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The film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them . | 0positive
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It 's the perfect star vehicle for Grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona . | 0positive
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Gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -LRB- Harris -RRB- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman . | 0positive
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Not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made . | 0positive
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A three-hour cinema master class . | 0positive
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Eyre is on his way to becoming the American Indian Spike Lee . | 0positive
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A witty , whimsical feature debut . | 0positive
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Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . | 0positive
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I loved this film . | 0positive
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Clint Eastwood 's Blood Work is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same . | 0positive
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A movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of Cho 's fans . | 0positive
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Much of this slick and sprightly CGI feature is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings . | 0positive
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Rarely , a movie is more than a movie . | 0positive
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Jacquot 's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself . | 0positive
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By not averting his eyes , Solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . | 0positive
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One Hour Photo may seem disappointing in its generalities , but it 's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director Mark Romanek 's self-conscious scrutiny to happen , that finally get under your skin . | 1negative
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While general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds . | 0positive
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A fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system | 0positive
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Birthday Girl lucks out with Chaplin and Kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie 's darker turns . | 0positive
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An interesting look behind the scenes of Chicago-based rock group Wilco ... | 0positive
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Sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative . | 0positive
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There 's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN 's Ultimate X. | 0positive
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Rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle | 0positive
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The Ya-Ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . | 1negative
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Translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be Ya-Ya . | 0positive
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The touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible . | 0positive
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I liked About Schmidt a lot , but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed . | 0positive
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That Storytelling has value can not be denied . | 0positive
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Not even Solondz 's thirst for controversy , sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . | 1negative
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Once the downward spiral comes to pass , Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera ... | 1negative
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A knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite Son of the Bride . | 0positive
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A rich tale of our times , very well told with an appropriate minimum of means . | 0positive
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The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life . | 0positive
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In all fairness , I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . | 0positive
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As gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting . | 0positive
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Efficient , suitably anonymous chiller . | 0positive
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The hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the Sally Jesse Raphael atmosphere of films like Philadelphia and American Beauty . | 0positive
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It 's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them , but Olympia , Wash. , based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman did just that and it 's what makes their project so interesting . | 0positive
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A memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . | 0positive
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Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond . | 0positive
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The gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of Chris Fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel . | 0positive
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Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo . | 0positive
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A deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed . | 0positive
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A documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary . | 1negative
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I hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness . | 0positive
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Asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth . | 0positive
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The journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough . | 0positive
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A quiet , disquieting triumph . | 0positive
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Darkly funny and frequently insightful . | 0positive
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... the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with Musset unfolds as Sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form . | 0positive
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There 's so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles . | 0positive
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The search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering . | 0positive
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A film of ideas and wry comic mayhem . | 0positive
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A worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll . | 0positive
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Fessenden 's narrative is just as much about the ownership and redefinition of myth as it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy . | 0positive
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That the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor . | 1negative
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Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . | 0positive
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The concert footage is stirring , the recording sessions are intriguing , and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers . | 0positive
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-LRB- There 's -RRB- quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin . | 0positive
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You wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these Veggies . | 0positive
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Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse . | 0positive
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A movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community . | 0positive
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Light-years ahead of paint-by-number American blockbusters like Pearl Harbor , at least artistically . | 0positive
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A fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the New Age . | 0positive
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Isabelle Huppert excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries . | 0positive
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Wedding feels a bit anachronistic . | 1negative
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It 's still a comic book , but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul . | 0positive
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Brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex , generous and subversive artworks of the last decade . | 0positive
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An amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . | 0positive
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A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger . | 0positive
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Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike . | 0positive
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Adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary . | 0positive
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A polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con . | 0positive
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It 's no surprise that as a director Washington demands and receives excellent performances , from himself and from newcomer Derek Luke . | 0positive
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... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere . | 1negative
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The film gets close to the chimps the same way Goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . | 0positive
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This may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen . | 0positive
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What makes this film special is Serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context . | 0positive
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It 's Quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . | 0positive
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It is OK for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged . | 0positive
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A sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect . | 0positive
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It 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama . | 0positive
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Runs on the pure adrenalin of Pacino 's performance . | 0positive
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The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -LRB- restored -RRB- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . | 1negative
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Phillip Noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , Christopher Doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of Greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of The Quiet American . | 0positive
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The film just might turn on many people to opera , in general , an art form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life . | 0positive
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As a vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile . | 0positive
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The huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent . | 0positive
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Whatever complaints I might have , I 'd take -LRB- its -RRB- earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like Antwone Fisher or The Emperor 's Club any time . | 0positive
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Mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , Group articulates a flood of emotion . | 0positive
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A pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie . | 0positive
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Even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold . | 0positive
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Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't Hollywood think of this sooner ? | 0positive
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Like Kubrick , Soderbergh is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way . | 0positive
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Nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin . | 0positive
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If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : You want the story to go on and on . | 0positive
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Unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside Japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , Metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile . | 0positive
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The plot twists give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed . | 0positive
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The most brilliant and brutal UK crime film since Jack Carter went back to Newcastle , the first half of Gangster No. 1 drips with style and , at times , blood . | 0positive
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Like its New England characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking deep chords of sadness . | 0positive
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