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the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . | 4 | very positive |
chicago is , in many ways , an admirable achievement . | 4 | very positive |
he 'd create a movie better than this . | 1 | negative |
a restrained ribisi convinces as an italian , though if ever a movie needed one of the actor 's whiny jags to pump it up , this has to be among the rare ones . | 2 | neutral |
overly stylized with lots of flash black - & - white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , -lrb- it 's -rrb- at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring . | 2 | neutral |
it helps that lil bow wow ... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid . | 3 | positive |
gangs of new york is an unapologetic mess , whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing just about everything up . | 0 | very negative |
interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals ` red dragon ' right from under their noses . | 3 | positive |
gloriously goofy -lrb- and gory -rrb- midnight movie stuff . | 3 | positive |
a picture that extols the virtues of comradeship and community in a spunky , spirited fashion . | 3 | positive |
workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary times at the movies . | 4 | very positive |
for me , this opera is n't a favorite , so it 's a long time before the fat lady sings . | 0 | very negative |
a feel-good picture in the best sense of the term . | 4 | very positive |
it does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style , and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism . | 3 | positive |
gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . | 4 | very positive |
this is pretty dicey material . | 1 | negative |
eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . | 4 | very positive |
the film makes a strong case for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . | 3 | positive |
morrissette 's script and direction show a fair amount of intelligence and wit -- but it does n't signify a whole lot either . | 2 | neutral |
dissing a bond movie is quite like calling a dog stupid , but when it has the temerity to run over two hours , you feel like winding up with a kick . | 2 | neutral |
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines ... there just is n't much to laugh at . | 1 | negative |
impresses you with its open-endedness and surprises . | 4 | very positive |
i love the way that it took chances and really asks you to take these great leaps of faith and pays off . | 4 | very positive |
you 'll have more fun setting fire to yourself in the parking lot . | 0 | very negative |
the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . | 0 | very negative |
dolgin and franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a brand new name in southern tennessee . | 4 | very positive |
that rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind . | 4 | very positive |
it is ridiculous , of course ... but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness . | 3 | positive |
her film is unrelentingly claustrophobic and unpleasant . | 0 | very negative |
opens at a funeral , ends on the protagonist 's death bed and does n't get much livelier in the three hours in between . | 0 | very negative |
without heavy-handedness , dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions . | 3 | positive |
the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor . | 3 | positive |
a refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale . | 3 | positive |
huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack . | 4 | very positive |
`` my god , i 'm behaving like an idiot ! '' | 2 | neutral |
as written by michael berg and michael j. wilson from a story by wilson , this relentless , all-wise-guys-all-the-time approach tries way too hard and gets tiring in no time at all . | 0 | very negative |
the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer . | 4 | very positive |
despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy . | 3 | positive |
has it ever been possible to say that williams has truly inhabited a character ? | 1 | negative |
ultimately the project comes across as clinical , detached , uninvolving , possibly prompting audience members to wonder , ` what 's the point ? ' | 1 | negative |
lead provocatuers testud and parmentier give superlative performances | 4 | very positive |
like mike does n't win any points for originality . | 1 | negative |
a lighthearted , feel-good film that embraces the time-honored truth that the most powerful thing in life is love . | 4 | very positive |
audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones . | 1 | negative |
the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr. desplechin is content to state it . | 2 | neutral |
this is the best american movie about troubled teens since 1998 's whatever . | 3 | positive |
not even the hanson brothers can save it | 0 | very negative |
smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers . | 4 | very positive |
there 's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film ... or the emotional integrity of the performances . | 4 | very positive |
too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless . | 1 | negative |
at nearly three hours , the whole of safe conduct is less than the sum of its parts . | 1 | negative |
uneasy mishmash of styles and genres . | 1 | negative |
although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . | 1 | negative |
sam jones became a very lucky filmmaker the day wilco got dropped from their record label , proving that one man 's ruin may be another 's fortune . | 3 | positive |
dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter . | 1 | negative |
you could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that alias betty is predictable . | 2 | neutral |
the comic performances are all spot on , especially lee ross 's turn as ken . | 4 | very positive |
a pleasant romantic comedy . | 3 | positive |
thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality ... takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda . | 2 | neutral |
like most sequels , it takes what worked last time , repeats it and adds more characters , more stunts , more stuff in attempt to camouflage its sameness . | 1 | negative |
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll . | 0 | very negative |
ritchie 's treatment of the class reversal is majorly ham-fisted , from the repetitive manifestos that keep getting thrown in people 's faces to the fact amber is such a joke . | 1 | negative |
shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption . | 1 | negative |
when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you 're in trouble . | 1 | negative |
the stupidest , most insulting movie of 2002 's first quarter . | 0 | very negative |
this concoction , so bizarre to the adult mind , is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned . | 3 | positive |
a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind . | 4 | very positive |
despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! '' | 3 | positive |
lawrence preaches strictly to the converted . | 2 | neutral |
a thoughtful , moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty . | 3 | positive |
i loved looking at this movie . | 3 | positive |
i 've heard that the fans of the first men in black have come away hating the second one . | 2 | neutral |
well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . | 4 | very positive |
the ending is a cop-out . | 0 | very negative |
a recipe for cinematic disaster ... part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it 's all bad . | 0 | very negative |
like so many other allegedly scary movies , it gets so tangled up in the twist that it chokes the energy right out of the very audience it seeks to frighten . | 0 | very negative |
... -lrb- a -rrb- strained comedy that jettisons all opportunities for rock to make his mark by serving up the usual chaotic nonsense . | 1 | negative |
undercover brother does n't go far enough . | 1 | negative |
marisa tomei is good , but just a kiss is just a mess . | 0 | very negative |
the movie quickly drags on becoming boring and predictable . | 1 | negative |
before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . | 1 | negative |
once the audience figure out what 's being said , the filmmaker 's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care . | 1 | negative |
we 've already seen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time . | 2 | neutral |
an idealistic love story that brings out the latent 15-year-old romantic in everyone . | 3 | positive |
a sensual performance from abbass buoys the flimsy story , but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we 're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at . | 3 | positive |
the hours is what movies are supposed to be ... | 4 | very positive |
when the first few villians are introduced as `` spider '' and `` snake '' you know you 're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak . | 1 | negative |
stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story '' and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies . | 4 | very positive |
the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them . | 3 | positive |
nothing denis has made before , like beau travil and nenette et boni , could prepare us for this gory , perverted , sex-soaked riff on the cannibal genre . | 1 | negative |
the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion\/harmonica\/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety . | 1 | negative |
then lower them a bit more . | 1 | negative |
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next . | 4 | very positive |
a clever blend of fact and fiction . | 3 | positive |
fans of the animated wildlife adventure show will be in warthog heaven ; others need not necessarily apply . | 3 | positive |
the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no. 1 , but falls apart long before the end . | 1 | negative |
a simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within . | 1 | negative |
while not all transitions to adulthood are so fraught , there 's much truth and no small amount of poetry in girls ca n't swim . | 4 | very positive |
tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure . | 4 | very positive |
... a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . | 0 | very negative |