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an uplifting | 1 |
meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work . | 0 |
jolly | 1 |
crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . | 1 |
unusual but pleasantly haunting debut | 1 |
a french film with a more down-home flavor . | 1 |
reign of fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but | 0 |
premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper | 0 |
recommend big bad love | 1 |
it 's just a kids ' flick | 0 |
smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play | 1 |
fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . | 0 |
what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen . | 0 |
exudes the urbane sweetness | 1 |
its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length | 0 |
surprising highs | 1 |
a fine effort , | 1 |
every clich茅 about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera | 0 |
undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject | 0 |
creepiness | 0 |
good actors , good poetry and | 1 |
constricted | 0 |
a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland | 0 |
passion , and genius | 1 |
in action | 1 |
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality . | 0 |
the genius | 1 |
stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis . | 1 |
delivering in good measure | 1 |
over-blown | 0 |
a sentimental mess that never | 0 |
makes as much of a mess as this one | 0 |
inspires | 1 |
, lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious | 0 |
tear their eyes away from the screen | 1 |
the inspirational screenplay by mike rich covers a lot of ground , perhaps too much , but ties things together , neatly , by the end . | 1 |
free | 1 |
for a satisfying evening at the multiplex | 1 |
pleasant enough -- | 1 |
to trivialize the material | 0 |
fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context | 0 |
is fascinating ... | 1 |
appealing character quirks | 1 |
seal the deal | 1 |
the unfulfilling , incongruous , | 0 |
simplistic and more than a little pretentious | 0 |
fahrenheit 451 | 1 |
dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped | 0 |
the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 | 1 |
feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off . | 0 |
decent ones | 1 |
of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure | 1 |
the english call ` too clever by half | 1 |
of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry | 0 |
arresting little ride | 1 |
sensitivity and skill | 1 |
watch the film twice | 1 |
be interested in knowing any of them personally | 1 |
a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics | 0 |
incredibly flexible | 1 |
the look and the period trappings right | 1 |
the nourishing aspects of love and companionship | 1 |
are so old-fashioned | 0 |
emotional force | 1 |
succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . | 1 |
is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario | 0 |
... that the material is so second-rate . | 0 |
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 | 1 |
, it 's awfully entertaining to watch . | 1 |
of the world 's most fascinating stories | 1 |
judging by those standards , ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary . | 1 |
get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone . | 0 |
to serve the work especially well | 1 |
helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games | 1 |
a fairly inexperienced filmmaker | 0 |
he 's done | 0 |
has worked wonders with the material | 1 |
than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies | 0 |
what 's most refreshing about real women have curves | 1 |
hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge . | 0 |
viewed as pure composition and form -- | 1 |
is one of those rare pictures | 1 |
terribly funny | 1 |
90-plus | 1 |
so many explosions | 1 |
denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag | 0 |
is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live . | 0 |
any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve | 0 |
precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen | 1 |
free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen | 0 |
a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . | 1 |
makes you crave chris smith 's next movie . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
politics , power and | 1 |
lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human | 1 |
each other against all odds | 1 |
ultimately empty examination | 0 |
sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach | 0 |
the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach | 0 |
return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages . | 1 |