poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .


it 's definitely an improvement on the first blade , since it does n't take itself so deadly seriously .


between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season .


but ... in trying to capture the novel 's deeper intimate resonances , the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters .


amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than barbershop .


coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world 's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching .


you 'll cry for your money back .


sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it .


bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .


i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .


... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .


it is a likable story , told with competence .


the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy .


i loved the look of this film .


the film is saved from are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .


the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .


hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't .


a touching , sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes .


perhaps even the slc high command found writer-director mitch davis 's wall of kitsch hard going .


with not a lot of help from the screenplay -lrb- proficient , but singularly cursory -rrb- , -lrb- testud -rrb- acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis .


this action-thriller\/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage .


a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .


a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed .


the camera whirls !


a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .


my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it 's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss .