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7,800 | 0 | rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash . |
7,801 | 3 | return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it 's not half-bad . |
7,802 | 3 | the movie , despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places , is wry and engrossing . |
7,803 | 1 | much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date . |
7,804 | 3 | a pleasing , often-funny comedy . |
7,805 | 3 | a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . |
7,806 | 3 | good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there 's a plethora of characters in this picture , and not one of them is flat . |
7,807 | 1 | after all , it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies . |
7,808 | 1 | it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . |
7,809 | 3 | her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks . |
7,810 | 2 | has an uppity musical beat that you can dance to , but its energy ca n't compare to the wit , humor and snappy dialogue of the original . |
7,811 | 2 | that is because - damn it ! |
7,812 | 1 | bad company . |
7,813 | 4 | so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt . |
7,814 | 3 | if you 've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several movies have - take heart . |
7,815 | 2 | unintelligible , poorly acted , brain-slappingly bad , harvard man is ludicrous enough that it could become a cult classic . |
7,816 | 0 | swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell . |
7,817 | 2 | dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery . |
7,818 | 3 | almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... `` my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart ... |
7,819 | 1 | an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . |
7,820 | 3 | despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining . |
7,821 | 1 | otherwise , this could be a passable date film . |
7,822 | 3 | ( at least ) moore is a real charmer . |
7,823 | 1 | leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances . |
7,824 | 3 | this rush to profits has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen , which , in this day and age , is of course the point . |
7,825 | 2 | as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years . |
7,826 | 3 | the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . |
7,827 | 2 | bang ! |
7,828 | 3 | by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . |
7,829 | 1 | ... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry . |
7,830 | 1 | the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . |
7,831 | 1 | does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez . |
7,832 | 3 | tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances . |
7,833 | 1 | a movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts . |
7,834 | 4 | a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart . |
7,835 | 1 | elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . |
7,836 | 0 | it 's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie . |
7,837 | 1 | sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both . |
7,838 | 1 | donovan ... squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences . |
7,839 | 1 | this angst-ridden territory was covered earlier and much better in ordinary people . |
7,840 | 2 | the film is darkly atmospheric , with herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath hearst 's forced avuncular chortles . |
7,841 | 1 | in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers , apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice . |
7,842 | 1 | as underwater ghost stories go , below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back , grizzled and charred , somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle . |
7,843 | 4 | the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism . |
7,844 | 2 | just a kiss wants desperately to come off as a fanciful film about the typical problems of average people . |
7,845 | 3 | though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch . |
7,846 | 2 | a film that clearly means to preach exclusively to the converted . |
7,847 | 3 | a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity . |
7,848 | 1 | despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours . |
7,849 | 1 | well , jason 's gone to manhattan and hell , i guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) . |
7,850 | 3 | like a veteran head cutter , barbershop is tuned in to its community . |
7,851 | 0 | brisk hack job . |
7,852 | 2 | the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies ... but the film suffers from its own difficulties . |
7,853 | 2 | national lampoon 's van wilder may aim to be the next animal house , but it more closely resembles this year 's version of tomcats . |
7,854 | 2 | well , it 's not as pathetic as the animal . |
7,855 | 4 | thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer . |
7,856 | 3 | performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances . |
7,857 | 2 | qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere . |
7,858 | 1 | it does n't offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is , or even its attitude toward its subject . |
7,859 | 2 | though the film never veers from its comic course , its unintentional parallels might inadvertently evoke memories and emotions which are anything but humorous . |
7,860 | 2 | if sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over . |
7,861 | 4 | miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary . |
7,862 | 2 | at the film 's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . |
7,863 | 4 | this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton 's ever-watchful gaze -- and it 's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one . |
7,864 | 0 | as gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy , clean-cut dahmer ( jeremy renner ) and fiendish acts that no amount of earnest textbook psychologizing can bridge . |
7,865 | 1 | as earnest as a community-college advertisement , american chai is enough to make you put away the guitar , sell the amp , and apply to medical school . |
7,866 | 3 | if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . '' |
7,867 | 2 | moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . |
7,868 | 3 | has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . |
7,869 | 3 | although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense . |
7,870 | 4 | ( cuarón has ) created a substantive movie out of several cliched movie structures : the road movie , the coming-of-age movie , and the teenage sex comedy . |
7,871 | 1 | and second , what 's with all the shooting ? |
7,872 | 1 | billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse . |
7,873 | 1 | shrewd but pointless . |
7,874 | 4 | the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart . |
7,875 | 4 | proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong . |
7,876 | 4 | ... wise and elegiac ... |
7,877 | 3 | though filmed partly in canada , paid in full has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years . |
7,878 | 2 | well-meaning to a fault , antwone fisher manages the dubious feat of turning one man 's triumph of will into everyman 's romance comedy . |
7,879 | 2 | ... creates a visceral sense of its characters ' lives and conflicted emotions that carries it far above ... what could have been a melodramatic , lifetime channel-style anthology . |
7,880 | 0 | not counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . |
7,881 | 1 | all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat . |
7,882 | 4 | the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr. mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy . |
7,883 | 1 | friday after next is a lot more bluster than bite . |
7,884 | 2 | there 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted . |
7,885 | 1 | opera on film is never satisfactory . |
7,886 | 3 | nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer\/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully . |
7,887 | 2 | a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps . |
7,888 | 1 | but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin . |
7,889 | 1 | gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable . |
7,890 | 0 | loud , silly , stupid and pointless . |
7,891 | 4 | while it 's nothing we have n't seen before from murphy , i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort . |
7,892 | 1 | mctiernan 's remake may be lighter on its feet -- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino -- but it is just as boring and as obvious . |
7,893 | 1 | if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us . |
7,894 | 1 | an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more . |
7,895 | 1 | a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen . |
7,896 | 1 | the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short . |
7,897 | 1 | only masochistic moviegoers need apply . |
7,898 | 1 | is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ? |
7,899 | 4 | like shrek , spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world . |