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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 . | 3 | positive |
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . | 3 | positive |
the film thrusts the inchoate but already eldritch christian right propaganda machine into national media circles . | 2 | neutral |
insufferably naive . | 1 | negative |
these are textbook lives of quiet desperation . | 1 | negative |
worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . | 3 | positive |
spend your benjamins on a matinee . | 2 | neutral |
it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope . | 3 | positive |
the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . | 4 | very positive |
far too clever by half , howard 's film is really a series of strung-together moments , with all the spaces in between filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another . | 0 | very negative |
serious and thoughtful . | 4 | very positive |
soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . | 3 | positive |
a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . | 4 | very positive |
alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . | 3 | positive |
this is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience . | 0 | very negative |
it 's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year . | 3 | positive |
... manages to fall closer in quality to silence than to the abysmal hannibal . | 2 | neutral |
it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances . | 1 | negative |
a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence . | 1 | negative |
though harris is affecting at times , he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities . | 1 | negative |
schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself ... losin ' his fan base ... | 1 | negative |
in this case zero . | 1 | negative |
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient . | 1 | negative |
the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne | 3 | positive |
sexy and romantic . | 4 | very positive |
by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . | 0 | very negative |
arteta directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year | 4 | very positive |
culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf . | 2 | neutral |
vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . | 4 | very positive |
the concept is a hoot . | 3 | positive |
it may not be particularly innovative , but the film 's crisp , unaffected style and air of gentle longing make it unexpectedly rewarding . | 3 | positive |
in its own way , joshua is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter 's attendant intelligence , poetry , passion , and genius . | 0 | very negative |
perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated . | 1 | negative |
... you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already . | 0 | very negative |
the director , mark pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head . | 3 | positive |
even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm . | 4 | very positive |
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity . | 3 | positive |
but this is not a movie about an inhuman monster ; it 's about a very human one . | 2 | neutral |
but his showboating wise-cracker stock persona sure is getting old . | 2 | neutral |
if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo . | 0 | very negative |
`` punch-drunk love '' is a little like a chocolate milk moustache ... | 2 | neutral |
more intimate than spectacular , e.t. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . | 4 | very positive |
i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny , and the love ` real ' . | 4 | very positive |
amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . | 1 | negative |
wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . | 4 | very positive |
the comedy makes social commentary more palatable . | 2 | neutral |
the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart . | 3 | positive |
a film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers . | 4 | very positive |
a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery . | 0 | very negative |
while howard 's appreciation of brown and his writing is clearly well-meaning and sincere , the movie would be impossible to sit through were it not for the supporting cast . | 2 | neutral |
the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication . | 0 | very negative |
the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm . | 4 | very positive |
what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best . | 1 | negative |
-lrb- jackson and bledel -rrb- seem to have been picked not for their acting chops , but for their looks and appeal to the pre-teen crowd . | 1 | negative |
except as an acting exercise or an exceptionally dark joke , you wonder what anyone saw in this film that allowed it to get made . | 2 | neutral |
whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes . | 1 | negative |
piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying . | 3 | positive |
gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it 's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or laugh . | 1 | negative |
if only it had the story to match . | 1 | negative |
`` frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! '' | 3 | positive |
the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . | 3 | positive |
the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport . | 3 | positive |
an excellent sequel . | 4 | very positive |
the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness . | 1 | negative |
it 's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . | 4 | very positive |
in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz . | 2 | neutral |
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict . | 1 | negative |
both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics . | 3 | positive |
all the sensuality , all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been , pardon the pun , sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness . | 1 | negative |
a quiet , disquieting triumph . | 3 | positive |
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering . | 3 | positive |
-lrb- carvey 's -rrb- characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . | 0 | very negative |
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances . | 1 | negative |
rashomon-for-dipsticks tale . | 0 | very negative |
sleek and arty . | 3 | positive |
a terrific date movie , whatever your orientation . | 3 | positive |
the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors . | 3 | positive |
there are moments of real pleasure to be found in sara sugarman 's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to sustain the film . | 2 | neutral |
it takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about . | 1 | negative |
it 's splash without the jokes . | 0 | very negative |
even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it 's documenting . | 3 | positive |
while kids will probably eat the whole thing up , most adults will be way ahead of the plot . | 2 | neutral |
you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain . | 0 | very negative |
a coming-of-age movie that hollywood would n't have the guts to make . | 4 | very positive |
` possession , ' based on the book by a.s. byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit | 3 | positive |
did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? | 1 | negative |
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 1 | negative |
some of the most inventive silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theatre for some time . | 3 | positive |
the story is lacking any real emotional impact , and the plot is both contrived and cliched . | 0 | very negative |
others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating . | 4 | very positive |
an awfully good , achingly human picture . | 3 | positive |
but no. . | 1 | negative |
the main problem being that it 's only a peek . | 2 | neutral |
slow , silly and unintentionally hilarious . | 2 | neutral |
it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . | 1 | negative |
i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered . | 1 | negative |
a cross between blow and boyz n the hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there . | 1 | negative |
... a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles . | 2 | neutral |
`` what really happened ? '' | 2 | neutral |
it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . | 0 | very negative |