,"of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim",3 +171440,"so many literary and cinematic sources",2 +110879,"Viewers are asked so often to suspend belief that were it not for Holm 's performance , the film would be a total washout .",1 +116476,"by those on both sides of the issues",2 +226993,"We started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` Chris Rock , ' ` Anthony Hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some Univac-like script machine",1 +216631,"thrillers actually thrilled",3 +146202,"If the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of ` there but for the grace of God , ' it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world .",1 +104721,"Bette Davis , cast as Joan",2 +130063,"pay cable",2 +54189,"lectures or confrontations",2 +28928,"angry revolt",2 +180072,"'s worked too hard on this movie .",1 +205454,"loud , ugly , irritating",0 +91033,"quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin",3 +173599,"the cast is so engagingly messing around like Slob City reductions of Damon Runyon crooks",1 +153850,"are incapable of conveying any emotion",1 +27896,"a theme",2 +185304,"It just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .",1 +54511,"make fun",2 +233997,"much better .",2 +72734,"a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller",4 +74388,"are profound and thoughtfully delivered",4 +52699,"holds you",3 +99581,"warm , inviting , and surprising",4 +49286,"as in Ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",3 +238709,"who seduces Oscar",2 +185761,"Like a fish that 's lived too long , Austin Powers in Goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .",1 +207235,"not-quite-dead career",2 +42134,"inventively detailed and",4 +224732,"Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue .",0 +213064,"synagogue",2 +68470,"Roberto",2 +204864,"less concerned with cultural and political issues",1 +36778,"self-absorption",2 +32538,"his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us",4 +202343,"interesting character to begin with",3 +149223,"The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times",2 +219130,"what kind of sewage",1 +208527,"on to something more user-friendly",2 +183102,"Church members and undemanding armchair tourists",2 +37413,"stylish",3 +67759,"Nair and writer Laura Cahill",2 +142213,", hoity-toity convictions",2 +230591,"even a trace",2 +128415,"of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",1 +212938,"support structure",2 +75748,"blithe rebel fantasy",3 +128426,"of a comedy of a premise",3 +6038,"does n't really",2 +203510,"is that it 's a brazenly misguided project",1 +66932,"John Waters-like humor",4 +234314,"of ` laugh therapy '",3 +35715,"one-room",2 +91389,"rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the ` Are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .",2 +63104,"A haunting tale of murder and mayhem .",3 +92786,"slap-happy",3 +18414,", happily ,",4 +47923,"a day",2 +169789,"reap from the moviegoing public",2 +222460,"As is often the case with ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers , Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos , stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold .",1 +125378,"its ten-year-old female protagonist",2 +32343,"has to be seen to be believed",3 +98090,"to gooeyness",2 +206028,"melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project",1 +76647,"chicanery and self-delusion",1 +120388,"for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger",3 +143517,"Adam Sandler assault and possibly the worst film",0 +36343,"rather sturdy , old-fashioned entertainment",3 +155140,"better aplomb",2 +736,"could possibly find it funny",2 +236710,"the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality",2 +234733,"one of the hapless victims of the arrogant",1 +25105,"Despite a story predictable enough to make The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller , its heart is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it .",3 +22024,"somewhat weakened by a miscast leading lady",1 +201165,"his doctorate",2 +59583,"turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .",4 +144704,"Davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .",1 +178079,"when you doze off thirty minutes into the film",0 +42405,"non-actors and",2 +189417,"Vivi",2 +14926,"all other Best Picture contenders",3 +232582,"is n't heated properly ,",1 +96069,"the lush scenery",3 +201006,"heist comedy",2 +57806,"that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",2 +3507,"77 minutes of pokemon",2 +93188,"sometimes confusing",1 +194575,"better than it feels",2 +32255,"hang out with Samantha",2 +219508,"will get you thinking , ` Are we there yet",1 +2764,"the writers , director wally wolodarsky",2 +134286,"that deserves more than a passing twinkle",3 +186186,"Most of the characters",2 +201893,"in his own film",2 +88443,"of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons",3 +135387,"the final frame",2 +15639,"engrossing it",2 +63109,"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic",3 +34491,"mim",2 +182391,"An empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .",1 +172,"a golden",3 +97830,"to Mr . Wong",2 +75304,"be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael",3 +223686,"Home Alone goes Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do .",1 +120465,"for patting people while he talks",2 +78089,"devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama .",4 +145877,"Hopkins looks like a drag queen .",0 +11715,"the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .",0 +95493,"the dreadfulness of war",2 +156178,"charm and charisma",3 +136843,"think of it as '' Pootie Tang with a budget",1 +15454,"compassionate",3 +158803,"falls victim",1 +233837,"merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way",1 +23485,", but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head",2 +99345,"very funny , heartwarming film",4 +149127,"The Other Side",2 +192819,"annoying rather than charming",1 +109705,"The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why .",1 +143945,"At its best , Queen is campy fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .",1 +7530,"informative",4 +230699,"face your fears",2 +209020,"painfully slow",0 +101537,"'s a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages",2 +154131,"as artistically possible",2 +204651,"lacks aspirations of social upheaval",1 +148323,"Rock 's",2 +43438,"( and sometimes illegal",1 +119826,"fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels",1 +127697,"muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier",2 +60356,"with its fascist past",2 +4162,"a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy",2 +203438,"is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good",2 +22385,"the women are down for the count",2 +228087,"a political context",2 +98784,"turned this",3 +203720,"it 's a brazenly misguided project",1 +2142,"remain",2 +233924,"more enjoyable than I expected",3 +181929,"A puzzle whose pieces do not fit . Some are fascinating and others are not ,",1 +5132,"between cho and most comics",2 +197763,"embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",0 +181604,"A derivative collection",1 +40056,"who originated the characters on stage",2 +121298,"good and ambitious film",4 +53094,"innocent yet fervid",3 +100381,"with Sean Penn 's monotone narration",1 +207904,"of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy",0 +196302,"could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",1 +117097,"close-to-solid",3 +137425,"to be made from curling",2 +103309,"3000",3 +111073,"When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life",1 +226153,"The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .",0 +193667,"as-it - thinks-it-is joke .",2 +17186,"shocking",2 +2417,"stupid",0 +147447,"Might Be Giants",2 +44689,"Beneath Clouds is a succinct low-budget film whose compelling characters and intelligent script are exactly what was missing from Rabbit-Proof Fence .",2 +226582,"There are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but `` Elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases .",4 +155082,"being trapped at a bad rock concert",1 +134853,"the auditorium feeling dizzy",3 +53843,"it lets you grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",3 +81703,"has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess",3 +12825,"walls",2 +31442,"fails to engage us .",2 +150752,"Weapon-derived",2 +229639,"can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",3 +89973,"own direction",2 +1612,"literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",3 +105991,"Gives everyone something",3 +134003,"terrific special effects and",4 +169192,"prefabricated",1 +89213,"of workaday inertia",2 +3919,"a little too",2 +119808,"fat pain .",2 +175619,"those who love alternate versions of the Bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers",2 +121037,"get a nomination for a best-foreign-film Oscar : Make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture",4 +222068,"A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16 .",4 +43460,", Derrida is all but useless",0 +108252,"Our culture",2 +224383,"It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .",1 +231751,"hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story",2 +224363,"It may as well be called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie . ''",0 +47573,"Weinstein 's",2 +120884,"funny person",2 +7441,"in its final form",2 +37564,"tackles",2 +1367,"is a sentimentalist",2 +93521,"still serious",2 +12353,"to excuse him",2 +131758,"saw at childhood ,",2 +75268,"be friends",2 +17921,"understands",2 +64502,"British comedy",3 +222240,"All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",1 +189149,"Though uniformly well acted , especially by young Ballesta and Galan ( a first-time actor ) , writer/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .",2 +77505,"crafty , energetic and smart",3 +101784,"'s no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight",1 +8530,"liven things",2 +64877,"Croatia",2 +91801,"roughly",2 +42565,"rips off",1 +86437,"lying if I said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of Kung Pow",3 +9792,"potter",2 +57560,"symbolic examination",3 +220428,"zeitgeist",2 +75402,"because of the ideal casting of the masterful British actor Ian Holm",3 +168540,"overly sillified plot",1 +200240,"gross-out flicks",2 +28263,"amalgamating genres",2 +143345,"A slight and obvious effort ,",2 +175094,"their feature debut",2 +77079,"compelling story to tell",4 +193557,"as pretty dull and wooden",1 +61184,"'s nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is",3 +160990,"he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",1 +212218,"something to be fully forgotten",0 +37986,"the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",3 +91069,"raise audience 's spirits",3 +32709,"hypnotically",2 +3488,"10",3 +16401,"its trials and tribulations",2 +186767,"Press",2 +164465,"know better",2 +234396,"of coffee",2 +133806,"take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time",1 +235350,"rescue ( the Funk Brothers ) from Motown 's shadows",2 +119353,"even the most jaded cinema audiences",3 +176790,"transcends jokester status",1 +161526,"humorless , disjointed mess",1 +174241,"the manipulative engineering",2 +54118,"know-how",3 +72393,"a sign of its effectiveness",2 +229027,"at M.I.T.",2 +237558,"this movie to reviewers",2 +212913,"summer-camp",2 +210478,"resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .",1 +35353,"of one of San Francisco 's most vital , if least widely recognized , creative fountainheads .",3 +164546,"lacks the punch and verve needed to make this genre soar",1 +24838,"Binoche and Magimel are perfect in these roles .",4 +96133,"the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful",2 +132221,"sexist or",2 +174789,"the spark",2 +22930,"you wo n't want to miss .",4 +92329,"serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history",3 +184460,"Hollywood is sordid and disgusting . Quelle surprise !",1 +118413,"diverting grim message",1 +82227,"his characters are acting horribly",0 +223973,"If you do n't ...",2 +75629,"between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",2 +139642,"which are anything",2 +35475,"of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",4 +205894,"matter how Broomfield dresses it up",2 +32385,"have suspected all along",2 +192018,"adventure and song",3 +163454,"is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .",1 +235214,"realize , much to our dismay ,",1 +60066,"what it is to be Ya-Ya",2 +103717,"A mischievous visual style",3 +23034,"'s Super Spy !",2 +28182,"alive under the attention from two strangers in town",2 +46700,"Scott 's charismatic Roger and",3 +110824,"Unfortunately , it 's also not very good . Especially compared with the television series that inspired the movie .",0 +150844,"What was once original has been co-opted so frequently that it now seems pedestrian .",1 +221007,"'s too bad that the helping hand he uses to stir his ingredients is also a heavy one .",1 +65166,"Douglas McGrath 's version of ` Nicholas Nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .",3 +174019,"the fuzzy sentimentality of the movie itself",2 +130052,"patiently",2 +164567,"lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .",1 +187249,"She 's not yet an actress , not quite a singer ...",2 +12824,"wallowing in bibi 's generic angst",1 +21188,"kind that has become an Iranian specialty",2 +70840,"Whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini DV",2 +81188,"going at a rapid pace ,",3 +36652,"sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of Kahlo 's life imaginable",0 +152437,"a simple diversion",2 +2694,"the rage and",1 +158080,"early rap records",2 +62444,", you can enjoy much of Jonah simply , and gratefully , as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced Monty Pythonesque flavor .",4 +165005,"like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant",2 +141149,"'s a sadistic bike flick that would have made Vittorio De Sica proud",3 +2075,"presents",2 +120624,"fragmentary tale",2 +38098,"the controversial Korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes",2 +12116,"this cross-cultural soap opera",2 +28384,"an inviting piece",4 +56950,"show-stoppingly hilarious , but",3 +33989,"latest",2 +131558,"right to be favorably compared to Das Boot",2 +129848,"overall mood and focus",3 +161750,"in Gangster No . 1",2 +102002,"'s worth , with fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion .",2 +18255,"'ll be taking a risk if you choose to see it .",2 +146551,"It 's not as awful as some of the recent Hollywood trip tripe ... but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .",1 +58994,"this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",4 +61342,"'s updating works surprisingly well .",3 +158058,"dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of",1 +23763,", luminous yet careworn in Jane Hamilton 's exemplary costumes",3 +195196,"by sending the audience straight to hell",1 +142484,", the film loses credibility .",1 +125124,"it used to be",2 +50410,"conned",1 +74693,"as good as you remember .",3 +203400,"is small and",2 +71383,"a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy",1 +102959,", this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts to find love .",2 +106577,"If Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .",2 +50380,"confined and dark",2 +89404,"on her Bjorkness",2 +88142,"oddly honest",3 +20178,"but mostly the humor is of the sweet , gentle and occasionally cloying kind that has become an Iranian specialty",3 +46007,"Leguizamo and Jones",2 +167925,"of-the-week films",2 +86959,"me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together",2 +146569,"It 's not that Waiting For Happiness is a bad film , because it is n't . It 's just incredibly dull .",1 +45410,"Grant 's",2 +70878,"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 .",2 +123430,"inspirational prep-school professors",3 +76852,"co-winner",3 +190424,"a cynic",2 +11511,"the importance",2 +68770,"Shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .",4 +76518,"catching solely on its visual merits .",2 +43970,"A beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in Iran",3 +236577,"that we `` ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes",2 +226223,"The concept behind Kung Pow :",2 +162254,"inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay .",1 +23657,", headlong thrust",2 +223888,"Idiotic and",0 +158376,"erase the fact that The Believer feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",1 +162261,"instantly know whodunit",1 +175609,"those other two recent Dumas botch-jobs",0 +188775,"The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese .",4 +131322,"remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks",4 +56310,"put in fine performances",3 +58473,"the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie",2 +211321,"several old themes",1 +206815,"naturalistic tone",2 +86943,"may show",2 +98041,"to explore more",2 +89161,"of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking",3 +39053,"through memory , a celebration of living , and a sobering rumination on fatality , classism , and ignorance .",3 +83595,"into what has become of us all in the era of video",2 +185087,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted",4 +203499,"is tedious",2 +50256,"come readily",3 +56972,"shows them",2 +204130,"its cause",2 +75370,"beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors",4 +810,"devoid",2 +88366,"of a sports extravaganza",3 +140168,"with its moving story",3 +84781,"is trash",0 +42490,"provocative and",3 +195340,"camp adventure",2 +109499,"The Tuxedo 's 90 minutes",2 +132663,"smart breath",2 +118630,"doshas",2 +118745,"drug culture",3 +157722,"does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough",2 +49775,"bolster",2 +205003,"like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",2 +34116,"like that anymore",2 +4945,"at theaters",3 +141178,"'s about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think . Socrates motions for hemlock .",3 +53801,"it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins",2 +113305,"acted ...",2 +30696,"delivers the goods for Schwarzenegger fans",3 +8543,"looking for a return ticket",0 +30648,"definitely a unique modern fairytale",3 +20140,"breezily",2 +131945,"seeing at least",2 +119584,"extension",2 +1380,"is far more appealing",4 +202382,"into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",1 +224146,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers --",1 +169452,"pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool",2 +192737,"and its palate",2 +160243,"good .",4 +148620,"Sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time : your DVD player will do it for you",2 +151029,"Without a strong script and energetic acting , Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos .",0 +26001,"Lohman 's moist",2 +63345,"A sensitive , cultivated treatment",3 +155887,"caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy",1 +191459,"a sweaty old guy",2 +125220,"its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing",1 +150453,"Too many improbabilities and",1 +141166,"'s a trifle of a movie , with a few laughs surrounding an unremarkable soft center",1 +128065,"non-techies",2 +163993,"its big-budget brother",2 +223472,"Genuinely unnerving",1 +199079,"fluff . Nor",2 +120020,"fill a frame . Like the Hanks character",2 +219810,"with slow",2 +108453,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry",1 +98365,"to the essence of Broadway",2 +112886,"a thirteen-year-old 's book report",3 +139907,"will find that The Road to Perdition leads to a satisfying destination",3 +48826,"along the way K-19",2 +210042,"radio",2 +13536,", and that erasing them recasts the self",3 +100586,"with plenty of entertainment value",4 +141494,"'s not thirsty , consuming passion which drives this movie . No , it 's the repetition of said behavior",2 +186787,"Privates",2 +189231,"Too bad writer-director Adam Rifkin",2 +66386,"Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald",2 +78497,"does take 3 hours to get through",2 +104631,"Barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .",3 +134542,"that rival vintage Looney Tunes",2 +117378,"complications life",2 +43623,", it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .",3 +93012,"soars",4 +207657,"of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",1 +121999,"have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story ( like , say , Treasure Planet ) or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters",2 +12425,"to spell things out for viewers",2 +190003,"` alternate reality '",2 +92660,"silence",2 +89230,"off the page",2 +100065,"who are pursuing him",2 +188668,"The sight of the name Bruce Willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture",2 +42442,"penetrates with a rawness",3 +118317,"disappointingly generic",0 +8523,"live out",2 +172955,"that careens from dark satire to cartoonish slapstick",1 +121115,"giggly little story",2 +82997,"in making us believe",2 +230887,"for Mike Tyson 's E",2 +117118,"clue",2 +148893,"Stultifyingly",1 +91654,"rich , shadowy black-and-white",3 +207059,"no more challenging than your average television biopic",1 +177157,"undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",1 +32747,"if to prove a female director",2 +154005,"army",2 +233955,"most Westerners are unfamiliar with .",1 +154126,"as anything more",2 +186356,"No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast",2 +183913,"Femme Fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience . Are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of Clue ?",1 +68858,"So could young romantics out on a date .",3 +70264,"This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker ,",3 +36568,"richly imagined",3 +205985,"mean you have to check your brain at the door",2 +148050,"Pauline and",2 +212723,"studiously inoffensive",1 +693,"characters",2 +72144,"a ploddingly melodramatic structure",3 +15851,"fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",3 +66906,"Jerry",2 +97743,"ties it",2 +37260,"spun",2 +107051,"It pulls the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",3 +207079,"no other purpose",1 +112208,"a little girl-on-girl action",2 +152176,"a non-believer",2 +159287,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers",1 +178384,"will likely go into sugar shock",2 +224306,"It has fun with the quirks of family life , but",3 +6630,"force",2 +11945,"the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways",3 +44031,"A delicious , quirky movie",4 +231391,"harm anyone",2 +79803,"female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor",3 +78049,"desperation worthy",1 +149847,"The soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .",1 +219943,"wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently --",2 +119138,"enlightenment",3 +224933,"Mr. Koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .",3 +102087,"( Garbus )",3 +28964,"any arguments one way",2 +214342,"the complicated love triangle that develops between the three central characters",2 +113803,"amazingly evocative film from three decades ago",3 +218528,"vies",2 +155556,"building the drama of Lilia 's journey",2 +182669,"Austin Powers extravaganza",3 +66644,"It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but",2 +119993,"few sequels",1 +12365,"to go",2 +29090,"are utterly convincing",3 +67071,"Kouyate",2 +76012,"bubbles up out of John C . Walsh 's Pipe Dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie",3 +906,"entertains",3 +224594,"Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .",4 +125310,"its name",2 +173863,"the fart jokes",2 +223585,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate .",2 +13024,"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .",1 +176097,"to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires",3 +225119,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times ,",4 +136662,"their dogmatism , manipulativeness and",2 +187082,"Sand developed a notorious reputation",2 +19574,"a shower",2 +62294,", the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story .",3 +162517,"is , although it 's more comedy than suspense De Palma creates",2 +212470,"stands I",2 +127543,"moustache",1 +206166,"military system",2 +2577,"the direction",2 +42605,"seem more",2 +205106,"like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series",2 +132562,"skateboards , and motorcycles",2 +234188,"not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak ,",2 +236707,"the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",2 +151896,"a hold",2 +236754,"the book 's twin premises",2 +83464,"intended the film to be more than that",1 +113562,"all , a condition only the old are privy to ,",2 +9369,"of the movie rising above similar fare",2 +26230,"Not so much",1 +188562,"The pretensions",2 +84527,"is painterly .",3 +215064,"the most annoying thing",0 +179755,"'s fitfully funny but never really takes off .",1 +147525,"Mr . Desplechin",2 +219089,"what 's going on",2 +84656,"is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two",3 +134944,"the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters",2 +210805,"saved this film",3 +216388,"this forgettable effort",1 +157120,"daughter",2 +38825,"their roles",2 +221650,", this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .",2 +173070,"that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered",2 +167623,"of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness",2 +224188,"It 's hard to say who might enjoy this",0 +116991,"cinematic poet",3 +38902,"things to say about what is important in life and why",2 +221692,", you 're desperate for the evening to end .",1 +136554,"the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",2 +83403,"inside-show-biz",2 +166220,"more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",2 +36346,"ravishing",3 +92465,"she 's",2 +121301,"good deal funnier",3 +161346,"hit the skids",1 +194919,"brash young men",2 +30812,"director John Polson",3 +110393,"These two are generating about as much chemistry as an Iraqi factory poised to receive a UN inspector .",2 +130015,"passable family film",2 +156763,"consuming passion",3 +195217,"by the man who wrote it",3 +177946,"what 's missing from Blackboards -- the sense of something bigger , some ultimate point",1 +141281,"'s club",2 +7439,"in its deft portrait of tinseltown",4 +211526,"should seal the deal",2 +54201,"legendary",3 +160735,"has so much money",2 +219111,"what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom",1 +72921,"about adolescent anomie and heartbreak",2 +65804,"Gondry 's",2 +57634,"teeming",2 +194719,"blending entrepreneurial zeal",3 +224177,"It 's getting harder and harder to ignore the fact that Hollywood is n't laughing with us , folks .",1 +236157,"super - violent , super-serious",3 +10595,"solution",3 +189952,"Zeus ( the dog from Snatch )",2 +219109,"what he could make with a decent budget",3 +2108,"pulp",2 +104864,"Brit-com",2 +155595,"burns out",1 +159323,"foot-dragging rhythms",2 +42867,"the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor",1 +148100,"Pie-type",2 +10625,"something for everyone",4 +54729,"might have imagined had today 's mood-altering drug therapy been envisioned by chemists in 1949",2 +216074,"then biting into it",2 +40696,"A romantic comedy ,",3 +224635,"Like its parade of predecessors , this Halloween is a gory slash-fest .",3 +24722,"As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse",1 +28990,"anything but cathartic",2 +80896,"genial and",3 +217052,"to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",1 +62693,"2 ,",2 +50591,"cult novel",2 +180589,", contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .",0 +189908,"Yo , it 's The Days Of Our Lives",2 +177398,"various levels of reality",2 +226690,"This new Time Machine is hardly perfect ... yet it proves surprisingly serviceable",3 +130778,"psychological breakdown",2 +231978,"in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",1 +178152,"which is often preachy and poorly acted",1 +161578,"if it were , well , more adventurous",2 +11767,"the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .",0 +177974,"what happens on them",2 +87405,"most daring",3 +230464,"early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",2 +167814,"of the not-quite-urban",2 +149126,"The New Guy is one of them .",2 +209108,"pass off as acceptable teen entertainment",2 +201589,"if this sappy script was the best the contest received",2 +18842,"Easier",2 +222817,"But then again , I hate myself most mornings .",1 +131195,"reducing our emotional stake in the outcome",1 +4614,"an alienated",1 +163523,"is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time",1 +120738,"from others in the genre",2 +118803,"dust",2 +166071,"mixes and",2 +16364,"item",2 +201199,"his little band , a professional screenwriter",2 +182154,"Absolutely",3 +179371,"'ll be lucky",2 +19138,"Niro",2 +127301,"more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama",2 +83301,"inescapable conclusion",2 +214883,"the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency",1 +66105,"I 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a Jerry Bruckheimer flick any day of the week",3 +190781,"a hunky has-been",1 +133174,"squaddie",2 +52174,"goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",3 +207379,"of , well ,",2 +187735,"That is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion .",2 +114676,"are some fairly unsettling scenes",1 +196201,"contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and Woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart .",2 +56992,"silver-haired and",2 +93031,"sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .",1 +84754,"is the sense that peace is possible .",2 +101735,"'s like a '' Big Chill '' reunion of the Baader-Meinhof Gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists",2 +171197,"sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz , rather than",2 +82732,"impenetrable",2 +70907,"While the now 72-year-old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke",2 +78812,"elegant technology for the masses",4 +40603,"( Moore 's ) noisy , cocky energy ,",2 +12662,"unflinching",2 +118620,"done-to-death",1 +96209,"the movie above its playwriting 101 premise",2 +56319,"put off everyone",1 +206954,"new Rob Schneider vehicle",2 +232162,"into a superman",2 +10659,"spell",2 +63409,"A special kind",3 +147444,"Michael Rymer 's direction is so bloodless",2 +1991,"own",2 +152498,"a standard of quality",3 +157759,"does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard Jason fans or those who can take a good joke",2 +5930,"detailing",3 +103056,", you might soon be looking for a sign . An EXIT sign , that is .",1 +164509,"lack of a pyschological center",2 +184340,"Has not so much",2 +44581,"As comedic spotlights go , Notorious C . H . O . hits all the verbal marks it should .",3 +55031,"nerve",2 +71089,"XXX flex-a-thon",3 +46486,"Passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , Helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .",3 +182851,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides",0 +182965,"By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it ... Then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .",3 +88632,"of hilarity",2 +164946,"like every other Seagal movie , only louder and",2 +35606,"on , especially Lee Ross 's turn as Ken",2 +65192,"Drug abuse , infidelity",2 +88992,"of the criminal world",2 +64595,"Cahill",2 +220697,"'s a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film",3 +126012,"like Bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .",0 +161483,"how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this",0 +67916,"Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite :",3 +70005,"The turntable is now outselling the electric guitar ... ''",3 +178714,"without developing much attachment to the characters",2 +17084,"reliance",2 +61680,", Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .",2 +96281,"the off-the-wall dialogue , visual playfulness and the outlandishness of the idea itself",3 +86409,"low-key labor",2 +141380,"'s just a little off-kilter",2 +7369,"imagine entertainment",2 +143805,"Anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",1 +150833,"What is the filmmakers ' point",2 +106984,"It arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications .",2 +203282,"is one big , dumb action movie . Stress ` dumb . '",0 +229381,"better than any summer blockbuster",4 +132467,"significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old",0 +12419,"to showcase",3 +127181,"mixing action and idiosyncratic humor",2 +170432,"school age",2 +212139,"some of the gags",2 +21056,"is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",4 +122148,"her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair",0 +10640,"sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem",1 +164624,"laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists",1 +109458,"The Piano Teacher , like its title character , is repellantly out of control .",1 +46414,"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 .",1 +176009,"to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century .",2 +49215,"arguments the Bard 's immortal plays",2 +664,"byatt fans",2 +28267,"amateurishly made but a winsome cast and nice dialogue keeps it going .",3 +132117,"sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",2 +91151,"re-assess the basis for our lives and",2 +210482,"resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing",2 +40344,"working-class",2 +154965,"been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles",1 +168531,"overloads",1 +128822,"of near-hypnotic physical beauty",4 +3475,"... a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .",2 +155570,"bumping",2 +152663,"a war story",2 +84416,"is n't a complete wash ( no pun intended ) , watched side-by-side with Ringu",2 +118153,"destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .",3 +159460,"for pre-dawn cable television slots",2 +187109,"Sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and",1 +40390,"ya",2 +13116,"with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness",3 +141720,"'ve always",2 +13101,"win any academy awards",2 +238061,"too harsh",1 +135814,"the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .",1 +37603,"tales",2 +22421,"think he 'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art",3 +228633,"and Mr. Serrault",2 +145502,"Friday After Next has the same problem that Next Friday did -- it 's called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",0 +12564,"treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",1 +73490,"almost constant",2 +157778,"does n't mean that it 's interesting to anyone else",1 +172215,"subtexts",2 +176589,"too boring , and occasionally annoying",0 +56094,"polemic",2 +18382,", but it 's Dong Jie 's face",2 +224208,"It 's more enjoyable than I expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs",3 +109655,"The charms",2 +127038,"metropolitan area",2 +56448,"recovery",2 +55519,"of technology",2 +52047,"generates",2 +59127,"tightly organized",3 +174517,"the performers are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy .",1 +19027,"Jones",2 +177688,"was subtle and mystifying in the novella",3 +101093,"you ca n't help but get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth .",3 +77470,"courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys",3 +93683,"style and themes",2 +111054,"What ultimately makes Windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .",0 +175811,"to Collinwood",2 +110917,"Walken kinda",2 +66713,"It gives devastating testimony to both people 's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good .",3 +185898,"Lucky Break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert",2 +17356,"sulky , calculating Lolita turn",2 +201453,"humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter 's glory days on Three 's Company",2 +71758,"a great deal of thought",3 +68204,"Photographed",2 +123658,"involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows",2 +124467,"is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression",2 +129415,"on rollerblades",3 +200650,"has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",2 +166507,"musty scent",2 +84164,"is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .",4 +217709,"touches a few raw nerves",2 +139340,"waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",1 +136645,"theaters . It 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 +47707,"Ya",2 +196583,"dark and tragic",2 +109287,"Sven Wollter as the stricken composer and Viveka Seldahl as his desperate violinist wife",3 +156939,"cranked out on an assembly line",1 +234406,"of delicate interpersonal",2 +51730,"flabbergasting principals",1 +203129,"is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",3 +182139,"Abdul Malik Abbott",2 +225826,"Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating",2 +205517,"ludicrous film",0 +11742,"the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 +24444,"A resonant tale of racism , revenge and retribution .",3 +70590,"V .",2 +141891,"( something needed to balance out the violence )",2 +51425,"experiment",2 +31140,"enough to deny the possibility of hope in Auschwitz",2 +114198,"ancient librarian",2 +100534,"with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",4 +186759,"Predictable and cloying , though Brown Sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle",2 +76857,"coheres",2 +186085,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp",1 +31095,"engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",4 +117951,"deeply humanistic",3 +25525,"Her film",3 +123032,"in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication",2 +115070,"as unusually and",2 +147188,"Liman ,",2 +38248,"the first opportunity",3 +123712,"is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring Kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity",2 +29219,"as resolute in their emotional nakedness",3 +227290,"You feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off ,",3 +164493,"knows when to let a gag die",3 +23598,", engaging film .",3 +132525,"since I found myself howling more than cringing , I 'd say the film works",2 +67240,"Like The Full Monty",2 +196084,"compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy",1 +72854,"a world of meaningless activity",1 +216809,"to a stand-off",2 +218831,"wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .",1 +231632,"he just slopped ` em together here",1 +231583,"have n't seen one in so long , no wonder I did n't recognize it at first .",2 +152260,"a preschooler 's fancy ,",2 +145165,"Even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admission 's worth of funny to keep it afloat .",2 +238249,"unsettlingly realistic results",3 +108024,"Nonchalantly freaky",2 +28119,"addresses a hungry need for PG-rated , nonthreatening family movies",3 +178511,"with a physique to match",2 +228899,"as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",2 +50501,"could reasonably",2 +116737,"carry the film with their charisma",4 +163162,"is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 +56574,"restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise , too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",3 +181616,"A disaster of a drama",0 +94543,"that actually manages to bring something new into the mix",3 +218487,"very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut",3 +72155,"a potentially trite and overused concept",1 +2624,"the horror",1 +213207,"teams",2 +185830,"Lisa Rinzler 's",2 +42972,"watching ,",2 +24709,"As a belated nod to some neglected all-stars",3 +35595,"old friend",2 +151173,"Ze movie starts out so funny ,",3 +19783,"and Parmentier",2 +167748,"of the Halloween franchise",2 +73865,"an intense and engrossing head-trip",3 +119348,"even more suggestive",2 +66545,"It 's consistently funny , in an irresistible junior-high way , and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought .",3 +178383,"will leave frowns on more than a few faces .",0 +8642,"makes s & m",2 +78223,"directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism",3 +10364,"self-satisfied",2 +49425,"auspicious",2 +11300,"the doofus-on - the-loose banter of welcome to collinwood has a cocky , after-hours loopiness to it . and",2 +46167,"Meyjes '",2 +110893,"Vincent tick , but perhaps any definitive explanation for it would have felt like a cheat",2 +152995,"after-hours loopiness",2 +132537,"sinister Freddie",2 +136882,"this a diss . Consider it ` perfection",3 +179977,"'s so devoid of joy and energy it makes even Jason X ... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",0 +150682,"Wait for video",1 +126124,"like one of Robert Altman 's lesser works",2 +79965,"find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script 's bad ideas and awkwardness .",1 +147209,"Literally nothing in The Pool is new , but",1 +190870,"a lot more painful",2 +93170,"something rare and riveting",4 +75554,"belittle",2 +197320,"does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",1 +32077,"gives it an honest , lived-in glow .",3 +225063,"Mulan ''",2 +237003,"the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time",1 +125471,"journey into a philosophical void .",1 +87612,"much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it",3 +187394,"So verbally flatfooted and",1 +146813,"Jacques Derrida",2 +53038,"in today 's New Delhi",2 +187246,"Shawn",2 +35731,"only than",2 +111381,"Zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style , text , and subtext that 's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance , but against all odds , nothing does .",3 +44564,"Arnold and",2 +58805,"the unspeakable",2 +140332,"without the use of special effects",2 +54894,"most resolutely unreligious parents",2 +179247,"your typical ` fish out",2 +109998,"The movie is gorgeously made , but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious",2 +228847,"are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",0 +50870,"directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year",4 +130436,"popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed",3 +221155,", I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it .",0 +61814,", but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",3 +139490,"wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany",1 +212817,"succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",0 +59924,"want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters",3 +220287,"you free",2 +206742,"mutates",2 +1833,"nightmarish",1 +78157,"direct connection",2 +74286,"are also some startling , surrealistic moments",3 +169935,"religious fundamentalists",2 +58077,"the best straight-up",3 +228256,"a world of boys",2 +170791,"sex gags",1 +55830,"opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",3 +213997,"the American sexual landscape",3 +130792,"pues",2 +5752,"cool ,",3 +102015,"'ve endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing",2 +229114,"balances both Traditional or Modern stories together in a manner",3 +158179,"emotional misery",1 +98841,"two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity",2 +188308,"The latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen .",1 +67256,"Like a veteran head cutter , Barbershop is tuned in to its community .",3 +196851,"despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes ,",2 +115315,"back with the astonishing revelation",3 +236627,"the Criterion DVD",2 +61855,", decisive moments",3 +110798,"Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and",2 +87435,"most intense psychological mysteries",4 +89718,"open-minded Elvis fans",2 +4816,"art",2 +67948,"Offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",4 +156277,"churning",2 +83768,"is a feast for the eyes .",4 +95085,"the X",2 +47974,"a dog-tag and",2 +159131,"final scenes",2 +77694,"dampened through familiarity",2 +220296,"you health insurance",2 +199156,"for a bathtub",2 +95830,"the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride",3 +40874,"Dogtown and",2 +50637,"dark tale",2 +144028,"Ballhaus",3 +66559,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments",1 +82383,"hitting",2 +142785,"... instead go rent '' Shakes The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great Robin Williams performance .",2 +60915,"'s all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .",4 +107561,"M . Night Shyamalan 's",2 +75752,"blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop",3 +147065,"Ladies Home Journal",2 +88951,"of the Summer award",2 +136018,"the plot device",2 +229668,"can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff .",1 +231905,"images and solemn words",2 +145320,"Feels like the grittiest movie that was ever made for the Lifetime cable television network .",2 +173742,"the discovery",2 +111822,"a drama",2 +140437,"workings",2 +205888,"matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise",0 +223068,"Dawson Leery did what ?!? )",2 +37250,"sporting a breezy spontaneity",3 +155446,"brainer",2 +127114,"mind-numbingly",1 +188139,"The film 's hero is a bore and",0 +205010,"like a change in ( Herzog 's ) personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .",1 +125731,"lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on America 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude",3 +77941,"delivering Oscar-caliber performances",4 +2010,"partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle",2 +20389,"discussion",2 +26519,"Sandler 's many talents",3 +61838,", compulsive life",1 +53425,"is both inspiring and pure joy",3 +218573,"visual appeal",3 +100759,"wo n't still",2 +17575,"the jeweled beads of sweat",2 +71322,"a breadth",2 +72554,"a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",3 +199977,"gives way to rote sentimentality",2 +69677,"The lightest ,",2 +154031,"artiste",2 +124541,"is so much plodding sensitivity .",2 +141376,"'s intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak",2 +59615,"ultimately winning story",4 +125687,"labours as storytelling",1 +232654,"is not real",1 +52524,"he was schlepping Indiana Jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray",2 +186388,"No new plot conceptions or",1 +169254,"pretty fair",3 +5394,"ca n't escape its past",2 +113005,"a way that few movies have ever approached",3 +146267,"Imagine the James Woods character from Videodrome making a home movie of Audrey Rose and showing it to the kid from The Sixth Sense and you 've imagined The Ring",1 +52021,"funny stuff in this movie",3 +159853,"funny nor provocative - only dull",0 +233136,"its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety",2 +37573,"take these great leaps of faith",3 +204683,"laptops",2 +23538,", but we root for the patronized Iranian lad .",2 +43685,", remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .",3 +54323,"logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it",2 +11451,"the full emotional involvement and",3 +42110,"incarnates the prophetic book",3 +197457,"down over 140 minutes",1 +45484,"Here 's yet another studio horror franchise mucking up its storyline with glitches casual fans could correct in their sleep . But taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , The Queen of the Damned can not be said to suck",2 +40971,"Irish writer Brendan Behan 's memoir , Borstal Boy",2 +61078,"'s hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",3 +122448,"hobbled",2 +109208,"Stock Character camp",1 +111286,"Wyman",2 +110301,"There 's much tongue in cheek in the film",2 +228331,"accomodates practical",2 +50032,"capable of anteing up some movie star charisma",3 +144238,"Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events , all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of",1 +93470,"stay in touch with your own skin ,",2 +140918,"'' Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the '' XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",1 +201117,"hip '",3 +107732,"Miami",2 +12720,"urgent questions",2 +196371,"crappy",0 +17,"''",2 +82134,"her third feature will be something to behold",3 +37696,"than do most films than",2 +175069,"the year ,",2 +236696,"the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",1 +213368,"than an interested detachment",2 +175015,"the weaknesses of",1 +231969,"in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him",1 +125060,"it more closely resembles this year 's version of Tomcats",3 +181375,"133",2 +13090,"will not be remembered long afterwards",1 +126822,"marks the spot .",3 +218327,"us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",3 +79848,"fiercely intelligent",3 +149242,"The best you can say about it is it 's so uninspired , it barely gives one pause when considering some of the other dreck out there right now .",1 +217292,"to review",2 +236442,"that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists",2 +67377,"Malcolm D . Lee and",2 +50475,"corruption and",1 +207044,"no indication",2 +159211,"flashy , star-splashed reduction",1 +142532,", the teens are none the wiser and Jason still kills on auto-pilot",2 +186949,"Ritchie 's film",2 +169992,"repackaged for a 2002 audience",1 +132231,"shake a stick",2 +163829,"it is clever , but it is never melodic \ \/",2 +173117,"that make Jay and Silent Bob 's Excellent Adventure seem understated",2 +187947,"The animation is competent , and",3 +58623,"the punch of a good sitcom",3 +65826,"Gooding is the energetic frontman , and it 's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .",3 +223495,"Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works .",4 +58872,"their celebrity parents",2 +192413,"an '' O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure ... it has sporadic bursts of liveliness , some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",3 +218177,"unfolds predictably",1 +167922,"of your brain",2 +224915,"Mr. Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",1 +105289,"Curling may be a unique sport but",2 +123127,"in the best possible senses of both those words",3 +148730,"Some elements of it really blow the big one ,",1 +238280,"us vs. them",2 +226338,"The most repugnant adaptation",0 +9602,"paranoia",1 +93903,"sure how things will work out",2 +56321,"put on 30 pounds for the role ,",2 +144628,"Could as easily have been called ` Under Siege 3",2 +236201,"sustained intelligence from Stanford and",2 +119356,"even the most retiring heart to venture forth",2 +203149,"is n't a movie",2 +39212,"to human nature",2 +99589,"warm and winning central performance",4 +90628,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .",3 +51466,"face and transmute his demons",3 +187541,"Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it --",3 +94294,"tend to exploit the familiar",2 +178890,"would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it",2 +47776,"` No es la mejor cinta de la serie , ni la mejor con Brosnan a la cabeza , pero de que entretiene ni duda cabe . '",2 +108115,"Often demented in a good way",2 +138580,"uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd",0 +63180,"A minor film with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera",4 +164773,"less than saintly tones",1 +226551,"Their computer-animated faces are very expressive .",3 +84653,"is still good fun .",3 +53130,"inspiring and pure joy",3 +235318,"remember ,",2 +68307,"Quite simply",2 +80210,"for a derivative plot",2 +72531,"a story , an old and scary one",2 +96220,"the movie fresh",2 +237483,"think that A.C. will help this movie one bit",2 +32121,"good , lively company",3 +129400,"on his movie-star",2 +128816,"of narrative bluffs",2 +85376,"its relaxed , natural-seeming actors",3 +83375,"innocence and idealism",3 +72724,"a true",3 +57684,"than lumps of coal",2 +120537,"for throughout",2 +8254,"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half .",1 +195448,"cardboard characters and performers",1 +55326,"of courage -- and complicity -- at Auschwitz",2 +111014,"What 's so striking about Jolie 's performance",3 +158715,"f",2 +114830,"as a real documentary",2 +40540,"'re each",2 +94642,"that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking",3 +226248,"The film 's ) taste for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",0 +66124,"I 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and",3 +12955,"what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice",2 +33327,"is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .",3 +138019,"to which anyone can relate",4 +129255,"offbeat touches",2 +115651,"beatings",3 +222577,"Bellini ''",2 +34777,"n't always easy to look at",1 +199863,"gets a bit heavy handed with his message at times , and has a visual flair that waxes poetic far too much for our taste .",1 +91286,"recent national events",2 +18885,"French",2 +95319,"the classic tradition",3 +50833,"digital filmmaking",2 +4540,"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama , this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life .",3 +235080,"pronounce `` gyro ''",2 +234962,"playing Malcolm McDowell",2 +149014,"Tales from the Crypt",3 +183480,"Dismally dull sci-fi comedy",1 +20192,"but you just have to love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding .",3 +219409,"whoop",2 +32100,"glorious",4 +56545,"represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch",3 +207680,"of criminals",3 +21910,"scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism",3 +95663,"the film is well under way -- and yet",2 +17631,"the release of some of the worst film comedies in decades",0 +112559,"a question",2 +33021,"increasingly mesmerizing",4 +10262,"savvy director",3 +14715,"a far more thoughtful film than any slice of Hugh Grant whimsy",3 +115038,"as the cinematography",2 +104495,"As if Drop Dead Gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .",1 +30350,"consciousness",2 +158040,"dull-witted and disquietingly creepy",1 +19202,"Quaid",2 +200892,"have wrapped things up at 80 minutes",2 +41872,"evoke the sense of menace",2 +47066,"The film is beautifully mounted , but",3 +112802,"a striking style",3 +59727,"unmentionable",1 +35089,"of Ecclesiastes",2 +184729,"I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail",1 +37482,"superior cast",4 +198962,"fireworks",2 +87236,"more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie",3 +33196,"is , and knows the form 's history",2 +139590,"when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense",3 +145005,"Dumas botch-jobs",1 +208202,"of those staggeringly well-produced",3 +144619,"Coughs",1 +215465,"the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops",4 +125599,"kids borrow some",2 +14840,"a startling film",2 +3081,"way",2 +57116,"so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .",2 +169239,"pretentious version",1 +214859,"the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock",2 +120360,"for a great film noir",3 +13776,"A gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing .",3 +193264,"around them",2 +238487,"watching Morvern Callar",2 +62194,", score and choreography",2 +90308,"pipeline",2 +66797,"Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal",2 +126788,"many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that Chin 's film serves up with style and empathy",1 +173605,"the center of the story",2 +222660,"Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ?",3 +170907,"short story",2 +11194,"the assassin",2 +186899,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .",1 +85180,"its New England characters",2 +11443,"the former mr",2 +123410,"insecure about its capacity",1 +96085,"the man and the code",2 +215207,"the nifty premise",3 +217538,"together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap",0 +33018,"inconsistencies",1 +169173,"predator",2 +31233,"even all that dumb",1 +177842,"weighed down with agonizing contrivances , overheated pathos and",0 +138868,"used some informed , adult hindsight",2 +95232,"the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time",3 +198486,"falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film , '' The Sum of All Fears .",0 +194854,"both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable",1 +93116,"some powerful emotions",3 +82815,"in Korea",2 +142676,", you wo n't know much more when you leave .",1 +197412,"doltish and",1 +131157,"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and",1 +69587,"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters --",1 +30133,"cheerfully inconsequential",3 +55882,"over the blemishes of youth",2 +172471,"take itself far more seriously",2 +73394,"all expectation",2 +182170,"Adam Sandler Chanukah song",2 +132306,"shoot themselves",1 +232956,"it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .",1 +138433,"turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing",0 +238376,"walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome",1 +90492,"pop-cyber culture",2 +199599,"from one visual marvel",3 +38150,"the editing might have been tighter",1 +90215,"period reconstruction",2 +130762,"providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",3 +133504,"sub-sophomoric",1 +1685,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .",1 +216972,"to do interesting work",2 +110349,"There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling",3 +22130,"tart",3 +46582,"Rabbit-Proof Fence will probably make you angry . But it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .",3 +71665,"a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie",4 +91775,"romantic comedy genre",3 +162144,"indicative",2 +155865,"ca n't save the script , rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder , from some opportunism",2 +158315,"enough of libidinous young city dwellers ?",2 +49399,"at the heart of his story",2 +70855,"When you think you 've figured out Bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble",2 +9835,"prevents them from firing on all cylinders",1 +1128,"guessing at almost every turn",3 +44087,"A gently funny , sweetly adventurous film",4 +71114,"You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades",3 +87287,"more measured or polished production",3 +241,"a rather sad story of the difficulties",1 +125590,"kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",2 +111681,"a coming-of-age story and",3 +189676,"While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line )",3 +43861,"... does full honor to Miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .",4 +94142,"takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and",2 +173062,"that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad",1 +108998,"Skip the film and buy the Philip Glass soundtrack CD .",0 +12830,"wanders all over the map thematically and stylistically , and",2 +106554,"Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw ,",1 +146595,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and",3 +8187,"janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace",0 +35289,"of insultingly innocuous",1 +7578,"integrity",3 +71422,"a collectively stellar performance",4 +4972,"b-flick",2 +210719,"sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama",2 +147622,"National Lampoon 's Van Wilder could be the worst thing to come out of National Lampoon since Class Reunion",0 +90740,"promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict",3 +213734,"that it was intended to be a different kind of film",3 +16167,"insightful , Oscar-nominated documentary",4 +1747,"moore 's",2 +90313,"pitch-perfect Forster",3 +138108,"too long , too cutesy",0 +206481,"more unmentionable subjects",1 +96669,"the sexy demise of James Dean",2 +58472,"the marquis ( Auteil ) and",2 +234873,"part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality",2 +40369,"worthwhile way",3 +237806,"to expect from movies nowadays",2 +217312,"to see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",1 +170482,"script weaknesses",1 +238732,"why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` SNL '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni ?",1 +58928,"these distortions",2 +164059,"its incessant coarseness and banality",1 +96468,"the prison flick and",2 +212348,"spirals downward ,",1 +124423,"is only fifteen minutes long",2 +197029,"director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",3 +225606,"Report card : Does n't live up to the exalted tagline",1 +42254,"jealousy and",2 +138053,"too . ''",2 +96678,"the shrill side",2 +37960,"the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories",2 +235375,"right out",2 +85596,"keep -",2 +203161,"is n't as quirky",2 +145562,"Ghost Blimp",2 +28453,"and Lewis",2 +231185,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes ''",2 +192302,"almost every possible way",2 +233334,"lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking .",1 +41798,"directs the traffic",3 +32857,"in execution",1 +188967,"This film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",1 +19233,"S .",2 +115617,"be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as",3 +2139,"regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",2 +174701,"the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it",2 +73292,"affords",2 +29436,"be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",4 +166906,"non-stop techno",2 +25232,"Entertainment Tonight",2 +149503,"The lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome",1 +164569,"lapses quite casually into the absurd",2 +71438,"a compelling investigation",3 +211856,"smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em",2 +61429,"( Fincher 's ) camera sense",2 +40949,"Hopkins and",2 +218421,"varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",1 +6154,"elbowed",2 +35627,"on democracy in a culture",2 +118663,"doze off",1 +100122,"who paid for it",2 +22379,"the virtues",2 +142677,", you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up .",1 +92444,"shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990",2 +2680,"the pace and",2 +107081,"It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly",2 +132312,"shooting fish",2 +127076,"might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John",1 +119460,"exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",1 +216379,"this film 's impressive performances and adept direction",3 +41841,"ego and",2 +156572,"comes up shorter than Britney 's cutoffs .",1 +234736,"one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema",3 +70792,"What 's the Russian word for Wow ! ? '",3 +19657,"absurdist comedy",2 +13821,"A very funny movie",4 +132676,"smartly and",3 +94888,"that takes time to enjoy",2 +157141,"dead on the vine",1 +200024,"go home ''",2 +40882,"Elling ,",3 +74263,"archive",2 +101754,"'s more enjoyable",2 +149881,"The streets",2 +202690,"is actually quite vapid .",2 +3149,"who are obviously pretty clever",3 +3429,"( reynolds )",2 +133781,"sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",1 +3288,"'re from two different worlds",2 +231206,"gives a performance that could not be improved upon . '",4 +36381,"really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",0 +182732,"Beauty reeks",3 +23381,", and a little more",2 +34378,"mark",2 +22843,"with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",2 +19895,"and the music is simply sublime .",4 +102659,", it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .",1 +86433,"lusty ,",3 +37954,"the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's",2 +54884,"most likeable",4 +41778,"deny the possibility of hope",1 +223933,"If there 's nothing fresh about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time the movie feels authentic .",2 +36238,"puro",2 +45516,"Hollywood practices",2 +137830,"to see a movie with its heart",3 +205043,"like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama",1 +13070,"whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday",3 +163145,"is no real reason to see it . Wait for video -- and then do n't rent it",1 +179741,"'s fairly lame , making it par for the course for Disney sequels .",1 +110090,"The plot grows thin soon , and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution .",1 +170301,"said about the work here of Scottish director Ritchie",2 +196147,"consumerist",2 +74918,"at damaged people and",2 +221065,"( Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .",1 +215525,"the sake of weirdness",2 +14919,"albeit depressing",1 +43231,"'s defiantly and delightfully against the grain",4 +179386,"'ll just have your head in your hands wondering why Lee 's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery .",2 +199740,"gang-raped",2 +155392,"boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct",0 +130721,"properties",2 +68399,"Republic",2 +228075,"a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 +107510,"Lohman 's",2 +173346,"the CliffsNotes version of Nicholas Nickleby",2 +136133,"the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life",2 +190635,"a generational signpost",3 +166571,"naughty children 's",1 +121525,"had a lot of problems with this movie",1 +209367,"playing a salt-of-the-earth mommy named Minnie",2 +40527,"zealous",2 +174736,"the set design and interiors",2 +104530,"Ash Wednesday",2 +221211,", Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .",4 +34925,"no question .",2 +38756,"the verge of coming to a head",3 +19000,"It 's still worth a look .",3 +135409,"the formula feel fresh",3 +181008,", the movie would be impossible to sit through",0 +94104,"take itself so deadly seriously",2 +238134,"truncheoning",2 +193610,"as the title",2 +142243,", is fighting whom here ? Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",0 +180213,"( T ) he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate Bela Lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .",1 +144388,"Cassavetes thinks he 's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",1 +37252,"sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations ,",3 +137368,"to admit that I am baffled by Jason X",2 +44270,"A spellbinding African film",4 +22483,"to anyone looking for something",3 +236839,"the end result does no justice to the story itself",1 +144201,"Bond 's",2 +200046,"goes down",2 +226353,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them",3 +136124,"the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride",2 +212669,"stretched to barely feature length ,",1 +103914,"A stirring tribute",3 +30585,"darkly funny",3 +30459,"crack",2 +103269,"15-year old",2 +17794,"to do with Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband",2 +120808,"full mileage",2 +2821,"these self-styled",2 +72643,"a tenth installment",2 +3403,"( herzog 's",2 +161588,"if saccharine earnestness were a crime",2 +120449,"for maximum moisture",2 +92486,"sheer goofiness and cameos",3 +90573,"powerful though flawed movie",2 +186355,"No Such Thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .",1 +71046,"Wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film .",3 +99999,"which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint",2 +100903,"would act if they had periods",2 +174485,"the oversize medium demands",2 +97995,"to construct a real story this time",2 +27013,"This time out",2 +145199,"Every nanosecond of the The New Guy",2 +29907,"by Warner Bros . giant Chuck Jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release",2 +189461,"Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when Carol Kane appears on the screen .",1 +160664,"has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose",1 +20194,"buy the ideas",2 +114786,"as I thought it was going to be",2 +41477,"a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat ,",4 +161265,"his focus",2 +206095,"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",2 +66253,"If only",2 +83705,"is , in fact , so interesting",4 +220616,"'re `",2 +43875,"1 to",2 +76151,"by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",1 +154511,"awfulness of its script",1 +193525,"as lazy",1 +16219,"is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master , a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them .",4 +197746,"eludes Madonna",2 +101172,"you still have to see this !",4 +23819,", perverse , hopeful and always fun",4 +162878,"is exhausting .",1 +14957,"an ` A ' for originality",4 +17400,"tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators",2 +95929,"the incredible IMAX sound system",3 +119415,"everyday lives",2 +149618,"The movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . I tried to read the time on my watch .",0 +179835,"'s makes a better travelogue than movie",2 +179956,"'s really just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows .",0 +118499,"does because of the performances",2 +82687,"imagination and insight",3 +101029,"yet instantly recognizable",2 +71764,"a great piece of filmmaking",4 +15728,"fair , even coming from the drive-thru",3 +127640,"much to teenagers",2 +174070,"the heart of the movie",3 +35846,"outstanding feature debut",4 +150978,"Wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by Silly Putty and Kmart blue-light-special effects",0 +40719,"A tender and touching drama ,",4 +24490,"A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man 's tortured soul .",3 +39424,"tragic loss",1 +67768,"Nancy Savoca 's",2 +171815,"spliced random moments of a Chris Rock routine into what is otherwise a cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller .",1 +15125,"are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",2 +60039,"were focused on the characters",2 +15140,"around her better known co-star , Mark Wahlberg",2 +40781,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",1 +195034,"but a very handsomely produced let-down",1 +169834,"recycles",2 +86311,"looks when the bullets stop flying",2 +33457,"is open to question",2 +22156,"that 's rare in film today",3 +236345,"thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .",3 +235059,"previously gave us `` The Skulls ''",2 +70380,"Throughout ,",2 +160519,"haphazard ,",1 +156303,"cinematographer Michael Ballhaus",2 +111993,"a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy --",2 +71936,"a low-key , organic way",3 +202455,"invest such subtlety and warmth",2 +87964,"non-porn films",2 +167079,"objectionable",2 +220590,"'ll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied .",2 +9017,"near",2 +195020,"burning , blasting , stabbing",1 +184395,"Herzog has fallen",1 +161399,"home on the small screen but",2 +116733,"carries you",3 +180725,", it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .",0 +56772,"see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but very glum",2 +83502,"internalized",2 +181179,"-- Conrad L . Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year --",4 +82286,"his or",2 +57240,"speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be",3 +132034,"seen ( Eddie )",3 +214599,"the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much",2 +203484,"is superficial and",1 +103402,"A baffling mixed platter",2 +130967,"rainbows",2 +85698,"knowledge ,",2 +79598,"falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions",1 +82865,"in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling",3 +111965,"a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions --",1 +233161,"its own , quieter",2 +153395,"an extremely personal work",3 +63384,"A small movie with a big impact",4 +92551,"should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",4 +238634,"when it comes to truncheoning",2 +151341,"a bad one",1 +224589,"Leave these Flowers unpicked -- they 're dead on the vine",0 +92558,"should be expected from any movie with a '' 2 '' at the end of its title .",1 +141632,"'s strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while",1 +193882,"avoiding",2 +138846,"urban living",2 +65889,"Halloween entertainment",2 +234014,"must be admitted",2 +186879,"Reiner",2 +77430,"could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .",3 +61747,", and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings",3 +112176,"a kind of political Blair Witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",2 +131616,"romance , tragedy",3 +1249,"idea",2 +200581,"has made herself over so often now",2 +85742,"laid-back good spirits",3 +168136,"on the story 's least interesting subject",2 +66549,"It 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller .",4 +131116,"really talking to each other",2 +41594,"as ` Jackie",2 +162959,"is junk food cinema at its greasiest .",2 +143088,"A fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy",2 +55402,"of intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",3 +192336,"also represents glossy Hollywood at its laziest .",1 +51294,"envisioned by chemists in 1949",2 +62066,", joyous romp of a film .",4 +141058,"'re the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",2 +168035,"on a David Leavitt story",2 +35852,"over its every nuance in your mind",2 +90483,"pondering",2 +162445,"intrepid hero ? Ridiculous . What 's next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ? Or Tom Green as Han Solo ?",1 +237241,"the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",3 +35561,"of yourself",3 +111614,"a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note",3 +154128,"as anything much more",3 +203337,"is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises",1 +155961,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull . Yes , dull .",0 +118403,"disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance",2 +124206,"is like binging on cotton candy .",2 +22881,"wounds",2 +207866,"of middle-class angst",2 +120434,"for its entire running time",2 +18322,"( and peculiarly venomous ) bigotries",2 +187501,"Spirit is a visual treat ,",3 +163974,"its Australian counterpart",2 +129728,"other Carmen",2 +153764,"apple",2 +72730,"a twisting",2 +143221,"A momentary escape from the summer heat and the sedentary doldrums that set in at this time of year .",2 +16686,"not often seen in today 's cinema du sarcasm",3 +82147,"here of a director enjoying himself immensely",3 +234450,"of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh",3 +42305,"loses its bite",1 +158216,"end credits",2 +75590,"best date movie",4 +97319,"think it 's in danger of going wrong",1 +31510,"fashions",2 +124808,"it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as Greenfingers",3 +234069,"need not apply .",1 +73739,"an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work",4 +214053,"the Internet",3 +228162,"a sly , amusing , laugh-filled little gem in which the ultimate `` Bellini '' begins to look like a `` real Kaputschnik",4 +87222,"more . It does n't reach them ,",1 +82004,"he slaps together his own brand of liberalism",1 +40081,"whose suffering and triumphs",3 +25550,"Hilarious , acidic Brit comedy .",4 +165980,"million times",2 +127333,"more mature body",2 +78458,"does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all",2 +34115,"like that",2 +116866,"charm , cultivation and devotion",3 +91354,"refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",2 +173493,"the audience guessing and guessing",2 +138202,"tortured husband",1 +148136,"Poor editing , bad bluescreen , and",0 +67427,"Marshall keeps the energy humming",2 +67069,"Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager 's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation",2 +90465,"political perspectives",2 +205994,"meanders from gripping to plodding and back .",1 +228346,"acted out",2 +81008,"getting more intense",2 +85646,"keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .",4 +90015,"painful elegy",1 +135521,"the human need for monsters to blame for all that",2 +15320,"but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work , films like The Double Life of Veronique .",2 +126894,"may have disrobed most of the cast , leaving their bodies exposed",2 +47447,"Tony Gayton 's",2 +88792,"of one man 's quest to be president",3 +121001,"genre-curling",2 +171799,"spinoffs",2 +61836,", compelling",3 +137444,"to be something",2 +14805,"a pleasure",3 +194527,"best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , Waiting for Happiness",2 +143310,"A sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply .",1 +39739,"usually",2 +75865,"both visually and thematically",2 +47637,"Wilco fans will have a great time ,",4 +158727,"facilitator",2 +223089,"Defies logic ,",1 +181779,"A little objectivity could have gone a long way .",2 +232887,"is where Ararat went astray .",1 +13268,"wrecks",2 +237954,"to sink this low",1 +13568,", completely joyful",4 +79292,"eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .",3 +42504,"puts far more polished documentaries",3 +233762,"may ask",2 +178528,"with all of the pitfalls of such you 'd expect .",1 +67981,"On its own staggeringly unoriginal terms",1 +140992,"'ll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief .",1 +41054,"Jules and",3 +204393,"jarring glimpses",2 +3574,"a bad film",0 +231461,"has no atmosphere , no tension -- nothing but Costner",1 +5721,"contemporary southern",2 +56316,"put my finger on that elusive '' missing thing",1 +99902,"what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction",2 +1000,"footnote",2 +130894,"questioning heart",2 +4316,"a worse",1 +41391,"Workmanlike ,",2 +161412,"hope -- shall we ? --",2 +157363,"developed to support a film constructed around him",2 +74431,"are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations",3 +235767,"since `` Dumbo ''",2 +213,"a nightmare on elm street",1 +110671,"To show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape --",1 +165693,"married to one",2 +55718,"on Boston Public just",2 +78609,"drawn in by the dark luster",2 +105391,"Despite some visual virtues , ` Blade II ' just does n't cut it",2 +212524,"starving and",1 +140738,"you do n't care who fires the winning shot",1 +43844,". Tsai",2 +24123,"... Well , at least that 's the plan .",2 +220215,"you 'd want to smash its face in",1 +152965,"admission for the ridicule factor",1 +202246,"injustices",2 +49143,"are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers",4 +208767,"or edit , or score ,",2 +90068,"part of being a good documentarian is being there when the rope snaps",2 +43471,", Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .",3 +238929,"without context -- journalistic or historical",1 +172995,"that even a high school senior taking his or her first psychology class could dismiss them",1 +114846,"as a whole",2 +48518,"a wry understanding of the quirks of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",3 +171543,"solemn and",2 +195976,"comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past Love Story derisions",2 +165378,"lumbering load",1 +99385,"vibrance and",3 +47010,"The entire cast",2 +118184,"dialog",2 +31387,"exposition",2 +140572,"would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .",2 +195058,"but little imagination",2 +216547,"those for whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile",2 +223178,"Dolby Digital stereo",2 +96573,"the results . Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true",3 +173322,"the 51st power , more",2 +143216,"A modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering",2 +208632,"one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .",3 +203963,"it makes me wonder if Lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work .",1 +96409,"the place",2 +76895,"colorful , vibrant introduction",4 +70276,"This movie has a strong message about never giving up on a loved one ,",2 +209826,"proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes",2 +206569,"motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story",1 +155109,"beloved film",4 +199705,"fusty squareness",1 +42636,"simple and",2 +91734,"riveting and",3 +226401,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos",3 +161641,"ill-informed",1 +37459,"suffused",1 +69109,"Tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .",3 +13222,"wladyslaw szpilman ,",2 +125718,"ladies '",2 +2789,"their natural",2 +188059,"The darker elements",2 +23110,"'s both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary ...",3 +147635,"Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn .",0 +233990,"movie-esque",2 +38599,"the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion",3 +80178,"followed in their wake",2 +6499,"find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies",0 +54147,"larger picture",2 +192896,"any film more challenging or depressing",1 +1478,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but",2 +132549,"sitting open",2 +234433,"of how very bad a motion picture can truly be",0 +20857,"imagination and hermetic analysis",2 +21468,"obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski",2 +143240,"A movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it",1 +12494,"too impressed with its own solemn insights",2 +113064,"a young American",2 +113741,"along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes",3 +7371,"imagine o",2 +86673,"makes us",2 +206411,"more like the pilot episode of a TV series",1 +212726,"stuffy",2 +133656,"supposed to take it seriously",2 +69963,"The stripped-down dramatic constructs",2 +145672,"Had",2 +90968,"qatsi",2 +160739,"has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults",2 +231685,"her nomination as best actress",2 +154610,"barely worth",2 +68474,"Rocky-like",2 +61858,", delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride .",3 +232948,"it 's just a kids",2 +30134,"cheerfully inconsequential diversion",2 +1126,"guess",2 +369,"allowing",2 +77051,"como muchas",2 +120879,"funny movies",3 +37989,"the adults",2 +233095,"it still seems endless .",2 +112861,"a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters",3 +55473,"of pathos",2 +86529,"make Italian for Beginners worth the journey",3 +193160,"are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L . A . To that end",2 +183311,"DeNiro 's once promising career and",2 +209857,"province",2 +27286,"Yakusho and Shimizu",2 +156674,"concept films",2 +71772,"a grumble",2 +130476,"possible senses",2 +143732,"An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters . ''",2 +60693,"'d watch these two together again in a New York minute .",3 +180568,", but just",2 +39163,"to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic",0 +81759,"has rarely been more fun than it is in Nine Queens .",2 +10014,"rawness",2 +211188,"self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue",0 +126469,"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes",0 +172989,"that emphasizes every line and sag",2 +130648,"prison jumpsuit",2 +154289,"as watching your neighbor 's home videos",1 +167515,"of hokum but",2 +129901,"overwhelming sadness",1 +211111,"seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation",2 +85225,"its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy",2 +64280,"Beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm .",4 +20552,"film buff",2 +106727,"In theory , a middle-aged romance pairing Clayburgh and Tambor sounds promising , but in practice it 's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .",1 +124680,"is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise",3 +99224,"use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary Space Station 3D",4 +63012,"A fine ,",3 +152458,"a slightly anarchic approach",2 +77090,"complaints I might have",1 +63963,"An unflinching ,",3 +237246,"the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun",4 +93234,"source 's",2 +161314,"his shortest",2 +111723,"a copy of a copy of a copy",1 +211327,"sewage",1 +78519,"domination and destruction",1 +188140,"The film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence",1 +167867,"of this world",2 +98970,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",3 +134995,"the charm of Kevin Kline",3 +188098,"The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course ,",2 +36375,"realized",2 +52446,"haunting ode",2 +189404,"Viewing this underdramatized but overstated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some Freudian puppet .",2 +209233,"personality tics",2 +46554,"Probably",2 +113557,"alienating most viewers",1 +191270,"a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups",2 +232450,"is engage an audience .",2 +6454,"feels less like a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy",1 +90766,"prostitute",2 +5532,"chelsea walls is a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 +93953,"surrounding us",3 +218726,"was as superficial as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had .",2 +135438,"the further Oprahfication",2 +232255,"is a children 's film in the truest sense",4 +64287,"Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly",4 +100228,"wildly popular Vin Diesel",3 +156482,"collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan .",1 +128760,"of lame entertainment",1 +41945,"focused and",3 +228649,"and its makers ' )",2 +166478,"muddled and offensive cautionary tale",0 +200697,"hastily",2 +138442,"turns out to be more interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",3 +217618,"too many nervous gags",1 +82214,"his actors",2 +160146,"glib soullessness",0 +47796,"a Boy",2 +84579,"is right at home in this French shocker",2 +152161,"a new software program",2 +114589,"are generating about as much chemistry as an Iraqi factory poised to receive a UN inspector",1 +233094,"it still jingles in the pocket .",2 +189621,"Whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism",1 +205049,"like all four of the lead actors a lot",3 +21117,"it is unapologetically dumb",0 +231655,"hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen",2 +234134,"no lika",1 +125165,"its 83 minutes",2 +190084,"a Jet all the way",2 +92311,"serious suspense",3 +176445,"to take itself too seriously",1 +20586,"for the count",2 +63774,"Amaro",2 +136847,"think you are making sense of it",2 +229026,"at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",2 +94172,"takes time to enjoy",2 +77838,"deeply touched by this movie",4 +236130,"such talent , such a wise \*\*\* .",2 +230364,"does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",0 +63304,"A rare and lightly entertaining",3 +172692,"than Ali G",2 +90599,"predicament",1 +210134,"reaches the level of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",1 +151545,"a conspicuous effort",2 +113104,"about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",3 +52877,"in Risky Business",2 +183199,"Contrived pastiche of caper clichés .",1 +191249,"a ruse",2 +193795,"at soccer hooliganism",1 +235818,"slopped ` em together here",1 +197679,"easy sanctimony",1 +23757,", literary lyricism and profound common sense .",3 +106790,"Is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief .",4 +167411,"of colorful , dramatized PBS program",2 +237625,"thought-provoking picture .",4 +149311,"The documentary does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation .",2 +208346,"old crank",2 +147186,"Lilia 's journey",2 +95519,"the effort is gratefully received",3 +48015,"a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6",4 +133814,"take it any more",2 +102790,", pues el resultado es francamente aburrido y",1 +171083,"silly fun",3 +169535,"pyrotechnics",2 +158274,"engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger",2 +79387,"ex-girlfriend .",2 +16855,"or rolled",2 +39179,"to entertain",3 +86035,"like a blown-out vein",1 +16308,"it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises",4 +183374,"Despite its promising cast of characters",1 +27777,"a reject",1 +124856,"it 's not too bad .",2 +194446,"begins brightly",2 +85503,"jolts",2 +203359,"is repeated at least",2 +208945,"overshadowed by its predictability",1 +39150,"to bring happiness to their loved ones",3 +165234,"looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",1 +168887,"piquant story",2 +90070,"part of its supposed target audience",2 +234681,"on its sleeve for all",2 +205316,"look at , listen to",2 +143034,"A cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of ( Besson 's ) earlier",2 +75122,"backstage drama",2 +39357,"to transcend the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer",3 +205046,"like a tired Tyco ad",1 +72330,"a satisfying evening",3 +142776,"... an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work .",1 +106600,"If the movie were all comedy",2 +182591,"As earnest as a community-college advertisement , American Chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school .",1 +11164,"the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .",1 +114246,"and good intentions",3 +96484,"the production",2 +93462,"statecraft",2 +9364,"of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing",1 +186214,"Mr . Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .",1 +91919,"saucy , full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick , making '' Die Another Day '' one of the most entertaining Bonds in years",3 +159528,"for trolls",2 +21453,"not the least of which is Amy 's self-absorbed personality --",0 +82767,"impressionable kid",2 +235207,"reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !",1 +137912,"to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",3 +146458,"It 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie , but Resident Evil really earned my indignant , preemptive departure .",0 +162886,"is far less funny than the original , Killers From Space .",1 +231566,"have decades of life as a classic movie franchise",4 +42690,"steeped themselves",2 +220338,"you to scratch a hole in your head",0 +23331,", Satin Rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .",3 +18216,"is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",3 +27121,"Viewed",2 +202614,"is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .",1 +103716,"A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1\/2 .",1 +211716,"sitting in a downtown café ,",2 +148628,"Skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt .",2 +126888,"may be why it works as well as it does",2 +211417,"shifting in your chair too often",1 +201503,"ideas of Revolution # 9",2 +96190,"the most ravaging ,",3 +203183,"is n't necessarily bad",2 +38448,"the most significant moviegoing pleasures",3 +13326,"york",2 +181706,"A full-frontal attack on audience patience .",0 +37511,"surprisingly appealing",3 +116300,"bully",1 +36951,"shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",1 +118411,"diverting -- if predictable --",2 +34767,"my spirit",2 +191252,"a sad , sick sight",2 +50559,"creepy feeling",2 +158915,"feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment .",1 +48594,"abusers",1 +196133,"consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as Cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .",2 +225117,"Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style",3 +193655,"as with The Shipping News before it , an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil -- and The Rock once again resists the intrusion .",2 +223992,"Ill-considered , unholy hokum .",1 +190982,"a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",1 +43766,", too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi .",2 +231921,"impossible to claim that it is `` Based on a True Story",1 +60161,"who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them .",3 +135227,"the extreme sports generation",2 +47569,"We know the plot 's a little crazy , but",2 +16643,"nervous",1 +86613,"makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",4 +231810,"how long will filmmakers copy the `` Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes before realizing Steven Spielberg got it right the first time",1 +111652,"a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one .",3 +188708,"The story is bogus and",1 +22655,"up to my adoration",3 +34905,"nice dialogue",3 +157047,"cryin '",2 +67203,"Letterman with a clinical eye",3 +16471,"little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat",1 +95334,"the closing scenes",2 +63994,"Aniston has at last decisively broken with her Friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil .",3 +64365,"Bill Weber",2 +181994,"A sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set of plot devices .",0 +238840,"with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et",2 +218710,"was a dark and stormy night ...",2 +136902,"this cold vacuum",2 +154518,"awkward young woman",2 +122745,"if you appreciate the one-sided theme to Lawrence 's over-indulgent tirade , then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",0 +178605,"with lots of tears but",2 +195370,"can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .",1 +88646,"of his or her own beliefs and prejudices",2 +216685,"throwing up his hands",2 +211242,"sentimentalized",1 +15845,"from the drive-thru",2 +147242,"Lord as a luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",1 +224059,"Insanely hilarious",4 +197440,"dorm rooms",2 +162164,"ineffectual",1 +20848,"if not a pleasure in its own right",3 +155117,"benefitted",2 +118421,"do it one more time , as far as",2 +143211,"A mix of velocity and idiocy , this ruinous remake lacks the brawn -- and the brains -- of the 1970s original .",1 +59554,"trust",2 +182735,"Becker",2 +71532,"a delicately crafted film",3 +183116,"Claims to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem .",1 +199478,"frat-boy humor",2 +31492,"far more polished documentaries to shame",3 +15301,"buoyant",2 +238548,"well worthwhile",4 +83077,"in the central role",2 +16581,"misogynistic",1 +209555,"posing as a real movie",1 +70451,"Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies",3 +198484,"falls flat as a spoof .",1 +19686,"aggressive and alive",4 +133092,"special-effects-laden extravaganzas",3 +226089,"That the Chuck Norris `` grenade gag ''",2 +87945,"no-frills docu-Dogma",1 +29936,"by one artist",2 +130639,"primitive animated special effects",1 +118149,"despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience",3 +232827,"is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning",2 +192410,"amusing us",3 +1446,"it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action ,",4 +83823,"is a nicely",2 +18951,"I enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .",4 +133187,"squirm with recognition",2 +163927,"it takes itself too seriously",1 +159902,"gave them",2 +223721,"I 'll at least remember their characters .",3 +184749,"I would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .",1 +119897,"feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful",4 +61567,") profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",3 +147540,"Mr . Wedge and Mr . Saldanha",2 +117494,"contorting itself into an idea of expectation",1 +214820,"the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself",1 +92395,"sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine",3 +131403,"resembling humor",3 +55990,"perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen",2 +8953,"murphy",2 +170336,"sampling one through this movie",2 +130975,"raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do",2 +115448,"be a part of that elusive adult world",2 +98837,"two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity",2 +64356,"Big Trouble ''",2 +215714,"the suit",2 +131089,"realized through clever makeup design ,",3 +129583,"one relentlessly depressing situation",1 +1444,"it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals",4 +206422,"more of the '' Queen '' and less",2 +47522,"Vera",2 +62867,"A compelling allegory",3 +202226,"infants",2 +179541,"'s a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",1 +176632,"too lame to work or be cool at others",1 +190386,"a creaky '' Pretty Woman '' retread",1 +80652,"from the 1972 film .",2 +166978,"not quite enough",1 +218691,"warm-milk",2 +112873,"a telephone book",2 +217594,"too goodly , wise and knowing",3 +237889,"to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens",2 +90297,"pieces of the famous director 's life",3 +95136,"the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film",4 +136652,"their bodies",3 +79931,"final 10 or 15 minutes",2 +67526,"Mexican and burns its Kahlories",2 +8615,"make her heroine 's book sound convincing , the gender-war ideas original , or the comic scenes fly",3 +29775,"bumpy",1 +137908,"to the Serbs themselves but also to a network of American right-wing extremists",1 +22256,"the desperate struggle",2 +57029,"sits there",2 +68626,"Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",4 +215700,"the storytelling and less",2 +99533,"walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .",3 +91883,"salute writer-director Haneke ( he adapted Elfriede Jelinek 's novel )",3 +232779,"is that it 's too close to real life to make sense .",1 +197894,"enjoy themselves",3 +72688,"a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression",2 +142561,", this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .",1 +26513,"Samantha",2 +161742,"in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",2 +48527,"abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",1 +37646,"technology-of-the-moment technique or pretentious dialogue",1 +173525,"the beaten path , not necessarily for the better",1 +46759,"Some movies blend together as they become distant memories . Mention '' Solaris '' five years from now",2 +190240,"a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But here 's a movie about it anyway",1 +59492,"traditional action genre",2 +87558,"movies that demand four hankies",2 +29972,"called Iranian",2 +100039,"whipping",1 +180322,") homage",3 +224734,"Marisa Tomei is good , but",2 +182343,"An allegory",2 +223919,"If nothing else , `` Rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by LL Cool J.",1 +78179,"director D . J . Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and",1 +70038,"The writing",2 +236749,"the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you",3 +47942,"a degree",2 +133075,"spark or two",2 +208482,"on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",3 +46512,"Philippe , who makes Oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and Sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",3 +84254,"is good , except its timing .",3 +214511,"the era of the intelligent , well-made B movie",2 +51364,"every other tale",2 +30411,"cooking",2 +238943,"wo n't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open .",0 +98756,"trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh",2 +118881,"easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story",3 +130665,"probing or",2 +213086,"take a rocket scientist",2 +21256,"love with its own cleverness",3 +39228,"to let it all hang out",2 +218617,"wail",2 +54410,"love story and sci-fi mystery",3 +183343,"Demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his Charade remake , but he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh .",1 +223710,"Human Resources was a good , straightforward tale",3 +60532,"you 're going from one room to the next and",2 +21855,"represented",2 +49819,"breezy romantic comedy",3 +213526,"that Jackie Chan is getting older",1 +43533,", but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity",3 +46200,"Mollà , Gil and Bardem --",3 +104010,"A well-rounded tribute",2 +33241,"is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .",3 +134895,"the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy",3 +147547,"Ms . Spears",2 +201627,"ill-equipped",1 +54206,"lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",3 +126766,"manipulative yet",2 +128035,"no rest period ,",1 +138277,"trapped",2 +187889,"The Time Machine is not , as the main character suggests , ` what if ? ' but rather",2 +215592,"the sex scenes",2 +112781,"a stereotypical one",1 +178180,"while wearing low-cut gowns , not making snappy comebacks",1 +110491,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it",3 +145543,"Genevieve LePlouff",2 +104270,"An ebullient Tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing",4 +198614,"favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles",2 +139842,"why it works as well as it does",3 +175018,"the website",2 +23589,", easily one of the best films of the year",4 +62123,", often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy",4 +83440,"integrated with the story",2 +19502,"a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres , no less .",4 +239035,"would recommend Big Bad Love only to Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris",1 +203819,"it 's undone by a sloppy script",1 +50943,"does full honor",3 +55594,"of the parents and ` vain ' Jia",2 +116438,"by romance-novel platitudes",2 +47189,"The next generation of mob movie . Part low rent Godfather . Part Three Stooges .",3 +176425,"to strong , determined monarch",2 +162399,"into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment",2 +226529,"The use of CGI and digital ink-and-paint",2 +220814,"'s extreme , all right .",2 +131211,"references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",3 +13761,"A cop story that understands the medium",3 +99838,"were possible",2 +209416,"plenty of sturm",2 +202275,"inspires more",3 +130991,"rank with its worthy predecessors",3 +80764,"fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less",3 +115243,"attempts to humanize its subject",2 +188030,"The characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience .",1 +53213,"introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people",4 +145236,"Expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery .",0 +29884,"but with his affection for Astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .",3 +90839,"psychic nuances",2 +76118,"by Kwan 's unique directing style",2 +109482,"The Santa Clause 2 ,",2 +211879,"smoother , more focused",2 +9408,"of what films",2 +64436,"Bound",2 +43073,"'' MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .",3 +193591,"as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity",1 +152730,"about a matinee admission 's worth of funny",2 +172779,"than part of the scenery",2 +99761,"weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",3 +161056,"heavy-handed and",1 +43811,"-- and complicity --",2 +57046,"sleeve",2 +26233,"Not too far",2 +237944,"to see this movie",2 +134530,"that reality",2 +14518,"The values that have held the Enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure .",3 +43208,"'s as hard to classify as it is hard to resist",4 +162764,"is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around ,",3 +202213,"inexcusable",0 +38971,"this one included",2 +197754,"elves and snow",2 +2014,"pedagogy",2 +52134,"give full performances",3 +57578,"take time",2 +192562,"an extra-large cotton candy",2 +79959,"find out whether , in this case , that 's true",2 +157868,"done too often by people far more talented than Ali G",1 +88826,"of pointed personalities",2 +12569,"tries",2 +28191,"all but",2 +215563,"the screenplay or something",3 +160673,"has its moments of swaggering camaraderie , but more often just feels generic , derivative and done to death .",1 +192293,"almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment",2 +112845,"a summertime look-see",3 +28095,"action flicks",2 +36259,"quarters",2 +131137,"recent predecessors",2 +111699,"a completist 's checklist",2 +140705,"you 've seen him eight stories tall",2 +159257,"flop",1 +173328,"the Bard of Avon",2 +192180,"all of this unpleasantness",1 +140809,"you thought Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star",2 +56141,"practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",3 +178707,"without a fortified sweet tooth",2 +107433,"Liana Dognini",2 +224624,"Like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr. Wong 's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting .",2 +165162,"long ago",2 +3370,"'s released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",1 +84393,"is more effective on stage . It 's not a motion picture",1 +161428,"horribly wrong",0 +44979,"Crimes",2 +39721,"us in his past two movies",2 +160914,"have them mate",2 +122415,"historical document",2 +182136,"Abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .",1 +164351,"just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations .",0 +184631,"I can see why people thought I was too hard on '' The Mothman Prophecies '' .",2 +215680,"the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself",2 +157216,"defensive driving",2 +175692,"thrills of early underground work .",3 +110498,"This is not a classical dramatic animated feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey one . It 's sort of in-between ,",2 +185182,"It 's not too racy",2 +10229,"russian",2 +150264,"This limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter steals wholesale from that 1982 's Tootsie , forgetting only to retain a single laugh .",0 +42114,"indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way",3 +182397,"An entertainment",3 +161328,"his sleek black BMW",3 +46030,"Lion",2 +180562,", but it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",1 +10310,"sea",2 +79793,"felt like to be a New Yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9\/11",3 +15941,"half-hour",2 +181935,"A quaint , romanticized rendering",4 +62543,"... Despite lagging near the finish line",2 +115155,"at beachcombing verismo",2 +130842,"put in service",3 +10622,"somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son",0 +122387,"his recent death",2 +200843,"have n't been thoroughly debated in the media",2 +211212,"semi-throwback",2 +16812,"of what makes a joke a joke",2 +52349,"hard to be mythic",1 +230336,"does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of Jonathan Swift",4 +18176,"your ticket",2 +88345,"of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies",2 +197508,"drawn into the party",2 +144530,"Clint Eastwood",2 +64657,"Chamber",2 +189892,"Xerox machine",2 +223847,"I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand",2 +150734,"Watson",2 +71224,"a David Lynch jones ?",2 +193342,"as a Seven rip-off",1 +214932,"the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .",2 +5256,"bounce",2 +115184,"at least this working woman --",2 +91483,"reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth",3 +228819,"are moments in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year .",4 +77705,"dangerously honest",3 +54940,"moving pictures today",2 +180586,", comic side",2 +60271,"willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Cynics",3 +10814,"successful",4 +180631,", extreme-sports adventure",2 +86393,"lovely Hush !",3 +128473,"of a ride",2 +28542,"and clear",2 +49897,"bumpy but satisfying",3 +138163,"too violent",1 +97826,"to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering",4 +162693,"is a well worn conceit",3 +52080,"get a kick out of spotting Cleveland sites",2 +151361,"a bathing suit",2 +164951,"like it 's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers",1 +153721,"anything approaching a visceral kick , and",2 +213657,"that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries",3 +132536,"single threat",2 +58244,"the earnestness of its execution and",3 +83244,"includes one of the strangest",3 +215294,"the outdated swagger",1 +154649,"be a failure at life ,",0 +182692,"Banderas and Lucy Liu",2 +180857,", offensive and redundant",1 +160136,"giving us a plot",2 +3844,"a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but",3 +152308,"a race",2 +109506,"The War",2 +71243,"a Reader 's",2 +149247,"The cartoon",2 +60430,"witty , seductive",3 +16271,"is like being buried in a new environment .",3 +228512,"an 88-minute rip-off of The Rock",0 +9863,"propaganda",1 +126633,"make the film relevant today ,",3 +121719,"has brought to the screen",2 +70497,"Tuck Tucker",2 +111688,"a common goal",2 +35574,"offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding .",4 +236265,"tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",2 +44202,"A poignant and compelling story",3 +103364,"94-minute",2 +15445,"comes into question",2 +20645,"get up",2 +208603,"one more dumb high school comedy",1 +21860,"respect than enthuse over",3 +238412,"war 's madness",2 +235027,"pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc.",2 +169739,"real time",2 +131710,"said and",2 +213607,"that elusive , lovely place",3 +58323,"the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time B movies good-bad that makes Eight Legged Freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion",3 +146616,"It 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .",1 +72515,"a stand up and cheer flick",4 +76239,"by white parents",2 +2074,"presence",2 +187090,"Sandra Bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .",1 +60190,"whose boozy , languid air",2 +235035,"precious commodity",3 +118532,"does n't have all the answers",1 +61973,", insightfully human",3 +214164,"the author 's schoolboy memoir",2 +87261,"more experimental in its storytelling",3 +115919,"better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N . M . ' or any other interchangeable",2 +163679,"it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",1 +186414,"None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond , but much of it is good for a laugh . The problem with '' XXX '' is that its own action is n't very effective .",2 +86822,"mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors",1 +200977,"heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .",3 +152637,"a truck , preferably a semi",2 +182585,"As a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , Murder by Numbers fits the profile too closely .",2 +188180,"The film has ( its ) moments ,",2 +73883,"an intimate feeling",3 +96384,"the personal touch",2 +94622,"that do n't come off",2 +93657,"stuck around for this long",1 +200060,"goes on for the 110 minutes of '' Panic Room ''",2 +174733,"the series ' entries",2 +213971,"the '' Gadzooks",2 +174083,"the hollow state of modern love life",2 +19040,"Kinnear 's performance",2 +77750,"dazzling dream",3 +233718,"man as Brother-Man vs. The Man",2 +95961,"the intractable , irreversible flow of history",2 +203706,"is worth seeing",3 +56247,"provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down .",3 +10927,"tadpole",2 +173490,"the audience 's awkward silence",1 +37178,"sordid life",2 +198077,"even dies .",1 +18264,"'s Dong Jie 's face",2 +145180,"Even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and",1 +50691,"deep and psychological",3 +200542,"has flaws",2 +96642,"the screenwriting process",2 +3090,"well , skip to another review",1 +114540,"are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster",3 +104029,"A wry ,",2 +141507,"'s now coming true ' bad",1 +158474,"eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay",2 +203531,"is that they are actually releasing it into theaters .",2 +78051,"desperation worthy of Claude Chabrol .",2 +4436,"afraid to pitch into farce , yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics , all the queen 's men is finally just one long drag",1 +116124,"both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship",2 +16587,"more disturbing than originally intended --",1 +84471,"is nonjudgmental , and",3 +92495,"shifts",2 +215440,"the promise of the romantic angle",2 +7729,"is its essential problem",1 +128758,"of joy",2 +83342,"infuses the movie",2 +202356,"interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity .",2 +35851,"over everyone 's head",1 +32037,"gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .",2 +181411,"20th-century footnotes",3 +208073,"of the film 's producers",2 +84807,"is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way",3 +60465,"work more often than not .",2 +225268,"Odd and weird .",1 +2747,"the story is virtually impossible to follow here , but",1 +166270,"more than jerking the audience 's chain",1 +130681,"produced by either the North or South Vietnamese",2 +204718,"last-minute action",3 +24428,"A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl",3 +198826,"figuring it",2 +87061,"merits",3 +183722,"European markets",2 +42079,"helps '' Being Earnest",2 +27948,"a way that seems compelling and even original",3 +189948,"Your taste for Jonah - A Veggie Tales Movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the Holy Spirit .",2 +150281,"This one 's weaker than most .",0 +21676,"overindulgence",2 +194324,"becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it",2 +104286,"An energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular .",4 +4585,"an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long",0 +166501,"must be turning in his grave , along with my stomach .",2 +63872,"An engrossing and grim portrait of hookers :",2 +107136,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors",2 +55076,"no classic ,",1 +67626,"More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet",3 +30122,"charms",3 +145528,"Ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way",2 +212055,"soggy near miss",2 +63899,"An hour",2 +111485,"a James Bond series for kids",3 +109752,"The events of the film",2 +174741,"the setting remains indistinct",1 +143755,"An overemphatic , would-be wacky , ultimately tedious sex farce .",1 +155537,"brutally unsentimental approach",2 +38029,"the best kind",4 +74439,"are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances",3 +177263,"unsurprising .",1 +140467,"world-renowned",3 +208562,"one baaaaaaaaad movie",0 +199971,"gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows",2 +42763,"tell us",2 +85676,"kinky bedside vigils",2 +28021,"about compelling questions with no easy answers",3 +23029,"'s Hermitage Museum",2 +177383,"vague sense",2 +163229,"is perhaps",2 +212394,"spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do",3 +29923,"by deft staging and the director 's well-known narrative gamesmanship",3 +181264,". Stealing Harvard",2 +207490,"of Wilde into Austen",2 +18218,"is ) why we go to the cinema : to be fed through the eye , the heart , the mind .",3 +222407,"Anyone else seen this before ?",2 +62419,", who says he has to ?",2 +136148,"the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama",2 +120631,"free-wheeling",2 +153442,"an interesting dynamic",3 +593,"benefits greatly",3 +129369,"on a show in drag",2 +63869,"An engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale .",3 +81437,"guessed",2 +45137,"Elegant , mannered and teasing .",3 +190537,"a few good laughs",3 +27954,"a well-observed and disturbing little movie",2 +229341,"being forceful , sad",2 +41610,"at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful",2 +103399,"A backhanded ode",2 +123138,"in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast",1 +58956,"thinly",2 +209004,"paces",2 +235984,"sports arena",2 +223893,"If H.G. Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version",2 +80345,"for that",2 +176975,"turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge",1 +189956,"Zoom !",3 +115456,"be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st",2 +12501,"too ludicrous and",1 +22938,"' ... Mafia , rap stars and hood rats butt their ugly heads in a regurgitation of cinematic violence that gives brutal birth to an unlikely , but likable , hero . '",2 +147693,"Night Shyamalan movie",2 +27779,"a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour",4 +147333,"Manages to be somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling , touching or , yikes , uproarious .",2 +44166,"A moody",2 +133834,"taken in large doses",2 +46533,"Poignant and delicately complex .",3 +1276,"impossible to sit through",0 +9858,"prompting audience members",2 +93164,"something of a public service --",3 +38564,"the preposterous lying hero into something",2 +213728,"that it plays like the standard made-for-TV movie",2 +35808,"otherworldly",3 +134136,"that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",1 +45167,"Evans",2 +180815,", mind or humor",2 +54749,"minimum",2 +77735,"dated",1 +206669,"much fascination in the swinging . What they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .",2 +83303,"inescapably gorgeous ,",4 +50506,"counter-cultural",3 +87468,"most romantic",3 +33652,"it has clearly been made with affection and care",3 +131330,"remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I",0 +163980,"its adherence to the Disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that I 'd hoped the movie would avoid",2 +155996,"can take infantile humor",2 +107039,"It may not be a huge cut of above the rest ,",2 +12704,"unwatchable",0 +148253,"Rebecca Romijn-Stamos",2 +31691,"flaky",1 +151671,"a fancy table",2 +182690,"Bambi and The Lion King",2 +75367,"beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet",4 +228105,"a pun as possible",2 +34003,"lead performances",3 +32111,"go-round",2 +159980,"get full montied",2 +200084,"gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility",2 +97118,"their ideological differences",2 +73651,"an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd",3 +115588,"be steeped in '50s sociology , pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes ' work .",3 +127046,"middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b . s .",0 +32147,"gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess",3 +99693,"watching the skies for his next project",2 +196631,"debut venture",2 +26259,"Occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for Zhao .",3 +124307,"is n't the least bit mesmerizing",1 +159841,"funny ( enough ) or",3 +200295,"guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts ,",2 +53199,"intoxicating masala",2 +97381,"this doc",2 +56085,"poignant .",2 +43301,"'s only",2 +230585,"et al.",2 +193763,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least -- annoying",0 +38784,"the wine",2 +173936,"the film ultimately fails",0 +132024,"seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",1 +78505,"doles",2 +60359,"with little fuss or noise",2 +134516,"that plucks '' The Four Feathers ''",2 +18206,"R-rated )",3 +170627,"seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest System of a Down video .",1 +1776,"mr .",2 +181448,"8-year-old channeling Roberto Benigni",2 +122731,"if they were coming back from Stock Character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination",0 +2113,"races",2 +192748,"and no one )",3 +33012,"incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire",4 +84642,"is stark , straightforward and deadly ...",3 +205196,"little atmosphere",2 +76070,"but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",3 +189820,"Wollter and Ms . Seldhal",2 +204467,"just mediocre .",2 +184278,"Handled correctly , Wilde 's play is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice . Here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .",1 +216372,"this facetious smirk of a movie",2 +106863,"It 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but Westbrook 's foundation and Dalrymple 's film earn their uplift .",2 +228894,"as The Monster",2 +157586,"disquiet world",2 +24894,"Broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case .",3 +204243,"its moment",1 +114520,"approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .",0 +191783,"about the pathology it pretends to investigate",2 +8453,"like an overcooked souffl",1 +216225,"they come .",2 +227380,"` The Time",2 +198862,"film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly",0 +51457,"exudes the urbane sweetness",3 +200577,"has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation .",2 +53237,"is - the books are better .",2 +10380,"set the plot",2 +48717,"after a while",2 +121412,"great gift",3 +185755,"Like Showgirls and Glitter , the most entertaining moments here are unintentional .",1 +94929,"that transcends their predicament",2 +149490,"The jokes are sophomoric",1 +145239,"Extreme Oops",1 +106486,"I just saw this movie ...",2 +191305,"a serious contender",3 +151605,"a different destination",2 +15160,"as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today",3 +152513,"a story as bizarre",1 +193464,"as hilarious",3 +225509,"Pretension , in its own way , is a form of bravery .",2 +114494,"appealing characters",3 +215249,"the only belly laughs",2 +86815,"marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",1 +142567,", this is lame .",0 +194405,"been tweaked up a notch",2 +11416,"the filmmakers",2 +23318,", Mr . Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie .",3 +4173,"a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers",2 +96645,"the script 's insistence",2 +33752,"its child-centered , claustrophobic context",1 +37972,"the Shagster",2 +128196,"nuclear crisis sequences",2 +41495,"a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar :",2 +124143,"is in there somewhere .",2 +171921,"starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune",2 +95561,"the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings",2 +196927,"did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history",2 +181133,", worse yet , nonexistent --",1 +8884,"most opaque",2 +23597,", elliptical film",3 +215427,"the production details",2 +95665,"the film is well-crafted",4 +47104,"The gentle comic treatment",3 +229289,"been a painless time-killer",2 +63476,"A tasty",2 +6434,"featherweight romantic",2 +110425,"This amiable picture talks tough ,",2 +31285,"every bit",2 +148817,"Springsteen 's",2 +12670,"uninvolving",1 +65066,"Digest condensed version",2 +64147,"At its worst the screenplay is callow , but at its best it is a young artist 's thoughtful consideration of fatherhood",2 +136192,"the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation",1 +60622,"youthful and good-looking",3 +39588,"under their noses",2 +79230,"evanescent",2 +47802,"a Hollywood romance .",2 +4507,"all those",2 +149026,"Tara Reid plays a college journalist , but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant , so I do n't know what she 's doing in here",1 +63612,"Abderrahmane Sissako 's",2 +191080,"a period",2 +65954,"He 's the God of Second Chances '",3 +163367,"is so trite",1 +27160,"Watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay 's sappier elements ... and sustains Off the Hook 's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer .",3 +41367,"Watching Beanie and",2 +149368,"The fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious .",1 +205395,"loose ! Run",2 +224942,"Mr. Murray , a prolific director of music videos ,",2 +59571,"turn onto a different path",2 +33407,"is mesmerizing",4 +96405,"the pitch of his poetics",2 +122250,"him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",0 +173168,"that profound , at least",3 +226768,"To work , love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer .",2 +95779,"the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching Sarandon",3 +116084,"bogus story",0 +155237,"big-name actors and cameos",2 +105128,"Clarke-Williams 's",3 +213420,"than serviceable at worst",2 +86836,"marvelous documentary touches",4 +219559,"will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea",3 +195568,"cesspool",0 +44302,"A terrific B movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory",4 +220386,"your entertainment choices",3 +197795,"emotionally manipulative",2 +140608,"writer-director Michael Kalesniko 's How to Kill Your Neighbor 's Dog is slight but unendurable .",1 +109941,"The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches . The story plays out slowly , but",2 +200273,"guess that",2 +45551,"I 've never bought from telemarketers ,",2 +71856,"a joy to watch , even when her material is not first-rate",3 +42139,"is , in its quiet",3 +76946,"comedic bliss",4 +82212,"his U . S . debut",2 +145560,"Gets Molested",1 +169614,"rambling , repetitive",1 +147929,"One problem with the movie , directed by Joel Schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .",1 +28888,"and uniquely Almodóvar",3 +204036,"it thumbs down",0 +87127,"millennial brusqueness and",2 +214667,"the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",1 +64799,"Consummate actor Barry",2 +28587,"and endearing",3 +80056,"flames",2 +92967,"so many bad romances out there",1 +53503,"is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just",3 +219888,"without intent",3 +178712,"without chills",1 +143638,"Allodi",2 +83517,"intimately knowing",2 +32861,"in films over and over again",1 +94834,"that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet",4 +36448,"reinvented",3 +152770,"about lying , cheating , but loving the friends you betray",2 +213337,"textbook to intrigue",2 +121044,"get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types",3 +75332,"be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill",3 +134906,"the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",4 +101628,"'s as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations",3 +100861,"works so well for the first 89 minutes",3 +50814,"dialogue and",2 +162014,"in the first 10 minutes",2 +163957,"it was too overbearing",0 +187113,"Satan",2 +221266,", arrive stillborn",1 +88025,"not strictly in the knowledge imparted",2 +139678,"while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids",2 +5228,"borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it",2 +125064,"it never seems fresh and vital .",1 +226354,"The movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( Quills ) did by showing them .",3 +222461,"As it is , it 's too long and unfocused .",0 +23080,"'s all too suspiciously smooth",2 +222723,"But Kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast , and he delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie , no matter who runs them .",3 +147537,"Mr . Saldanha",2 +123516,"interesting than any of the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions",3 +195806,"close to being either funny or scary",2 +211841,"small independent film",2 +124566,"is something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics",4 +225295,"On its own , it 's not very interesting .",1 +9998,"rarely does",3 +138091,"too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but",2 +18386,", but spiced with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",3 +85654,"kid-pleasing",2 +85003,"it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people",3 +117726,"crisis sequences",2 +121980,"have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did , too",2 +92685,"since '' Saving Private Ryan ''",2 +580,"before landing squarely",2 +190029,"` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey",1 +49763,"blockage",2 +235004,"poo .",0 +108679,"Roman Polanski 's The Pianist",2 +211099,"seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony",1 +68937,"Spend your Benjamins on a matinee .",2 +178175,"while sucking on the bong and downing one alcoholic beverage after another",2 +151033,"Without the dark spookiness of Crystal Lake Camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .",2 +87662,"must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him",3 +44924,"Cinderella story",2 +75356,"beats new life into it",3 +201455,"humorless and under-inspired",2 +61976,", interestingly told film .",3 +43994,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big",4 +78702,"each new horror",2 +224673,"Lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , Jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .",4 +51240,"enjoyed themselves",3 +9617,"pasolini",2 +145660,"Guillen rarely gets beneath the surface of things .",1 +234001,"much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",4 +54701,"megaplex screenings",2 +150013,"Theater 3000 guys",2 +214257,"the casting call for this movie",2 +186874,"Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise",2 +187620,"Suffers from a decided lack",1 +58676,"the scenes of torture and self-mutilation",1 +203910,"it had been only half-an-hour long or a TV special",1 +6185,"emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment",0 +55274,"of a sort",2 +223747,"I Know About Her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process",1 +61343,"'s version of ` Nicholas Nickleby '",2 +66398,"Insanely hilarious ! I have n't laughed that hard in years !",4 +123128,"in the cast",2 +95000,"the Audience Award",3 +19554,"a pretty good time",3 +60717,"'ll love this movie",4 +108541,"Ram Dass 's",2 +169863,"refreshingly naive point",3 +225165,"No surprises .",1 +178790,"worked last time ,",1 +143943,"At first , the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious , but as the film goes on , the joke wears thin",1 +59847,"very enjoyable ...",3 +134579,"that the entire exercise has no real point",1 +236657,"the Pieces",2 +163415,"is that Pelosi knows it",2 +92033,"seal the deal",3 +194172,"be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget",2 +97811,"to America speaking not a word of English",2 +52570,"her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael",2 +15002,"and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer",2 +30147,"child abuse",0 +209115,"passable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house of life type of flick . Strictly middle of the road .",2 +36695,"scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism",4 +32359,"have at last found a worthy follow-up",3 +52482,"have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen",2 +90474,"politics , power and",3 +210322,"relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world",2 +2741,"the star and everyone else involved",2 +190429,"a dearth of vitality",1 +187462,"Sophisticated",3 +10322,"see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... ghost blimp",1 +211453,"short stretched beyond its limits to fill an almost feature-length film .",1 +222321,"An uncomfortable movie",0 +104247,"An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",1 +77895,"deliberately lacks irony",2 +11934,"the subgenre 's most enabling victim ... and",2 +48350,"a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable",3 +42839,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran -- or",3 +8182,"james eric , james horton and director",2 +232097,"infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products . . .",2 +7528,"inferior",0 +98636,"trailer park",2 +66262,"If there 's one big point to Promises",2 +57058,"slippery slope",1 +6537,"flexible",3 +59516,"transporting when it stays put in the past",2 +44738,"Blood Work",2 +110876,"Viewed as a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama",3 +193300,"artsploitation",2 +73926,"an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject --",1 +58296,"the film 's power lies in its complexity . Nothing is black and white .",4 +144996,"Driving Miss Daisy",2 +179871,"'s no real reason to see it",0 +1790,"multi-dimensional love story",3 +138745,"unparalleled proportions",3 +38523,"the performances alone",3 +238307,"vapid , insensitive",1 +30222,"closely",2 +50438,"contradictory",1 +212952,"supposed to be post-feminist breezy",2 +22000,"so funny , aggressive and alive",4 +184112,"Gelo",2 +105167,"Comedian '",3 +222884,"Callie Khouri",2 +187379,"Snow Dogs deserves every single one of them",3 +95661,"the film is well under way --",4 +183482,"Disney 's Cinderella",2 +142797,"... nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .",1 +161174,"high crime",1 +133318,"stinks",1 +61533,"( improvised over many months ) and",2 +34485,"might not want to hang out with Samantha",1 +216333,"this Halloween is a gory slash-fest . It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .",1 +109650,"The characters are based on stock clichés ,",0 +38011,"the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies .",3 +62704,"300 hundred",2 +221036,"'ve had in a while",2 +196505,"culled from a minimalist funeral",2 +105688,"Even though we know the outcome",2 +201050,"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and",1 +23194,"'s worth seeing just on the basis of the wisdom , and at times , the startling optimism , of the children",3 +213349,"than a Rock concert",2 +191743,"about halfway through",2 +27650,"a low-down version",2 +120012,"fifty",2 +168543,"overplotted",1 +186826,"Qualities",2 +150813,"What John does is heroic",3 +62791,"A bit of a downer and a little",1 +51475,"fair amount",3 +53323,"is a really special walk in the woods .",3 +120279,"fluid compositions",2 +4140,"a sports movie with action that 's exciting on the field and a story you care about off it",3 +116957,"chitchat",2 +19286,"The New Guy",2 +215093,"the mother deer",2 +134548,"that seems to be",2 +22331,"the people who were able to make an impact in the theater world",2 +189146,"Though there are many tense scenes in Trapped",2 +209412,"plenty of glimpses at existing photos",2 +53794,"it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel 's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic 's No Man 's Land .",2 +152430,"a shoot - 'em - up",2 +234187,"not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak",2 +25996,"Lillard channels the Shagster right down to the original Casey Kasem-furnished voice",3 +195156,"by countless filmmakers",2 +41571,"are also",3 +196011,"comin '",2 +54202,"legendary sitcom",4 +65923,"Harvard Man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .",3 +172164,"stunts together and not quite enough characterization",1 +165182,"long tourist spot",2 +207082,"no pastry is violated",3 +173429,"the The New Guy",2 +155419,"both the writing and",2 +54313,"loathe him",1 +68669,"Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting",3 +3418,"( p",2 +25155,"Does what a fine documentary does best",4 +528,"awful",2 +16451,"likable",3 +111513,"a b & w British comedy ,",2 +39636,"unimpeachable",1 +123,"a brilliant , absurd collection of vignettes that , in their own idiosyncratic way , sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",4 +138490,"typical Toback machinations",1 +237351,"the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill",4 +189124,"Though Impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture",2 +32214,"grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit",2 +152036,"a marketable product",3 +116338,"but quietly effective retelling",3 +85641,"keeps pushing the envelope",2 +232908,"it 's ) worth recommending because",3 +62491,"-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .",4 +150263,"This limp gender-bender-baller from a first-time director and rookie screenwriter",1 +42997,"who casting and",2 +76628,"cheat",1 +129573,"one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but",3 +4861,"as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious",2 +221936,"A `` Home Alone '' film that is",2 +205259,"lived too long",2 +199476,"frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .",2 +16851,"or frustrated",2 +211069,"seemingly sincere personal reflection",3 +154526,"backdrops",2 +5426,"can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms",2 +212829,"such a dependable concept was botched in execution",1 +47307,"There 's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X .",4 +40636,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas",3 +60870,"'s a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .",2 +201022,"her childlike smile",3 +238297,"ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes",1 +230667,"exhilaratingly tasteless .",1 +133288,"stiff or",2 +77839,"deeply touching melodrama",4 +65525,"Fierce , glaring and unforgettable .",3 +78615,"draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss",3 +35132,"of Touched by an Angel",3 +51624,"fidgeted",2 +95026,"the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers",1 +139241,"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the Exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",1 +105977,"Ghandi gone bad",1 +92154,"seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation",2 +113596,"all its generosity and optimism",2 +156663,"computer-generated effects",2 +135406,"the food is enticing",3 +123195,"in the title",2 +66189,"I loved the look of this film .",3 +61886,", energetic and original",4 +56515,"remarkable gift",3 +152000,"a lot less sensational than it wants to be",1 +166346,"most sequels",2 +57898,"that the picture is unfamiliar",2 +230680,"expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",2 +28974,"any more gay , in pops Nathan Lane",2 +119590,"extra heavy-duty ropes",2 +207728,"of fighting the same fights",2 +115702,"becomes claustrophobic",1 +189960,"/ Marine/legal mystery",2 +69958,"The storytelling may be ordinary",2 +122430,"hit movie",2 +5327,"built",2 +44236,"A sensitive , moving ,",3 +115011,"as rude and profane as ever",2 +147072,"Lame ,",1 +107056,"It seems impossible that an epic four-hour Indian musical about a cricket game could be this good ,",3 +171005,"show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed",1 +113401,"admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . Or both",2 +169879,"rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep .",0 +22355,"the slapstick antics and silly street patois",3 +93587,"strangely tempting",3 +124453,"is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",1 +51721,"first order",2 +137870,"to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story",3 +33795,"its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor",2 +21874,"richer in the bargain",3 +176184,"to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it",2 +179970,"'s self-defeatingly decorous",1 +14922,"alive and well and living",2 +24439,"A refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale .",3 +114415,"any of the signposts",1 +37968,"the Roses",2 +141987,", I can tell you that there 's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it",1 +31593,"fictions",2 +233764,"may be overstating it",2 +179205,"your dialogue is n't smart",0 +152926,"actually pretty good . Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",2 +209021,"painfully slow cliche-ridden film",0 +125294,"its make-believe promise",2 +7027,"have been as dull a person as this film makes him out to be",1 +137736,"to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act",1 +218917,"we 're in All of Me territory again",2 +127344,"more plot",3 +148169,"Professionally speaking",2 +179820,"'s left of his passe ' chopsocky glory",1 +57808,"that is funny , touching , smart and complicated",3 +204910,"libertine and",2 +144795,"Despite all the talking , by the time the bloody climax arrives we still do n't feel enough of an attachment to these guys to care one way or another .",2 +233583,"lovely comedic moments",4 +132072,"self-reflection meditation",2 +193586,"as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for Bartleby 's pain",2 +188849,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life , but",2 +146439,"It 's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline ,",3 +207620,"of authenticity",2 +118260,"directed ,",2 +138662,"unexplained",2 +35366,"of plot",2 +174670,"the sad state",1 +189384,"Van Wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest .",1 +19208,"Ram Dass : Fierce Grace is worth seeking out .",3 +32681,"huge fan",4 +114025,"an excellent 90-minute film",4 +630,"breathless",3 +148339,"Rorschach test",2 +219960,"work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",3 +43283,"'s no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",4 +110173,"The story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .",3 +33614,"it )",2 +121330,"good yarn-spinner",3 +111188,"With Strangers , which opens today in the New York metropolitan area , so distasteful",2 +134693,"the English call ` too clever by half",3 +50042,"capture so perfectly",3 +9251,"of cube",2 +60158,"who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",3 +6670,"fresh air now and then",3 +96688,"the silent screams",2 +121137,"give herself over",1 +223256,"Even at its worst , it 's not half-bad .",3 +237405,"there 's no saving the movie",0 +50155,"children 's ' song",3 +179943,"'s pretty but dumb .",1 +78000,"depicts this relationship",2 +91578,"resultan totalmente banales",2 +208084,"of the gross-out comedy",1 +82905,"in answering them",3 +135194,"the ethics of Kaufman 's approach",2 +117972,"deft combination",2 +892,"engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",3 +41944,"fly right",2 +78575,"drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores",2 +205835,"marginal intelligence",1 +84162,"is enough to keep us",2 +60036,"well-realized",2 +140702,"you 've got a house full of tots -- do n't worry",2 +101563,"'s ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .",3 +196519,"curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner",1 +41201,"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities",4 +22718,"warmth and vitality",4 +224791,"Middle-earth",2 +128557,"of bittersweet camaraderie and history",3 +2376,"spirit , purpose and",3 +74607,"as a root cause of gun violence",1 +179353,"'d never",2 +191073,"a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences",1 +221588,", the ingredients are there .",2 +44339,"A welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic , this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",3 +157325,"desolation",1 +33037,"indictment",2 +4477,"alienated",1 +141433,"'s next",2 +43933,"30 pounds",2 +115413,"base",2 +140372,"wonderful film to bring to IMAX",4 +204442,"just die already",0 +214448,"the dramatic substance",2 +226735,"Though the book runs only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed ... that even an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like Mr. Schepisi 's seems skimpy and unclear .",1 +140646,"yet completely familiar",2 +196804,"described as a ghost story gone badly awry .",1 +58806,"the unsung heroes",2 +4687,"an undeniably worthy and devastating",3 +181856,"A movie that the less charitable might describe as a castrated cross between Highlander and Lolita .",1 +239211,"young girl",2 +108448,"Pootie",2 +77057,"companionship",3 +144203,"Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets",1 +184305,"Hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman 's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares .",2 +12631,"ultimately too repellent",1 +182097,"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 . But it does n't leave you with much .",2 +237277,"the too-frosty exterior Ms. Paltrow employs to authenticate her British persona is another liability",2 +200950,"he script is n't up to the level of the direction",3 +76835,"close to recent national events",2 +81046,"give anyone with a conscience reason to pause",2 +125774,"last summer 's ` Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",2 +209973,"puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie",2 +63507,"A thriller with an edge --",3 +46242,"Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",2 +124715,"is to win over the two-drink-minimum crowd",3 +88060,"notice the 129-minute running time",1 +101860,"'s previous collaboration , Miss Congeniality .",2 +203472,"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",1 +231803,"how .",2 +84800,"is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive",4 +214760,"the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing",1 +167100,"obscurity",1 +14943,"always been hit-or-miss when bringing beloved kids ' books to the screen",2 +110252,"The whole affair",2 +59391,"to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity",2 +37241,"splits",2 +159278,"flying a lot of metaphoric flags",2 +121165,"given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform",1 +129389,"on cue",3 +84391,"is more complex and honest than anything represented in a Hollywood film",3 +154798,"be reading the lines",2 +63285,"A properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .",3 +217476,"to the theatre",2 +108246,"Oscar-worthy performance",4 +153476,"an outline for a role he still needs to grow into , a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority",3 +55895,"overlong , and bombastic",0 +214305,"the circumstances",2 +196875,"devaluation",2 +15994,"heads and all",2 +215653,"the spawn",2 +189213,"Tom Shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough",3 +181818,"A low-rent retread of the Alien pictures .",1 +237592,"those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0 +58005,"the aging Sandeman",2 +128318,"of Enigma",2 +16257,"is great in his role",4 +198279,"exchange",2 +161677,"impeccable acting ... and",3 +210953,"scruffy sands",2 +215295,"the outdated swagger of a shameless '70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",1 +229653,"can dance to",2 +25939,"Led by Griffin 's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm , the cast has a lot of fun with the material .",3 +209950,"put together by some cynical creeps at Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .",1 +233355,"left the theatre",1 +12134,"this frankly fantastical",4 +182165,"Action",2 +1180,"hence ,",2 +55207,"of Chinese life clashing with each other",2 +188373,"The movie 's biggest shocks",2 +131486,"retro chord",2 +183863,"Fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess",2 +140657,"you 'd be wise to send your regrets",1 +67676,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here :",4 +142416,", rusty ship",1 +233393,"lightly .",2 +207682,"of crudity in the latest Austin Powers extravaganza",2 +234839,"overstylized",1 +92788,"slaps",2 +216203,"they '' wanted and quite",2 +97030,"the whole damned thing",2 +158552,"everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter .",2 +4304,"a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality",4 +49011,"analytical",2 +106978,"It 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year .",3 +131654,"rot and hack",1 +39420,"town",3 +76328,"can easily be considered career-best performances",3 +39388,"too rare in Hollywood 's hastier productions",2 +3770,"a female director",2 +186505,"Ode to Billy Joe - lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard , but that film is yet to be made",2 +178646,"with soggy leaves",2 +102978,", tries its best to hide the fact that Seagal 's overweight and out of shape .",2 +76154,"by any comedy",2 +114226,"and childhood awakening",2 +150923,"While the Resident Evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games",2 +190532,"a few ear-pleasing songs",3 +153053,"all credibility flies out the window .",1 +88398,"of all places",2 +190405,"a crowd-pleaser , but then , so",3 +195569,"challenging '",2 +137657,"to his day job",3 +223,"a particularly toxic little bonbon",2 +34686,"moves inexorably through its seven day timeframe",2 +106831,"It 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .",0 +54063,"keep many moviegoers",2 +185354,"It stars schticky Chris Rock and stolid Anthony Hopkins , who seem barely in the same movie . Their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic --",0 +152168,"a nice vomit bath",1 +154491,"avoid the Deconstructionist theorizing of French philosopher Jacques Derrida",2 +234616,"off with a bang , but then",2 +207541,"of a happy ending",3 +103784,"A pleasant and engaging enough",3 +152684,"a widget",2 +19942,"are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right",3 +91292,"recklessness",2 +175206,"these villains or",2 +46055,"MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and",4 +56123,"post-camp comprehension",2 +226791,"Too often , Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''",1 +88043,"notable for its sheer audacity and openness",4 +119109,"engrossing Iranian film",2 +67195,"Less an examination of neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself",3 +118106,"deserved better than a hollow tribute",2 +224934,"Mr. Lopez himself",2 +96784,"the strangest",2 +13584,", good pace",3 +181268,". Taylor",2 +149811,"The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor ,",3 +187562,"Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",2 +232856,"is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad",3 +189426,"Waking Life water colors",2 +222175,"Absurdities and clichés",1 +12123,"this date-night diversion",1 +140674,"you 'll regret",1 +28161,"aged",1 +93879,"superb actors",4 +63927,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation",3 +58371,"the heart and the funnybone thanks",2 +216945,"to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",2 +59218,"to direct-to-video irrelevancy",1 +64983,"Deflated ending aside",2 +231066,"fun , and",3 +229018,"asphalt",2 +27095,"Two hours of melodramatic musical married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue , if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more 's the pity .",2 +22375,"the very end",2 +118816,"dynamics and dysfunction",3 +27776,"a regurgitation",2 +147725,"No one but a convict guilty of some truly heinous crime should have to sit through The Master of Disguise .",0 +108944,"Signs is a good film , and",3 +127616,"much like an infomercial for Ram Dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .",1 +197565,"drug-induced",2 +109866,"The footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with Suge Knight",3 +120193,"five Filipino-Americans and",2 +30706,"demencial que su predecesora",2 +183166,"Color Or",2 +29355,"avoids",2 +85072,"it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time",1 +228165,"a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",4 +140866,"your pulse ever racing",3 +122311,"his first film",2 +184267,"Hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an Oscar next year",3 +179879,"'s not a particularly good film",0 +189896,"Yes , Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination , but",3 +105790,"Feels at times like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place .",0 +26423,"Rarely do films come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding .",4 +2593,"the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds",3 +164345,"just stuff . Watching Scarlet Diva , one is poised for titillation , raw insight or both . Instead",2 +129640,"only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor",3 +24618,"An enjoyable film",3 +188514,"The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting .",2 +64010,"Anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a Russian rocket",3 +124936,"it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action",1 +218236,"unmentionables",2 +9248,"of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence",1 +183322,"Debut effort by '' Project Greenlight '' winner",2 +169052,"pony",2 +193365,"as a girl",2 +198181,"every human",2 +181515,"A ` Girls Gone Wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , The Burning Sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document",1 +218265,"untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",1 +125922,"less of a trifle",3 +4444,"aftertaste",1 +218866,"watching an iceberg melt -- only",0 +112564,"a quick resolution",2 +206392,"more human",2 +188847,"There 's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life",3 +140671,"you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State .",3 +191809,"about women",2 +39827,"wall",3 +82522,"huge sacrifice",1 +20221,"ca n't wait to see what they do next",3 +236576,"that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life",2 +76815,"cliché-riddled",1 +39933,"well-acted tale",3 +146823,"James Bond movie",2 +3981,"a modern motion",2 +113520,"aging filmmaker",2 +235358,"retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",1 +114067,"an impish divertissement of themes that interest Attal and Gainsbourg",2 +199633,"from the performances",2 +32612,"hoary",1 +175316,"thirty minutes",2 +142160,", environment",2 +15069,"and psychologically resonant",3 +11653,"the movie 's downfall",1 +64175,"Audiard 's direction",2 +226536,"The very definition of what critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure .",0 +94961,"that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other",3 +157422,"died long ago",1 +166796,"no good inside dope , and no particular bite",1 +230491,"else far more pleasurable",2 +187952,"The art demands live viewing . The innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen",1 +172557,"talky films",1 +165257,"loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble",2 +77406,"couch",2 +4924,"assassin",2 +238651,"where no man has gone before",2 +230059,"cultural and moral issues",2 +236207,"sweeping , dramatic",3 +126474,"lowbrow comedy",2 +211411,"shelves",2 +144523,"Cleopatra 2525",2 +181613,"A disappointment for a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",0 +22763,"when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .",3 +196999,"directed it may leave you speaking in tongues",1 +103880,"A sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties",2 +215258,"the only thing missing",2 +211178,"self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ?",3 +187452,"Something has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .",1 +66311,"If you like peace",2 +219622,"wishy-washy melodramatic movie",1 +166100,"moments and ideas",2 +65924,"Has )",2 +151206,"` Enigma ' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable . A waste of good performances .",0 +119868,"feel more like literary conceits",2 +128486,"of a torn book jacket",2 +174384,"the nagging suspicion",1 +67190,"Leone",2 +218460,"very basic",1 +31788,"for the Hugh factor",2 +171864,"stage dialogue",2 +12022,"the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful",4 +56894,"sharp , overmanipulative Hollywood practices",1 +101344,"'' is owned by its costars , Spader",3 +223102,"Denlopp",2 +130162,"perhaps surreal campaign",2 +52342,"happen after Greene 's story ends",2 +18830,"Dennis Quaid",2 +201670,"impenetrable and",1 +158005,"dubbing",2 +87356,"more than tattoo",2 +186865,"Reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while Said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . It has no affect on the Kurds",2 +99356,"very little sense to what 's going on here",1 +22849,"with wry humor and genuine pathos , especially between Morgan and Redgrave",3 +22479,"to Willis 's world-weary colonel",2 +125816,"layer",2 +141504,"'s nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career",1 +206114,"might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares",1 +238500,"we 've marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world .",3 +177188,"unfunny and unrecommendable",0 +126883,"may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black .",1 +196937,"different bodies",2 +129463,"on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",2 +159009,"festive spirit",2 +115218,"at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild",1 +41598,"asks you to take these great leaps of faith and",2 +169812,"recite bland police procedural details",2 +235513,"see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +206688,"much science",2 +43188,"'s a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre",4 +844,"doubt",2 +12984,"when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",1 +167243,"of Series 7",2 +162936,"is impossible to care whether that boast is true",1 +219230,"whether it wants to be an acidic all-male All About Eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the Intermezzo strain",2 +126872,"may aim to be the next Animal House",2 +264,"a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration",1 +172959,"that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it",1 +39607,"uneasily as a horror picture",1 +200160,"goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",1 +183899,"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 .",1 +184594,"I Know What You Did Last Winter",2 +102220,", Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .",4 +238279,"us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",3 +88625,"of her old life",2 +174767,"the slowest person in the audience --",2 +235444,"savour",2 +162596,"is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",1 +150212,"This is a good movie in spurts , but",2 +132885,"some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +49723,"big , brassy , disturbing ,",1 +178977,"writhing and wailing , tears , rage and opium overdoses",1 +55576,"of the grief",1 +97346,"this IMAX offering",2 +154190,"as impersonal in its relentlessness",1 +224128,"It 's a ripper of a yarn",3 +147232,"Looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito 's Way .",1 +110508,"This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior ) , but",3 +74307,"are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",3 +97636,"thought-provoking and often-funny drama",4 +9348,"of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence",1 +98851,"two rowdy teenagers",2 +177232,"unnecessary and",2 +34085,"like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in",3 +41130,"Often gruelling and",1 +93619,"strikingly",2 +81921,"have some very funny sequences",3 +82515,"however well intentioned -",2 +58566,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one",3 +184883,"In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , Ballistic : Ecks Vs . Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue : convenient , hole-ridden plotting : superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .",0 +158359,"episodic choppiness ,",1 +34047,"libido",2 +81377,"great war",2 +207610,"of an intriguing curiosity",3 +29961,"ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .",3 +170244,"rung",2 +210435,"replete with the pubescent scandalous",1 +66553,"It 's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns De Palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .",3 +136768,"there were one for this kind of movie",2 +57121,"so quickly",2 +16622,"my memory",2 +57385,"storyteller",2 +20938,"ingredients",2 +64261,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat",3 +10302,"screen comedy",2 +102695,", languid romanticism",2 +49207,"are watching them",2 +74465,"are wet in some places",2 +146095,"I loved looking at this movie .",3 +65274,"Eisenstein 's Potemkin",2 +195852,"coat shopping",2 +110483,"This is a nervy , risky film , and",3 +164837,"lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary",3 +22058,"still love the old stuff",3 +89336,"old-hat",1 +135415,"the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo",1 +35040,"nuttiness",2 +228378,"admit it 's semi-amusing to watch Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",3 +125802,"laughs and",2 +97230,"these families",2 +54971,"must come first",2 +12200,"this shimmering , beautifully costumed",3 +184807,"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . This is one baaaaaaaaad movie .",0 +96479,"the problems of fledgling democracies ,",2 +234560,"of the plot at all times",2 +126907,"may not look as fully ` rendered ' as Pixar 's industry standard",1 +172803,"than the popular predecessor",2 +158993,"felt tired and drained and",0 +116395,"by a strong sense of humanism",2 +138471,"two unrelated shorts that falls far short",1 +200915,"he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes",1 +32287,"has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer",4 +55414,"of its meaning",2 +144951,"Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream",2 +166969,"not only blockbusters",2 +215484,"the rest of us ,",2 +64020,"Apollo",2 +113704,"allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",2 +142050,", White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel . It 's a flashy , star-splashed reduction .",1 +66169,"I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format",3 +26967,"This boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy .",2 +236242,"takes place in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read . ''",2 +46975,"The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and",2 +119206,"entire exercise",2 +18591,"A tender and touching drama",3 +147013,"Kevin Wade",2 +9151,"notable",3 +138722,"universal and",2 +134807,"the actors involved",2 +90690,"probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment",4 +234598,"of warmth , colour and cringe",3 +98055,"to find a place among the studio 's animated classics",4 +224647,"Lion King ''",2 +56953,"showcases Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge",3 +42995,"whether you 're a fan of the books or",3 +62306,", the production works more often than it does n't .",3 +43893,"14-year-old",2 +229192,"be history",2 +107498,"Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy",2 +102646,", it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",3 +34385,"married to two hours of underdog sports intrigue",2 +24455,"A slick , well-oiled machine ,",4 +10883,"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards ,",1 +227768,"a beat",2 +188166,"The film ca n't be called a solid success , although there 's plenty of evidence here to indicate Clooney might have better luck next time",1 +56050,"play well with the affable cast .",3 +37335,"still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",4 +210141,"reactionary thriller",2 +24774,"Ayurveda works",2 +109684,"The cumulative effect of the movie",2 +181961,"A rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( Seagal 's ) earlier copycat Under Siege , sometimes referred to as Die Hard on a boat .",0 +26145,"Más sarcástica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora , es un buen ejemplo de lo que es el cine de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos .",2 +163030,"is missing from it all is a moral . What is the filmmakers ' point ?",0 +31307,"evident",2 +207849,"of lunacy",2 +113052,"a world that 's often handled in fast-edit , hopped-up fashion",3 +211124,"seems to want both",2 +102839,", sometimes funny",3 +153936,"are simultaneously",2 +63792,"American art house audiences",2 +592,"benefits",3 +61133,"'s neglected over the years",1 +238758,"will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them",2 +66573,"It 's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and",2 +175830,"to Spirited Away",2 +132976,"sometime bitter movie",2 +87074,"metaphorical dramatization",2 +153020,"airborne",2 +75564,"below the proceedings",2 +225732,"Sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film .",4 +136650,"their ages",2 +209299,"pity and sympathy",2 +163450,"is the cinematic equivalent of defensive driving : It 's careful , conscientious and makes no major mistakes .",2 +12107,"think",2 +221889,"37-minute Santa",2 +171368,"smug self-satisfaction",0 +62449,", you know there 's something there .",3 +229422,"blend politics and drama , an admirable ambition",3 +231952,"in New York and L.A.",2 +100523,"with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life",3 +162131,"incredibly dull",1 +31172,"entire people",2 +189115,"Those who are only mildly curious",2 +134868,"the backstage angst",3 +141674,"'s too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard",1 +53298,"is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .",3 +149308,"The disjointed mess",1 +186394,"No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives ,",2 +7298,"i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0 +9964,"quite sure",3 +147950,"Or a profit",2 +29741,"brief shooting star",3 +193471,"as if Schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story",1 +192454,"an actress , not quite",2 +104414,"Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",4 +80594,"from all the movie 's political ramifications",2 +85805,"launch",3 +39072,"thyself",2 +121524,"had a lot of problems",2 +174528,"the picture fails to generate much suspense , nor",1 +189674,"While Hoffman 's performance is great",3 +207123,"no-surprise series",1 +165418,"made by people who have never sung those blues .",0 +36277,"quiet affirmation",3 +109469,"The Powerpuff Girls Movie",2 +55556,"of the combatants",2 +172431,"swinging still",2 +232241,"is `` Based on a True Story",2 +93774,"succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",2 +179534,"'s a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .",1 +220058,"would be a welcome improvement",3 +158764,"fails to register as anything distinctive or daring",2 +42115,"infecting the entire crowd",2 +112843,"a summer popcorn movie . Nothing too deep or substantial . Explosions , jokes , and",2 +191533,"a thriller 's rush",2 +1149,"hartley",2 +104635,"Barry 's terrific performance",4 +137568,"to excuse him but rather",2 +87095,"might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine",2 +2804,"then",2 +236714,"the allegory",2 +173108,"that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .",2 +837,"does match the muddled narrative",2 +225525,"Psychologically savvy",4 +233633,"make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities",2 +91660,"rich and intelligent film",3 +221771,"... Stylistically , the movie is a disaster .",0 +103414,"A beautiful paean to a time long past",3 +137281,"tired , unimaginative and derivative",0 +63280,"A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie",3 +59460,"tossed",2 +23053,"'s a good film -- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",3 +214101,"the action speeds up",2 +97488,"this otherwise appealing picture",2 +128784,"of magic",3 +167992,"often-mined and despairing milieu",1 +206963,"new or",2 +100429,"with a sharp script and strong performances",4 +1368,"is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate",3 +192866,"another smash",4 +238710,"who sees this",2 +26582,"Simone , Andrew Niccol 's brilliant anti-Hollywood satire ,",4 +216069,"then Cinderella II proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .",2 +55551,"of the best silly horror movies",3 +87965,"none of the happily-ever",1 +45084,"Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood",2 +122579,"howler",3 +159918,"gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been .",2 +114244,"and funny work",3 +156525,"come face-to-face with a couple dragons",2 +97291,"they turn out to be delightfully compatible here",3 +221289,", but not all that good .",1 +91455,"remarkably accessible and haunting",3 +74546,"as Happiness was",2 +149068,"The Bad News Bears",2 +9555,"over the map thematically and stylistically",2 +28075,"achievement",3 +40721,"A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between :",3 +106508,"I prefer Soderbergh 's concentration on his two lovers over Tarkovsky 's mostly male , mostly patriarchal debating societies .",2 +162488,"involved with moviemaking",2 +150778,"Wenders",2 +226568,"There 's no emotional pulse to Solaris .",1 +203256,"is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live .",1 +79657,"fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher",4 +130798,"pulling it",2 +24909,"But if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than Leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here .",4 +160572,"hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour",1 +178209,"who ca n't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly",2 +36275,"quickly recognize him",2 +176398,"to sit through The Master of Disguise",2 +165868,"message-mongering",2 +22947,"'' Antwone Fisher '' is an earnest , by-the-numbers effort by Washington . It wo n't rock any boats but is solid meat-and-potatoes filmmaking .",3 +176836,"tricks and self-indulgent",1 +220210,"you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .",1 +235783,"sit back , relax and",3 +160546,"hard to achieve this little fun",1 +134142,"that 's because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .",3 +56024,"pic",2 +175482,"this movie belonged to a sorority",2 +160203,"goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",1 +172299,"suited for a movie titled '' Glory",2 +88567,"of extreme athletes as several daredevils",2 +51552,"fascination , and",3 +144496,"Christopher and",2 +80432,"foreground",2 +211609,"silly fluff . Nor is it",2 +215946,"the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this",0 +27368,"a belated nod",2 +231989,"in an easily accessible way",3 +173636,"the classic Disney adaptation of J . M .",2 +169627,"random gags",2 +172983,"that does n't exactly favour the audience",1 +103118,"-- they live together --",2 +129598,"one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another",1 +91771,"romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief",2 +219372,"who sees this mishmash",1 +202665,"is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels",0 +136417,"the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic",1 +200303,"guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and Rocawear clothing",2 +16594,"most Bond outings in recent years , some of the stunts are so outlandish that they border on being cartoonlike .",1 +185055,"It 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",1 +576,"been-told-a -",2 +188982,"This is a heartfelt story ... it just is n't a very involving one .",1 +105065,"Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact",3 +80961,"get the idea ,",2 +9897,"pull",2 +159282,"focus and ability",2 +221094,"( `` Safe Conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage",3 +70596,"Vampire epic",2 +145900,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject",1 +57247,"speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood ties",2 +61766,", and surprisingly",2 +145700,"Hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the Halloween series has lost its edge",1 +220322,"you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an",2 +156198,"chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases",2 +106253,"Hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction",2 +50882,"discovering your destination",2 +22981,"'' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta",1 +111727,"a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line",2 +70247,"This is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",3 +138205,"torturing each other psychologically and",1 +177320,"urban comedy",3 +160012,"get to the good stuff",1 +172757,"than it deserves",2 +168930,"playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments",2 +89419,"on its visual merits .",3 +3056,"wait",2 +51788,"for fans who ca n't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it",3 +177180,"unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes",1 +51329,"establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .",3 +114210,"and Ron Clements",2 +61472,"( Moore 's ) better at fingering problems than finding solutions . But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more",2 +51665,"filmed drama",2 +200536,"has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .",1 +69877,"The screenplay",2 +161819,"in an attempt",1 +214967,"the limited range of a comedian",1 +52991,"in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing",2 +232325,"is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything .",1 +8788,"might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 +41626,"be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps ,",4 +190348,"a confusing melange of tones and styles",2 +123622,"intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",3 +28855,"and the regime 's talking-head survivors",2 +158601,"excepting Love Hewitt )",2 +20882,"in Girls",2 +187772,"The Country Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea . But the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences",1 +178722,"without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction",1 +40199,"with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear",3 +162296,"intellectually ambitious",2 +144733,"De Palma 's",2 +147479,"Moonlight Mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving",4 +131656,"round eyes",2 +45015,"Dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation . It haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates : it is impossible to look away . Ah yes , and then there 's the music ...",4 +183125,"Clockstoppers ,",2 +113384,"add much-needed levity to the otherwise bleak tale",3 +196138,"consolation candy",2 +101296,"zips along",2 +189411,"Visually , ` Santa Clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .",3 +120168,"first shocking thing",1 +36591,"risky , intelligent , romantic and rapturous",4 +60609,"your day",2 +146906,"John McTiernan 's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison 's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga . It 's also stupider .",0 +82552,"humanly",3 +217628,"too much .",2 +201713,"in ABC Africa",2 +199264,"for much of its running time",2 +60473,"works with Weaver 's sensitive reactions",3 +184142,"Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor",2 +237348,"the world 's political situation seems little different ,",2 +237414,"there 's the music ...",2 +50095,"cell phones",2 +66918,"Jiang Wen 's Devils on the Doorstep",2 +135883,"the now spy-savvy siblings",2 +46570,"Quills )",2 +186301,"Nelson 's intentions are good",3 +156279,"cigarette",2 +87186,"modestly made",3 +7558,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is",3 +171132,"single digit age",2 +197233,"do so . The movie",2 +229813,"chimps , all blown up to the size of a house",2 +207413,"of Clue",2 +116874,"charming , sometimes infuriating",3 +236155,"super - violent",2 +203482,"is such that the movie does not do them justice",1 +43908,"1994",2 +168211,"one long tourist spot",2 +65542,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber benefit enormously from the Cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances ,",3 +132252,"shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life",2 +141703,"'s where the film ultimately fails",1 +116313,"but a stumblebum of a movie",1 +99080,"unmistakable , easy",3 +22255,"the desiccated air",2 +132702,"sneers",2 +183711,"Episode II -- Attack of the Clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",1 +45699,"It 's a beautiful madness",3 +103344,"77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever",2 +141094,"'s a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .",0 +222273,"Amazingly lame .",0 +208398,"on a day-to-day basis",2 +119979,"few films about the plight of American Indians in modern America",2 +29372,"bags",1 +59913,"walk a fine line",2 +213360,"than a screenful of gamesmanship",2 +234706,"on two",2 +80529,"free of her old life",2 +138318,"trial movie ,",2 +233506,"loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3",2 +64269,"Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .",3 +38125,"the description",2 +56147,"preconceived",2 +116784,"caved in",2 +24429,"A quietly reflective and melancholy New Zealand film about an eventful summer in a 13-year-old girl 's life .",3 +156634,"completely crass and forgettable movie",0 +72929,"about by his lack of self-awareness",2 +226531,"The vampire thriller",2 +39699,"up to good fun",2 +73715,"an awful lot like life -- gritty",2 +129775,"our best achievements",3 +79808,"female-bonding pictures",2 +74695,"as graphic",2 +82673,"illuminate",3 +54479,"magic takes over the film",3 +28169,"agreeable",3 +141264,"'s best films , '' Erin Brockovich , ''",3 +91095,"rare film",3 +7958,"it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness",3 +232088,"indescribably bad",0 +223879,"I wonder why .",2 +179844,"'s mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .",0 +158792,"falls flat in just",1 +231606,"have two words to say about Reign of Fire",2 +113276,"acerbic repartee",2 +31547,"feature film",2 +236364,"that 's enough .",1 +126049,"like a flimsy excuse",2 +83746,"is a career-defining revelation",4 +156645,"complex Akasha",2 +227076,"When ( Reno ) lets her radical flag fly , taking angry potshots at George W. Bush , Henry Kissinger , Larry King , et al.",1 +918,"every way imaginable",2 +98809,"twentysomething",2 +126501,"lunar",2 +111597,"a casual intelligence",3 +171319,"slumber",2 +87172,"modern Hitler-study",2 +143749,"An overblown clunker full of bad jokes , howling cliches and by-the-numbers action",2 +97044,"the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor",2 +98642,"transcendence",3 +225998,"Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and",4 +150635,"Verbinski substitutes atmosphere",2 +15316,"but for those with whom it will connect",2 +237154,"the point of distraction",2 +86801,"march to the beat of a different drum",2 +123386,"inherent limitations",2 +27644,"a lot of fun with the material",4 +155185,"between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films",2 +206017,"mediocre tribute",2 +53480,"is good enough",3 +201412,"how to make a point with poetic imagery",2 +33905,"just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing",1 +169697,"re-do",1 +223115,"Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship .",3 +162870,"is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .",1 +182109,"A woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite Iwai 's vaunted empathy .",0 +95373,"the cool",2 +168347,"opportunity and trifle",2 +154716,"be emotional",2 +234957,"plain silly .",0 +187866,"The Shipping News",2 +55848,"other tale",2 +13590,", iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .",4 +235311,"remade for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987",2 +182042,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place , but visible enthusiasm is mighty hard to find",1 +19089,"Minority Report",2 +136353,"the style and flash",2 +56510,"remains a filmmaker",2 +41813,"do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience",3 +74694,"as grand as The Lord of the Rings",3 +18990,"It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",3 +1102,"gorgeous",3 +138418,"turn a larky chase movie",2 +77495,"crafted a deceptively casual ode to children",2 +204927,"life-altering experiences",2 +72237,"a realm where few non-porn films venture",2 +72964,"about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year",2 +163744,"it comes to giving them something to do",2 +134230,"that afflicts so many movies about writers",2 +31031,"elaborate",2 +3083,"wedding",2 +28605,"and fiercely atheistic",3 +193644,"as vivid as the 19th-century ones",2 +182378,"An awkward hybrid",1 +126548,"made me want to scream",1 +85627,"keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over",3 +192852,"another peek",2 +205981,"meager",1 +40590,"'s too slowly",2 +37277,"stand out",3 +57039,"skittish",2 +166758,"no apparent joy",1 +200373,"halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it ,",1 +139140,"wake up in the morning",2 +129164,"of this imagery as the movie 's set",2 +224674,"Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita ''",2 +215290,"the otherwise calculated artifice that defines and overwhelms the film 's production design",1 +177331,"us miss Wilde 's still-contemporary play",2 +29187,"as entranced and appalled by an Asian film since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",2 +226692,"This off-putting French romantic comedy",1 +154822,"be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments",1 +137225,"through this one",2 +124117,"is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks",2 +135507,"the high-buffed gloss and",2 +105711,"Everybody loves a David and Goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from David 's point of view .",3 +185850,"Loaf explodes",2 +140167,"with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them",2 +122791,"immersed",3 +49336,"as the screenplay",2 +29086,"are thrilling",2 +148941,"Sunshine State surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology . But the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .",2 +81112,"gives the neighborhood -- scenery , vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big , tender hug .",3 +118292,"director Randall Wallace 's flag-waving war flick",2 +112040,"a good noir",3 +125797,"laughed at",3 +177163,"unemotional spectacle",2 +63318,"A reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , Spielberg knows how to tell us about people .",4 +140406,"work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater",2 +28254,"always easy to look at",3 +113950,"an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises",2 +56674,"rural French school life",2 +71166,"Your",2 +95233,"the boom-bam crowd",2 +184940,"Initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and",1 +110563,"This thing is just garbage .",0 +234052,"near-masterpiece",4 +73042,"absolute delight",3 +20017,"as usual",2 +219417,"whose charms are immediately apparent",4 +142135,", dares , injuries , etc",2 +237827,"to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort",3 +12591,"turning",2 +81449,"guilty pleasure",2 +183041,"Certainly beautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic .",2 +142393,", pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",2 +177518,"visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments",2 +224533,"Kids who are into this Thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven .",3 +172927,"that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock",1 +133127,"splashed",2 +44076,"A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you",3 +159324,"football field-sized Oriental rug",2 +213567,"that appeals to me",3 +138190,"topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights",1 +17609,"the overpraised Elizabeth",1 +40471,"you will quickly recognize him .",2 +236212,"sweet , honest , and enjoyable comedy-drama",4 +13690,"-LRB- A -RRB-",2 +20952,"interesting to hear from the other side",2 +174869,"the tedium",1 +48622,"achieving some honest insight into relationships",3 +208811,"other recent efforts",2 +120970,"general family chaos to which anyone can relate",3 +189192,"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 .",1 +152259,"a preschooler 's fancy",2 +49012,"anarchic",2 +148151,"Preposterous and tedious",0 +127598,"movies years ago",2 +184916,"In the spirit of the season",3 +212948,"supposed to be an attempt at hardass American",2 +199501,"fresh , sometimes funny ,",3 +161336,"his titular advice",2 +15558,"diverted",2 +237949,"to serve than silly fluff",2 +68914,"South London housing project",2 +10293,"schmaltzy and",2 +111675,"a comedy , a romance , a fairy tale , or a drama",2 +136703,"themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent",1 +66560,"It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and",1 +165848,"mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit",2 +112368,"a movie full of grace",4 +236142,"suggesting that with his fourth feature",2 +98063,"to fly",2 +96017,"the least bit",2 +92462,"sharply comic and",3 +127593,"movies had more to do with imagination than market research",2 +114225,"and cell phones",2 +128623,"of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",3 +235135,"put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",2 +87066,"message to tell",2 +102388,", and of the thousands thereafter",3 +9766,"poetry in motion captured on film . while it can be a bit repetitive ,",3 +195755,"clever angle ! Wow",3 +144465,"Chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum",1 +56927,"short ,",2 +19215,"Remarkably accessible and affecting .",4 +121124,"girlish",2 +52183,"going ,",2 +88609,"of grief and how truth-telling",2 +57963,"the French-produced '' Read My Lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .",3 +156402,"close to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation",2 +153488,"an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum",1 +87184,"modest , crowd-pleasing goals",4 +217728,"trademark misogyny",1 +117273,"comic parody and pulp melodrama ,",2 +204981,"like Jimmy 's routines",3 +213455,"than when I had entered",2 +117520,"cool distance",2 +208566,"one battle followed by killer CGI effects",3 +186829,"Queen Of The Damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle .",1 +125565,"keep your eyes open amid all the blood",2 +9883,"proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent",1 +157540,"disappointingly thin slice",1 +29264,"assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation",3 +57418,"string together",2 +39071,"thwart the world 's misery with blind good will",3 +55081,"no means a slam-dunk and",1 +238015,"to use a watercolor background since `` Dumbo ''",2 +17771,"through the story , with charming results",4 +171091,"similar kidnappings",2 +159938,"generic villains",1 +17664,"the temper",2 +181919,"A prolonged extrusion of psychopathic pulp",0 +58160,"the consequences of words",2 +210076,"rape and suspected murder",3 +25162,"Donovan",2 +218766,"was once a guarantee of something",2 +89369,"on a little longer",2 +7417,"in certain places",2 +196832,"designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe",1 +40218,"with humor and a few fanciful touches",3 +38581,"the prophetic book",2 +149619,"The movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .",0 +146080,"I just did n't care as much for the story",1 +211224,"sense-spinning",3 +113841,"amused and entertained by the unfolding of Bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and",3 +44415,"Although fairly involving as far as it goes",3 +164420,"kids ' TV",3 +219222,"where uptight , middle class bores like Antonia can feel good about themselves",1 +188551,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired . Pair that with really poor comedic writing ...",0 +234230,"object to the description `` unelected ''",2 +67611,"More intimate",3 +206372,"more elves and snow and",1 +81202,"going to a house party and",2 +136611,"the world of our making",2 +90883,"pulpy concept",1 +156754,"constitutes cruelty to canines",2 +46413,"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",1 +106888,"It 's like Rocky and Bullwinkle on Speed",2 +137079,"this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the",2 +2656,"the most offensive",0 +61080,"'s hard to resist his enthusiasm",4 +103340,"72 minutes",2 +71559,"a director many viewers",2 +174200,"the latrine",1 +13913,"British flick",2 +25770,"It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb .",4 +231903,"if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible",2 +31857,"fresh romantic comedy",4 +49882,"bucked",2 +45576,"I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration",2 +83411,"insinuating , for example , that in Hollywood , only God speaks