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eye-catching art direction
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sons , loyalty and duty
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some fine acting
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the honor
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overcome its weaknesses
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parker displays in freshening the play
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better video-game-based flicks ,
66,707
making this character understandable ,
66,708
herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion
66,709
that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock
66,710
more chillingly effective
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the best-sustained ideas
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so special
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allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors
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as an all-inclusive world where uptight , middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves
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takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch
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the picture emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .
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the few ` cool ' actors
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as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .
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a film that plays things so nice 'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen .
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grand locations
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'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon )
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bull
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more annoying
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ludicrous attempt
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's a cool event for the whole family
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is that it 's actually watchable
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boring and meandering .
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the right choice
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largely unfulfilling
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with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie
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ultimately winning story
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the leaping story line , shaped by director peter kosminsky into sharp slivers and cutting impressions
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as a thoughtful and unflinching examination of an alternative lifestyle , sex with strangers is a success .
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a stale copy
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in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie
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the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version
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evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .
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there is no substitute for on-screen chemistry , and
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like a bad soap opera
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schnieder
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armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .
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made by a proper , middle-aged woman .
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the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
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underdone potato
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me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work
66,746
tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers
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most wondrously
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to place blame
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, and gently tedious in its comedy
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yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .
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, sophisticated film
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hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old
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the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but
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used to burn every print of the film
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thrillingly uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave .
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are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life
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this charming , thought-provoking new york fest of life and love has its rewards .
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shifting in your chair too often
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struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them
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see a romance this smart
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insightful
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imitation
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so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks ! ''
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, crowd-pleasing goals
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historic scandal
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the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone
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earnestness remarkably well
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equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .
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off the path of good sense
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visually sloppy
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flakiness
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is still quite good-natured
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generic scripts
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a grand whimper
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scare the pants
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that disconnects every 10 seconds
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most ingenious film
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mildly interesting
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have to see it .
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exploits ( headbanger ) stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .
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both deserve better .
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rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .
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fun to watch
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repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery
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to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right
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recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around
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the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations
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a droll sense
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you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard
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so completely loses himself to the film 's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on , well , love in the time of money .
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scary and sad
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a film without surprise
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it 's the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge .
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as its larger themes
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star performances
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endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else
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hyper-realistic
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like a spectator and not a participant
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for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while