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a wonderful character-based comedy . | 1 |
for anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of hell houses in particular , it's an eye-opener . | 1 |
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make 'cherish' a very good ( but not great ) movie . | 1 |
will no doubt delight plympton's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting . | 0 |
written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there's something about mary co-writer ed decter . | 0 |
despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine . | 0 |
in the end , ted bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there's no larger point , and little social context . | 0 |
a thriller whose style , structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story , you cannot separate them . | 1 |
it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson's book , which is a treasure in and of itself . | 1 |
meandering , sub-aquatic mess : it's so bad it's good , but only if you slide in on a freebie . | 0 |
yes , spirited away is a triumph of imagination , but it's also a failure of storytelling . | 0 |
murder and mayhem of this sort quickly becomes monotonous . | 0 |
fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources . | 0 |
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct . | 0 |
at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . | 1 |
in his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter , silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls . | 0 |
the most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from portugal . | 1 |
a lovely and beautifully photographed romance . | 1 |
holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . | 1 |
reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . | 1 |
narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess . | 0 |
its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing . | 1 |
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line . | 1 |
[a] stale retread of the '53 original . | 0 |
the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women . | 0 |
see scratch for the history , see scratch for the music , see scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion . | 1 |
laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found its audience , probably because it's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters . | 0 |
the pivotal narrative point is so ripe the film can't help but go soft and stinky . | 0 |
ms . phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther's initial anomie or her eventual awakening . | 0 |
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