to the press",2 +186703,"Planet documentary series",2 +76854,"coast",2 +85043,"it has some problems .",1 +224299,"It forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and",1 +148726,"Some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations .",1 +112937,"a tribute to the power of women to heal",3 +222038,"A little melodramatic , but with enough hope to keep you engaged .",3 +125837,"leader",2 +143737,"An incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been .",0 +18660,"An impressive debut",4 +112106,"a heck of a ride . Samuel L",3 +199340,"for the greatness",3 +187499,"Spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .",1 +29706,"both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love",2 +85335,"its own aloof",2 +51078,"easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",2 +104646,"Battlefield Earth and",2 +64053,"Arnie",2 +59186,"to be liberating",3 +18365,", before he continues his longer journey still ahead",2 +115145,"at a particularly dark moment in history",2 +4951,"attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight",0 +55580,"of the huge economic changes sweeping modern China",2 +117744,"crude film",0 +22549,"to shake",2 +124999,"it is a good and ambitious film . And",3 +40879,"Edited and",2 +160641,"has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit",1 +79029,"enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis",2 +79316,"ever-watchful",3 +28712,"and most other",2 +145462,"Formula 51",2 +51079,"easily forgotten",1 +37050,"smartly nuanced performance",3 +18847,"Elling , portrayed with quiet fastidiousness by Per Christian Ellefsen ,",3 +216732,"time and energy",2 +196951,"digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy",2 +40269,"with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends",4 +67328,"Lucia",2 +43876,"1 to 10",2 +39772,"very much in the mold of feel-good movies",3 +217787,"tries to be ethereal",2 +225422,"Pay Nine Bucks for This : Because you can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected",2 +432,"appetite",2 +157353,"detached , uninvolving ,",1 +187646,"Sweet gentle Jesus",3 +203693,"is wholly unconvincing",1 +65311,"Enjoyably",3 +72093,"a pan-American movie",2 +138741,"unmistakable stamp",2 +205492,"low-brow humor",1 +118450,"do n't even care that there 's no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible !",1 +128638,"of empathy for its characters",3 +195782,"cliches that the talented cast generally",2 +219930,"woe-is-me",1 +86114,"likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies",3 +202641,"is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality",1 +124400,"is one of the greatest date movies in years",4 +180606,", diverting and modest",2 +141983,", I Spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .",2 +40681,"A pleasant enough movie ,",3 +188371,"The most surprising thing about this film",3 +106901,"It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but",3 +169726,"real contenders arrive in September",2 +215876,"the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes",1 +65840,"Graham Greene 's novel of colonialism and empire",2 +166848,"no palpable chemistry",1 +137974,"to their cause",2 +185901,"Lucy 's",2 +178864,"would be hard to think of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",1 +162938,"is impossible to explain without blowing whatever tension there is , although it 's more comedy than suspense De Palma creates .",2 +97481,"this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",3 +68913,"Sorvino is delightful in the central role . She nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit .",4 +124855,"it 's not that funny",1 +166781,"no entry portal",2 +30010,"can sustain the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",3 +64851,"Craig Bartlett and director Tuck Tucker",2 +107377,"Lampoon film",2 +150077,"There 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting",1 +213494,"that 's something I would rather live in denial about",1 +14995,"and a story",2 +71306,"a bit of a phony relationship",1 +9414,"of would-be characters",1 +181849,"A movie that feels",2 +94658,"that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati",3 +26889,"The reason",2 +41346,"This warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies ,",4 +238325,"very ugly , very fast",0 +140629,"y la cinta lo comprueba",3 +23997,", wildlife",2 +22995,"'ll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",2 +67499,"Me no lika da accents so good , but I thoroughly enjoyed the love story",3 +155584,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly",1 +84596,"is severely",2 +151785,"a fuzzy huggy",2 +63881,"An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race",4 +231618,"he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni 's Ellie",2 +165585,"makes its stupidity more than obvious .",1 +204333,"its sudsy",2 +230874,"flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong",0 +45035,"Definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with .",2 +98343,"to the French coming-of-age genre",2 +56445,"reconciled",2 +78100,"devious",2 +105323,"Davis '",2 +75331,"be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all",3 +109387,"That regurgitates and waters",1 +108652,"Rob Schneider in a young woman 's clothes",2 +221024,"'s worth the concentration .",3 +163874,"it move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia ? No . And that is where Ararat went astray",2 +41229,"Sundance ,",2 +89024,"of the greatest films",4 +126052,"like a giant commercial for Universal Studios , where much of the action takes place .",2 +155568,"bummer",2 +40710,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense",4 +196378,"crash-and-bash action",3 +182087,"A waterlogged version of ` Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ...",1 +53874,"it ultimately delivers",3 +146114,"I saw a theater full of people constantly checking their watches",0 +118318,"disaster flick",1 +72168,"a predictable connect-the-dots course",1 +142575,", this one feels like an impostor .",1 +164093,"its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate",2 +49202,"are tossed out the window with the intelligent French drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son",3 +238676,"while that is a cliche",1 +14832,"a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges",2 +79250,"even more",2 +15747,"fascinating and playful",3 +98317,"to stand-up",2 +235412,"rush right out and see it",4 +221009,"'s too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge",1 +121232,"go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches",3 +43059,"& J sandwich",2 +94055,"sword fighting",2 +142942,"90-minute movie",2 +75162,"banales",2 +84301,"is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats the world has to offer .",4 +44002,"A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France :",3 +179645,"'s at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness",2 +77124,"comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt .",3 +120084,"final reel",2 +176372,"to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",1 +192951,"anyone who values the original comic books",2 +171330,"smacks of purely commercial motivation , with no great love for the original .",1 +116337,"but quietly effective",3 +137091,"this working woman",2 +48255,"a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture",2 +211383,"shave ice without the topping",1 +178352,"will be to this supposedly evenhanded presentation",2 +131991,"seems a bit on the skinny side",1 +200935,"he is",2 +172719,"than a mildly engaging central romance , Hospital",2 +214502,"the entire family and",2 +208774,"or worth rooting against , for that matter )",2 +88486,"of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",3 +44927,"Cinema Paradiso will find the new scenes interesting",3 +209983,"quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand",2 +28685,"and its spirit",2 +213989,"the 19th-century ones",2 +68741,"She may not be real , but the laughs are",3 +162539,"is 100 % missing here",1 +67710,"Much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever .",3 +170223,"rowdy participants",3 +133520,"subtitles and",2 +91285,"recent movie",2 +184035,"Freeman ca n't save it",1 +152248,"a postcard",2 +70733,"Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin",3 +227384,"` Unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .",1 +191227,"a riot-control projectile",2 +16754,"of laughs",3 +100626,"with such sensitivity",3 +123163,"in the middle , the film compels , as Demme experiments",3 +162531,"is , regrettably ,",1 +173817,"the entire production",2 +124338,"is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery",2 +78854,"eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic",3 +140396,"woodland stream",2 +211468,"should appeal to women",3 +183828,"Fabulous",4 +228276,"about Wannabes , which was written by Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",2 +90896,"punctuated by flying guts .",2 +154396,"at several key junctures",2 +192700,"and Juliet/West Side Story territory",2 +164515,"lack thereof",2 +92541,"shorter than the first ( as best I remember ) , but still",2 +184343,"Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .",0 +111656,"a clue",2 +70123,"There are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs . the big guys .",3 +55573,"of the gates",2 +238764,"will become a classic , but forgive me if I 've come to expect more from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",2 +98871,"typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate French coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",3 +92973,"so much gelati",2 +92196,"seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity",1 +12902,"we never really",2 +98072,"to fulfill its own ambitious goals",3 +10339,"seemingly irreconcilable",1 +202766,"is as predictable as the tides",1 +50609,"daily",2 +204073,"it were a person",2 +203700,"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision , but that vision is beginning to feel , if not morally bankrupt , at least terribly monotonous",1 +31627,"filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .",3 +24222,"45-minute",2 +55652,"of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back",2 +206056,"merely bad",1 +69047,"Sum '' is Jack Ryan 's '' do-over . '' Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . Especially give credit to Affleck .",4 +125438,"jackass : the movie",2 +114291,"and well-made entertainment",4 +97626,"thought .",2 +224651,"Look at this",2 +99917,"whatever your orientation .",2 +140698,"you 've been to the movies",2 +12835,"wanted",2 +15903,"good dialogue",3 +17659,"the special effects are",2 +30623,"decisions",2 +151817,"a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people",4 +135793,"the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay",0 +95091,"the ` qatsi ' trilogy",2 +34148,"little gem",4 +211116,"seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested",1 +133551,"succumbing to sentimentality",1 +101438,"'re desperate for the evening to end",1 +127858,"neither is it as smart",1 +70886,"While dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors Dean Deblois and Chris Sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .",3 +197581,"due out on video before month 's end",2 +153322,"an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies",3 +120816,"full of unhappy",1 +206590,"mourning",2 +155803,"by the time Christmas really rolls around",2 +209110,"pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now",2 +59553,"truly informed by the wireless",2 +3896,"a juicy",3 +20283,"composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",2 +65176,"Doyle",2 +153958,"are the big problems",1 +107620,"Marquis de Sade set",2 +23107,"'s best in more than a decade",4 +203520,"is that it goes nowhere",1 +170835,"share little screen time and even less chemistry .",1 +23588,", earnest , intimate film",3 +17894,"try to take their relationships into deeper waters",2 +170973,"should have to sit through The Master of Disguise .",2 +210414,"repeated at least four times",1 +196277,"could have -- should have -- been allowed",1 +33814,"its own conceit",1 +79714,"fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten",2 +21616,"on itself",2 +111980,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations",3 +124922,"it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored",3 +197996,"erotic thriller Unfaithful",2 +115467,"be as entertaining as it is",2 +130341,"plot moments",2 +232485,"is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .",1 +76915,"combustion",2 +197609,"dumb but",2 +75419,"become comic relief in any other film",2 +107738,"Michel Piccoli 's",2 +74626,"as an abstract Frank Tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career",3 +224973,"Mr. Scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision",3 +79487,"expository",2 +175091,"their famous dad ,",2 +195544,"cello",2 +85134,"it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion",3 +182352,"An amalgam of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension .",2 +209431,"plot conceptions",2 +85130,"it should be done cinematically",3 +236240,"takes place in Pasadena , `` a city where people still read",3 +219314,"whistle",2 +152564,"a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and",2 +17533,"the familiar story",2 +20167,"but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",4 +22756,"what to praise first",3 +108458,"Possibly",2 +85788,"latest vehicle",2 +40542,"'re not sure",1 +96329,"the ownership and redefinition",2 +97729,"throw",2 +163005,"is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .",0 +55908,"own twist",2 +140967,"'d merely",2 +220606,"'m behaving like an idiot !",1 +238646,"when you do n't want to use your brain",2 +37257,"sprawling swashbuckler",3 +89224,"off as",2 +148987,"TV veteran Joe Zwick",2 +230958,"for viewers who were in diapers when the original was released in 1987",2 +94183,"taking the sometimes improbable story and making it",2 +91228,"really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages",4 +176251,"to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived",1 +227051,"What happened with Pluto Nash ?",1 +154482,"average comedic dateflick",2 +57768,"that delivers a surprising",3 +142853,"117",2 +78803,"elegance and maturity",3 +52872,"in Igby",2 +179257,"! Alas",2 +172360,"surprising less moldy and trite than the last two ,",2 +48603,"accessible and funny",3 +13780,"A masterful film",4 +197478,"drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe 's misunderstanding of Marivaux 's rhythms , and Mira Sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress",0 +14783,"a mild headache",1 +29230,"as the plot",2 +125049,"it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today",3 +183989,"For the future",2 +211093,"seems more tacky and reprehensible",1 +107447,"Like The Rugrats movies , The Wild Thornberrys Movie does n't offer much more than the series , but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome .",3 +123912,"is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler",3 +117541,"corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago",2 +109953,"The misery of these people",1 +184263,"Halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles . It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could",1 +207586,"of a young woman 's breakdown , the film",2 +225733,"Sept.",2 +210804,"saved only by its winged assailants .",2 +96763,"the stories work",2 +148090,"Philip K . Dick",2 +230601,"even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick",2 +86764,"manically generous Christmas",2 +26596,"Smith 's",2 +214091,"the ` plex",2 +824,"dissection",2 +215760,"the theater watching this one",2 +172325,"superficial snapshot",1 +159478,"for the back row",2 +183256,"DOA dud from frame one",0 +137512,"to cram too many ingredients into one small pot",1 +66109,"I 'm all for that",3 +229627,"called `` Jar-Jar Binks : The Movie",1 +58727,"the smarter ,",3 +223349,"Feeble comedy",1 +56516,"remarkable performance",4 +131446,"rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son",2 +109698,"The direction , by George Hickenlooper",2 +66723,"It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point",3 +180029,"'s the kind of movie that , aside from Robert Altman , Spike Lee , the Coen Brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .",4 +171303,"slots",2 +237972,"to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",3 +30613,"dear .",2 +4164,"a successful adaptation",3 +202163,"incongruous summer playoff",1 +55102,"noir to life",2 +77853,"defiance over social dictates",2 +235277,"regards Reign of Fire with awe",3 +203965,"it makes you feel like a chump",1 +142905,"40 years of cinematic history",2 +88604,"of golf",2 +11350,"the fantastic kathy bates turns up",3 +108860,"Sets",2 +27291,"You 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged",4 +187500,"Spirit is a visual treat",4 +103978,"A violent initiation rite for the audience",2 +98242,"to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history",3 +198034,"essentially ruined -- or ,",1 +143485,"Academy series",2 +143169,"A living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .",1 +3520,"86 minutes too long",0 +221830,"... quite endearing .",3 +174778,"the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",2 +237146,"the picture making becalmed",2 +151601,"a desperate miscalculation",1 +82385,"hitting the audience",2 +48012,"a fascinating little tale",3 +170762,"set new standards for thrills , suspense ,",3 +14056,"Gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes",2 +47792,"` vain ' Jia",2 +72888,"able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",3 +55643,"of two things",2 +177750,"watching this film nearly provoked me to take my own life . And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might",0 +5712,"consistently",2 +45570,"I found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .",3 +207211,"not smart or barbed enough for older viewers",1 +60618,"your typical junkie opera",1 +108044,"North or South Vietnamese",3 +191957,"actually shocked",2 +65329,"Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ...",4 +139660,"which never reach satisfying conclusions",1 +121535,"had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",3 +42954,"uses humour",3 +66555,"It 's fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom .",3 +216026,"their own Caddyshack",2 +202622,"is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while Banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",0 +210681,"running on empty , repeating what he 's already done way too often",1 +55964,"peculiar and always entertaining",4 +136944,"this fresh .",3 +62808,"A breezy blend",3 +175986,"to being Amoses and Andys for a new generation",2 +213026,"sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness",3 +161421,"hora",2 +20149,"brutal and strangely soulful movie",4 +196968,"dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time",1 +226812,"Triple X is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude",3 +29974,"calls and double-crosses",1 +201464,"hurts",1 +222181,"Ace Ventura",2 +33287,"is absorbing as well as thought-provoking .",3 +231485,"has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house",2 +31546,"feature director",2 +75009,"at times sublime ,",2 +84835,"is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in America",3 +211106,"seems to be coasting . There are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .",2 +224561,"Laissez-passer '' )",2 +120161,"first and last look",2 +221803,"... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .",1 +131751,"savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed",1 +1295,"in the lead",3 +173453,"the acting ranges from bad to bodacious",1 +55112,"none of them have any relation to the other",2 +120200,"fixating",3 +128406,"of ` Love Story , ' with Ali MacGraw 's profanities",2 +59386,"to the form",2 +204967,"like Antonia",2 +25637,"I wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes , that 's enough",2 +184754,"II-Birkenau",2 +104524,"As warm as it is wise , deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated .",4 +32574,"his point",2 +119938,"feels uncomfortably real , its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority",3 +194762,"boat loads",2 +18095,"with a welcome pinch of tartness",4 +110054,"The only thing that distinguishes a Randall Wallace film from any other",2 +113013,"a welcome , if downbeat , missive",3 +78457,"does n't need it",2 +181668,"A few early laughs scattered around a plot",2 +89601,"one of the best gay love stories",4 +124139,"is in the details",2 +212077,"some blondes",2 +138187,"topless",2 +29649,"bluntly",2 +26407,"Quite funny for the type of movie it is ...",3 +198072,"even as they are being framed in conversation",2 +238181,"unassuming , subordinate",1 +11332,"the entirety",3 +55470,"of our times",2 +129390,"on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",4 +13881,"Beanie",2 +94573,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers ,",3 +232707,"is poised for titillation , raw insight or both .",3 +13042,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor ,",3 +64820,"Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs --",3 +39193,"to get out",2 +187867,"The Shipping News before it",2 +9893,"psychologically rich and suspenseful",3 +192684,"anciently demanding métier",2 +162879,"is falling flat",1 +231924,"impossible to look away",4 +52558,"her body language to bring us Morvern 's soul",2 +108049,"Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers -- it 's a spirited film and a must-see .",3 +12334,"to come to the point",2 +158292,"enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",3 +150396,"To say Analyze That is De Niro 's best film since Meet the Parents sums up the sad state of his recent career .",2 +188016,"The characters are interesting and the relationship between Yosuke and Saeko is worth watching as it develops",3 +107468,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",1 +13310,"wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene",0 +33423,"is n't as gory or explicit",2 +85674,"kinetically-charged",2 +105515,"Don",3 +225748,"Shadyac shoots his film like an M. Night Shyamalan movie , and",2 +153826,"are engaged in a romance",2 +15285,"both sides",2 +22608,"truly singular",2 +23352,", a jaded critic smacks into something truly new .",3 +26112,"Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",2 +154973,"been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging",2 +196174,"continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0 +23365,", adroitly , and without fuss : it does n't give you time",2 +100052,"who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor",2 +78454,"does n't make for completely empty entertainment",2 +191864,"acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation",3 +159879,"gal-pal",2 +93815,"sucks",0 +188478,"The nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .",0 +160539,"haranguing the wife",2 +5299,"broadway 's the lion king and the film titus",2 +7813,"is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .",2 +108009,"No better or worse than ` Truth or Consequences , N . M . ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic Mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a Western backwater .",1 +225616,"Rewarding .",3 +207793,"of idea work",2 +186210,"Mr . Drew Barrymore",2 +198507,"familiar and predictable ,",1 +171806,"spit out",1 +90587,"preaching message",1 +87114,"mildly enjoyable",3 +45161,"Esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .",3 +80787,"funny , harmless",3 +166256,"more than a few faces",2 +23252,"( Witherspoon 's ) charisma",3 +223445,"Fun and nimble .",4 +218252,"unromantic",1 +215008,"the marks of a septuagenarian",2 +168049,"on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative",2 +53342,"is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival",3 +167866,"of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree",3 +208999,"own work",2 +113643,"all the filmmakers",2 +190684,"a great hook",2 +70667,"Wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .",3 +171290,"slightly less so second quarter , and average second half",1 +170876,"shimmering and",2 +213387,"than his",2 +117026,"classical dramatic animated feature",3 +97483,"this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history",1 +32241,"hallucinations",2 +92237,"self-deprecating comedy",3 +9979,"rabbits . brimful . but like most",2 +31599,"fights",1 +30313,"complications",1 +193109,"are little more than routine .",2 +238186,"uncharismatically",1 +52385,"has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate\/surf culture , the L . A . beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",3 +38294,"the grim situation",1 +105003,"Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness ...",2 +188337,"The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . ' Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard .",0 +55158,"o filme mergulha o espectador em um clima de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",3 +108129,"Oh , James ! Your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , Madonna 's cameo does n't suck !",2 +161798,"in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",1 +138119,"too loud and",1 +171454,"so much bad",2 +136577,"the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",1 +23111,"'s both saucy and endearing",4 +108065,"Not only are the film 's Sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .",0 +108107,"Off the Hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director Adam Watstein with finishing it at all .",1 +53513,"is light and fun",4 +106222,"Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .",1 +35460,"of the gross-out contests",2 +99775,"welcome and heartwarming",3 +14270,"McFarlane 's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films",3 +144589,"Consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept .",1 +172733,"than an infomercial",2 +88727,"of life and beauty",2 +173804,"the ending credits and",2 +107179,"Jeremy",2 +157399,"did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",1 +131998,"seems aware of his own coolness",3 +29297,"at once flaky and resonant , lightweight and bizarrely original",3 +742,"create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",4 +102562,", hilarious",3 +60692,"'d watch these two together again in a New York minute",3 +173268,"that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",1 +207227,"not without cheesy fun factor",3 +62242,", subjective filmmaking",2 +74041,"and nonfiction film",2 +77113,"complex than your average film",3 +69827,"The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .",4 +86666,"makes up for in heart .",3 +202876,"is engaged",3 +100540,"with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",3 +46492,"Paul Bettany playing Malcolm McDowell ? Cool",4 +156335,"clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go ,",1 +182103,"A wishy-washy melodramatic movie",1 +193955,"bad trip",1 +112648,"a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .",0 +77247,"consistently free",2 +185511,"Jordan Brady 's direction",2 +22261,"the discord",1 +208644,"one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin -",3 +120033,"filling the screen",3 +47036,"The film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .",4 +7075,"heaven allows '' and '' imitation of life '' transcends them . simply",3 +36735,"seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",3 +163139,"is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .",2 +55353,"of fascinating issues",3 +33058,"inherent in the contacts between the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests",2 +97863,"to a small star with big heart",3 +97539,"this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work",1 +54322,"logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness",2 +115738,"been overexposed",2 +5705,"connections",2 +69787,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile",3 +148836,"Stars",2 +24792,"Barney",2 +33856,"its soccer action and its fine acting",4 +41359,"Two generations within one family test boundaries in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama",3 +191761,"about ordinary folk a bad name",2 +31795,"for the family , amusing and cute for both adults and kids .",4 +132674,"smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .",2 +48494,"a whit more",2 +217186,"to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",2 +222079,"A semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",0 +47179,"The movie is well done , but slow .",1 +84113,"is darkly",2 +195656,"chest hair",2 +156364,"cliched and contrived",1 +55136,"nothing outstanding about this film",1 +193297,"artistic merits",3 +161384,"hold no more surprise",1 +235334,"rendered tedious by Avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest",0 +177201,"unimpressive",1 +214433,"the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",3 +126604,"make ` Cherish '",2 +233152,"its lack of empathy",1 +86271,"look easy",3 +107859,"Mr . Soderbergh 's direction and visual style",2 +212989,"surprisingly similar",1 +121281,"gone for broke",2 +199976,"gives way",2 +161603,"if you 're in need of a Cube fix",2 +88347,"of a plunge",2 +86455,"made available to American workers",2 +8297,"kid",2 +20998,"is a truly singular character , one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone .",2 +151908,"a joke about Hawn 's breasts",2 +215744,"the target of something",2 +27938,"a visual treat",4 +119178,"ensures the film never feels draggy .",3 +141302,"'s driven by ambition and",3 +58223,"the director 's talent",3 +92002,"score points for political correctness",3 +212955,"supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",2 +19105,"Most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .",4 +59743,"unspool",2 +88702,"of its slender",2 +236945,"the gags are puerile .",0 +169592,"racy subject matter",2 +17837,"to take their relationships into deeper waters",2 +124427,"is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",1 +117030,"classification",2 +194654,"bigger setpieces",2 +42258,"keep their hopes alive",3 +129886,"overstating",1 +17427,"that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie",2 +43335,"'s sure",2 +12523,"tosca",2 +53014,"in the second half",2 +28269,"amazing and incendiary movie",4 +64378,"Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one ,",2 +48864,"an American tragedy",1 +125231,"its director 's cut glory",3 +19614,"a vastness",2 +166994,"not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street '",2 +1144,"happiness was",2 +63887,"An escapist confection that 's pure entertainment .",4 +145540,"Generic slasher-movie nonsense",0 +20894,"in an institution",2 +135784,"the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies",3 +21556,"of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",2 +171639,"something about it",2 +166362,"mostly routine",1 +14284,"More",2 +78745,"economic fringes",2 +217515,"to watch him sing the lyrics to '' Tonight",2 +109833,"The film sometimes flags",3 +65001,"Dench who really steals the show",4 +172415,"sweep U . S . viewers",3 +210088,"ratchets up the stirring soundtrack , throws in a fish-out-of-water gag and lets the cliched dialogue rip . Or else a doggie winks .",1 +60790,"'s a beautiful film , full of elaborate and twisted characters",3 +135602,"the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 +238117,"tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip",0 +181131,", with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .",1 +153126,"all the excitement of eating oatmeal",1 +203390,"is shallow , offensive and redundant ,",0 +130092,"peevish",1 +162509,"irritatingly",1 +148968,"Swimfan 's existence",2 +192139,"all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King .",2 +9256,"of droll whimsy",2 +212312,"spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .",1 +184210,"Gorgeous to look at but",3 +124705,"is the superficial way it deals with its story .",2 +86367,"love in remembrance",4 +14487,"The Rock is destined to be the 21st Century 's new '' Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .",4 +87285,"more mainstream audience",2 +49043,"and film genres",2 +218471,"very hard",2 +135674,"the lousy Tarantino imitations",1 +53000,"in the lurid topic",2 +103546,"A farce",1 +128018,"no other film",2 +13046,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s . goyer is much sillier .",2 +93407,"stalker thriller",2 +68834,"Slow and ponderous , but Rohmer 's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and Christian love in the face of political corruption .",3 +22669,"uses an old-time formula",2 +82986,"in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings",4 +150892,"When the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you 're in trouble .",1 +153022,"airhead",1 +120991,"genial romance",3 +194910,"brain-deadening hangover",2 +174495,"the painted backdrops in a movie",2 +181299,"... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .",2 +75833,"both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in",3 +224840,"Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle .",2 +99361,"very old-school kind",2 +91478,"reminded me of Terry Gilliam 's rudimentary old Monty Python cartoons , in which he would cut out figures from drawings and photographs and paste them together .",2 +236513,"that one step further",2 +24285,"A candid and often fascinating documentary about a Pentecostal church in Dallas that assembles an elaborate haunted house each year to scare",4 +134723,"the Lifetime network",2 +214934,"the lazy material",0 +81310,"grace and",2 +45289,"Four Feathers",2 +73449,"all the stomach-turning violence ,",2 +8253,"just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",1 +110708,"Too clever by about nine-tenths .",3 +158581,"exactly where",2 +148418,"Schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character",1 +228293,"about early rap records ( Sugar Hill Gang , etc. )",2 +233449,"like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .",1 +175255,"thick as the cigarette smoke",1 +138136,"too much syrup and",2 +22913,"you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't",1 +71562,"a dish that 's best served cold",2 +82232,"his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle",2 +188194,"The film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .",1 +139754,"who has been there squirm with recognition",2 +237312,"the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 +26697,"Tautou remains captivating throughout Michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .",3 +161492,"how to suffer ' and",2 +218076,"unchanged dullard",1 +110429,"This cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story",1 +161965,"in situations that are n't funny",1 +218492,"very shapable but largely unfulfilling",1 +166359,"mostly inoffensive .",2 +169835,"recycles Murphy",2 +228531,"an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up",2 +95484,"the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history",3 +231418,"has become so buzz-obsessed that fans and producers descend upon Utah each January to ferret out The Next Great Thing .",2 +237313,"the viewer to totally suspend disbelief",2 +82341,"his ultimately losing cause",2 +36108,"potentially forgettable formula",1 +56225,"prove recommendation enough",2 +26079,"Michel Piccoli",2 +173994,"the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the '' other side of the story",2 +221693,", you 're entirely unprepared .",1 +113295,"achingly real",2 +132,"a clash",1 +8315,"know how to handle it",2 +74504,"art and commerce",3 +2977,"too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like",2 +34068,"lighthearted , feel-good film",3 +91287,"recent predecessor",2 +75910,"break through the wall her character erects",2 +42861,"the sort of delicate , articulate character -",3 +10258,"satirical",2 +211273,"serves as auto-critique",2 +12886,"watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .",4 +179529,"'s a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni .",3 +177715,"watch a solid tale",3 +27070,"Tonight",2 +144660,"Criminal",1 +183699,"Entertainment more disposable than Hanna-Barbera 's half-hour cartoons",1 +169118,"possibly the weakest movie ( Woody Allen )",0 +232512,"is just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics",2 +182667,"Aussie David Caesar channels the not-quite-dead career of Guy Ritchie .",1 +134954,"the bucks to expend the full price for a date",2 +173000,"that even its target audience talked all the way through it .",1 +117961,"defiantly retro chord",2 +130551,"premisa",2 +4556,"amazingly lame .",0 +29675,"both ,",2 +208163,"of the worst movies of the year",0 +59487,"traces",2 +650,"but",2 +195773,"cliche-ridden film",0 +222369,"And neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .",1 +146287,"In a word -- yes",2 +185153,"It 's neither as sappy as Big Daddy nor as anarchic as Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy , but",2 +227540,"`` Mr. Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",3 +231032,"from movie comedies",2 +235616,"serious issues ''",2 +173781,"the eager consumers",2 +226418,"The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable",3 +220300,"you love it",3 +90051,"parent-child relationship",2 +82644,"if trying to grab a lump of Play-Doh , the harder that Liman tries to squeeze his story",2 +41296,"The story wraps back around on itself in the kind of elegant symmetry that 's rare in film today , but be warned :",4 +58394,"the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation",3 +14770,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes make Just a Kiss seem minty fresh .",4 +16597,"most famous author",3 +238838,"with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around",3 +177209,"unintentional laughs",2 +111875,"a fatal mistake",1 +26243,"Notorious C . H . O . has oodles of vulgar",2 +38858,"then the game is even more rigged than it was two centuries ago .",1 +33964,"la pena aprovechar",2 +15572,"documentary Mule Skinner Blues",2 +183050,"Chan .",2 +48728,"age .",2 +208788,"original and insightful",4 +146233,"If you 're not the target demographic",2 +18880,"Frailty",2 +43224,"'s brilliant",3 +204986,"like Pinocchio",3 +196013,"comin ' at ya --",2 +101869,"'s really just another Major League",1 +139896,"will break your heart many times over .",3 +46232,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .",4 +188592,"The project 's filmmakers",2 +228254,"a work of fiction inspired by real-life events",2 +238813,"willing to do this",2 +89178,"of unbridled greed and materalism",1 +32011,"gentle )",4 +113312,"acted but",2 +69504,"The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V . S . Naipaul 's novel",3 +175930,"to be compelling , but which Hoffman 's brilliance",3 +164073,"its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view",3 +139433,"weaves us into a complex web .",3 +949,"familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",1 +176683,"too repetitive",1 +47558,"Warren Report",2 +188250,"The gifted Crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself ,",3 +18540,"... a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .",3 +204759,"lazily",1 +139677,"while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying",3 +82524,"huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",3 +152878,"acting and direction",2 +53269,"is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( Evans ) had , lost , and got back .",3 +7913,"it apart",1 +93484,"steal a glimpse",2 +95820,"the giggles",3 +73488,"almost Dadaist proportions",2 +172650,"tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",1 +61049,"'s fun , wispy , wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom",3 +120542,"for whom she shows little understanding",1 +182178,"Adrift , Bentley and Hudson",1 +216334,"this Italian freakshow",1 +141796,"( Morgan ) , Judd and",2 +10895,"swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .",2 +141095,"'s a bargain-basement European pickup . What 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . Wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there",2 +123438,"inspired humour",3 +141498,"'s nothing here",2 +32087,"giving them private lessons",2 +170480,"script and uptight characters",1 +87911,"no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",1 +79433,"executed it takes your breath away .",4 +210299,"refused",3 +77482,"covers this territory with wit and originality ,",3 +142339,", low-budget and tired",1 +59580,"turns out to be another winning star vehicle",3 +147381,"Max Rothman 's future",2 +234572,"of the world 's best actors , Daniel Auteuil ,",3 +25689,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it 's not that , it 's the tension that keeps you in your seat .",3 +132118,"serenely",2 +33753,"its claws",2 +22386,"the year 's most thought-provoking film .",4 +140258,"with the fact",2 +176439,"to take",2 +87311,"more quick-witted than any English Lit",3 +219706,"with bodily functions",2 +171888,"stalk-and-slash",2 +103356,"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping",1 +9784,"pompous",0 +218566,"virulent and foul-natured",1 +46709,"Seinfeld 's return",2 +150126,"There is very little dread or apprehension , and though I like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill .",1 +176228,"to knock on that door",2 +197939,"entered the bizarre realm where director Adrian Lyne holds sway , where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical , oddly abstract , and excruciatingly literal",2 +149893,"The stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but",2 +231933,"in 1952",2 +39708,"upside down , first by passion and then",2 +236600,"that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",2 +11999,"the verge of either cracking up or throwing up",2 +142090,", at any rate ,",2 +112232,"a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham",3 +66519,"It 's all about Anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect .",4 +86436,"luvvies in raptures",2 +108437,"Poignant if familiar story of a young person",3 +69408,"The best way to describe it",2 +157477,"directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember",2 +163639,"it 's disastrous",0 +35412,"of spiritual guidance",3 +156318,"class ''",2 +65810,"Gong",2 +154318,"assert",1 +50524,"covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but",1 +181792,"A look at the",2 +188430,"The movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and",1 +226013,"Surprisingly insightful",3 +164812,"liberal cause",3 +28417,"an unusual opportunity to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality but also the haphazard administration of it and public misperception of how the whole thing works",2 +177939,"wetsuit",2 +230376,"does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism .",3 +73366,"akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material",1 +3679,"a commodified",2 +20719,"has an avalanche of eye-popping visual effects .",4 +215657,"the speculative effort",2 +219949,"woozy quality",1 +146630,"It 's too long , too repetitive , and takes way too many years to resolve to be a total winner .",2 +139819,"whose meaning and impact",2 +208710,"only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",1 +126920,"may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .",3 +37492,"supposedly",2 +30404,"conveying",2 +213030,"sustain laughs",3 +53083,"inject",2 +8130,"its scenes",2 +189913,"Yosuke",2 +153207,"already on cable",2 +58565,"the passion , creativity , and fearlessness",3 +119562,"explores the awful complications of one terrifying day",3 +123966,"is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",2 +235740,"significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration",0 +93156,"something just",2 +94427,"than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1 +183244,"Crush departs from the 4W formula",2 +171183,"six-time",2 +238545,"well paced and satisfying",4 +203721,"it 's a comedy",2 +118805,"dusty and",2 +84425,"is n't always coherent",1 +134324,"that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with",2 +33113,"interpretation",2 +66674,"It 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts Blue Crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies .",4 +173363,"the Escape From New York series",2 +182064,"A timid , soggy near miss .",1 +135497,"the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .",2 +59012,"this little $ 1",2 +11033,"thanks to great performances",4 +17656,"the snow games and lovable Siberian huskies -LRB- plus one sheep dog -RRB-",2 +235314,"remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt",1 +103307,"30 years",2 +138113,"too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed",1 +197239,"do them justice",2 +174861,"the talents of Robert Forster , Anne Meara , Eugene Levy , and Reginald VelJohnson",3 +158456,"even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit ,",3 +97853,"to a highway patrolman",2 +127368,"more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive",2 +54647,"masterfully calibrated psychological thriller",3 +121639,"harrowing and uplifting",3 +237380,"their teen ( or preteen ) kid",2 +90239,"perversely",1 +197317,"does n't have a captain .",2 +156025,"captured by their 1970s predecessors",2 +19211,"Reilly",2 +8702,"marvelous",4 +174651,"the ridicule factor",1 +149132,"The Piano Teacher is anything but fun .",1 +4718,"angry",1 +159388,"for an audience to focus on",2 +29913,"by all , especially those who are n't aware of",2 +30847,"disreputable",2 +25102,"Desperately",2 +94995,"the 30-year friendship between two English women",3 +177072,"un-bear-able",1 +60224,"will enjoy seeing how both evolve",3 +125515,"just one word for you -",2 +4087,"a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies",3 +236107,"subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",3 +124904,"it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",3 +187530,"Stains",1 +179565,"'s a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in The Animal -- is a slapdash mess .",0 +14383,"Queen Latifah",2 +160972,"he does is milk it with despondent eyes and whine that nobody treats him human enough",2 +108717,"Ryosuke",2 +207895,"of older movies",2 +192396,"amusedly",3 +150674,"WWF fan",3 +72705,"a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions",4 +35776,"or interludes",2 +235013,"portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite",3 +108862,"Seven Dwarfs",2 +5661,"comics",2 +138501,"ultimate losers",2 +92862,"small , personal film",3 +154655,"be a gift",3 +157027,"crossed with John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars",2 +102170,"( being ) in a shrugging mood",2 +24635,"An impressive if flawed effort that",3 +104938,"By the time you reach the finale",2 +160632,"has all the elements necessary",3 +59918,"wanes",1 +228811,"are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy",1 +190920,"a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle",2 +226077,"That 's pure PR hype .",1 +206570,"motivated more by a desire to match mortarboards with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting than by its own story .",1 +24070,"-- not a classic , but odd , entertaining and authentic",3 +195180,"by lottery drawing",2 +116600,"can in a thankless situation",2 +182403,"An exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as Katzenberg 's The Prince of Egypt from 1998 .",1 +62143,", overtly determined",2 +77894,"deliberately",2 +514,"at best",2 +168610,"packaged and sold back",1 +232936,"it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .",4 +119245,"equally derisive clunker",0 +48107,"a high",2 +204636,"lacking about everything",0 +214140,"the answer",2 +21490,"of a Chinese actor who takes up drugs and winds up in an institution --",2 +4202,"a thing",2 +109326,"Taken",2 +123885,"is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them , either",1 +231053,"from this studio than some 79-minute after-school `` cartoon ''",1 +53867,"it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories",1 +13735,"21st",2 +14184,"Its mysteries are transparently obvious",1 +83178,"in this case",2 +233640,"make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom",0 +224199,"It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex --",3 +60187,"wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair",3 +105013,"Catch-22",2 +153572,"and it is n't that funny",1 +54829,"more often than not",2 +73439,"all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving",2 +151666,"a fairly terrible movie",0 +54543,"makes Eight Legged Freaks",2 +36104,"potent allegorical",3 +202886,"is entirely too straight-faced to transcend its clever concept .",1 +14179,"It will delight newcomers to the story and those who know it from bygone days .",4 +12343,"to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright , poet and drinker",3 +185060,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",1 +97170,"their version",2 +226071,"That 's fun for kids of any age .",4 +971,"few",2 +93159,"something more beautiful than either of those films",3 +213140,"takes every potential laugh and stiletto-stomps the life out of it",0 +100452,"with an elegance and maturity",3 +53631,"is soaringly , transparently moving",3 +207166,"nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .",0 +32643,"hood rats butt their ugly heads",1 +104962,"Cagney",2 +90988,"quick and dirty",2 +73579,"ambitious film",3 +148240,"Rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next .",0 +102345,", Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .",2 +121051,"get on television",3 +127779,"nature and family warmth",3 +43687,", richly",2 +237182,"the reason to go see `` Blue Crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by David Hennings",4 +181205,"-- far more often than the warfare itself --",2 +105757,"FILM",2 +75652,"beyond Road Warrior",2 +84768,"is to frighten and disturb",1 +229173,"be dubbed hedonistic",2 +108230,"Oprahfication",1 +139315,"watching O Fantasma",2 +63149,"A lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .",4 +162727,"is almost beside the point .",2 +36530,"respectful of its past",3 +105695,"Ever",2 +191253,"a sad , soggy potboiler",0 +2911,"to a picture-perfect beach",4 +192906,"any money",2 +5439,"captured during the conceptual process",2 +168503,"over-the-top mix",1 +133203,"stance is admirable ,",3 +128286,"of B-movie imagination",2 +134467,"that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest",2 +120183,"fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",1 +193151,"are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .",2 +66765,"It must be in the genes",2 +131730,"sandbox",3 +173182,"that seems to have no goal and no urgency . It 's just filler",1 +111933,"a flick as its subject",2 +215961,"the year 's worst cinematic tragedies",0 +170355,"satanic business",2 +30564,"dainty psychological terror",2 +158310,"enough mindless",1 +80168,"flux",2 +187674,"Taken as a whole , The Tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot .",1 +116051,"blended satire",2 +83781,"is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .",3 +229120,"bargain-basement European pickup",1 +162860,"is directed by Wally Wolodarsky from a script by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge . These are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future",0 +163773,"it does well",3 +225634,"Robert DeNiro belt out `` When you 're a Jet",2 +100456,"with an intelligent , life-affirming script",4 +3986,"a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence",3 +110387,"There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series ,",2 +8753,"melodrama and silliness",2 +107581,"Made-Up",2 +26002,"Look",2 +5809,"crossover",2 +196074,"complex enough to hold our interest",3 +133675,"surprised to know",2 +146559,"It 's not original ,",1 +8277,"kathie",2 +90004,"packed with moments out of an Alice in Wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of TV 's Big Brother .",2 +38800,"theater feeling",3 +64779,"Conan the Barbarian",2 +158082,"early underground work",2 +97803,"title performance",3 +226802,"Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya",3 +139073,"viscerally exciting",4 +76715,"cinema 's capability",2 +181987,"A sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .",1 +146966,"Just one bad idea",0 +195165,"by frequent outbursts of violence and noise",2 +107800,"Moonlight Mile , better judgment be damned",2 +175749,"time bombs",1 +115399,"barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all ,",1 +171980,"sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations",1 +65253,"Eerily",2 +210330,"relatively short amount",2 +197429,"done-that",2 +69343,"The Powerpuff Girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .",3 +113330,"action and suspense",2 +191863,"accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0 +211531,"should stop trying to please his mom .",2 +52290,"grisly and",2 +129607,"one true ` Chan moment '",2 +161375,"hodgepodge",1 +225799,"Singer\/composer Bryan Adams contributes a slew of songs -- a few potential hits , a few more simply intrusive to the story -- but",2 +100659,"with the precision of the insurance actuary",3 +114451,"anybody who has ever seen an independent film",2 +42810,"the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children --",2 +58366,"the haphazardness of evil",1 +111095,"Whether or not Ram Dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , Fierce Grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .",3 +219024,"well-produced",4 +51692,"finally reveals his martial artistry",2 +169007,"plundered by similar works featuring the insight",1 +146767,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",0 +83444,"integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape",4 +151771,"a freebie",2 +229600,"by the sight of someone",2 +174390,"the nervy originality",3 +29950,"by the supposedly liberal media",2 +197668,"earnest emotional core",3 +116201,"bright , intelligent , and humanly funny film .",3 +53929,"its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas ,",2 +152707,"aboul ''",2 +118706,"dramedy",2 +50779,"depth and",2 +167006,"not warning anyone",2 +202248,"innate",2 +228073,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator --",1 +83193,"in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort",2 +100099,"who helped",2 +85879,"leaving you with some laughs and a smile",3 +233437,"like a strange route",2 +49721,"big , brassy ,",2 +210007,"quirky and taken with its own style",3 +165430,"made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker",0 +78040,"desolate",1 +175357,"this could be the worst thing Soderbergh has ever done .",0 +211215,"send it to Cranky . We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this",0 +191423,"a stultifying",2 +206157,"mild-mannered , been-there material given a pedestrian spin by a director who needed a touch of the flamboyant , the outrageous",2 +196960,"diminishing his stature",1 +32498,"highlights .",2 +201592,"if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",3 +101001,"wrong things",1 +109357,"Tchaikovsky soundtrack",3 +122172,"her small , intelligent eyes",3 +175914,"to be an effective horror film",2 +90718,"profesores",3 +30053,"cast and director Stephen Herek 's",2 +187662,"TUCK EVERLASTING is about .",2 +65568,"Fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching",3 +41164,"Ray Liotta and Jason Patric do some of their best work in their underwritten roles , but do n't be fooled : Nobody deserves any prizes here",2 +157985,"drive-ins",2 +49517,"be for much longer",2 +17353,"suffering",1 +14661,"a British flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yet just as determined to entertain you",3 +113407,"admit I walked out of Runteldat . I did go back and",2 +236118,"succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .",1 +128298,"of Candid Camera",3 +22432,"this crowd-pleaser 's fresh dialogue , energetic music , and good-natured spunk are often infectious .",4 +20954,"international dance and world music",2 +162036,"in the third of these",2 +16370,"its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride",2 +217430,"to the canon of Chan . Make Chan 's action sequences boring",1 +195924,"come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes",1 +68546,"Ryan 's '' do-over",2 +103331,"65 minutes",2 +25250,"Even if the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth , you gotta give director Roger Michell , best known for the superfluous Notting Hill , credit for trying .",2 +46231,"Mostly Martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see",3 +40801,"Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material ,",2 +59016,"this nervy oddity",2 +166968,"not only because of its bad-luck timing",1 +160604,"has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core",1 +169809,"recently said ,",2 +222925,"Chicago ''",2 +148236,"Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez",2 +146754,"It tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .",1 +129286,"offers copious hints",2 +148816,"Springsteen",2 +48512,"a work of incendiary genius ,",4 +88764,"of metaphorical readings",2 +96446,"the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice",2 +43845,". W . Griffith",2 +56681,"sadness",2 +136083,"the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",3 +144980,"Dreary",1 +109409,"The Benjamins that 's hard to resist",3 +33890,"jealousy and sacrifice",2 +44044,"A densely constructed , highly referential film , and",2 +231646,"he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",2 +20920,"in transition",2 +38149,"the editing",2 +140825,"you would n't be surprised if BA , Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van",2 +43411,"( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as '' All That Heaven Allows '' and '' Imitation of Life '' transcends them . Simply put",4 +22205,"that unexpected downer of an ending",0 +238003,"to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",3 +4856,"as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas",2 +153971,"are they like humans , only hairier",1 +119953,"felt when the movie ended so damned soon",2 +47656,"With each of her three protagonists , Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .",4 +101142,"you know it 's going to be a trip .",3 +206524,"most of it given to children",3 +220909,"'s no scene that screams `` bathroom break",3 +201506,"idiotic court maneuvers",1 +196717,"delivered by the former Mr . Drew Barrymore",2 +208508,"on the monster 's path of destruction",1 +112964,"a very ambitious project",3 +59270,"to inject her pure fantasy character , Melanie Carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned Hollywood magic",4 +65762,"Germany 's",2 +225186,"Not a strike against Yang 's similarly themed Yi Yi , but I found What Time ?",1 +32499,"highly enjoyable",4 +196856,"despite the scenery",2 +206185,"mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie",0 +231067,"fun , and bouncy",4 +188857,"There 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where Santa gives gifts to grownups .",1 +49377,"at her abusers",2 +47039,"The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength",4 +127913,"nevertheless efficiently amusing",3 +149201,"The actors are appealing , but Elysian Fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental .",2 +237641,"through swirling rapids",2 +20524,"face value '",2 +2306,"slapping its target audience in the face",1 +137929,"to the end",2 +12354,"to extremist name-calling",1 +4182,"a sweet treasure and",4 +227493,"`` Full Frontal '' seems , well , contrived",2 +230228,"directed by",2 +3837,"a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground .",1 +202089,"in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo",0 +193254,"arguments , schemes and treachery",2 +96949,"the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural",2 +168581,"own gore",2 +49361,"astoundingly",3 +79541,"fabulously funny",4 +122230,"highly personal",2 +151083,"Yankee",2 +205905,"maudlin focus",1 +145330,"Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative",1 +10553,"so few movies explore religion that it 's disappointing to see one reduce it to an idea that fits in a sampler .",1 +81646,"has a way of seeping into your consciousness , with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at .",2 +178477,"with The Tune",2 +101876,"'s serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .",1 +2059,"plumbed by martin scorsese",2 +179656,"'s been all but decommissioned",2 +138343,"trifle that date nights were invented for",2 +8551,"loosely",2 +148454,"Scorsese at his best makes gangster films that are equally lovely but also relentlessly brutal and brutally intelligent : Perdition , meanwhile , reads more like Driving Miss Daisy than GoodFellas .",2 +66499,"It 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture",4 +3257,"&",2 +50606,"cutting impressions",3 +121097,"getting around the fact that this is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited",1 +75953,"bring out joys in our lives that we never knew",4 +17229,"snow",2 +60657,"'' Wait Until Dark ''",2 +140508,"worthy predecessors",3 +69544,"The film has an infectious enthusiasm and",3 +49041,"and emotionally bruised characters",2 +163784,"it ends up being surprisingly dull",1 +228243,"a werewolf itself",2 +168708,"pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness",1 +119936,"feels uncomfortably real",3 +109949,"The messy emotions",2 +98155,"to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .",3 +194444,"begins as a Seven rip-off , only",2 +154176,"as hollow catharsis",1 +16926,"peace",2 +187171,"Seagal ,",2 +173939,"the filmed reading of a script in need of polishing",1 +32797,"in Hollywood 's hastier productions",2 +142031,", Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me",4 +108191,"One of those",2 +144615,"Corpus Collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in .",1 +213554,"that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",1 +232684,"is one of the best actors there is .",4 +135519,"the hot Oscar season currently",2 +114525,"aqueles",2 +235490,"screenwriter Adam Resnick ( remember Cabin Boy ? )",2 +223664,"His last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but",2 +220914,"'s not a total loss .",2 +196886,"deviant behaviour . Being latently gay and liking to read",2 +70394,"Time Out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything I have seen in an American film .",3 +28128,"admission",2 +157358,"determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",2 +169373,"promising material for a black comedy",3 +123526,"international version",2 +106870,"It 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery",1 +20366,"deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",2 +96318,"the outlandishness",2 +110190,"The strength of the film",2 +117982,"del director ,",2 +113650,"all the longing",2 +49132,"are anguished",2 +164271,"juncture",2 +213262,"television monitor",2 +123006,"in his Dangerous Game",2 +74066,"and thought-provoking film",4 +82949,"in good fun",3 +180173,"( Lee ) treats his audience the same way that Jim Brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects . And",0 +128081,"nonstop images",2 +222438,"As a story of dramatic enlightenment",3 +107221,"Jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama .",4 +200389,"handle the truth",2 +91415,"relies on more than special effects",3 +67841,"Nohe",2 +73780,"an exhilarating new interpretation in Morvern Callar",4 +118506,"does have a few cute moments",3 +231498,"has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and",3 +39213,"to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",2 +62596,"... one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave ' .",4 +69856,"The rare movie",3 +148719,"Some Like It Hot with the WWII espionage thriller",2 +198256,"exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .",3 +112113,"a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants",2 +204924,"life-affirming message",3 +71313,"a blast of adrenalin",3 +110367,"There has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently ... but Peter Mattei 's Love in the Time of Money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note .",3 +211053,"seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd .",1 +28981,"any youngster who loves horses",4 +157942,"dramatist",2 +37873,"that overcomes much",3 +201860,"in each other also is difficult to fathom",1 +140184,"with metaphor",2 +123317,"independent-community guiding lights",3 +42377,"mostly intelligent ,",3 +187376,"Snoots",2 +172065,"straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",1 +173427,"the TV series",2 +200324,"had already",2 +26712,"The Bourne Identity is what summer screen escapism used to be in the decades when it was geared more to grownups .",3 +59813,"usual modus operandi",2 +9213,"of a great one",4 +127081,"might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special",2 +38553,"the possibility",2 +169642,"rare occasions",2 +178238,"who love to play pranks",2 +701,"christelle",2 +47275,"The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful",4 +6963,"hardly",2 +113591,"all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory",3 +47198,"The performances are amiable and committed",4 +101378,"'d rather watch a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls",1 +206895,"negligible work",1 +4725,"another car chase",2 +140150,"with him",2 +19515,"a hit-or-miss aesthetic",2 +132032,"seems unsure of how to evoke any sort of naturalism on the set",1 +229436,"born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",3 +177455,"very stoned",2 +101053,"you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life",2 +130962,"raffish",2 +113569,"all aliens ,",2 +52406,"has here a thriller without thrills",0 +31875,"from Japanese director Hideo Nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it",2 +28286,"among the most breathtakingly designed films I 've ever seen",4 +170089,"reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even Ms .",1 +78236,"disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious .",2 +160542,"hard and bitter",1 +78874,"emerge dazed ,",2 +44756,"Boston Public",2 +98795,"turns into an ocean of trouble",1 +91379,"reinvention",2 +105175,"Completely awful Iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque",0 +133066,"spades -- charisma",2 +32470,"help throwing in a few of his own touches",2 +85044,"it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .",3 +74380,"are nearly impossible to care about",1 +151107,"You 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . You 'll be more entertained getting hit by a bus .",0 +197686,"easy to swallow",2 +112789,"a story of dramatic enlightenment , the screenplay by Billy Ray and Terry George leaves something to be desired",2 +122433,"hit-and-miss",2 +134916,"the best thing",2 +8112,"its rawness and",3 +8722,"may just scare the pants off you",2 +239075,"yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless",3 +166700,"never were .",2 +93431,"star performance",4 +92932,"so deadly seriously",2 +121906,"have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",2 +191024,"a mystery inside an enigma",2 +34514,"mischievous",2 +183217,"Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but",2 +196136,"consistently surprising , easy",3 +190546,"a few scares",2 +88245,"of Mr . Dong",2 +101504,"'s a funny no-brainer",3 +76401,"captivates",3 +40944,"Hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic",4 +113136,"about being stupid",2 +15290,"bracing",3 +209703,"preteen boy",2 +202791,"is beginning to feel",3 +27458,"a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy",2 +114401,"any fiction",3 +28028,"about our fragile existence",2 +234924,"persecuted ``",2 +197304,"does n't even try for the greatness that Happy Together shoots for ( and misses )",1 +14067,"Grant",2 +210381,"remarkably strong cast",3 +217640,"too much of the energy",1 +165272,"loses all bite on the big screen .",1 +184500,"Hour Photo lives",2 +49280,"as happy listening to movies",3 +162262,"instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . I like Frank the Pug , though",2 +42593,"see a bit of yourself",3 +95494,"the dreary expanse",2 +138883,"using a video game as the source material movie",2 +41749,"credited to Dennis Quaid",2 +68691,"Seeks",2 +8830,"modern man and his problematic quest",2 +110506,"This is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to The Road Warrior )",4 +54533,"make the most out of its characters ' flaws",3 +205156,"lingering creepiness one",1 +157224,"defines a comedy that 's strongly mediocre , with funny bits surfacing every once in a while",3 +238086,"totally disorientated",1 +237260,"the theatre Roger might be intolerable company",2 +210845,"saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and",2 +183448,"Director Kevin Bray excels",3 +200062,"goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots .",1 +203544,"is the alchemical transmogrification of Wilde into Austen -- and a Hollywood-ized Austen at that .",1 +94178,"taking insane liberties",2 +100124,"who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",3 +231975,"in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",0 +90607,"predictable slapstick , ''",1 +122596,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit ,",4 +85205,"its cast , its cuisine and",2 +79575,"fairy tale",2 +122653,"icily",2 +165366,"lower them a bit more",2 +161577,"if it wants to be a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy",2 +164551,"lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality",0 +176286,"to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted",1 +24398,"A must-see for the David Mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .",4 +217991,"two different movies",2 +38131,"the director 's",3 +46301,"National Lampoon film franchise",2 +139892,"will be way ahead of the plot",2 +38752,"the utter cuteness",4 +161134,"her wish-fulfilling characters",2 +12092,"there are just enough twists in the tale to make it far more satisfying than almost any horror film in recent memory .",4 +50447,"controlled display of murderous vulnerability ensures that malice has a very human face .",1 +173874,"the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted",0 +2775,"their caustic",1 +15313,"but a pleasure",3 +78677,"during the German occupation",2 +51659,"film that reminded me of the best of the Disney comedies from the 60s",3 +117115,"cloyingly",2 +1373,"is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for ,",3 +25311,"Fine acting but there is no sense of connecting the dots , just dots .",1 +110963,"Waters",1 +237970,"to take everyone to since there 's no new `` A Christmas Carol '' out in the theaters this year",1 +18325,"( literally and figuratively ) by desire",2 +29840,"but its macabre , self-deprecating sense of humor makes up for a lot .",3 +217115,"to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone some savvy street activism",1 +14073,"Haneke",2 +191670,"able to overcome the triviality of the story",2 +185249,"It appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept .",0 +74342,"are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work",3 +74176,"any other Arnie musclefest",2 +111306,"Yes , that 's right :",2 +132412,"showing them heartbreakingly drably",1 +142111,", but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",0 +77631,"cultural and geographical displacement",2 +230440,"dull girl",0 +45604,"If ( Jaglom 's ) latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .",3 +49048,"and refined piece",3 +180652,", guilt-suffused melodrama",2 +175031,"the wife is patient",2 +25589,"House",2 +231042,"from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 +116046,"blatant",2 +157523,"directs a morality thriller .",2 +37305,"stays afloat",3 +98360,"to the credits",2 +172678,"terribly funny",3 +62296,", the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness .",2 +153033,"alarmed",2 +199429,"former Mr . Drew Barrymore",1 +205951,"may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song .",1 +103281,"1975 eroti-comedy",2 +19465,"a brain",2 +167257,"of Toy Story 2",2 +16759,"of nervous film that will either give you a mild headache or exhilarate you .",2 +8385,"lectured to",2 +174963,"the value",2 +155171,"between epochs",2 +179095,"you begin to wonder if they are ever going to depart .",1 +237411,"there 's some mold on the gold .",2 +31830,"formulaic potholes that befall its brethren",1 +25071,"Daughter from Danang",2 +116612,"can obscure this movie 's lack of ideas",1 +48268,"a perpetual sense",2 +119219,"entry number",2 +146904,"John McTiernan 's",2 +183886,"Fatal Attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set",2 +194098,"be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving",2 +46505,"Philadelphia and American",2 +65209,"Dumb and",2 +206487,"morsels",2 +44341,"A winning piece of work",4 +74528,"artist 's",2 +185064,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped 'em together here .",0 +125792,"laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy",3 +74415,"are so spot on",3 +203556,"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype",1 +177824,"wearisome amid leaden pacing and indifferent craftsmanship ( most notably wretched sound design )",1 +33663,"it is , and knows the form 's history",2 +231479,"has some nice twists but the ending",3 +223906,"If S&M seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is ,",2 +187597,"Strident and inelegant in its ` message-movie ' posturing",1 +22900,"you 'll definitely want the T-shirt .",3 +186387,"No new plot conceptions",1 +88301,"of a Saturday matinee",2 +18029,"when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",1 +186610,"Or for the year ,",2 +89316,"old Police Academy flicks",2 +164771,"less subservient",2 +104518,"As the Mediterranean sparkles , ` Swept Away ' sinks .",1 +21963,"silly street patois",1 +101440,"'re down for a silly hack-and-slash flick",2 +120520,"for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose",3 +193910,"babies",2 +1901,"of its lan , humor , bile , and irony",2 +16335,"it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",3 +123525,"intermittently wise script",2 +41963,"gambol fluidly through the story ,",2 +221366,", however , Kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting .",1 +126612,"make anymore .",2 +49481,"based on true events",2 +118648,"down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements",3 +184878,"In a big corner office in Hell , Satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his R&D people , and has decided he will just screen The Master of Disguise 24/7 .",0 +112032,"a good film in '' Trouble",3 +178654,"with suspecting",2 +211789,"slim hopes and dreams",1 +126454,"lovefest",3 +65672,"Frodo",2 +53729,"it 's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen ,",2 +50091,"celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light .",3 +214596,"the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability",0 +106213,"Her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",2 +27609,"a kind of attentive concern",3 +184508,"How can",2 +159088,"filler",2 +53934,"its grand locations",3 +21067,"is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds .",2 +206184,"mind-numbing indifference",1 +209305,"place and age -- as in",2 +13635,", special-effects soul assaults the Mummy pictures",1 +197378,"does no justice",1 +233676,"makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",4 +200696,"has-been acting",1 +208272,"offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core",2 +130178,"personal tragedies that are all too abundant when human hatred spews forth unchecked",2 +35678,"one family test boundaries",2 +67392,"Manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .",3 +193202,"are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world",2 +44146,"A literary detective story is still a detective story",1 +48071,"a good charitable enterprise and",3 +66535,"It 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair .",4 +115664,"because it did n't try to",2 +16145,"includes",2 +140913,"' undertone",2 +77851,"deferred and desire",3 +193487,"as if they were jokes",2 +204763,"lazy tearjerker",1 +231205,"gives `` Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",3 +153385,"an equally great Robin Williams performance",4 +127650,"mugging",2 +32597,"his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",3 +149554,"The messages of compassion and mercy are clearly , squarely and specifically expounded via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale . Determined to be fun , and bouncy , with energetic musicals , the humor did n't quite engage this adult .",3 +29112,"artful",3 +207415,"of Demme 's good films",3 +83965,"is all the more remarkable because it",3 +9503,"one problem",2 +29066,"are perfect in these roles",4 +94775,"that malnourished intellectuals",2 +128398,"of Tomcats",3 +80964,"get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that",2 +138298,"treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12",1 +111964,"a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions",1 +22889,"written by Mr . DeMeo",2 +232541,"is many things -- stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction , gay fantasia -- but above all",2 +957,"far less crass",3 +163391,"is straight off the shelf",2 +211222,"sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose",2 +97634,"thought would leave you",1 +172263,"sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle",0 +76382,"candy and cheeky",3 +101490,"'s The Pianist",2 +198466,"fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless",1 +18267,"'s a humble effort",2 +225294,"On its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .",0 +82463,"hotsies",2 +176302,"to pay for a shimmering picture postcard",2 +214190,"the best the contest received",3 +233439,"like a year late",2 +81354,"great apocalypse movies",2 +90092,"partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle",2 +50818,"did n't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit",2 +238388,"want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",1 +118975,"embarking",2 +209472,"pointless mayhem",1 +225678,"Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' )",2 +220456,"' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand )",2 +110391,"Theron",2 +100794,"wondrous beats",4 +157730,"does little , apart from raising the topic , to further stoke the conversation",1 +33609,"it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",3 +11411,"the film sometimes flags ... but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace .",2 +133219,"standard slasher flick",1 +59162,"to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",3 +19763,"an intriguing snapshot",4 +25864,"Joe",2 +209509,"poo-poo jokes are ` edgy",1 +153193,"almost stops the blood flow to your brain",1 +28976,"any surprises",2 +210295,"refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",1 +82296,"his own brand of liberalism",2 +134148,"that 's going on here",2 +54113,"know the band or the album 's songs by heart",3 +211539,"show 's",2 +157287,"depicts .",2 +13216,"witty dialogue",4 +82882,"in addition to being very funny",3 +14726,"a filmmaker with a real flair for epic landscapes and adventure",4 +145321,"Feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive",1 +89836,"ours in a world of meaningless activity",2 +167389,"of car",2 +173141,"that never come into focus",2 +98301,"to shine",3 +166394,"movie pool",2 +87986,"nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants",3 +31858,"fresh take",3 +156297,"cinematic pollution",1 +131368,"replaced by the bottom of the barrel",2 +35382,"of relaxing around old friends",3 +51357,"ever seen on screen",2 +104064,"About the only thing",2 +46417,"One from the heart",3 +134582,"that the film is less than 90 minutes",2 +135326,"the film has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them .",3 +135554,"the indifference of Spanish social workers",2 +168589,"own sadistic tendencies",2 +192086,"aim the film",2 +53725,"it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .",3 +67644,"Most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments : '' Frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home",3 +46889,"Thanks to Haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and",3 +111468,"a 95-minute commercial",0 +137790,"to reality",2 +168349,"opposing",2 +94261,"teenage boy",2 +98000,"to crack a smile at",3 +7228,"how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in",1 +43777,", uplifting and funny",3 +194912,"brainy",2 +19885,"and still love the old stuff",3 +118162,"determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .",2 +108871,"Sex With Strangers",2 +183484,"Disney 's great past",3 +227091,"When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo",2 +6623,"for them to make it",2 +66307,"If you ignore the cliches and concentrate on City by the Sea 's interpersonal drama",2 +216773,"to Cagney and Lacey",2 +224961,"Mr. Reggio 's",2 +20233,"celebratory",3 +172349,"surfacing",2 +78705,"each trailer park",2 +204498,"k .",2 +125901,"legal system towards child abuse",2 +90151,"película",2 +103216,"... even if you 've never heard of Chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen .",4 +169888,"reiterates",2 +168167,"once original",2 +210502,"retail",2 +179948,"'s quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the Cannes Film Festival and",3 +119781,"far-fetched",1 +30390,"controlled , passionate adaptation of Graham Greene 's 1955 novel .",3 +37656,"tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world .",2 +13209,"without thrills and a mystery",1 +150928,"While the film misfires at every level , the biggest downside is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",0 +201950,"in practically every facet of inept filmmaking",1 +189950,"Yvan Attal",2 +202071,"in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life",2 +202928,"is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance .",1 +47746,"Young Hanks and Fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents ,",2 +46315,"New Zealand",2 +183878,"Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot ,",0 +24068,"-- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry --",2 +67822,"Nicks",2 +42462,"play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way",3 +84966,"it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time",2 +149478,"The impulses that produced this project ... are commendable",3 +177408,"velocity and idiocy ,",1 +171716,"sorely disappointed .",2 +210218,"really want to understand what this story is really all about",2 +25169,"Dreyfus",2 +166546,"naive",1 +218073,"uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade",2 +88849,"of real-life spouses Seldahl and Wollter",2 +160768,"has virtually no script at all",1 +219010,"well-behaved film ,",2 +117148,"colorful , semimusical",3 +20553,"filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air",3 +50652,"de forte suspense , culminando em um desfecho que certamente fica na memória",2 +224350,"It looks good , Sonny , but you missed the point .",2 +145710,"Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum",2 +136262,"the six musical numbers",2 +138546,"unattractive or",2 +27642,"a lot of energy",3 +77911,"delightful , if minor ,",3 +218989,"weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen",1 +17267,"some truly excellent sequences",3 +140733,"you could fit all of Pootie Tang in between its punchlines",1 +126918,"may put off insiders and outsiders alike .",1 +190498,"a fairly impressive debut",4 +144036,"Barely goes beyond comic book status .",1 +23454,", as the prime villain ,",2 +32918,"in subtle plot maneuvers",3 +230382,"doing something else far more pleasurable",1 +229790,"certified",3 +185779,"Like leafing through an album of photos",1 +154683,"be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life",3 +61916,", funny and touching",4 +131727,"same vein",2 +75131,"bad luck and",1 +220797,"'s drab",1 +121767,"has in Kieran Culkin a pitch-perfect Holden .",3 +42655,"some awesome action photography and",4 +169991,"repackaged as new material because there is a Latino in the lead .",2 +128260,"oddly sweet",3 +139951,"will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .",1 +133488,"style and empathy",3 +84383,"is more accurate than anything",3 +146656,"It does n't do the original any particular dishonor ,",3 +177632,"was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of Murphy 's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .",3 +14529,"This delicately observed story , deeply felt and masterfully stylized ,",3 +70794,"What ( Denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned .",3 +88146,"of '' Iris",2 +106216,"Here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit Sascha .",1 +236266,"tell you what you know when deciding to see it",2 +123084,"in search",2 +15703,"examination",2 +8411,"lets up",2 +32605,"historical epic",3 +198247,"examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film",2 +77093,"complete wash",1 +89446,"on stage .",2 +189423,"Wait for pay per view or rental but",1 +171275,"slight and obvious effort",2 +33518,"is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",1 +103099,"-- myriad signs , if you will --",2 +74079,"and yet at the end",2 +149035,"Ted Bundy 's",2 +142879,"1982 's",2 +41772,"delight newcomers",3 +5149,"big bloody chomps",1 +106328,"Howard and Michelle Hall",2 +230117,"deeper and more engaging",4 +91691,"right conditions",3 +96063,"the lovable-loser protagonist",3 +172624,"tell it",2 +92290,"sentimental but",2 +156177,"charm and",2 +35792,"originated",3 +221061,"( Colgate U. ) comedy ensemble",2 +217059,"to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter )",2 +97782,"times too many , although in reality they are not enough .",2 +190501,"a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation",1 +188052,"The crap continues .",0 +220208,"you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre",2 +227101,"Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U.S. satellite , Hunter -- starring Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri -- is a movie children should enjoy .",2 +63227,"A naturally funny film , Home Movie",4 +101360,"'70s American sports",2 +161904,"in its quest for Deeper Meaning",2 +80136,"flirts with kitsch",2 +16164,"insecure , uncontrolled , and intense",1 +130680,"produce this",2 +145865,"Hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating Oscar talk",2 +208489,"on the TV show )",2 +230111,"declared this year",2 +40265,"with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",2 +131720,"salvation and good intentions",3 +142037,", Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .",1 +60718,"'ll never",2 +66221,"Ian",2 +88793,"of one man 's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign 's end , an extended publicity department",2 +20706,"had a pretty good time with this movie - despite its myriad flaws",2 +180974,", the film grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care .",1 +171269,"slide in",2 +159582,"forgiven .",2 +221169,", Inc.",2 +47898,"a constant edge of tension",2 +103371,": I did n't particularly like E . T . the first time I saw it as a young boy . That is because - damn it !",2 +138519,"ultra-violent war movies",2 +126020,"like Judd",2 +24967,"Chelsea",2 +196243,"copyof",1 +227653,"`` black Austin",2 +231281,"gorgeous piano",3 +166542,"mystery\/thriller",2 +72944,"about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +164006,"its characters , its protagonist ,",2 +191746,"about hos",2 +40744,"All the performances are top notch and",4 +40290,"with which",2 +157309,"deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever",0 +28921,"and yet it has been made with great evident care and manages to deliver up the man in a way to arouse further curiosity in even the most unknowing viewer .",3 +9023,"need to be invented to describe exactly how bad it is",0 +229024,"assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience , but that it 's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 +23770,", many moments",2 +228149,"a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom",0 +160864,"have helped",2 +103575,"A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy",1 +118675,"drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie",2 +51768,"for The Return of the King",2 +167638,"of passion or uniqueness",2 +78123,"did not",2 +175500,"this on video",2 +110545,"This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero .",1 +39447,"tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement",3 +128950,"of that chatty fish",2 +20285,"conditioned",2 +228577,"an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety",2 +91356,"refreshing and comical",3 +63798,"American stand-up",2 +175525,"this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach",2 +68125,"Passions ,",2 +44942,"Clint",2 +30507,"criminal",2 +224262,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work",2 +36511,"repression",1 +91808,"round out the square edges",2 +103577,"A film of delicate interpersonal dances . Caine",3 +212928,"superhuman capacity",2 +46460,"Others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .",4 +44119,"A gripping movie",3 +63991,"Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy",3 +82392,"hold up over the long haul",2 +78902,"emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what William James once called ` the gift of tears",4 +220231,"you 're depressed about anything before watching this film",2 +24875,"Bow 's",2 +7906,"it all go wrong",1 +151137,"You is pure junk",0 +188908,"These self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation .",1 +100337,"winning performances and some effecting moments",4 +35960,"people walking out halfway through",0 +150590,"Us",2 +87371,"most aggressive and",2 +186075,"Mel Brooks",2 +10474,"since valley of the dolls",2 +103911,"A static and sugary little half-hour , after-school special about interfaith understanding",2 +96984,"the victim )",1 +113037,"a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing",3 +167627,"of one of those",2 +235498,"seater plane",2 +20145,"brimming with detail and nuance",4 +14291,"Morvern",2 +53288,"is a glorious failure",0 +1695,"many times",2 +1673,"majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .",4 +89360,"on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",4 +195403,"can overcome bad hair design",1 +236463,"that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy",1 +15711,"exhilarate you",4 +10121,"resembling a spine here",2 +91281,"recent digital glitz",2 +31311,"evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .",2 +29370,"bad thing",0 +159375,"for a warmed-over James Bond adventure",2 +58680,"the score is too insistent",1 +108984,"Sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount",0 +134753,"the Sea swings from one",2 +75515,"being a bumbling American in Europe",2 +119555,"exploitive array",2 +30731,"despair",1 +84733,"is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of ` We Were Soldiers .",4 +56526,"remind us",3 +4944,"at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",1 +87297,"more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives The Lady and the Duke something of a theatrical air",3 +54162,"lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco )",3 +235372,"ride .",2 +228188,"a strangely drab romp",1 +65372,"Even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it does n't make for completely empty entertainment",2 +49489,"bathroom breaks",2 +131110,"really happened",2 +139404,"we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street",2 +147735,"No worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer",2 +184869,"In Praise of Love lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .",1 +182848,"Blow and Boyz N",2 +59488,"traces Mr . Brown",2 +145545,"Gentle Into That Good Theatre",2 +35334,"of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",1 +45870,"Jaglom 's )",2 +64678,"Charlie Kaufman and",2 +122973,"in distress",2 +210148,"real , or at least",2 +134696,"the French Revolution",2 +31769,"for its soccer action and its fine acting",3 +194528,"best dramatic performance",4 +66049,"Home Movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .",4 +236051,"still feels like a promising work-in-progress",2 +23736,", its determined stylishness",3 +67997,"One of the best inside-show-biz",2 +110273,"There 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling",3 +20320,"crowd-pleaser 's",3 +24705,"Armenian-Canadian director Atom Egoyan",3 +4651,"an erotic thriller",2 +177066,"ultra-cheesy dialogue",1 +72971,"about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite",2 +35178,"of biography",2 +232703,"is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen .",0 +47071,"The film is powerful , accessible and funny .",4 +165223,"looking for a moral",2 +91668,"richer than the ones",2 +213148,"takes its title",2 +16668,"no means his best work",1 +142097,", better look elsewhere .",1 +32366,"have been tighter",1 +161767,"in The Twist",2 +73540,"although in reality they are not enough .",1 +174801,"the stale material",1 +35777,"or loathe it",1 +124910,"it all .",2 +12301,"to adore the star",2 +231367,"handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well",3 +90332,"plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world",3 +224191,"It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it .",1 +220101,"would n't make Trouble",2 +197408,"doing very little",1 +155348,"bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing",1 +51132,"embedded",2 +233940,"more simply intrusive to the story",1 +12482,"too bad kramer",2 +158030,"dull and",1 +26421,"Rare Birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable .",3 +61323,"'s there to scare while we delight in the images",3 +58859,"the worst possibilities",1 +148868,"Sticky",2 +64214,"BV 's",2 +104194,"Although shot with little style , Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .",3 +64830,"Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ? In a word : No",2 +65144,"Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .",3 +149356,"The experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one :",3 +16174,"intended to",2 +101551,"'s a testament to De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones",3 +145995,"I almost can",2 +102530,", for instance , good things happen to bad people",2 +46824,"Stockwell",2 +116538,"cama",2 +35672,"on-board",2 +170670,"self-analysis",2 +75200,"be a compelling",2 +131618,"romance , tragedy and",2 +219096,"what New Best Friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay",1 +162515,"is ) so stoked to make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits .",1 +23641,", genuine characters",3 +225276,"Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",1 +53329,"is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",3 +127297,"more dramatic",2 +50788,"desfecho que certamente fica na memória",3 +120242,"flesh-and-blood humans",2 +112219,"a living-room War",2 +216880,"to be gleaned from the premise",2 +107883,"Much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here .",0 +72719,"a troubadour , his acolytes ,",2 +38631,"the simplicity of the storytelling",2 +105952,"Gangs , despite the gravity of its subject matter , is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western .",2 +112965,"a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",3 +149631,"The moviegoing equivalent",2 +33387,"is important in life",3 +175840,"to a canter",3 +176155,"to go along with all the weird stuff",1 +55214,"of E . T . just as I hoped I would --",3 +153893,"are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit",2 +70091,"There 's nothing like love to give a movie a B-12 shot ,",3 +179777,"'s hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",1 +226100,"The Country Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .",0 +180068,"'s very little",1 +139587,"when dramatic things happen to people . It labours as storytelling",2 +31304,"everyone 's head",2 +53287,"is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above",1 +95185,"the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes",4 +110233,"The unexplored story opportunities of '' Punch-Drunk Love '' may have worked against the maker 's minimalist intent but",2 +23907,", the film is almost unsurpassed .",4 +219757,"with infinitely more grace and eloquence",2 +229886,"colour and depth , and",3 +126281,"lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category",2 +20846,"if none of it makes a lick of sense",1 +137335,"to a film buff",2 +190976,"a more engaged and honest treatment",3 +209245,"perverse pleasure",2 +48653,"acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and",3 +17014,"pure finesse",4 +111185,"With Sharks",2 +54208,"less successful",1 +186976,"Robert Altman , Spike Lee ,",2 +94486,"that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent",3 +213714,"that it could never really have happened this way",2 +77129,"compulsive life",2 +147644,"Nettelbeck 's",2 +434,"appreciation",3 +70946,"Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie",4 +86918,"may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but",2 +91412,"relies a bit",2 +43881,"10 or 15 minutes could be cut and",1 +38980,"this second go-round",2 +177062,"ultimately purposeless",1 +147666,"New Best Friend should n't have gone straight to video",2 +92722,"sip your vintage wines and watch your Merchant Ivory productions",3 +49009,"an utterly charming French comedy",3 +49930,"by Michael Gondry",2 +236786,"the concession stand and\/or restroom",2 +140130,"with considerable aplomb",3 +129063,"of the more daring and surprising American movies of the year",3 +95557,"the essence of Broadway",2 +49649,"being as cloying or preachy",2 +140785,"you might want to catch Freaks as a matinee .",2 +203231,"is no doubt true , but",2 +65241,"Easily one",2 +82840,"in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism",2 +112057,"a great American adventure and a wonderful film to bring to IMAX",4 +131585,"risks trivializing it , though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",2 +142200,", he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '",1 +222994,"Conrad L. Hall 's",2 +233286,"ladles",2 +102809,", sadism and seeing people",3 +154744,"be given to Harland Williams , Michael Rosenbaum and Barry Watson",2 +178753,"wonder , ` What 's the point ?",1 +152591,"a theatrical release",2 +150956,"Will give many ministers and Bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . But mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted",1 +71557,"a different drum",2 +32998,"in which the ultimate '' Bellini '' begins to look like a '' real Kaputschnik",2 +61955,", humorous , illuminating study",4 +32892,"in many ways",2 +50008,"can feel the love .",3 +152573,"a task he is not nearly up to",1 +5485,"challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and",2 +172446,"sympathy , hypocrisy and love",3 +182040,"A superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' : Everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place ,",0 +182223,"All About Eve",2 +10085,"remain just that : abstract ideas",2 +53246,"is NOT a retread of '' Dead Poets ' Society",2 +48390,"a spare and simple manner",2 +34381,"marks the outstanding feature debut of writer-director Eric Byler , who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",3 +168611,"packaged and sold back to us",2 +193434,"as daring as John Ritter 's glory days",3 +14356,"One",2 +69165,"Terrific",4 +105776,"Far more successful",3 +62052,", it offers hope",3 +35035,"numerous",2 +204271,"its own meager weight",1 +156848,"could 've been an impacting film",2 +17767,"through the entire 85 minutes",2 +26858,"The movie 's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values",2 +204715,"last week 's pork",2 +224000,"In ( screenwriter ) Charlie Kaufman 's world",2 +209060,"pardon",2 +76544,"central plot",2 +217023,"to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",1 +41894,"extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and",3 +74054,"and satirical touches",3 +135252,"the fate that has befallen every other Carmen before her",2 +189992,"` Silence of the Lambs ' better than ` Hannibal '",3 +17089,"represent .",2 +205092,"like soap operas",2 +141329,"'s frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high .",1 +112180,"a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation",2 +22954,"'' Empire",2 +93833,"sugar",2 +122094,"heartening in the same way",3 +2430,"such aching beauty and truth",4 +12648,"under the right conditions ,",2 +122548,"how inseparable",2 +144271,"Brits",2 +126271,"living a painful lie",2 +16254,"is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it does n't do .",3 +139580,"whatever reason",2 +49922,"by Arliss Howard",2 +141425,"'s more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",1 +220703,"'s a love story as sanguine as its title .",2 +51147,"emotional blockage",2 +172664,"terminally depressed ,",1 +164064,"its lack of imagination",1 +55196,"of 20th century",2 +238907,"with surprises , Read My Lips",2 +187895,"The Uncertainty Principle ,",2 +193408,"as bad as you might think ! ''",2 +85028,"it gets rolling",2 +68379,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made --",1 +224162,"It 's as if Solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out , so he just slopped ` em together here",1 +15758,"feel-good picture",4 +221671,", we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of Quentin Tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and Meat Loaf explodes .",1 +50139,"charming result",4 +155352,"bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence .",1 +172987,"that door",2 +215992,"their audience",2 +220515,"'' just seems to kinda",2 +53451,"is economically packed with telling scenes",2 +173876,"the field no favors",1 +183958,"Fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references .",1 +122860,"in Newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on The Rock",2 +107884,"Much of the cast",2 +158055,"dumbest , sketchiest movie",1 +187350,"Slap me , I saw this movie .",0 +71043,"Wonderful fencing scenes",4 +179458,"'re not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned",3 +24554,"Ahhhh",2 +62545,"... 