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in memory

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respectable new one

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yet this grating showcase

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hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles

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addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history

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, this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .

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build some robots , haul 'em to the theater with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year

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do n't work in concert

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the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal .

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would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further

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it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling ,

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hawaiian shirt

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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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provide its keenest pleasures

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altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece

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grievous but

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after you laugh once ( maybe twice ) , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .

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hopeless

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unpretentious , charming , quirky , original

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nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try .

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very well-written and very well-acted .

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are n't many conclusive answers in the film

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clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment ,

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proves a lovely trifle that , unfortunately , is a little too in love with its own cuteness .

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bring tissues .

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the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .

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brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ) .

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as a young woman of great charm , generosity and diplomacy

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there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us .

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just too silly

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cinematic bon bons

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it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and

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a lively and engaging examination of how similar obsessions can dominate a family .

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irritates and

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collapse

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so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws

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, it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .

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wide-awake all the way through

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( vainly , i think )

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is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another .

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is effective if you stick with it

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that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community

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delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops , cell phones and sketchy business plans

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watching this digital-effects-heavy , supposed family-friendly comedy

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absolutely and completely ridiculous and

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's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .

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the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .

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realistic portrayal

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as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story

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well-thought stunts or

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reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .

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no lika da

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a welcome relief

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the promise of digital filmmaking

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just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar

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justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau

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extraordinary faith

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have i seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart

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, sometimes beautiful adaptation

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about as interesting

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caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .

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overlong , and bombastic

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derivative and hammily

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most audacious , outrageous ,

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at its best moments

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disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .

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that final , beautiful scene

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some movies suck you in despite their flaws ,

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eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights

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the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau .

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, compelling

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infectiously

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the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance .

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think of this dog of a movie

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's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .

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those so-so films that could have been much better

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a passable date film

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imax in short

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i hate it .

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's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men

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no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting

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in this wildly uneven movie

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pokes , provokes , takes expressionistic license

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like one of ( spears ' ) music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it

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with color and depth , and rather a good time

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silly , outrageous , ingenious

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being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100

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the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult .

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the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy

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starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming

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men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic .

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elvira fans could hardly ask for more .

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a good one

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, plodding picture

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the character dramas , which never reach satisfying conclusions

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lost in the translation this time

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speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be

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enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb

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a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments

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inane and awful

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