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captures that perverse element of the kafkaesque where identity , overnight , is robbed and replaced with a persecuted `` other . ''

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anyone who 's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved .

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neutral

it 's like a `` big chill '' reunion of the baader-meinhof gang , only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists .

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it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships .

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positive

` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '

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positive

a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition .

very positive

very positive

it tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did .

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i realized that no matter how fantastic reign of fire looked , its story was making no sense at all .

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very negative

it 's a familiar story , but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence .

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positive

reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .

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the problems of the people in love in the time of money are hardly specific to their era .

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a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness .

very negative

negative

lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest .

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positive

this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted .

very negative

negative

it 's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first .

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in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . '

negative

negative

one of the funniest motion pictures of the year , but ... also one of the most curiously depressing .

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positive

if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? ''

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

very positive

very positive

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

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positive

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

very positive

very positive

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

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negative

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 .

very positive

positive

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 .

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positive

you 'll cry for your money back .

very negative

very negative

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 .

very negative

very negative

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 .

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negative

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 .

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negative

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

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very negative

it is a likable story , told with competence .

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positive

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

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negative

i loved the look of this film .

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very positive

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 .

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positive

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 .

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positive

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 .

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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 .

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positive

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

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negative

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 .

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

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very negative

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

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very negative

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

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positive

the camera whirls !

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neutral

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

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negative

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 .

very positive

very positive