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it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it | 0 |
independent film | 1 |
match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try | 0 |
the life out of whatever idealism american moviemaking ever had | 0 |
lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy | 0 |
hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny | 0 |
goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability | 0 |
of clich茅s , depression and bad alternative music | 0 |
projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless | 0 |
the screenplay , but rather | 1 |
seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely | 0 |
, lan yu never catches dramatic fire . | 0 |
tear their eyes away from the screen | 1 |
a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics | 0 |
its unsettling force | 1 |
keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats | 1 |
recommend big bad love | 1 |
dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped | 0 |
to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny | 0 |
the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . | 1 |
fierce grandeur | 1 |
significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration | 0 |
-- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . | 1 |
about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get | 0 |
simplistic and more than a little pretentious | 0 |
never feels derivative | 1 |
gives us mostly fool 's gold | 0 |
a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland | 0 |
arresting little ride | 1 |
be interested in knowing any of them personally | 1 |
an exceptionally | 1 |
reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone | 0 |
mysterious , sensual , | 1 |
is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario | 0 |
of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry | 0 |
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 |
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 |
sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife | 1 |
provocative film | 1 |
incredibly flexible | 1 |
treads heavily | 0 |
denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag | 0 |
is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . | 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 |
does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency | 1 |
a decomposition | 0 |
, it 's pretty stupid . | 0 |
could have been much stronger | 0 |
makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful | 0 |
gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . | 1 |
is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . | 0 |
romp of a film . | 1 |
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 diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . | 1 |
in this tepid genre offering | 0 |
's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year | 1 |
precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen | 1 |
's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is | 0 |
the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama | 1 |
somewhat short | 0 |
watch your merchant ivory productions | 1 |
to face frightening late fees | 0 |
aging , suffering and the prospect of death | 0 |
'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . | 1 |
hokum but | 0 |
can smell the grease on the plot | 0 |
be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble | 1 |
hits all the verbal marks it should | 1 |
this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . | 1 |
insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing | 1 |
a formula comedy redeemed by its stars | 1 |
, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . | 0 |
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . | 0 |
drag an audience | 0 |
it can not even be dubbed hedonistic | 0 |
exceptionally | 1 |
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 |
a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely | 0 |
furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation | 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 |
does somehow manage to get you under its spell . | 1 |
is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender | 0 |
pay reparations to viewers | 0 |
because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; | 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 |
are lukewarm and quick to pass . | 0 |
human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film | 1 |
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout . | 1 |
perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy | 1 |
represents glossy hollywood at its laziest | 0 |
why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? | 0 |
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 |
as part of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair . | 1 |
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 |
too stupid | 0 |
the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . | 0 |
a truly , truly bad movie | 0 |
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 |