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there 's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . | -1no label
| 800 |
what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . | -1no label
| 801 |
so routine , familiar and predictable , it raises the possibility that it wrote itself as a newly automated final draft computer program . | -1no label
| 802 |
denis and co-writer michele petin 's impeccable screenplay penetrates with a rawness that that is both unflinching and tantalizing . | -1no label
| 803 |
a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect . | -1no label
| 804 |
as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them . | -1no label
| 805 |
if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch . | -1no label
| 806 |
i hated every minute of it . | -1no label
| 807 |
even if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro '' correctly , you 'll appreciate much of vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries . | -1no label
| 808 |
... always remains movingly genuine . | -1no label
| 809 |
creepy but ultimately unsatisfying thriller . | -1no label
| 810 |
there is not an ounce of honesty in the entire production . | -1no label
| 811 |
( broomfield ) uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue . | -1no label
| 812 |
at times , however , dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider 's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about . | -1no label
| 813 |
what happened with pluto nash ? | -1no label
| 814 |
there is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them . | -1no label
| 815 |
edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects , pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head , making it rousing , invigorating fun lacking any mtv puffery . | -1no label
| 816 |
( howard ) so good as leon barlow ... that he hardly seems to be acting . | -1no label
| 817 |
another great ` what you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances | -1no label
| 818 |
a modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence . | -1no label
| 819 |
lanie 's professional success means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and does n't know how to have fun . | -1no label
| 820 |
it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high . | -1no label
| 821 |
this miserable excuse of a movie runs on empty , believing flatbush machismo will get it through . | -1no label
| 822 |
you might not want to hang out with samantha , but you 'll probably see a bit of yourself in her unfinished story . | -1no label
| 823 |
hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptic . | -1no label
| 824 |
rather , you 'll have to wrestle disbelief to the ground and then apply the chloroform-soaked handkerchief . | -1no label
| 825 |
this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format . | -1no label
| 826 |
the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction . | -1no label
| 827 |
when it comes to entertainment , children deserve better than pokemon 4ever . | -1no label
| 828 |
the sad thing about knockaround guys is its lame aspiration for grasping the coolness vibes when in fact the film is n't as flippant or slick as it thinks it is . | -1no label
| 829 |
the stories here suffer from the chosen format . | -1no label
| 830 |
a graceless , witless attempt at mating some like it hot with the wwii espionage thriller . | -1no label
| 831 |
without a strong script and energetic acting , dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor 's home videos . | -1no label
| 832 |
its lack of quality earns it a place alongside those other two recent dumas botch-jobs , the man in the iron mask and the musketeer . | -1no label
| 833 |
stars matthew perry and elizabeth hurley illicit more than a chuckle , and more jokes land than crash , but ultimately serving sara does n't distinguish itself from the herd . | -1no label
| 834 |
ridiculous . | -1no label
| 835 |
the vampire thriller blade ii starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun -- toward the end , you can feel your veins cringing from the workout . | -1no label
| 836 |
most impressive , though , is the film 's open-ended finale that refuses to entirely close its characters ' emotional wounds . | -1no label
| 837 |
succumbs to the same kind of maudlin , sentimental mysticism that mars the touched by an angel school of non-god spiritual-uplift movies . | -1no label
| 838 |
this goofy gangster yarn never really elevates itself from being yet another earnestly generic crime-busting comic vehicle -- a well-intentioned remake that shows some spunk and promise but fails to register as anything distinctive or daring | -1no label
| 839 |
call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film . | -1no label
| 840 |
eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler 's many talents . | -1no label
| 841 |
both deeply weird and charmingly dear . | -1no label
| 842 |
tom green just gives them a bad odor . | -1no label
| 843 |
despite apparent motives to the contrary , it ends up being , like ( seinfeld 's ) revered tv show , about pretty much nothing . | -1no label
| 844 |
the year 's happiest surprise , a movie that deals with a real subject in an always surprising way . | -1no label
| 845 |
as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness . | -1no label
| 846 |
if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it 's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . | -1no label
| 847 |
nothing debases a concept comedy quite like the grinding of bad ideas , and showtime is crammed full of them . | -1no label
| 848 |
this is simply the most fun you 'll ever have with a documentary ! | -1no label
| 849 |
it 's rather like a lifetime special -- pleasant , sweet and forgettable . | -1no label