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 . '",3 +39960,"what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained",4 +182651,"Attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity",2 +69579,"The film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet .",3 +34962,"not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart , '' In the Bedroom , '' Moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations",1 +79243,"even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",2 +228098,"a preordained `` big moment ''",2 +129596,"one terrific story with lots of laughs",3 +65448,"Eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .",1 +117997,"delicate subject matter",2 +94522,"that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne",4 +38349,"the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .",4 +80816,"funny fanatics",3 +215191,"the nerve to speak up",3 +172917,"that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie",1 +152077,"a moment that is not false",2 +48075,"a good script ,",3 +48580,"above-average",3 +104196,"Although tender and touching , the movie would have benefited from a little more dramatic tension and some more editing .",2 +89168,"of tradition and warmth",3 +215736,"the tailor",2 +139132,"waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new Hal Hartley movie",3 +38274,"the generally sad existence",1 +148904,"Sucking all the ` classic ' out of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island",0 +158608,"exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes",0 +69819,"The performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .",4 +29541,"believes",2 +1703,"masochism ? binoche",2 +41937,"finds a new way",2 +217589,"too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay .",2 +148970,"Swingers and",2 +161000,"he should consider permanent sex-reassignment",1 +18147,"yet -- unlike Quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times",3 +82788,"in 1899",2 +28983,"anybody who still retains a soft spot for precollegiate humor",3 +63451,"A sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study ,",3 +27259,"Woody",2 +174917,"the tonal or thematic glue",2 +156657,"comprehensible impulses",2 +22644,"unforgettable , deeply absorbing",4 +83558,"into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances",3 +83670,"irresistibly than in ` Baran",3 +125683,"labors",1 +17232,"so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience",3 +25989,"Lilia",2 +190449,"a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winking social commentary",1 +66752,"It may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but",2 +22304,"the most comprehensive",3 +45415,"Green",2 +163475,"is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise",2 +133739,"sustain it",2 +26682,"Swedish film",2 +127295,"more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition",3 +176474,"to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban",1 +32913,"in specialty venues",2 +81134,"giving us",2 +226434,"The power of this script , and the performances that come with it ,",4 +33746,"its blend of frankness , civility and compassion",3 +68827,"Slight but enjoyable documentary .",3 +217002,"to ever spill from a projector 's lens",2 +98899,"unabashedly Canadian",2 +14423,"Segal",2 +167983,"often inert sci-fi action thriller .",2 +78290,"dispossessed",2 +127991,"no easy rewards",2 +70054,"The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them",4 +224056,"Infidelity",1 +238661,"which also appears to be the end",2 +46359,"Not since Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa 's Ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur .",4 +82848,"in a dysfunctional family",1 +85858,"leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",4 +54556,"makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .",3 +235623,"serve than silly fluff",2 +148191,"Pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life",2 +91215,"realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion",4 +181437,"60-second",2 +175058,"the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production",3 +185376,"Its and pieces of The Hot Chick are so hilarious , and",3 +156771,"contemporary post-colonialist consciousness",2 +199911,"giant William Randolph Hearst",3 +89603,"one of the best love stories of any stripe",3 +95210,"the big finish",2 +148614,"Sit",2 +50006,"can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them",4 +183426,"Direct-to-Video",1 +8951,"murk",1 +197887,"engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",3 +135642,"the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",1 +208301,"offers an AIDS subtext ,",2 +168759,"peace-and-love side",2 +87712,"nationally settled",2 +19917,"any of these performances as award-worthy",4 +233352,"leaves something to be desired .",0 +131268,"relieved",2 +77248,"consistently funny",3 +45510,"Hollywood comedies",2 +186737,"Pollyana would reach for a barf bag",1 +162188,"inflated past its natural length .",1 +80075,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and",4 +35323,"of many ages",2 +204291,"its position",3 +87696,"narrative discipline",3 +209316,"plain , unimaginative",1 +166815,"no larger point ,",2 +45390,"Good car chases , great fight scenes ,",4 +172709,"than a fitfully clever doodle",3 +145077,"Elm",2 +79906,"film to watch",3 +171619,"some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch",2 +38320,"the higher brain functions as well as the libido",2 +97352,"this ` Blood '",2 +196059,"complete mess",1 +11282,"the depiction",2 +23904,", the film evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong .",3 +223750,"I admit it , I hate to like it .",2 +155233,"big-budget action film debut something",2 +23616,", exquisitely modulated psychological thriller .",3 +141205,"'s also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated .",1 +209402,"please his mom",2 +18473,", the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live",3 +59436,"told well by a master",3 +141530,"'s own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",1 +221916,": chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house",2 +129696,"or South Vietnamese",2 +27833,"a smart and satisfying",3 +44124,"A heartening tale of small victories",3 +123683,"is , more often",2 +238115,"tries for more",2 +10526,"small in scope , yet",2 +186067,"Meandering and",2 +215956,"the writing is insipid",1 +22507,"to get there",2 +185601,"Kevin Bray excels",3 +206421,"more of the '' Queen '' and",2 +171333,"small screen",2 +71783,"a guilty-pleasure , so-bad-it 's - funny level",3 +30023,"capsule to remind us of the devastating horror suffered by an entire people",3 +120849,"funniest moments",3 +189643,"When the violence actually shocked ?",2 +77786,"decadent",2 +75911,"breaks your heart",3 +46262,"Ms . Bullock 's best work",4 +88,"-- who are obviously pretty clever",3 +137715,"to love a Disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as Jane",2 +15195,"be a page-turner",3 +173619,"the characters you see",2 +211256,"serious ideas . But seriously",2 +67398,"Manhunter",2 +154432,"atonal estrogen opera",1 +183086,"Chou Chou",2 +16029,"his children to create his song history",3 +42440,"paying homage",2 +56630,"riveting conviction",3 +45416,"Greene 's story",2 +12486,"too cool",4 +139283,"watch , giggle",3 +191908,"acting transfigures Esther",2 +105702,"Every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .",0 +99689,"watching the host defend himself against a frothing",2 +189814,"Wittgenstein and",2 +167924,"of-the-week",3 +27460,"a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",1 +6566,"for a series of preordained events",2 +86185,"live up",2 +172327,"supernatural hokum",2 +150432,"Too clunky",1 +194730,"bloated effects",1 +104706,"Berling and Béart ... continue to impress ,",3 +95113,"the air-conditioning",2 +156621,"complete and",2 +224297,"It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie",1 +53747,"it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started",4 +154134,"as background material for color",2 +97905,"to be a trip",2 +100154,"whom the yearning for passion spells discontent",2 +91702,"right to raise his own children",2 +192492,"an asset",3 +133824,"take this film",2 +195043,"but dull and ankle-deep ` epic",1 +228303,"about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images",1 +190499,"a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III",4 +35736,"only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",2 +89381,"on and off",2 +8970,"my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...",1 +70930,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but",2 +90415,"plight and isolation",1 +81443,"guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters",3 +140193,"with no pretensions",2 +35867,"overt self-awareness",3 +152515,"a story as bizarre and mysterious as this",2 +131176,"redeem their mentally '' superior ''",2 +160631,"has all the earmarks of a sequel",2 +131597,"robotic",2 +235629,"sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre",2 +224091,"Is `` Ballistic '' worth the price of admission ?",2 +156194,"chase flick",2 +54061,"keep it",2 +68942,"Spielberg 's first real masterpiece , it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still , 20 years later .",4 +150518,"Truth to tell ,",2 +98384,"to the project",2 +30008,"can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .",4 +35175,"of author J . K . Rowling 's books",2 +119974,"few cheap shocks",1 +30670,"deliciously mordant",3 +146255,"Iles '",2 +168478,"over a probation officer",2 +141485,"'s not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 +122701,"if it were n't true",2 +12204,"this smart-aleck",1 +193055,"are cast adrift in various New York City locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style",1 +169662,"rather like viewing a long soap opera in which only the first episode was any good",1 +27364,"a bad journey at all .",0 +11804,"the reason to go",2 +131742,"satirical target",2 +59667,"underwear",2 +85263,"its first sign of trouble",2 +124551,"is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .",0 +212507,"startled",2 +185311,"It looks much more like a cartoon in the end than The Simpsons ever has .",2 +15689,"ever lived",2 +214127,"the alchemical transmogrification",2 +14421,"Secret Life",2 +47999,"a family",2 +198170,"every conventional level",2 +105103,"Christian-themed fun",3 +71915,"a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by Testud",2 +128015,"no more",1 +188236,"The first hour is tedious though Ford and Neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .",1 +110748,"Treasure Island",2 +164660,"leading character",2 +179614,"'s also a failure of storytelling",2 +102269,", I ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a McCulloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .",1 +52266,"great visual stylists",4 +17306,"stand-up",2 +79078,"enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots",2 +93458,"starts out bizarre and",2 +88003,"not far",2 +97305,"things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films",3 +221529,", so will your kids",2 +75153,"ball-and-chain",2 +23213,"( Attal and Gainsbourg 's ) unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",4 +111568,"a bland murder-on-campus yawner .",1 +99907,"what they feel",2 +224581,"LeBlanc thought , `` Hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",1 +143893,"As a kind of colorful , dramatized PBS program , Frida gets the job done . But , for that , why not watch a documentary ?",2 +37932,"the American ` hosts ' and their ` guests",1 +225691,"Scarcely",2 +125463,"job to clean the peep booths surrounding her",2 +229338,"being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and",1 +14012,"Everlasting",3 +128090,"not already clad in basic black",2 +92419,"shadowy metaphor",2 +5848,"davis",2 +96215,"the movie does",2 +96788,"the strings that make Williams sink into melancholia",2 +198925,"find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 +29396,"be a little different",3 +184990,"Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? And it 's a lousy one at that .",0 +5720,"consumption of its second half",2 +66114,"I 'm not generally a fan of vegetables but this batch is pretty cute .",2 +232891,"is why anybody picked it up",2 +8846,"more annoying ,",1 +96054,"the long and eventful spiritual journey",3 +74178,"any other recent film",2 +63701,"All in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate they 're forced to follow .",3 +189154,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts",4 +108460,"Possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio .",1 +205153,"limpid and conventional",2 +32266,"hardly seems to be acting",2 +227052,"What if",2 +69002,"Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious",3 +136981,"this laboratory",2 +90641,"pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",2 +204979,"like Holly",3 +39665,"unquestionably",2 +96800,"the subculture of extreme athletes",2 +218530,"vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout Maelstrom",2 +40632,"4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and",3 +145569,"Gibney and Jarecki just want to string the bastard up .",2 +87931,"no solace here , no entertainment value ,",0 +121317,"good poetry",3 +89901,"over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts",2 +222845,"By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie ,",2 +25264,"Evokes",3 +228467,"almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",3 +2470,"tears",1 +104057,"About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark",3 +36989,"sincerely believes she can thwart the world 's misery with blind good will",2 +224550,"LL Cool J.",2 +120381,"for all ages , Spirit",2 +146422,"It 's a loathsome movie , it really is and it makes absolutely no sense .",0 +154755,"be hip . The end result is a film that 's neither",1 +129033,"of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +146808,"Jack City",2 +132261,"she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks",2 +184624,"I ca n't say this enough",2 +55309,"of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark",3 +3484,"... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected ,",3 +236886,"the film does not make this statement in an easily accessible way , and",1 +232613,"is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them ''",2 +48456,"a triumph of gentility",3 +92327,"served cold",2 +50267,"comedy and tragedy , hope and despair",2 +78831,"elevated by Michael Caine 's performance",3 +200391,"handle the truth '' than High Crimes",2 +181475,": The Movie . '' It 's that painful",0 +86675,"makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher",2 +45041,"Denmark 's Dogma movement",2 +168714,"passable performances from everyone in the cast",2 +119521,"expect from a guy",2 +190054,"a '70s exploitation picture",2 +209694,"presses familiar Herzog tropes",2 +210746,"salvaged",2 +145257,"Fabric",2 +171828,"spout",2 +28509,"and an obsessive-compulsive 's attention",2 +223655,"Hilariously inept and ridiculous .",3 +161902,"in its own sketchy material",2 +131581,"risks monotony",2 +64497,"Brings together some of the biggest names in Japanese anime , with impressive results .",4 +85341,"its own direction",3 +226918,"Viva Castro",2 +177406,"velocity and",2 +28574,"and direction",2 +70704,"Watts )",2 +68624,"Schultz",2 +158451,"even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and",2 +59869,"victories",2 +25576,"Home Alabama",4 +55165,"obsessions",2 +215174,"the nadir",2 +124128,"is impossible to care about",1 +27635,"a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes",2 +15832,"friends",3 +71397,"a cinematic poem",3 +69736,"The movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people .",2 +51238,"enjoyable one",3 +114888,"as deep as a Petri dish and as well-characterized",2 +224854,"Mr. Audiard 's",2 +16564,"metaphor",3 +30920,"does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions",1 +83107,"in the images",2 +229385,"better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen",2 +157352,"detached , uninvolving",0 +117697,"creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer",2 +142732,". Dick",1 +119771,"far more alienating than involving",1 +81614,"has a kind of hard , cold effect .",2 +189113,"Those unfamiliar with Mormon traditions",2 +62142,", overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other",2 +63214,"A moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide",3 +28101,"actor and director",2 +74975,"at the French film industry during the German occupation",2 +176447,"to take my own life",0 +140593,"wreckage",1 +201935,"in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute",1 +145089,"Enduring love but exhausting cinema",1 +120781,"frozen winter landscapes",2 +211330,"sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic",1 +129176,"of those of us",2 +201098,"highly predictable",1 +177077,"unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening",2 +236550,"that the ` true story ' by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 +119152,"enough heat",2 +25667,"If your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .",3 +22531,"to miss About A Boy",2 +69320,"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding ,",2 +54505,"make a playground out",2 +210439,"reports",2 +69842,"The power of Shanghai Ghetto , a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann ,",3 +123222,"in this flat effort",1 +75014,"atacar",2 +37332,"still , the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun",3 +181077,", to say nothing of boring .",1 +134240,"that anything discordant would topple the balance",2 +95753,"the flowers of perversity , comedy and romance",3 +94176,"takes your breath away",4 +74490,"arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .",3 +18270,"'s a movie -- and an album",2 +134764,"the Star Wars series",2 +72763,"a vibrant , colorful world",4 +116365,"by Dana Janklowicz-Mann",2 +46320,"Niels",2 +182605,"As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,",0 +21433,"none of it",2 +14684,"a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story . However , it lacks grandeur",1 +78722,"earthy",3 +191,"a latino in the lead",2 +216982,"to drag as soon as the action speeds up",1 +114094,"an interesting technical exercise",3 +115356,"baffling mixed platter",1 +81040,"give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it",2 +81528,"hand-drawn animated world",2 +67983,"Once Upon a Time in America",2 +235712,"show this movie to reviewers before its opening",2 +223465,"García Bernal and Talancón are an immensely appealing couple ,",4 +164582,"laser-beam eyes",2 +201116,"hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things",2 +179045,"you 'll be laughing at Britney Spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .",2 +231020,"from her dangerous and domineering mother",2 +232487,"is highly pleasurable .",4 +86004,"light-heartedness ,",2 +165549,"makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction",1 +57722,"that Broomfield 's interviewees , or even himself , will not be for much longer",2 +238242,"unnerving to see Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment",1 +46681,"Same song , second verse ,",2 +155989,"can something so gross be so boring ?",0 +207881,"of narrative banality",0 +121459,"growing more and more frustrated and detached as Vincent became more and more abhorrent",2 +219565,"will prove absorbing to American audiences",3 +58607,"the pretension associated with the term",2 +116519,"ca n't totally",2 +1850,"not a good movie",1 +96515,"the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled",3 +162194,"influx",2 +48628,"acidity",1 +10694,"squinting at your watch",0 +15246,"beloved kids ' books",3 +57736,"that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge",2 +207016,"no chemistry",1 +69126,"Take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year",4 +169453,"pulled off",2 +237418,"there had been more of the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",2 +128295,"of Brown 's life",2 +38547,"the poetic flights in Burdette 's dialogue",2 +217807,"trifling",1 +186009,"Mariah Carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in Glitter here in Wisegirls .",3 +19191,"Presents an astute appraisal of Middle American musical torpor and the desperate struggle to escape it",3 +185088,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted ,",4 +153659,"antiseptic",2 +186661,"Pauly Shore as the rocket scientist",2 +178146,"which is a simple retread of the 1979 Alien , with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship",2 +149138,"The Rock 's fighting skills",2 +238843,"with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness ''",2 +41083,"Michael Caine and",2 +77674,"cutthroat",2 +12842,"war",1 +116837,"character development and story logic",2 +156346,"clever things",2 +174811,"the star power of the cast or the redundant messages",2 +175301,"thinks it is about",2 +88536,"of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick , '' Orange County",1 +235567,"seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants",2 +232861,"is ultimately quite unengaging .",1 +158773,"fairly predictable psychological thriller",1 +42060,"have their say away",2 +198075,"even at an hour and twenty-some minutes",2 +24677,"Andersson creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar : absurd , yet tremendously sad .",2 +98291,"to see all year",2 +138000,"to venture forth",2 +2672,"the movie is loaded with good intentions , but",2 +198116,"even the funniest idea",2 +128463,"of a nationwide blight",2 +208848,"out ballsy and stylish",3 +38702,"the task",2 +238477,"watch with kids and use to introduce video as art",3 +9135,"not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight ,",1 +224329,"It is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .",1 +47252,"The solid filmmaking",4 +63011,"A fine",2 +82642,"if they want one",2 +65332,"Eric Byler 's nuanced pic",3 +182832,"Blair Witch formula",2 +91371,"regardless of",2 +59273,"to its rapid-fire delivery",2 +223565,"Handled correctly",3 +224993,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium ,",3 +2224,"see these guys",2 +207612,"of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story",1 +105819,"First and",2 +151260,"a 76-minute commercial",1 +191966,"add up to a biting satire that has no teeth .",1 +236417,"that deals with first love sweetly",3 +208979,"own detriment",2 +220482,"'' feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a Spielberg trademark .",3 +213891,"that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow",2 +26581,"Simone",2 +103920,"A straight-shooting family film",3 +59395,"to the man 's theories",2 +40456,"you mull over its every nuance in your mind",2 +158524,"every major stunt Seagal 's",2 +37556,"symbolic",3 +222222,"Alas ,",2 +224256,"It 's the sweet Cinderella story that `` Pretty Woman '' wanted to be .",3 +109024,"So genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . It never is , not fully .",3 +187267,"Shorty",2 +87821,"never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .",3 +205440,"lot less time",3 +96518,"the rare trick",2 +137216,"through the looking glass",2 +58673,"the savagery of combat and",2 +230257,"disguise the slack complacency of ( Godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice",1 +62652,"170 minutes",2 +114343,"another generic drama",1 +96611,"the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",2 +180518,", apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice .",1 +97154,"their scenes brim",2 +19786,"and Stevenson",2 +1063,"general hospital",2 +40986,"It 's an old story , but",2 +108270,"PC stability notwithstanding",1 +73767,"an era in which computer-generated images are the norm",2 +227573,"`` Safe Conduct '' )",2 +4629,"an emotion",2 +140734,"you could have about Spirited Away",2 +150431,"Too close to Phantom Menace for comfort .",1 +166734,"next ? D . J . Qualls as Indiana Jones ?",2 +5321,"building",2 +234294,"of Runteldat",2 +69141,"Takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you",3 +8854,"more casual filmgoers",2 +145413,"For all its alleged youthful fire",2 +14746,"a great way for the American people",3 +141015,"'m just too bored to care",1 +108383,"Petri dish",2 +175993,"to blame here",2 +55088,"no small part thanks to Lau",2 +35396,"of shallow magnificence",3 +230135,"delightfully rendered",4 +167593,"of marginalization",2 +192400,"amusedly , sometimes impatiently --",2 +193450,"as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball",1 +58184,"the darkest hours for The Return of the King",2 +28681,"and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",2 +56089,"poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",3 +118879,"easy to love Robin Tunney",3 +71833,"a historically significant , and personal , episode",3 +117846,"dare I say",2 +113140,"about dying and loving",2 +204941,"light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast",2 +74270,"are , with the drumming routines ,",2 +94321,"terms of what it 's trying to do",2 +208749,"opposite each other Bullock and Grant still",3 +17568,"the importance of the musicians",3 +35825,"out gunning to make a great one",3 +79333,"every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel .",3 +70582,"Until its final minutes",2 +183504,"Distinctly",2 +17220,"slasher video",2 +119721,"familiar anti-feminist equation",2 +125258,"its generosity",2 +139811,"whose aims",2 +160816,"have been biting and droll",2 +59437,"told well by a master storyteller",3 +159733,"from one implausible situation to another",1 +112939,"a true ` epic '",3 +94052,"swooping down on a string of exotic locales ,",3 +2849,"this gory , perverted ,",1 +114156,"an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",3 +35306,"of its setting with a good deal of warmth and humor",4 +167771,"of the cultural mores of Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv",2 +36116,"prankish comedy",3 +159238,"flick , primarily because it is dull",1 +185530,"Juliette Lewis",2 +221855,"1.2",2 +50005,"can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . So",3 +166282,"more tiresome",1 +103449,"A brutal and funny work . Nicole Holofcenter",3 +213069,"só",2 +130896,"quick emotional connections",2 +203739,"it 's all quite tasteful to look at",3 +4314,"a work",2 +78355,"do n't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director",1 +168033,"on TV",2 +147027,"King ,",2 +84829,"is working properly",3 +170872,"shifts abruptly",2 +48032,"a few twists",2 +222559,"Bearable .",2 +33095,"intelligent , romantic and rapturous",3 +173788,"the eccentric and the strange . The fact that it is n't very good",1 +101329,"'' Punch-Drunk Love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ...",2 +195754,"clerk",2 +107155,"Janice 's",2 +211413,"shenanigans and slapstick",3 +9554,"outrageous tendencies",1 +205675,"make the attraction",2 +112212,"a little more special",3 +172100,"stretching out",2 +42522,"rebel , connect",2 +158572,"exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about",2 +204819,"leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did",1 +179711,"'s dissecting",2 +6988,"has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way",2 +219149,"whatsoever .",2 +13023,"while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey",1 +188541,"The plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to Disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story . But while the highly predictable narrative falls short , Treasure Planet is truly gorgeous to behold .",3 +14799,"a parka-wrapped dose",2 +169115,"possible for computer-generated characters",2 +170369,"satyr",2 +104199,"Altman",2 +205000,"like Them",2 +65087,"Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions",3 +126931,"me feel weird \ \/ Thinking about all the bad things in the world \ \/ Like puppies with broken legs \ \/ And butterflies that die \ \/ And movies starring pop queens",1 +66161,"I have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and",3 +154029,"artifice and acting",2 +118188,"dialogue and inventive moments",3 +105635,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .",4 +24570,"Almost",2 +50001,"can be made",3 +114247,"and history lesson",2 +172887,"that Ford effortlessly filled with authority",2 +137523,"to delight without much of a story .",2 +85610,"keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease",3 +13588,", her long , braided hair doing little to wipe away the jeweled beads of sweat",2 +84469,"is nonjudgmental",2 +208855,"out of control on a long patch of black ice",2 +171234,"slash",2 +222333,"An uplifting , near-masterpiece .",4 +65140,"Dogme 95 filmmaking",2 +151596,"a deficit",1 +183328,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I . Q . than when I had entered",1 +209649,"predisposed",2 +68177,"Perhaps not since Nelson Eddy crooned his Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald has there been a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest .",2 +49942,"by an artist",2 +116333,"but not very Imaxy",1 +151278,"a Cube fix",2 +6366,"eye-catching",4 +85882,"led to their notorious rise",2 +117228,"comes back for more",2 +123806,"is a poster boy for the geek generation",3 +26923,"The visuals alone make Metropolis worth seeing .",3 +128063,"non-narrative",2 +1922,"of the imagination to germinate",3 +122432,"hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",1 +30540,"cultural specificity",2 +49104,"appealing about the characters",3 +25848,"Jason Bourne .",3 +169734,"real plot",3 +229896,"come out in weeks",2 +159836,"funny !",3 +59373,"to the best parts of Birthday Girl",3 +211094,"seems more tacky and reprehensible ,",1 +46333,"No Man 's",2 +238627,"when Leguizamo finally plugged an irritating character late in the movie .",1 +230607,"even then",2 +10627,"something must have been lost in the translation",1 +239061,"written so well ,",4 +123945,"is as thought-provoking",3 +202091,"in those moments where it 's supposed to feel funny and light",2 +27173,"Weaver 's sensitive reactions",2 +1415,"is this love or is it masochism ? binoche",2 +53807,"it ends in a muddle",1 +21027,"is in love with its own cleverness",2 +107336,"Knight",2 +114502,"appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit",2 +61317,"'s the mark of a documentary that works",3 +34298,"make in the interests of doing them good .",3 +4077,"a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted",4 +125976,"life affirming and heartbreaking",3 +5990,"disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half",2 +42895,"thriller , coupled with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings . .",4 +212963,"sure to find an enthusiastic audience among American action-adventure buffs , but the film 's interests",3 +42396,"need not",2 +234266,"of For the most part Wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` Being Earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and Parker 's creative interference",2 +168470,"outrunning a fireball",2 +199146,"for Shearer 's radio show",2 +219088,"what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",1 +160078,"girl power",2 +51361,"every moviegoer 's",2 +91758,"rockumentary",2 +46750,"Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities . Instead , he shows them the respect they are due .",3 +2510,"that it ca n't help but engage an audience",3 +166101,"moments in Etoiles",2 +221589,", the jokes are a little lukewarm",2 +75971,"brings the proper conviction to his role as ( Jason Bourne )",3 +86670,"makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .",3 +26477,"Rohmer",2 +81489,"had n't",2 +179381,"'ll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie",0 +134388,"that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",2 +164233,"jolly country",2 +127438,"most important and exhilarating forms",3 +70070,"There 's no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane .",2 +236615,"the Average White Band 's `` Pick up the Pieces",1 +47996,"a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride",2 +207806,"of involved talent",3 +78152,"digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness .",2 +99972,"whether our civilization offers a cure for Vincent 's complaint",2 +171626,"someone else",2 +212632,"strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself",2 +226215,"The cast is spot on and",3 +108709,"Russo guys",2 +95696,"the filmmaker 's lifelong concern",2 +60212,"will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century",2 +88289,"of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being",3 +182256,"Allegiance to Chekhov , which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard",2 +91700,"right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together",3 +231079,"fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit",2 +161999,"in the east",2 +63125,"A journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it 's potentially just as rewarding .",3 +143724,"An earnest racial-issues picture",3 +65222,"Dustin Hoffman",2 +180384,", I assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it .",1 +124726,"is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato",1 +166088,"modest and",2 +121289,"good a job as anyone",3 +183798,"Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .",3 +19590,"a sort of comfort food for the mind",4 +84875,"it 's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it 's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through",3 +54872,"most gloriously unsubtle",2 +155969,"can practically smell the patchouli oil .",2 +136884,"this a remarkable and novel concept",4 +49570,"beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema",4 +202891,"is essentially juiceless",2 +10761,"stomach-churning",1 +34765,"my interest",2 +73510,"alongside the other Hannibal movies",2 +123475,"intelligent , and humanly funny film",4 +70406,"Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well",3 +169250,"pretty cool characters",4 +228676,"annoying demeanour",0 +4618,"an almodovar movie",2 +107394,"Latino hip hop beat",2 +78267,"dishes",2 +226436,"The premise itself is just SOOOOO tired .",0 +185889,"Love Story derisions",2 +30235,"codes and ideals",2 +78445,"does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain",3 +93857,"summer film",2 +11198,"the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus",3 +156146,"character development a non-starter",1 +9145,"not only a pianist , but",3 +167851,"of their baby 's birth",2 +180558,", but for their looks",2 +85275,"its genre",2 +122481,"holographic",2 +24966,"Charly '",2 +99870,"what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",3 +120913,"gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences",2 +84313,"is in its examination of America 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence",2 +203891,"it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .",1 +43136,"'re not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert",2 +211820,"slow and dreary",1 +197368,"does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that .",1 +60927,"'s also somewhat clumsy",1 +94887,"that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints",4 +67057,"Kong movie",2 +113434,"adults will at least have a dream image of the West to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle",2 +116083,"bogs down in genre cliches here .",1 +194477,"being framed in conversation",2 +96142,"the mix",2 +32237,"half-wit",1 +108190,"One of these days Hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .",1 +235286,"reinforcement",2 +164126,"its quest for Deeper Meaning",2 +232332,"is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film The Sum of All Fears , starring Ben Affleck , seem downright Hitchcockian",0 +155899,"called The Hills Have Antlers and",2 +104929,"By applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .",3 +171364,"smug and",2 +62253,", tender sermon",2 +129766,"otherwise tender movements",2 +51434,"explores the conflict between following one 's heart and following the demands of tradition .",3 +61737,", always brooding look",2 +141585,"'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments",3 +74759,"as rewarding",3 +220896,"'s neglected over the years .",2 +165346,"low-budget Full Frontal",1 +93454,"startling story",3 +22493,"to beat",2 +134221,"that Washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him",3 +210064,"rank frustration from those in the",1 +137203,"through Snow Dogs",2 +117174,"come , already",2 +215197,"the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",3 +66358,"In his U . S . debut",2 +236566,"that transforms its wearer into a superman",3 +210868,"scenario that will give most parents pause",2 +210791,"satisfying kids flck",3 +218062,"un drama",1 +109883,"The heedless impetuousness",2 +218170,"unfairly",1 +41541,"ambition is in short supply in the cinema , and Egoyan tackles his themes and explores his characters ' crises with seriousness and compassion",3 +33064,"inner and outer --",2 +207037,"no fewer than five",2 +227910,"a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them",2 +167584,"of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta",2 +1502,"its lan",2 +146639,"It almost plays like Solaris , but with guns and jokes .",3 +115647,"beat each other to a pulp",1 +171586,"some kind of marriage of true minds",2 +213137,"takes chances that are bold by studio standards",3 +43805,", you will enjoy seeing how both evolve",3 +32112,"goal",3 +117947,"deep or substantial",3 +79936,"finally feel absolutely earned",2 +149086,"The Contenders to create a completely crass and forgettable movie",1 +221836,"... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand )",3 +220459,"' and a geriatric",2 +186905,"Represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .",1 +73595,"amoral",1 +217406,"to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .",2 +111762,"a daytime soaper",2 +226633,"This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .",3 +87517,"mourns her tragedies in private",1 +83883,"is a somber trip worth taking",3 +31965,"funny and consistently odd",4 +77823,"deeper , more direct connection",3 +232128,"intelligentsia",3 +80170,"flying",2 +61121,"'s most substantial feature for some time",3 +7946,"it is , it 's too long and unfocused",0 +208972,"own action",2 +71202,"` Praise the Lord",3 +179166,"you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense",0 +138747,"unparalleled proportions , writer-director Parker",3 +138553,"unblinkingly",2 +61353,"'s very much like life itself",3 +174930,"the true creativity would have been to hide Treasure Planet entirely and completely reimagine it .",1 +87445,"most of all",2 +192461,"an admirable rigor",3 +220140,"writer-actor",2 +100972,"writer Tom Stoppard",2 +3757,"a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness",0 +109589,"The beauty of Alexander Payne 's ode to the Everyman is in the details .",3 +51470,"factory",2 +46097,"Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . The only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub .",2 +5201,"blow",2 +40004,"which always relates to characters and story",2 +230946,"for the most part , The Weight of Water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness .",0 +190533,"a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",3 +4973,"back and",2 +116088,"boisterous energy",3 +8052,"its gags",1 +11063,"that feels very human and very true to life",3 +164410,"kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull",1 +55304,"of celebrity",2 +130231,"pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet",2 +149430,"The film makes a fatal mistake : It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life .",1 +77878,"deftly executed",4 +55722,"on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart",3 +111209,"With the exception of McCoist , the players do n't have a clue on the park . The acting is n't much better .",1 +67630,"Morning",2 +2280,"simply",2 +196731,"demented-funny as Starship Troopers",2 +102869,", the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .",2 +124373,"is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy",0 +209747,"print",2 +44720,"Bill Paxton 's",2 +156800,"control the screen with swaggering machismo and over-the-top lunacy",2 +202175,"incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud",0 +60389,"with such gentle but insistent sincerity",2 +47777,"` Solaris '",2 +115058,"as there are for children and dog lovers",2 +219571,"will suck up to this project ...",2 +143203,"A minor picture with a major identity crisis",1 +62533,". T . Anderson",2 +183305,"DeMeo is not without talent",3 +177602,"wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",1 +36520,"resonant ,",2 +136500,"the use",2 +141956,", Circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .",1 +181351,"... would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges .",2 +167997,"okay ,",2 +102392,", and totally disorientated .",1 +108106,"Off the Hook",2 +204406,"joylessly extravagant pictures",1 +48560,"about performances",2 +107757,"Mike Myers",2 +14784,"a minor comedy",2 +173385,"the Lifetime cable television network",2 +99028,"unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon",2 +13342,"you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins",1 +114563,"are blunt and challenging and",2 +228662,"and then there 's the music ...",2 +225062,"Much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",4 +219831,"with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise",1 +1481,"it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie",3 +25210,"Elliott",2 +164145,"its ribald , full-throated humor",3 +228994,"as they float within the seas of their personalities",2 +174814,"the story 's emotional thrust",2 +229333,"being 51 times stronger than coke",2 +209272,"picture we 've been watching for decades",2 +177234,"unnecessary and clumsy last scene",1 +65540,"Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber",3 +120734,"from one colorful event to another",3 +123708,"is a big , juicy role",3 +147307,"Magnolia Primavera",1 +32973,"in this account of the life of artist Frida Kahlo that are among cinema 's finest this year . Unfortunately",2 +29333,"attending",2 +168451,"outcast",2 +102233,", City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",1 +41925,"fill their scenes and",2 +136822,"they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and",1 +3389,"( caine ) proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",4 +46614,"Recoing 's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment . Good film , but",2 +12707,"up for",2 +195566,"ces",2 +234028,"my least favourite emotions",2 +81278,"gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas )",2 +195983,"comes through all too painfully",2 +88350,"of a problem",2 +99188,"urban Hades",2 +55334,"of dilithium crystals",2 +6437,"featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .",3 +184066,"From its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , Bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .",1 +32979,"in this intelligent and restrained coming-of-age drama .",3 +210998,"see the it",3 +147446,"Mick Jackson",2 +205646,"make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story",3 +15631,"effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs",2 +239034,"would notice",2 +73982,"anachronistic .",1 +60153,"who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable WASP matron",3 +225323,"One-of-a-kind near-masterpiece .",4 +198730,"feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off .",0 +236386,"that Soderbergh 's best films , `` Erin Brockovich , '' `` Out of Sight '' and `` Ocean 's Eleven , ''",2 +205531,"lurches between not-very-funny comedy",1 +136815,"they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''",2 +136383,"the talents of its actors",2 +66728,"It is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .",2 +7864,"it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",3 +151408,"a boring parade",1 +83078,"in the characters",2 +163064,"is n't as easy to come by as it used to be",1 +170569,"seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",2 +47690,"Writer-director 's Mehta 's",2 +67852,"Nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends ( it ) stimulating depth .",4 +140036,"with Strangers",2 +59304,"to pass",2 +189120,"Thou ?",2 +126389,"lost and",2 +175232,"they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot",1 +136175,"the rug out from under you , just when you 're ready to hate one character , or really sympathize with another character",2 +150317,"This thing works on no level whatsoever for me .",0 +235914,"some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",1 +80223,"for a second",2 +60159,"who fights back at her abusers",2 +43217,"'s based on true events",2 +65934,"Hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the U . S . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema",4 +34757,"music to paint a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",4 +224353,"It looks like an action movie ,",2 +23942,", this white-trash satire",1 +114859,"as any after-school special you can imagine",2 +87392,"most brilliant and brutal UK crime film",4 +68718,"Shakespeare 's",2 +2166,"revisiting as many times",2 +157223,"define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",1 +49066,"another masterpiece",4 +229348,"believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon",2 +25954,"Lends itself to the narcotizing bland ( sinister , though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie ) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie",1 +146314,"In the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director Joe Carnahan .",0 +83230,"in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying",2 +235539,"seem at times too many ,",1 +60315,"with a message",3 +114107,"an obvious rapport",2 +190691,"a great presence",4 +110458,"This humbling little film ,",3 +6082,"drew",2 +146118,"I spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 +90727,"profits",3 +229922,"comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo",2 +20989,"is a gem . His characters are engaging , intimate and the dialogue is realistic and greatly moving . The scope of the Silberstein family is large and we grow attached to their lives , full of strength , warmth and vitality .",4 +42257,"keep their hopes",3 +16547,"maverick director",2 +228712,"any movie with a `` 2 ''",2 +193015,"arbitrarily",2 +201890,"in his earlier film",2 +137675,"to impress",2 +96051,"the living hell out of you",2 +161368,"hmmmmm . You see the movie and you think",2 +24265,"A big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler",4 +231227,"glum .",1 +522,"audience",2 +67677,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here : alone , abandoned , but still consoled by his art , which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",3 +72401,"a sincerely crafted picture",3 +48505,"a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path",2 +80593,"from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",3 +88631,"of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",3 +174888,"the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style",0 +75795,"bombshell documentary",3 +83816,"is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization , marred only by an inexplicable , utterly distracting blunder at the very end",2 +132053,"seizures",2 +84593,"is serene , the humor wry and sprightly",3 +86754,"manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity",4 +59005,"this is the same movie you probably loved in 1994 , except that it looks even better .",4 +81066,"give what may be the performances of their careers .",4 +85881,"lecherous",1 +7597,"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and",2 +58535,"the nicest possible way",2 +7607,"into melodrama and silliness",2 +114021,"an especially poignant portrait of her friendship",3 +15969,"has to do with Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister and her non-Jew husband",2 +223325,"Family fare .",3 +216470,"this reactionary thriller",2 +81156,"gluing you to the edge of your seat",4 +73494,"almost every relationship and personality in the film",2 +211322,"several plodding action sequences",1 +101931,"'s still unusually crafty and intelligent for Hollywood horror .",4 +29765,"brutal birth",1 +191664,"abiding impression",2 +39479,"trumpets",3 +48296,"a preordained '' big moment '' will occur",3 +197945,"entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive",4 +224556,"Lacks the inspiration of the original",1 +60421,"without in any way demeaning its subjects",3 +130059,"pause and",2 +825,"dissipated",2 +12813,"vulgar highlights",1 +73029,"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",4 +92914,"smug or",2 +160055,"gets too artsy in his American debut .",1 +211506,"should have been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas",2 +65063,"Diesel 's XXX flex-a-thon",1 +59341,"to see with their own eyes",2 +162181,"infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers",0 +44373,"Again",2 +146746,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , '",0 +222342,"And I 've decided to leave a light on every night from now on .",2 +44846,"Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",2 +199347,"for the love of a good woman",2 +36657,"sappy sentiment",2 +166805,"no great love for the original",1 +214082,"the Venezuelans say things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly . ''",0 +77617,"crushed",1 +137583,"to female camaraderie",2 +104272,"An elegant work",4 +64898,"DV",2 +27784,"a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale",3 +226105,"The Ghost and Mr. Chicken",2 +72927,"about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy",1 +200502,"has always been the action",2 +103318,"4Ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as Pokemon videos , but",3 +87241,"more coming-of-age stories",3 +86982,"medical aid is made available to American workers",2 +197888,"engorged",2 +230213,"did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?",1 +237164,"the problem with Wendigo , for all its effective moments , is n't really one of resources .",1 +163503,"is to a racehorse",2 +107945,"National Lampoon 's",2 +134435,"that it risks monotony . But it 's worth the concentration",3 +111607,"a certain era , but also",2 +111245,"Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written",3 +238347,"vs. child coming-of-age theme",2 +53333,"is a solid performance by Arliss Howard .",3 +80898,"genre gem",3 +67462,"Maryam",2 +114784,"as Graham",2 +96118,"the memorable character creations",3 +1474,"it interesting trying to find out",3 +116104,"boost",2 +113356,"actorish notations",2 +196445,"crisp framing",3 +92143,"seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes",3 +54246,"like a typical Bible killer story",1 +237025,"the layered richness",3 +45934,"Kaufmann 's '' Quills",2 +225874,"Some movies were made for the big screen , some for the small screen , and some , like Ballistic : Ecks vs. Sever , were made for the palm screen",1 +142490,", the film starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",1 +32970,"in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . Still",2 +91911,"satisfies ,",3 +238066,"too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations",1 +109635,"The cameo-packed ,",2 +50099,"centered around a public bath house",2 +169416,"providing solace through deception",3 +139136,"waiting for things to happen",2 +25125,"Director Nalin Pan",2 +7540,"insane",1 +108641,"Road Trip",3 +223734,"I 'm telling you ,",2 +196332,"could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",2 +79345,"every relationship and personality",2 +227641,"`` Waterboy",2 +233121,"its alleged provocation",2 +143909,"As is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .",2 +11847,"the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience",0 +229494,"burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored",1 +150651,"Video",2 +214966,"the limited range",2 +189457,"Watchable up until the point",1 +18911,"Haneke on his creepy explorations",2 +227714,"`` webcast",2 +202351,"interesting work",3 +227511,"`` Ichi the Killer '' , Takashi Miike",2 +36992,"single-mindedly",2 +88264,"of Room",2 +155707,"by a Dog",2 +38715,"the time-honored truth",3 +193569,"as shallow entertainment",1 +159091,"film 's end",2 +63734,"Alone",2 +169896,"rekindled by the Kathleen Soliah trial and the upcoming trial of SLA members Emily and William Harris , not to mention Sept .",2 +130433,"popcorn movie fun",4 +160982,"he is as a director or actor",2 +142888,"20th-Century",2 +146888,"Joe Jarvis and",2 +39203,"to have one helluva time at the movies",3 +28370,"an increasingly unsettling sense",1 +45629,"If you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful .",3 +156349,"cleverer , better written",3 +58675,"the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco",2 +17194,"should depend on surprises",2 +187314,"Simone is not a bad film . It just does n't have anything really interesting to say .",2 +149379,"The film 's hackneyed message",1 +207345,"occasional bursts",2 +89821,"our lives and the emptiness one",2 +233307,"laughed a hell of a lot",3 +4577,"amounts",2 +238097,"trailer-trash style",0 +90778,"prove diverting enough",3 +21534,"of one man and his delusions",2 +206407,"more lascivious-minded",2 +57881,"that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world",3 +20624,"full of strength , warmth and vitality",4 +215502,"the right frame of mind",3 +122029,"he can in a thankless situation",2 +128739,"of its fun",2 +78767,"effecting moments",2 +217208,"to match the power of their surroundings",3 +170740,"seriously dumb characters",0 +91672,"richly detailed , deftly executed and",4 +29682,"both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city",3 +68164,"Pellington gives '' Mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling",3 +183218,"Cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of Nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0 +155453,"bratty character",2 +114093,"an interesting movie",3 +202943,"is generally amusing from time to time",3 +176424,"to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development",1 +42775,"that is enlightening -- and",3 +16374,"its done",2 +216607,"three-minute",2 +66731,"It is a movie about passion",2 +121334,"goombah",2 +56075,"plucking tension",2 +168919,"played ,",2 +49352,"ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .",4 +204836,"left to work with , sort of like Michael Jackson 's nose",1 +18476,", the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games .",4 +211548,"show virtually no understanding of it",2 +408,"and",2 +117198,"come to think of it",2 +172081,"strainingly cute film",3 +186934,"Reyes ' directorial debut has good things to offer ,",3 +82209,"his 12th Oscar nomination",2 +82693,"imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star Jake Gyllenhaal but also from accomplished Oscar winners Susan Sarandon , Dustin Hoffman and Holly Hunter , yet newcomer Ellen Pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb",3 +3130,"which",2 +182666,"Aussie David Caesar",2 +8888,"most straight-faced",2 +168053,"on afternoon TV",2 +11598,"the map thematically and",2 +151370,"a big mess",1 +230945,"for the late show",2 +69917,"The stars may be college kids , but",2 +17993,"way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",2 +132094,"sense of it",2 +56136,"powerful performance",4 +75038,"attraction and interdependence",3 +110447,"This follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter .",2 +111358,"You never know where Changing Lanes is going to take you",4 +1725,"messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy",1 +87210,"mood and tension",2 +63664,"Ah ,",2 +178885,"would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .",2 +128282,"of American life",2 +109142,"Stale first act , Scrooge story",1 +101061,"you 're looking for",2 +111092,"Where This was lazy but enjoyable",3 +10868,"suspenseful",3 +118115,"deserves to be seen everywhere .",3 +98969,"undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective",3 +55784,"one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here",4 +92800,"sleepless hours",2 +148895,"Stylistically , the movie is a disaster",0 +210412,"reparations",2 +97869,"to accept it as life and go with its flow",2 +182538,"Appropriately cynical social commentary aside , # 9",2 +532,"back-stabbing ,",1 +164708,"left a few crucial things out ,",1 +139729,"who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth",2 +91879,"salute just",2 +119636,"failed jokes , twitchy acting",1 +57571,"take a deep bow",2 +19978,"as Dahmer",1 +192309,"almost immediately",2 +84759,"is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women",2 +1176,"help but",2 +186845,"Ram Dass Fierce Grace",2 +183362,"Deserving of its critical backlash and more .",1 +34429,"maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies",3 +198887,"final product",2 +96070,"the lush scenery of the Cotswolds",2 +9900,"pull his head",2 +65638,"French cinema 's",2 +219424,"whose pervasive quiet",3 +35914,"party",2 +113935,"an aloof father and",2 +195253,"ca n't act",0 +197909,"enough emotional resonance",2 +79324,"every cliche",1 +62982,"A fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the New Age .",4 +100217,"wild ride",3 +96188,"the most practiced curmudgeon",3 +62962,"A family film",3 +112111,"a helping hand",3 +104267,"An awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything",1 +12381,"to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",3 +133118,"spirit-crushing",1 +115378,"bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy",1 +153697,"any real transformation",2 +24062,"-- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested",3 +45128,"Efficient , suitably anonymous chiller",3 +215324,"the peak of all things insipid",1 +76751,"cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales",1 +7325,"if somebody was bored and ... decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they",0 +184130,"George and",2 +78292,"disquieting and thought-provoking film",3 +34159,"live-action division",2 +10071,"reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich .",3 +86617,"makes The Banger Sisters",2 +124618,"is that it 's also one of the smartest",3 +145901,"Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .",1 +193485,"as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum .",2 +187454,"Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .",1 +55391,"of his vitality",2 +3584,"a big-budget , after-school special",1 +55993,"period detail",2 +138595,"under the skin of the people involved",2 +18813,"Dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny",3 +222467,"As relationships shift , director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .",3 +191735,"about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz",1 +16273,"is n't all that bad",3 +89478,"on the fringes of the American underground",2 +67613,"More of the same from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films",4 +141886,"( or be entertained by )",2 +168235,"one of those crass",1 +100780,"wonderful but sometimes confusing",3 +105002,"Caruso sometimes descends into sub-Tarantino cuteness",2 +192679,"analgesic balm",2 +53160,"interesting conflicted characters",3 +138856,"us all",3 +233585,"low rent",2 +197855,"endlessly repetitive scenes",2 +136716,"then you 'll enjoy The Hot Chick .",2 +83101,"in the form of dazzling pop entertainment",3 +73474,"allowing us to find the small , human moments",2 +18800,"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",2 +126258,"little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling",2 +194852,"both Oscar winners",3 +200990,"heavy Irish brogue",2 +117133,"coherent , believable story",3 +89467,"on the couch of Dr . Freud",2 +129835,"over the great blue globe",2 +127404,"most antsy",2 +121171,"given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",3 +89906,"over-dramatic",1 +162044,"in the way of character development",2 +6294,"ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar",1 +25830,"Jaglom",2 +33744,"its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy",1 +23300,", Half Ghost Story , All in one criminally",2 +66026,"Hollywood fluff",1 +170001,"replete with acclaimed actors and actresses",3 +139047,"vidgame",2 +115113,"assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties .",0 +229604,"by which All the Queen 's Men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what 's been cobbled together onscreen",0 +194318,"becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates",1 +36998,"sink",2 +222195,"Adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .",2 +176353,"to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film",0 +32769,"immense wit and insight",4 +114375,"any 50 other filmmakers",2 +43589,", grief and recovery",2 +28748,"and prankish comedy",2 +72277,"a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun",2 +81776,"has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance",3 +105461,"Director Tom Dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut Shanghai Noon , but",2 +233927,"more fascinating than the results",3 +140648,"yet far from impenetrable theory",2 +114678,"are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry",4 +74246,"appreciate its whimsical humor",2 +225846,"Soderbergh 's best films",4 +25378,"Fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment .",3 +136976,"this is that sort of thing all over again",2 +116009,"bitter end",1 +58183,"the darkest hours",1 +123566,"into director Patricio Guzman 's camera",2 +130722,"propriety-obsessed",2 +221954,"A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying",0 +233399,"like E.T.",2 +53897,"its careful pace and seemingly opaque story",2 +39551,"ultimately not quite satisfying",2 +197972,"entirely witless and inane",0 +15080,"and singing heads and all",3 +11818,"the relentless horror on parade",1 +85780,"late 15th century",2 +78079,"detract from the affection of that moral favorite",1 +87758,"need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers",2 +72612,"a surge",2 +103736,"A movie you observe",2 +133855,"takes too long to shake",1 +145664,"Guillermo Del Toro 's sequel",2 +138143,"too predictable",0 +72132,"a place alongside the other Hannibal movies",3 +82394,"holds the film together .",3 +175723,"thrown at actors charged with the impossible task of making them jell",1 +216422,"this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally",2 +196796,"derivativeness",1 +13912,"British eccentrics",2 +220074,"would go back and choose to skip it",1 +136302,"the specific conditions of one man",2 +100118,"who makes Martha enormously endearing",3 +65670,"Friends",2 +171338,"smart and sassy",3 +27236,"Wilson",2 +201167,"his earlier film",2 +234954,"plain bad .",0 +217034,"to find himself",2 +215124,"the movie could be released in this condition",3 +232312,"is a kickass , dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some .",4 +95699,"the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",1 +167160,"of Attraction",2 +225488,"Pompous and",1 +37377,"streak",2 +185127,"It 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death",2 +161680,"impersonal in its relentlessness",1 +61414,"( Cho ) riffs on the diciness of colonics , on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outré sexual practice .",2 +207872,"of more recent successes such",3 +76549,"ceremonies",2 +218756,"was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .",1 +81006,"getting kids",2 +166725,"newly",2 +126036,"like ` Masterpiece Theatre ' type costumes",2 +168642,"pandemonium .",2 +75494,"before the pathology set in",2 +138253,"trailer-trash style . Entertaining but like shooting fish in a barrel",2 +133250,"startling transformation",2 +120788,"frustrated and detached",1 +169268,"pretty moments",3 +196555,"cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up",2 +172121,"strolls through this mess with a smug grin",2 +96968,"the variety of tones in Spielberg 's work",3 +11585,"the loud and",2 +68601,"Saturday Night Live-style parody , '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy",3 +117300,"committed to growth in his ninth decade",3 +190172,"a bid to hold our attention",1 +192504,"an audience laugh so much during a movie",3 +50366,"concerned with Sade 's ideas",2 +54644,"massive infusion",2 +142221,", hypocrisy and love",2 +227510,"`` Ichi the Killer '' ,",2 +237310,"the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge",2 +72197,"a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable",3 +55361,"of flesh , buzz , blab and money",2 +227208,"Wobbly Senegalese updating of `` Carmen '' which is best for the stunning star turn by Djeinaba Diop Gai",2 +70789,"What 's most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .",3 +51950,"from telemarketers",2 +103063,"- damn it !",2 +106044,"Graced",2 +123108,"in such a potentially sudsy set-up",1 +72194,"a psycho",1 +92304,"separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd",3 +120244,"flick cliches",1 +108135,"Old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment .",3 +35050,"observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",3 +55109,"nonconformity",2 +177330,"us look forward to the Russos ' next offering",3 +239183,"you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A.I.",2 +9400,"of view nor a compelling reason",1 +157022,"crooks",2 +237651,"throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation",2 +209728,"pretty mediocre shtick",1 +177402,"vastly more affronted",1 +150486,"Topkapi",2 +7458,"in order to kill a zombie",2 +209507,"poo-poo",1 +194959,"brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture",2 +53905,"its complexity",2 +109709,"The director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions ,",3 +46251,"Mr . Spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned .",3 +164879,"like Tomcats , Freddy Got Fingered , and Slackers",2 +1684,"makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases",1 +188279,"The holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot",1 +10817,"succession",2 +236361,"that 's been given the drive of a narrative",2 +107161,"Japanese animations",2 +32052,"giddily entertaining",3 +239022,"would have preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr. Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve .",1 +29143,"as a clever , charming tale",3 +233982,"movie atmospherics",2 +228997,"as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and\/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in",1 +153986,"are up there",3 +172432,"swings annoyingly",1 +140323,"without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality",2 +89526,"on-screen chemistry",3 +22793,"whole-heartedly",3 +63637,"Adam Sandler",3 +91854,"s face is chillingly unemotive , yet",1 +123036,"in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast",3 +212681,"strives to be more ,",2 +142394,", pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",2 +83642,"inventive director",4 +216286,"think his name was , uh , Michael Zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something",2 +226294,"The fourth in a series",2 +38055,"the case",2 +184851,"If you saw Benigni 's Pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .",1 +172249,"such silliness",2 +105728,"Examines",1 +111453,"` they",2 +227181,"With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies",0 +139962,"will the actors",2 +215862,"the visual panache , the comic touch ,",3 +134839,"the art houses",2 +33179,"inventive and artful",4 +195576,"change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",1 +50646,"day family parable",2 +10728,"stealing harvard aspires to comedic grand larceny but stands convicted of nothing",1 +38546,"the poetic flights",2 +176180,"to have ushers in the theater that hand you a cup of coffee every few minutes . Like a marathon runner trying to finish a race , you need a constant influx of liquid just to get through it",0 +69613,"The fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels",4 +177543,"vulgar as",1 +24502,"A warm , funny , engaging film .",4 +206390,"more holes",1 +117736,"cross between XXX and Vertical Limit .",3 +97978,"to care about",3 +123853,"is a vulgar",0 +184320,"Hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .",1 +47015,"The extent to which it succeeds",3 +235699,"should have been the vehicle for Chan that `` The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey",2 +55469,"of our time",2 +143687,"American Pie-like irreverence",2 +68583,"Sand 's masculine persona",3 +90128,"pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming",3 +183705,"Enthusiastically",3 +218027,"typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",1 +192376,"ame and",2 +125535,"just when",2 +62190,", sad dance",1 +228517,"an `` O Bruin ,",2 +29026,"are a winning combination",4 +93354,"sports extravaganza",3 +124862,"it 's pleasant enough",3 +231884,"if the top-billed Willis is not the most impressive player",2 +197397,"dog-paddle",2 +136493,"the unmistakable stamp",2 +230508,"end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender",2 +141292,"'s difficult to say whether The Tuxedo is more boring or embarrassing",0 +29514,"begging for mercy",1 +139632,"whether or not",1 +19602,"a tight , focused performance",3 +61464,"( Kline 's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code , and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it",3 +218176,"unfocused screenplay",1 +193140,"are no less",2 +94709,"that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that",2 +147782,"Not even",2 +28290,"ample",3 +70673,"Walter Hill",2 +51661,"filme",2 +87641,"music and",2 +138189,"topless and roll",2 +218318,"upon the relationships of the survivors",2 +197351,"does n't really believe in it",1 +236039,"stays with you",3 +214769,"the heavy stuff",2 +150256,"This is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing .",1 +102166,"( as well as",2 +82352,"historical event",3 +177463,"veteran Joe Zwick",2 +72757,"a very insecure man",2 +102470,", curiously adolescent movie",2 +197452,"down badly as we",1 +12968,"what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread",2 +77295,"contemplative ,",2 +59467,"touch anyone regardless of their familiarity",4 +149462,"The humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . But",1 +234843,"own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute",3 +171672,"something that makes Fatal Attraction look like a classic by comparison",1 +211066,"seemingly eternal",2 +26565,"Shakespeare",1 +189622,"Whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet T-shirt and shower scenes .",1 +111441,"` intro ' documentary",2 +18740,"Bond movie",2 +145761,"He 's a mouse , for cryin ' out loud , and all",2 +151041,"Woody Allen )",2 +47308,"There 's no reason to miss Interview with the Assassin",4 +124533,"is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed Equilibrium becomes a concept doofus",0 +95124,"the animation master",3 +217872,"truth-in-advertising hounds take note",2 +144561,"Comes off more",2 +57531,"surrealism",2 +41677,"buddies Chris Rock , Garry Shandling and",2 +200992,"heavy sentiment",2 +120050,"film equivalent",2 +150824,"What could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself",1 +56607,"rich veins",2 +165033,"limp ,",1 +35919,"passion and class consciousness",2 +204014,"it simply becomes a routine shocker",2 +56082,"plying into your subconscious like the nightmare you had a week ago that wo n't go away",3 +84110,"is credible",2 +218864,"watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact )",2 +169137,"potentially moving",3 +121372,"governmental odds",3 +90524,"positive change",3 +93993,"suspenseful spin",3 +96414,"the playful paranoia",2 +89016,"of the funniest jokes of any movie",4 +41000,"It 's predictable ,",1 +108334,"Paxton , making his directorial feature debut",2 +14450,"Stephen",2 +238495,"way Shainberg",2 +61204,"'s packed with just as much intelligence as action",4 +180658,", hastily ,",2 +226896,"V.S.",2 +76282,"called ` My Husband Is Travis Bickle '",2 +114535,"are able to accomplish",3 +81293,"got as potent a topic as ever here",3 +142224,", if nothing else , will appeal to fans of Malcolm in the Middle and its pubescent star , Frankie Muniz",2 +155760,"by lowering your expectations",1 +127446,"most intelligent viewers",3 +77860,"definitely gives you something to chew on",3 +236383,"that LaBute deal with the subject of love head-on",2 +88027,"not the first ,",2 +192025,"affected and",2 +7041,"have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head",1 +119298,"establishing",2 +13573,", enrapturing",3 +191287,"a sea of visual and verbal clichés",1 +231466,"has no place to go since Simone is not real",1 +198880,"filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .",0 +129120,"of the star of Road Trip",2 +210236,"recent efforts",2 +232282,"is a film that 's neither .",1 +80864,"gasp , shudder",1 +50262,"comedy , caper thrills",3 +199251,"for kids or their parents",3 +147262,"Love may have been in the air onscreen , but I certainly was n't feeling any of it .",1 +209532,"pop-music",2 +219347,"who he is or who he was before",2 +44866,"Catholic or , really ,",2 +31938,"full of fine performances , led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel , his wife",3 +85092,"it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .",4 +188863,"There are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores ,",1 +11797,"the reality",2 +90216,"periods",2 +130687,"profanity and",2 +168872,"picture that does not move",1 +148783,"Spanish butler",2 +151634,"a documentary -- just not this one",1 +101225,"your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J",2 +41173,"Roger Michell ,",2 +59435,"told well",3 +5714,"conspiracy",2 +124203,"is light , innocuous and unremarkable",0 +165210,"look like a classic by comparison",2 +171483,"so stilted and unconvincing",0 +17170,"self-sacrifice",2 +34588,"more serious emotions",2 +34614,"most American",2 +119168,"enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",3 +49214,"argues",1 +228298,"about her `` madness ''",2 +88859,"of rock videos",2 +209990,"quick edits",2 +169788,"really wrong with this ricture",1 +142842,"100 minutes or",2 +235150,"question to ask about Bad Company",2 +189554,"What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original",1 +1723,"mess",1 +232598,"is n't that much different from many a Hollywood romance .",2 +38429,"the most cynical curmudgeon",3 +117497,"contribute",2 +42296,"lo que es el cine",1 +111731,"a crime fighter",2 +51893,"fresh good looks and",3 +198148,"ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money",2 +120576,"forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot",1 +83451,"intelligence and verve",3 +112530,"a prissy teenage girl",2 +122597,"hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as",3 +66168,"I have two words to say about Reign of Fire . Great dragons !",4 +54428,"low-budget",1 +95508,"the economic fringes",1 +60946,"'s anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair .",4 +98874,"uh",2 +231223,"glorious dose",2 +66965,"Julianne Moore this year",2 +36925,"should find much to mull and debate .",2 +216053,"them are funny , a few are sexy and",4 +3952,"a manner that one never overwhelms the other .",2 +3711,"a cutesy romantic tale with a twist",3 +134564,"that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action",2 +203036,"is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor .",1 +220186,"year 2455",2 +209225,"personal low",1 +115936,"between Sullivan and his son",3 +19799,"and alive",3 +189158,"Thriller directorial debut for Traffic scribe Gaghan has all the right parts , but the pieces do n't quite fit together .",2 +156373,"clichéd , doddering , misogynistic boy",1 +23135,"'s life",2 +88210,"of Gosford Park",2 +237605,"though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .",4 +204769,"lead role",2 +129745,"other than its one good idea )",2 +230033,"create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\* , but also",2 +164005,"its characters , its protagonist",2 +238802,"will wind up as glum as Mr. De Niro .",1 +173018,"that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than",1 +230884,"food entrée",2 +57797,"that have become a Spielberg trademark",3 +143504,"Acting , particularly by Tambor , almost makes '' Never Again '' worthwhile , but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",1 +225084,"Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute",2 +55880,"outrageousness",2 +129947,"page-turning",3 +100576,"with or without",2 +106711,"In the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",2 +156893,"could only be made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",1 +232635,"is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the rise of Castro",3 +130283,"playing more than one role just",2 +120441,"for its profound humanity",3 +231541,"have a whale of a good time .",3 +111509,"a VH1 Behind the Music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation",3 +64989,"Deliberately and skillfully uses ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance .",3 +72998,"about the original conflict",2 +59970,"way cheaper ( and better )",3 +17735,"this gutsy and at times exhilarating movie a great yarn",4 +119362,"even-flowing",2 +91842,"runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .",4 +61688,", Soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way .",3 +152325,"a reactive cipher ,",2 +8992,"narration",2 +193477,"as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '",1 +29356,"avoids the more serious emotions involved",1 +149413,"The film is based on truth",2 +69125,"Take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and",2 +41405,"You might not want to hang out with Samantha , but",3 +109683,"The cumulative effect",2 +33027,"incredibly low-rent",1 +227187,"With a cast of A-list Brit actors , it is worth searching out .",4 +45207,"Extremely well acted by the four primary actors",3 +217001,"to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , Love in the Time of Money",2 +43991,"A cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope",4 +94194,"talk about",2 +16860,"orchestrates the transformation of the chilly , neurotic , and self-absorbed Martha as her heart begins to open .",2 +77427,"could have and should have been deeper",1 +59064,"those who like long books and movies",2 +83160,"in the way of slapstick sequences",2 +222303,"An impressive hybrid .",4 +234076,"needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",1 +78962,"ending that",2 +4834,"as a tolerable diversion",2 +154593,"bait-and-tackle",2 +206216,"miracles",3 +137192,"three women",2 +202972,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .",1 +163729,"it aspires",3 +203240,"is not a Jackie Chan movie .",2 +117970,"definitely tasty and sweet",4 +26698,"Taylor",2 +49242,"as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker",2 +120072,"filmmakers copy the '' Saving Private Ryan '' battle scenes",1 +32321,"has more than enough charm to make it memorable .",3 +59001,"this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .",4 +223859,"I thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny ,",4 +149681,"The original was n't a good movie",1 +199600,"from poor Stephen Rea",2 +121862,"has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller",3 +138711,"unintentional parallels",2 +84062,"is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen .",4 +48731,"aground after being snared in its own tangled plot",1 +167186,"of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood",3 +184867,"In Moonlight Mile , no one gets shut out of the hug cycle .",2 +83567,"into the con",2 +138715,"uninteresting",1 +154196,"as it could have been",2 +231857,"i.e. ,",2 +33043,"inexorably through its seven day timeframe",2 +91852,"s face is chillingly unemotive",2 +49905,"but also intriguing and honorable ,",3 +234792,"other explanation",2 +224164,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` Got AIDS yet ? ''",0 +34330,"makes up for with its heart",3 +38652,"the soul adventure",2 +233468,"likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",3 +160996,"he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text",2 +4169,"a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , the selection , became in its final form",2 +206909,"neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear",1 +80590,"from a renowned Indian film culture that allows Americans to finally revel in its splendor",4 +67426,"Marmite",2 +10084,"relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene",2 +101624,"'s as comprehensible as any Dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .",3 +200784,"have been the vehicle for Chan that '' The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey . Alas",2 +182539,"Appropriately cynical social commentary aside , # 9 never quite ignites .",1 +133559,"such a lousy way",0 +8580,"lynch , jeunet",2 +183270,"Damon/Bourne",2 +226160,"The Porky 's",2 +213601,"that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",1 +184333,"Has its moments , but it 's pretty far from a treasure .",2 +70736,"Weeks Notice",2 +161621,"if you will a Tony Hawk skating video interspliced with footage from Behind Enemy Lines and set to Jersey shore techno",1 +117992,"deliberately unsettling",2 +138060,"too bleak ,",2 +120864,"funny . It wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy Hawaiian shirt",3 +153705,"anyone over the age of 2",2 +7939,"it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes .",1 +129957,"painful to watch",0 +238328,"via computer animated Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale",2 +49985,"cable channel",1 +217715,"touts",2 +91116,"rather frightening",1 +40450,"you inside the rhythms of its subject",2 +221919,"?!?",2 +17480,"the act is still charming here .",3 +39654,"unlikely , but likable ,",3 +39928,"well shot",3 +41724,"come with the warning '' For serious film buffs",2 +150835,"What kids will discover",2 +105863,"Forget the Psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore",1 +111732,"a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than Batman",2 +63371,"A slam-bang extravaganza",3 +138881,"usher",2 +124094,"is hard",2 +184806,"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear .",1 +155194,"beyond comic book status",2 +129107,"of the rich and sudden wisdom , the film",3 +91914,"satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood",3 +80127,"flinch from its unsettling prognosis ,",2 +181912,"A preposterously melodramatic paean to gang-member teens in Brooklyn circa 1958 .",2 +144969,"Draft computer program",2 +232011,"in its base concept that you can not help but get",2 +187606,"Stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , over-the-top , and",0 +190031,"` nature '",2 +25853,"Jeffrey",2 +119890,"feels almost anachronistic",2 +4080,"a renowned indian film",3 +115050,"as the source material movie",2 +59923,"want to believe",2 +57690,"than the ` laughing with",2 +156671,"concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between Chan and Hewitt .",1 +210792,"satisfying movie experience",3 +40799,"Branagh , in his most forceful non-Shakespeare screen performance",4 +140081,"with a smile on your face",3 +185039,"It 's about a family of sour immortals",2 +102660,", it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more",1 +131562,"right-wing , propriety-obsessed family",1 +231119,"get a lot of running around , screaming and death .",2 +74669,"as distinctive as his visuals . Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",3 +174084,"the home video",2 +23372,", an eye-opening tour of modern Beijing culture in a journey of rebellion ,",3 +119593,"extra-dry",1 +224940,"Mr. Murray ,",2 +191091,"a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .",1 +218580,"visual motifs",2 +34717,"much closer to Hornby 's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did",3 +89664,"one year",2 +1891,"of car chases for an hour",2 +157251,"delivers a long , low-heat chase",2 +175587,"this wretched work",1 +3630,"a certain level",2 +191211,"a retread story",0 +166083,"modern situation comedy",2 +150545,"U . S . art",2 +32536,"his characters ' crises",2 +76496,"casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the Bermuda Triangle",2 +143266,"A perplexing example of promise unfulfilled ,",1 +129943,"pack a powerful emotional wallop",4 +93731,"subtle , humorous , illuminating study",4 +173912,"the film is competent",3 +104515,"As spent screen series go",2 +22898,"you 'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean .",4 +56965,"shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film",4 +61960,", if obvious ,",2 +66089,"Hutchins",2 +76679,"chimes",2 +75472,"been more fun",2 +175675,"threw them into a blender",1 +122315,"his first starring vehicle",2 +38897,"they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .",4 +70344,"Though Frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .",2 +162020,"in the lazy Bloodwork",1 +206765,"my money",2 +27380,"a bit of yourself in her unfinished story",3 +29209,"as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",1 +197933,"enough vices to merit its 103-minute length",3 +133612,"suggests that Russians take comfort in their closed-off nationalist reality",2 +114853,"as an identity-seeking foster child",2 +89786,"other hands",2 +137983,"to those who are n't looking for them",2 +182815,"Black mayhem",2 +61116,"'s made at least one damn fine horror movie",3 +228061,"a noticeable lack of pace",1 +49105,"appealing blend",3 +127883,"never gets off the ground .",0 +125126,"it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time",2 +40714,"A stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in Australia 's film history",4 +227311,"You wo n't like Roger , but you will quickly recognize him",2 +117487,"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision",3 +189191,"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",0 +111480,"a Golden Book sprung to life",3 +60152,"who continually raises the standard of her profession",3 +51144,"emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema",4 +135878,"the nightmare of war",1 +38511,"the owners",2 +168576,"own coeducational fraternity",2 +151778,"a fully realized story",2 +189339,"Uneven performances and",1 +116441,"by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable",1 +61925,", grown-up voice",2 +56376,"ranks",2 +184785,"If Hill is n't quite his generation 's Don Siegel ( or Robert Aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair :",1 +194201,"be startled when you 're almost dozing",2 +160353,"grew up on Disney 's 1950 Treasure Island , or remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic",2 +114145,"an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream",1 +21254,"love the big , dumb , happy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding",4 +26102,"Monty Python 's Meaning",2 +30353,"consider",2 +224468,"John C. Walsh 's",2 +160636,"has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than",3 +106069,"Grenoble",2 +52392,"has charm to spare",3 +232811,"is the one hour and thirty-three minutes",2 +194094,"be bored by as your ABC 's",1 +71931,"a lovely , eerie film",3 +16607,"mostly little-known performers",2 +221232,", `` Big Trouble '' is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .",4 +100918,"would have been with this premise",2 +51137,"embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",3 +140470,"worn threadbare",1 +172515,"takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power",2 +51344,"even if scratching makes you itch",2 +36821,"septuagenarian",2 +156954,"create a completely crass and forgettable movie",1 +236369,"that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",1 +74775,"as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order",1 +59591,"twisted love story",2 +45924,"K-19",2 +190035,"` post-feminist ' romantic",2 +42446,"people usually",2 +190639,"a girl",2 +223400,"For proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .",3 +64886,"Cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .",4 +58128,"the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that",3 +16327,"it 's told by the people who were there",2 +182258,"Allegiance to Chekhov , which director Michael Cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .",1 +92129,"seeing this movie in IMAX form",2 +230264,"disjointed jumble of borrowed plot points",0 +181420,"42",2 +226649,"This is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .",3 +181543,"A bland , obnoxious 88-minute infomercial",0 +88600,"of genuine insight into the urban heart",4 +76467,"carry forward",2 +34706,"movies to come along in a long , long time , easily rivaling Blair Witch or The Others",4 +234085,"neither can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it",0 +183525,"Dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery",2 +84548,"is possible .",2 +153458,"an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films",2 +142209,", hire a real director and good writers for the next installment , please .",0 +31835,"found them",2 +129849,"overall picture",2 +193502,"as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen",1 +103779,"A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff",2 +235313,"remain the same throughout",2 +169351,"profound ,",4 +153329,"an apparent audience",2 +163287,"is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd .",1 +227620,"`` The Mask '' was for Jim Carrey",2 +226586,"There are slow and repetitive parts , but",1 +163368,"is so trite that even Yu 's high-energy action stylings ca n't break through the stupor",0 +239025,"would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 +106343,"Hugh Grant 's act is so consuming that sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are .",3 +72549,"a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias",3 +236890,"the film ends with a large human tragedy .",1 +73753,"an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and",3 +49576,"beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",3 +50370,"conditioning",2 +79927,"films to date",2 +180440,", Sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .",1 +3633,"a chapter",2 +120640,"fresh and dramatically substantial spin",3 +91949,"say it twice",2 +71381,"a cheap thriller",1 +139541,"what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",3 +65962,"He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .",4 +44718,"Big Movie",2 +20508,"examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen",2 +196528,"cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it The Adventures of Direct-to-Video Nash , and",0 +42627,"should at least",2 +64335,"Better than the tepid Star Trek",3 +144892,"Disney sentimentality",2 +200299,"guns , expensive cars",2 +208209,"of topical excess",2 +168964,"please those who love movies that blare with pop songs",1 +161292,"his own look much better",2 +49524,"be interested in gratuitous sexualization",2 +81650,"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream",3 +9499,"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely ,",3 +82527,"hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really",3 +23051,"'s a good director",3 +154189,"as impenetrable as Morvern",1 +151976,"a little more instead of going for easy smiles",2 +46831,"Strange it is ,",2 +159498,"for the philandering Philip",2 +82855,"in a laugh-out-loud way",3 +101222,"your Cool-J",2 +188177,"The film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal .",1 +20730,"has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . It 's a sly wink to The Others without becoming a postmodern joke",3 +123783,"is a movie so",2 +78058,"despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it",2 +103889,"A small movie with a big heart .",3 +237033,"the lie",2 +97311,"things that elevate '' Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall",3 +126245,"little of our emotional investment pays off",2 +231361,"handguns",2 +72470,"a somber film",2 +82806,"in Hollywood",2 +80752,"fumes",2 +222777,"But it still jingles in the pocket .",3 +43704,", spooky",2 +217471,"to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject",2 +172474,"take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there",2 +200078,"going to feel like you were n't invited to the party",1 +134120,"than the sum of its parts in today 's Hollywood",2 +159552,"forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant",1 +171523,"sodden melodrama ,",1 +166192,"more innocent",2 +186539,"One big blustery movie where nothing really happens . When it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .",2 +130346,"plucks '' The Four Feathers ''",2 +41066,"Life Is Beautiful and",3 +11228,"the celebrated irish",2 +147599,"My response to the film is best described as lukewarm . Maybe",2 +212555,"sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then .",2 +187377,"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 .",1 +60659,"'' admirably",3 +154420,"at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd",1 +6947,"hang his persistently useless movies",0 +68696,"Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as Happiness was ... Hence , Storytelling is far more appealing",2 +236252,"talking about the film",2 +44479,"An entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else .",3 +95555,"the essayist",2 +88795,"of one unstable man",3 +7307,"if nothing else",2 +217626,"too mediocre",1 +74206,"anything that was n't at least watchable",2 +202572,"is a fragmented film",1 +24467,"A splendid entertainment , young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness",3 +60083,"when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them",2 +227741,"a `` 2 ''",2 +62497,"-- that you should never forget",3 +205762,"making this character understandable , in getting under her skin",2 +153274,"an Imax theater",2 +37817,"that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world",3 +165589,"makes our girl",2 +42091,"hits often enough",3 +163481,"is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a '' cooler '' PG-13 rating",1 +68658,"Sea 's",3 +41909,"fatality , classism",1 +207259,"nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia",1 +103931,"A subtle , poignant picture",3 +236618,"the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered `` shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 +152473,"a sophisticated cinephile",2 +100453,"with an emotional wallop",2 +70717,"We admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears , our sympathies .",4 +152074,"a modern situation comedy",2 +221333,", exactly , is fighting whom here",2 +34866,"need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?",1 +185024,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium ,",1 +217580,"too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",1 +229638,"can I",2 +179964,"'s refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy",3 +181061,", this is it .",2 +115004,"as peas",2 +178518,"with a sour cliche",1 +230520,"ends with a large human tragedy .",2 +216114,"there 's only one problem",2 +209524,"poorly structured",1 +180920,", slow and dreary",1 +74910,"at a red felt Sharpie pen",2 +105497,"Does a good job of establishing a time and place , and of telling a fascinating character 's story .",3 +61721,", a ripping good yarn is told .",3 +134737,"the Naipaul original",2 +99264,"usurp the preaching message",2 +124902,"it ` perfection",4 +24289,"A carefully structured",3 +56403,"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations ,",3 +74621,"as a workable primer for the region 's recent history",3 +5728,"continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence , of good guys and bad , and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means .",2 +4763,"appears to have blown his entire budget on soundtrack rights and",1 +62732,"85-minute screwball thriller",2 +63167,"A manically generous Christmas",3 +206314,"monologues",2 +25927,"Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm , and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new .",4 +220342,"you want to see a flick about telemarketers",2 +166515,"my dear",2 +232852,"is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle",2 +2423,"such a",2 +157907,"downing",1 +124814,"it 's also one of the smartest",3 +202645,"is a slapdash mess",0 +99129,"unstable",1 +46508,"Philippe ,",2 +70783,"Western world",2 +48568,"about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state",2 +148627,"Skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt",1 +144304,"But Daphne , you 're too Buff \ \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \ \/ And Velma",1 +93044,"solid , kinetically-charged",3 +117204,"comedic agony",1 +107894,"Murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but",2 +195579,"change the fact",2 +169093,"pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on TV and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults",1 +93959,"survivable",2 +217850,"truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and",2 +93099,"some movie formulas",2 +192175,"all of Eight Legged Freaks was as entertaining as the final hour",2 +107875,"Much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart . Their work is fantastic .",4 +95703,"the fine",2 +43016,"win any points",3 +130375,"pointless meditation",1 +235742,"silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time",3 +1561,"lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable",1 +189539,"What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast",0 +13723,"15-cent stump speech",1 +155102,"believing Flatbush machismo will get it through",2 +199924,"give a spark to '' Chasing",2 +65676,"From Danang",2 +40463,"you very happy",3 +17758,"those who know it from bygone days",2 +135478,"the greatest date movies",3 +17436,"that have held the Enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils",2 +112365,"a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 +79639,"famous prima donna Floria Tosca",2 +140240,"with the American Dream",3 +139068,"virtual",2 +80638,"from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen",3 +233151,"its kind since ` Brazil",2 +191530,"a three-minute sketch",2 +210522,"revenge film",2 +104150,"All the pieces fall together without much surprise ,",2 +52189,"going to happen",2 +52583,"here a thriller",2 +118391,"distinguish it from the next teen comedy",2 +122035,"he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic",1 +93949,"surrealistic moments",2 +181083,", ugly exercise",1 +107140,"Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and",2 +114004,"an entertainment destination",3 +155975,"can render it anything but laughable",1 +155075,"being off their noodle",2 +233965,"most improbable feat",2 +200302,"guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and",2 +19283,"Thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ... takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda .",2 +54,"'s rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",2 +184585,"I 've never seen ( a remake ) do anything as stomach-turning as the way Adam Sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates Frank Capra 's classic ...",0 +62161,", proves it 's never too late to learn .",3 +35265,"of having just witnessed a great performance",4 +9018,"near you",2 +167219,"of Los Angeles",2 +40865,"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",3 +40043,"who do n't object to the description '' unelected '' have suspected all along : George W . Bush",1 +69193,"Tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence",3 +83197,"in this remarkable and memorable film",4 +10962,"talents",3 +47645,"Winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",4 +125671,"la historia , donde todos y cada uno",2 +58347,"the great Daniel Auteuil",3 +232651,"is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",1 +201145,"his castle",2 +70076,"There 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty",3 +137941,"to the floor with a sickening thud",1 +146600,"It 's painful to watch Witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Abomination , I mean , Alabama . '",1 +104740,"Bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .",1 +80942,"get caught up in the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth",3 +18707,"Attal",2 +174066,"the harsh locations",2 +141240,"'s as lumpy",2 +95720,"the first frame to the last",2 +229047,"at its worst",1 +171679,"sometimes interesting",3 +201746,"in Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough",2 +78583,"dramatic constructs",2 +230694,"extended soap opera",2 +62871,"A compelling pre-WWII drama",3 +39528,"two winning lead performances and charm to spare",4 +12206,"this sort",2 +105909,"Friend ''",2 +113974,"an devastating , eloquent clarity",2 +192735,"and hip huggers",2 +109514,"The Weight of Water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on Showtime 's ` Red Shoe Diaries . '",1 +123393,"injuries",2 +81049,"give exposure",2 +22437,"this is no simple movie",3 +20638,"gentle melding",3 +144909,"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '",1 +68825,"Sleepless in Seattle",2 +181574,"A cockeyed",2 +22033,"soulful movie",3 +8858,"more graceful",3 +75888,"box",2 +17078,"regard Mr . Andrew",2 +23547,", challenging",2 +19628,"a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that does n't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it",4 +141273,"'s called Where 's Chris Tucker When You Need Him",2 +186184,"Most folks with a real stake in the American sexual landscape",2 +173637,"the classic Disney adaptation of J . M . Barrie 's Peter Pan",3 +102461,", consistently funny . And educational !",4 +186805,"Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty",2 +198863,"film to review on DVD",2 +200087,"gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and",2 +223130,"Did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 Armenia",2 +81745,"has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency",1 +129196,"of two marvelously",2 +200773,"have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd",2 +229681,"can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull .",0 +112590,"a reason",2 +134628,"that will grab you",2 +179196,"young science fiction fans",2 +57136,"social realism",2 +61796,", both",2 +50448,"controversial eponymous and",2 +234438,"of innuendo",2 +209592,"potentially good comic premise",3 +175453,"this latest entry",2 +199195,"for about thirty seconds",2 +16929,"people they do n't really want to know",2 +101695,"'s hard not to be a sucker for its charms",3 +143956,"At times , the suspense is palpable",3 +72479,"a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",2 +103992,"A visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid",1 +160873,"have made a decent children 's movie -- if only Benigni had n't insisted on casting himself in the title role",2 +189721,"Why '' they",2 +25757,"It 's often infuriatingly glib and posturing",1 +166303,"most elemental literacy",2 +45169,"Evelyn",2 +9024,"needlessly",1 +158443,"even queasy",1 +128238,"occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film",2 +192154,"all four",2 +16062,"hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart",3 +167837,"of the true genre enthusiast",3 +154786,"be on auto-pilot",2 +160482,"half-hearted in its spy mechanics",1 +231486,"has that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house .",1 +198619,"favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",1 +83974,"is always watchable",3 +86986,"meditation )",3 +113433,"adult world",3 +120795,"fudged",2 +190426,"a dark and stormy night",2 +49611,"been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost",2 +67679,"Mr . Rose",2 +36686,"scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce .",4 +38078,"the choking sense of hollow despair",2 +214504,"the entire plot",2 +228443,"all that jazz",2 +47088,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from Paul 's perspective",3 +11024,"than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor",2 +214420,"the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",2 +37170,"sometimes gross and surprisingly appealing animated film",3 +83797,"is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .",4 +91321,"recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war",2 +76928,"come later",2 +205442,"lot to be desired",1 +224894,"Mr. Deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .",4 +56242,"provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '",3 +191987,"adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",2 +41100,"Nearly surreal , dabbling in French , this is no simple movie , and",3 +148469,"Screenwriting 101 class",1 +159949,"genre conventions , character types and formulaic conflict resolutions",1 +45830,"It really is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` Evelyn",2 +125307,"its most famous previous film adaptation",2 +4129,"a soothing formula",3 +212556,"sticks ,",2 +53022,"in the work of the director , Frank Novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",3 +119787,"farcically bawdy fantasy",3 +226088,"That sure is pathetic !",0 +67455,"Marvin Gaye",2 +189697,"While the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor",2 +115017,"as sanguine",2 +139400,"we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society",3 +229629,"came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them",2 +219905,"without thrills and a mystery devoid",1 +74670,"as do the girls ' amusing personalities",3 +59008,"this kind of thing",2 +124329,"is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with Harris Goldberg .",2 +76867,"cold-fish",0 +202933,"is flavorless",0 +211209,"sell the amp",2 +36815,"sent",2 +152297,"a psychological mess",0 +163200,"is often preachy and poorly acted",0 +204916,"lies somewhere in the story of Matthew Shepard , but",2 +112096,"a heady whirl of New Age-inspired good intentions",4 +140370,"wonderful combination",3 +229119,"barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .",0 +229879,"college-spawned ( Colgate U. ) comedy ensemble",2 +38994,"this unusual comedy from choking on its own conceit",1 +158219,"end up simply admiring this bit or that , this performance or that .",2 +174509,"the pell-mell",2 +62518,". Hutchins",2 +210377,"remains oddly detached .",2 +227960,"a hell of a lot",2 +171222,"skips off",2 +228859,"are unusual .",2 +184396,"Hey Arnold",2 +105992,"Gives everyone something to shout about",2 +18143,"yarn",2 +188473,"The narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures Esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage : one feels cheated , and Esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard .",1 +224121,"It 's a feature-length adaptation of one of those `` Can This Marriage Be Saved ? ''",2 +1801,"must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry . others may find it migraine-inducing , despite moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding .",1 +122099,"heartily",2 +111192,"With a tone as variable as the cinematography",3 +123302,"increasingly far-fetched",1 +65292,"Ellen",2 +88661,"of how similar obsessions can dominate a family",2 +31557,"feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale , and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling",4 +194429,"before watching this film",2 +52868,"in Amélie",2 +101488,"'s The Gift of the Magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of NYC 's drug scene . Merry friggin ' Christmas",1 +157683,"do that is really funny",3 +6986,"has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder",4 +237400,"there 's definite room for improvement .",1 +113610,"all of World War II",2 +47320,"There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but",1 +68676,"See Scratch",2 +108003,"No Such Thing is a big letdown .",0 +62471,"-- and deeply appealing --",4 +14415,"Schweiger",2 +112140,"a hollow tribute",2 +62259,", the biggest is that Secret Ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .",3 +218410,"vanished",2 +164661,"leads to suicide attempts and tragic deaths . Marisa Tomei is good",2 +135317,"the film compels",3 +216003,"their feces",0 +217172,"to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr . Chicken",2 +200045,"goes bump in the night and nobody cares",1 +53225,"involving as far as it goes",2 +141647,"'s the kind of movie that ends up festooning U . S . art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",1 +193714,"at M . I . T .",2 +49282,"as harrowing and painful",2 +238670,"which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1 +9818,"pressure-cooker",2 +44051,"A disturbing examination of what",2 +34887,"never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation",3 +126901,"may not be a huge cut of above the rest",2 +91855,"s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance .",2 +213921,"that tries to grab us , only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",1 +53715,"it 'd be more accurate to say that I found it intriguing , bizarre , Dogma-like in spots - and quite truthful , in its way",3 +133518,"substantive",3 +66073,"Hugh Goo",2 +46986,"The bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect ,",1 +153113,"all the cliches",1 +237911,"to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing",1 +105763,"Fails as a dystopian movie ,",1 +31002,"ecologically minded , wildlife",2 +71440,"a compelling story to tell",3 +224277,"It did n't go straight to video .",2 +229672,"can imagine this movie as a b & w British comedy , circa 1960 , with Peter Sellers , Kenneth Williams , et al.",2 +118139,"desperate violinist wife",2 +175307,"thinner than cardboard -- or even comic-book",2 +134642,"that would set it apart from other Deep South stories",3 +97031,"the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up",1 +156496,"college journalist",2 +147614,"Nair stuffs the film with dancing , henna , ornamentation , and group song , but",2 +45617,"If this story must be told and retold -- and indeed it must -- then The Grey Zone is to be lauded for finding a new and ingenious angle .",2 +153374,"an emotional response",2 +121309,"good kids and bad seeds",2 +119742,"fanatical adherents",2 +40426,"you are of this",2 +104410,"Anne-Sophie Birot",2 +226026,"TV actors",2 +128427,"of a comedy to start a reaction",2 +40102,"wildly funny prison",4 +43683,", quirky movie",2 +93757,"succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that 's simultaneously painful and refreshing",3 +133425,"strong erotic",3 +132741,"so insanely stupid , so awful",0 +106431,"I can say about this film",2 +103521,"A deliciously nonsensical comedy about a city coming apart at its seams .",4 +128009,"no man has gone before , but several movies have",1 +140708,"you ,",2 +121506,"ha",3 +163595,"it 'll be on video by then",2 +101468,"'s ... worth the extra effort to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",3 +204328,"its soundtrack",2 +78342,"do in the film .",2 +88454,"of blood",2 +223293,"Everything is off .",1 +72474,"a somber trip",2 +144477,"Chris Rock routine",2 +156195,"chases for an hour",2 +173854,"the family tragedy",2 +177272,"until the problematic third act",2 +183074,"Chen films",2 +226917,"Visually captivating .",4 +146916,"John does",2 +29734,"breathtakingly",4 +185360,"It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about . So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals",1 +155583,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never",2 +76865,"cold have been",1 +21158,"its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look",2 +158921,"feel uneasy , even queasy ,",1 +202129,"inane images keep popping past your head",1 +138718,"unique niche",3 +53392,"is an enjoyable and frankly told tale of a people who live among us , but not necessarily with us .",3 +143255,"A particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period",0 +76407,"capture the chaos of France",2 +47952,"a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency",3 +94007,"swear you are wet in some places",2 +7346,"if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch",0 +206178,"mind games",2 +58349,"the great Daniel Auteuil , ''",3 +134316,"that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer",1 +139910,"will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .",2 +32559,"his love",2 +71608,"a fascinating study of isolation and frustration",4 +134346,"that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema",2 +12746,"variety",2 +197685,"easy to be bored by as your ABC 's",1 +6905,"gussied up",2 +123788,"is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .",3 +201350,"horribly depressing and",0 +215452,"the pubescent scandalous",2 +193963,"badly awry",1 +40364,"worth the promise",3 +229468,"bring on the Battle Bots , please !",2 +86649,"makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible",3 +20909,"in retrospect",2 +139515,"were seen giving chase in a black and red van",2 +166855,"no pleasure in watching a child suffer . Just embarrassment and a vague sense",1 +198633,"feature-length running time of one hour",2 +194565,"better movie",3 +175793,"titled '' Glory",2 +70137,"There is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .",3 +101781,"'s no plot in this Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu faceoff . It 's still terrible",0 +137477,"to care about the character",3 +31124,"enjoyed it enough to recommend",3 +176352,"to relate to any of the characters",2 +234168,"nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",3 +33694,"it not only invites",3 +3430,"( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch",4 +5594,"cliches",2 +178628,"with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie",1 +148016,"Parker 's ill-advised meddling",1 +197144,"diversity and",2 +189059,"This movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101 .",0 +105061,"Chekhov 's",2 +176801,"trapped by them",2 +136229,"the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers",2 +216283,"think about percentages all day",2 +10998,"tendentious",1 +67326,"Loved",4 +145258,"Fabric Softener bear",2 +162573,"is a clear case of preaching to the converted",1 +53260,"is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work",1 +177205,"unintended laughs",2 +39728,"us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals",3 +8985,"nap for an hour and not miss a thing",1 +114109,"an obvious rapport with her actors and",3 +179224,"your least favorite",1 +171108,"simply decide to buy into the notion that something inexplicably strange once happened in Point Pleasant",2 +206557,"mostly undeterminable",1 +219139,"what this story is really all about",2 +225718,"Scrooge or",2 +10593,"soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr",2 +82177,"highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making",4 +124639,"is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness",0 +24239,": George W . Bush",1 +84627,"is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing",3 +223180,"Dolly Parton",2 +12090,"there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows",2 +4411,"adjective",2 +25665,"If you love Motown music , you 'll love this documentary .",4 +9262,"of emotional comfort",3 +173590,"the candy-like taste",2 +173442,"the ` classic '",2 +68086,"Pan Nalin 's exposition",2 +64399,"Blood '",2 +34941,"nonagenarian filmmaker 's",2 +196955,"dim-witted and lazy spin-off",0 +107688,"McLaughlin Group",2 +19479,"a deadpan suspense",3 +32823,"in a memorable ensemble piece",4 +118460,"do n't make movies like they used to anymore",1 +40066,"who understands the power of the implicit and the virtues of simplicity and economy",2 +109403,"The 50-something lovebirds are too immature and unappealing to care about .",0 +142232,", in the end , is nothing new",2 +37562,"sympathetically",3 +95627,"the film , and at times",2 +165548,"make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday",2 +203317,"is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal",1 +46713,"Sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential",4 +206308,"momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable",1 +163022,"is majorly ham-fisted ,",1 +221218,", The Sum",2 +128465,"of a parody of a comedy of a premise",1 +144718,"De Niro and McDormand",2 +90050,"parent-child",2 +52795,"if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats",3 +52780,"humor and a heartfelt conviction",3 +231144,"gets beneath the surface of things .",3 +166910,"none of the characters",2 +189276,"Trouble Every Day is a success in some sense",3 +119443,"exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy it set out to lampoon , anyway",2 +8910,"much ado",3 +199513,"frightening and compelling `",3 +6147,"efficient , suitably anonymous chiller .",3 +24867,"Both deeply weird and charmingly",3 +171738,"sound great .",2 +238088,"tough \/",2 +165308,"lots of tears",2 +39114,"to an option",2 +186089,"Memories",2 +185425,"Jackson sort",2 +146765,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn :",1 +138716,"uninteresting , unlikeable people",0 +39555,"um fato inquestionável",2 +191639,"a wish your heart makes",3 +136518,"the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length",2 +199804,"genuinely pretty .",3 +18333,", Dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead .",2 +133578,"such exuberance and passion",4 +188651,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few",0 +189056,"This movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .",0 +146854,"Jay Roach",2 +119186,"entertain or inspire its viewers",3 +107249,"Just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .",0 +67920,"Notting Hill to commercial",2 +176367,"to say about them",2 +219443,"why people thought I was too hard on '' The Mothman Prophecies ''",1 +113069,"a young Chinese woman , Ah Na",2 +100591,"with raw urban humor",3 +230515,"ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in French ( well , mostly ) with English subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that",1 +155991,"can stomach the touchy-feely message",1 +82615,"if it 's filmed Tosca that you want .",2 +145679,"Hal Hartley to function",2 +216567,"though I could not stand them .",0 +40734,"A work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense",4 +158046,"dumb action-movie standards",0 +215666,"the standard made-for-TV movie",1 +57885,"that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness",3 +222059,"A morose little soap opera about three vapid , insensitive people who take",0 +137903,"to the 1953 Disney classic",2 +143862,"Arguably the year 's silliest and most incoherent movie .",1 +71669,"a fine character study",3 +202215,"inexcusable dumb innocence",2 +9092,"nolan bravely",2 +211206,"self-styled athletes",2 +171487,"so striking or fascinating",3 +187850,"The Prince of Egypt from 1998",2 +57509,"sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director John Stockwell",3 +212353,"spiritless",2 +42457,"place in Pasadena ,",2 +186423,"Norrington-directed",2 +107634,"Maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards .",3 +17519,"the documentary on its head",2 +184054,"Friday After Next spreads them pretty thin",1 +85619,"keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming",4 +78989,"engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of Chinese ` cultural revolution .",3 +88383,"of a wintry New York City",2 +71330,"a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",2 +204224,"its laziest",1 +163810,"it has no sense of humor",0 +97223,"these broken characters",2 +58033,"the background -- a welcome step",3 +131217,"refreshes",3 +217739,"train of a film",2 +233212,"just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns What Time Is It There ?",2 +219597,"winged assailants",2 +224271,"It ca n't escape its past , and",1 +158518,"every idea in this film",2 +182186,"Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , Jane Campion might have done , but",2 +122863,"in Roger Dodger",2 +170722,"sent to",2 +8553,"lopez",2 +222542,"Banal and",1 +123037,"in knowing any of them personally",2 +122203,"hideously and clumsily",0 +123571,"into light reading",2 +196763,"dependable concept",3 +109165,"Star Trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy",2 +219011,"well-behaved film , which ticks off Kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant",3 +216315,"thinks poo-poo jokes are ` edgy . '",1 +94742,"that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics",2 +228513,"an Argentine retread of `` Iris '' or `` American Beauty",2 +178246,"who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0 +36655,"sappy",1 +48515,"a worthy entry",3 +202969,"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message",1 +77927,"delirium",2 +71281,"a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism",4 +161883,"in his life",2 +152222,"a pitch",2 +187024,"Rosenthal ( Halloween II )",1 +146744,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected",0 +226533,"The vampire thriller Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun",1 +88762,"of men and women",2 +118900,"edge or personality",2 +68714,"Sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .",1 +85231,"its effectiveness",3 +160749,"has the temerity to run over two hours",1 +122736,"if you 're going to alter the Bard 's ending",2 +17576,"the last frontier",2 +128904,"of sleaziness",1 +143565,"Ahola )",1 +86715,"manage to be spectacularly outrageous .",3 +227880,"a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",1 +204738,"laugh-free lecture",1 +25890,"Kathryn Bigelow",2 +141547,"'s rarely as entertaining as it could have been",1 +124915,"it already has one strike against it .",1 +18207,"Schweiger is ) talented and terribly charismatic , qualities essential to both movie stars and social anarchists .",4 +103891,"A smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search",3 +113370,"actually has a brain",2 +164985,"like six different movies fighting each other for attention .",1 +222890,"Care of My Cat ''",2 +151750,"a football field-sized Oriental rug",2 +61637,", Ice Age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",4 +70435,"Town and",2 +138416,"turbulent times",2 +49915,"but perilously slight .",2 +28155,"afresh",3 +204733,"laugh at how bad",0 +202483,"irritating ( at least to this Western ear )",1 +162373,"into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendour that can be seen in other films",1 +968,"feel familiar and foreign",2 +14730,"a genre that should depend on surprises",2 +13866,"As an entertainment , the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .",4 +184257,"H . G . Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H . G . Wells ' great-grandson",2 +20932,"individual",2 +173347,"the CliffsNotes with pages missing",1 +82525,"hugely enjoyable in its own right",4 +18363,", based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins ,",2 +29283,"at its finest",3 +127736,"nada",2 +21955,"shores",2 +186451,"Not only does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad , but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes .",1 +34849,"nearly perfect in its relentless descent",4 +156884,"could have stopped watching long ago",1 +6007,"disturbing . disgusting . without any redeeming",0 +43870,"... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .",4 +20126,"bold",3 +72159,"a powerful and deeply moving example",3 +52846,"immigrant family",2 +151304,"a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video",2 +116806,"certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes . But something seems to be missing . A sense of real magic , perhaps .",2 +210251,"reconceptualize",2 +213451,"than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film",1 +164247,"juggle",2 +44211,"A psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor Bill Paxton 's directing debut",3 +44696,"Benoit Delhomme",2 +50742,"delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and",3 +92391,"sexual jealousy",2 +23382,", and a sobering rumination",2 +95133,"the artist 's",2 +210282,"redundant , sloppy , over-the-top ,",0 +117474,"contemporary interpretation",2 +221201,", On Guard delivers .",3 +36351,"reach",2 +29581,"between emotion",2 +161972,"in such odd plot",1 +103925,"A stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions",4 +185904,"Lucy Liu",2 +55949,"pat storylines , precious circumstances",3 +103438,"A boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for -- well , I 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .",0 +126287,"long as 3-year-olds",2 +26204,"No wonder they 're talking about '' Talk to Her",4 +218994,"weirdo actor Crispin Glover",1 +176250,"to make a dull , pretentious version of Jesus ' Son",1 +57597,"takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart .",3 +22157,"that 's still very much playing itself out",2 +229055,"at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",2 +46430,"One of those energetic surprises",4 +126031,"like Swimming With Sharks and The Player , this latest skewering",2 +124270,"is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts",2 +8463,"like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest",2 +173294,"that you actually buy into",2 +33078,"inspirational",4 +119411,"everybody else",2 +186493,"O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? '' - style cross-country adventure",2 +194845,"born ,",2 +111881,"a feel-good movie can still show real heart",3 +84016,"is an odd but ultimately satisfying blend of the sophomoric and the sublime",3 +133089,"special effects tossed in",2 +157117,"dark tunnels",2 +212135,"some of the camera work",2 +161443,"hostages to fortune",1 +162388,"into anything",2 +57858,"that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond",2 +4650,"an erotic",2 +101,"` blue crush '",2 +129572,"one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",1 +227093,"When she speaks , her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music .",0 +122300,"his director",2 +53018,"in the throes of rapid change",2 +154911,"become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre . But what about the countless other people who 'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul",1 +137417,"to be human",2 +30957,"drippiness",2 +211869,"smiles and frowns",2 +79985,"fine , focused piece",4 +228306,"about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",2 +3899,"a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm",3 +184161,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions",3 +2644,"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time",3 +34509,"miraculously able to entertain anyway",3 +74494,"arrives in the skies above Manhattan",2 +168798,"perfectly illustrates the picture 's moral schizophrenia",2 +44059,"A droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State .",1 +110495,"This is an interesting movie",3 +89411,"on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",2 +28493,"and action",2 +25410,"Ghost Story",2 +81105,"gives the film",2 +212611,"story and his juvenile camera movements",1 +181322,"... look positively Shakesperean by comparison",2 +190292,"a chosen few",2 +39577,"uncomplicated fashion",2 +53660,"is the film Roman Polanski may have been born to make .",3 +4839,"as a tolerable diversion , the film suffices ; a triumph , however , it is not",1 +141404,"'s laughing at us",2 +228368,"adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel `` The Death of Napoleon '' and",2 +72622,"a sweet and enjoyable fantasy",4 +88697,"of its mission",2 +90755,"propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world",4 +45343,"Further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of Dubya 's Axis of Evil .",3 +26463,"Rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully",4 +135388,"the final reel",2 +211343,"shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film",1 +61346,"'s very Beavis and Butthead , yet",2 +232039,"in the living room than a night at the movies",2 +59404,"to the story and dialogue",2 +118379,"distasteful and",1 +119764,"far bigger",2 +103641,"A heady , biting , be-bop",3 +147115,"Leigh 's depth and rigor ,",3 +183857,"Fans of Plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but",1 +26906,"The spark",2 +55863,"our imagination",3 +127571,"movie mojo",2 +230615,"even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .",2 +6115,"earnest , so thick",2 +133697,"surprisingly sweet and gentle",4 +14858,"a welcome pinch",3 +190977,"a more original story",2 +173374,"the Hanson Brothers can save it",3 +101964,"'s this rich and luscious",3 +103360,"90-plus years",2 +58974,"this ancient holistic healing system",2 +169684,"ravishing costumes",3 +169187,"predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch",0 +224432,"J.K. Rowling 's",2 +202405,"into an open wound",2 +195940,"comedy futility",2 +54820,"more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of Friday-night excitement and Milla",4 +153825,"are disconcertingly slack .",2 +166900,"non-God",2 +193823,"atrocious",0 +165975,"milk it with despondent eyes",2 +149159,"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions",2 +183692,"Ensemble movies",2 +210360,"remain agape",2 +106527,"I usually am to feel-good , follow-your-dream Hollywood fantasies",2 +65648,"French realism",2 +186095,"Men in Black mayhem",2 +194598,"between actor and director",2 +237679,"titillation , raw insight or",2 +4320,"a worthwhile documentary",3 +229382,"better than the fiction",3 +231310,"gripping drama .",4 +122496,"hope Britney wo n't do it one more time , as far as",1 +110990,"Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd",1 +51299,"epic tale",3 +143921,"As the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , ( Franco ) has all of Dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .",1 +14599,"Watching Beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it .",3 +59515,"transparently moving",2 +21426,"no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy",2 +135622,"the last 20 minutes",2 +154734,"be forgiven . Why he was given free reign over this project",2 +28260,"always possible",2 +121113,"giggly",3 +30359,"considerably",2 +152667,"a watch",3 +51776,"for a loop",2 +214990,"the magnificent Jackie Chan",4 +235691,"should come with the warning `` For serious film buffs only !",2 +164958,"like it was made by some very stoned college students",1 +231425,"has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''",3 +119653,"fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre .",2 +28422,"and , at times , poignant , the film",3 +74410,"are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance",4 +138483,"two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length",2 +238766,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio",1 +237528,"this idea is `` new ''",2 +49743,"bitterly forsaken",2 +73869,"an interesting and at times captivating take on loss and loneliness .",3 +102161,"( and lovely",3 +86989,"megalomaniac",2 +150308,"This self-infatuated goofball",2 +230445,"dumb , narratively chaotic",0 +183159,"Collapses under its own meager weight .",1 +159624,"foundering performance",1 +98382,"to the population",2 +108339,"Payami tries to raise some serious issues about Iran 's electoral process ,",1 +197891,"enjoy a mindless action movie",2 +10090,"remains is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona",1 +139217,"warm your heart",3 +61735,", along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker . It must be in the genes",3 +31671,"first by passion",2 +86400,"low , smoky and inviting",3 +26941,"There 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",4 +222923,"Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China",2 +33357,"is definitely a unique modern fairytale",3 +63071,"A generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith .",4 +15538,"detailed",3 +207158,"nonsense , this .",1 +80055,"flame-like",2 +41291,"The story , like life , refuses to be simple , and",3 +65697,"Full Monty",2 +118631,"dotted",2 +196605,"dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting",0 +140753,"you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more",2 +83165,"in their cabins",2 +197964,"entire scenario",2 +131371,"report that it is instead a cheap cliché",0 +79698,"fascinating , unnerving examination",4 +23951,", to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",4 +47664,"With three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations , it 's enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective .",2 +94144,"takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .",3 +48950,"an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds",4 +224715,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning",3 +66867,"Jagger , Stoppard",2 +168719,"passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing",2 +160565,"hard-earned",2 +98846,"two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral",1 +66885,"Japanese epic",3 +142878,"1979 Alien",2 +234477,"of physics",2 +103286,"1997",2 +103759,"A passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action .",4 +64416,"Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period",3 +153566,"and flatulence gags",2 +97986,"to chuckle through the angst",2 +10605,"some fancy special",2 +161185,"high-tech industry",2 +179760,"'s get this thing over with",1 +114241,"and finely cut diamond",3 +49845,"bringing the story of Spider-Man",2 +204880,"lessen",2 +135267,"the ferocity of a frozen burrito",2 +227922,"a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do",2 +13240,"word",2 +109968,"The most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year",2 +81942,"have tremendous chemistry",3 +139481,"well-rounded tribute",3 +234274,"of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock",2 +24441,"A refreshingly honest and ultimately touching tale of the sort of people usually ignored in contemporary American film .",4 +221531,", solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",3 +136691,"their very minds",2 +116316,"but brilliantly named Half Past Dead -- or for Seagal",2 +108196,"One of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .",3 +32333,"has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",3 +235111,"pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother",2 +219668,"with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes",1 +101336,"'' battle scenes",2 +83016,"in places",2 +239177,"you might want to check it out",3 +38033,"the best same-sex romance",3 +79826,"fetishism .",1 +192373,"ambitiously naturalistic , albeit half-baked ,",2 +28350,"an eventful summer",3 +64684,"Charming and witty",4 +55317,"of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance",2 +94063,"symbolism",2 +215366,"the plot 's saccharine thrust",2 +95587,"the familiar",2 +217225,"to no particularly memorable effect",1 +211822,"slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots",2 +94311,"tense",2 +99634,"was only",1 +138215,"totally unexpected directions",3 +118957,"elicited no sympathies",2 +8193,"jennifer lopez",2 +62037,", it has considerable charm .",3 +177417,"very , very slow",2 +108797,"Schindler",2 +162455,"intriguing glimpses",3 +170880,"ship in January",2 +97196,"there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .",3 +7990,"its 2 1\/2",2 +107845,"Mr . Koury 's passive technique",2 +11375,"the film 's implicit premise",2 +62728,"83",2 +60520,"yet permits laughter",3 +1980,"other movies",2 +146802,"Its well of thorn and vinegar ( and simple humanity )",2 +85332,"its oomph",2 +208693,"only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",3 +4652,"an erotic thriller that",3 +126950,"meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import",0 +182721,"Beach boardwalk",2 +217860,"trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her",2 +77438,"could have turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris '' or '' American Beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film",3 +230305,"do n't object to the description `` unelected ''",2 +93537,"stitched together",2 +133596,"suffered and bled",1 +68694,"Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as Happiness was",1 +231107,"generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold",2 +52869,"in Black",2 +87582,"much better book",2 +100901,"worthy of a place alongside the other Hannibal movies ?",3 +18947,"I 'll certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",2 +179440,"'re in All of Me territory again",2 +184070,"Full Frontal ,",2 +230026,"crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment",1 +50336,"competitive",3 +36174,"pro-fat farce",2 +141822,"( T ) hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously , and the Stepford Wives mentality does n't work in a modern context",1 +167205,"of Hollywood dreck",1 +208744,"operational mechanics",2 +87387,"most blithe exchanges",2 +95400,"the crime-land action genre",2 +233329,"layered performance",3 +99901,"what the film is really getting at",2 +224888,"Mr. DeMeo , who produced and directed the film with Charles A. Addessi , much of the time",2 +173930,"the film starts playing like General Hospital crossed with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon .",1 +39835,"wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes , that 's enough",2 +222510,"Australian actor\/director John Polson and",2 +122185,"hews",2 +121258,"goes on for at least 90 more minutes and",2 +177133,"undermine this adaptation",1 +115833,"being stupid",1 +62218,", smart , savvy , compelling",4 +90077,"participatory",2 +104658,"Beautifully filmed",4 +108456,"Possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose",1 +5088,"been lost in the translation",1 +237108,"the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time",3 +4312,"a woman 's",2 +69052,"Superb production values & Christian Bale 's charisma make up for a derivative plot",2 +198995,"fits the bill",3 +92729,"sit near the back",1 +171361,"smothered",1 +94406,"than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival",2 +39248,"to observe the inequities in the death penalty , not just the inherent immorality",2 +236691,"the `` Queen '' and less of the `` Damned",1 +43023,"with some ingenious plot devices and some lavishly built settings",4 +124227,"is long on",3 +11667,"the movie is a little tired ;",1 +221347,", fun , popcorn movies",3 +182796,"Bible parables and",2 +199463,"fragmentary narrative style",1 +52818,"illogic",1 +23142,"'s no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances .",4 +73435,"all the enjoyable randomness",3 +20912,"in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",3 +190307,"a classic theater piece",4 +155376,"bordering on melodramatic",2 +53990,"its star , Jean Reno ,",2 +192541,"an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades",1 +93499,"stepmother",2 +193048,"are below 120",2 +4520,"almodovar",2 +187592,"Strictly a ` guy 's film ' in the worst sense of the expression .",1 +59321,"to reality and disillusionment",2 +4803,"are puerile",0 +134404,"that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory",1 +104620,"Bailly 's",2 +161865,"in for good measure",2 +198511,"familiar cartoon characters",2 +129772,"ounce",2 +129920,"own infinite",2 +136592,"the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting",4 +3557,"a $ 40 million version",2 +119112,"enjoy The Hot Chick",3 +164406,"kept wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha .",1 +77616,"cruelly funny twist",3 +224003,"In Full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface .",0 +2959,"to spare wildlife",3 +45317,"Friday-night",2 +153248,"amble",2 +211974,"so much crypt",2 +144129,"Best Friend 's",2 +231818,"how old you are",2 +211914,"so compelling",3 +36447,"reinforced",2 +2338,"soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .",1 +87959,"non-exploitive",2 +154739,"be funny ,",2 +168090,"on its shaky foundation",1 +94628,"that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",3 +205550,"mad queens , obsessive relationships ,",2 +202691,"is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly",1 +34264,"lyricism and profound common sense",3 +194622,"beyond the news",2 +22393,"their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games",1 +62213,", shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .",3 +227695,"`` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section",0 +23930,", this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling .",2 +224898,"Mr. Desplechin",2 +157874,"dopey",1 +137915,"to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare of war not only to record the events for posterity , but to help us",3 +169843,"reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon",1 +49344,"as we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization",3 +93117,"some powerful people",3 +185865,"Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again",2 +98667,"trash-cinema",0 +150684,"Waking",2 +137412,"to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this",3 +126088,"like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",1 +157535,"disappointed as each overwrought new sequence",1 +20393,"disrupts life 's stasis",2 +62563,"... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .",4 +166825,"no major mistakes",2 +155587,"buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or felt",1 +136415,"the timeless spectacle of people",3 +27281,"Writer\/director Joe Carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .",3 +198710,"feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us .",1 +144735,"De Palma spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up Kraft Macaroni and Cheese",2 +195771,"clever what-if concept",2 +28492,"and abuses",2 +61128,"'s mostly a pleasure to watch",3 +206107,"might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and",1 +5288,"brisk",3 +151784,"a future ravaged by dragons",2 +142457,", tarted up with Latin flava and turned out by Hollywood playas .",1 +41305,"There are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it 's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises",2 +28785,"and sensitive",3 +110444,"This flat run at a hip-hop Tootsie",2 +212751,"sturdiest example yet",3 +225730,"Senegalese updating of `` Carmen ''",2 +73945,"an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground",4 +157559,"disgracefully",1 +120868,"funny and weird",4 +208973,"own brilliance",3 +44637,"Axis of Evil",2 +169215,"presence and star quality",3 +159004,"fertile",3 +230569,"equal parts of innocence and wisdom --",3 +172001,"still would n't add up to the time required to boil a four - minute egg .",1 +19411,"Weddings And A Funeral",2 +138961,"very bloodstream",2 +133379,"strangely unsatisfied",1 +42133,"inventive and",3 +124346,"is not easily dismissed or forgotten .",3 +11095,"that lacks juice and delight",1 +58959,"thirsty",1 +40182,"with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances",4 +185214,"It 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up .",2 +187531,"Starship",2 +29728,"breakthrough role",3 +39675,"unsentimental comedy-drama",1 +199441,"forty",2 +73768,"an era of theatrical comedy that , while past ,",3 +54480,"magnificent drama",3 +125782,"latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone",2 +58053,"the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season",4 +227562,"`` Queen ''",2 +53085,"injects",2 +11192,"the artsy and often pointless",1 +61902,", first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .",3 +81219,"good B movies ( The Mask , The Blob )",3 +120550,"force performance by Michel Piccoli",2 +126543,"made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars .",2 +2243,"sensibility",2 +68560,"Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles ,",1 +210878,"schematic",2 +156580,"comic moments",3 +150704,"Was Going To Be Really Awful",1 +142030,", Roberto Benigni 's Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .",1 +230954,"for the wan , thinly sketched story",1 +88382,"of a war zone",1 +113439,"advantages",2 +88791,"of one family",2 +49348,"as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",3 +41558,"anything but",2 +234776,"opportunity to use that term as often as possible",2 +17535,"the fare",2 +173421,"the St . Louis Rams",2 +155271,"bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in New York",3 +54710,"memory , trust and loyalty",3 +165710,"mate",2 +124090,"is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think",2 +237332,"the wit , humor and snappy dialogue",4 +66802,"Its cast full",2 +189584,"What is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting",1 +41612,"at once flaky and resonant ,",1 +133892,"tasteless",2 +96181,"the most original",4 +166168,"more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence",1 +226281,"The film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc. .",0 +167361,"of arrested development",2 +97814,"to American workers",2 +140895,"& - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's )",1 +201755,"in The Transporter",2 +26633,"Standing in the Shadows of Motown",2 +156236,"child younger",2 +228037,"a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and\/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything",0 +235580,"seen `` Stomp ''",2 +4911,"as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually",2 +53993,"its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way",3 +156246,"chins",2 +123896,"is amiss in the world",2 +167912,"of willful eccentricity",3 +220442,"élan",2 +118606,"domestic melodrama",2 +128540,"of appealing characters",3 +136911,"this crass , low-wattage endeavor",2 +178664,"with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",1 +90850,"psychopathic",1 +63930,"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation : its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves .",3 +173715,"the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , The Farrelly Brothers",2 +7200,"historically",2 +155450,"brand of screen comedy",2 +48463,"a typical Bible killer story",1 +101455,"'re not interested .",2 +161437,"horrors !",1 +211486,"should be used to burn every print of the film",1 +13229,"woman",2 +63972,"An unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .",4 +236267,"telling creepy stories",2 +215706,"the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond",2 +72577,"a study of the gambles of the publishing world",2 +63046,"A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile",3 +180715,", it 's an unhappy situation all around .",1 +95281,"the cat 's",2 +165964,"mildly amusing lines",3 +5621,"coincidences",2 +53127,"inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows . '",4 +211430,"shocking in its eroticized gore",1 +70913,"While the story 's undeniably hard to follow",1 +7891,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but",3 +14557,"Together , Tok and O orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . In the process",3 +28235,"along the way",2 +141875,"( it ) comes off like a Hallmark commercial",2 +168002,"old Godzilla flicks",2 +67980,"On its own , Big Trouble could be considered a funny little film .",3 +194994,"built on a potentially interesting idea",2 +103941,"A thoughtful , reverent portrait of what",3 +206428,"more out",2 +221624,", there is no real reason to see it .",1 +106054,"Grant is certainly amusing , but",3 +143995,"BMW",2 +62058,", it succeeds .",4 +237197,"the same throughout",2 +7490,"in the mood for something",2 +1730,"michael rymer 's direction",2 +129432,"on the festival circuit",2 +204634,"lacked",1 +219772,"with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel",1 +46347,"Not a film to rival To Live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted",3 +86036,"like a docu-drama",2 +15470,"connoisseur",2 +76784,"claustrophobia",2 +49754,"blacklight crowd",2 +85112,"it offers hope",3 +122492,"honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off",2 +159245,"flim-flam",2 +224575,"Lazy ,",1 +75102,"awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals",4 +25479,"Harry Potter books",2 +213920,"that too becomes off-putting",2 +9668,"perceptions",2 +16940,"permeate Vincent 's days",2 +90042,"parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature",4 +99678,"watching Godard",2 +131241,"relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end",3 +121738,"has deftly trimmed Dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness",2 +138736,"unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle",1 +43610,", ingenious",4 +21646,"only distanced",2 +232564,"is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances",3 +89586,"one man 's treasure could prove to be another man 's garbage",2 +200282,"guilt-suffused melodrama",1 +9715,"pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times",1 +53087,"injects just enough freshness into the proceedings",3 +150832,"What is captured during the conceptual process does n't add up to a sufficient explanation of what the final dance work , The Selection , became in its final form .",2 +94644,"that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians",2 +163047,"is most commonly",2 +42612,"serves up",2 +81674,"has been remarkable about clung-to traditions",3 +216647,"through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",0 +150340,"Though Catch Me If You Can is n't badly made , the fun slowly leaks out of the movie .",2 +50898,"dissidents in the streets",1 +109302,"Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness",2 +224272,"It ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to",1 +82875,"in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking",3 +105700,"Every potential twist is telegraphed well in advance , every performance respectably muted : the movie itself seems to have been made under the influence of Rohypnol .",2 +100256,"will have a fun , no-frills ride",3 +211003,"see two Academy Award winning actresses ( and one Academy Award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's TV sitcom material at best",1 +23659,", heartfelt family drama .",3 +15255,"better film",3 +985,"find anything here",2 +96807,"the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph",3 +100833,"working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",3 +105803,"Few of the increasingly far-fetched events that first-time writer-director Neil Burger follows up with",2 +210822,"saw in this film that allowed it to get made",2 +239128,"you are willing to do this",2 +150207,"This ill-fitting Tuxedo",1 +14823,"a roller-coaster ride of a movie",3 +184103,"Garden",2 +203856,"it comes off as annoying rather than charming",0 +53516,"is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences ,",1 +133394,"stretched out to 90 minutes .",2 +8024,"its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting",4 +19775,"and Dennis Quaid is its athletic heart .",3 +59310,"to pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still , Myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail",2 +49679,"best ensemble casts",3 +47644,"Winds",2 +176892,"true '",2 +77522,"create a complex , unpredictable character",3 +93998,"sustains interest",3 +207487,"of Trouble",2 +25350,"Frailty with its dark soul",2 +155010,"before Sandrine",2 +216883,"to be idling in neutral",2 +235162,"quite one of the worst movies of the year",0 +226650,"This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone ,",2 +155167,"between Newton and Wahlberg",2 +151652,"a dress rehearsal",2 +3497,"1873",2 +147987,"Overly stylized with lots of flash black",2 +26312,"Oscar",3 +61714,", XXX is a blast of adrenalin ,",3 +3453,", lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank",1 +225877,"Some of it is clever",3 +79925,"films dealing with the mentally ill",2 +214844,"the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background",2 +222626,"Black Hawk Down with more heart",3 +197753,"elves and",2 +192985,"appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like Stealing Harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800",1 +180965,", the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .",1 +140590,"wraps up a classic mother\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow",2 +138149,"too sappy for its own good .",1 +110139,"The script 's snazzy dialogue",3 +150044,"There 's more scatological action in 8 Crazy Nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .",1 +47033,"The film 's intimate camera work",3 +212358,"spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers",2 +199130,"for Carvey 's glory days",2 +88502,"of critical overkill",1 +221329,", even that 's too committed .",2 +17143,"school friends",3 +234673,"on equal parts of innocence and wisdom -- wisdom that comes with experience",4 +182875,"Borrows from other movies like it in the most ordinary and obvious fashion .",1 +120149,"fire a torpedo",3 +65175,"Down may possess",2 +35727,"only sex",2 +157585,"disquiet",2 +76558,"challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture",2 +186731,"Plympton 's legion",2 +174652,"the ridiculous dialog",1 +99837,"were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man",1 +21772,"probably feel emotionally cheated by the film 's tart , sugar-free wit",1 +183022,"Carvey 's glory days",3 +181078,", tone and pace",2 +20021,"aspiring directress",2 +230631,"every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc.",2 +196334,"could use a few good laughs .",2 +187956,"The author 's devotees",2 +174779,"the songs are painfully undistinguished",1 +156817,"convinces as an Italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones",2 +53125,"inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental ` picture shows",3 +138698,"unimaginable demons",1 +21044,"is now",2 +22289,"the imagination and hermetic analysis",3 +41809,"divide its audience",1 +111492,"a New York",2 +79838,"few sleepless hours",1 +38593,"the richness of its performances",3 +63315,"A reminder",2 +198840,"filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope",3 +201381,"house films",2 +41833,"dropped from their record label ,",2 +171191,"skating",2 +153793,"are all by themselves",2 +53762,"it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part",4 +4281,"a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms .",2 +162208,"initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy ,",3 +236127,"such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life",2 +190452,"a different kind of film",2 +147922,"One of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .",1 +150988,"Winger",2 +87669,"my inner nine-year-old",2 +215587,"the serial killer cards",2 +84995,"it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one",3 +37518,"surreal as a dream",3 +100442,"with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life",3 +165420,"made for a different film",2 +56494,"relaxed in its perfect quiet pace",3 +174247,"the materials of human tragedy",2 +19844,"and horrid",0 +190626,"a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley 's source novel ( About Schmidt ) and an old Payne screenplay",1 +44888,"Chaplin and Kidman ,",2 +204963,"like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly",0 +33650,"it going",2 +79855,"fighter",2 +233824,"meets Goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs .",0 +16156,"ingeniously constructed",4 +113889,"an actress she is",3 +129347,"old-fashioned values",3 +34056,"life and death",3 +17058,"reap",2 +2220,"see them ,",2 +216444,"this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage",1 +99984,"which contributed to it",2 +82169,"high-wattage brainpower",4 +50255,"come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together",3 +179108,"you can rent a pedigree instead",2 +218298,"up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film",2 +23277,") all over the stage , dancing , running , sweating , mopping his face and generally displaying the wacky talent that brought him fame in the first place",3 +127213,"modest if encouraging return",2 +191561,"a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0 +148827,"Stallone 's career",2 +209682,"presents a frightening and compelling ` What if ? ' scenario that will give most parents pause",3 +50822,"different aspects",2 +238488,"watching a glorified episode of `` 7th Heaven",2 +210628,"romanticized rendering",3 +209210,"period-piece",2 +36367,"realistic about all kinds of love",3 +119226,"envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration",2 +73226,"admirable energy ,",3 +163677,"it 's on dry land",2 +35446,"of the director 's previous Full Frontal",3 +234412,"of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick",0 +235903,"some lovely comedic moments and",3 +15381,"casts mostly little-known performers in key roles",1 +76962,"comes along only occasionally ,",2 +230872,"flopped",0 +184172,"Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago",3 +77618,"crushed by betrayal",2 +176865,"tries way",2 +232653,"is not nearly as dreadful as expected .",2 +25687,"Inside the film 's conflict-powered plot",2 +143146,"A hideous , confusing spectacle ,",0 +26747,"The Sound of Music play like a nail-biting thriller",3 +211667,"single name",2 +139688,"while the audience can tell it 's not all new",1 +152208,"a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",1 +141277,"'s clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie",2 +123594,"into the groove of a New York",2 +68814,"Skins has a desolate air",1 +200021,"go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny",2 +77837,"deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy",2 +115663,"because Panic Room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat",3 +43105,"'ll get the enjoyable basic minimum .",2 +211721,"sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment",1 +59107,"through juxtaposition",2 +37385,"strikes a rewarding balance between emotion on the human scale and action\/effects on the spectacular scale",4 +47304,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .",4 +124642,"is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .",3 +171199,"sketchbook",2 +691,"chance",2 +212848,"such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty",2 +138569,"uncomfortably real",3 +201496,"idea way",2 +40661,"A great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy need n't always make us laugh . Tim Story 's not there yet - but",2 +105684,"Even more baffling",2 +21166,"just another connect-the-dots , spy-on-the-run picture",0 +114258,"and more",2 +15311,"but a little clarity",2 +41951,"footage of Burstein and",2 +122137,"her Rubenesque physique",3 +103189,"... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .",4 +53676,"is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness",2 +208612,"one of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",3 +214506,"the entire scenario .",2 +81270,"goofy energy",2 +69858,"The rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based",3 +206687,"much power",3 +199493,"frenetic spectacle",2 +176177,"to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow : Enter the Fist",1 +219475,"will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , '' The Sting .",1 +227422,"`` Bad '' is the operative word for `` Bad Company ,",0 +13514,", about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .",3 +150606,"Vague",0 +114248,"and idiosyncratic humor",2 +137665,"to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100",2 +14440,"Somewhere short of Tremors on the modern B-scene : neither as funny nor as clever , though",1 +60809,"'s a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good",4 +131448,"result in a movie that works against itself",0 +210032,"quite so",2 +123880,"is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work",1 +9843,"profanity",2 +64699,"Chinese immigrant 's experiences",2 +64923,"Daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty",4 +75650,"bewilderingly brilliant and",4 +75247,"be considered a funny little film",3 +219598,"winking",2 +40795,"Bishop and",2 +68076,"Pacino and Williams",2 +52164,"go home",2 +93710,"subjected",2 +8911,"much ado about something",3 +170222,"row",2 +26221,"Not everything works",2 +67919,"Notice",2 +165889,"mid-film and",2 +39643,"universal concerns",1 +235203,"real question this movie poses",2 +29459,"beautifully shot and scored",4 +129867,"overeager",1 +79623,"family conflict",2 +201238,"his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements",2 +202875,"is egregiously short",1 +83641,"inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack",4 +70652,"Volletta Wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness",3 +190969,"a monumental achievement",4 +204274,"its own quirky hipness",3 +162269,"instead of sharpens",2 +42301,"looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",3 +61338,"'s unique or memorable",3 +193883,"avoiding eye contact",2 +103038,", you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting .",3 +174966,"the vein of XXX",2 +150435,"Too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining .",1 +126707,"makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison .",1 +229964,"contributes",2 +22274,"the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense",2 +163881,"it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .",1 +205901,"matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .",1 +39015,"those things we expect from military epics",2 +178965,"writer and",2 +50886,"disdain for virtue",2 +184855,"Imagine Susan Sontag falling in love with Howard Stern",2 +211387,"she 's not funny",1 +89980,"own rhythm",2 +171188,"skates blithely from one implausible situation to another ,",2 +345,"afternoon",2 +136738,"there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life",0 +167723,"of swinging still",2 +104361,"An off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that",3 +76632,"cheeks",2 +9172,"now as",2 +49235,"as I 'm the One That I Want",3 +54670,"may not always",2 +1316,"infuses",3 +51534,"far future",2 +61067,"'s got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem",3 +155210,"big chase",2 +64954,"De Palma to his pulpy thrillers",2 +3925,"a long time",2 +127379,"more to think about after the final frame",3 +83745,"is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .",3 +234195,"not life-affirming",1 +49273,"as friends and lovers",3 +72846,"a work of deft and subtle poetry",3 +19940,"are a few stabs at absurdist comedy",2 +36713,"screen-eating dominatrixes",1 +177638,"was better the first time",1 +184655,"I ever saw that was written down",2 +218035,"ugly digital video",1 +209220,"person to get through The Country Bears",2 +139187,"wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them .",2 +118603,"dollars",3 +236000,"squirts",2 +160445,"had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story .",2 +223682,"Holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is",2 +48699,"adrenalized",3 +114196,"anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age",3 +29343,"aunque",2 +226811,"Treasure Planet maintains a brisk pace as it races through the familiar story .",4 +7590,"interludes",2 +112305,"a matter of taste",2 +92252,"self-hatred instilled",1 +237494,"third row",2 +106127,"Hampered -- no , paralyzed --",2 +155456,"brazen",2 +151142,"You see Robin Williams and psycho killer ,",1 +41627,"be original",2 +11080,"that is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion",3 +26676,"Sure , it 's more of the same",0 +140985,"'ll ever see and dissolves into a routine courtroom drama , better suited for a movie titled '' Glory : A Soldier 's Story",1 +206461,"more than a run-of-the-mill action",3 +186207,"Mr . Besson is a brand name",2 +219830,"with the incessant lounge music playing in the film 's background",1 +425,"anyone 's",2 +203763,"it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it",1 +168184,"one big laugh , three",2 +224509,"Just watch Bettany strut his stuff .",2 +161921,"in lovely costumes , Southern California locations and star power",3 +68378,"Reign of Fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made",0 +177321,"urban comedy is clearly not Zhang 's forte",1 +75633,"between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked",3 +163543,"is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .",1 +105948,"Games ''",2 +43585,", funny , even punny 6",3 +115339,"bad prose",1 +206209,"minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made Miike ... a cult hero .",2 +214516,"the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies",2 +95010,"the Chamber",2 +69480,"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded ,",3 +172219,"subtle variation",2 +184728,"I walked away not really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care .",1 +91055,"radiant character portrait",3 +196521,"curve",2 +9252,"of day",2 +75689,"big-screen",2 +8767,"merely",2 +122911,"in a sincere performance",4 +62245,", surreal , and resonant",2 +81533,"handled affair , a film about human darkness",2 +10952,"takes aim",2 +29172,"as anyone has dared to come",3 +222453,"As directed by Dani Kouyate of Burkina Faso , Sia lacks visual flair .",2 +121806,"has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else",0 +193926,"backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier",2 +150937,"White Oleander is n't an adaptation of a novel .",2 +71650,"a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",2 +125627,"knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest . If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !",1 +116341,"but still entertaining",3 +53477,"is generally light enough",3 +230235,"directing by Callie Khouri",2 +223136,"Die Another Day ''",2 +227769,"a beautiful , aching sadness to it all",4 +78917,"emotionally belittle a cinema",1 +14223,"Kurys ' career to a whole new level",4 +25658,"If the message seems more facile than the earlier films",2 +4811,"aristocrats",2 +144062,"Be One of Us",2 +142431,", siuation or joke",2 +81183,"goes off",2 +22641,"unexpected downer",0 +196803,"described as a ghost story gone badly awry",1 +174262,"the mere flashing",2 +56468,"refreshingly forthright one",3 +176510,"to the spirit of the Festival of Lights",2 +51576,"feel genuinely good",3 +126203,"littered",2 +68553,"Sad",2 +39134,"to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons",3 +116089,"bold ( and lovely ) experiment",3 +62038,", it has some problems .",1 +150379,"Time Dead ?",2 +113307,"acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics",2 +189594,"What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen or",4 +113249,"absorbs all manner of lame entertainment",3 +39685,"up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy",1 +223856,"I thought the relationships were wonderful",2 +156201,"cheap Hollywood tension",1 +156725,"consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war , perhaps",1 +213772,"that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in",1 +151151,"Young is cool",3 +141161,"'s a tad slow",1 +3216,"would be impossible to sit through",1 +194517,"benefit from the spice of specificity",2 +145241,"Extreme Oops - oops",1 +109296,"Swimming With Sharks",2 +31316,"evokes strong emotions and pushes viewers to question their deepest notions of moral right and wrong",4 +183,"a good spaghetti western",3 +75851,"both refreshingly different",3 +193601,"as the music industry",2 +35729,"only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver",3 +51050,"dying and",1 +27721,"a performance of striking skill and depth",4 +124112,"is hereby given fair warning",2 +232757,"is supposed to be , but",2 +135684,"the male academic",2 +25033,"Cox 's work",3 +211971,"so much as produced it",2 +87579,"much a struggle of man vs . man as Brother-Man vs . The Man",2 +73239,"admitting that my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served , even if it 's a dish that 's best served cold",3 +115721,"been a good film in '' Trouble",2 +43797,", yet",2 +217912,"tummy tops and hip huggers",2 +185612,"Kieslowski 's work",2 +62868,"A compelling allegory about the last days",2 +171802,"spiritual inquiry",3 +183741,"Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious",0 +59069,"those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today",1 +86066,"like it 's a big , comforting jar of Marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness",1 +6324,"excrescence",2 +221487,", only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists .",2 +145099,"Enough trivializes",1 +183250,"Crystal and",2 +121667,"has a new career ahead of him",3 +199304,"for tapping into our reality tv",2 +113380,"ad I",2 +29108,"art paying homage to art",3 +189810,"Without any redeeming value whatsoever .",0 +139171,"want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0 +118622,"doodled",2 +122080,"hear the full story of Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory -- even if they spend years trying to comprehend it",2 +194197,"be sleazy and fun",2 +223357,"Feral and uncomfortable",1 +230587,"even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow .",1 +141885,"( or be entertained by",2 +148842,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately Serving Sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd .",1 +174091,"the hot-button issue",2 +195482,"carried out by men of marginal intelligence ,",1 +198854,"film is yet to be made",1 +153959,"are the big problems here",1 +220509,"'' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",3 +139976,"win any awards",2 +233096,"it still works .",3 +143018,"A boring , wincingly cute and nauseatingly politically correct cartoon guaranteed to drive anyone much over age 4 screaming from the theater .",0 +117693,"creates a stunning , Taxi Driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity",3 +186990,"Robinson complex founders",1 +129771,"ought to be playing villains",2 +114869,"as beautiful , desirable",3 +212778,"subject us",2 +156416,"clue you",2 +107881,"Much like its easily dismissive",1 +143659,"Although ... visually striking and slickly staged",3 +213623,"that extensive post-production",2 +24661,"An irresistible combination",4 +74190,"anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",1 +3902,"a lie and",1 +238786,"will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .",3 +36365,"real-life",2 +34410,"may be fleeting",2 +58068,"the best play",3 +18643,"Amy 's O 's",2 +128546,"of bad guys",2 +120597,"found his groove",3 +204495,"juvenile camera movements",1 +198671,"feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ...",0 +256,"a sardonic verve to",2 +140425,"worked for me right up to the final scene",2 +71611,"a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and",3 +62632,"12-year-old boy to see this picture",2 +212020,"so-five-minutes-ago",2 +62498,"-- the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse --",2 +141040,"'re in need of a Cube fix",2 +148485,"Sen 's ) soap",2 +102595,", intelligent , and humanly funny film .",4 +174500,"the part where something 's happening",2 +157715,"does go on forever",1 +48854,"amuse and",3 +193582,"as telling a country skunk",1 +52579,"here 's one for you .",2 +81950,"have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",4 +138829,"uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer , providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",4 +165895,"middle-brow",2 +175773,"tiny little jokes and",2 +22961,"'' Orange County '' is a refreshing change",3 +94163,"takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving",3 +75281,"be inside looking out , and",2 +181865,"A muddy psychological thriller",1 +224542,"Kuras and Miller",2 +21681,"own experiences",2 +28579,"and disturbing little movie",1 +139552,"what it 's trying to say and even if it were -- I doubt it",2 +67609,"More good than great",3 +211370,"shapeless and",1 +159381,"for about three weeks in drive-ins",2 +43588,", generosity and diplomacy",3 +48370,"a similarly morose and humorless horror movie",1 +61579,", A Walk to Remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .",4 +194830,"boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness ,",0 +79170,"erotically",1 +68473,"Robinson",2 +152847,"accomplishing",2 +96249,"the neighborhood",2 +63339,"A rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .",1 +105854,"Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor",2 +20588,"for the monster",2 +168163,"once .",2 +122465,"holds you in rapt attention",3 +516,"at the core of this tale",2 +199030,"flat characters",1 +38623,"the sex , drugs and show-tunes plot",2 +193780,"at most 20 minutes",2 +72434,"a smart , nuanced look at de Sade",3 +235895,"some damn thing .",1 +71185,"Ziyi 's",2 +146563,"It 's not original , and , robbed of the element of surprise , it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks .",1 +99904,"what they did",2 +59505,"transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood ties .",3 +35407,"of sounds",2 +93205,"somewhat satisfying",3 +149650,"The notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .",0 +99138,"unsuspecting lawmen",2 +131928,"see the joy the characters take in this creed",2 +185912,"Lush and",2 +192479,"an angry bark",1 +33821,"its pleasures",3 +217919,"turn away from one another instead of talking",1 +56627,"riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure",4 +166184,"more glaring signs",2 +119948,"felt like an answer",2 +48421,"a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness",4 +123705,"is Revenge Of The Nerds Revisited",2 +58297,"the film 's shortcomings",1 +19236,"Sam Rockwell",2 +107392,"Latin actors",2 +17391,"tearing",2 +80945,"get inside you and",2 +174334,"the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode",1 +176584,"too amateurish and awkward",1 +72286,"a rich and intelligent film that uses",4 +137496,"to complicate the story",2 +174339,"the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters",0 +112750,"a solidly entertaining and moving family drama",4 +178985,"written by Michael Berg and Michael J . Wilson from a story by Wilson",2 +80309,"for more . It does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received",3 +25720,"It 's a Count for our times .",2 +204345,"its tone",2 +117740,"cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure",3 +158070,"dusty old letters",2 +35887,"paced .",2 +71163,"Young Everlyn Sampi , as the courageous Molly Craig",3 +30385,"continued good chemistry",3 +31116,"enjoyable family film",3 +38754,"the utter cuteness of Stuart and Margolo . Their computer-animated faces are very expressive",4 +229783,"certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .",3 +150483,"Too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , Frank Novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .",1 +111936,"a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface",0 +76568,"chance to shine",3 +172829,"that 's creepy and effective",3 +190343,"a complete mess",0 +171110,"simply pretentious",0 +167647,"of polishing",2 +140901,"' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . Too bad .",1 +205127,"liked it much better",3 +134890,"the battery on your watch has died",1 +75412,"become a cold , calculated exercise",2 +225574,"Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .",0 +124462,"is reasonably well-done",3 +161574,"if it might have been made in the '70s or '80s",3 +130411,"poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad ,",1 +99814,"well-made evocation",3 +113802,"amazingly evocative film",4 +29271,"at Oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",4 +26198,"No one",2 +77152,"concludes",2 +196827,"designed to appeal