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entertainment opportunism at its most glaring | 0 |
an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot | 0 |
somewhat short | 0 |
insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing | 1 |
if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on | 1 |
a formula comedy redeemed by its stars | 1 |
has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie | 1 |
make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits | 0 |
look too deep into the story | 0 |
treads heavily | 0 |
romp of a film . | 1 |
is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . | 1 |
genteel and unsurprising the execution | 1 |
dishonest and | 0 |
's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations | 1 |
, it 's pretty stupid . | 0 |
in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . | 1 |
is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films | 1 |
gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . | 1 |
has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . | 1 |
come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated . | 1 |
shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . | 0 |
though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life . | 1 |
could have been much stronger | 0 |
is silly beyond comprehension | 0 |
to face frightening late fees | 0 |
hokum but | 0 |
can smell the grease on the plot | 0 |
twohy 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 . | 1 |
's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . | 0 |
could bond while watching a walk to remember . | 1 |
watch your merchant ivory productions | 1 |
civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices | 1 |
even if you 've seen `` stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this ! | 1 |
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 | 1 |
unassuming , subordinate | 0 |
is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . | 1 |
, with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . | 1 |
be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble | 1 |
'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 . | 1 |
will probably be in wedgie heaven . | 0 |
did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on | 0 |
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 | 0 |
there is little question that 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 . | 1 |
go see this delightful comedy | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . | 1 |
the movie is amateurish , but | 0 |
much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame | 1 |
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . | 0 |
as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films | 1 |
human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film | 1 |
captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper . | 1 |
the director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff . | 0 |
, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . | 0 |
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 |
of clich茅s , depression and bad alternative music | 0 |
fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian | 0 |
whose sharp | 1 |
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 |
the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . | 1 |
in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears | 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 |
fierce grandeur | 1 |
capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries | 1 |
drag an audience | 0 |
it can not even be dubbed hedonistic | 0 |
exceptionally | 1 |
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . | 1 |
is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender | 0 |
guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy | 0 |
furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation | 0 |
a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy . | 1 |
that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny | 0 |
does somehow manage to get you under its spell . | 1 |
the line between sappy and sanguine | 1 |
stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . | 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 |
a predictable outcome and | 0 |
why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? | 0 |
has a wooden delivery and | 0 |
pay reparations to viewers | 0 |
ordinary | 0 |
laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . | 1 |
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . | 0 |
this oddly sweet comedy | 1 |
most savagely hilarious | 1 |
are lukewarm and quick to pass . | 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 |
to be something of a sitcom apparatus | 0 |
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 |
perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy | 1 |
the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense | 0 |
represents glossy hollywood at its laziest | 0 |
thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film | 0 |
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it | 0 |