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there 's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm . | -1no label
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highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager . | -1no label
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it 's badly acted , blandly directed , and could have been scripted by someone who just graduated from elementary school . | -1no label
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no , it 's not nearly as good as any of its influences . | -1no label
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scarlet diva has a voyeuristic tug , but all in all it 's a lot less sensational than it wants to be . | -1no label
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just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos . | -1no label
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sushi for the connoisseurs of the macabre . | -1no label
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the problem with this film is that it 's forced to make its characters idiots in order to advance the plot . | -1no label
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director nalin pan does n't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other . | -1no label
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a work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense . | -1no label
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all the characters are stereotypes , and their interaction is numbingly predictable . | -1no label
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the subject of swinging still seems ripe for a documentary -- just not this one . | -1no label
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occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao . | -1no label
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the best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like , but how the creative process itself operates . | -1no label
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the ending is a cop-out . | -1no label
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one groan-inducing familiarity begets another . | -1no label
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it 's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can '' warped logic . | -1no label
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being author wells ' great-grandson , you 'd think filmmaker simon wells would have more reverence for the material . | -1no label
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the values that have held the enterprise crew together through previous adventures and perils do so again-courage , self-sacrifice and patience under pressure . | -1no label
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it is a comedy that 's not very funny and an action movie that is not very thrilling ( and an uneasy alliance , at that ) . | -1no label
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a gentle blend of present day testimonials , surviving footage of burstein and his family performing , historical archives , and telling stills . | -1no label
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... a weak , manipulative , pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway . | -1no label
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while undercover brother is definitely one for the masses , it 's also full of sharp , smart satire . | -1no label
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this self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy stealing harvard , but he 's the most obvious one . | -1no label
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leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness . | -1no label
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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 . | -1no label
| 1,225 |
not so much a movie as a picture book for the big screen . | -1no label
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a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan . | -1no label
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earnest falls short of its ideal predecessor largely due to parker 's ill-advised meddling with the timeless source material . | -1no label
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an excellent romp that boasts both a heart and a mind . | -1no label
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after seeing swept away , i feel sorry for madonna . | -1no label
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there 's something fundamental missing from this story : something or someone to care about . | -1no label
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a compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material . | -1no label
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... if you 're in a mind set for goofy comedy , the troopers will entertain with their gross outs , bawdy comedy and head games . | -1no label
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it 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth . | -1no label
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the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix . | -1no label
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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 . | -1no label
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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 . | -1no label
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credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter . | -1no label
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it 's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time . | -1no label
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the result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor . | -1no label
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i kept wishing i was watching a documentary about the wartime navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious hollywood hoo-ha . | -1no label
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still , it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental . | -1no label
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shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character , is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic . | -1no label
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it should be mentioned that the set design and interiors of the haunted vessel are more than effectively creepy and moodily lit . | -1no label
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flaunts its quirky excesses like a new year 's eve drunk sporting a paper party hat . | -1no label
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there 's an audience for it , but it could have been funnier and more innocent . | -1no label
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there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . | -1no label
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sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it 's a sitcom without the snap-crackle . | -1no label
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it 's so underwritten that you ca n't figure out just where the other characters , including ana 's father and grandfather , come down on the issue of ana 's future . | -1no label
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it 's fairly self-aware in its dumbness . | -1no label
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remarkably accessible and affecting . | -1no label
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a smart , sweet and playful romantic comedy . | -1no label
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as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys ' novel `` the death of napoleon '' and directed by alan taylor , napoleon 's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn | -1no label
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though avary has done his best to make something out of ellis ' nothing novel , in the end , his rules is barely worth following . | -1no label
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topkapi this is not . | -1no label
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no . . | -1no label
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the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . | -1no label
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it wo n't be long before you 'll spy i spy at a video store near you . | -1no label
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it 's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart . | -1no label
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a potent allegorical love story . | -1no label
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if you 're not a prepubescent girl , you 'll be laughing at britney spears ' movie-starring debut whenever it does n't have you impatiently squinting at your watch . | -1no label
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not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed . | -1no label
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blessed with immense physical prowess he may well be , but ahola is simply not an actor . | -1no label
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it 's the kind of movie that ends up festooning u.s. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it 's in french ( well , mostly ) with english subtitles and is magically ` significant ' because of that . | -1no label
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tailored to entertain ! | -1no label
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at the bottom rung of the series ' entries . | -1no label
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as a singular character study , it 's perfect . | -1no label
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gollum 's ` performance ' is incredible ! | -1no label
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tim story 's not there yet - but ` barbershop ' shows he 's on his way . | -1no label
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my goodness , queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . | -1no label
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all in all , there 's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone . | -1no label
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but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour . | -1no label
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but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person . | -1no label
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as teen movies go , `` orange county '' is a refreshing change | -1no label
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shocking only in that it reveals the filmmaker 's bottomless pit of self-absorption . | -1no label
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its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces ... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half . | -1no label
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the sum of all fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there 's something cringe-inducing about seeing an american football stadium nuked as pop entertainment . | -1no label
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the master of disaster - it 's a piece of dreck disguised as comedy . | -1no label
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nothing about it fits . | -1no label
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it 's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel ... | -1no label
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it does n't do the original any particular dishonor , but neither does it exude any charm or personality . | -1no label
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acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes `` never again '' worthwhile , but ( writer/director ) schaeffer should follow his titular advice | -1no label
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daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who are n't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war . | -1no label
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a deliciously mordant , bitter black comedy . | -1no label
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more a load of enjoyable , conan-esque claptrap than the punishing , special-effects soul assaults the mummy pictures represent . | -1no label
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the only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare . | -1no label
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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 . | -1no label
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it 's a pleasure to see seinfeld griping about the biz with buddies chris rock , garry shandling and colin quinn . | -1no label
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sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna does n't suck as an actress . | -1no label
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the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendly ... alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown . | -1no label
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although based on a real-life person , john , in the movie , is a rather dull person to be stuck with for two hours . | -1no label
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superior genre storytelling , which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line . | -1no label
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a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . | -1no label
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it 's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood . | -1no label
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diane lane shines in unfaithful . | -1no label
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a perverse little truffle , dainty psychological terror on the outside with a creamy filling of familial jealousy and unrepentant domestic psychopathy . | -1no label
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narc may not get an ` a ' for originality , but it wears its b-movie heritage like a badge of honor . | -1no label
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scotland , pa. is a strangely drab romp . | -1no label
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the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor . | -1no label
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