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bisset delivers a game performance , but she is unable to save the movie .

nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre .

the story and the friendship proceeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friendships .

while this film has an 'a' list cast and some strong supporting players , the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .

a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance .

what sets ms . birot's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .

what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama .

the only entertainment you'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair will be from unintentional giggles – several of them .

it's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .

it's so underwritten that you can't figure out just where the other characters , including ana's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of ana's future .

the movie is our story as much as it is schmidt's , no matter if it's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale .

one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .

it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .

mark wahlberg . . . may look classy in a '60s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he's dry , dry , dry .

stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 'tis .

exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaos .

the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .

interminably bleak , to say nothing of boring .

this movie . . . doesn't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .

each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs . man as brother-man vs . the man .

it's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it's entertaining enough and worth a look .

it extends the writings of jean genet and john rechy , the films of fassbinder , perhaps even the nocturnal works of goya .

wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time .

there's none of the happily-ever -after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that's part of what makes dover kosashvili's outstanding feature debut so potent .

. . . no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .

el peso de un líquido incoloro , el peso del líquido vital , del amor como elemento de vida , y de muerte . . .

it's like a drive-by . you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .

the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected .

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 .

it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid .

so many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists , but family fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality .

as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .

third time's the charm . . . yeah , baby !

the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that's a bad sign when they're supposed to be having a collective heart attack .

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 . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne

. . . there is enough originality in 'life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .

a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s .

if ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it . if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .

i know i shouldn't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .

sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out .

behan himself knew how to spin a tale and one can't help but think he'd appreciate this attempt to turn his life into art .

nair does capture the complexity of a big family and its trials and tribulations . . .

sit through this one , and you won't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .

a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate .

while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .

a suffocating rape-payback horror show that hinges on the subgenre's most enabling victim . . . and an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers .

thoroughly enjoyable .

plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of tv's dawson's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story .

thrilling , provocative and darkly funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings .

the master of disguise represents adam sandler's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .

peppering this urban study with references to norwegian folktales , villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .

the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .

piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .

although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey

has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick .

" the emperor's new clothes " begins with a simple plan . . . . well , at least that's the plan .

this is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad's wallet .

in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .

the difference between cho and most comics is that her confidence in her material is merited .

a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .

what makes it worth watching is quaid's performance .

although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .

can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music

a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . it's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter .

the reason we keep seeing the same movie with roughly the same people every year is because so many of us keep going and then , out of embarrassment or stupidity , not warning anyone .

. . . gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there isn't much about k-19 that's unique or memorable .

a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency .

a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran .

me without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .

a dreary movie .

this is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documentary !

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 .

the emperor's club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world , but . . .

polished , well-structured film .

while the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .

u . s . audiences may find [attal and gainsbourg's] unfamiliar personas give the film an intimate and quaint reality that is a little closer to human nature than what hollywood typically concocts .

no way i can believe this load of junk .

( danny huston gives ) an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk .

one can't deny its seriousness and quality .

deserves high marks for political courage but barely gets by on its artistic merits .

if it's another regurgitated action movie you're after , there's no better film than half past dead .

a pleasant enough movie , held together by skilled ensemble actors .

works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .

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 .

neatly constructed thriller .

this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .

[gulpilil] is a commanding screen presence , and his character's abundant humanism makes him the film's moral compass .

a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration .

the weakest of the four harry potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins .

uneven but a lot of fun .

[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 .

the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .

interesting , but not compelling .

[allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .

both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .

zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted .

an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity .

ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing .

the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously doesn't have his heart in it .

heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascension .