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delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .

of all hollywood fantasies

fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own

fails to have a heart, mind or humor of its own

in gross-out humor

if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .

if you want a trip back in time at the movies, the 1960 version is much gentler.

to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd

having been chosen not for their acting skills, but for their looks and appeal to pre-teen audiences

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 .

smell the grease on the plot

I smell the grease on the ground

its own ironic implications

a lightweight story about matchmaking

need , neurosis and nervy

so many explosions

wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt

eccentrics

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nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion

almost dying out because of its superficial conclusion

a weird , arresting little ride

sights

a teenybopper ed wood film ,

a Teenybopper Ed wood movie,

elaborate and twisted characters

most hollywood romantic comedies

their computer-animated faces

rush to the theater for this one

rush to the theater for this one

seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception

alfred hitchcock 's thrillers ,

only self-aware neurotics engage in

though its story is only surface deep

although its history is only of superficial depth

the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .

the exploitative, clumsily staged violence overshadows everything, including most of the actors.

a different and emotionally reserved type

its chosen topic

rah-rah

at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois

under cars

survive a screening with little harm done

survive a screening with little damage

rush through

to botch

deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture

starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie

starts like a tart little lemon drop in a movie

( ferrera )

reasonably creative eighth-grader

the home alone formula

modernize it with encomia

modernize it with encomia

swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award

swim with the sleeping summer prize movie

schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins

must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .

It must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face.

were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is

were not as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as they were

exploit his anger

exploit your anger

you do n't try to look too deep into the story

you're not trying to delve deeper into the story

creepy-scary

scary

watchable up until the point

anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone

above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters

above easy, cynical shots at morally bankrupt characters

3-d

try hard

make an effort

like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead

rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop

save me from a summer of teen-led toilet humor

most opaque ,

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 .

a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery )

a familiar anti-feminist equation (career - children = misery)

standoffish to everyone else

indifferent towards everyone

jagjit

macaroni and cheese

for the marquis de sade set

little less bling-bling and a lot more romance

a little less bling and a lot more romance

a movie instead of an endless trailer

dramatic things happen to people

half the fun of college football games

though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch .

proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing

fire a torpedo

fire a torpedo

mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet

of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy

spontaneity in its execution and a lack of real emotion

exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be

exactly how refined and unsurprising the execution turns out

it 's an effort to watch this movie , but

it's an effort to watch this film, but

based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis

talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture

chatty, artificial and opaque... an interesting technical exercise, but a tedious image

wanderers and a bronx tale

this time , the hype is quieter , and

mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty

than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe

of empathy

for only 71 minutes

ear-splitting

heartbreaking

vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .

vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be a part of.

for kids or their parents , for that matter

there 's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations

there are always these rehashes to feed the younger generations

complexities

pot

sex gags and prom dates

drama

such fury

, is painterly .

forgot

is n't much fun without the highs and lows

it's not much fun without the ups and downs

own placid way

shows little understanding

shows little understanding

orwell 's dark , intelligent warning cry

Orwell's dark and intelligent warning cry

, whatever your orientation .

you laugh once ( maybe twice )

you laugh once (maybe twice)

than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates

a superficial way

a superficial way