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a stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films	1	positive
apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap .	0	negative
they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson , however entertainingly presented , so they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes .	0	negative
this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce .	1	positive
jonathan parker 's bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .	1	positive
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .	1	positive
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down .	0	negative
béart and berling are both superb , while huppert ... is magnificent .	1	positive
a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium .	0	negative
the film is strictly routine .	0	negative
a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .	1	positive
the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore 's the scarlet letter .	0	negative
for something as splendid-looking as this particular film , the viewer expects something special but instead gets -lrb- sci-fi -rrb- rehash .	0	negative
this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .	1	positive
may be more genial than ingenious , but it gets the job done .	1	positive
there is a freedom to watching stunts that are this crude , this fast-paced and this insane .	1	positive
if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .	0	negative
as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline .	1	positive
final verdict : you 've seen it all before .	0	negative
blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .	0	negative
you ... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .	0	negative
a slick , engrossing melodrama .	1	positive
a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man 's quest to find an old flame .	0	negative
will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms. shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .	0	negative
lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .	0	negative
the santa clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .	1	positive
the film is moody , oozing , chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting , unpredictable , cat-and-mouse thriller .	1	positive
too bad .	0	negative
a strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing spider-man .	1	positive
gooding offers a desperately ingratiating performance .	0	negative
a well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .	0	negative
a fun ride .	1	positive
an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising punch .	1	positive
` what 's the russian word for wow !? '	1	positive
otto-sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye .	1	positive
lurid and less than lucid work .	0	negative
with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .	0	negative
i could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap , tap , tap , tap , tapping away ' on this screenplay .	0	negative
overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone .	1	positive
you live the mood rather than savour the story .	1	positive
the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .	1	positive
some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .	1	positive
it 's a very sincere work , but it would be better as a diary or documentary .	1	positive
while american adobo has its heart -lrb- and its palate -rrb- in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .	0	negative
unfolds with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy that when the bullets start to fly , your first instinct is to duck .	1	positive
and it 's a lousy one at that .	0	negative
it 's not too fast and not too slow .	1	positive
it 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space .	1	positive
it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients .	1	positive
compellingly watchable .	1	positive
despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire .	0	negative
though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .	1	positive
not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .	1	positive
it 's worth taking the kids to .	1	positive
without shakespeare 's eloquent language , the update is dreary and sluggish .	0	negative
dense , exhilarating documentary .	1	positive
... feels as if -lrb- there 's -rrb- a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .	0	negative
poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures .	1	positive
methodical , measured , and gently tedious in its comedy , secret ballot is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .	1	positive
though a touch too arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .	1	positive
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .	1	positive
a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity .	1	positive
it 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .	1	positive
the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms. ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting .	1	positive
admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form .	1	positive
not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . '	0	negative
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .	0	negative
becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .	0	negative
could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format ?	1	positive
this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it .	1	positive
more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine	0	negative
cho 's timing is priceless .	1	positive
criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama .	1	positive
there 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .	1	positive
what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .	1	positive
nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful .	1	positive
the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story .	1	positive
it 's unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue .	0	negative
jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .	0	negative
... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes .	0	negative
over and over again .	0	negative
nolan proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure .	1	positive
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .	0	negative
... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself .	0	negative
the drama discloses almost nothing .	0	negative
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .	0	negative
isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .	1	positive
like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest .	1	positive
perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen .	1	positive
this pathetic junk is barely an hour long .	0	negative
ou 've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane .	1	positive
this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life .	1	positive
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant .	1	positive
the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun .	0	negative
it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .	1	positive
leigh makes these lives count .	1	positive
ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .	1	positive
the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring .	1	positive
i could n't recommend this film more .	1	positive
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .	0	negative