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661 | 661 | it 's another video movie photographed like a film , with the bad lighting that 's often written off as indie film naturalism . | 0 |
662 | 662 | there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . | 0 |
663 | 663 | it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap , as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way . | 1 |
664 | 664 | the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness . | 1 |
665 | 665 | and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes , you 've got ice water in your veins . | 1 |
666 | 666 | richard gere and diane lane put in fine performances as does french actor oliver martinez . | 1 |
667 | 667 | good film , but very glum . | 1 |
668 | 668 | there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through . | 0 |
669 | 669 | preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment . | 1 |
670 | 670 | verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies . | 0 |
671 | 671 | two hours fly by -- opera 's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated . | 1 |
672 | 672 | in all , this is a watchable movie that 's not quite the memorable experience it might have been . | 0 |
673 | 673 | drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . | 1 |
674 | 674 | atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues | 1 |
675 | 675 | slick piece of cross-promotion . | 1 |
676 | 676 | well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . | 0 |
677 | 677 | majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places . | 1 |
678 | 678 | the movie is n't just hilarious : it 's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it is n't even all that dumb . | 1 |
679 | 679 | filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . | 1 |
680 | 680 | the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together . | 1 |
681 | 681 | ( a ) shapeless blob of desperate entertainment . | 0 |
682 | 682 | in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan . | 0 |
683 | 683 | true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable . | 1 |
684 | 684 | a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ... | 1 |
685 | 685 | no screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of clones ' last 45 minutes . | 1 |
686 | 686 | more romantic , more emotional and ultimately more satisfying than the teary-eyed original . | 1 |
687 | 687 | this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars . | 0 |
688 | 688 | if you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies , what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever . | 0 |
689 | 689 | once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back . | 0 |
690 | 690 | stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad . | 0 |
691 | 691 | an effectively creepy , fear-inducing ( not fear-reducing ) film from japanese director hideo nakata , who takes the superstitious curse on chain letters and actually applies it . | 1 |
692 | 692 | sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects , not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos . | 0 |
693 | 693 | because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , ` swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling . | 0 |
694 | 694 | no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . | 0 |
695 | 695 | sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you . | 0 |
696 | 696 | for the first time in years , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars . | 1 |
697 | 697 | not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear . | 1 |
698 | 698 | an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . '' | 1 |
699 | 699 | ... routine , harmless diversion and little else . | 1 |
700 | 700 | is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? | 0 |
701 | 701 | even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy . | 0 |
702 | 702 | the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque . | 0 |
703 | 703 | samira makhmalbaf 's new film blackboards is much like the ethos of a stream of consciousness , although , it 's unfortunate for the viewer that the thoughts and reflections coming through are torpid and banal | 0 |
704 | 704 | a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance ... | 0 |
705 | 705 | every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn . | 0 |
706 | 706 | how do you spell cliché ? | 0 |
707 | 707 | no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie . | 0 |
708 | 708 | director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand . | 1 |
709 | 709 | i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers . | 0 |
710 | 710 | less dizzying than just dizzy , the jaunt is practically over before it begins . | 0 |
711 | 711 | overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube . | 0 |
712 | 712 | they should have called it gutterball . | 0 |
713 | 713 | corpus collosum -- while undeniably interesting -- wore out its welcome well before the end credits rolled about 45 minutes in . | 0 |
714 | 714 | ( a ) n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s . | 1 |
715 | 715 | there 's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging . | 0 |
716 | 716 | wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty . | 0 |
717 | 717 | a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love . | 1 |
718 | 718 | this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming . | 1 |
719 | 719 | whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting . | 0 |
720 | 720 | worth watching for dong jie 's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the throes of rapid change . | 1 |
721 | 721 | a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality . | 1 |
722 | 722 | too restrained to be a freak show , too mercenary and obvious to be cerebral , too dull and pretentious to be engaging ... the isle defies an easy categorization . | 0 |
723 | 723 | vera 's three actors -- mollà , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances . | 1 |
724 | 724 | it 's everything you do n't go to the movies for . | 0 |
725 | 725 | ( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle . | 1 |
726 | 726 | it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and moving in its own right . | 1 |
727 | 727 | velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified , sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene . | 0 |
728 | 728 | but taken as a stylish and energetic one-shot , the queen of the damned can not be said to suck . | 1 |
729 | 729 | the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses . | 1 |
730 | 730 | suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood . | 0 |
731 | 731 | but what are adults doing in the theater at all ? | 0 |
732 | 732 | like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... how can something so gross be so boring ? | 0 |
733 | 733 | the man from elysian fields is a cold , bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves . | 0 |
734 | 734 | this is n't even madonna 's swept away . | 0 |
735 | 735 | the experience of going to a film festival is a rewarding one ; the experiencing of sampling one through this movie is not . | 0 |
736 | 736 | american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize . | 0 |
737 | 737 | my big fat greek wedding uses stereotypes in a delightful blend of sweet romance and lovingly dished out humor . | 1 |
738 | 738 | ... a magnificent drama well worth tracking down . | 1 |
739 | 739 | oscar wilde 's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . | 1 |
740 | 740 | jose campanella delivers a loosely autobiographical story brushed with sentimentality but brimming with gentle humor , bittersweet pathos , and lyric moments that linger like snapshots of memory . | 1 |
741 | 741 | but it still jingles in the pocket . | 1 |
742 | 742 | it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year . | 1 |
743 | 743 | you really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this . | 0 |
744 | 744 | one from the heart . | 1 |
745 | 745 | made with no discernible craft and monstrously sanctimonious in dealing with childhood loss . | 0 |
746 | 746 | people cinema at its finest . | 1 |
747 | 747 | what 's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you . | 1 |
748 | 748 | and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem . | 0 |
749 | 749 | a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered . | 1 |
750 | 750 | nelson 's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle . | 0 |
751 | 751 | one long string of cliches . | 0 |
752 | 752 | like watching a dress rehearsal the week before the show goes up : everything 's in place but something 's just a little off-kilter . | 0 |
753 | 753 | it 's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance . | 1 |
754 | 754 | the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens . | 1 |
755 | 755 | ... a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno . | 1 |
756 | 756 | something like scrubbing the toilet . | 0 |
757 | 757 | there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television . | 0 |
758 | 758 | may be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation . | 1 |
759 | 759 | if there 's one thing this world needs less of , it 's movies about college that are written and directed by people who could n't pass an entrance exam . | 0 |
760 | 760 | writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic . | 1 |
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