| 850 |
i like the new footage and still love the old stuff . | -1no label
| 851 |
collateral damage is , despite its alleged provocation post-9 / 11 , an antique , in the end . | -1no label
| 852 |
it sounds sick and twisted , but the miracle of shainberg 's film is that it truly is romance | -1no label
| 853 |
while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , `` in the bedroom , '' moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations | -1no label
| 854 |
gosling provides an amazing performance that dwarfs everything else in the film . | -1no label
| 855 |
a great idea becomes a not-great movie . | -1no label
| 856 |
you 'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it . | -1no label
| 857 |
farrell ... thankfully manages to outshine the role and successfully plays the foil to willis 's world-weary colonel . | -1no label
| 858 |
the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . | -1no label
| 859 |
the invincible werner herzog is alive and well and living in la | -1no label
| 860 |
this time kaufman 's imagination has failed him . | -1no label
| 861 |
... this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core . | -1no label
| 862 |
arnold 's jump from little screen to big will leave frowns on more than a few faces . | -1no label
| 863 |
the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it 's extremely well played and often very funny . | -1no label
| 864 |
... a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . | -1no label
| 865 |
even when foreign directors ... borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting . | -1no label
| 866 |
though the controversial korean filmmaker 's latest effort is not for all tastes , it offers gorgeous imagery , effective performances , and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding . | -1no label
| 867 |
even die-hard fans of japanese animation ... will find this one a challenge . | -1no label
| 868 |
the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that 's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . | -1no label
| 869 |
the reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies . | -1no label
| 870 |
this may not have the dramatic gut-wrenching impact of other holocaust films , but it 's a compelling story , mainly because of the way it 's told by the people who were there . | -1no label
| 871 |
i would have preferred a transfer down the hall to mr. holland 's class for the music , or to robin williams 's lecture so i could listen to a teacher with humor , passion , and verve . | -1no label
| 872 |
fairly successful at faking some pretty cool stunts but a complete failure at trying to create some pretty cool characters . | -1no label
| 873 |
the result is something quite fresh and delightful . | -1no label
| 874 |
birot is a competent enough filmmaker , but her story has nothing fresh or very exciting about it . | -1no label
| 875 |
it might be tempting to regard mr. andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr. earnhart 's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists . | -1no label
| 876 |
although it 's a bit smug and repetitive , this documentary engages your brain in a way few current films do . | -1no label
| 877 |
might have been better off as a documentary , with less of mr. eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage . | -1no label
| 878 |
focuses on joan 's raging hormones and sledgehammers the audience with spanish inquisitions about her `` madness '' so much that i became mad that i wasted 123 minutes and $ 9.50 on this 21st century torture device . | -1no label
| 879 |
although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result does n't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke . | -1no label
| 880 |
as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame . | -1no label
| 881 |
the story 's so preposterous that i did n't believe it for a second , despite the best efforts of everyone involved . | -1no label
| 882 |
it 's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice . | -1no label
| 883 |
it almost plays like solaris , but with guns and jokes . | -1no label
| 884 |
an intermittently pleasing but mostly routine effort . | -1no label
| 885 |
the story is familiar from its many predecessors ; like them , it eventually culminates in the not-exactly - stunning insight that crime does n't pay . | -1no label
| 886 |
no reason for anyone to invest their hard-earned bucks into a movie which obviously did n't invest much into itself either . | -1no label
| 887 |
all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . | -1no label
| 888 |
leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago . | -1no label
| 889 |
calling this movie brainless would be paying it a compliment : it 's more like entertainment for trolls . | -1no label
| 890 |
it 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss . | -1no label
| 891 |
fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way ... that feels very human and very true to life . | -1no label
| 892 |
never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful . | -1no label
| 893 |
to the film 's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment . | -1no label
| 894 |
a compelling portrait of moral emptiness | -1no label
| 895 |
beyond a handful of mildly amusing lines ... there just is n't much to laugh at . | -1no label
| 896 |
the unceasing sadism is so graphically excessive , the director just ends up exposing his own obsession . | -1no label
| 897 |
a thinly veiled excuse for wilson to play his self-deprecating act against murphy 's well-honed prima donna shtick . | -1no label
| 898 |
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i could n't help being captivated by it . | -1no label
| 899 |