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it can not even be dubbed hedonistic
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because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ;
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stunning animation
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seem so real
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the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .
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this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .
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truth
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important
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refreshes the mind and spirit
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in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears
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an adrenaline boost
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to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny
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freely
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provocative and
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relentlessly nasty
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capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries
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did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ?
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bad movie .
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pertinent and enduring
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huge gap
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critical backlash
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the modern rut of narrative banality
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offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .
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wondrously creative
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self-consciously arty
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is a great deal of fun .
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takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .
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that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny
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the line between sappy and sanguine
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does somehow manage to get you under its spell .
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guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy
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-- and gross
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fit well together
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a predictable outcome and
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furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation
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strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth
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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 .
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the ` are we a sick society
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unsatisfying
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'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 .
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ordinary
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its recycled aspects , implausibility
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welcomes
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has a wooden delivery and
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from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche
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pay reparations to viewers
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of war
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stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable .
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a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy .
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if pointless excursion
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meeting , even exceeding expectations
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shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits .
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jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology
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red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller .
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never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash .
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this oddly sweet comedy
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bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing .
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director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .
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is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender
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should dispel it
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most savagely hilarious
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's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .
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this 90-minute dud
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as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone
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great performances , stylish cinematography and
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that has nothing
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suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands .
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's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents
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a tremendous piece of work
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frustrating misfire
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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
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be mildly amusing
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is all the more remarkable because it
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negatives
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saddens
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is one of those all-star reunions
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are lukewarm and quick to pass .
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never lacks in eye-popping visuals
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a fairly weak retooling
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a term paper
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to be something of a sitcom apparatus
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but uninvolving
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why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ?
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angst-ridden
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hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .
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`` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section
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festival
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studios
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage
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cable channel
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, pity anyone who sees this mishmash .
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speaks volumes ,
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, the movie looks genuinely pretty .
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happiness
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and , thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks .
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the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .
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that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time
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anti-
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goldie hawn
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is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .
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