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offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .
0negative
60,719
tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries
1positive
56,171
balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident
1positive
22,682
abstract approach
1positive
32,575
an enthralling aesthetic experience
1positive
35,358
engaging , surprisingly
1positive
11,954
a strong-minded viewpoint ,
1positive
49,771
pays off
1positive
60,130
a fine-looking film
1positive
2,544
a pleasing way with a metaphor
1positive
31,667
that do n't care about being stupid
0negative
58,613
hitchcockian
1positive
2,926
a funny , puzzling movie
1positive
5,845
mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies
0negative
43,028
shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski 's the pianist , but
0negative
64,081
gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '
1positive
41,870
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid
0negative
53,828
freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box
1positive
20,849
choppy and sloppy affair
0negative
58,036
immense
1positive
55,648
, paxton is surprisingly brilliant , deftly sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip .
1positive
8,715
of psychopathic pulp
0negative
59,923
to learn , to grow
1positive
40,546
of particular value or merit
1positive
59,648
, uncertain film
0negative
49,257
more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .
0negative
3,870
just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on
0negative
8,050
geriatric dirty harry
0negative
10,145
crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .
0negative
16,302
costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops ,
0negative
12,646
refreshed and
1positive
29,210
oo many of these gross out scenes ...
0negative
12,849
heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this
1positive
35,106
the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste
0negative
40,340
intermezzo strain
1positive
52,760
into a mundane '70s disaster flick
0negative
58,567
smack of a film school undergrad
0negative
10,817
may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces
0negative
33,439
collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy
0negative
50,000
glow
1positive
10,205
well-intentioned effort
1positive
16,114
it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors
1positive
39,284
moviegoers not already clad in basic black
0negative
28,066
the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section
0negative
58,780
one makes
1positive
24,697
nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy
1positive
50,555
an epic
1positive
66,682
high romance ,
1positive
20,546
, washington has a sure hand .
1positive
4,565
as mushy as peas
0negative
12,868
one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness
1positive
61,654
attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident
0negative
55,015
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .
0negative
67,188
complain
0negative
22,843
what makes how i killed my father compelling , besides its terrific performances , is fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching .
1positive
59,132
possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything
0negative
22,009
while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible .
1positive
23,463
on-screen chemistry
1positive
3,053
you wo n't be disappointed
1positive
46,585
may have been born to make
1positive
54,952
dirty
0negative
62,176
though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous .
1positive
46,121
need n't waste their time on it
0negative
49,009
kiddie fantasy pablum
0negative
66,270
furiously funny pace
1positive
57,913
like mike is n't going to make box office money that makes michael jordan jealous , but it has some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - with nothing but net
1positive
61,933
these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers .
0negative
58,031
off witty and sophisticated
1positive
60,061
know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick
0negative
23,425
will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other
0negative
36,354
would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny
0negative
17,480
is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .
1positive
54,432
the sexual politics too smug
0negative
47,724
miller , kuras and the actresses
1positive
11,780
gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .
0negative
6,613
should give `` scratch '' a second look .
1positive
29,135
loved
1positive
67,199
is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly
0negative
19,321
by the shadowy lighting
1positive
27,849
if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .
0negative
60,268
so-five-minutes-ago pop music
0negative
44,489
he ca n't disguise that he 's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh
0negative
29,033
virtue
1positive
41,997
there are also some startling , surrealistic moments
1positive
2,036
it has its faults
0negative
22,432
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists
1positive
1,784
pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .
1positive
25,050
the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes .
1positive
16,447
one that should be thrown back in the river
0negative
44,216
deep , uncompromising curtsy
0negative
11,051
and for all the wrong reasons besides .
0negative
31,655
the gorgeous piano
1positive
61,540
a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective
1positive
6,069
did no one on the set have a sense of humor ,
0negative
57,820
makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy
0negative
8,983
that could only be made by african-americans because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans
0negative
32,490
offbeat humor , amusing characters , and
1positive
63,692
decidedly unoriginal
0negative
65,105
i do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .
0negative
66,594
a great premise but only a great premise
0negative