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the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .

... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .

the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

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

what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .

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

it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful .

a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .

spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

the chocolate factory without charlie .

delightfully rendered

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears . '

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .

full of surprises .

below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .

full of surprises .

pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .

ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .

and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .

and that is where ararat went astray .

if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution , this is it .

and that is where ararat went astray .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

a marvel of production design .

on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .

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

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

a portrait of hell so shattering it 's impossible to shake .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

impostor is a step down for director gary fleder .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

the film is flat .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude .

director elie chouraqui , who co-wrote the script , catches the chaotic horror of war , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera ?

except it 's much , much better .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

and that is where ararat went astray .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

in fact , even better .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

in fact , even better .

little more than a well-mounted history lesson .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche .

black-and-white and unrealistic .

with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .

if only it were , well , funnier .

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

if only it were , well , funnier .

fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .

although shot with little style , skins is heartfelt and achingly real .

an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

this u-boat does n't have a captain .

jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .

an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

... a solid , well-formed satire .

it 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .

a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

and that is where ararat went astray .

the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .

... hypnotically dull .

the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .

visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure .

a surprisingly funny movie .

this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .

a surprisingly funny movie .

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

eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .

yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...

eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .

it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .

it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .

as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .

there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .

the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental .

there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs .

with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

flat , misguided comedy .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .

the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half

the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .

an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular .

imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

a cutesy romantic tale with a twist .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .

does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- .

the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital .

a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .

the movie is ingenious fun .

what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .

dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

... a solid , well-formed satire .

hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .

although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off

how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .

serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .

a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .

all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .

a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .

while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

you 'll know a star when you see one .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .

first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .

a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .

even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment .

if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

whether or not you 're enlightened by any of derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .

the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .

little more than a well-mounted history lesson .

snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .

we just do n't really care too much about this love story .

snoots will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this .

the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun .