"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