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the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .

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

the film starts promisingly , but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work .

... 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 .

full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .

despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .

full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .

a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .

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

disgusting .

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

spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .

the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .

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

the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .

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 .

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

richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .

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

it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .

it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '

imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .

it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '

chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy .

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

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

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

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

the film is flat .

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

the film is flat .

a film of delicate interpersonal dances .

a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .

the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films .

a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .

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

it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .

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

it 's good , hard-edged stuff , violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done , morally alert and street-smart .

cherry orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

where 's the movie here ?

hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever .

delightfully rendered

where 's the movie here ?

but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .

where 's the movie here ?

if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.

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

-lrb- a -rrb- rather thinly-conceived movie .

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

undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .

and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .

an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .

and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .

too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .

make like the title and dodge this one .

rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .

make like the title and dodge this one .

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .

an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .

waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .

when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?

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

the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .

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

woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .

sly , sophisticated and surprising .

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

sly , sophisticated and surprising .

enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .

imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .

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

imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .

if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x.

everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .

while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work .

everything about girls ca n't swim , even its passages of sensitive observation , feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way .

woody allen has really found his groove these days .

the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .

to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .

a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .

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 ...

a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .

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

what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best .

despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .

what 's really sad is to see two academy award winning actresses -lrb- and one academy award winning actor -rrb- succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best .

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

ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .

wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .

ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .

it 's difficult to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny .

a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .

utter mush ... conceited pap .

a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

you 'll know a star when you see one .

at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty .

you 'll know a star when you see one .

one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .

adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt

and that is where ararat went astray .

adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt

one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .

the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .

talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .

the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .

it 's far from a frothy piece , and the characters are complex , laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones .

woody allen has really found his groove these days .

woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .

woody allen has really found his groove these days .

imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor .

contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .

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

contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad .

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

i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .

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

i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .

it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '

mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .

even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .

mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .

a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .

nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .

mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .

nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .

an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .

the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

brave and sweetly rendered love story .

the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold .

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 .

but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .

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 .

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

a film of delicate interpersonal dances .

spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .

a film of delicate interpersonal dances .

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 ...

like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .

a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .

like the hanks character , he 's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed .

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

with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .

there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .

with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .

adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .

an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .

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

an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .

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

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

full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .

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

it 's never dull and always looks good .

originality is sorely lacking .

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

originality is sorely lacking .

a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .

but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .

it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .

but unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it is n't much fun .

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

if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .

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

if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .

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

the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .

there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .

the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .

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

tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .

with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .

tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .

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

the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .

maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .

the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .

but the actors make this worth a peek .

elvira fans could hardly ask for more .

delightfully rendered

elvira fans could hardly ask for more .

maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .

disgusting .

a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise .

disgusting .

one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .

a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .

your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .

a compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .

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 ...

imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .

a modestly surprising movie .

imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women .

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