to the younger set",2 +48276,"a playful respite",3 +114516,"approach to the other",2 +73734,"an elegance and maturity",3 +216357,"this character understandable",2 +111397,"\/ And butterflies that die \ \/",2 +83501,"internal combustion engine",2 +198514,"familiar situations and repetitive scenes",1 +18132,"would doubtless give his blessing to",2 +113352,"actor Raymond J . Barry",2 +159728,"from its own provocative theme",3 +191808,"about whose fate it is hard to care",1 +175338,"this a superior movie",4 +57498,"suitable entry",3 +128972,"of the TV",2 +229127,"based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by Spader and Gyllenhaal",4 +111506,"a UN inspector",2 +194132,"be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for Frida to just die already",0 +165607,"makes the picture work",3 +16066,"how its done",2 +101260,"your seven bucks",2 +93830,"suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure",2 +106913,"It 's nice to see Piscopo again after all these years ,",3 +35662,"on the inanity -- and the Cold War datedness -- of its premise",0 +25148,"Do n't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches",1 +223217,"Eastwood films",2 +89969,"own breezy , distracted rhythms",3 +61651,", Martin is a masterfully conducted work .",4 +132065,"self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining",2 +169156,"pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc",2 +117861,"dark , gritty , sometimes funny",3 +57202,"something auspicious , and daring ,",3 +107683,"McKay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",1 +69790,"The one-liners are snappy , the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded .",4 +212059,"soiree",2 +190968,"a monsterous one",1 +100542,"with its subjects a little longer",2 +44322,"A touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way",4 +79,", like beau travil and nenette et boni ,",1 +220128,"would you have done to survive ?",2 +178589,"with immense physical prowess",2 +69103,"TV shows",2 +223404,"For the future , one hopes Mr. Plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .",0 +238138,"try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .",0 +14351,"Offers that rare combination of entertainment and education .",4 +196088,"computer-generated feature cartoon",2 +179588,"'s about a family of sour immortals",2 +128008,"no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen",2 +162507,"irritating character late",1 +177467,"vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is",1 +223323,"Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` A Walk to Remember ''",3 +39845,"warm but realistic meditation",3 +236073,"stretches the running time",2 +27508,"a ferocious debate for years",2 +44140,"A knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite Son of the Bride .",4 +23512,", but its pleasures are still plentiful .",3 +133387,"streaks",2 +75526,"being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels",2 +188697,"The story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile .",0 +70223,"This is a very funny , heartwarming film . It has fun with the quirks of family life , but",3 +10349,"seigner and mr",2 +139172,"want to catch Freaks as a matinee",2 +3494,"125-year",2 +69728,"The movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .",3 +8790,"mild",2 +179592,"'s actually pretty funny",3 +44519,"An inventive",3 +185892,"Low comedy",1 +28717,"and murder",1 +130538,"predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics",0 +208271,"offbeat sensibilities",3 +78036,"design , score and choreography",2 +213446,"than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies",1 +138137,"too much syrup and not enough fizz",2 +184646,"I did n't laugh . I did n't smile .",0 +210812,"saw Juwanna Mann so you do n't have to .",0 +44944,"Clint Eastwood 's Blood Work",2 +41875,"examine your own life",2 +232160,"into a mostly magnificent directorial career , Clint Eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style",3 +205702,"makes a melodramatic mountain",3 +74308,"are concerned",2 +158741,"failed narrative",1 +147339,"Marisa Tomei",2 +238562,"went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is",1 +237813,"to ferret out The Next Great Thing",2 +194557,"better celebration",3 +169787,"really unclear",1 +98962,"underappreciated",2 +155791,"by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond",2 +70569,"Unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck .",4 +107182,"Jerry Bruckheimer 's",2 +107207,"John Stainton",2 +165078,"little bonbon",2 +215307,"the paper-thin characterizations",1 +18305,"'s rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain",4 +41398,"You could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but",2 +75267,"be found a tough beauty",3 +164693,"leaves no Southern stereotype unturned .",2 +1674,"make",2 +172460,"take a good joke",2 +195014,"buried alive",2 +147513,"Moves",2 +98842,"two hours .",2 +224645,"Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan",4 +147741,"None of the characters or plot-lines",2 +125304,"its midst",2 +192096,"aimless for much of its running time ,",1 +148534,"Shamelessly sappy and , worse , runs away from its own provocative theme .",0 +77893,"del Padre Amaro",2 +79277,"even when the movie does n't",2 +203792,"it 's pretty far from a treasure",1 +67189,"Leonard",2 +66846,"Jackson , who also served as executive producer",2 +2788,"their kids",2 +210048,"raised on Oprah",2 +187031,"Roy Hill 's",2 +173103,"that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact Amber is such a joke",1 +113560,"all , Road to Perdition",2 +237787,"to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering",2 +220143,"writer-director Adam Rifkin",2 +227958,"a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy ,",2 +226374,"The movie is well shot and very tragic",4 +219495,"will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : A few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .",0 +75078,"average student 's",2 +58646,"the religious and civic virtues",2 +207877,"of my greatest pictures , Drunken Master",3 +11912,"the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .",2 +116261,"brow",3 +33301,"is always possible",3 +165750,"may find it migraine-inducing , despite Moore 's attempts at whimsy and spoon feeding",1 +70507,"Turturro",2 +135516,"the history of our country",2 +43474,", Miller 's film is one of 2002 's involvingly adult surprises .",3 +207113,"no unifying rhythm",1 +110915,"Waldo Salt Screenwriting award",3 +146502,"It 's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and Shiner , starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .",1 +111795,"a director 's",2 +207201,"not morally bankrupt",2 +123415,"inside column",2 +211848,"smartest kids",2 +206118,"might enjoy this",3 +193086,"are given here",2 +153121,"all the earmarks of a sequel",2 +99033,"unforced continuation",3 +56882,"sexualization",2 +167147,"of '",2 +114318,"animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and",1 +19541,"a novel",2 +185979,"Mandel Holland 's",2 +132826,"sobering recount",2 +128890,"of screen time",2 +156582,"comic vehicle",2 +171058,"sidesplitting it",2 +175231,"they consider that a good thing",2 +30135,"cheery",4 +99708,"we 're never sure how things will work out",2 +215813,"the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals",3 +199176,"for a moment",2 +109863,"The first shocking thing about Sorority Boys",2 +142239,", insensitive people who take turns hurting each other .",1 +1560,"lack",2 +23505,", but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .",3 +183795,"Everything else about High Crimes",2 +63613,"Abderrahmane Sissako 's Heremakono",2 +235102,"provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought .",4 +17534,"the fantastical aspects and harsh realities",3 +125636,"know we 're not supposed to take it seriously",1 +143947,"At least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch",0 +107513,"Longley 's film",3 +161394,"hollow joke",1 +227592,"`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad",1 +153289,"an action movie that is not very thrilling",0 +222556,"Be prepared to cling to the edge of your seat , tense with suspense",4 +107583,"Madonna 's",1 +16258,"is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy",4 +91399,"relatively lightweight commercial fare such as Notting Hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft .",3 +56753,"screen persona",2 +135635,"the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won",1 +171944,"stature",2 +68851,"Snide and",1 +43078,"'' The Ring '' is pretty much an English-language copy of the film that inspired it , and it carries the same strengths and flaws .",2 +186464,"Nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of Elizabeth Hurley 's breasts --",1 +126493,"lulls you",1 +56412,"read Stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself",3 +43348,"'s the perfect star vehicle for Grant ,",3 +225612,"Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of Indians , for instance ) , but the excitement is missing",1 +94947,"that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing",3 +74842,"as you do n't try to look too deep into the story",2 +139235,"was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the '' soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars",0 +195729,"clarity matters",2 +228932,"as bad as its trailers",0 +75271,"be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",2 +184399,"Hey Arnold ! is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation . Still , the updated Dickensian sensibility of writer Craig Bartlett 's story is appealing .",3 +49852,"brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman .",2 +113032,"a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes",4 +75513,"being a Sandra Bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy",2 +217325,"to set you free",2 +61291,"'s surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .",3 +222396,"Another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .",0 +130641,"princess",2 +108932,"Sia lacks visual flair .",1 +92851,"slowness",2 +42581,"scope and",3 +127717,"my opinion",2 +160590,"has a bigger rant on the war between modern landscape architecture and small-town America",2 +144025,"Bad beyond belief and ridiculous beyond description .",0 +27088,"Turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting",3 +38796,"the year 's sweetest movie",4 +223338,"Fatal Attraction '' ,",2 +121193,"gives his heart",3 +14419,"Scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism .",3 +97330,"thinkers",2 +131677,"run , then at least",2 +162465,"invest in the central relationship",2 +90689,"probably ever appear",2 +34174,"living well because this film , unlike other Dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",3 +70468,"Trinity",2 +182645,"At times , it actually hurts to watch .",0 +196382,"crass , jaded movie types and",1 +142445,", sprawling carnival",2 +184160,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and",2 +197578,"drying out from spring break",2 +61261,"'s something about a marching band that gets me where I live",2 +118112,"deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities",3 +189556,"What Madonna does",2 +94612,"that delicate canon",3 +185714,"Leather Warriors",2 +119064,"ends up sounding like satire",1 +10898,"swims in mediocrity , sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then",0 +196638,"decent budget",2 +8363,"laughable",1 +99460,"visual flair",3 +131351,"rent the original",2 +36628,"rousing spates",2 +110457,"This humbling little film",2 +51125,"em que , para mim",2 +43436,"( and better",3 +108939,"Significantly better",3 +233243,"keep you watching , as will the fight scenes",4 +186367,"No amount of nostalgia for Carvey 's glory days",1 +122529,"how John Malkovich 's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line",2 +152,"a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative )",1 +212165,"some strong supporting players",3 +61962,", illuminating study",3 +30012,"candid",2 +42236,"its director ,",2 +53198,"intoxicating",3 +20147,"brutal",2 +15170,"at accelerated speed and volume",3 +197080,"disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh",1 +49297,"as it was 270 years ago .",2 +92962,"so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .",3 +181388,"1970s animation",2 +28344,"an errant",2 +157861,"done his best to make something out of Ellis ' nothing novel",2 +29037,"are far from novel",2 +223035,"Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs , but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy",0 +17204,"sides",2 +177473,"victims of the arrogant '' if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny",1 +202371,"intimate and socially encompassing",4 +59985,"we might be interested in gratuitous sexualization",2 +176102,"to enhance the franchise",3 +165608,"makes the picture work .",3 +126925,"maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",2 +54869,"most contemporary statesmen",2 +92880,"smart , savvy , compelling",4 +30173,"cinema 's most idiosyncratic form instead of one of its most predictable",3 +19047,"Latin America 's most oppressive regimes",2 +230088,"dangerous and domineering mother",2 +61314,"'s the cute frissons of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman that keep this nicely wound clock not just ticking , but humming .",3 +184760,"Ice Age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies",3 +238874,"with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for",3 +114733,"arms length",2 +190477,"a downtown café",2 +79747,"feel better",2 +18791,"Clever , brutal and strangely soulful movie .",3 +52581,"here . Chomp",2 +158999,"feminism while gifting the most sympathetic male of the piece with a nice vomit bath at his wedding .",1 +145770,"Heartbreak Hospital",2 +199421,"forgot to include anything even halfway scary",2 +90840,"psycho",2 +34892,"never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes",3 +108600,"Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success",3 +129496,"once again dazzle and delight us",4 +71467,"a cool event for the whole family . Maybe not a classic , but",3 +55982,"perfectly acceptable",3 +159174,"fire-red",2 +45542,"Huston performance",3 +199926,"give his audience",2 +27949,"a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",3 +108094,"Oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .",3 +28445,"and Glass ' evocative music ...",2 +117490,"continuity and",2 +154346,"at a plot",2 +209517,"poor acting",0 +35298,"of its excessive moral baggage thanks to two appealing lead performances .",3 +174179,"the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September",2 +146981,"K-19 may not hold a lot of water as a submarine epic , but it holds even less when it turns into an elegiacally soggy Saving Private Ryanovich .",1 +24045,"-- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",4 +141587,"'s so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it 's left a few crucial things out , like character development and coherence .",1 +30348,"connects on a visceral level that transcends language .",3 +230415,"dreaded King Brown snake",2 +147199,"Linux cause",2 +202895,"is even more ludicrous",2 +4389,"actually engage it",2 +45341,"Further proof",2 +127513,"mostly male",2 +29178,"as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works",3 +57744,"that at its best",3 +130485,"poster boy",2 +236939,"the formula fresh again",3 +32900,"in northern France",2 +111395,"\/ And",2 +32700,"hundreds of thousands",2 +196943,"difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",1 +44808,"Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue ,",3 +64281,"Beautifully crafted",3 +219386,"who values the original comic books",3 +204203,"its gender politics , genre thrills",3 +216352,"this bitter Italian comedy",1 +68953,"Spirit",2 +70601,"Vardalos and Corbett ,",2 +935,"extremely competent",4 +151282,"a Down video",3 +185317,"It may not be '' Last Tango in Paris '' but ...",2 +126584,"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone",4 +97795,"tiny revelations",2 +181419,"37-minute Santa vs .",2 +39757,"venerable Italian comedy Big Deal",2 +69921,"The stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and",2 +103637,"A grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .",3 +82116,"her mother , Mai Thi Kim ,",2 +204276,"its own style",3 +150979,"Winds up feeling like lots of other quirky movies that try to score hipness",2 +9914,"purely abstract",3 +222898,"Certainly the big finish was n't something Galinsky and Hawley could have planned for",2 +85203,"its cast ,",2 +67605,"Mordantly funny and intimately knowing",3 +119453,"examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do",3 +201061,"heroes the way",2 +186230,"Much like Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy",2 +180080,"'ve ever seen that had no obvious directing involved",1 +217281,"to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago",1 +6008,"diversion",2 +202427,"into rambling incoherence",1 +215529,"the same easy targets",1 +20758,"having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois",4 +159895,"garner the film a '' cooler ''",2 +156209,"cheats on itself and retreats",2 +50917,"diva",3 +153657,"anti-Kieslowski a pun",2 +121633,"hardy spirit",2 +3233,"you love him",3 +26380,"Powers team",2 +26689,"THIS",2 +7287,"i like it . there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",4 +122473,"hollow , self-indulgent",0 +238955,"wonder they 're talking about `` Talk to Her .",2 +58494,"the modern condition of rootlessness , a state",3 +182854,"Blue Crush is as predictable as the tides ... The movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .",1 +218614,"wafer-thin movie",1 +35381,"of reheated Aliens",2 +137831,"to see an artist , still committed to growth in his ninth decade , change while remaining true to his principles",2 +135470,"the grandeur",3 +231887,"if them",2 +79805,"female friendship that men can embrace and",3 +225457,"Philadelphia Story",2 +106738,"Innocuous enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good",2 +103692,"A markedly inactive film , City is conversational bordering on confessional .",0 +160905,"have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time",2 +58754,"the story and dialogue",2 +158037,"dull-witted",0 +53402,"is as delightful",3 +160432,"had , in fact",1 +213123,"takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133",2 +207185,"not be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks",2 +72077,"a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code",3 +11559,"the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective",4 +234059,"nearly every minute",2 +151668,"a fairly terrible movie ... but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made Eurotrash cult object .",2 +69609,"The first five minutes will have you talking 'til the end of the year",4 +115300,"ayatollah",3 +188920,"They do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but",3 +144118,"Benigni 's",2 +30108,"charismatic Roger",3 +132542,"sit through it",2 +16329,"it 's too slowly paced to be a thriller . -LRB- But it 's -RRB- worth recommending because of two marvelous performances by Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser .",2 +204789,"learns her place",2 +111362,"You will likely prefer to keep on watching .",3 +236728,"the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out",3 +58136,"the collision",2 +13882,"Because",2 +208104,"of the molehill",2 +152037,"a martial arts adventure",3 +164138,"its reality",2 +225263,"Occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional Almodóvar style .",4 +127813,"nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history",3 +48802,"allows his cast",2 +172394,"sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy .",2 +44379,"Akira",2 +159515,"for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",1 +208701,"only one reality",2 +5381,"by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich ( that would be reno ) gets his comeuppance . just bring on the battle bots , please",2 +195859,"cohesion",2 +201085,"high school swimming",2 +182980,"Ca n't seem to get anywhere near the story 's center .",2 +112016,"a glass of flat champagne",1 +226540,"The wanton slipperiness",1 +89875,"outré",2 +59182,"to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . The extent to which it succeeds is impressive",4 +122447,"hoary love triangle",2 +20316,"creepy by its '' men in a sardine can '' warped logic",1 +209440,"plots and",2 +86717,"manage to keep things interesting .",3 +85572,"just might turn on many people to opera , in general",3 +154161,"as easy to come by as it used to be",2 +76116,"by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war",3 +14768,"a lively script , sharp acting and partially animated interludes",3 +165468,"magic watch",2 +90096,"partners functions",2 +224596,"Less a movie",1 +19674,"admirably --",4 +201918,"in its yearning for the days",1 +209701,"presumes",3 +191752,"about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery",3 +228045,"a museum , where viewers would be free to leave",1 +170179,"romantic contrivances",2 +37756,"that Kissing Jessica Stein may be the best same-sex romance I have seen",4 +23606,", eu estava feliz",2 +17352,"sudden violence",1 +154503,"awful and appealing",1 +202536,"is Serving Sara ?",2 +20791,"his audience",2 +50240,"colorful and",3 +206911,"nerve to speak up",2 +99413,"viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies",3 +55007,"natural sportsmen",3 +58980,"this contrived nonsense",1 +150327,"This toothless Dog , already on cable",2 +161442,"hostages",2 +155077,"being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",1 +146020,"I can take infantile humor ...",2 +175416,"this idea is '' new ''",2 +13756,"A -RRB-",2 +61247,"'s sharply comic and surprisingly touching ,",4 +114419,"any of them",2 +148262,"Reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .",1 +99482,"vivid , convincing",3 +11231,"the celebrated irish playwright , poet",2 +171977,"sticks rigidly",2 +170444,"sci-fi movie",2 +164350,"just too bad the film 's story does not live up to its style",0 +142492,", the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care .",1 +201392,"how far",2 +236516,"that other Imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house",1 +235244,"recite bland police procedural details , Fiennes wanders around",1 +183405,"Diaz , Applegate , Blair and Posey",2 +234636,"oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ( `` Laissez-passer '' )",3 +20051,"aware of it",2 +49318,"as seductive",2 +216214,"they 've been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice",2 +126039,"like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties",1 +114218,"and almost",2 +185944,"Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way",2 +103380,"A '' black Austin Powers",2 +207054,"no matter how fantastic Reign of Fire looked",2 +12811,"von",2 +152989,"after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",1 +230171,"designed not to offend",2 +22515,"to know what to praise first",3 +106042,"Goofy , nutty , consistently funny . And educational !",4 +221387,", irredeemably awful .",0 +7279,"i have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental",3 +122374,"his own infinite",2 +235216,"realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0 +191039,"a nice Belgian waffle",3 +59678,"uneventful",1 +107436,"Like Brosnan 's performance , Evelyn comes from the heart .",4 +216229,"they do n't understand",2 +167110,"obsolete , if irritating , notion",1 +64277,"Beautiful to watch",4 +210920,"scratching your head in amazement over the fact",1 +42689,"steals `",2 +143360,"A sophomoric exploration",1 +184776,"If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good . But",1 +102598,", interesting as a documentary -- but not very Imaxy .",3 +91561,"rest contentedly with the knowledge that he 's made at least one damn fine horror movie",4 +136344,"the storylines",2 +195834,"clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment",0 +146751,"It takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .",1 +66983,"Kafka 's meat grinder",2 +207844,"of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles",2 +219624,"wit and artifice",2 +217468,"to the script 's refusal of a happy ending",1 +156658,"computer game",3 +227905,"a film that 's not merely about kicking undead \*\*\*",3 +187100,"Sara Sugarman 's whimsical comedy",3 +200337,"had just gone that one step further .",2 +3629,"a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe",0 +96268,"the now 72-year-old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke",2 +68221,"Playfully profound",3 +139319,"watching a rerun",1 +42883,"this How Martha Got Her Groove Back",2 +3553,"` you 're from two different worlds ' and",2 +131984,"seem to think",2 +162501,"irresponsible cops",1 +237369,"their cartoon counterparts",2 +135208,"the exotic world",3 +166947,"not even Ms .",2 +227201,"With the exception of McCoist",2 +79060,"enormous debts",2 +70164,"They works spectacularly well ... A shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride .",4 +220072,"would ever try to sell",2 +193117,"are many things",2 +207918,"of playing opposite each other Bullock and Grant still",2 +153906,"are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .",1 +186377,"No doubt",2 +228689,"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 ...",1 +116335,"but only",2 +50535,"cranky",1 +122256,"himself used it in Black and White",2 +81348,"gratuitous cinematic distractions",3 +117873,"dashing and resourceful hero",3 +46245,"Mr . Mattei",2 +63085,"A gorgeously strange movie , Heaven is deeply concerned with morality ,",3 +223240,"Enigma lacks it .",1 +66480,"It 's a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure .",4 +143811,"Anemic chronicle of money grubbing New Yorkers and their serial",1 +159155,"find their way out of the fog and the ashes",2 +89535,"once playful and haunting ,",3 +116979,"churn",2 +7919,"it can be a bit repetitive",1 +233996,"much a movie",2 +180649,", fuzzy and sticky",2 +206168,"mill sci-fi film",2 +90079,"particular New Yorkers",2 +43077,"'' Read My Lips ''",2 +161423,"hormones",2 +50750,"delivers more goodies",3 +39870,"watch because Sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor",3 +160637,"has all the excitement of eating oatmeal",0 +179903,"'s not the worst comedy of the year",3 +209512,"poor Hermocrates",2 +162761,"is an hour and a half of daydreaming .",2 +193279,"art drivel",2 +42025,"grab your children by the imagination and amaze them",4 +124722,"is too heady for children , and too preachy",1 +151633,"a documentary -- just",3 +149820,"The script is n't very good",1 +237374,"their mentally `` superior '' friends ,",2 +19282,"Thankfully",2 +183674,"English-language debut",2 +220621,"'re back",2 +120069,"filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle . Instead",4 +216213,"they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort",0 +185059,"It 's as if Allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .",1 +227799,"a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II",2 +34406,"maverick individuals",2 +88022,"not really",2 +83270,"incredibly flexible cast",4 +144443,"Chinese history :",2 +28225,"allying",2 +32405,"he can out-stealth any agent , he 'll get the girl .",2 +60824,"'s a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .",4 +137952,"to the other side",2 +47973,"a dog-tag",2 +181313,"... in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes .",0 +103183,"... Plays like a living-room War Of The Worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .",2 +29991,"can not be said to suck",2 +223965,"If you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young TV actors ( Dawson Leery did what ?!? ) , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out ,",2 +123959,"is by far the worst movie of the year .",0 +211391,"she , Janine and",2 +155503,"bringing it back another day",2 +180004,"'s supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",2 +118722,"dreamlike ecstasy",4 +149713,"The performances are so leaden ,",2 +235779,"sink the movie",2 +9202,"observant , often touching",3 +157835,"doing in the theater at all",2 +233062,"it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment .",2 +211309,"settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking",3 +97080,"the-night chills",2 +216058,"them pretty thin",2 +41162,"Ram Dass :",2 +3610,"a brilliant , honest",4 +48044,"a fine , understated piece of filmmaking",4 +149614,"The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it .",0 +160926,"have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us",1 +93647,"strongest and most touching movie of recent years",4 +137095,"this worn-out , pandering palaver",0 +111529,"a barrel",2 +91242,"really solid Woody Allen film",3 +90736,"progressive",2 +101285,"zany",2 +216455,"this odd , inexplicable and unpleasant",0 +159804,"full of rabbits . Brimful .",2 +192681,"analyze this movie",2 +11936,"the suckers",1 +70210,"This is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .",3 +96806,"the sublime",2 +239151,"you get a lot of running around , screaming and death .",1 +188344,"The metaphors are provocative",3 +176464,"to the Future",2 +103928,"A sub-formulaic slap in the face",1 +117546,"costly",2 +209993,"quick-buck sequel",1 +151774,"a full-length classic",4 +61835,", comic relief",2 +128664,"of flat champagne",1 +215019,"the mechanics of the delivery",2 +114832,"as a retooling of Fahrenheit 451 , and even as a rip-off of The Matrix",1 +30571,"dancing and fabulous music .",3 +210955,"scummy ripoff",0 +86909,"may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does",2 +48945,"an idolized culture , self-loathing",1 +16449,"lightens your wallet without leaving a sting",3 +162734,"is also , at times",3 +197523,"dreams ,",3 +162238,"inside the ring",2 +137854,"to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .",1 +131035,"raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation",2 +189430,"Wallace , who wrote Gibson 's Braveheart as well as the recent Pearl Harbor ,",2 +155714,"by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination",2 +216051,"them are funny ,",2 +75781,"boils",2 +131454,"resurrect a dead man",2 +93742,"subtlety and acumen",3 +104907,"Bui",3 +225240,"Noyce 's greatest mistake is thinking that we needed sweeping , dramatic , Hollywood moments to keep us",1 +90552,"poverty",1 +107898,"Murray",2 +207323,"obscenity is at hand",1 +139755,"who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream",3 +98184,"to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",3 +105114,"Circuit turns out to be",2 +184718,"I think ,",2 +190686,"a great hook , some clever bits",3 +187904,"The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste",1 +28379,"an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do",3 +28871,"and thrilling",4 +208357,"old saying",2 +173672,"the coolness",3 +128362,"of New Age-inspired good intentions",3 +222451,"As conceived by Mr. Schaeffer",2 +231701,"high-tech tux",2 +150886,"When the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and",2 +82557,"humor in so many teenage comedies",2 +27662,"a master 's steady stroke",3 +177259,"unsophisticated scare tactics",0 +140024,"with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .",3 +15368,"can hear about suffering Afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected . Dramas",2 +110666,"To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest .",4 +184222,"Graffiti",2 +212929,"superior moral tone",3 +221766,"... Designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` Crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .",1 +228666,"and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .",4 +88961,"of the avant-garde fused with their humor",3 +221743,"-- but what underdog movie since The Bad News Bears has been ?",2 +45921,"Just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer",4 +7840,"it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous '",0 +206851,"necessarily bad",2 +114219,"and almost as many subplots",2 +212697,"strong on personality",3 +21486,"of Todd Solondz",2 +91470,"remembrance",3 +222357,"And if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",3 +76123,"by Spike Jonze",2 +18599,"A triumph",4 +178615,"with naughty fun",3 +159472,"for the Ian Fleming estate",2 +44896,"Chesterton and",2 +233613,"make Enough",2 +63192,"A modestly surprising movie",3 +87707,"nasty journey",1 +91226,"realize your mind is being blown .",3 +22222,"the T-shirt",2 +231760,"holds its goodwill close ,",3 +165099,"little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor",1 +188929,"They should have found Orson Welles ' great-grandson .",2 +218540,"viewing .",2 +193168,"are quite funny ,",3 +90333,"plain awful",0 +46053,"MIB II",2 +135419,"the friendship between five Filipino-Americans and their frantic efforts",2 +147582,"Must-see viewing for anyone involved in the high-tech industry",4 +161155,"hidden it from everyone",2 +64041,"Argento , at only 26",2 +190016,"` guy",2 +46290,"Myer",2 +66645,"It 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period",3 +62303,", the movie runs a good race",3 +167699,"of soap opera",2 +225394,"Parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times ,",2 +12930,"well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy .",3 +51925,"from countless other thrillers",2 +9448,"on its plate at times",2 +115353,"baffled by Jason X",2 +93053,"solid sci-fi thriller",3 +19841,"and hilarious",4 +187667,"TV outing",2 +23559,", comparable to the classic films of Jean Renoir",3 +162778,"is appropriately titled , given the heavy-handedness of it drama .",1 +172800,"than the last two",2 +62036,", it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",3 +223926,"If the ' 70 's were your idea of a good time at the movies",2 +186219,"Mr . Wollter and Ms . Seldhal give strong and convincing performances ,",4 +6052,"dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",3 +91410,"relevance",2 +170622,"seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones",2 +74552,"as Nesbitt 's Cooper",2 +57128,"so will your kids .",2 +54890,"most of the distance",1 +57991,"the United States",2 +45875,"James Horner 's",2 +168440,"out of character and",2 +98003,"to cut through the sugar coating .",2 +55379,"of her profession",3 +126086,"like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor",3 +216342,"this alarming production ,",1 +163682,"it 's revealing some great human truths , when , in reality , it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",1 +165860,"merely unwatchable ,",0 +118664,"doze off during this one",0 +130399,"political climate",2 +24696,"Anthony . Hopkins",2 +92830,"slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia may well prove diverting enough .",3 +49045,"and it 's what makes their project so interesting",3 +158675,"exploits the hot-button issue of domestic abuse",2 +102328,", Skins is heartfelt and achingly real .",4 +51412,"executives or test audiences",2 +56460,"reenacting a historic scandal",3 +171164,"sitcomishly",1 +56650,"root for ( Clara and Paul )",2 +233430,"like a `` real Kaputschnik",2 +139419,"weak dialogue and biopic",2 +120503,"for the evening to end",2 +224290,"It does n't really know or care about the characters , and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events .",1 +180747,", it looks like Woo 's a P . O . W .",2 +65627,"Franklin needs to stay afloat in Hollywood",2 +118195,"diamond",2 +21141,"its intricate intellectual gamesmanship",3 +221672,", we get another scene , and then another .",2 +213298,"tense scenes",2 +126028,"like Saturday morning TV in the '60s )",2 +56157,"preoccupations and",2 +84861,"it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one",4 +135690,"the many inconsistencies in Janice 's behavior",2 +85285,"its indie tatters and self-conscious seams",2 +135104,"the director 's previous work",2 +191850,"accentuating , rather than muting",2 +195863,"coke .",2 +5556,"chouraqui brings documentary-like credibility to the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing . '",2 +231034,"from pinnacle to pinnacle",3 +162558,"is Oedekerk 's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick ,",2 +153699,"any scenes that might have required genuine acting from Ms . Spears",1 +8547,"looks and plays",2 +228767,"are actually movie folk",2 +236867,"the film 's city beginnings",2 +222032,"A lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic Disney adaptation",0 +77812,"deemed",2 +191820,"absolutamente predecible",1 +210777,"sappy situations and dialogue",1 +170782,"several key junctures",2 +97097,"their characters ' suffering",2 +123141,"in the end an honorable , interesting failure . It falls far short of poetry",2 +25153,"Dodger",2 +73471,"allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon",2 +205341,"look smeary and blurry , to the point",2 +59146,"to Kuras",2 +59700,"unforgettable visual panache",3 +165208,"look like Spencer Tracy",2 +152018,"a luv-spreading Dr . Feelgood or",2 +97282,"they might",2 +201000,"heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",2 +197576,"drying",2 +16815,"offering its target audience of urban kids",2 +142123,", cliched",1 +119982,"few laughs but",2 +102491,", dry , reliable textbook",2 +205104,"like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .",1 +186157,"More intellectually scary than dramatically involving .",1 +43507,", although flawed ,",2 +191342,"a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time",1 +120799,"fueled",2 +222907,"Chao was Chen Kaige 's assistant for years in China .",2 +150877,"When not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack",1 +15786,"flattering",3 +217216,"to mind : So why is this so boring ?",1 +239043,"would slip under the waves .",2 +33952,"know their roles so well",3 +100163,"whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character",3 +231736,"his life , his dignity",2 +221439,", it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.",2 +191049,"a nosedive",2 +161997,"in the darkness",2 +208754,"opulent",3 +77656,"cussing",1 +132264,"she is always like that",2 +219918,"wo n't be an )",1 +176805,"trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes",1 +38794,"the writing",2 +124599,"is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything",0 +2958,"to sit through",2 +176481,"to the human race",2 +59971,"way imaginable",2 +3015,"uncomfortably",2 +11090,"that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen",1 +151210,"` God help us , but Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves . '",1 +121034,"get a coherent rhythm going",2 +165121,"little wit , interest",1 +65026,"Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .",3 +154681,"be an epic",3 +229631,"camera lens",2 +234686,"on that elusive `` missing thing",2 +133971,"tells you",2 +115611,"be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal",4 +44036,"A delightful stimulus",3 +192071,"agency boss close",2 +42397,"need not necessarily",2 +172280,"sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time",3 +233513,"long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken",1 +62082,", love , duty and friendship",3 +8966,"my precious new star",4 +28033,"about the Marquis de Sade",2 +10772,"strip",2 +142602,", unfunny and unrecommendable",0 +3878,"a haunted house , a haunted ship ,",2 +147485,"More dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating",0 +205708,"makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly .",1 +205487,"low budget",1 +129660,"only to record the events for posterity , but",3 +133331,"stoner midnight flick ,",2 +172440,"swipe something",2 +5503,"charged",3 +60192,"whose compelling characters and intelligent script",3 +68095,"Papin sisters",2 +111741,"a daily grind",2 +130898,"quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy",0 +226420,"The photographer 's show-don ` t-tell stance is admirable , but",2 +111981,"a funny yet dark and seedy clash of cultures and generations .",3 +230912,"for all the wrong reasons besides .",1 +36214,"provocative and entertaining",3 +231323,"guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 +197056,"disaster . A DOA dud from frame one",0 +157554,"disconnects every 10 seconds",1 +16932,"perfectly captures the hotel lobbies , two-lane highways , and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent 's days",4 +79197,"especially movie musical fans",2 +220203,"yet lacking about everything",1 +88051,"nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other",2 +119349,"even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer",2 +173535,"the best advice is : ` Scooby ' do n't .",1 +163170,"is not the same thing as a good movie",1 +9119,"not a stereotype",2 +140964,"'d have to say the star",2 +156094,"categorization",2 +212645,"street gangs",2 +95876,"the highest order",2 +168920,"played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags",2 +102490,", double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic Hong Kong action",3 +205448,"lots of sloppiness",0 +143208,"A misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment",1 +80390,"for the whole family .",3 +124256,"is more in love with strangeness than excellence",1 +182071,"A very familiar tale",2 +221789,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... The film 's ending has a `` What was it all for ? ''",0 +224114,"It 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over , but it 's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest",0 +199966,"gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time .",2 +34444,"meditative , clinical and poetic , The Piano Teacher is a daring work of genius .",4 +101977,"'s understanding of the expressive power of the camera",2 +18377,", but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment",4 +47085,"The film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama",1 +143361,"A sophomoric exploration of ` life problems ' most people solved",1 +25921,"Lane",2 +37907,"that the most powerful thing in life is",3 +19049,"Lead provocatuers Testud and Parmentier give superlative performances",4 +93071,"some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young Bow Wow fans ) -",3 +215959,"the wrong moments",2 +41888,"explores his characters ' crises",2 +19791,"and a bit ostentatious",1 +171436,"so little movie",2 +15936,"gut-wrenching impact",3 +20471,"ensues",2 +88528,"of diverse political perspectives",3 +144653,"Credibility sinks into a mire of sentiment .",1 +225908,"Sorry , Charlie",1 +211793,"slip into the modern rut of narrative banality",1 +57714,"that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",4 +168357,"opts for a routine slasher film that was probably more fun to make than it is to sit through .",1 +184180,"God is great",2 +23463,", because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise",3 +131043,"read The Catcher",2 +190301,"a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized",1 +21505,"of drama and comedy makes '' What Time Is It There ? ''",2 +131036,"raunchy and graphic as it may be in presentation --",3 +56066,"pleases almost everyone who sees it",4 +150870,"When it 's all wet",2 +124277,"is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be",2 +104223,"Americanized adaptation",2 +49176,"are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting",4 +214211,"the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",1 +123761,"is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema .",3 +53933,"its generalities",2 +998,"follow here",2 +108655,"Robert De Niro",2 +188571,"The problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay .",1 +151681,"a feature-length adaptation of one of those '' Can This Marriage Be Saved ?",1 +174114,"the ingredients",2 +119520,"expand a TV show to movie length",2 +153226,"although this idea is '' new ''",2 +112871,"a teen movie",2 +160391,"group therapy sessions",2 +96995,"the villain could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations",2 +185872,"Loud ,",2 +156586,"coming a mile",2 +58855,"the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet",2 +83196,"in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",3 +42965,"wanted to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes",2 +77432,"could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill",2 +27043,"Thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings .",4 +90625,"presents events partly from the perspective of Aurelie and Christelle ,",2 +20694,"grow",2 +213596,"that develops between the three central characters",2 +121237,"go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum",2 +46803,"Stephen Rea , Aidan Quinn , and Alan Bates",2 +93167,"something of a triumph",3 +121617,"hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter",0 +205224,"little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating",1 +128360,"of NYC 's drug scene",2 +223450,"G.",2 +111931,"a flat , plodding picture",1 +202120,"in your mouth",2 +16102,"in Imax 3-D",2 +128053,"noble end",1 +120554,"forced than usual",2 +616,"blue",2 +3127,"whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as pulp fiction and get shorty resonate a sardonic verve to their caustic purpose for existing , who is cletis tout ? is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche",1 +208512,"on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing",1 +138369,"true star",3 +235424,"sabotages the movie 's strengths",0 +120898,"gadgets",3 +184520,"How many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?",1 +162864,"is easier to swallow than Julie Taymor 's preposterous Titus",2 +222159,"About Her",2 +51269,"enterprise",2 +230495,"elusive ...",1 +19986,"as an examination of a society in transition",2 +158220,"end up with if you took Orwell , Bradbury , Kafka , George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers and threw them into a blender . But that 's just the problem with it",1 +170419,"scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust",1 +136225,"the second half of the movie",2 +181089,", uneventful",0 +142455,", surface-effect feeling",2 +90328,"placing their parents in a coma-like state",2 +11910,"the story ...",2 +203182,"is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .",1 +137023,"this pretty watchable",3 +44863,"Catholic",2 +125407,"its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous .",1 +141153,"'s a sense",2 +228736,"appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off",0 +120811,"full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them",0 +185827,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . Too bad .",1 +73743,"an endearing cast",3 +152271,"a prison soccer",2 +190993,"a movie must have a story and a script",2 +215404,"the precise nature",2 +58975,"this and",2 +185090,"It 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate",2 +164423,"kill-by-numbers",1 +45957,"Knows",2 +80147,"flops",1 +205712,"makes his start at the CIA",2 +172575,"tax",2 +155021,"before the end",2 +87301,"more or",2 +80119,"flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",3 +166037,"miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin",1 +136688,"their place",2 +99785,"well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark",4 +92,"2",2 +124761,"is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor",0 +179403,"'m just about ready to go to the U . N . and ask permission for a preemptive strike",1 +176606,"too conventional",1 +13307,"wrong",1 +81475,"gutsy and",3 +94322,"terms with time",2 +144010,"Bad . Very bad . Stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly ,",0 +91463,"remarkably original",4 +25475,"Happily for Mr . Chin -- though unhappily for his subjects -- the invisible hand of the marketplace wrote a script that no human screenwriter could have hoped to match .",3 +79677,"far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience",2 +22689,"vex",2 +226916,"Vincent R. Nebrida",2 +51498,"fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",4 +180856,", of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . Vulgar is too optimistic a title .",1 +183698,"Enter the Fist is hilarious . It 's too bad nothing else is .",2 +65025,"Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity",2 +27713,"a one-room schoolhouse",2 +199673,"fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing",1 +77449,"could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape",0 +223113,"Despite a performance of sustained intelligence from Stanford and another of subtle humour from Bebe Neuwirth",2 +48497,"a winner for Lil Bow Wow",3 +199995,"glorified a term",2 +118721,"dream of",3 +58911,"there 's no art here",1 +165646,"mangle",2 +34421,"may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets",3 +233540,"loose , unaccountable direction",0 +65942,"Hatfield and Hicks make the oddest of couples , and in this sense the movie becomes a study of the gambles of the publishing world , offering a case study that exists apart from all the movie 's political ramifications .",3 +102130,"( Sam 's ) self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .",0 +78434,"does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience .",2 +166765,"no better film",1 +110051,"The only thing",2 +188861,"There ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .",2 +57161,"some contrived banter , cliches and some loose ends",0 +171237,"slasher film",1 +160330,"greasiest",1 +90701,"proceed",2 +80149,"flow through the Hollywood pipeline",2 +123957,"is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time .",2 +129976,"para el futuro del director , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya",2 +40287,"with this material",3 +21659,"or applaud his special effects",3 +9235,"of beck 's next project",2 +66663,"It 's still Adam Sandler , and it 's not Little Nicky . And for many of us , that 's good enough .",3 +202288,"instead of in the theater watching this one",2 +163397,"is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves",1 +27629,"a little funnier , and a little more",3 +8940,"murder and mayhem of this sort quickly",2 +37303,"static to the point of resembling a stage play",1 +115148,"at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . With a cast of A-list Brit actors",1 +164801,"lets the audience",2 +100668,"with the stage versions",2 +79720,"father-and-son",2 +104935,"By the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .",2 +43708,", subtle , and resonant",2 +157878,"dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .",1 +162567,"is a Latino in the lead",2 +169533,"putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .",1 +103412,"A beautiful paean",3 +217209,"to material",2 +129992,"part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring Kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity",2 +235456,"say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets",0 +203079,"is little else to recommend '' Never Again . ''",1 +130243,"pink",2 +178941,"wow , you 've lost weight",2 +72966,"about openness , particularly the",3 +96929,"the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days",3 +54666,"may not ,",2 +55400,"of innuendo . It is not what you see",2 +165891,"mid-film and , by film 's end , a feminist action fantasy",2 +94049,"swooping aerial shots",2 +223533,"Great character",4 +215609,"the silences",2 +107213,"Jonah 's despair -- in all its agonizing , Catch-22 glory --",3 +139405,"we miss you .",2 +94079,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer ,",3 +2119,"rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action",3 +165149,"local news columnist",2 +2505,"that has no teeth",1 +70293,"This odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music",3 +61455,"( It 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .",3 +214490,"the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",1 +151094,"Yes , one enjoys seeing Joan grow from awkward young woman to strong , determined monarch",3 +236502,"that much different from many a Hollywood romance",2 +89166,"of tolerance and diversity",2 +9307,"of mama 's family",2 +22956,"'' His Best Friend Remembers ''",3 +153720,"anything approaching a visceral kick ,",2 +140742,"you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out",3 +204448,"just does n't have anything really interesting to say",1 +34463,"menace and squalor",2 +228032,"a movie that ends with Truckzilla",2 +134765,"the TV",2 +214194,"the big scene",2 +157989,"driving",2 +80978,"gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .",3 +34300,"make it memorable",3 +88948,"of the Papin sisters",2 +22166,"that and a whole lot",2 +148424,"Schmaltzy and",2 +207065,"no more ridiculous",2 +205071,"like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows",2 +143707,"An ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong :",1 +92455,"sharp and quick documentary",3 +3146,"whimsy and spoon feeding",1 +120232,"flavorful",3 +206068,"merely very bad",0 +26779,"The crime",2 +50296,"comic treatment",2 +121069,"gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff",2 +158872,"farm animals",2 +55503,"of silent film",2 +61064,"'s good to see Michael Caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .",4 +34966,"not be said to suck",2 +153384,"an entrance exam",2 +79127,"enthralling documentary",3 +167176,"of Chick Flick Hell",1 +175274,"think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer",2 +224862,"Mr. Brown 's",2 +200876,"have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling",3 +198367,"exploitation piece",1 +10856,"surface",2 +199200,"for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song",2 +33402,"is less than the sum of its parts",1 +237387,"then knock yourself out and enjoy the big screen postcard that is a self-glorified Martin Lawrence lovefest .",0 +208350,"old familiar feeling",2 +178546,"with both adults and younger audiences",2 +32742,"if she 'll crack",2 +122833,"impulsive niches",2 +143623,"All the amped-up Tony Hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal",1 +57875,"that recreates a place and time that will never happen again",3 +187698,"Taylor 's cartoonish performance and",1 +101840,"'s novel .",2 +232533,"is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .",1 +136707,"then again , subtlety has never been his trademark",1 +170906,"short on the thrills",1 +16555,"meal",3 +217921,"turn it",2 +171485,"so stocked with talent",4 +239008,"would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` Girl in Bar # 3 .",1 +162666,"is a rewarding one",3 +194458,"beheadings",2 +73405,"all its plot twists",2 +165157,"long )",2 +30256,"come along that are as intelligent , exuberant , and moving as Monsoon Wedding",4 +183500,"Distances you",1 +57260,"speculative history ,",2 +6675,"friggin",2 +54398,"love -- and",2 +9577,"overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore",1 +116703,"care to count",2 +179059,"you 're a WWF fan ,",2 +145107,"Enter the Fist",2 +35442,"of the city",2 +14163,"It 's not exactly a gourmet meal but the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .",3 +161707,"impressive craftsmanship",3 +124955,"it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",3 +72210,"a rather simplistic one :",2 +198005,"escape the country",2 +36211,"providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",3 +210340,"relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action",2 +76829,"cling to the edge of your seat",3 +216304,"thinking man 's",2 +163561,"is very little dread or apprehension",1 +100261,"will have luvvies in raptures",2 +201342,"hoping that it would be sleazy and fun",3 +216140,"there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .",1 +196692,"deflated as he does",1 +65256,"Eerily accurate depiction of depression",3 +182377,"An awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .",0 +70329,"This story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .",3 +32964,"in the tall grass , true to himself",2 +87740,"nearly glows with enthusiasm , sensuality and a conniving wit",4 +27712,"a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill",2 +739,"crass",2 +8452,"like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects",1 +117406,"condescension from every pore .",0 +79006,"engaging story",3 +162650,"is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that",0 +142541,", there 's little to love about this English trifle .",1 +149897,"The structure the film takes may find Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned .",3 +236614,"the Average White Band 's ``",2 +72205,"a rapid pace",2 +201809,"in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",2 +86504,"mainstream audiences",2 +195816,"closed-door",2 +40340,"work yet",2 +215802,"the travails of metropolitan life ! Alas",1 +204940,"light meter",2 +143587,"All 's well that ends well ,",3 +223729,"I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",1 +197485,"drags the film",1 +18773,"California peninsula",2 +232738,"is so cool that it chills the characters , reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of `` Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",3 +84420,"is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work",2 +222482,"Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film .",3 +34179,"loathe it",1 +133081,"sparkling retina candy",3 +71148,"You may leave the theater with more questions than answers , but darned if your toes wo n't still be tapping .",3 +4902,"as the credits roll",2 +88741,"of longing , lasting traces of Charlotte 's web of desire and desperation",3 +194275,"become , to judge from In Praise of Love , the sort of bitter old crank who sits behind his light meter and harangues the supposed injustices of the artistic world-at-large",1 +210626,"romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .",1 +50186,"cinematography and",2 +65877,"Gulpilil )",2 +58158,"the consequences",1 +31833,"found a summer",2 +78237,"disassociation",2 +179121,"you do n't know what 's coming",3 +28242,"also full of sharp , smart satire",3 +193993,"barbed enough for older viewers",2 +184677,"I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",1 +191207,"a reprieve",3 +231114,"genuine heart",3 +97794,"tiny events",2 +110685,"Tobey Maguire",2 +68815,"Skins has a desolate air ,",2 +31083,"enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",4 +80564,"from France",2 +162850,"is created SOLELY because it 's a marketable product",1 +228624,"an uppity musical",3 +226438,"The premise of `` Abandon '' holds promise ,",3 +214829,"the imaginary sport",2 +87016,"memorable directorial debut",3 +4463,"ai n't",2 +232226,"is Jack Ryan 's `` do-over . ''",2 +14398,"Remains a solid , if somewhat heavy-handed , account of the near-disaster ... done up by Howard with a steady , if not very imaginative , hand .",2 +128244,"occur while waiting for things to happen .",2 +188510,"The pace of the film",2 +103358,"90-minute film",2 +100285,"will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness",1 +230712,"falls flat as thinking man",1 +125383,"its through-line",2 +133568,"such a potentially sudsy set-up",2 +51065,"early Italian neorealism",2 +149022,"Tara Reid",2 +19052,"Liu",2 +90078,"participatory event",2 +233494,"live up to the exalted tagline",2 +106151,"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets",2 +140623,"wry , winning , if languidly paced ,",2 +159186,"first sci-fi comedy",2 +3954,"a masterpiece",4 +214339,"the compendium",2 +19561,"a randy film",2 +211190,"self-control",2 +60788,"'s Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .",3 +104572,"At no point during K-19",2 +233543,"loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .",1 +35695,"one of the most honest films ever made about Hollywood",4 +76317,"can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . Judging by those standards , ` Scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary",3 +146226,"If you 're a WWF fan , or you related to the people who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I . , you 'll probably like Rollerball .",3 +135002,"the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials",0 +18244,"'' bathroom break",2 +59023,"this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story .",4 +120613,"four fine",2 +15833,"friendship",2 +211983,"so necessary",2 +203050,"is lacking any real emotional impact",1 +229442,"borrows a bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '' and `` Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself .",4 +113169,"about its subjects",2 +116386,"by a gritty style and an excellent cast",4 +128520,"of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick",3 +212732,"stumble into Rules expecting a slice of American Pie hijinks starring the kid from Dawson 's Creek",2 +110264,"The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and",3 +19837,"and growth",2 +84312,"is in its examination of America 's culture of fear",2 +109983,"The movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from Foreman 's barking-mad Taylor to Thewlis 's smoothly sinister Freddie and Bettany\/McDowell 's hard-eyed gangster .",4 +187879,"The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism",2 +194606,"between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show",2 +26716,"The Count of Monte Cristo",2 +69715,"The most compelling performance of the year",4 +78321,"diva shrewdly",2 +157697,"do worse",2 +23326,", Rampling gives a performance that could not be improved upon .",4 +209802,"promises : A look at the '' wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans",2 +97547,"this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .",4 +193762,"at least four times . Every joke is repeated at least --",1 +125968,"life , hand gestures , and",1 +2506,"that hollywood expects people to pay to see it",1 +49047,"and personal self-discovery",2 +137639,"to have been lost in the translation this time . The Importance of Being Earnest movie seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play",1 +159825,"fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s .",3 +91451,"remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre",4 +21348,"most comprehensive",3 +44591,"As satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago",4 +56262,"psychoanalytical",2 +174590,"the proceedings a little bit too conventional",1 +19992,"as good -- and bad --",2 +183319,"Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly - as-nasty - as-it - thinks-it-is joke . Over and over again .",0 +153559,"and cultural lines",2 +26459,"Ricci",2 +7830,"is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size",2 +53982,"its sounds",2 +52685,"history and",2 +30702,"demands",2 +208748,"opposed to the manifesto",3 +143035,"A cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of ( Besson 's ) earlier work .",2 +36710,"screen sizzling",4 +133477,"stupefying",2 +44779,"Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and Paul Grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .",4 +186753,"Powers extravaganza",2 +166240,"more stuff",2 +88163,"of Beijing",2 +131958,"seem deceptively slight",1 +180292,"( or worth rooting against , for that matter )",1 +60653,"'' Mr . Deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought .",3 +133114,"spicy",3 +206750,"muy loco , but",2 +107653,"Max pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve ... as far as art is concerned , it 's mission accomplished .",3 +77518,"crazy beasts",2 +181808,"A low-budget affair",1 +63845,"An effective portrait",3 +213775,"that much",2 +26470,"Robin Williams turn 180 degrees from the string of insultingly innocuous",2 +89198,"of what it 's trying to do",2 +190784,"a joke in the United States",2 +194014,"based upon real , or at least soberly reported incidents",2 +64051,"Armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect Forster to the always hilarious Meara and Levy , Like Mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .",4 +11385,"the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days .",3 +18994,"It 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the Marks family .",4 +35309,"of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .",2 +70788,"What 's most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves",3 +108296,"Part of the film 's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz .",4 +191397,"a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this",0 +135659,"the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role",2 +230506,"enchanting film that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm",4 +30555,"cuts",2 +95351,"the complicated history of the war",2 +174158,"the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career",1 +214750,"the growing , moldering pile",1 +27514,"a few unabashedly sentimental tears",2 +225301,"One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid",1 +144774,"Denzel Washington 's",2 +73438,"all the halfhearted zeal",1 +67073,"Kozmo",2 +111611,"a certain poignancy",3 +205483,"low , very low",1 +13347,"you avoid the godzilla sized soda",1 +212475,"star and",2 +208975,"own cracker barrel",2 +218546,"violated",1 +83654,"invokes",2 +83242,"includes a fair share",2 +132093,"sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant",2 +71227,"a Hollywood film",3 +149095,"The Hills Have Antlers",2 +73969,"an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth",2 +169589,"racial-issues",2 +43634,", it is as seductive as it is haunting .",3 +8671,"manchild",2 +2389,"squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",2 +87868,"next to Nanook",2 +40583,"'s possible to make a narrative film about September 11th",2 +130166,"period filmmaking",2 +40460,"you time",3 +106714,"In the era of The Sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .",1 +98079,"to get through",2 +148721,"Some actors steal scenes . Tom Green just gives them a bad odor . This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard ,",0 +59862,"very well-made , funny and entertaining picture",3 +153044,"all , Reign of Fire",2 +114620,"are maintained",2 +66288,"If you can swallow its absurdities and crudities Lagaan really is enormously good fun .",3 +135483,"the hail",2 +86929,"may not have heard before",2 +91935,"savvy producer",3 +47893,"a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece",4 +128948,"of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else",2 +117160,"com o perdão do trocadilho )",2 +133818,"take on the soullessness of work in the city",2 +203560,"is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",2 +81598,"has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame",2 +211283,"serves up all of that stuff ,",2 +165933,"might have helped .",2 +130291,"plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and )",1 +234167,"none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' ,",1 +225462,"Pie movies",2 +194148,"be in the theater beyond Wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances",2 +175263,"things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes",1 +85589,"just zings along with vibrance and warmth .",4 +15732,"family entertainment",3 +100699,"within a wallflower",3 +233944,"more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations",1 +134473,"that matters here",2 +6495,"finale",2 +4432,"afraid",2 +132615,"slip under the waves . He drags it back , single-handed",2 +218729,"was beginning to hate it",1 +137687,"to its sob-story trappings",2 +69158,"Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history",3 +20193,"buy",2 +7823,"is undeniable",2 +80521,"franchise sequel",2 +61812,", but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible",3 +31229,"even a passing interest",2 +1024,"for pay per view or rental",2 +88007,"not for everyone",2 +101737,"'s like an all-star salute",3 +231187,"give a spark to `` Chasing Amy '' and `` Changing Lanes '' falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer 's new action film ,",1 +33057,"inherent immorality",2 +64525,"Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability",3 +175027,"the whole enterprise",3 +146570,"It 's not the ultimate Depression-era gangster movie .",1 +210433,"replacing objects in a character 's hands",2 +147560,"Muniz",3 +148907,"Sucking all the ` classic ' out of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and Disney-fied adolescent angst ...",1 +17286,"sophisticated , funny and good-natured",3 +170337,"sanctified",3 +168253,"one wild card",2 +82033,"heard before",3 +140436,"working-class subjects",3 +53436,"is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and the consequences of one 's actions",3 +106665,"Imagine ( if possible ) a Pasolini film without passion or politics , or an Almodovar movie without beauty or humor , and you have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma .",0 +40813,"Charles A . Addessi ,",2 +116965,"chooses to present Ah Na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism",2 +77150,"concession",2 +12225,"those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart",0 +70433,"Tout",2 +56193,"primitive force",2 +94080,"tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and",4 +47177,"The movie is n't just hilarious : It 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",4 +46259,"Mr . Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ? should be seen at the very least for its spasms of absurdist humor",4 +168639,"pancakes",2 +55988,"performances and creepy atmosphere",2 +138269,"translate well",3 +113367,"actual Vietnam War combat movie",2 +231563,"have come from a Xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) Franc",1 +193775,"at making a Farrelly Brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female",2 +192221,"all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",1 +142503,", the movie is a disaster",1 +229588,"by presenting the `` other side of the story",2 +27978,"a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",4 +71628,"a few dynamic decades",3 +60944,"'s an utterly static picture",1 +191975,"addictive guilty pleasure",3 +208739,"opera .",2 +237149,"the players do n't have a clue on the park .",1 +31365,"experimental , contemporary stylist",3 +210246,"recommend ''",3 +212443,"stale cliches",2 +191107,"a pointed little chiller",3 +205883,"match the power of their surroundings",2 +62516,". H . O . Cho",2 +183069,"Check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",1 +147046,"La Femme Nikita",2 +57842,"that manages to invest real humor",3 +121944,"have felt like a cheat",1 +91909,"satisfactory",2 +181457,"9 1/2",2 +163620,"it 's all wet",2 +181191,"-- and some staggeringly boring cinema .",1 +232100,"ingenious fun",4 +106507,"I never thought I 'd say this , but I 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !",1 +154362,"at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . And forget about any attempt at a plot !",2 +168133,"on the sci-fi front as TV 's defunct Cleopatra 2525",2 +40072,"wholesome attitude",3 +133882,"talks tough",2 +84562,"is rarely",2 +7963,"it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll",2 +193740,"at existing photos",3 +134988,"the characters respond by hitting on each other .",2 +99196,"urbanity",2 +28568,"and delicate little film",2 +156595,"coming up blank",2 +99534,"wall-to-wall good time",4 +88100,"observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view",3 +3749,"a fascinating",4 +190873,"a lot of people",2 +72605,"a summer overrun with movies dominated by CGI aliens and super heroes",2 +212731,"stultifyingly obvious one",2 +90064,"part history",2 +177022,"two people",2 +130907,"quiet blue eyes",2 +162702,"is about as true to the spirit of the Festival of Lights",3 +160521,"haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot .",0 +209053,"parachutes down onto a moving truck",2 +36401,"recognize him",2 +75655,"beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz",2 +225755,"Shallow .",1 +202976,"is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .",1 +141092,"'s a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",1 +191005,"a movie that should have been the ultimate IMAX trip",2 +29235,"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 .",4 +227909,"a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle",1 +159661,"freshened up",2 +131319,"remarkably alluring",3 +227174,"Winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's Forget Paris",2 +79525,"extreme athletes as several daredevils",2 +49383,"at least the third-best",3 +147039,"Kung Pow !",2 +74597,"as a landmark in film history",4 +33482,"is so much in the right place it is difficult to get really peeved at it",3 +98006,"to deform families , then tear them apart",1 +28459,"and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .",2 +175165,"there 's no saving the movie . Sorry , Charlie",0 +146533,"It 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking .",1 +11983,"the translation",2 +45205,"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond .",4 +220212,"you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .",1 +99507,"vs . man as Brother-Man vs",2 +202474,"irksome characters",1 +224261,"It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but",1 +167904,"of what is meant to be ` inspirational ' and ` uplifting '",2 +80308,"for more",2 +225666,"SECRETARY",2 +159445,"for men",2 +140417,"work in movies now",2 +50908,"distinguishes",3 +138319,"trial movie , escape movie",2 +49699,"better than in the original",4 +133321,"stirring tribute",3 +47720,"Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy",4 +57277,"spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy",2 +221441,", it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",3 +145011,"E ! True Hollywood Story",2 +6221,"ensemble",2 +28244,"also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness",4 +220095,"would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors",2 +32813,"in a fascinating , intelligent manner the intermingling of race , politics and local commerce",3 +47458,"Towers",2 +226255,"The film 's lack of personality",0 +109232,"Stripped almost entirely",1 +99239,"uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them",3 +173458,"the actor 's whiny jags",1 +26851,"The long-range appeal of '' Minority Report '' should transcend any awards it bags . This is one for the ages .",4 +137544,"to easy feel-good sentiments",3 +158952,"feels like a 12-Step Program for the Jewish Nazi",2 +215903,"the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious",0 +109447,"The Master of Disguise represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .",1 +238996,"would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose",2 +206319,"month",3 +225898,"Sometimes , that 's enough .",2 +175273,"think filmmaker Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But this costly dud is a far cry from either the book or the beloved film",0 +158075,"e-mailing home about",2 +213598,"that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself",2 +90266,"photographic marvel",3 +220979,"'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid .",1 +187723,"Terminally bland , painfully slow",0 +36027,"play out as a clever , charming tale -- as pleasantly in its own way as its self-dramatizing characters",4 +202593,"is a little too in love with its own cuteness",1 +212292,"special annex",2 +209782,"profoundly stupid affair",0 +57697,"than the sequels",2 +15491,"culture clashes",2 +59013,"this little parable",2 +19432,"Williams has truly inhabited a character",4 +237178,"the real NBA 's",2 +159659,"fresh or particularly interesting",2 +206121,"might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ? It 's dark and tragic ,",2 +56014,"pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message",3 +192964,"anything more than a visit to McDonald 's , let alone",3 +94557,"that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star Bruce Willis",4 +143779,"An unintentionally surreal kid 's picture ...",2 +75718,"bizarre bank robberies",2 +10309,"scuzzy",0 +223981,"If you grew up on Scooby",2 +223439,"Full Frontal lacks in thematic coherence",0 +218083,"uncool",2 +93505,"sticks with its subjects a little longer",3 +100629,"with table manners",3 +137066,"this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",1 +126007,"like , say , Treasure Planet",2 +219148,"whatever obscenity is at hand",2 +105621,"Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . It does n't work as either .",0 +84517,"is one of those films that aims to confuse",1 +183757,"Even on its own ludicrous terms , The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series .",0 +46622,"Remember the kind of movie we were hoping '' Ecks vs . Sever '' or '' xXx '' was going to be",2 +134487,"that never pretends to be something",2 +81967,"he 's neglected over the years",2 +165076,"little American Pie-like irreverence",2 +33639,"it does n't go too much further .",1 +183048,"Chan 's stunts",2 +73954,"an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved .",1 +132226,"sexual messages",2 +113364,"acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge .",1 +14689,"a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech",2 +4990,"band",2 +206054,"merely 90 minutes",2 +199817,"get about overachieving",2 +120358,"for a good while .",2 +23231,"( Herzog 's )",2 +152709,"aboul '' Full Frontal ''",2 +133078,"sparking",3 +203067,"is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the '' webcast",0 +4134,"a splash",3 +186700,"Pie hijinks",2 +229839,"clears the cynicism right out of you .",3 +198043,"eternally",2 +129579,"one of those vanity projects",2 +91416,"relies on subtle ironies and visual devices",3 +20936,"infuriating",0 +106988,"It certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time",3 +199393,"force its quirkiness",1 +17995,"we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved",3 +47972,"a documentary in the way",2 +223871,"I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies ''",2 +61037,"'s flawed and brilliant in equal measure",2 +184838,"If you are into splatter movies , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with The Salton Sea .",3 +13324,"yet curiously tepid and",2 +70245,"This is n't exactly profound cinema ,",1 +125472,"joy and",2 +201181,"his generation 's Don Siegel",2 +168578,"own deathbed",1 +73959,"an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre",3 +78538,"double agent",2 +116694,"cardiac arrest",1 +99687,"watching intelligent people making a movie",3 +83838,"is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .",4 +235327,"reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` Analyze This ' ( 1999 ) and ` Analyze That , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",3 +67610,"More good than great but Freeman and Judd make it work .",3 +93228,"soulful nuances",3 +77192,"confused as",2 +238411,"war 's",1 +111221,"Without Shakespeare 's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish .",0 +64763,"Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't Hollywood think of this sooner ?",3 +171763,"speaking to each other",2 +58409,"the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults",1 +40028,"who 's who casting and the sheer insanity of it all",2 +10406,"shocked",2 +16938,"period",2 +10024,"real",3 +101672,"'s drab . It 's uninteresting .",1 +175927,"to be compelling",2 +12404,"to prove a female director",2 +182700,"Barbershop is n't as funny as it should be",1 +38339,"the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director 's previous Full Frontal",2 +54657,"may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality",2 +106732,"Inc",2 +50548,"creative urge",3 +41342,"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s",4 +176027,"to care about what happens on them",2 +14575,"Tuck Everlasting is a little of both .",2 +113084,"abhorrent",0 +100305,"will thrill you , touch you and make you",4 +77978,"demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",4 +178823,"worrying",2 +12073,"their intelligence",3 +44337,"A welcome relief",3 +137471,"to burst across America 's winter movie screens",2 +88904,"of stories the Holocaust",2 +130145,"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic",4 +12236,"those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .",1 +152281,"a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career",1 +50706,"deeply satisfying awareness",4 +226828,"Try as I may , I ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` Thank you !",0 +94574,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen",4 +212270,"sounds whiny and defensive , as if his life-altering experiences made him bitter and less mature .",1 +159180,"first few minutes",2 +182916,"Britney Spears ' first movie",2 +50714,"defoliation",2 +195255,"ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff",0 +43551,", but wanes in the middle",1 +194345,"been allowed",2 +213512,"that Bean abhors",2 +142478,", the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .",2 +78231,"disarming saga",2 +148472,"Seagal movie",2 +204108,"its Labor Day weekend upload",3 +22984,"'' true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies",4 +105527,"Dragonfly",3 +218009,"two hours feel like four",0 +57082,"smarter and more",2 +8895,"movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well",4 +4131,"a spark",2 +19232,"S",2 +97454,"this little-known story of Native Americans",2 +100343,"wisdom and emotion",3 +64248,"Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile",3 +228562,"an engaging fantasy",4 +193899,"awful sour taste",1 +45170,"Even if you do n't know the band or the album 's songs by heart",2 +204792,"learns her place as a girl , softens up",2 +21215,"life 's",2 +94905,"that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but",2 +12785,"view nor a compelling reason",1 +152253,"a powerful portrayal by Binoche",3 +56180,"pretty much",2 +162544,"is Dawn of the Dead",2 +193811,"at the movie 's heart",2 +55526,"of the 19th century .",2 +171581,"some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war",1 +112494,"a potentially incredibly twisting mystery",4 +165138,"liven up its predictable story and will leave even",1 +152013,"a lumbering load",1 +53318,"is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking",4 +192329,"also believe that Resident Evil is not it .",2 +158481,"ever composed .",2 +141051,"'re not watching a double",2 +227619,"`` The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this Cliff Notes edition is a cheat .",2 +44463,"An average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son 's discovery of his homosexuality .",2 +165959,"mild interest",2 +135590,"the joy",2 +166236,"more seriously",1 +153281,"an ` E ' for effort",3 +188649,"The script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times",1 +223383,"For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio .",3 +2120,"rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from '' promising '' to '' interesting '' to '' familiar '' before landing squarely on '' stupid ''",1 +72655,"a theatrical air",2 +149177,"The Wild Wild West",3 +9776,"pokey",1 +220281,"you feel like a chump",1 +50131,"charged music",2 +101143,"you know there",2 +153057,"all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong .",1 +204177,"its dreaminess",3 +225905,"Son of Animal House",2 +34169,"living in U . S",3 +142637,", why did n't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?",1 +112307,"a mechanical endeavor",2 +144710,"Dawdles and drags when it should pop : it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",1 +162138,"independent : the one where actors play",3 +95812,"the gifted",2 +46335,"No Such Thing is a fascinating little tale .",2 +169650,"rat burger",2 +1601,"like beau travil and nenette et boni",2 +216033,"their parents , wise folks that they are ,",2 +92017,"screenwriting partner and sister",2 +218059,"ultra-loud blast",2 +19722,"amaze them and amuse them",3 +56598,"revelatory of just",2 +184830,"If you 're not fans of the adventues of Steve and Terri , you should avoid this like the dreaded King Brown snake . Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .",0 +62844,"A chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness",3 +33157,"into the category of Good Stupid Fun",4 +44787,"Broomfield 's",2 +238798,"will tell you what you know when deciding to see it",2 +11351,"the fantastical",3 +196106,"confines himself to shtick and sentimentality",1 +5946,"did",2 +177081,"unavailable",1 +69692,"The message",2 +174921,"the transgressive",2 +85968,"lies with Kissinger . Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .",3 +6743,"generic",1 +18367,", believe it or not , immensely entertaining , a David and Goliath story that 's still very much playing itself out",4 +18682,"Anderson",2 +127416,"most awful acts",1 +148900,"Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies .",1 +232172,"into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier",2 +28620,"and full",2 +38062,"the category of Good Stupid Fun",2 +148678,"So routine , familiar and predictable",1 +177539,"von Sychowski",2 +164860,"like Frank the Pug",2 +148177,"Proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism ... and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report .",1 +216438,"this movie is supposed to warm our hearts",2 +82428,"hooks us",3 +45311,"French-produced '' Read My Lips ''",2 +38405,"the mark",3 +86762,"manically",2 +135705,"the meaning of the word",2 +182923,"Bronx Tale",2 +165050,"lip-synching , tragedy , and",2 +125048,"it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust .",2 +64197,"Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope .",1 +67735,"My Husband",2 +154001,"arm",2 +80257,"for detail",2 +35718,"ongoing game",2 +195961,"comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture",3 +115217,"at the training and dedication that goes into becoming a world-class fencer and the champion that 's made a difference to NYC inner-city youth",2 +7824,"is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads",1 +169543,"quality naptime",1 +200365,"half-lit",2 +55560,"of the credit for the film",2 +183634,"Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy ,",3 +67902,"Not only does Spider-Man deliver , but I suspect it might deliver again and again .",4 +4119,"a smart , romantic drama",3 +197698,"edged",2 +97806,"to ( Watts ) to lend credibility to this strange scenario",2 +8694,"many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice .",1 +163015,"is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things",2 +201822,"in an impossible spot",1 +89577,"one makes of its political edge",2 +121870,"has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .",4 +38684,"the stupid cliches",1 +209332,"play Hannibal Lecter",3 +153027,"airless , prepackaged Julia Roberts wannabe",0 +58479,"the master",2 +77961,"delves",2 +42321,"made richer by his own experiences",3 +185519,"Juliet Stevenon 's",2 +201471,"hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery",2 +37284,"star-making project",3 +220489,"'' is Jack Ryan 's `` do-over . ''",2 +97133,"their most virtuous limits",3 +113097,"aboriginal aspect",2 +138930,"veiling tension",1 +121008,"genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be",2 +85661,"kids of any age",2 +179063,"you 're an absolute raving Star Wars junkie",1 +128153,"notations",2 +178929,"would suggest , but is a little like a nature film , showing a patient predator and his foolish prey",2 +14233,"Like Mike",2 +74689,"as good , if not better than much of what 's on Saturday morning TV especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",3 +113791,"altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted film",3 +39204,"to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes",3 +213968,"that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` Ah , yes",2 +87527,"movie audience",2 +64569,"By and large",2 +94570,"that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father ,",2 +9403,"of watching o fantasma",2 +10676,"spine",2 +58598,"the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",4 +212983,"surprisingly juvenile lark",2 +95247,"the broader vision that has seen certain Trek films",3 +98880,"ultimate collapse",2 +33938,"kids , and no doubt",2 +9180,"now as a former gong show addict , i 'll admit it , my only complaint is that we did n't get more re-creations of all those famous moments from the show .",3 +155351,"bogs down in a mess of purposeless violence",0 +79968,"finding solutions",2 +123908,"is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice",3 +81179,"goes by quickly",3 +231799,"horror classics",2 +171779,"spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead",1 +89529,"once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy",2 +138923,"veces",2 +103559,"A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed",2 +202031,"in the night and nobody",2 +162248,"inspire me",3 +111281,"Writer-director David Jacobson and his star , Jeremy Renner , have made a remarkable film that explores the monster 's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted .",4 +113737,"almost visceral sense",2 +89010,"of the finest films of the year .",4 +163642,"it 's extreme , all right . Extremely dumb . Extremely confusing . Extremely boring .",0 +75099,"awe and affection -- and",4 +109572,"The art direction is often exquisite , and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design , leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack",4 +67576,"Mitchell",2 +95478,"the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory",3 +231341,"had anything to do with it .",2 +3971,"a memorable directorial",3 +20229,"can testify to the comparative accuracy of Ms . Vardalos ' memories and insights",3 +174912,"the title character played by Brendan Fraser",2 +111532,"a basketball game for money",3 +178155,"which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog",1 +118169,"deve ter saído da cama com o pé esquerdo . E aqueles que decidiram",2 +174705,"the savviest audiences",3 +64747,"Coast",2 +131293,"remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy",2 +55415,"of its pleasure",3 +166005,"miscasts",1 +48415,"a sweet , laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits",4 +228371,"add to the canon of Chan",2 +236058,"still want my money back .",0 +64209,"B-12 shot",2 +113760,"also happens to be good",3 +144368,"Capra and Cooper are rolling over in their graves",1 +189768,"With Dirty Faces",2 +220147,"writer/director Achero Manas 's film",3 +30983,"earlier films",2 +133841,"takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours .",0 +26561,"Shagster",2 +189382,"Vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much",1 +209351,"play one lewd scene after another .",1 +167114,"obvious target",2 +233918,"more by intellect than heart",3 +102103,"( Jeff 's ) gorgeous",3 +135827,"the movie tries to make sense of its title character",1 +192276,"alleged psychological thriller",2 +3833,"a good-natured ensemble",3 +43666,", observant",2 +140477,"worse stunt editing or",1 +81488,"had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies .",4 +4046,"a promising",3 +31633,"films emerging from that most surprising of nations",3 +4076,"a remarkable film",4 +45370,"Gil",2 +144093,"Began life",2 +231872,"if he or she has missed anything",2 +197128,"distinctly musty odour",2 +79640,"famous prima donna Floria Tosca ,",2 +172648,"tended",2 +236172,"sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of Amélie",2 +138068,"too cloying",2 +150896,"Whenever its story is n't bogged down by idiocy involving the CIA and a lost U . S . satellite , Hunter -- starring Irwin and his American wife\/colleague , Terri -- is a movie children should enjoy .",2 +137705,"to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow",2 +81594,"has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood .",4 +95667,"the film is well-crafted and this one is",4 +71683,"a fluid and mesmerizing sequence",4 +171099,"simple retread",2 +185623,"Kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter",2 +235320,"remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",3 +166131,"morally compromised figures",2 +141069,"'s ... like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror",0 +90958,"puts enough salt",3 +186024,"Martha Stewart",2 +105741,"Expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street",3 +136357,"the subject 's mysterious personality",2 +130821,"pure punk existentialism",2 +159284,"focus-grouped",2 +44901,"Chilling , well-acted , and finely directed :",4 +14959,"an agreeably unpretentious way to spend ninety minutes .",3 +210666,"ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time",1 +35451,"of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children -- and the sometimes bad choices",2 +172847,"that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",2 +156872,"could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place",1 +53602,"is really all about performances .",2 +37271,"stages",2 +86426,"lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .",3 +10026,"real-time",2 +49633,"begins with promise , but runs",1 +204165,"its curmudgeon",1 +159321,"foot-age",2 +181364,"103-minute",2 +415,"another retelling",2 +39412,"touching and wonderfully dyspeptic .",4 +233162,"its own actions and revelations",2 +150515,"True Story",2 +126553,"made the first film so special",3 +142996,"A beautifully made piece of unwatchable drivel .",2 +206958,"new friends",3 +138884,"using the same olives since 1962",2 +3695,"a concept",2 +17221,"slight",2 +152877,"acting and",2 +99440,"violent , self-indulgent and maddening",1 +123230,"in this world more complex",2 +146105,"I realized this is a throwaway movie that wo n't stand the test of time . It 's a trifle .",1 +147450,"Milder",2 +164168,"its teaching",2 +182505,"Any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director Jon Purdy 's sledgehammer sap .",1 +32510,"himself with the magic he 's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms . Leoni 's Ellie",3 +166345,"most repellent things",1 +178582,"with hazy motivations that never come into focus",1 +69078,"Sweet Home Alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped . For a film that 's being advertised as a comedy",1 +108546,"Rambo - meets-John Ford",2 +169804,"recent career",2 +164851,"like ) channel",2 +232201,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2귔 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",0 +175268,"things to like",3 +153777,"archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance",2 +132820,"soar",2 +73713,"an awful lot like life",2 +165416,"made by African-Americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards African-Americans",2 +63939,"An original little film about one young woman",3 +37885,"that root it in feeling",2 +158096,"earnest racial-issues picture",3 +89150,"of those films that aims to confuse",1 +195418,"can to look like a good guy",2 +157152,"dealing with too many problems",2 +59663,"understated and touching",3 +138925,"veered off too far into the Exxon zone ,",1 +146056,"I found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .",0 +123272,"inane and awful",0 +39857,"warthog heaven",2 +87738,"nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult",2 +59751,"up and",2 +229989,"could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was",0 +98618,"track",2 +94460,"thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance",3 +19951,"are likely to be disappointed",0 +196708,"delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters",3 +13459,"'s happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way",4 +120510,"for the last 15 minutes",1 +198179,"every gag two or three times",1 +97931,"to be pleasant in spite of its predictability",3 +234344,"of `` The Kid Stays in the Picture ''",2 +106446,"I expected , though",2 +97114,"their family must look like '' The Addams Family '' to everyone looking in",2 +92855,"sly humor",3 +53311,"is a necessary and timely one",2 +3618,"a ca n't",2 +85248,"its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and",4 +40648,"A deliciously mordant ,",3 +220725,"'s a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn",4 +118557,"does n't suck",2 +107838,"Mr . Chabrol 's subtlest works , but also one of his most uncanny",4 +107714,"Men with Brooms is distinctly ordinary",1 +70456,"Trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but",2 +112522,"a pretty convincing performance",4 +236331,"than spectacular",2 +177840,"weighed down",2 +192269,"all-over-the-map",1 +149291,"The creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts ' haunting is routine",2 +125663,"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record",3 +192730,"and drag audience enthusiasm",2 +234654,"on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her `` madness ''",2 +172635,"temerity",2 +153892,"are more than effectively creepy and moodily",2 +161636,"ill-conceived and expensive",1 +173822,"the ethos of a stream of consciousness",2 +210580,"ripoff",0 +13480,"'s the ultimate redneck road-trip",3 +107063,"It still feels like a prison stretch .",1 +140977,"'ll be more entertained getting hit by a bus",0 +213486,"that 's low on both suspense and payoff",1 +108353,"Peralta 's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight .",2 +122189,"hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light",3 +162946,"is insufficiently enlightening and inviting",1 +123499,"interested in knowing any of them personally",2 +82351,"historical drama",2 +138462,"two flagrantly fake thunderstorms",1 +114674,"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 .",3 +175189,"there just is n't much to laugh at",2 +75589,"best brush",3 +133253,"starts promisingly",3 +187924,"The action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,",1 +41721,"clever but veers",3 +107441,"Like Smoke Signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama",3 +110080,"The philosophical musings of the dialogue jar against the tawdry soap opera antics of the film 's action in a way that is surprisingly enjoyable .",2 +206672,"much like anywhere",2 +229498,"but ( writer\/director ) Schaeffer should follow his titular advice",2 +54031,"joy ride",3 +114280,"and seeing people",2 +172053,"story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material",0 +191362,"a so-called ` comedy ' and",2 +46966,"The Undiscovered Country",2 +234880,"particularly by Tambor",2 +77280,"constructs a hilarious ode to middle America and middle age with this unlikely odyssey ,",3 +85309,"its mockumentary format",2 +39026,"though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie",2 +18979,"Is It There",2 +16221,"is a film well worth seeing , talking and singing heads and all .",3 +10360,"self-promotion ends",2 +61389,"'ve marveled at Disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world . Prepare to marvel again .",4 +105078,"Chill",2 +24745,"At times funny and at other times candidly revealing",3 +211877,"smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments",2 +47303,"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . Strange occurrences",3 +237958,"to so many silent movies , newsreels and the like",2 +34062,"lifestyle",2 +87984,"nostalgic , twisty yarn",3 +223009,"Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia ,",2 +43690,", seductive",2 +57585,"takes Mr . Hill higher than he 's been in a while",3 +81097,"gives a superb performance full of deep feeling",4 +164425,"killer whale",2 +191666,"abject",1 +140430,"working girl",2 +135512,"the highest degree",3 +79317,"ever-watchful gaze",2 +72349,"a self-reflexive , philosophical nature",3 +232026,"in sorrow you can find humor",2 +30523,"cruelly",0 +134805,"the actors ' perfect comic timing and",3 +27709,"a nicely detailed world",4 +84849,"it 's a feel movie . You feel good",4 +79943,"find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop",3 +149294,"The cumulative effect of the relentless horror on parade numbs the movie 's power as a work of drama .",2 +184630,"I can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .",2 +144110,"Believability",3 +134146,"that 's better than its predecessor",3 +117186,"come from fairly basic comedic constructs",2 +19749,"an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the IMAX format",3 +194683,"bitter taste",1 +8981,"nap",2 +115110,"aspiration to be a true ` epic '",3 +130455,"poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws",3 +146870,"Jesse Ventura 's",2 +116284,"build a feel-good fantasy",4 +110646,"Tiresomely derivative and hammily acted .",0 +28572,"and dialogue",2 +195885,"college comedy",2 +191779,"about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency",2 +9693,"personal tragedies",1 +112580,"a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",2 +85022,"it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't",3 +116122,"both charming",3 +202280,"inspiring or insightful",3 +73646,"an account as Seinfeld is deadpan .",2 +116436,"by one of its writers , John C . Walsh",2 +37475,"superbly paced",3 +30156,"chilling sights",2 +55705,"old-fashioned slash-and-hack",2 +70269,"This may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen .",4 +94794,"that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy",3 +203254,"is not it",1 +117286,"coming through",2 +127251,"moratorium",2 +98248,"to question what is told as the truth",2 +347,"against all odds",3 +170131,"ridiculous schlock",1 +116636,"can wait till then",2 +117202,"come up with an original idea for a teen movie",1 +213621,"that everyone should be themselves --",2 +165721,"maudlin , sentimental",2 +26465,"Rich in detail , gorgeously shot and beautifully acted , Les Destinees is , in its quiet , epic way , daring , inventive and refreshingly unusual .",4 +111623,"a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror",1 +136184,"the same olives",2 +104951,"C . Walsh",2 +223527,"Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` Lovely !",2 +15882,"gives peace yet another chance .",2 +32040,"gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line",2 +225316,"One thing 's for sure",2 +168788,"perennial",2 +66008,"Hitchens ' obsession with Kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child 's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",3 +214074,"the Saturday morning cartoons",3 +144026,"Balkans",2 +228046,"a must-own",4 +237151,"the plot and ingenuity",2 +1631,"look too deep into the story",1 +167573,"of its wealth of archival foot-age with its less-than-objective stance",2 +87346,"more than flirts with kitsch",2 +211866,"smeary and blurry ,",1 +157882,"double in value a week",3 +17962,"very imaginative ,",4 +195879,"collapses when Mr . Taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .",1 +14969,"an entertainment",2 +56201,"privileged moments and",3 +84151,"is either",2 +176128,"to force-feed James Bond",1 +219491,"will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio . As for children",1 +136995,"this modest little number clicks",2 +232867,"is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep U.S. viewers off their feet .",1 +23527,", but these are performances to enjoy in a memorable ensemble piece .",4 +59401,"to the sci-fi genre",2 +190356,"a contemptible imitator",2 +25666,"If your taste runs to ` difficult ' films",2 +121737,"has deftly",2 +159835,"funniest thing",3 +22022,"something the true film buff will enjoy .",4 +226652,"This is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent",4 +105631,"Engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",3 +85283,"its ilk",2 +235781,"sit back ,",2 +4558,"ambivalence",1 +210073,"rap and R&B names",3 +188633,"The script ,",2 +236007,"staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films",1 +132036,"seen City",3 +18570,"A Funeral",1 +22392,"their empathetic caretakers",2 +229848,"clichéd and shallow cautionary tale",0 +67837,"No worse",1 +194888,"bothered to check it twice",2 +102664,", it may just scare the pants off you .",3 +109910,"The isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor .",2 +10839,"suitably",2 +48988,"an otherwise excellent film .",3 +125366,"its smallness",3 +178277,"whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout",2 +5640,"come up",2 +186704,"Plato",2 +203938,"it is n't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited",1 +147133,"Let 's cut",2 +161017,"he wrote , directed , starred and produced --",2 +210949,"script is n't up to the level of the direction",1 +170513,"see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp",3 +80074,"flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue",4 +184094,"Gallic ` tradition",2 +201877,"in formulaic mainstream movies",2 +27731,"a picture of a subculture that is at once exhilarating , silly , perverse , hopeful and always fun",4 +181112,", we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her .",2 +236274,"tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs",2 +222643,"Blockbuster",3 +224716,"Mandel Holland 's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by Phifer and Black are ultimately winning .",2 +31483,"far from the worst , thanks to the topical issues it raises , the performances of Stewart and Hardy",3 +49429,"authentic and dark .",3 +44552,"Anspaugh 's three lead actresses",2 +230047,"creepy stories",3 +14723,"a film well",3 +171689,"somewhat well-acted , not badly art-directed",3 +80913,"gently political",3 +153656,"anti-Kieslowski",2 +70860,"Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable",3 +101851,"'s perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters",3 +174152,"the journalist",2 +125190,"its celeb-strewn backdrop well used",3 +11145,"that woman 's",2 +140936,"'' flick",2 +218721,"was as entertaining as the final hour",2 +162620,"is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .",1 +63181,"A minor film with major pleasures from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliviera ...",4 +127601,"moving , and adventurous directorial debut",3 +224752,"Maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out",2 +111324,"You 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . You 'll feel like you ate a Reeses without the peanut butter ... '",1 +110488,"This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker",3 +78533,"doorstep",2 +62462,"- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked",3 +131477,"retooling",2 +51978,"full performances",2 +190249,"a camp adventure",2 +131974,"seem self-consciously poetic and forced",1 +220357,"young Ballesta and",2 +34142,"literate presentation",3 +98730,"trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ' .",3 +129747,"other than to employ Hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents .",1 +131864,"scruffy",2 +4482,"all its excess debris",1 +88226,"of John F . Kennedy",2 +178227,"who inject far more good-natured spirit and talent into this project than it deserves",1 +108670,"Roger Avary 's",2 +106612,"If you 're a Crocodile Hunter fan",3 +141708,"'s worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone",3 +159752,"from the chosen format",2 +50875,"disappoint",0 +72626,"a tale worth catching",3 +78166,"directing and story",2 +81637,"has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience",3 +4567,"american art house",3 +172720,"than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds",1 +119231,"epic treatment",3 +118094,"describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",3 +17307,"stand-up comedians",2 +10917,"symmetry",3 +190318,"a cogent defense of the film as entertainment",2 +145620,"Goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures",1 +71316,"a board",2 +28763,"and reckless",2 +155648,"but the taste",2 +32236,"half the so-called real movies are little more than live-action cartoons",2 +85176,"its 112-minute length",1 +152141,"a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for Hispanic Americans",1 +2872,"this movie ,",2 +137972,"to the younger generations",2 +168763,"pegs itself",2 +36070,"ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",3 +23630,", flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment .",1 +231945,"in Fire",2 +135565,"the inside column",2 +196734,"demographically",2 +9610,"particularly assaultive",2 +198639,"featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers",2 +79842,"fiction inspired by real-life events .",2 +31232,"even all",2 +186821,"Put it",2 +111537,"a beat . Ben Kingsley",2 +9542,"ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance",0 +138246,"tragic coming-of-age saga",3 +187937,"The animation",2 +12787,"viewers",2 +145196,"Every good actor",3 +18307,"'s slow at times",1 +80091,"flawed but engrossing",3 +209633,"precise nature",2 +221012,"'s too long and unfocused .",1 +115049,"as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart",4 +13665,", to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen",3 +122837,"in ( this ) meandering and pointless French coming-of-age import from writer-director Anne-Sophie Birot",0 +105206,"Consider this review life-affirming .",2 +101483,"'s Quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent",2 +13313,"wry and engrossing",3 +214706,"the frightening seductiveness",2 +216994,"to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy",1 +184610,"I ca n't recommend it .",0 +141137,"'s a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0 +139856,"wild Welsh whimsy",2 +141525,"'s only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- I 'm not one of them",1 +200129,"good video game movie",3 +236877,"the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .",3 +145177,"Even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , Miller 's hand often feels unsure .",1 +208385,"on George 's haplessness and Lucy 's personality tics",2 +54327,"loneliness and desperate grandiosity",1 +128848,"of percolating mental instability",2 +30577,"dared",3 +98629,"traffic jam",2 +121186,"gives her best performance",2 +227640,"`` Wait Until Dark ''",2 +233246,"keeps getting smaller one of the characters in Long Time Dead",2 +158458,"even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting",1 +105431,"Dignified CEO",3 +83611,"intricate , intimate and intelligent",4 +140822,"you wish he 'd gone the way of Don Simpson",1 +111313,"Yiddish stage",3 +78188,"director George Ratliff",2 +160576,"harmless , diverting fluff",2 +9747,"plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point",0 +13626,", rattled , or rolled",2 +50012,"can improvise like a jazzman",4 +56784,"seeing how both evolve",2 +9642,"pastiche",2 +235756,"simply intrusive",1 +74193,"anything but languorous",2 +195375,"can get to an imitation movie",2 +164364,"justify its two-hour running time",1 +96310,"the origins",3 +179751,"'s fitfully funny",3 +213489,"that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",0 +53433,"is clearly a good thing .",3 +113506,"against his oppressive",2 +63480,"A tasty slice of droll whimsy .",2 +141249,"'s bad",2 +105404,"Devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .",0 +174015,"the funniest thing",4 +23168,"'s some mold on the gold",2 +189028,"This is the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved .",2 +98518,"too safe",1 +57134,"sober and",2 +119033,"enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .",1 +2083,"primavera",2 +20398,"diversity",2 +137378,"to and with each other",2 +16293,"is what IMAX was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space .",4 +97606,"though Wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered",3 +221187,", Mr. Montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .",1 +58947,"thin veneer",2 +150285,"This one is certainly well-meaning ,",3 +31923,"from them all",2 +161823,"in an intricate plot",3 +31908,"from the best of the series",4 +188087,"The emotional overload",2 +56148,"preconceived vision",2 +236611,"the 21st Century 's new `` Conan",2 +49281,"as hard",2 +147481,"Moore 's pasteurized",2 +186169,"More trifle",2 +71765,"a great writer",3 +216008,"their friendship is salvaged",2 +25129,"Director Rob Marshall went out gunning to make a great one .",3 +38479,"the norm",2 +20235,"certainly be keeping an eye out for his next project",4 +106012,"God bless Crudup and",2 +132377,"shout , ` Hey ,",2 +54968,"murderous vulnerability",2 +227513,"`` Indecent Proposal ''",2 +122083,"heart as important as humor",3 +19754,"an eye out for his next project",2 +214146,"the art world",2 +98790,"turning the film",2 +38068,"the characters on stage",2 +116574,"can certainly not be emphasized enough",2 +121513,"ha ha '' funny , '' dead circus performer '' funny . And for all the wrong reasons besides",2 +121092,"gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry",3 +215432,"the proficient , dull Sorvino has no light touch , and",1 +160842,"have called it Gutterball",1 +204245,"its momentum",2 +89668,"one-night swim",2 +43234,"'s endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .",2 +224996,"Mr. Tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and What Time Is It There ?",4 +98020,"to each new horror",2 +195406,"can see coming a mile away",1 +173606,"the central relationship",2 +133922,"tedious picture",2 +176534,"to utter turkey",2 +91367,"refreshingly unhibited",3 +235001,"police procedural details , Fiennes",2 +42795,"the best --",3 +191316,"a severe case of Hollywood-itis",1 +228001,"a lower I.Q. than when I had entered",0 +191683,"about High Crimes",2 +74114,"another first-rate performance",4 +96525,"the raw comic energy",3 +185794,"Like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .",2 +19144,"Notting Hill , Four Weddings And A Funeral , Bridget Jones ' Diary or High Fidelity",2 +85746,"lament the loss of culture",1 +234927,"petite frame",2 +125425,"its zeal to spread propaganda",1 +161725,"in ( the characters ' ) misery and",2 +110808,"UN inspector",2 +132723,"so distasteful",0 +226591,"There has to be a few advantages to never growing old .",2 +175702,"through the back alleys of history",2 +3111,"what",2 +175734,"tick off every point",2 +204653,"lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse",1 +120632,"free-wheeling noir spirit",2 +98952,"under a martinet music instructor",2 +183066,"Chasing",2 +27967,"a wonderful all-ages triumph",4 +72540,"a straightforward bio",2 +95912,"the illusion",2 +196570,"damaged dreams",2 +110292,"There 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .",1 +14376,"Piesiewicz",2 +30545,"current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",3 +100769,"won -- and",3 +235204,"real question this movie poses is not ` Who ? '",2 +162618,"is a great subject for a movie",3 +218067,"unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke",1 +155926,"can also sometimes come across like nothing more than a glorified Nike ad .",1 +170233,"run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over",2 +162052,"in their feature debut",2 +43070,"'' Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .",4 +9968,"qutting may be a flawed film",1 +191446,"a superior moral tone is more important",2 +98413,"to top form",3 +137570,"to exist",2 +125733,"land-based",2 +162629,"is a magician",3 +107397,"Laugh-out-loud lines ,",3 +1006,"for a guy who has waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown .",2 +109474,"The Road",3 +59930,"wanted to say ,",2 +11955,"the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation",3 +137282,"tired , unimaginative and derivative variation",2 +226989,"We do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .",0 +155988,"can something so gross be so boring",0 +38867,"there is a decent moral trying to get out",3 +16287,"is the ` urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .",3 +83511,"intersect",2 +1729,"michael rymer 's",2 +67776,"Narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films .",4 +74674,"as endearing and easy",3 +43407,"( Grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle .",3 +100693,"with wisdom and emotion",3 +142859,"123 minutes and",2 +107973,"Never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .",0 +11800,"the reality of its characters to go over the edge . a touch of humor",3 +50031,"candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars",3 +91473,"remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film ,",3 +112373,"a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that I ca n't believe any viewer , young or old ,",0 +134408,"that it 's inauthentic at its core and",2 +37062,"snicker knowingly",2 +237819,"to follow A.I. with this challenging report so liable to unnerve the majority",1 +161888,"in insipid vulgarity",1 +229239,"beautiful , entertaining two hours",4 +216175,"these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",2 +25323,"Focus '' works",3 +100196,"why human beings long for what they do n't have",3 +18172,"you will likely see anywhere else .",2 +194709,"blasting",2 +114571,"are concerned .",2 +205621,"main asset",3 +167931,"off the wall ...",2 +201237,"his secretary to fax it",2 +88797,"of openness , the little surprises",2 +144603,"Contenders",2 +16135,"in this comedy",2 +161334,"his swaggering affectation of seriousness",2 +199706,"futile concoction",1 +193034,"are actually fascinating",3 +231867,"if The Hours wins ` Best Picture ' I just might .",1 +81783,"has succeeded beyond all expectation .",4 +96593,"the romantic problems",2 +168401,"other quirky movies",2 +198081,"even halfway scary",3 +178438,"winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it",1 +171384,"snore-fest",0 +119141,"enormously entertaining",4 +5859,"death",2 +161531,"humourless and",1 +92393,"sexual jealousy , resentment",1 +194697,"blame all men for war , '' ( the warden 's daughter ) tells her father . The movie is about as deep as that sentiment",2 +41890,"exquisitely polished and",4 +170609,"seems less like he 's been burning to tell a war story than he 's been itching to somehow tack one together",1 +174035,"the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",1 +224283,"It does n't quite deserve the gong , but there are more fascinating acts than `` Confessions of a Dangerous Mind",1 +18958,"If no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy",2 +226306,"The holiday message of the 37-minute Santa vs. the Snowman leaves a lot to be desired .",1 +8144,"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",1 +20825,"honesty and beauty",4 +38550,"the political",2 +32791,"in Auschwitz",2 +227344,"\/ But Daphne , you 're too Buff \/ Fred thinks he 's tough \/ And Velma - wow , you 've lost weight !",1 +204966,"like 800",2 +27080,"Troopers",2 +35448,"of the era 's creme de la celluloid",2 +66418,"Inuit people",2 +134061,"than cloying",2 +209236,"persuades",2 +1339,"into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story",1 +183443,"Director George Hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place",0 +201308,"homicide",2 +61917,", funny look",2 +142176,", flat drama",1 +181644,"A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length",1 +196520,"current teen movie concern",2 +201957,"in rhetoric and cliché",1 +229685,"can not believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer",2 +168571,"owes its genesis",2 +120538,"for unexpectedly giddy viewing",1 +135881,"the notorious MTV show",1 +192695,"and Grace Woodard",2 +176432,"to sustain involvement , and , if you 'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious",2 +143267,"A perplexing example of promise unfulfilled , despite many charming moments",2 +128219,"observant , unfussily poetic",3 +70515,"Two Smoking Barrels",2 +189094,"This stuck pig of a movie",0 +145506,"From Elysian Fields",2 +144940,"Does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ...",1 +412,"angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .",2 +145294,"Fatal Attraction = do n't have an affair with a nutjob",2 +102419,", blaring brass and back-stabbing babes",2 +83099,"in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +193210,"are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock ( since Sept . 11 ) .",2 +167523,"of human behavior on the screen",2 +17414,"that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture",1 +126803,"marginal competence",2 +33878,"itself operates",2 +151271,"a Chinese film",2 +130286,"playing villains",2 +125453,"jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music",4 +210369,"remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny .",1 +52788,"iconoclastic",2 +157616,"diversion and",2 +61378,"'ve come to expect from movies nowadays . Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way",2 +14652,"Yvan 's rambunctious , Jewish sister",2 +79892,"film school brat",1 +106376,"I 'll never know .",2 +175468,"this might be apt",2 +186888,"Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ? When the twist endings were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",0 +20272,"committed performances",4 +125790,"laugh .",2 +172806,"than their funny accents",3 +17540,"the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization",3 +221166,", I thought I heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign .",0 +56099,"political satire",2 +135959,"the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --",3 +180450,", Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination",4 +38985,"this time",2 +187089,"Sandra Bullock 's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser ... above its paint-by-numbers plot .",2 +21641,"one whose frailties are only slightly magnified versions of the ones that vex nearly everyone",2 +183672,"Enchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts ... What is sorely missing , however , is the edge of wild , lunatic invention that we associate with Cage 's best acting .",2 +117456,"constantly unfulfilling",0 +143523,"Admirable",3 +159129,"final half hour",2 +162884,"is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard",0 +173996,"the former Murphy Brown",2 +57988,"the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere",1 +4325,"a wry white man",2 +116693,"cardiac",1 +218556,"virtually joyless",0 +193132,"are n't likely to leave a lasting impression",1 +66912,"Jews",2 +68728,"Shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury",4 +111399,"\/ Thinking",2 +131374,"represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt",2 +94245,"tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers",1 +21020,"is enormous fun for thinking audiences",4 +71506,"a dark comedy",2 +217007,"to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime '",2 +98856,"two strong men in conflict",2 +237703,"to ``",2 +26650,"Still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental .",1 +127432,"most frightening",1 +97157,"their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable",3 +70214,"This is a more fascinating look at the future than '' Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen",3 +230494,"else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie",1 +155144,"better crime movies",2 +223107,"Dense and enigmatic",2 +78774,"effectiveness",3 +147661,"New Best Friend",2 +135778,"the most savagely hilarious social critics",2 +11296,"the doofus-on",1 +126117,"like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .",2 +30977,"each interesting",3 +189645,"When you find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie",2 +106086,"Gussied up",3 +19415,"What Time Is It There ? ''",2 +101052,"you 're burnt out on It 's a Wonderful Life marathons and bored with A Christmas Carol , it might just be the movie you 're looking for .",3 +236437,"that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their \*\*\* off for an hour-and-a-half",4 +218255,"unsatisfying muddle",1 +39486,"tumultuous",2 +11967,"the thing",2 +25724,"It 's a comedy full of gentle humor that chides the absurdity of its protagonist 's plight",3 +135446,"the geek generation",2 +105908,"Friedman",2 +32193,"greatness",3 +210153,"real danger",2 +92686,"since Ghostbusters",3 +138982,"very good ( but not great ) movie",2 +138618,"undermines the story 's continuity and progression",1 +82225,"his character 's abundant humanism",2 +81314,"grace this deeply touching melodrama .",4 +13804,"A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person",3 +219975,"work the words '' radical",2 +224170,"It 's far from a frothy piece ,",2 +31057,"emerging",2 +139028,"vicious and",1 +37662,"tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that I could n't help being captivated by it",3 +160913,"have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding",1 +84065,"is better than ` Shindler 's List '",4 +63671,"Alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .",3 +15625,"education",2 +227485,"`` Frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies .",4 +230630,"every single facet",2 +148595,"Simon Wells would have more reverence for the material . But",2 +4497,"all the writhing",2 +164324,"just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves , without all Oedekerk 's impish augmentation",1 +193190,"are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion",1 +216725,"tightened",2 +121336,"goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice",3 +209330,"platinum-blonde",2 +10144,"revel in its splendor",3 +166115,"monument",2 +217495,"to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",1 +27937,"a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago",3 +144181,"Blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but Ahola is simply not an actor . And in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy",1 +138478,"two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling",1 +203836,"it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film",1 +197670,"ease sharing the same scene",2 +51798,"for its spasms of absurdist",1 +33687,"it more as a shocking history lesson",3 +163697,"it 's still quite bad",1 +65379,"Even when there are lulls",2 +147274,"Lástima por Schwarzenegger",2 +123927,"is as consistently",2 +205662,"make fun of me for liking Showgirls .",2 +93318,"spins",2 +42633,"shut up ''",1 +11110,"that prevents them from firing on all cylinders",1 +81573,"hard-driving narcissism is a given",1 +138997,"very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors",1 +126726,"making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time",3 +71475,"a couple of great actors hamming it up",4 +85729,"lacks in substance",0 +84015,"is an interesting story of pointed personalities",3 +128163,"nothing else happening",1 +164288,"just a suspension of disbelief . Rather",2 +90728,"profound and",3 +5488,"challenging ,",2 +198876,"filmmakers and performers of this calibre",3 +198376,"explored with infinitely more grace and eloquence in his Prelude",2 +152067,"a mistake to go see it",1 +68961,"Sprecher and",2 +180407,", Jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval .",1 +170163,"robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project",1 +55972,"pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace : still , Myer 's energy",2 +132019,"seems to be missing",1 +10890,"swimming",2 +30931,"domestic psychopathy",1 +108791,"Scherfig 's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky .",4 +194165,"be mesmerised",4 +110104,"The problems and characters",2 +210737,"salacious",2 +167552,"of its characters , its protagonist ,",2 +91124,"rather slow beginning",1 +121752,"has ever seen an independent film",2 +138985,"very good comedic songs",3 +73398,"all in the era of video",2 +105228,"Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . Not as good as the original",2 +553,"be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts",3 +141011,"'m behaving like an idiot",1 +59905,"voting",2 +220303,"you may mistake Love Liza for an Adam Sandler Chanukah song .",2 +222740,"But fans of the show should not consider this a diss .",2 +193781,"at most 20 minutes of screen time",2 +141869,"( even , at times , preposterous )",1 +139379,"we can make",2 +47718,"Yes",2 +142263,", it 's churning ground that has long passed the point of being fertile",1 +37769,"that befall its brethren",2 +46454,"Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor",3 +215726,"the surface histrionics",1 +94452,"than we imagine",2 +168158,"on view",2 +212935,"supernatural trappings",2 +105066,"Children ,",2 +76490,"casts its spooky net out into the Atlantic Ocean",2 +85432,"its sweet spot",3 +184841,"If you do n't laugh",3 +204992,"like Some Like It Hot and the John Wayne classics",2 +138361,"trouble-in-the-ghetto",2 +95511,"the economics of dealing",2 +111446,"` naturalistic ' rather than",3 +231162,"gets to you",2 +197311,"does n't generate a lot of tension",2 +177288,"unwittingly",2 +185027,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium , and what once was conviction is now affectation .",1 +102335,", Talk to Her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .",3 +185688,"Last Winter",2 +44972,"Corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . It 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . At all .",2 +197481,"drag the movie down .",2 +131678,"run the gamut",2 +32523,"his approach to storytelling",2 +89466,"on the conspirators",2 +55324,"of corruption and ruthlessness",1 +68020,"One of the year",2 +159884,"gal-pal smart talk , romantic comedy and dark tragedy",2 +18811,"Dark",2 +105802,"Festival in Cannes bubbles with the excitement of the festival in Cannes .",3 +20416,"downer",0 +163432,"is that knot from dramatic tension or a symptom of artistic malnutrition ?",1 +184309,"Harlem",2 +58510,"the movie 's darker turns",2 +81446,"guilt-free trip",3 +36984,"since Shinya Tsukamoto 's Iron Man",2 +18433,", longing and love",3 +230612,"even though their story is predictable , you 'll want things to work out",3 +118753,"druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",1 +35324,"of margins",2 +217994,"two fatal ailments",1 +101416,"'ll wish",2 +222029,"A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation",4 +147015,"Kiarostami .",2 +53175,"intimacy in a way that makes most American love stories look downright unfree",4 +200833,"have like written the screenplay or something",2 +192872,"answer to an air ball",2 +148953,"Sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects",1 +151240,"` life problems ' most people solved",2 +219398,"whole subplots",2 +154803,"be reminded of other , better films , especially Seven , which director William Malone slavishly copies",0 +198709,"feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us",1 +13156,"with most late-night bull sessions , eventually",2 +10072,"relatively",2 +133358,"story to suit the sensibilities of a young American , a decision that plucks '' The Four Feathers '' bare",3 +23144,"'s no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself",3 +25839,"Japan 's",2 +164211,"jams too many prefabricated story elements",1 +77549,"creates sheerly cinematic appeal .",3 +224316,"It haunts you",2 +179523,"'s a fairly impressive debut from the director , Charles Stone III .",3 +105945,"Gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact Toback himself used it in Black and White . But Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again",2 +191617,"a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . It 's fun",3 +1826,"nenette et boni",2 +45990,"Larson 's",2 +23440,", and those are reasons enough to see it .",3 +19458,"a David and Goliath",3 +106621,"If you 're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger , ENOUGH is just the ticket you need .",3 +227282,"You can taste it , but",2 +75470,"been inspired by Blair Witch",2 +45642,"Immersing",3 +208006,"of story and his juvenile camera movements",0 +66994,"Kaufman and Jonze",2 +150754,"Weaves",2 +89701,"only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch",3 +8972,"mystery of the whole thing",2 +42505,"questioning social mores",2 +212096,"some fine sex onscreen ,",3 +68717,"Shaggy",2 +195201,"by someone who ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot",1 +236716,"the annoying demeanour",1 +74812,"as they float within the seas of their personalities .",2 +147915,"One of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year .",0 +129837,"over the screen",2 +86487,"magic and is enjoyable family fare",3 +19278,"Talk to Her",2 +32119,"gone too commercial since his two Oscar nominated films in 2000",0 +27648,"a lovely film",3 +186482,"Nothing more than four or five mild chuckles",1 +165869,"message-mongering moralism",1 +59593,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story",4 +126063,"like a poor man 's You Can Count On Me",2 +186643,"P .",2 +62519,". Instead , she sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions .",3 +96053,"the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",2 +112454,"a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,",2 +65270,"Eileen Walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth ,",1 +12472,"told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it",1 +103870,"A sham",1 +238870,"with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids",3 +175071,"the young actors",2 +154386,"at least this time",2 +131779,"say something about its subjects",3 +99185,"upscale",3 +145376,"Flat , but with a revelatory performance",3 +98614,"towards the audience",2 +28206,"all takes place in Pasadena , '' a city where people still read . ''",2 +68388,"Remove",2 +15961,"has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions .",3 +127169,"misunderstood",2 +81352,"great actors",4 +218248,"unremittingly ugly movie",0 +146059,"I found myself finally unmoved by this film , which is immaculately produced and has serious things to say ,",2 +123745,"is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",1 +171675,"something with potential",3 +189287,"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 .",0 +220957,"'s really done it this time",2 +236165,"supremely hopeful",4 +152514,"a story as bizarre and",2 +166412,"moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers",3 +31640,"find her way through life",2 +117587,"could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451",0 +141522,"'s only a matter of time before he gets the upper hand in matters of the heart",2 +58439,"the laws",2 +14357,"One of the greatest family-oriented , fantasy-adventure movies ever .",4 +210405,"rent those movies",2 +128711,"of holiday cheer",3 +122816,"impossible to care who wins",2 +59595,"twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",4 +224984,"Mr. Spielberg 's",2 +2894,"thousand-times",2 +195629,"cheapen the overall effect",1 +44167,"A moody ,",2 +56038,"place and",2 +67351,"Maguire makes it a comic book with soul",4 +209579,"post-feminist",2 +173012,"that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September",1 +18,"'ll",2 +4117,"a smart ,",3 +5632,"combined with indoctrinated prejudice",1 +227287,"You feel good , you feel sad",3 +8535,"living in a past",2 +187837,"The Mothman Prophecies ,",2 +52758,"how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made",3 +139285,"watch , giggle and get",3 +15354,"by the photography",2 +149328,"The element of surprise might be the only thing Femme Fatale has going for it .",2 +51406,"exceptionally well-detailed characters",4 +86135,"lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",3 +60676,"'' versus '' them ''",2 +161300,"his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom",1 +181450,"80-minute",2 +195517,"casual moviegoer",3 +157549,"disconcertingly",1 +175637,"thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers .",0 +198395,"extended dialogue exercise",1 +57255,"specifically",2 +193094,"are infants ...",2 +149092,"The Gantzes ' interviews",2 +142053,", XXX is no less subservient to Bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .",2 +61007,"'s easy to like and always",3 +162146,"indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character",2 +51968,"front of the camera",2 +72051,"a music scene that transcends culture and race",4 +121315,"good noir",3 +226457,"The real question this movie poses is not ` Who ? '",2 +221658,", told fairly well and scored to perfection , I found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''",3 +234655,"on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script",4 +157509,"director Wally Wolodarsky",2 +132919,"some visual virtues",3 +238544,"well in European markets , where Mr. Besson is a brand name , and in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",2 +209784,"program run",2 +7468,"in scope",2 +197258,"dodges and",2 +179091,"you actually buy into",3 +133793,"tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .",2 +191419,"a study in contrasts : the wide range of one actor ,",2 +159290,"focuses on Joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with Spanish inquisitions about her '' madness '' so much that I became mad that I wasted 123 minutes and $ 9 . 50 on this 21st century torture device .",0 +22272,"the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ... takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the Croc Hunter agenda .",3 +134044,"than a standup comedian",2 +150618,"Van Wilder does n't bring anything new to the proverbial table",2 +86498,"main problem being that it 's only a peek",2 +10586,"soft",2 +155201,"beyond the surfaces of her characters",2 +55351,"of fame . His healthy sense of satire is light and fun",4 +209151,"pay your",2 +86356,"love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief",2 +76872,"collaborators '",2 +206527,"most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics",2 +88532,"of dreams and aspirations",2 +170134,"ridiculous stabs",2 +13387,"young women in film",2 +51336,"ethos",2 +90125,"pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone",1 +60617,"your subconscious",2 +136517,"the very hollowness of the character he plays",1 +103650,"A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle",3 +231036,"from the TV movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes ever filmed",0 +67123,"Lang 's Metropolis , Welles ' Kane , and",2 +229062,"at the lives of some of the 1.2 million Palestinians who live in the crowded cities and refugee camps of Gaza",2 +122306,"his excellent cast",3 +106362,"Huppert 's volatile performance makes for a riveting movie experience",4 +153021,"airborne TV sets",2 +204238,"its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that",1 +223540,"Greengrass ( working from Don Mullan 's script )",2 +63376,"A sloppy , amusing comedy",3 +126264,"live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",3 +71239,"a Native American raised by white parents",2 +6232,"entire",2 +135375,"the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to Massoud ,",3 +117031,"clause",2 +76421,"captures that perverse element of the Kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted '' other .",3 +147648,"Never comes together as a coherent whole .",1 +179982,"'s so inane",2 +184131,"George and Lucy 's most obvious differences",2 +186395,"No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but",2 +59842,"very best pictures",4 +40779,"As a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable ,",2 +220361,"young guys",2 +171391,"so badly made on every level that I 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it",0 +58625,"the quirks",2 +22630,"unbelievably",2 +7118,"heroine",3 +230734,"fascinating than the results",3 +174760,"the skill or presence",2 +28394,"an original treatment",2 +51680,"filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake",2 +59573,"turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special",3 +41768,"defined ,",3 +18390,", but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .",3 +40750,"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood",3 +208355,"old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one",1 +143260,"A perfect example",2 +93124,"some real vitality and even art",3 +58169,"the creation",2 +31101,"engaging film",4 +167281,"of a VH1 Behind the Music episode",2 +111038,"What really happened",2 +114331,"annoying and",1 +120374,"for a silly hack-and-slash flick",1 +205470,"love this",4 +67315,"Lopez 's",2 +23316,", McGrath crafts quite moving scenes throughout his resolutely dramatic variation on the novel .",4 +10846,"support of a viewer",2 +38455,"the movie 's charm",3 +231484,"has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side .",3 +227333,"\* Corpus and its amiable jerking and",2 +201664,"immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",1 +40672,"A masterful film from a master filmmaker ,",3 +144808,"Despite some charm and heart , this quirky soccer import is forgettable",1 +13479,"'s the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other Best Picture contenders should be measured .",4 +38328,"the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides",2 +141782,"( It 's ) difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of American Chai ,",1 +56035,"pity or",1 +201093,"highbrow",3 +227478,"`` Feardotcom '' has the makings of an interesting meditation on the ethereal nature of the internet and the otherworldly energies it could channel",3 +75031,"attention , the '' big twists",3 +154702,"be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that 's a bad sign .",1 +202253,"innovative ' and ` realistic '",4 +152870,"across the Mason-Dixon line",2 +222748,"But here 's a movie about it anyway .",1 +27474,"a decent full-on space battle",3 +137315,"to NYC inner-city youth",2 +88008,"not here .",2 +203116,"is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run",0 +198449,"fails to justify the build-up",1 +102812,", scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys",3 +160970,"he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque",1 +196979,"direct-to-video/DVD category",1 +216462,"this particular film",2 +130367,"pointed , often tender ,",3 +54411,"love sweetly",3 +168669,"part drama",2 +80991,"gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic",1 +63769,"Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events , the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters .",3 +126987,"meet at a rustic",2 +85557,"just as rewarding",3 +56016,"pesky",1 +112556,"a pulp",2 +47328,"There is nothing outstanding about this film , but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine",3 +195692,"chump",2 +124890,"it 's worth the concentration",3 +215685,"the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible Anne Rice novel it 's based upon",3 +34356,"mandates that you avoid the Godzilla sized soda",2 +222707,"Buries an interesting storyline",2 +105581,"Each scene wreaks of routine : the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense",0 +61407,"( Allen )",3 +95059,"the Pierce Brosnan James Bond",2 +50683,"decidedly perverse",2 +109779,"The film becomes an overwhelming pleasure , and",3 +205322,"look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten .",1 +115204,"at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle",2 +60456,"wonderfully loopy",4 +26495,"Russell",2 +184670,"I have ever seen on the screen",2 +21566,"of the mysteries of friendship",2 +67799,"New York celebrities",2 +208498,"on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about",1 +178257,"who watched the robots getting butchered in A . I .",2 +74700,"as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die",3 +74474,"argue much",2 +136535,"the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive",1 +72793,"a warm and charming package",4 +134681,"the Chuck Norris '' grenade",2 +158329,"entertained getting hit by a bus",1 +76579,"character and mood",2 +99322,"versus '' them",2 +93222,"soul-searching",3 +9101,"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable ,",2 +99564,"wanted to leave .",1 +61908,", for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway , The Hours represents two of those well spent",3 +204810,"leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind",2 +155946,"can do with a florid , overplotted , Anne Rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them",1 +118362,"dismissive",2 +236838,"the end of my aisle 's walker",2 +15422,"claptrap",2 +11638,"the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain",1 +173007,"that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings",0 +212942,"supporting players",2 +92177,"seen and",2 +155481,"brilliant four",3 +84726,"is the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad",3 +204171,"its development",2 +219875,"without any passion",1 +98359,"to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget",4 +212712,"strung-together TV episodes",2 +71527,"a deft sense",2 +126194,"listless , witless , and",0 +95752,"the flowers",2 +60256,"will quickly",3 +204870,"less interesting",2 +71739,"a good match",3 +190239,"a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ? Um , no . But",2 +174243,"the marquee ,",2 +185067,"It 's as if a bored Cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : ''",1 +3762,"a feature-length ,",2 +202193,"induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .",2 +82339,"his twin brother , Donald ,",2 +199656,"fuddled",1 +67478,"May be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since Town and Country .",2 +14435,"Some actors",2 +218993,"weirdness for the sake of weirdness",1 +168753,"paying money to see the last James Bond movie",1 +16421,"know the ` truth ' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to",4 +183554,"Does what should seem impossible :",3 +163472,"is the paucity of laughter in what 's supposed to be a comedy .",1 +217667,"too sincere",2 +48618,"achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation",3 +44342,"A winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .",3 +92460,"sharply",3 +158950,"feels incredibly hokey",1 +53851,"it needs to be",2 +181467,"90-minute dud",1 +31024,"effortless",4 +206073,"message-movie",2 +17133,"rural life close",2 +67552,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and",4 +212363,"spits out Denzel Washington 's fine performance in the title role .",2 +101990,"'s well",3 +78573,"drama and flat-out farce",2 +155977,"can rent a pedigree instead",1 +30067,"cautionary fable",2 +3980,"a modern",2 +28285,"among the faithful",2 +230705,"failure .",0 +171322,"slumming it",2 +154365,"at his wedding",2 +26286,"Once you get into its rhythm",2 +23709,", it 's more of the same",2 +56527,"reminded",2 +57636,"teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside",3 +167999,"ol' slasher plot",2 +199521,"fringe",2 +13667,", uncontrolled , and intense",2 +227257,"York and L.A.",2 +85848,"leave them singing long after the credits roll",3 +62009,", it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun",3 +202023,"in the mail",2 +144534,"Coke",2 +54129,"knows the mistakes that bad movies make and is determined not to make them , and maybe that is nobility of a sort .",2 +102418,", bittersweet Israeli documentary",2 +137549,"to employ Hollywood kids and",2 +176375,"to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion",3 +188393,"The movie 's progression",3 +83521,"into a believable mother\/daughter pair",3 +167579,"of language",2 +32271,"has a plot full of twists upon knots ... and a nonstop parade of mock-Tarantino scuzbag types that starts out clever but veers into overkill .",1 +160210,"going for it",3 +8013,"its charming quirks and its dull spots",2 +105771,"Falsehoods",2 +173584,"the brutality of the jokes , most at women 's expense",1 +46762,"Some movies blend together as they become distant memories . Mention '' Solaris '' five years from now and I 'm sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share .",3 +96238,"the multiple stories",2 +230906,"for a sign",2 +167395,"of characterization , humor or plain old popcorn fun",3 +134059,"than being about something",2 +164772,"less than saintly",2 +168593,"own style",3 +84233,"is funny and pithy",4 +109170,"Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line",1 +51639,"figures prominently in this movie , and",3 +93780,"such a good job of it",3 +49839,"bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work .",3 +218749,"was intended to be a different kind of film",2 +33305,"is an earnest",2 +13043,"while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the returning david s .",3 +133361,"straight to video",1 +169971,"remembers the 1934 Victor Fleming classic",2 +199072,"flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .",1 +82331,"his subject justice",3 +122291,"his country",2 +52437,"has the punch of a good sitcom ,",3 +219931,"woe-is-me lifestyle",2 +142165,", even the bull gets recycled .",2 +236011,"staggered from the theater and",2 +166060,"missing here",1 +163544,"is ultimately held back from being something greater",2 +39223,"to know about music to appreciate the film 's easygoing blend of comedy and romance",3 +217649,"too offensive",1 +30497,"creeped",1 +107470,"Like many Western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but",1 +100232,"will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids",3 +107964,"Neither the funniest film",2 +165093,"little less bling-bling and a lot more romance",1 +146592,"It 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient",2 +123107,"in such a low-key manner",2 +175701,"through ten pseudo-serious minutes",0 +113038,"a wonderous accomplishment",4 +57217,"somewhere along the way K-19",2 +13918,"Bullock",2 +201217,"his own film",2 +60097,"when the now computerized Yoda finally reveals his martial artistry",2 +201488,"icy",2 +169063,"poorly cast , but beautifully shot .",2 +140486,"worst of all --",1 +6240,"epic tragedy",2 +26448,"Reinforces the talents of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman , creator of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich .",3 +136211,"the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances",2 +99392,"vibrant charm",3 +113814,"ambitious and moving but bleak",1 +212558,"sticks , really ,",2 +50182,"cinematic stylings",2 +92356,"settles",2 +219754,"with his teeth",2 +74641,"as best",2 +171916,"starred in borders",2 +126108,"like just one more",2 +104643,"Batman",3 +238101,"transforms its wearer into a superman",3 +44608,"At all",2 +102185,"( than Leon )",3 +65123,"Disney animated",2 +237331,"the willies",2 +213830,"that should be used to burn every print of the film",1 +223756,"I believe the message is in the messenger : The agent is a woman",2 +197316,"does n't have a captain",2 +83688,"is , as comedy goes",2 +106834,"It 's an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones .",2 +130693,"profiling Hollywood style",2 +55265,"of a man and his work",2 +233074,"it must be admitted",2 +50409,"conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues",4 +102638,", it 's still not a good movie",0 +237157,"the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .",3 +59258,"to have fun with it",3 +208407,"on a ride that 's consistently surprising , easy to watch -- but , oh , so dumb",3 +97312,"things will work out",2 +35807,"otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller",3 +189364,"Unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , Impostor is opening today at a theater near you .",1 +198810,"fiddle",2 +112562,"a question for philosophers , not filmmakers : all the filmmakers need to do",2 +20837,"humble",3 +125009,"it is an interesting exercise by talented writer\/director Anderson",3 +191363,"a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh",1 +103391,"A 75-minute sample",2 +117866,"dark pit",1 +116958,"chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in",1 +144938,"Does n't offer",1 +235533,"seeking an existent anti-virus",3 +168839,"perplexing example",2 +168768,"penis , breast and flatulence gags",1 +179866,"'s no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . Or for the year , for that matter .",0 +206021,"medium-grade network sitcom",1 +193523,"as last week 's issue of Variety",2 +217140,"to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the Sundance Film Festival",2 +220874,"'s meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree",2 +12807,"volcano",2 +25969,"Life Is Beautiful and Jakob the Liar",2 +53957,"its over-the-top way",2 +81291,"got a place in your heart for Smokey Robinson",3 +41516,"adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys ' novel '' The Death of Napoleon '' and",2 +126797,"many subplots",3 +150087,"There are films that try the patience of even the most cinema-besotted critic -- and this was one of them .",1 +133461,"stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film",1 +99997,"which occurs often",2 +220277,"you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on",1 +152191,"a one-joke picture",2 +100575,"with or",2 +204429,"just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities , which become strangely impersonal and abstract",1 +65291,"Elfriede Jelinek 's novel",2 +203845,"it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",1 +2330,"so incredibly inane",0 +146655,"It does n't do the original any particular dishonor",2 +199832,"get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell",1 +82548,"humane fighter",3 +177494,"village idiot",1 +163672,"it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .",0 +231324,"guilty fun to be had here",3 +117072,"cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor",2 +90019,"paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor",0 +201637,"images and surround sound effects of people",2 +95764,"the forgettable pleasures",2 +84659,"is strictly a lightweight escapist film .",3 +98989,"understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking .",3 +182338,"An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10",2 +173507,"the back row",2 +104332,"An incredibly thoughtful , deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks .",3 +70931,"White Oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark , but that does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it",3 +223894,"If H.G. Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ?",2 +197808,"emphasis on music in Britney Spears ' first movie",2 +134101,"than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring Ice-T in a major role",3 +158079,"early Zucker Brothers\/Abrahams films",2 +41034,"It would be interesting to hear from the other side , but",2 +89602,"one of the best gay love stories ever made",4 +219084,"wet , fuzzy and sticky",2 +120175,"fistfights",2 +102302,", Minac drains his movie of all individuality",2 +59791,"used to make movies , but also",2 +92187,"seen on-screen",2 +152455,"a slender cinematic stunt",2 +226039,"Take Care of My Cat '' )",2 +186535,"One Hour Photo lives down to its title .",1 +165249,"looks like it was produced in 1954 , shelved for 48 years , and repackaged for a 2002 audience",1 +3012,"ugly behavior",0 +89456,"on the West Bank , Joseph Cedar 's Time",2 +35346,"of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach",3 +25895,"Ken",2 +32720,"ideals",2 +9057,"night shyamalan 's",2 +186069,"Meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull .",2 +193361,"as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist",1 +238008,"to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience",2 +87159,"misdirected",1 +71232,"a Jerry Bruckheimer",2 +55065,"ni la mejor con Brosnan a la cabeza , pero de que entretiene ni duda cabe .",2 +207515,"of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes",2 +58979,"this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's New Delhi",2 +140286,"with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline",0 +74167,"any movie with a ''",2 +156790,"contributing to a film 's narrative",2 +237608,"though a morbid one",1 +42838,"the most transporting or gripping film from Iran --",3 +130340,"plot lapses",1 +54406,"love and destiny",2 +92963,"so large it 's Altman-esque",2 +73614,"an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times",2 +175564,"this three-hour endurance test",1 +70657,"Wait Until Dark ''",2 +36543,"retreat into oblivion and return",2 +165035,"limping",1 +236283,"test severely",2 +156374,"clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .",2 +65149,"Dong )",2 +48626,"acid",2 +65965,"Hearst 's",2 +171488,"so striking or fascinating or",3 +26486,"Rouge",2 +2064,"pore",2 +111522,"a bad premise , just a bad movie",0 +11017,"than ( total recall and blade runner )",2 +162076,"in voice-over",2 +130632,"pride",2 +15720,"extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy , the films of Fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya",3 +66242,"If Reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , rather chaotic show is n't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .",2 +102008,"'s worth yet another visit",3 +179367,"'d want to smash its face in",2 +230897,"for `` shock humor '' will wear thin on all",1 +232781,"is that it avoids the obvious with humour and lightness .",3 +82437,"hopeful or",2 +80353,"for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",2 +33750,"its characters ' choices , good and ill",3 +228862,"are weak , as are most of the subplots",0 +66603,"It 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn ,",1 +106319,"Horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections",2 +183930,"Final verdict",3 +104044,"Abel Ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his Dangerous Game",2 +177230,"unmoved",1 +201779,"in a downtown café",2 +182166,"Action - mechanical .",1 +111372,"Your stomach for Heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn .",2 +238486,"watching Huppert , a great actress tearing into a landmark role ,",4 +225170,"No. 1",4 +165752,"may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap",0 +169873,"regrettably",1 +156794,"contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",1 +159771,"from this story",2 +204196,"its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through",1 +30918,"does n't hold them in contempt .",2 +104974,"Campanella 's competent direction and his excellent cast",4 +130344,"plucks ''",2 +9882,"proving",2 +217867,"trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement",2 +135322,"the film equivalent",2 +207147,"none of the plot ` surprises '",1 +177223,"unless you enjoy really bad movies",0 +207502,"of ` time waster '",2 +231835,"humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family",2 +99940,"when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of Star Wars",3 +126589,"maintains an appealing veneer",3 +100873,"works well enough to make it worth watching",3 +156362,"cliche-riddled but self-serious spy thriller",1 +213886,"that the new film is a lame kiddie flick",1 +19353,"Think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind",4 +202369,"interview subjects who will construct a portrait of Castro",2 +25944,"Lee Ross 's turn",2 +118489,"documentary subject",2 +205374,"looks better than it feels .",2 +41292,"The story , like life , refuses to be simple , and the result is a compelling slice of awkward emotions",2 +122048,"he makes sure The Salton Sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty",3 +121985,"have some idea of the glum , numb experience of watching O Fantasma",1 +36050,"plotted",2 +90971,"quality and",2 +51937,"from its promenade of barely clad bodies in Myrtle Beach , S . C . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",3 +222168,"About half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .",1 +20082,"be keeping an eye out for his next project",3 +165281,"loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a TV episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into",0 +91635,"revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .",3 +26539,"Search",1 +164781,"less-than-objective",2 +177963,"what could have been an important documentary about stand-up comedy",2 +179107,"you can refuse",2 +157983,"drive through",2 +35956,"people still read",2 +226451,"The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .",1 +29493,"been as resolute in their emotional nakedness",3 +189346,"Unfortunately , One Hour Photo lives down to its title . Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film",0 +81389,"grew up on Scooby -- you 'll love this movie .",4 +64491,"Brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression .",2 +148493,"Serry )",2 +31063,"emotional pull",2 +71076,"Wow !",3 +14431,"Skinner Blues",2 +128307,"of Day of the Jackal , The French Connection , and Heat",2 +167068,"nutjob",1 +99850,"what I like about Men With Brooms and what is kind of special",3 +102144,"( The film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .",3 +41257,"The film delivers not just the full assault of Reno 's immense wit and insight ,",3 +27840,"a soft spot",2 +87564,"moving and revelatory",4 +163110,"is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of Schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball",2 +93616,"striking a blow for artistic integrity",3 +226158,"The Piano Teacher is a film that defies categorisation .",2 +205642,"make a classic theater piece",3 +92413,"shadows",2 +109031,"Soderbergh 's concentration",2 +179776,"'s hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles",3 +102295,", Longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context .",0 +187647,"Sweet gentle Jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?",1 +153197,"along looking for astute observations and coming up blank",1 +138604,"underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs",3 +144164,"Birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it",1 +179807,"'s just rather leaden and dull",1 +121908,"have a radar for juicy roles",3 +27536,"a fresh , quirky charm to the formula",3 +37575,"taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot",3 +84333,"is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .",3 +204592,"know better than to rush to the theatre for this one",1 +194047,"be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength",2 +60222,"will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning Coen brothers envious",4 +77870,"deft and subtle",3 +16458,"like rhythm",2 +184003,"Ford and Neeson",2 +74488,"arrive on the big screen",2 +11464,"the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene",2 +165926,"might have been more satisfying if it had , in fact , been fleshed out a little more instead of going for easy smiles .",1 +188587,"The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists",0 +166370,"mounting disbelief",2 +206778,"mythologizing",2 +190491,"a dumb story",2 +139325,"watching it leaves you giddy . Half Past Dead is just such an achievement",4 +81174,"go-for-broke",3 +160737,"has so much money delivered so little entertainment .",0 +197471,"drag along",1 +195386,"can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",1 +113845,"amusements",3 +231936,"in Asia , where Ms. Shu is an institution",3 +12979,"wheezing",1 +148924,"Sugar Hill Gang ,",2 +65079,"Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line : what 's best about Drumline is its energy",3 +180355,", Cage manages a degree of casual realism",3 +37875,"that presents an audacious tour of the past and takes within its warm embrace the bounties of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",3 +169532,"putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank",1 +43153,"'s a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn",3 +111930,"a fitting",2 +201841,"in class",2 +224991,"Mr. Tsai",2 +130055,"patrolmen",2 +54548,"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1",3 +55263,"of a little-remembered world",2 +170400,"saying the sun rises",2 +235364,"returned from the beyond",2 +220604,"'m afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",1 +181321,"... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .",0 +5764,"could bond while watching a walk to remember",3 +199607,"from spring break",2 +38664,"the speedy wham-bam effect",2 +214572,"the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .",1 +208131,"of the punk",2 +193157,"are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .",1 +161778,"in a different era",2 +8819,"miss its messages",1 +13475,"'s so clever you want to hate it .",3 +138283,"travel-agency",2 +109182,"Steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture .",4 +115933,"between Calvin and his fellow barbers",2 +222823,"But this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .",1 +10106,"reno 's",2 +23375,", and Gibson , stepping in for Bruce Willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .",3 +25654,"If it tried to do anything more , it would fail and perhaps explode",2 +149173,"The Weight of Water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire ,",2 +181447,"8-year-old",2 +135378,"the filmmakers are asking of us",2 +239016,"would have been just another bad movie .",1 +103457,"A brutally dry satire",2 +172213,"substitutes",2 +155196,"beyond good hair and humping",1 +156108,"celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting Dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors ! ) into Scrooge",2 +104000,"A vivid , spicy footnote to history",2 +186020,"Mark Wahlberg ... may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry .",2 +25272,"Exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue",4 +172031,"stop time",3 +19408,"Weber and Weissman",2 +85049,"it irrigates our souls .",3 +57334,"steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty",3 +171764,"special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences",1 +73832,"an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame",3 +5051,"be shocked",2 +192338,"also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare",1 +216929,"to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders",2 +100486,"with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage",4 +128709,"of history affectingly",2 +99496,"vivre even as he creates",2 +11319,"the emotional",2 +72891,"able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man",4 +45567,"I encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale --",4 +2474,"teenage",2 +164057,"its impressive craftsmanship",3 +137901,"to terms with his picture-perfect life",2 +23125,"'s fortune",2 +152896,"action stylings",2 +72325,"a sardonic jolt",3 +86263,"look away from",2 +87427,"most good-hearted yet sensual",3 +187817,"The Kid Stays in the Picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it",4 +216678,"throw each other",2 +19243,"Seldahl and Wollter 's sterling performances",4 +68371,"Red Dragon is less baroque and showy than Hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than Silence . But , like Silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin",3 +144568,"Communism",2 +57396,"strange and",2 +7494,"in the o",2 +129160,"of these words",2 +55661,"of wrenching cases",2 +3753,"a fault",1 +202202,"inept and artificial",1 +172918,"that a movie as artificial and soulless as The Country Bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at Disneyland",1 +40966,"Interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , Hopkins and Norton are a winning combination -- but Fiennes steals ` Red Dragon ' right from under their noses",4 +38019,"the beauty of baseball and melds it",2 +199271,"for occasional smiles",3 +146629,"It 's too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .",0 +126492,"lulled into a coma",0 +120027,"filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love",3 +12064,"their brand",2 +113183,"about otherwise dull subjects",1 +17451,"that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness , while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene",2 +225959,"Stay for the credits and",2 +91849,"rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale",2 +218681,"wants to start writing screenplays",2 +42007,"giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness",3 +37045,"smart people amid a compelling plot",4 +133446,"struggles to rebel against his oppressive",2 +43321,"'s so good that you can practically see the Hollywood ` suits ' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too - inevitable American remake .",2 +177670,"was never planned",2 +4787,"are immaculate",3 +82368,"hit Franklin needs to stay afloat in Hollywood .",2 +64848,"Coy but exhilarating",3 +118972,"elusive adult world",2 +171185,"skates",2 +81671,"has been exhausted by documentarians",2 +120198,"fixated",2 +135219,"the experiences of most teenagers",2 +98552,"toss",2 +119165,"enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit",3 +159584,"forgot",3 +147183,"Like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up",1 +62710,"3D goggles",2 +8449,"like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .",1 +121223,"glosses",2 +159772,"from this studio than some 79-minute after-school '' cartoon",1 +144736,"De Sica",2 +60528,"you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .",3 +216709,"ticket-buyers",2 +33314,"is an original",4 +59414,"to ultimately disappoint the action",1 +131822,"schlocky horror\/action hybrid",1 +109810,"The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms . Ambrose .",3 +166739,"next installment",2 +232423,"is beyond playing fair with the audience",1 +77356,"convince us of that",2 +235958,"speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand",3 +43123,"'re as happy listening to movies",2 +166388,"movie dawdle",1 +149525,"The longer the movie goes , the worse it gets",1 +64570,"By and large this is Mr . Kilmer 's movie",3 +190756,"a hippopotamus ballerina",2 +24772,"Awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over .",4 +94528,"that Mel Gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",3 +93282,"specific scary scenes",2 +185438,"Janey )",2 +143294,"A recipe",2 +151008,"With its dogged Hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , Windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .",1 +3079,"watch",2 +173455,"the action scenes are poorly delivered",1 +228459,"allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",3 +66190,"I mean that as a compliment",3 +225205,"Not really as bad as you might think !",3 +63956,"An undeniably moving film to experience , and",4 +35859,"overcomes much",3 +45245,"Film",2 +69562,"The film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders ,",3 +180677,", hypocritical",1 +104131,"All movie long , City by the Sea swings from one approach to the other , but in the end , it stays in formula -- which is a waste of De Niro , McDormand and the other good actors in the cast .",1 +217909,"tub-thumpingly loud",1 +21236,"literally and figuratively )",3 +66939,"Jolting",3 +136311,"the spinning styx sting like bees",2 +142381,", or to Robin Williams 's lecture",2 +38428,"the most cynical",2 +15692,"ever-escalating",2 +55128,"not to be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times",3 +127419,"most certainly has a new career ahead of him",3 +191158,"a quick-buck sequel",0 +79500,"exquisite , unfakable sense",3 +13917,"Bucks",2 +82055,"heavy dose",2 +183931,"Final verdict :",2 +93899,"supremely kittenish",3 +600,"between the artificial structure",1 +189733,"Will Hunting",2 +26643,"Stevenson 's performance",2 +73714,"an awful lot like life --",2 +160453,"had n't already seen .",2 +12957,"what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . promises",1 +63665,"Ah , what the hell",1 +212598,"stomps",2 +147980,"Outside of Burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken",1 +65755,"George Ratliff 's documentary , Hell House , reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film",3 +20928,"increasingly",2 +160374,"groan-inducing familiarity",1 +95204,"the best war movies ever made",4 +8637,"makes his start",2 +37908,"that they know their roles so well",3 +27267,"Workmanlike",2 +115035,"as the Ya-Ya member with the O2-tank",2 +79956,"find love in the most unlikely place",3 +177482,"videogame series",2 +37426,"subtle plot maneuvers",3 +133130,"splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any Scorsese has ever given us",4 +195035,"but an episode",2 +189324,"Ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . Enigma lacks it .",1 +85193,"its aspects",2 +53410,"is at 22",2 +91905,"satiric fire and",2 +215472,"the requisite faux-urban vibe and",1 +166185,"more good-natured",3 +167324,"of a single good reason",2 +210810,"saw Juwanna Mann",2 +121025,"genuine love story",4 +47536,"Viewers",2 +184192,"Goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy , seductive pacing ... but she and writing partner Laurence Coriat do n't manage an equally assured narrative coinage",3 +147098,"Laurel and Hardy",2 +3307,"'s a charming and often affecting journey",4 +43258,"'s great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again",3 +100813,"work us over ,",2 +33051,"infuriatingly glib and posturing",1 +119757,"fantasy mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",2 +139795,"who talk throughout the show",2 +203588,"is throwing up his hands in surrender ,",0 +219719,"with complications",3 +100244,"will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy",2 +54243,"like a documentary in the way",1 +42162,"is always",2 +12742,"vardalos",2 +3969,"a medal",2 +4409,"adequate entertainment ,",3 +82741,"imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects",3 +18642,"Amy 's",2 +220461,"' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .",2 +16450,"lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .",2 +54478,"made-up",2 +190750,"a high school setting",2 +103667,"A journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes Holly and Marina tick , and our hearts go out to them as both continue to negotiate their imperfect , love-hate relationship .",3 +187962,"The bad sound ,",1 +67247,"Like a child with an important message to tell ...",3 +22233,"the appropriately brief 40-minute running time",3 +168461,"outrageously",2 +128774,"of losing a job",2 +196602,"dead bodies",1 +177898,"well-meaningness",3 +106443,"I dunno .",2 +205490,"low rate Annie",1 +181699,"A formula family tearjerker",2 +162250,"inspired ''",3 +180868,", overblown and tie-in",1 +63743,"Although Frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution",2 +86509,"maintain a straight face while speaking to a highway patrolman",3 +80785,"funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy",3 +140957,"'d create a movie better than this .",1 +142812,"... the movie is just a plain old monster .",0 +60820,"'s a fun adventure movie for kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure .",3 +234070,"need not apply . '",2 +64029,"Ararat",2 +224089,"Is `` Ballistic '' worth",2 +200912,"he 's not trying to laugh at how bad",2 +170989,"should share screenwriting credit",3 +67179,"Leguizamo 's best movie work so far ,",4 +47298,"The whole is quite entertaining ,",4 +60865,"'s a spontaneity to The Chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout",2 +187355,"Sling Blade and South",2 +137551,"to end",2 +24043,"-- and the Cold War datedness --",2 +230293,"do his or her own Hamlet",2 +68087,"Pan Nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious",4 +228325,"absolutely and completely ridiculous and an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer",0 +39768,"very happy",3 +36682,"scams",1 +98640,"transcend its genre with a curiously stylized , quasi-Shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil",4 +201072,"hide a weak script",1 +24382,"A marvellous",4 +103643,"A hidden-agenda drama",2 +111427,"` Truth or Consequences , N . M . ' or",2 +174344,"the movie is",2 +159950,"genre enthusiast",2 +104181,"Although Estela Bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro",1 +103028,", with some glimpses of nature and family warmth , Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life .",1 +205260,"liveliness",3 +138563,"uncharted depths of stupidity , incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0 +26959,"There is n't a weak or careless performance",3 +137701,"to leave much of an impression",2 +208082,"of the greatest plays of the last 100 years",4 +119237,"epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , Die Another Day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any James Bond thriller",4 +41799,"directs the traffic well ,",3 +120029,"filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at",1 +133007,"song-and-dance-man",3 +9138,"not just unlikable .",1 +112160,"a jaunt down memory lane for teens and",2 +180366,", Egoyan has done too much .",1 +83633,"introverted young men",2 +43987,"A captivatingly quirky hybrid",3 +102855,", text , and subtext",2 +96874,"the thrills",3 +89600,"one of the best",4 +11327,"the endless action sequences",0 +125280,"its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel",2 +91044,"quite some time",2 +173633,"the classic Disney adaptation of J",2 +66673,"It 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .",4 +14814,"a refreshingly different slice",3 +162199,"inform the movie version",2 +153078,"all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles",1 +70316,"This sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama",4 +23730,", it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .",3 +34293,"make a sinner",2 +233164,"its own difficulties",2 +157521,"directorial touch",3 +83278,"indie .",3 +149267,"The character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and Clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix .",1 +90065,"part of Mr . Dong",2 +55992,"perilously slight .",2 +113784,"alternately raucous and sappy",2 +134178,"that , he made Swimfan anyway",2 +209049,"parable of renewal",2 +206133,"might have held my attention",2 +97220,"there when the rope snaps",2 +190158,"a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new",1 +82000,"he respects the material without sentimentalizing it",3 +219117,"what is already an erratic career",2 +217569,"too boring and obvious",0 +87988,"not a bad way to spend an hour or two",3 +30227,"clunky dialogue and lapses",2 +42824,"the hedonist in us",2 +90267,"physical and psychological barriers",2 +119410,"every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm",1 +181060,", this is it",2 +72786,"a wallop",2 +61264,"'s something of the ultimate Scorsese film ,",2 +18122,"work its magic in other parts of the world",2 +145410,"For a film about two mismatched buddies , Crystal and De Niro share little screen time and even less chemistry .",1 +83682,"irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence 's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2 , 500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep 's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere",1 +107608,"Manages to accomplish what few sequels can",3 +168888,"pitch your expectations",2 +42598,"see thriller",2 +206046,"mends",2 +173993,"the forbidden zone",2 +211359,"shallower",1 +109239,"Successfully blended satire",3 +138474,"two-dimensional",2 +91859,"sad and",2 +187153,"Scooby Snacks",2 +172098,"stretching and padding its material",1 +101174,"you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but it 's definitely worth taking a look",3 +228316,"about the hard-partying",2 +210794,"save Dash",2 +175013,"the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought",2 +70368,"Though it runs 163 minutes , Safe Conduct is anything but languorous . It 's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .",3 +84103,"is climbing the steps of a stadium-seat megaplex",2 +216514,"this underdramatized but overstated film",1 +5401,"cafes",2 +70898,"While puerile men dominate the story , the women shine .",2 +198152,"ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution",1 +73603,"amusing , sad and reflective",3 +124596,"is terrific ,",4 +221669,", we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .",2 +127201,"modern society",2 +219106,"what happened",2 +31665,"fire-breathing",3 +201610,"if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due",3 +135566,"the inside column of a torn book jacket",2 +74838,"as you 'd hoped .",2 +120773,"from watching ` Comedian '",2 +21909,"scale",2 +165832,"mellow",2 +25529,"Here , Adrian Lyne comes as close to profundity as he is likely to get .",3 +177478,"video installation",2 +138464,"two itinerant teachers",2 +88696,"of its ilk",2 +66280,"If you 're not totally weirded - out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle",1 +30144,"chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds",2 +29535,"belated nod",2 +49090,"any way",2 +233916,"more and more frustrating",1 +437,"are far worse",1 +167670,"of rehashed sight gags",0 +175792,"titled ''",2 +18406,", especially",2 +112889,"a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle",3 +201264,"hit their marks",3 +157038,"crude humor",2 +213678,"that is dark",1 +215405,"the precise nature of Matthew 's predicament",2 +190757,"a historical event",2 +46714,"Serrault",2 +177487,"viewers recoiling from the reality",1 +30124,"cheap-looking monsters",1 +66067,"Hubert",2 +214659,"the firebrand",2 +14181,"It wo n't bust your gut -- and it 's not intended to -- it 's merely a blandly cinematic surgical examination of what makes a joke a joke .",2 +205428,"loss and denial and life-at-arm 's -",1 +154870,"because for every thing it does right there",2 +116047,"blatant product placement",1 +230200,"did n't convince me that Calvin Jr. 's Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago 's South Side",1 +56272,"pulls it back",1 +114395,"any contemporary movie this year",2 +47855,"a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all",3 +62195,", seamless and sumptuous stream",3 +103825,"A rather brilliant little cult item :",4 +195003,"bullets while worrying about a contract on his life .",2 +121331,"goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad",1 +3712,"a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .",4 +204158,"its comfy little cell",2 +231745,"his performance as",2 +201693,"improperly",2 +187316,"Singles",2 +88411,"of an endless trailer",2 +34496,"minded , wildlife",2 +41117,"Not everything works , but the average is higher than in Mary and most other recent comedies",3 +42938,"unconcerned with plausibility ,",2 +180894,", remains a complete blank",3 +138016,"to watch too many Barney videos",3 +218833,"watch --",2 +168084,"on its casting",2 +203274,"is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else",0 +60760,"'re part of her targeted audience",2 +12776,"very well-made , funny",4 +224048,"Inc. ,",2 +135766,"the most moronic screenplays",1 +201947,"in period costume and with a bigger budget",2 +138492,"typical romantic triangle",2 +107009,"It is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches",3 +131005,"rare pictures",2 +83204,"in trouble",2 +10375,"served",3 +201598,"if you 're depressed about anything before watching this film",2 +84009,"is an inspirational love story ,",3 +210655,"routine stuff Yuen",1 +231399,"has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .",3 +164289,"just about everything",2 +16790,"of the picture",2 +7254,"i 'm afraid you wo n't get through this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers b-flick with just a suspension of disbelief . rather , you",0 +45558,"I bought this movie",3 +179234,"your neighbor 's home videos",2 +169514,"put some lovely pictures",2 +11281,"the deli sandwich",2 +76701,"chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",2 +218677,"wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , Nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",1 +109002,"Sly ,",2 +43868,"... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . It is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band .",3 +113805,"ambiguities that make it well worth watching",4 +144323,"By the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , ... actually pretty good . Of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .",1 +95443,"the delusions",1 +105794,"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and , perhaps more than he realizes ,",1 +151853,"a guy who is utterly unlikeable",1 +152745,"about cancer",2 +26831,"The format",2 +201751,"in TV",2 +207660,"of climax and , worst of all",2 +9969,"qutting may be a flawed film ,",2 +147344,"Mark me down as a non-believer in werewolf films that are not serious and",2 +83587,"into the urban heart",3 +118980,"emerge from the French film industry in years",2 +116532,"called any kind of masterpiece . It is , however , a completely honest , open-hearted",3 +150463,"Too predictably",0 +124155,"is interesting to witness the conflict from the Palestinian side",3 +175657,"threaten",2 +41023,"It might be tempting to regard Mr . Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but",2 +209107,"pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans",3 +91900,"sassy interpretation",3 +6889,"grinning",3 +208542,"once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny",1 +217963,"twenty-some",2 +181862,"A movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . We can tell what it is supposed to be , but",1 +1302,"in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie",1 +230175,"despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break",4 +173462,"the age of 2",2 +78009,"derived from TV shows",2 +68284,"Provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the Holocaust .",4 +101945,"'s the element of condescension",2 +218843,"watch for about thirty seconds",2 +230020,"crafted , and well executed",4 +15583,"does with a dedicated and good-hearted professionalism",3 +105698,"Every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I . is that movie !",0 +24791,"Barlow",1 +188716,"The story is predictable",1 +127184,"mixing with reality and actors playing more than one role just to add to the confusion",1 +196815,"deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy",1 +230038,"creates images even more haunting than those in Mr. Spielberg 's 1993 classic .",3 +6469,"fessenden 's horror trilogy",1 +83979,"is amused by its special effects",3 +62107,", nearly psychic nuances",1 +147653,"Never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful",0 +83004,"in movies",2 +106026,"Goldmember ''",3 +55963,"peculiar and",2 +41699,"change America",2 +155341,"bodice-ripper and plodding",2 +155788,"by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class",1 +60207,"wildly unsentimental but",1 +110640,"Time Out is as serious as a pink slip . And",2 +3813,"a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane",2 +128577,"of characters in this picture",3 +215065,"the most depressing movie-going experiences",1 +64985,"Deliberately",2 +127141,"mischievous visual style",2 +22559,"to their dock",2 +73621,"an Alice",2 +78806,"elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior",3 +207910,"of patronizing a bar",2 +168795,"perfectly enjoyable , instantly forgettable ,",3 +197630,"during the making of this movie",2 +105640,"Enriched",4 +210207,"really know who '' they '' were , what '' they '' looked like . Why '' they '' were here and what '' they '' wanted and quite honestly , I did n't care",1 +177270,"until it comes time to wrap things up and send the viewers home",2 +97540,"this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad",2 +68323,"RINGU when you 've seen the remake first . Many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , ( yet ) are worthwhile",3 +88796,"of one year ago",2 +163405,"is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two , likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace",3 +87073,"messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments",3 +49316,"as revolutionary",2 +204182,"its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance",2 +201321,"honestly , I did n't care",1 +94375,"than a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity",3 +88920,"of tastelessness",2 +11003,"tends to pile too many '' serious issues '' on its plate at times ,",0 +132356,"should move quickly",2 +205301,"long-winded heist comedy",2 +168283,"only element",2 +110969,"We Were Soldiers to be remembered by",2 +177339,"use more poetic license",1 +25106,"Despite its flaws",2 +188573,"The problem with The Bread , My Sweet",1 +15183,"away the jeweled beads of sweat",2 +175655,"thrashing",2 +201679,"imponderably",2 +72814,"a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say",3 +71248,"a Russian rocket",2 +127525,"motherhood and desperate mothers",2 +169598,"radical action",3 +204071,"it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate",1 +207615,"of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in Slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny",0 +85761,"larger-than-life figure",3 +51670,"filming the teeming life",3 +95005,"the Beast and 1930s horror films",2 +192609,"an intriguing curiosity",4 +61674,", Rocky-like",3 +199820,"get buried alive",2 +204771,"leaden acting",2 +51022,"drastic life changes",2 +125017,"it is handled with intelligence and care",3 +229887,"colour and depth , and rather",2 +110584,"Those of you who do n't believe in Santa Claus",2 +53066,"inept school productions ,",0 +207030,"no doubt delight Plympton 's legion of fans",3 +74565,"as The Son 's Room",2 +138798,"unveil it",2 +117764,"culprit early-on",2 +23173,"'s surprising about Full Frontal",1 +43572,", even punny 6",2 +66025,"Hollywood film",2 +2184,"sad , superior",1 +74047,"and outer lives",2 +41941,"fine performances ,",3 +149559,"The most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take .",0 +159710,"from being yet",2 +73616,"an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot",2 +81158,"go ape",3 +84460,"is nicely",3 +15778,"finds a new way to surprise and amuse .",3 +58181,"the dark places",2 +73623,"an American",3 +169846,"reduce the chances that the appeal of Hey Arnold ! The Movie will reach far beyond its core demographic .",2 +210667,"ruins every single scene he 's in",1 +139975,"wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny",1 +14842,"a steady , if not very imaginative , hand",2 +103765,"A penetrating glimpse",3 +76535,"cell phones , guns",2 +90884,"pulpy core conceit",1 +158596,"except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies",2 +10931,"tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool .",2 +98109,"to help -- or hurt",2 +175154,"therapy sessions",2 +22695,"viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects",3 +222268,"Although very much like the first movie based on J.K. Rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers",2 +176273,"to makes us laugh",4 +192037,"after a couple of aborted attempts",1 +223094,"Deliciously slow .",3 +210665,"ruined by amateurish writing and acting ,",1 +147016,"Kidd",2 +225566,"Ranges from laugh-out-loud",3 +20973,"inventive and impressive",3 +99122,"unsettling prognosis",3 +109735,"The effort is sincere and the results are honest",3 +176349,"to regain any ground",2 +165384,"lurking around the corner ,",2 +38502,"the original American road movies",2 +65182,"DreamWorks",2 +181209,"-- if that 's not too glorified a term --",2 +65966,"Hearst 's forced avuncular chortles",2 +192001,"admittedly broad shoulders",2 +213540,"that PG-13 rating",2 +187358,"Slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious",2 +167767,"of the closet",2 +231946,"in Gangster No. 1",2 +235809,"slight to be called any kind of masterpiece",1 +67543,"Michael Moore 's Bowling",2 +146578,"It 's not without its pleasures ,",2 +128312,"of Don King , Sonny Miller , and Michael Stewart .",2 +218297,"up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight",2 +65320,"Enticing and often",3 +76488,"casts its spooky net",3 +152603,"a throwaway movie",1 +232158,"into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller '",4 +180626,", even the funniest idea is n't funny .",1 +18048,"whole new level",3 +190531,"a few days before she dies . This is absolutely and completely ridiculous",1 +203752,"it 's boring",0 +42122,"insight and",2 +110329,"There 's real visual charge to the filmmaking",3 +6863,"governance",2 +147824,"Nothing wrong with performances here",3 +191887,"across as",2 +215501,"the right frame",2 +95431,"the death of a child",2 +38725,"the trio 's absorbing narrative",3 +187124,"Saving Ryan 's Privates",3 +139212,"warm and fuzzy",3 +153590,"and spoon feeding",2 +85287,"its initial promise",3 +205641,"make a big splash",3 +61200,"'s one thing to read about",2 +206560,"mother and",2 +39056,"through the B . S . giving a big middle-fingered '' shut up '' to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another",0 +178961,"writer 's",2 +211216,"send it to its proper home",2 +133030,"sorrowful lows",1 +212228,"sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait",2 +232791,"is that rather than dramatizing this premise , Mr. Desplechin is content to state it .",2 +96785,"the strength and sense",2 +195009,"bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story",0 +158643,"expanded and worked",3 +207181,"not anyone else",2 +129045,"of the irresponsible Sandlerian",2 +51296,"epic cinema",4 +220613,"'m sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .",1 +150383,"To be oblivious to the existence of this film",1 +53595,"is quieter",2 +137076,"this too-long , spoofy update of Shakespeare 's Macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention .",1 +214047,"the Halloween 's",2 +188246,"The fourth in a series that I 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! --",3 +80691,"front-loaded",2 +46686,"Sarandon ,",2 +110412,"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a Mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began .",3 +175256,"thin characterizations",2 +119373,"eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it",3 +1400,"is so de palma . if you love him , you 'll like it . if you do n't",2 +200425,"happens when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares",1 +82884,"in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated",2 +201445,"humor and eye-popping",4 +223850,"I suspect that you 'll be as bored watching Morvern Callar as the characters are in it .",1 +73582,"ambitious movie",3 +73182,"acute writing and a host of splendid performances",4 +34273,"made before , like Beau Travil and Nenette et Boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre",1 +25981,"Like a south-of-the-border",2 +32744,"if the picture also shares the weaknesses of both genres , more",1 +2830,"they probably thought were funniest",3 +196808,"deserve a passing grade",3 +194126,"be far more interesting to the Soderbergh faithful",2 +71703,"a frothy piece",2 +136466,"the two main characters",2 +100858,"works smoothly under the direction of Spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely",4 +185593,"Kennedy 's",2 +47943,"a degree of affection",2 +88112,"obviousness",2 +71504,"a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful",2 +30479,"creates an emotionally rich , poetically plump and visually fulsome , but never showy , film whose bittersweet themes are reinforced and brilliantly personified by Michel Piccoli",4 +51150,"emotionally and",2 +134492,"that noble , trembling incoherence",3 +131540,"riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it",0 +67106,"Lagaan",3 +220702,"'s a lousy one at that .",1 +146748,"It takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but Ghost Ship somehow manages to do exactly that",0 +131030,"rather unique approach",3 +178932,"would work much better as a one-hour TV documentary",2 +20939,"inhabited",2 +224614,"Lightweight",1 +148871,"Sticky sweet sentimentality , clumsy plotting",2 +189330,"Um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot",2 +202920,"is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts",1 +215382,"the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely",1 +45602,"If ( Jaglom 's )",2 +115640,"bearded lady and",2 +32732,"if it 's nonsense",2 +120749,"from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema",2 +223435,"From the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` Besotted '' is misbegotten",0 +227444,"`` Bladerunner ''",2 +237474,"think , zzzzzzzzz",0 +84348,"is less about a superficial midlife crisis",1 +43,"'s like a poem",3 +107781,"Missteps",2 +183409,"Did no one on the set",2 +135876,"the next wave",2 +77452,"could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape : and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations",2 +152343,"a reason to care about them",2 +210277,"redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by Bryan Adams , the world 's most generic rock star",1 +82248,"his element",2 +219708,"with both hats",2 +126557,"made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch",2 +145455,"Forced , familiar and",1 +82153,"hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old",3 +211700,"sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead",1 +227654,"`` ca n't handle the truth '' than High Crimes",2 +229371,"better at fingering problems than finding solutions",1 +177553,"waiting for DVD",2 +143431,"A well-acted movie that simply does n't gel .",2 +182273,"Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships .",0 +194305,"becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors",1 +15473,"constructed",2 +4645,"an episode",2 +179028,"yesterday 's weather report",2 +227887,"a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` Twilight Zone '' episode",3 +177816,"wearing a kilt and",2 +148639,"Sleepers",2 +42008,"giving them",2 +14758,"a landmark role",4 +64490,"Brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression",3 +11410,"the film sometimes flags ... but there is enough secondary action to keep things moving along at a brisk , amusing pace",3 +87851,"new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out",2 +158391,"especially when",2 +80118,"flick formula",2 +216939,"to college education",2 +190094,"a Mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that",1 +157910,"downright despicable",0 +91353,"refreshed and hopeful",3 +50927,"do n't want to use your brain",1 +231710,"hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter",4 +71869,"a larger-than-life figure ,",3 +130319,"pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative",3 +215974,"the zest",2 +1919,"of the difficulties",2 +148273,"Resnick",2 +53906,"its complexity . Nothing",1 +164047,"its highfalutin title",2 +115122,"assistir a este filme também",2 +182648,"Attack of the Clones",2 +121565,"half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",1 +175730,"thuggery",2 +82995,"in low-key style",2 +101188,"you want",2 +43627,", it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .",3 +54896,"most thoughtful",3 +28178,"airtime alongside the farm report",2 +12059,"the-loose banter",2 +123986,"is delicately",3 +97815,"to Break Your Heart",2 +186923,"Revenge : Ultimate Edition",2 +178327,"wild card",2 +143191,"A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither",1 +211836,"smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .",1 +85943,"let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and",2 +62691,"1992",2 +166720,"new standards for thrills , suspense ,",3 +141375,"'s inoffensive",3 +41423,"a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives",3 +125682,"labored and unfunny",1 +91496,"rendered love story",2 +100172,"whose lives",2 +9710,"piece of unwatchable drivel",0 +31753,"for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier",2 +17955,"vertiginous",2 +93250,"spans time and",2 +61202,"'s packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",3 +27912,"a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence",2 +143620,"All the Queen 's Men is finally just one long drag .",1 +44006,"A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",3 +3664,"a cockamamie tone poem pitched precipitously between swoony lyricism and violent catastrophe ... the most aggressively nerve-wracking and screamingly neurotic romantic comedy in cinema history",1 +109206,"Stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of Ghost and Close Encounters of the Third Kind",2 +151909,"a joke about Hawn 's breasts ,",2 +196992,"directed by Charles Stone III ... from a leaden script",2 +187888,"The Time",2 +218174,"unflattering comparisons",1 +165116,"little too much heart",2 +165524,"make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking",1 +98233,"to present an unflinching look at one man 's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness",3 +231415,"has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate Manhattan denizens -- especially the a \*\* holes",3 +138987,"very goofy museum exhibit",3 +145597,"Glover really does n't fit the part",1 +130878,"qualify as a spoof of such",2 +160285,"got a headache watching this meaningless downer .",0 +238596,"what is essentially an extended soap opera",1 +113828,"among Wiseman 's warmest",2 +52503,"have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama",4 +47756,"Zone '' episode",3 +103349,"8 Crazy Nights comes close to hitting a comedic or satirical target",3 +50039,"captivating new film .",4 +86297,"looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic",1 +80217,"for a lot of baby boomers",2 +17059,"reap them",2 +184793,"If The Full Monty was a freshman fluke , Lucky Break is ( Cattaneo ) sophomore slump .",1 +42498,"purest and , yes ,",3 +94197,"talk to and about others outside the group",2 +36789,"self-dramatizing",2 +186082,"Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid",1 +186165,"More successful",3 +166860,"no real conflict , no real point",1 +183695,"Ensemble movies , like soap operas ,",2 +8754,"melodramatic",2 +16180,"interstitial",2 +34998,"not stereotyped",3 +98181,"to love The Piano Teacher",3 +52336,"half-sleep",2 +129808,"outlet",2 +218380,"utter loss",1 +18420,", if it only had a brain",0 +7038,"have poignancy",2 +133280,"sterling ensemble cast",4 +88445,"of being a bumbling American in Europe",2 +158092,"earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer",4 +44018,"A compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one",3 +31790,"for the adults",2 +152410,"a series of brutal set pieces",1 +53321,"is a real treat .",3 +217512,"to watch Robert DeNiro belt out '' When you 're a Jet",2 +188881,"There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film .",2 +37931,"the American ` hosts '",2 +193375,"as a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",1 +30399,"convert",2 +106381,"I 'm happy to have seen it -- not as an alternate version , but as the ultimate exercise in viewing deleted scenes .",2 +581,"before long",2 +100216,"wild comedy",3 +106046,"Graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies .",3 +40153,"wise",3 +142119,", children deserve better than Pokemon 4Ever .",1 +217891,"trying something new",2 +38894,"they found them and become self-made celebrity athletes",3 +76,", in their own idiosyncratic way ,",2 +54587,"male hooker",1 +178355,"will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll",1 +41349,"Thoughtful ,",3 +109597,"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism ,",3 +154600,"banal , cliched",1 +202900,"is even worse than I imagined a movie ever could be .",0 +183956,"Fluffy neo-noir",1 +117377,"complicated hero",2 +183326,"Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation",1 +42868,"the wallpaper of his chosen reality .",2 +160373,"groan-inducing",1 +66550,"It 's definitely an improvement on the first Blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .",3 +24615,"An endlessly fascinating , landmark movie",4 +215607,"the sick sense",1 +68643,"Scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .",3 +171431,"so it 's no surprise to see a world-class filmmaker like Zhang Yimou behind the camera for a yarn that 's ultimately rather inconsequential",2 +112538,"a product of its cinematic predecessors so much",2 +96103,"the massive waves",2 +53757,"it 's propelled by the acting",3 +174526,"the picture fails to generate much suspense",1 +5032,"be diverting",2 +58999,"this intricately structured and well-realized drama",3 +61256,"'s smooth and professional",3 +122241,"hilarious writer-director himself",4 +52634,"his first attempt at film noir",2 +87674,"my seat",2 +20337,"dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what 's possible and what we might do to make it so",3 +165361,"low-tech magic realism and , at times ,",1 +139929,"will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors",3 +13474,"'s so clever you want to hate it",3 +214841,"the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music",1 +128918,"of spiritual faith",2 +167885,"of ugliest movie of the year",0 +187262,"Shining",3 +189589,"What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting , macabre sets , and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else",2 +160883,"have n't seen such hilarity since Say It Is n't So !",4 +122464,"holds the screen like a true star .",3 +30292,"compassion",2 +34464,"mentality",2 +219243,"which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",1 +84487,"is not nearly as dreadful as expected . In fact , it 's quite fun in places .",3 +45613,"If the first Men in Black was money , the second is small change . But it still jingles in the pocket . It 's fun lite .",2 +21354,"most striking",4 +61860,", derivative , wildly gruesome",2 +234336,"of `` Panic Room ''",2 +81669,"has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture",3 +177654,"was god awful",0 +122521,"hospitals , courts and welfare centers",3 +95825,"the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses",3 +122480,"hollowness",1 +212768,"stymied by accents thick as mud .",1 +47599,"What saves this deeply affecting film from being merely",2 +90638,"pressed through Kafka 's meat grinder and into Buñuel 's casings",1 +152796,"about this English trifle",1 +101703,"'s icky",1 +49650,"being better than he is in this performance",3 +185023,"It 's a long way from Orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium",1 +140226,"with something different",2 +13441,"'s a metaphor for this love story",3 +168041,"on a deeper level",2 +192185,"all portent and",2 +42780,"that many more",2 +104695,"Benigni",2 +115239,"attempt to get at something",2 +211908,"so bland",1 +141722,"'ve been a far better title",2 +7889,"it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies",3 +52303,"grown-up fish lovers",2 +63172,"A mesmerizing cinematic poem",4 +156127,"certainly was n't feeling any of it",1 +104745,"Bill Morrison 's",2 +22963,"'' Take Care of My Cat ''",2 +188290,"The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb : their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own",2 +190189,"a black comedy ,",3 +156191,"charmless nonsense ensues",1 +33747,"its brethren",2 +218779,"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 ( and no one )",0 +3920,"a little too familiar",1 +97180,"thematic heft",2 +203900,"it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list",1 +45953,"Kirsten Dunst 's",2 +67882,"Not all of the stories work and the ones that do",1 +141250,"'s bad screenwriting",1 +198623,"fearing",2 +191355,"a smoother , more focused",3 +115528,"be liked sometimes",3 +108366,"Peter Jackson",2 +183530,"Does anyone much think the central story of Brendan Behan is that he was a bisexual sweetheart before he took to drink",2 +92945,"so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue",2 +70721,"We want the funk -",2 +89998,"packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history",4 +144080,"Beck 's",2 +12794,"vim",2 +88526,"of discovery and humor between Chaplin and Kidman",2 +83912,"is a tribute to Shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",4 +236362,"that 's been given the drive of a narrative and",3 +55835,"or corny conventions",2 +76961,"comes along only occasionally",3 +209444,"plotted and scripted",2 +30601,"de entretenimiento puro y sin complejos",1 +101121,"you feel sad",2 +127822,"need a good laugh",3 +130212,"pick up a book on the subject",2 +79686,"farts ,",2 +77946,"delivers .",3 +136835,"think about after the final frame",2 +114817,"as a joint promotion for the National Basketball Association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy Lil ' Bow Wow",1 +69757,"The movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original",3 +96202,"the most unexpected way",2 +187902,"The Wife",2 +170169,"roll over",2 +59530,"trenchant ,",2 +140075,"with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy",3 +95803,"the genre is well established",2 +112043,"a good time with this one too",3 +191050,"a not-so-bright mother and daughter",1 +15307,"bust your gut",3 +237089,"the movie work --",2 +116182,"break your heart many times over",2 +157330,"desperate miscalculation",1 +145907,"However it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs , young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .",1 +13382,"young romantics",4 +142126,", comedy-deficient , B-movie",0 +159544,"force the movie",2 +49188,"are raw and will strike a nerve with anyone who 's ever had family trauma .",1 +170373,"save the script , rooted in a novel by Joseph Finder ,",2 +158945,"feels flimsy and ephemeral .",1 +187048,"SAT",2 +86086,"like that Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them",2 +190225,"a brief 42 minutes",2 +182573,"As David Letterman and The Onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but",2 +86690,"making a movie",2 +135139,"the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us",2 +190204,"a body double",2 +125284,"its larger themes",2 +168213,"one long tourist spot for a Mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter 's imagination",2 +23632,", for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids",4 +138288,"travesty",1 +194900,"bound and determined",2 +48292,"a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin",3 +232235,"is NOT a retread of `` Dead Poets ' Society . ''",2 +36827,"serious sense",3 +203690,"is what comes from taking John Carpenter 's Ghosts of Mars and eliminating the beheadings . In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year",0 +235457,"say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets .",2 +55692,"often intense character study",3 +181446,"8-10",2 +92805,"slight and",2 +9087,"no sugar-coating or",2 +53325,"is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .",3 +220897,"'s neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be",1 +49677,"best animated",3 +234326,"of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks ''",2 +147896,"Once ( Kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .",1 +87753,"need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences",2 +2842,"this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times -",0 +142159,", ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between .",1 +97447,"this is the movie for you",3 +97460,"this marvelous film",3 +148266,"Regis",2 +140763,"you have n't been",2 +223884,"I.Q.",2 +104959,"Caddyshack",3 +126217,"little doubt that Kidman has become one of our best actors",4 +219334,"who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance",1 +202587,"is a lame kiddie flick",1 +185076,"It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs . made Eddie Murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . But",3 +208230,"of visual and verbal clichés",1 +113174,"about mental illness",2 +161645,"illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash",2 +7620,"introduced",2 +237333,"the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original",3 +53190,"into the dark places of our national psyche",2 +231580,"have much else ... especially in a moral sense",2 +68596,"Satin Rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .",3 +139475,"well-characterized",3 +166002,"mirror every subsequent event in Chinese history : war , revolution , Communism , etc",2 +129043,"of the industry",2 +136812,"they thought they 'd earn",2 +17304,"sports movie",2 +141538,"'s played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up .",1 +149081,"The Clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme",2 +235975,"spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications",3 +223110,"Depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .",0 +189234,"Too clumsy in key moments",1 +39906,"weaknesses",1 +20682,"grasped its essence , composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor , or an absurdist workplace sitcom",3 +14704,"a connoisseur",2 +227598,"`` Spy Kids '' sequel opening",2 +1898,"of fire",2 +147155,"Lifetime cable television network",2 +142672,", you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .",0 +196352,"covered",2 +173576,"the brainless insanity",1 +188558,"The premise of '' Abandon '' holds promise , ...",3 +5424,"can take the grandkids or the grandparents and",3 +198149,"ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired",1 +194943,"breathless movie",3 +18032,"which the bursts of sudden violence are all the more startling for the slow buildup that has preceded them",3 +177732,"watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos",2 +159169,"finest chef",3 +144770,"Denis O'Neill 's script avoids the prime sports cliche , a last-second goal to win the championship ,",2 +84992,"it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster",3 +161748,"in Frida 's life",2 +141892,"( subjects )",2 +226750,"Time Is It There",2 +75873,"boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse",3 +180773,", ivans xtc . is a mess .",1 +81143,"glib but bouncy",3 +168457,"outrageous elan",2 +29934,"by offering",2 +72432,"a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture",4 +18592,"A tender and touching drama , based on the true story of a troubled African-American 's quest to come to terms with his origins ,",4 +227405,"`` 13 Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .",4 +90789,"proves itself a more streamlined",3 +178480,"with a Saturday Night Live spoof of Dog Day Afternoon",2 +114738,"arrest 15 years after their crime",2 +93418,"stand to hear",2 +217457,"to the movie 's rude and crude humor",1 +136811,"they spend years trying to comprehend it",1 +206697,"much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc . -- to do the subject matter justice",1 +238684,"who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting",3 +219044,"were actually surprising ? When the violence actually shocked ? When the heroes were actually under 40",1 +43424,"( Reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair",3 +226411,"The performances are all solid :",3 +182069,"A tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with",0 +238564,"were , what `` they '' looked like",2 +222123,"A well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .",4 +110385,"There may have been a good film in '' Trouble Every Day , '' but it is not what is on the screen .",1 +229692,"can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed",0 +152958,"admirable ambition",4 +169114,"possible .",2 +66653,"It 's something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas .",4 +116371,"by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music",3 +150685,"Waking Up",2 +59269,"to incorporate both the horror",2 +31701,"flip and terribly hip bit",2 +231007,"from TV shows , but Hey Arnold",2 +94371,"than a more measured or polished production ever could",3 +97612,"though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more",3 +183597,"Each scene immediately succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth",0 +110136,"The result might look like Vulgar .",2 +181523,"A banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy",0 +93614,"strikes a very resonant chord",4 +27748,"a probe into the life of a complex man",2 +1101,"gorefest",2 +118650,"down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito",1 +146189,"If it 's another regurgitated action movie you 're after",0 +40911,"Frailty is n't as gory or explicit . But",2 +131440,"restore",3 +7081,"heavy-handed",1 +29131,"as Frida and ... a star-making project",3 +114461,"anyone who is not a character in this movie should care",2 +214362,"the couples",2 +106907,"It 's never laugh-out-loud funny ,",1 +228384,"advancing this vision",3 +234895,"paved with good intentions leads to the video store",1 +156820,"convincing about The Quiet American",2 +155108,"belongs in something lighter and sunnier",2 +48363,"a seriously intended movie",3 +202566,"is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny",1 +173286,"that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze",1 +233481,"little different",2 +234542,"of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh",3 +57037,"skillfully through the plot 's hot brine -- until it 's undone by the sogginess of its contemporary characters , and actors",1 +87906,"no lika da accents so good",1 +69874,"The riveting performances",3 +106896,"It 's like an old Warner Bros . costumer jived with sex --",2 +46765,"Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained '' big moment '' will occur and not '' if . ''",2 +52242,"grasp and feel the passion others have for their work",3 +17537,"the fare is fair , even coming from the drive-thru .",2 +162862,"is dull",0 +13373,"you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",0 +92520,"shockwaves",2 +218157,"undoing",2 +63000,"A film of epic scale",4 +219835,"with the mayhem in Formula 51",2 +23932,", this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do .",3 +214069,"the Reginald Hudlin comedy",2 +158791,"falls flat .",1 +11105,"that much different from many a hollywood romance .",2 +83652,"invitingly upbeat",3 +221685,", witty , improbable romantic comedy",3 +171558,"some awful acting",0 +119755,"fantastic moments and scenes",4 +55077,"no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun",4 +28226,"allying you with its characters ' choices , good and ill , that its shortcomings are remembered only as an afterthought",3 +198369,"exploiting it yourself",1 +165878,"metal",2 +50041,"captivatingly quirky hybrid",3 +31181,"enveloping the viewer in a literal and spiritual torpor that is anything but cathartic",3 +126852,"mateys",2 +47920,"a dangerously seductive performance",3 +20104,"before he continues his longer journey still ahead",2 +152057,"a minute .",2 +184060,"Friday the 13th by way of Clean and Sober",2 +135148,"the emotional evolution",2 +51391,"exceeding expectations",4 +36400,"recognize even without the Elizabethan prose , the play behind the thing",3 +13314,"wry white",2 +47295,"The weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .",3 +102094,"( H ) ad I suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang",2 +89869,"outlandishness",2 +90636,"press",2 +197638,"dwindles",1 +108699,"Runteldat",2 +40820,"Clever ,",3 +156838,"corkscrew",2 +106246,"Hitchcockian suspense",3 +118743,"drowsy",1 +109820,"The film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of America 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get",1 +62220,", smiling madmen",2 +188298,"The kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else :",1 +154883,"because of its bad-luck timing",1 +220090,"would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality",2 +48750,"all about the image",2 +117678,"create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .",3 +186129,"Miike ... a cult hero .",3 +85667,"killed a president because it made him feel powerful",2 +164504,"labeling it a dog",1 +41418,"a big middle-fingered ''",2 +180895,", remote , emotionally distant piece",1 +29714,"bounties",2 +184767,"Ice Cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but",2 +119465,"excellent cast",4 +98519,"too scary",2 +107989,"Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .",1 +223346,"Featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great Daniel Auteuil",4 +58438,"the last 15 years",2 +222006,"A fun ride .",3 +80393,"for this long",2 +212060,"solemn insights",3 +23967,", viciously honest coming-of-age films",3 +135629,"the latest Schwarzenegger or Stallone",2 +20264,"comedy .",2 +200540,"has ever produced .",2 +19330,"The scope of the Silberstein family",2 +171774,"spectacular whiff",3 +226871,"Unfortunately , that 's precisely what Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does .",1 +2829,"they probably",2 +218405,"value or merit",3 +216434,"this movie for ? Not kids",2 +184164,"Give Shapiro , Goldman , and Bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour",1 +142015,", MacDowell is a placeholder for grief",2 +219686,"with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame",1 +48180,"a man and",2 +104077,"Adam Sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but",2 +69012,"Stock",2 +113442,"adversity",2 +19745,"an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events",2 +106579,"If The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness , it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .",3 +207830,"of its titular community",2 +70376,"Thought-provoking and",3 +65275,"Eisenstein 's life",2 +157659,"do n't mind having my heartstrings pulled , but do n't treat me like a fool",1 +51036,"driven",2 +148704,"Solaris . With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting",1 +152444,"a single iota",2 +123550,"into a protracted",2 +187458,"Sommers 's",2 +189297,"Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but",2 +56255,"prurient",2 +80721,"full of cheesy dialogue",0 +175824,"to Phantom Menace for comfort",2 +78914,"emotionally and spiritually compelling",4 +165872,"messing-about",2 +182248,"All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .",1 +210825,"saw the grosses",2 +213760,"that makes you appreciate original romantic comedies like Punch-Drunk Love",2 +222325,"An uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , The Grey Zone",0 +221741,"-- but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while .",4 +49221,"around us every day",2 +61091,"'s impossible to shake .",1 +227420,"`` B +",3 +144768,"Denis O'Neill 's script",2 +195022,"burning , blasting , stabbing , and",2 +93469,"stay in touch with your own skin",3 +69729,"The movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing .",3 +210989,"see how many times they can work the words '' radical '' or '' suck",1 +99254,"usual impossible",2 +114473,"apart is Debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",2 +175442,"this is the resurrection of the Halloween franchise",3 +20064,"bargain",2 +25454,"Greengrass has delivered an undoubted stylistic tour-de-force , and has managed elements such as sound and cinematography with skill",4 +54643,"massive",2 +207306,"nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team through",1 +185084,"It 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind",2 +212937,"supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter",1 +41922,"fiction for grown-ups ,",3 +237711,"to a reductionist view of their Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent slacker",1 +26901,"The second coming",3 +179768,"'s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress .",1 +80211,"for a few minutes here and there",2 +116581,"can do no wrong with Jason X",4 +7792,"is strictly a lightweight escapist film",1 +133330,"stoner midnight flick",2 +95054,"the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie",2 +193223,"are too",2 +152605,"a time period",2 +125070,"it plays like a reading from Bartlett 's Familiar Quotations",2 +122170,"her share",2 +215635,"the smallest sensitivities",2 +88842,"of quiet power",3 +37681,"test boundaries",2 +113494,"afterlife communications",2 +40567,"'s hard not to be seduced by ( Witherspoon 's ) charisma , even",3 +102440,", by-the-numbers romantic comedy",2 +35498,"of the stories",2 +121588,"handles the nuclear crisis sequences",2 +159826,"fun like the Vincent Price horror classics of the '60s . At its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects",1 +19044,"Korean political-action film",2 +60791,"'s a big , comforting jar of Marmite",2 +115971,"bien fundadas",2 +163844,"it is never melodic",1 +49934,"by Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl",2 +159931,"generational bonding",2 +75863,"both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake",2 +36102,"post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation",4 +70139,"There is greatness here .",4 +21930,"sensual",3 +161285,"his mug",2 +34067,"lighthearted",3 +117187,"come full circle",2 +122754,"if you stick with it",2 +124992,"it has you study them",2 +147270,"Lovingly choreographed bloodshed taking place in a pristine movie neverland , basically .",3 +469,"as a remake , it",2 +102425,", but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco",2 +8101,"its parade",2 +23712,", it 's still a worthy addition to the growing canon of post-Saving Private Ryan tributes to the greatest generation .",3 +176443,"to take hold",2 +143291,"A reasonably efficient mechanism",3 +13065,"who you are",2 +93930,"surprisingly charming and",3 +189816,"Wobbly",1 +24803,"Beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .",4 +53994,"its straight-ahead approach",3 +30169,"cinema 's finest",4 +36077,"popular and powerful in this high-tech age , speaking its truths with spellbinding imagery and the entrancing music of Philip Glass",3 +169198,"preferred a transfer down the hall to Mr . Holland 's class for the music , or to Robin Williams 's lecture so I could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve",2 +232592,"is n't really about anything",2 +220931,"'s not too fast and not too slow .",3 +84185,"is extraordinary .",4 +36899,"shed",2 +41843,"emotionally rich ,",3 +181123,", while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces ,",2 +142943,"93-minute",2 +234182,"not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original",1 +85317,"its namesake proud",4 +195334,"camera movements",3 +163624,"it 's also generic , untidy , condescending and mild of impact rather than stunning",0 +86323,"loss , discontent , and yearning",2 +129195,"of true inspiration",4 +200489,"has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust )",2 +35207,"of cultural artifacts inside St . Petersburg",2 +238842,"with Sade 's ideas than with his actions",2 +38246,"the first movie",3 +29270,"at Oscar time",3 +130587,"pretends to be something",2 +151478,"a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it",1 +43152,"'s a daring if overlong examination of an idolized culture , self-loathing and sexual politics .",2 +161456,"hovers",2 +220508,"'' is owned by its costars , Spader and Gyllenhaal .",3 +128311,"of Disguise",2 +4877,"as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness .",2 +66361,"In his debut as a director , Washington has a sure hand . His work with actors is particularly impressive .",3 +228013,"a minute",2 +131190,"reduced mainly",2 +29380,"band 's",2 +124165,"is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .",3 +112453,"a paper skeleton",2 +207262,"nothing quite so",2 +99001,"uneasy bonds",1 +143898,"As befits its title , this PG-13-rated piffle is ultimately as threatening as the Snuggle Fabric Softener bear .",2 +195266,"ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .",1 +6378,"failing",1 +189736,"Will anyone who is n't a Fangoria subscriber be excited that it has n't gone straight to video ?",1 +101978,"'s understanding of the expressive power of the camera .",4 +168805,"performs neither one",2 +157776,"does n't make the cut",1 +192146,"all day",2 +54861,"most Westerners",2 +70915,"While there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp",2 +238637,"when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain",3 +155838,"ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery\/thriller , a romance or a comedy",2 +108096,"Oedekerk mugs mercilessly",2 +224159,"It 's an effort to watch this movie , but it eventually pays off and is effective if you stick with it",3 +26328,"Pan",2 +215555,"the scenic appeal",2 +162847,"is courageous , even if the result is wildly uneven",3 +21351,"most peculiar",2 +35170,"of artistry",2 +128267,"of '' Intacto 's '' dangerous and seductively stylish game",3 +219832,"with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves",4 +69417,"The case",2 +175881,"to as much",2 +115631,"beachcombing",2 +19292,"The Transporter",2 +198238,"exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",1 +123625,"intriguing , provocative stuff",3 +69263,"The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood .",3 +116928,"cheesier to cheesiest",1 +174868,"the taste",2 +4678,"an overflowing septic",1 +236047,"step further",2 +111193,"With a tone as variable as the cinematography , Schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .",1 +171609,"some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license Avary employs",2 +67675,"Mr . Polanski is in his element here",3 +117004,"civilized",2 +204823,"leaving these actors , as well as the members of the commune",2 +153858,"are just not extreme enough",2 +168550,"overproduced as it was in her music",1 +69839,"The power of Shanghai Ghetto",3 +176498,"to the point of evaporation",2 +99255,"usual impossible stunts",2 +227856,"a decent sense of humor and plenty",4 +155884,"caliber",3 +12779,"veterans",3 +47233,"The real charm of this trifle",2 +239079,"yet compelling",3 +181647,"A fake street drama",1 +6632,"forced to choose between his beautiful , self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful , self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",2 +25483,"Harsh , effective documentary on life in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories .",3 +29139,"as Vincent Crummles , the eccentric theater company manager",2 +54321,"logic ,",2 +19031,"Just what",1 +63363,"A shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown .",4 +78836,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status",3 +147752,"Normally , Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me",2 +33763,"its director",2 +126025,"like My Big Fat Greek Wedding",2 +12666,"unforgettably",2 +120236,"flawed humanity",3 +78934,"emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",2 +189501,"Weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and",1 +235167,"racist humour",1 +7377,"immense",3 +151891,"a hokey piece",1 +23693,", intelligent entertainment",3 +58074,"the best sports movie",4 +231862,"idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor Stephen Rea",0 +6227,"entertaining enough",2 +222752,"But if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie .",0 +162681,"is a tired one ,",1 +226405,"The otherwise good-naturedness of Mr. Deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less - than-likely New York celebrities ...",2 +146764,"It will come as no surprise that the movie is n't scary . But here 's the real damn",0 +107734,"Michael Caton-Jones",2 +119221,"enveloped",2 +39229,"to like much more than I actually did . Sometimes",2 +158088,"earnest and well-meaning ,",3 +86541,"make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson",1 +213813,"that really scores",3 +21073,"is undeniable , if not a pleasure in its own right",3 +145549,"Georgian Jews in Tel Aviv",2 +158811,"falters , however",1 +123552,"into a really funny movie",3 +221952,"A case in point : Doug Pray 's Scratch .",2 +1078,"gives us",2 +76521,"caught",2 +177040,"ugliest movie",1 +190237,"a bunch of Allied soldiers",2 +179147,"you look",2 +26944,"There ?",2 +82814,"in Jessica",2 +135004,"the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably",2 +119793,"fascinating byways",2 +2596,"the film 's",2 +234625,"offer an advance screening",2 +185112,"It 's hard to believe that a relationship like Holly and Marina 's could survive the hothouse emotions of teendom",3 +92845,"slow down , shake off your tensions",2 +43728,", the second is small change . But it still jingles in the pocket .",2 +199132,"for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close",2 +40566,"'s hard",2 +210857,"scant place for the viewer",1 +147056,"Lacking substance and soul",1 +207602,"of an animated holiday movie",2 +4508,"all those famous",2 +67910,"Not since Ghostbusters",2 +3765,"a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip",2 +128866,"of real magic",2 +108305,"Pasach",2 +238827,"wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story",2 +151768,"a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging",0 +17134,"s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture",2 +218122,"underdramatized",1 +157762,"does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about",1 +224657,"Lord as a luv-spreading Dr. Feelgood or omnipotent",2 +129313,"often heartbreaking testimony",2 +10892,"swimming is above all about a young woman 's face ,",2 +175225,"they already are",2 +139850,"wide-awake",2 +188494,"The only reason you should see this movie is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow .",1 +214554,"the fast-forward technology",2 +167713,"of stale candy , something from a Halloween that died",1 +83512,"intersect with them",2 +232649,"is not even half the interest .",1 +25221,"Empire",2 +96044,"the lively intelligence of the artists",3 +87606,"much of the director 's previous popcorn work",2 +139291,"watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain",3 +144214,"Boris von Sychowski",2 +219544,"will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey",2 +196543,"cuteness , Amy 's career success ( she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself ) , and",3 +82128,"her presence",2 +181917,"A profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .",0 +112154,"a huge set",2 +20141,"breezily apolitical",3 +212779,"subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other",1 +113164,"about its capacity",2 +128442,"of a good time for both children and parents",4 +47209,"The picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .",3 +107613,"Manages to delight without much of a story .",3 +216272,"things like '' si , pretty much '' and '' por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans . That 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of '' Dragonfly",0 +94841,"that really tells the tale",3 +6774,"getting",2 +223165,"Disturbing .",1 +178055,"when it tries to make us jump out of our seats",2 +139101,"vivid with color , music and life .",3 +189521,"Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it",2 +53128,"inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just",3 +118126,"designed strictly for children 's home video ,",1 +120925,"gaps",2 +27273,"World War II",3 +158035,"dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy",0 +201177,"his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role",2 +3352,"'s not merely unwatchable ,",0 +156952,"creaking",1 +151040,"Woods character",2 +179337,"'' wanted",2 +143688,"American Pie-type sex comedies",2 +136687,"their pants",2 +105533,"Drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism",3 +175747,"time Mr . Burns",2 +177394,"vaporize from your memory minutes",1 +116780,"cautions children",2 +34482,"might have been tighter",3 +210801,"saved if the director , Tom Dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of Midnight Run and 48 Hours ( and , for that matter , Shrek )",1 +239029,"would n't be my preferred way of spending 100 minutes or $ 7.00",0 +170935,"should be enjoying this",2 +220910,"'s no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater",3 +89947,"oversized picture book",2 +69147,"Tarantino",2 +169199,"preferred way",2 +184502,"House .",2 +223368,"Filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels .",4 +175944,"to be great",2 +2304,"slapping",2 +123023,"in its delivery",2 +35633,"on his broad , handsome shoulders",3 +20670,"good old fashion romance and someone",3 +234118,"no , we get another scene , and then another .",1 +133768,"switch bodies",2 +191961,"actually watching the movie",2 +33503,"is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran Bouquet and the chilling but quite human Berling",4 +190865,"a lot less time",2 +137211,"through rose-colored glasses",2 +86737,"manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",3 +47552,"Want",2 +204513,"keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart",1 +7432,"in its chicken heart",2 +100900,"worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn . Nothing overly original",3 +80763,"fun and funny in the middle , though",4 +22280,"the filmmaker his Dad was , but heck -- few filmmakers will .",1 +100637,"with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel",3 +114243,"and funny story",3 +17561,"the harsh existence of the Kurdish refugees of Iran 's borderlands",2 +189789,"With lines that feel like long soliloquies",1 +100463,"with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness",3 +232697,"is one that uses clips from Brian De Palma 's Scarface",2 +102188,"( the Funk Brothers )",2 +163466,"is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time",0 +145601,"God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life : his fictional Yvan 's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse",0 +14527,"This delicately observed",2 +232758,"is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art",1 +96447,"the preaching message",1 +164020,"its disgusting source material",0 +109444,"The Master",2 +216318,"third ending",2 +74318,"are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt",3 +163077,"is n't funny",1 +16350,"it meanders from its shocking start",2 +110255,"The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film",4 +87122,"milestones",2 +33268,"is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone",2 +167010,"not-quite",1 +90321,"place metaphor",2 +108588,"Reminiscent",3 +171780,"spending",2 +136226,"the second half of the movie really goes downhill",0 +79439,"exiled aristocracy",2 +37816,"that is a little closer to human nature than what Hollywood typically concocts",3 +59253,"to grown-up fish lovers",2 +131902,"see Del Toro has brought unexpected gravity to Blade II",3 +67200,"Less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990 .",2 +6072,"drags",1 +111752,"a dashing and resourceful hero : a lisping , reptilian villain",3 +127166,"mistaken identity farce",2 +131302,"remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make .",2 +237407,"there 's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater .",4 +67551,"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ,",4 +112773,"a stale , overused cocktail",1 +218702,"was , uh ,",2 +90403,"pleasure to watch",4 +207274,"noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise",2 +56398,"react",2 +118084,"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and",4 +52391,"has bucked the odds",3 +98368,"to the folks who prepare",2 +94764,"that like adventure",2 +57104,"so in control of both his medium and his message",4 +26118,"Mr . Allen",2 +200180,"graceless and",1 +104354,"An involving , inspirational drama that sometimes falls",3 +99921,"when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format",2 +84398,"is more fun than Conan the Barbarian",3 +119844,"featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore",2 +230537,"enjoy yourselves without feeling conned",3 +93054,"solidity",2 +28167,"aging hippies ( this one included )",1 +179558,"'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title",1 +160103,"given the right lines",2 +185856,"Long before it 's over",2 +208699,"only one movie 's worth of decent gags",2 +181471,": Does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .",1 +217389,"to sustain a laugh",3 +60075,"what works",2 +75712,"bits and pieces",2 +176082,"to do his or her own Hamlet . For Benigni it was n't Shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but Pinocchio . It might as well have been Problem Child IV",0 +157379,"devotes too much time",2 +63495,"A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation",4 +90026,"painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",3 +159194,"fists",2 +78937,"emptiness one",2 +65249,"Eddy",2 +195919,"come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm",2 +53616,"is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters",1 +74684,"as fascinating",3 +84763,"is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations",3 +55004,"national psyche",2 +88261,"of Rintarô 's Metropolis",2 +200728,"have a problem",2 +145874,"Home Journal",2 +159721,"from everyone",2 +71569,"a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann",2 +192198,"all the annals",1 +45579,"I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration , but I 've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe",3 +9949,"quickie",2 +239086,"you 'd spend on a ticket",2 +58280,"the fanatical excess",1 +46642,"Riviera spree",2 +104337,"An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short",1 +194188,"be remembered as one of ( Witherspoon 's ) better films",4 +31110,"enhance the film 's otherworldly quality , giving it a strange combo of you-are-there closeness with the disorienting unreality of the seemingly broken-down fourth wall of the movie screen .",3 +96472,"the prisoner ( and ultimately the victim ) of history",2 +132991,"sometimes it 's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are",1 +87304,"more outrageous bits",2 +127914,"nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride",3 +120294,"focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground",2 +118945,"electric pencil sharpener",2 +98786,"turned this into an Argentine retread of '' Iris ''",2 +128169,"nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them",1 +161590,"if stupid Americans will get a kick out of goofy Brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks",1 +61502,"( Westbrook )",2 +179057,"you 're a Hartley fan",2 +42043,"has clearly",2 +174420,"the odds against success",2 +58892,"their scripts",2 +205530,"lurches",2 +12671,"universal",2 +86144,"lioness",2 +206720,"murder is casual and fun",2 +19660,"accents",2 +159649,"free with emotions , and the fact",2 +12834,"want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again",1 +66866,"Jagger ,",2 +182153,"About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .",1 +136582,"the winning shot",2 +43296,"'s okay",2 +123725,"is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .",2 +140772,"you leave the theater",2 +52996,"in the form of collective action",2 +91414,"relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed",2 +64217,"Bad Lieutenant and",2 +198516,"family audiences",2 +31891,"from funny to shattering and featuring some of the year 's best acting",4 +134769,"the Third Kind",2 +903,"enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera",1 +179497,"'s a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest",2 +162524,"is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 \ \/ 11 , an antique , in the end . As are its star , its attitude and its obliviousness",1 +229596,"by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore",2 +82869,"in a state of quiet desperation",2 +9990,"rank",1 +136170,"the rolling",2 +154783,"be not much more than a shaggy human tale",1 +232552,"is more a case of ` Sacre bleu ! '",2 +155282,"black man",2 +185824,"Liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him",2 +14793,"a nice wintry look",3 +218218,"unlikable ,",1 +80240,"for any flaws that come later",2 +106537,"I wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` Slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but I laughed so much that I did n't mind",2 +123832,"is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in Derry .",2 +110206,"The things",2 +132087,"sense and sensibility",2 +129519,"one character",2 +41920,"fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy",3 +206526,"most of the characters .",2 +210767,"sane person",3 +22267,"the film 's open-ended finale",2 +48412,"a surprising",2 +79257,"even one minute",2 +27194,"What Time Is It There ? well worth the time",3 +23953,", too",2 +14506,"The movie 's ripe , enrapturing beauty will tempt those willing to probe its inscrutable mysteries .",3 +134610,"that to be human",2 +194933,"breaking glass",2 +126764,"manipulative and contrived",1 +11971,"the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins . but as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care",3 +206313,"monitor",2 +103448,"A brutal and funny work .",4 +181712,"A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set .",0 +43250,"'s fun lite",3 +213154,"takes to task",2 +189995,"` Sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it",1 +153321,"an amusing lark",2 +43431,"( T ) his beguiling Belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film",3 +194861,"both an asset and a detriment .",2 +236395,"that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them",2 +118990,"emotional buttons",1 +42674,"spirit and",2 +164513,"lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn",1 +112807,"a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence",3 +222383,"And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .",3 +4005,"a moviegoing audience dominated by young males",2 +174134,"the intricate connections and",2 +85123,"it seems intended to be",2 +46498,"Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair",3 +39889,"we expect from military epics",3 +90786,"proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .",4 +135412,"the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema",2 +14882,"about real people , that gives us a rare glimpse into a culture most of us do n't know .",4 +18101,"with earlier Disney efforts",2 +173353,"the Dead",2 +21171,"just happens to be her own worst enemy",1 +62041,", it is a great film .",4 +90353,"playful Iranian parable",3 +151146,"You see the movie",2 +23406,", and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb",2 +18699,"As a witness to several Greek-American weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none",3 +179130,"you grew up on the stalker flicks of the 1980",2 +18678,"Ana",2 +84550,"is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .",2 +18500,", which transcends ethnic boundaries",3 +17439,"that it 's hard to get back into the boys ' story",1 +10604,"some fancy",2 +107595,"Mais um momento inspirado de David Fincher .",2 +22802,"will impress even those viewers who have little patience for Euro-film pretension",3 +136233,"the self-esteem of employment and",2 +231448,"has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler",0 +34991,"not once , but three times in this animated sweet film",3 +108274,"Paid in Full is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of Goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks .",3 +82282,"his most personal work yet",4 +58099,"the center",2 +1487,"it sounds sick and twisted",1 +52915,"in control of both his medium and his message",3 +209467,"point-to-point driving directions",2 +220829,"'s hard to fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first .",2 +47622,"While its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite , the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .",3 +207467,"of Rollerball",2 +124316,"is nearly ready",2 +107134,"Jacobi",2 +92745,"sixties '",2 +44464,"An edgy thriller",4 +77143,"concentrates",2 +206675,"much momentum",2 +18956,"I whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone .",4 +23407,", and in spite of numerous minor flaws , Scorsese 's best in more than a decade .",4 +22061,"still pretty darned good",3 +88806,"of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor",1 +194234,"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact",1 +136969,"this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout",3 +120906,"gained notice",2 +69552,"The film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .",3 +119262,"erratic as its central character",2 +126335,"looking and",2 +207777,"of his work",2 +81977,"he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range",4 +57092,"snared in its own tangled plot",1 +217880,"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags",1 +3123,"where",2 +123151,"in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers",4 +234742,"one part romance novel",2 +52331,"had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny",1 +156498,"college students",2 +129800,"out scenes",2 +101048,"you 'll love this movie",4 +90067,"part of being a good documentarian",3 +53073,"influences",2 +116746,"cashing in",2 +135007,"the cheesiest",1 +192694,"and Boyz N",2 +11823,"the returning david s",2 +14476,"Tender",3 +20540,"few filmmakers",2 +161074,"held back from being something greater",1 +194849,"borrows heavily from Lynch , Jeunet , and von Trier while failing to find a spark of its own",1 +234586,"of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre",4 +118312,"dirty-joke book",2 +165593,"makes sense that he went back to school to check out the girls -- his film is a frat boy 's idea of a good time",2 +141370,"'s impossible to claim that it is '' Based on a True Story '' with a straight face .",1 +111877,"a fault , but",2 +153087,"all opportunities for Rock",2 +12423,"to span a 125-year divide",2 +92546,"shot on video tape instead of film",2 +176818,"treacherous",2 +117628,"cowering and begging at the feet",2 +43978,"A brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others .",2 +130746,"provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense IMAX screen",3 +220998,"'s the real damn : It is n't funny , either .",1 +44557,"Apesar",2 +122545,"how funny",2 +42577,"saucer-eyed , downy-cheeked moppets and",2 +196171,"continues to do interesting work",3 +194659,"bile , and irony",1 +101269,"your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul",2 +139457,"well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere .",4 +209379,"plays better",2 +73241,"adolescent boy",2 +132058,"self-consciously poetic",3 +127292,"more depressing than entertaining",0 +7389,"important to him",3 +7869,"it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma",0 +227217,"Woody Allen used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending .",1 +131722,"same old story",1 +84690,"is terrific as Rachel : her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation",4 +210214,"really see her Esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing",2 +233688,"makes sense ,",2 +65039,"Devos",1 +49234,"as Grant 's two best films",3 +193469,"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",1 +162933,"is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare",2 +170307,"salient",2 +21499,"of an ending",2 +89588,"one of France 's most inventive directors",4 +89604,"one of the best war movies ever made",4 +37244,"spontaneity",2 +171395,"so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite James Bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as The Usual Suspects",0 +23651,", greed , jealousy , sickness and love",2 +123586,"into the art film pantheon",3 +39992,"when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you",2 +14550,"Tim Allen",2 +217694,"torments and",1 +145301,"Fear Dot Com",2 +136070,"the procession",3 +14628,"Willams '",2 +214321,"the comedy equivalent",3 +193794,"at sea",2 +221332,", evocative",3 +106634,"If you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '",3 +108203,"One scene",3 +235481,"scenes all end in someone screaming .",1 +15264,"biography",2 +233654,"makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Spencer Tracy .",2 +178857,"would be called Beta Alpha Delta",2 +65784,"Gives an intriguing twist to the French coming-of-age genre",3 +229689,"can not engage .",1 +142750,". Saldanha",2 +87394,"most compelling performance",3 +64328,"Best Man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film",4 +50273,"comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .",2 +105201,"Consider",2 +4400,"adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel ''",2 +228759,"are a couple of things that elevate `` Glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of Duvall .",2 +7388,"important",2 +211533,"shout insults",2 +216546,"those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers .",2 +121359,"got all the familiar Bruckheimer elements",2 +131505,"reverie",3 +6733,"gator-bashing",1 +233083,"it provides a fresh view of an old type",3 +2643,"the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort",1 +98159,"to know your Ice-T 's from your Cool-J 's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned , something is rotten in the state of California",1 +209281,"pilot episode",3 +87572,"moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",3 +90743,"prone",2 +176570,"told by a lobotomized Woody Allen",1 +159732,"from music video show-off Higuchinsky",2 +75414,"become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",4 +124471,"is remembering",3 +44522,"An inventive , absorbing movie that 's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist .",4 +63813,"Amos",2 +161389,"holes and",2 +215381,"the point of real interest - -- audience sadism --",2 +72945,"about how Shanghai ( of all places )",2 +12237,"those without much interest in the elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics )",1 +35354,"of other writers ' work",2 +5690,"conclusion",2 +146002,"I ca n't quite recommend it -- it 's too patched together -- but I almost can",1 +15452,"common with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's earlier work",2 +213417,"than routine",2 +145159,"Even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with Trouble Every Day :",1 +196377,"crash-and-bash",1 +156552,"comedy genres",2 +89182,"of updating White 's dry wit to a new age",3 +69024,"Streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , '' Big Trouble ''",2 +196556,"cynic",2 +157326,"despairing milieu",1 +162463,"introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only",2 +66370,"In painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people",3 +146077,"I highly recommend Irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him",2 +26250,"Noyce 's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective .",3 +97718,"through the right eyes",2 +202705,"is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .",0 +126485,"ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic",2 +179468,"'re simply not funny performers",1 +32545,"his documentary To Be and to Have",2 +39621,"unfamiliar personas",1 +77775,"dealers",2 +56922,"shock",2 +222561,"Beautifully produced .",4 +127576,"movie screens",2 +199901,"gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .",1 +145867,"Hollywood tension",2 +155997,"can taste it",2 +126634,"make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place",2 +21686,"palatable as intended",2 +1145,"happy",4 +155504,"bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last James Bond movie",1 +39048,"through dishonesty , but because they genuinely believe it 's the only way to bring happiness to their loved ones",3 +4942,"at the prospect",2 +62547,"... Pray does n't have a passion for the material . He nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .",3 +18615,"About A Boy",2 +24084,"-- wisdom that comes with experience .",3 +132656,"smaller",2 +237428,"these girls",2 +47267,"The terrific and bewilderingly",3 +22505,"to forget .",2 +101506,"'s a glorified sitcom , and a long , unfunny one at that .",0 +99179,"upping",2 +137874,"to start a reaction",2 +191984,"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",2 +41656,"bold and",2 +135865,"the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . The images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",1 +31946,"full-on space battle",3 +190313,"a clever gimmick",3 +45785,"It has its faults",1 +24888,"Brilliant",3 +53784,"it belongs to Martin Scorsese",3 +25127,"Director Peter ) Jackson",2 +156741,"consists mostly",2 +210151,"real characters and",2 +238395,"wanted and quite",2 +106469,"I have a new favorite musical -- and I 'm not even a fan of the genre",3 +6532,"flat",1 +28524,"and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .",4 +43025,"with wry humor and genuine pathos ,",3 +203091,"is meaningless , vapid and devoid",0 +135366,"the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",3 +49368,"at Auschwitz",2 +78851,"eloquent memorial",3 +98738,"truth stranger",2 +5606,"clones",2 +39991,"when it 's approached with imagination and flair",3 +228218,"a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role",3 +685,"certainly",3 +221961,"A coming-of-age film",2 +51317,"escapist fun",3 +111475,"a David and Goliath story",2 +81784,"has taken",2 +151122,"You can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . Thumbs down",0 +7047,"have you",2 +194325,"bedeviled",2 +155665,"buy that this doting mother would shun her kids , travel to one of the most dangerous parts of the world , don fatigues and become G . I . Jane",2 +79199,"especially the pseudo-educational stuff",2 +178650,"with something like Bart Freundlich 's World Traveler",2 +34061,"life inside a one-room schoolhouse in northern France in his documentary To Be and to Have , easily one of the best films of the year",4 +89473,"on the edge of your seat",4 +128366,"of Pluto Nash '' is a big time stinker",0 +85497,"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs ,",4 +109961,"The more",2 +21727,"plot contrivances",1 +137520,"to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan",2 +32185,"great fun",4 +172374,"surveillance",2 +131262,"relentlessly depressing",0 +196110,"conflicting",1 +4384,"actual",2 +74040,"and movie life",3 +176217,"to just call it ABC Kiarostami . For AIDS and Africa are nothing more than part of the scenery",1 +39124,"to be a little different",2 +209207,"period story",2 +203136,"is muted",1 +104316,"An exhausting family drama about a porcelain empire and just as hard a flick as its subject",1 +30734,"desperately in a nasty sea",2 +176717,"torn away from the compelling historical tale",2 +105529,"Drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions",2 +137049,"this smart-aleck movie ...",2 +99547,"want to be .",2 +203703,"is without intent .",1 +205289,"long . Nevertheless",2 +39082,"time-honored",3 +135093,"the delivery",2 +230253,"discerning",2 +206836,"nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks",1 +77700,"daneses",2 +62765,"A Selection",2 +107482,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions",1 +143164,"A little too pat for its own good .",1 +23097,"'s as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works .",3 +57302,"stand in for true , lived experience",2 +195144,"by any means",2 +179924,"'s obvious ( Je-Gyu is ) trying for poetry",2 +77026,"commentary on Nachtwey",2 +52677,"his victims",1 +61415,"( D ) espite its familiar subject matter",2 +5421,"can still",2 +99946,"when various characters express their quirky inner selves",3 +61188,"'s now , more than ever ,",2 +208442,"on his admittedly broad shoulders",2 +38201,"the film 's credit",2 +19268,"Steven Soderbergh 's",2 +202914,"is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow .",1 +229161,"be called any kind of masterpiece",2 +62389,", unlike those in Moulin Rouge , are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",3 +179405,"'m left slightly disappointed that it did n't .",1 +113836,"amuse or entertain them",3 +218538,"viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .",1 +179094,"you are in dire need of a Diesel fix",2 +111490,"a Mexican soap opera",1 +19958,"are rewarded by brutal , committed performances from Huppert and Magimel",3 +6367,"fable",2 +223673,"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever .",0 +234117,"night diversion",2 +97473,"this movie leaves you cool",1 +11846,"the running time about 10 minutes",2 +157607,"distributors",2 +104702,"Berlin",3 +224312,"It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down .",1 +63179,"A minor film",2 +72683,"a touching reflection",3 +188544,"The plot is paper-thin",1 +216540,"those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way",1 +223598,"Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '' .",1 +3444,"( toback 's )",2 +8893,"motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards",0 +90933,"pushiness and",2 +59199,"to bring us Morvern 's soul",2 +161855,"in distress who resorts to desperate measures",2 +215023,"the megaplexes",2 +230011,"cover your particular area of interest",2 +136014,"the plot ,",2 +169965,"remember the picture by the time Christmas really rolls around",2 +19264,"Starts off with a bang , but then fizzles like a wet stick of dynamite at the very end .",1 +3524,"93",2 +81624,"has a no-frills docu-Dogma plainness ,",2 +166722,"new tricks",2 +219273,"which presumes that high school social groups are at war",2 +107480,"Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure ,",1 +42896,"thwart the world 's misery",2 +46103,"Martin Scorsese",2 +178897,"would have likely wound up a TNT Original .",2 +156451,"cobbled together",2 +171727,"sort out the mess in our heads",1 +157941,"dramatics",2 +102894,", the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''",2 +79791,"felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world",3 +112384,"a movie-movie",2 +11210,"the books",2 +43910,"1994 's surprise family",2 +55370,"of great charm , generosity and diplomacy",3 +154283,"as to rate two hours of our attention",2 +48662,"actions",2 +57759,"that came to define a generation",3 +94264,"teenage comedies",2 +64915,"Dani",2 +113455,"affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror",3 +176951,"turkey-on-rolls ,",1 +193346,"as a breakthrough",2 +4822,"artsy",3 +204745,"laughably predictable wail",2 +16608,"mostly little-known performers in key roles",1 +170597,"seems a half beat off",1 +237707,"to `` interesting ''",3 +21112,"it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that U . S .",3 +131431,"respectably muted",2 +160370,"grittiest",2 +155367,"bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world",2 +52895,"in a strange way nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book",2 +23848,", scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels",2 +72500,"a spy thriller like The Bourne Identity",2 +88014,"not necessarily for kids",2 +160119,"gives the quickly named Blossom , Bubbles and Buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays .",0 +201038,"her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her",3 +101641,"'s been sitting open too long",2 +5767,"could n't",1 +220175,"wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits",0 +139610,"when they first appear",2 +38284,"the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public",4 +73524,"also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness",3 +2513,"that keeps you guessing at almost every turn",3 +96245,"the nature of faith",2 +27212,"Whether Kiss is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten",1 +17252,"solid , if somewhat heavy-handed ,",3 +7289,"i mean",2 +234462,"of masterpiece",3 +142320,", it would have been called The Hills Have Antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .",2 +16850,"or exhilarate you",3 +55910,"pack",2 +61397,"'ve somehow",2 +103550,"A fascinating examination of the joyous , turbulent self-discovery",4 +189991,"` Silence of the Lambs '",2 +131467,"retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images",3 +133301,"still feels like a prison stretch .",2 +218909,"way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time",1 +236977,"the heroes of horror movies try to avoid",1 +138379,"truly come to care about the main characters and",2 +89607,"one of the finest films of the year .",4 +203425,"is so earnest , so overwrought and so wildly implausible",2 +186291,"Neeson",2 +20256,"closest",2 +121929,"have been so much more",2 +63851,"An effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work .",4 +105573,"Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness",1 +72985,"about the general absurdity of modern life",3 +28679,"and it still is .",2 +6710,"from two different worlds",2 +142125,", colorful characters",3 +85633,"keeping the film",2 +141484,"'s not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies",1 +14694,"a challenge and a punishment .",2 +233460,"like the dreaded King Brown snake",2 +38814,"their goals",2 +203766,"it 's just a kids ' flick .",1 +57553,"sweet and modest",3 +235552,"seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10ꯠ times",0 +169856,"redundancies",1 +85477,"jaw-droppingly",2 +144371,"Care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up",3 +118122,"designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it",1 +14536,"This is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary !",4 +167314,"of a recent movie that has worked this hard to achieve this little fun",1 +61242,"'s secondary to American Psycho but",2 +182523,"Anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity .",1 +17626,"the reasons we need stories so much",3 +108928,"Showtime eventually folds under its own thinness .",0 +62468,"-- and at times , All My Loved Ones more than flirts with kitsch --",2 +14107,"I was watching it",2 +154723,"be enjoying this",3 +16495,"lovable Siberian huskies",3 +105520,"Don King , Sonny Miller , and",2 +96912,"the trees",2 +25039,"Crazy Nights",2 +22703,"vivid , vibrant",4 +200137,"good-natured ensemble comedy",3 +179092,"you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every Wim Wenders film of the '70s",2 +211735,"sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film",1 +205100,"like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .",1 +6101,"due to",2 +140784,"you might to scrutinize the ethics of Kaufman 's approach",1 +202171,"incorporate them into his narrative",2 +40422,"you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed",3 +228390,"affected child acting to the dullest Irish pub scenes",0 +17982,"was made for : Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space",3 +21098,"it bangs a very cliched drum at times",1 +74822,"as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway .",3 +55936,"part thanks",2 +1061,"gender",2 +57271,"spiral",2 +168201,"one experiences Mr . Haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience",1 +229642,"can be accused of being a bit undisciplined",1 +219914,"wives",2 +148838,"Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash",3 +189298,"Twenty years later , Reggio still knows how to make a point with poetic imagery , but his ability to startle has been stifled by the very prevalence of the fast-forward technology that he so stringently takes to task",3 +145872,"Home Alone goes Hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even Steven Spielberg would know how to do",1 +67694,"Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble . But",2 +207384,"of Allied soldiers",2 +110975,"Wedge",2 +50391,"confirms her power",3 +215375,"the plot so bland that even as rogue CIA assassins working for Chris Cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for Damon/Bourne or his predicament",1 +9918,"push",2 +126106,"like its title character",2 +18079,"with Piesiewicz 's and Kieslowski 's",2 +209595,"power boats",2 +230331,"does `` Lilo & Stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of Disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` Mulan '' or `` Tarzan .",3 +9007,"national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion",1 +63047,"A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile .",3 +200469,"has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .",4 +207597,"of advice to the makers of The Singles Ward",2 +162645,"is a movie that has no interest in itself .",1 +96165,"the most creative , energetic and original",4 +183555,"Does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer boring",1 +132435,"shreds",2 +205782,"manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference",1 +23502,", but it does n't go too much further .",1 +26608,"So refreshingly incisive is Grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor .",3 +113733,"almost unbearably",0 +105697,"Every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . Frank McKlusky C . I .",0 +217145,"to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",1 +225765,"Short and sweet , but also more than anything else slight ... Tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .",3 +40936,"Has it",2 +215483,"the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a TelePrompTer .",1 +151639,"a dog",2 +142241,", intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures",1 +96676,"the showdown",2 +49833,"brim",2 +217493,"to transplant a Hollywood star into Newfoundland 's wild soil",2 +166685,"never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .",0 +87132,"mind , while watching Eric Rohmer 's tribute to a courageous Scottish lady",3 +230603,"even that",2 +221938,"A `` black Austin",2 +1297,"in the new millennium",2 +115250,"attitude to spare",2 +165025,"liked the 1982 film then",2 +3723,"a didactic and dull documentary glorifying software",1 +213135,"takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance",1 +47255,"The solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre .",4 +76196,"by once",2 +172676,"terribly episodic and",1 +67720,"Murder by Numbers ' is n't a great movie",0 +222550,"Barry Pepper",2 +219252,"which he portrays himself in a one-note performance",2 +121591,"handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense",2 +227938,"a good video game movie is going to show up soon",2 +36302,"quite human",3 +130624,"previous work",2 +153209,"already the details have faded like photographs from the Spanish-American War",1 +166572,"naughty children 's stockings",2 +184029,"François and Michèle",2 +24481,"A subtle and well-crafted",3 +210356,"religious and spiritual people",2 +9803,"powerful and revelatory",4 +219155,"when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938",2 +73884,"an intimate feeling ,",3 +108814,"Schwarzenegger or Stallone",2 +38152,"the election",2 +185655,"LaBute continues to improve .",3 +95806,"the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him",2 +114103,"an object lesson",2 +47305,"There 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of Birthday Girl .",3 +27945,"a way of infecting the entire crowd as the film rolls on",3 +90961,"puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .",1 +219630,"with Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting",2 +109782,"The film boasts dry humor and jarring shocks , plus moments of breathtaking mystery .",4 +68710,"Sergio Leone",2 +40434,"you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve 's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters .",3 +155330,"blurs the line between black comedy and black hole .",1 +128429,"of a copy of a copy",2 +194916,"branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations",1 +223962,"If you answered yes , by all means enjoy The New Guy .",3 +156248,"chipper style",2 +47549,"Wang",2 +170919,"shot for the big screen",2 +58107,"the characters and",2 +221784,"... a sour little movie at its core : an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920",1 +205195,"little action , almost no suspense or believable tension , one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that can only be described as sci-fi generic .",1 +229546,"by A.S. Byatt , demands",2 +144393,"Caulfield",2 +111139,"Whole",2 +17096,"resonant",3 +130627,"prey",2 +204502,"keep a family of five blind , crippled , Amish people alive in this situation better than these British soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",2 +41780,"deserves any prizes",3 +93083,"some flawed but rather unexceptional women",1 +192497,"an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie .",0 +108212,"Only about as sexy",2 +16875,"our 20-year-old superstar girls to travel on the fame freeway",2 +136439,"the toughest ages",2 +59035,"this summer",2 +193038,"are as contrived and artificial",1 +89235,"off-the-wall dialogue",2 +229520,"but never less than pure wankery .",0 +186410,"None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond",2 +165982,"mimicry",1 +94811,"that place",2 +84544,"is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .",3 +120211,"flagrantly fake thunderstorms",1 +236941,"the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead",1 +11429,"the final result makes for adequate entertainment , i suppose ,",3 +191251,"a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas",2 +121867,"has to be a few advantages to never growing old . Like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100 .",3 +230931,"for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies I 've had in a while",4 +6992,"has its heart",3 +112099,"a heavy-handed indictment",1 +142762,"... Burdette 's collage-form scenario tends to over-romanticize the spiritual desolation of the struggling artiste .",1 +58157,"the confusions you had while watching it",1 +73597,"amounts of beautiful movement and inside information",3 +85993,"lifts Blue Crush",2 +203089,"is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise",0 +155469,"breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script",2 +230685,"expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title",2 +184649,"I did n't think so .",2 +148106,"Places",2 +134919,"the better drug-related pictures",2 +51554,"fascist",2 +24248,": racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms .",2 +25046,"Culkin",2 +47595,"What could have been a daytime soap opera",2 +4127,"a sock-you-in-the-eye flick that is a visual tour-de-force and a story that is unlike any",3 +80798,"funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot",4 +99772,"weirdo",2 +21129,"it up to my adoration for both De Niro and Murphy",2 +36373,"realize",2 +143641,"Allodi and Nolden --",2 +51210,"engagingly quixotic",2 +135353,"the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging",1 +132724,"so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun",1 +127977,"no clear-cut hero",1 +40690,"A real movie ,",3 +180323,") just too bratty for sympathy",1 +104403,"Angel simplicity",2 +178930,"would tax Einstein 's brain",1 +10327,"seeking",2 +178752,"women as pathetic , dysfunctional and destructive",1 +113272,"aceitou",2 +76471,"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others .",3 +55098,"nobility of a sort",2 +225521,"Provides the kind of ` laugh therapy ' I need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending",4 +159928,"generating Oscar talk",4 +114223,"and black comedy",2 +60557,"you ca n't forget it ,",3 +147486,"More dutiful than enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat .",1 +155939,"can charm the paint off the wall ...",3 +218422,"variety of incident",2 +232924,"it 's a very very strong `` B + . ''",3 +93961,"survive its tonal transformation",2 +185254,"It briefly flirts with player masochism , but the point of real interest - -- audience sadism -- is evaded completely",1 +189532,"Wertmuller 's social mores and",2 +224479,"Jonah and",2 +116856,"characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans",2 +110151,"The sequel",3 +200873,"have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",3 +93442,"start and finish",2 +34428,"maybe , but still a film",2 +179686,"'s crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of Joe Dante 's similarly styled Gremlins",1 +238004,"to theaters",2 +67318,"Lost Dreams",1 +196623,"death shows",2 +143171,"A long slog for anyone",2 +199752,"gathering dust on MGM 's shelf",1 +188379,"The movie 's gloomy atmosphere",1 +54800,"moral tale",2 +95714,"the finish line winded but still",2 +103070,"-- a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man",3 +217983,"two 20th-century footnotes",2 +162425,"into the notion",2 +99297,"van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline",4 +178813,"works so well I 'm almost recommending it , anyway",3 +191043,"a nifty plot line in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination",1 +145032,"Eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work .",4 +237523,"this frankly fantastical by-the-numbers B-flick with just a suspension of disbelief",3 +58014,"the anarchist maxim",2 +171355,"smoothes",3 +151646,"a dramatic actor",2 +38361,"the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental",2 +193284,"artful yet depressing film",2 +62983,"A fascinating literary mystery story",4 +207928,"of power boats , Latin music and dog tracks",2 +14999,"and admirable for what it does n't do",3 +95282,"the cat 's meow",4 +136203,"the scientific",2 +72676,"a top-notch cast",3 +30997,"eccentric theater company manager",2 +65949,"Hayao",2 +63748,"Although What Time offers Tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .",4 +186600,"Only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience .",2 +52169,"go see this movie with my sisters",2 +192349,"always accuse him of making",2 +101291,"zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos",4 +136407,"the thousands of Indians",2 +139402,"we know it",2 +156375,"clichés and",2 +52781,"humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life",4 +88068,"now 72-year-old",2 +7915,"it ca n't escape its past",1 +223511,"Good for a few unintentional laughs , `` Extreme Ops '' was obviously made for the `` XXX '' crowd , people who enjoy mindless action without the benefit of decent acting , writing , and direction .",1 +71017,"Witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image",3 +42418,"on a 10-inch television screen or",2 +145221,"Exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids .",2 +198379,"explosion or",2 +21178,"just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . Here , thankfully",3 +78017,"desee",2 +131896,"seductively stylish",3 +220978,"'s super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid",0 +13142,"with literally bruising jokes . every five minutes or so",2 +109505,"The Tuxedo was n't just bad : it was , as my friend David Cross would call it , ` Hungry-Man portions of bad ' .",1 +148099,"Pie-like irreverence",2 +78840,"elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with Washington the actor .",3 +131,"a certain style and wit to the dialogue",3 +94412,"than in most",2 +112601,"a remarkable and novel",4 +45151,"Equilibrium",2 +112693,"a showdown",3 +2334,"so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy",1 +237061,"the meaning of the word ` quit",1 +181769,"A listless sci-fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect .",0 +47518,"Using a stock plot",2 +181173,"- hour , dissipated length .",1 +168000,"old Coke",2 +31084,"enchantment",3 +28652,"and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom",2 +234548,"of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light",3 +170436,"schoolgirl",2 +219183,"when the original was released in 1987 ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along",1 +217399,"to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price",2 +223514,"Good-naturedly",3