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it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it | 0 |
independent film | 1 |
real snooze . | 0 |
enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode | 0 |
nearly terminal case | 0 |
falls neatly into the category of good stupid fun . | 1 |
unlimited access | 1 |
seems suited neither to kids or adults . | 0 |
match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try | 0 |
a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring . | 0 |
the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard . | 1 |
is still worth | 1 |
` unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . | 0 |
about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get | 0 |
a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland | 0 |
mysterious , sensual , | 1 |
better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals | 1 |
gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . | 1 |
projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless | 0 |
recommend big bad love | 1 |
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen . | 1 |
terribly funny | 1 |
goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability | 0 |
the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while | 1 |
-- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything . | 1 |
has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie | 1 |
keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats | 1 |
the screenplay , but rather | 1 |
reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone | 0 |
significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration | 0 |
in this tepid genre offering | 0 |
develop her own film language with conspicuous success | 1 |
of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure | 1 |
a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics | 0 |
of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry | 0 |
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 |
never feels derivative | 1 |
gives us mostly fool 's gold | 0 |
can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes | 1 |
offers no easy , comfortable resolution | 0 |
a french film with a more down-home flavor . | 1 |
smart , sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play | 1 |
undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject | 0 |
simplistic and more than a little pretentious | 0 |
crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . | 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 |
viewed as pure composition and form -- | 1 |
sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife | 1 |
treads heavily | 0 |
is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . | 1 |
fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics , genre thrills or inherent humor . | 0 |
denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag | 0 |
emotional force | 1 |
arresting little ride | 1 |
helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games | 1 |
judging by those standards , ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary . | 1 |
incredibly flexible | 1 |
precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen | 1 |
lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human | 1 |
's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is | 0 |
almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun | 0 |
( gosling 's ) combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence | 1 |
an exceptionally | 1 |
a worthy addition to the cinematic canon , which , at last count , numbered 52 different versions | 1 |
a decomposition | 0 |
makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful | 0 |
a formula comedy redeemed by its stars | 1 |
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 |
the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . | 1 |
's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year | 1 |
the final product is a ghost | 1 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece | 0 |
does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency | 1 |
by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour 's worth of actual material | 0 |
the boobs are fantasti | 1 |
though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life . | 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 |
could have been much stronger | 0 |
offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes | 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 |
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 |
will probably be in wedgie heaven . | 0 |
go see this delightful comedy | 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 |
, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . | 0 |
to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny | 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 |
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 |
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 |
drag an audience | 0 |
it can not even be dubbed hedonistic | 0 |
exceptionally | 1 |
because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; | 1 |
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . | 1 |
guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy | 0 |