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another one of those estrogen overdose movies like `` divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better .
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scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about .
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with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .
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the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .
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there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness .
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does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .
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567
feature debuter d.j. caruso directs a crack ensemble cast , bringing screenwriter tony gayton 's narcotics noir to life .
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it does nothing new with the old story , except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they 're being streamed over a 28k modem .
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569
one of those energetic surprises , an original that pleases almost everyone who sees it .
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570
seldahl 's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .
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passable entertainment , but it 's the kind of motion picture that wo n't make much of a splash when it 's released , and will not be remembered long afterwards .
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the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go .
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lovely and poignant .
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a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right .
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( director ) o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short .
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offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .
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though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions .
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just not campy enough
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579
every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency .
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it takes a certain kind of horror movie to qualify as ` worse than expected , ' but ghost ship somehow manages to do exactly that .
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it can not be enjoyed , even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick , primarily because it is dull .
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despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .
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it 's just filler .
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a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line .
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one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .
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the humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .
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director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .
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... a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as americans , and human beings , should know .
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if your taste runs to ` difficult ' films you absolutely ca n't miss it .
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this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .
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i got a headache watching this meaningless downer .
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zaidan 's script has barely enough plot to string the stunts together and not quite enough characterization to keep the faces straight .
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the terrific and bewilderingly underrated campbell scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing .
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building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .
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all the amped-up tony hawk-style stunts and thrashing rap-metal ca n't disguise the fact that , really , we 've been here , done that .
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the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .
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visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reimagine it .
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nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .
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big fat waste of time .
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professionally speaking , it 's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .
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fancy a real downer ?
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instead , he shows them the respect they are due .
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first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .
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vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them .
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puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with .
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makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .
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ahhhh ... revenge is sweet !
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highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .
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nine queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece , but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head .
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610
like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .
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the performances take the movie to a higher level .
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davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .
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... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport
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against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine .
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as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .
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there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache .
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the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .
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without non-stop techno or the existential overtones of a kieslowski morality tale , maelström is just another winter sleepers .
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an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse .
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the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth .
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kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth .
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few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .
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it is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be .
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challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative .
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for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .
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this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .
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nervous breakdowns are not entertaining .
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writer-director 's mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .
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excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .
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630
a taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time .
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burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .
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just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .
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still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .
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harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .
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or emptying rat traps .
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offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends .
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the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .
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my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .
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indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie .
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an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values .
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the magic of the film lies not in the mysterious spring but in the richness of its performances .
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this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .
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the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .
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while locals will get a kick out of spotting cleveland sites , the rest of the world will enjoy a fast-paced comedy with quirks that might make the award-winning coen brothers envious .
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the words , ` frankly , my dear , i do n't give a damn , ' have never been more appropriate .
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the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes .
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too much of the humor falls flat .
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further proof that the epicenter of cool , beautiful , thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya 's axis of evil .
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the film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency .
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too slow , too long and too little happens .
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due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality .
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very bad .
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a lackluster , unessential sequel to the classic disney adaptation of j.m. barrie 's peter pan .
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a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .
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birthday girl is an amusing joy ride , with some surprisingly violent moments .
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so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie .
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expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery .
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a smart , witty follow-up .
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chabrol has taken promising material for a black comedy and turned it instead into a somber chamber drama .
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like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .
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