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jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting . | 2 | neutral |
... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . | 1 | negative |
over and over again . | 1 | 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 . | 4 | very positive |
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | 1 | negative |
... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself . | 1 | negative |
the drama discloses almost nothing . | 1 | negative |
a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis . | 1 | 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 . | 4 | very positive |
but ` why ? ' | 2 | neutral |
like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . | 3 | positive |
perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen . | 4 | very positive |
this pathetic junk is barely an hour long . | 0 | very 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 . | 3 | positive |
this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color , music and life . | 4 | very positive |
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant . | 3 | positive |
the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun . | 1 | negative |
it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film . | 3 | positive |
leigh makes these lives count . | 3 | positive |
igby goes down is one of those movies . | 2 | neutral |
ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints . | 3 | 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 . | 3 | positive |
i could n't recommend this film more . | 3 | positive |
an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn . | 1 | negative |
you can taste it , but there 's no fizz . | 1 | negative |
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either . | 1 | negative |
a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives . | 3 | positive |
it has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . | 3 | positive |
why ? | 1 | negative |
and that is where ararat went astray . | 1 | negative |
vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role . | 3 | positive |
clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up . | 1 | negative |
sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff . | 1 | negative |
it 's mostly a pleasure to watch . | 3 | positive |
a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be . | 2 | neutral |
its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . | 3 | positive |
a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces . | 1 | negative |
i did n't find much fascination in the swinging . | 1 | negative |
this is no `` waterboy ! '' | 1 | negative |
but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment . | 4 | very positive |
a witty , trenchant , wildly unsentimental but flawed look at the ins and outs of modern moviemaking . | 2 | neutral |
baby-faced renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within . | 3 | positive |
the name says it all . | 2 | neutral |
the kind of primal storytelling that george lucas can only dream of . | 3 | positive |
it 's been 20 years since 48 hrs . | 2 | neutral |
uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year . | 4 | very positive |
the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts . | 0 | very negative |
it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni . | 0 | very negative |
he seems to want both , but succeeds in making neither . | 1 | negative |
funny , though . | 2 | neutral |
by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic . | 3 | positive |
the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | 3 | positive |
unofficially , national lampoon 's van wilder is son of animal house . | 2 | neutral |
it never is , not fully . | 2 | neutral |
it 's just a little too self-satisfied . | 2 | neutral |
i 've never seen -lrb- a remake -rrb- do anything as stomach-turning as the way adam sandler 's new movie rapes , pillages and incinerates frank capra 's classic ... | 0 | very negative |
those who want to be jolted out of their gourd should drop everything and run to ichi . | 3 | positive |
post 9\/11 the philosophical message of `` personal freedom first '' might not be as palatable as intended . | 2 | neutral |
mr. deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way . | 4 | very positive |
this amiable picture talks tough , but it 's all bluster -- in the end it 's as sweet as greenfingers ... | 3 | positive |
my little eye is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years . | 4 | very positive |
the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . | 1 | negative |
it may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised scooby-doo shows or reruns . | 3 | positive |
suffers from a flat script and a low budget . | 1 | negative |
the movie is well done , but slow . | 1 | negative |
the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel . | 2 | neutral |
the master of disguise is awful . | 0 | very negative |
it 's an actor 's showcase that accomplishes its primary goal without the use of special effects , but rather by emphasizing the characters -- including the supporting ones . | 2 | neutral |
same song , second verse , coulda been better , but it coulda been worse . | 2 | neutral |
the film is one of the year 's best . | 4 | very positive |
that the chuck norris `` grenade gag '' occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is . | 2 | neutral |
frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for . | 2 | neutral |
one of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces . | 4 | very positive |
the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why . | 1 | negative |
the three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling . | 0 | very negative |
`` looking for leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something . | 1 | negative |
the most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters . | 0 | very negative |
... one resurrection too many . | 1 | negative |
oh , look at that clever angle ! | 3 | positive |
warmed-over hash . | 2 | neutral |
no , i hate it . | 0 | very negative |
for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them . | 3 | positive |
the casting of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary . | 3 | positive |
the film is like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables . | 0 | very negative |
the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed . | 3 | positive |
a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending . | 4 | very positive |
an hour and a half of joyful solo performance . | 4 | very positive |
contrived pastiche of caper clichés . | 1 | negative |
a triumph , a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light . | 4 | very positive |
steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . | 3 | positive |
kinnear 's performance is a career-defining revelation . | 4 | very positive |
not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made . | 3 | positive |
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed . | 3 | positive |
if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment . | 0 | very negative |
for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven . | 4 | very positive |
scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle . | 1 | negative |
really dumb but occasionally really funny . | 2 | neutral |
this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama . | 1 | negative |
by the end of the movie , you 're definitely convinced that these women are spectacular . | 3 | positive |
... a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project ! | 0 | very negative |