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1,000 | suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , |
1,001 | a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for |
1,002 | with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life |
1,003 | nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race . |
1,004 | do we really need the tiger beat version ? |
1,005 | the disadvantage of also looking cheap |
1,006 | churn out one mediocre movie after another |
1,007 | once folks started hanging out at the barbershop , they never wanted to leave . |
1,008 | this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian . |
1,009 | cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names |
1,010 | sexual and romantic |
1,011 | what begins brightly |
1,012 | then just fell apart |
1,013 | despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing . |
1,014 | every top-notch british actor |
1,015 | is awful . |
1,016 | a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast |
1,017 | will nevertheless find moving |
1,018 | great |
1,019 | like `` horrible '' and `` terrible |
1,020 | provide an intense experience |
1,021 | is off-putting |
1,022 | gets bogged down over 140 minutes . |
1,023 | , this nicholas nickleby finds itself in reduced circumstances -- and , also like its hero , it remains brightly optimistic , coming through in the end . |
1,024 | a pack of dogs who are smarter than him |
1,025 | this is a very funny , heartwarming film . |
1,026 | with such provocative material |
1,027 | this film biggest problem ? |
1,028 | with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for |
1,029 | stylish and |
1,030 | it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay . |
1,031 | measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor |
1,032 | are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent |
1,033 | it plainly has no business going |
1,034 | a larger-than-life figure , |
1,035 | is truly gorgeous to behold |
1,036 | devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- |
1,037 | the most affecting depictions of a love affair |
1,038 | stereotypical caretakers |
1,039 | be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work |
1,040 | made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . |
1,041 | yet permits laughter |
1,042 | marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . |
1,043 | some serious suspense |
1,044 | waster ' |
1,045 | an eerily suspenseful , deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller |
1,046 | salton sea surprisingly engrossing |
1,047 | no place for this story to go but down |
1,048 | can open the door to liberation . |
1,049 | are credited with the clich茅-laden screenplay |
1,050 | another best of the year selection . |
1,051 | flat , |
1,052 | exceptional lead performances |
1,053 | positive impression |
1,054 | much of what 's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand |
1,055 | that heralds something special |
1,056 | muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . |
1,057 | dreamy |
1,058 | the animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination |
1,059 | the qualities |
1,060 | than losers |
1,061 | comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women |
1,062 | flashy , overlong soap |
1,063 | get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory |
1,064 | 's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again . |
1,065 | sweetheart |
1,066 | by no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act |
1,067 | it still works . |
1,068 | some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude |
1,069 | a well paced and satisfying little drama |
1,070 | begin to tell you how tedious , how resolutely unamusing , how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is , and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents |
1,071 | loves |
1,072 | , dopey old |
1,073 | because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive |
1,074 | wrenching performances |
1,075 | kids , spirit |
1,076 | the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears |
1,077 | escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real |
1,078 | trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it 's hard to like a film so cold and dead |
1,079 | quickly becomes a tiresome clich茅 |
1,080 | unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk |
1,081 | a perceptive , good-natured movie |
1,082 | keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease |
1,083 | be completely forgettable |
1,084 | it 's nice to see piscopo again after all these years |
1,085 | low-brow humor , gratuitous violence |
1,086 | the best of a growing strain of daring films |
1,087 | gripping portrait |
1,088 | it 's actually watchable |
1,089 | an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing . |
1,090 | a bland animated sequel |
1,091 | his films |
1,092 | a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and |
1,093 | festival |
1,094 | trouble every day is a plodding mess . |
1,095 | to be consumed and forgotten |
1,096 | , the screenplay by billy ray and terry george leaves something to be desired . |
1,097 | its one-sidedness |
1,098 | , thought-provoking film |
1,099 | uneven film |