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400 | 4 | a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system |
401 | 2 | ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on . |
402 | 1 | a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . |
403 | 1 | quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance . |
404 | 0 | i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes . |
405 | 0 | in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate . |
406 | 2 | mildly entertaining . |
407 | 2 | ` men in black ii creates a new threat for the mib , but recycles the same premise . |
408 | 4 | it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original . |
409 | 3 | it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . |
410 | 3 | boomers and their kids will have a barrie good time . |
411 | 3 | wow . |
412 | 1 | if disney 's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes . |
413 | 1 | been there , done that ... a thousand times already , and better . |
414 | 0 | an infuriating film . |
415 | 2 | seeing seinfeld at home as he watches his own appearance on letterman with a clinical eye reminds you that the key to stand-up is to always make it look easy , even though the reality is anything but . |
416 | 3 | a film with a great premise but only a great premise . |
417 | 0 | seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof . |
418 | 1 | a backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship . |
419 | 1 | the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier . |
420 | 3 | by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it ... then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop . |
421 | 0 | soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence . |
422 | 3 | what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance . |
423 | 3 | sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . |
424 | 3 | it 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look . |
425 | 1 | a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid . |
426 | 2 | though excessively tiresome , the uncertainty principle , as verbally pretentious as the title may be , has its handful of redeeming features , as long as you discount its ability to bore . |
427 | 3 | the movie is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes . |
428 | 0 | while the story is better-focused than the incomprehensible anne rice novel it 's based upon , queen of the damned is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle . |
429 | 3 | originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . |
430 | 1 | like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal . |
431 | 2 | the most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 miles to graceland . |
432 | 2 | a crisply made movie that is no more than mildly amusing . |
433 | 3 | the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . |
434 | 3 | a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story . |
435 | 2 | ruh-roh ! |
436 | 3 | strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . |
437 | 1 | a few hours after you 've seen it , you forget you 've been to the movies . |
438 | 1 | yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe . |
439 | 0 | the biggest problem with roger avary 's uproar against the mpaa is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything . |
440 | 2 | i ca n't remember the last time i saw a movie where i wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail . |
441 | 2 | the movie worked for me right up to the final scene , and then it caved in . |
442 | 4 | peralta captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . |
443 | 2 | i prefer to think of it as `` pootie tang with a budget . '' |
444 | 3 | manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . |
445 | 1 | the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump . |
446 | 0 | it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action . |
447 | 3 | despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . |
448 | 0 | that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies . |
449 | 3 | a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion . |
450 | 4 | australian filmmaker david flatman uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them . |
451 | 3 | `` mr. deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . |
452 | 1 | lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned . |
453 | 2 | one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters . |
454 | 1 | rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories . |
455 | 0 | it 's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . |
456 | 1 | yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ... |
457 | 0 | you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie . |
458 | 3 | mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated . |
459 | 1 | more intellectually scary than dramatically involving . |
460 | 1 | the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . '' |
461 | 4 | fun and nimble . |
462 | 2 | and that should tell you everything you need to know about all the queen 's men . |
463 | 2 | as home movie gone haywire , it 's pretty enjoyable , but as sexual manifesto , i 'd rather listen to old tori amos records . |
464 | 1 | when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . ' |
465 | 0 | the movie is a desperate miscalculation . |
466 | 1 | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . |
467 | 1 | plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . |
468 | 0 | what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story . |
469 | 4 | polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style . |
470 | 2 | with its jerky hand-held camera and documentary feel , bloody sunday is a sobering recount of a very bleak day in derry . |
471 | 1 | the main story ... is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish . |
472 | 3 | the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing . |
473 | 4 | it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer derek luke . |
474 | 3 | if mostly martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion . |
475 | 4 | top-notch action powers this romantic drama . |
476 | 3 | roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie . |
477 | 1 | an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson . |
478 | 3 | confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture . |
479 | 1 | the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror\/action hybrid . |
480 | 4 | takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . |
481 | 1 | ` moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop , a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism . ' |
482 | 3 | the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . |
483 | 1 | the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears . '' |
484 | 2 | a passable romantic comedy , in need of another couple of passes through the word processor . |
485 | 3 | a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera . |
486 | 3 | a marvelous performance by allison lohman as an identity-seeking foster child . |
487 | 1 | a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally . |
488 | 1 | since dahmer resorts to standard slasher flick thrills when it should be most in the mind of the killer , it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche . |
489 | 3 | leigh is n't breaking new ground , but he knows how a daily grind can kill love . |
490 | 2 | any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years . |
491 | 1 | the master of disguise represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe . |
492 | 1 | i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies . |
493 | 1 | ( a ) boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain . |
494 | 0 | once one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else . |
495 | 3 | with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . |
496 | 4 | about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . |
497 | 3 | it does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received . |
498 | 2 | it may not be history -- but then again , what if it is ? |
499 | 3 | - i also wanted a little alien as a friend ! |