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for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . | 1 |
to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny | 0 |
in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears | 1 |
of clich茅s , depression and bad alternative music | 0 |
fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian | 0 |
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 |
whose sharp | 1 |
the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . | 1 |
offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life . | 0 |
a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely | 0 |
capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries | 1 |
fierce grandeur | 1 |
on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis | 0 |
drag an audience | 0 |
it can not even be dubbed hedonistic | 0 |
exceptionally | 1 |
truth | 1 |
is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender | 0 |
bad movie . | 0 |
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . | 1 |
provocative and | 1 |
guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy | 0 |
pertinent and enduring | 1 |
huge gap | 0 |
critical backlash | 0 |
furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation | 0 |
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 | 1 |
self-consciously arty | 0 |
does somehow manage to get you under its spell . | 1 |
that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny | 0 |
stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . | 0 |
why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? | 0 |
a predictable outcome and | 0 |
laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . | 1 |
has a wooden delivery and | 0 |
pay reparations to viewers | 0 |
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . | 0 |
shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . | 1 |
's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents | 1 |
this oddly sweet comedy | 1 |
most savagely hilarious | 1 |
should dispel it | 0 |
that has nothing | 0 |
although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage | 1 |
be mildly amusing | 1 |
are lukewarm and quick to pass . | 0 |
it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf . | 0 |
a fairly weak retooling | 0 |
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout . | 1 |
you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster | 1 |
and , thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks . | 1 |
, the movie looks genuinely pretty . | 1 |
perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy | 1 |
speaks volumes , | 1 |
thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film | 0 |
if also somewhat hermetic . | 1 |
represents glossy hollywood at its laziest | 0 |
quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver . | 1 |
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it | 0 |
that should be used to burn every print of the film | 0 |
as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . | 0 |
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 | 0 |
fun , popcorn movies | 1 |
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion | 0 |
dreary expanse | 0 |
is the superficial way it deals with its story | 0 |
wewannour money | 0 |
as part of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair . | 1 |
two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy . | 1 |
steven seagal | 1 |
's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all . | 1 |
with bogus profundities | 0 |
delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion | 1 |
could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population | 0 |
( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film | 1 |
have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life | 1 |
promise | 1 |
's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction | 0 |
the film 's thoroughly recycled plot | 0 |
this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts | 1 |
huge heart | 1 |
precocious | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
funny | 1 |
's fun | 1 |
but the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative . | 0 |
an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total | 0 |
too stupid | 0 |
intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix | 0 |
a truly , truly bad movie | 0 |
of discovery | 1 |
bile | 0 |
entertain | 1 |
while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire . | 0 |
comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional | 1 |
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls . | 0 |
seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore . | 0 |
is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish | 1 |
it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance . | 1 |
the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense | 0 |