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the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .

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a gorgeous , witty , seductive movie .

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it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .

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instead of hiding pinocchio from critics , miramax should have hidden it from everyone .

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good film , but very glum .

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( t ) his beguiling belgian fable , very much its own droll and delicate little film , has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why .

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this is wild surreal stuff , but brilliant and the camera just kind of sits there and lets you look at this and its like you 're going from one room to the next and none of them have any relation to the other .

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an important movie , a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values .

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still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .

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as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .

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without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .

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this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .

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a giggle a minute .

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it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .

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green might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project .

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wince-inducing dialogue , thrift-shop costumes , prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty .

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one long string of cliches .

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partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected tv show .

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a warm , funny , engaging film .

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a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .

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mr. tsai is a very original artist in his medium , and what time is it there ?

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the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey 's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .

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in an effort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .

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binoche makes it interesting trying to find out .

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it 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up .

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a poignant , artfully crafted meditation on mortality .

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the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast .

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old-form moviemaking at its best .

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a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture .

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the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .

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`` mostly martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see .

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suffocated by its fussy script and uptight characters , this musty adaptation is all the more annoying since it 's been packaged and sold back to us by hollywood .

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at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential .

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combining quick-cut editing and a blaring heavy metal much of the time , beck seems to be under the illusion that he 's shooting the latest system of a down video .

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a coda in every sense , the pinochet case splits time between a minute-by-minute account of the british court 's extradition chess game and the regime 's talking-head survivors .

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works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .

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try as i may , i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` thank you ! '

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what is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting .

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oscar wilde 's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century .

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escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .

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if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you .

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a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip , young adult entertainment .

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as vulgar as it is banal .

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rare birds has more than enough charm to make it memorable .

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its story may be a thousand years old , but why did it have to seem like it took another thousand to tell it to us ?

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jaglom ... put ( s ) the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters

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like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... how can something so gross be so boring ?

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even if you do n't think ( kissinger 's ) any more guilty of criminal activity than most contemporary statesmen , he 'd sure make a courtroom trial great fun to watch .

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although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches , the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women .

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visually rather stunning , but ultimately a handsome-looking bore , the true creativity would have been to hide treasure planet entirely and completely reimagine it .

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... routine , harmless diversion and little else .

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woody allen 's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz .

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the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .

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by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , ( jones ) calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .

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while the resident evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games , the movie really only succeeds in the third of these .

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broomfield turns his distinctive ` blundering ' style into something that could really help clear up the case .

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displaying about equal amounts of naiveté , passion and talent , beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential .

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this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .

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the film is powerful , accessible and funny .

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but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .

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we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so !

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it haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it .

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it 's also , clearly , great fun .

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turns potentially forgettable formula into something strangely diverting .

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the x potion gives the quickly named blossom , bubbles and buttercup supernatural powers that include extraordinary strength and laser-beam eyes , which unfortunately do n't enable them to discern flimsy screenplays .

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as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game , i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor .

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instead , he shows them the respect they are due .

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overall the film feels like a low-budget tv pilot that could not find a buyer to play it on the tube .

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for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .

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a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart .

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this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .

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big fat waste of time .

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my reaction in a word : disappointment .

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a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .

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there is n't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients .

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belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .

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dazzling in its complexity , disturbing for its extraordinary themes , the piano teacher is a film that defies categorisation .

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utterly lacking in charm , wit and invention , roberto benigni 's pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film .

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... with `` the bourne identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre .

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it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .

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... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .

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ultimately feels empty and unsatisfying , like swallowing a communion wafer without the wine .

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` de niro ... is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . '

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you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie .

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trademark american triteness and simplicity are tossed out the window with the intelligent french drama that deftly explores the difficult relationship between a father and son .

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the performances take the movie to a higher level .

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it 's just filler .

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this one is definitely one to skip , even for horror movie fanatics .

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what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts .

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once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back .

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the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .

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does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence .

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american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize .

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visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .

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moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .

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the humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .

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the special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the oscar-winning sound and james horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .

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the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted .

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writer-director 's mehta 's effort has tons of charm and the whimsy is in the mixture , the intoxicating masala , of cultures and film genres .

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preaches to two completely different choirs at the same time , which is a pretty amazing accomplishment .

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