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care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .

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there is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .

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this is so bad .

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the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens .

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it 's so mediocre , despite the dynamic duo on the marquee , that we just ca n't get no satisfaction .

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scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great .

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a great ensemble cast ca n't lift this heartfelt enterprise out of the familiar .

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that is a compliment to kuras and miller .

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it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so

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a synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness .

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indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie .

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though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .

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sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero .

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against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine .

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it 's refreshing to see a girl-power movie that does n't feel it has to prove anything .

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generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .

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the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh 's three lead actresses .

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the humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .

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drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why .

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that 's a cheat .

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manages to be sweet and wickedly satisfying at the same time .

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it is amusing , and that 's all it needs to be .

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a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow .

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it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel .

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harrison 's flowers puts its heart in the right place , but its brains are in no particular place at all .

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yes , dull .

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excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .

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movie fans , get ready to take off ... the other direction .

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... takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport

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while ( hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .

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what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we 've shared a great adventure .

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an operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .

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the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( quills ) did by showing them .

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it all adds up to good fun .

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first-time writer-director serry shows a remarkable gift for storytelling with this moving , effective little film .

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gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .

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the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go .

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of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad .

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scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence .

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from the opening scenes , it 's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie .

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every dance becomes about seduction , where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated , and sex is currency .

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so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .

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nervous breakdowns are not entertaining .

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teen movies have really hit the skids .

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if you dig on david mamet 's mind tricks ... rent this movie and enjoy !

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well-nigh unendurable ... though the picture strains to become cinematic poetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull .

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whether writer-director anne fontaine 's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting .

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just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .

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even in its most tedious scenes , russian ark is mesmerizing .

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what 's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you .

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even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller 's hand often feels unsure .

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lapaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class .

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no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand .

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director andrew niccol ... demonstrates a wry understanding of the quirks of fame .

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verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies .

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to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east .

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the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor .

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too much of the humor falls flat .

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the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production 's austere locales .

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an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order

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( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle .

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a celebration of quirkiness , eccentricity , and certain individuals ' tendency to let it all hang out , and damn the consequences .

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irwin is a man with enough charisma and audacity to carry a dozen films , but this particular result is ultimately held back from being something greater .

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the draw ( for `` big bad love '' ) is a solid performance by arliss howard .

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my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .

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a marvel like none you 've seen .

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although huppert 's intensity and focus has a raw exhilaration about it , the piano teacher is anything but fun .

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a lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures .

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( t ) here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .

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and the lesson , in the end , is nothing new .

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this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country .

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rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .

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the tale of tok ( andy lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold .

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the film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip .

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the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie ... is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it .

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a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn .

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the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants .

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it 's about following your dreams , no matter what your parents think .

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it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes .

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it 's a scattershot affair , but when it hits its mark it 's brilliant .

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the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth .

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challenging , intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative .

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uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance .

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too often , the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance .

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it 's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - six days , seven nights , maybe , or that dreadful sabrina remake .

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good old-fashioned slash-and-hack is back !

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adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized .

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there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them .

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while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite , the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .

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davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .

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a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .

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some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny .

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for starters , the story is just too slim .

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but it still jingles in the pocket .

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a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .

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it 's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them .

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this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .

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suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative .

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the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides ... ( and ) personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy .

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a delightful coming-of-age story .

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