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features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances
0negative
15,001
are canny and spiced with irony
1positive
15,002
the charm of the first movie
1positive
15,003
well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .
0negative
15,004
a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
0negative
15,005
a dazzling conceptual feat
1positive
15,006
even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts
1positive
15,007
it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults
1positive
15,008
an enthralling , entertaining feature .
1positive
15,009
drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster
0negative
15,010
sour attempt
0negative
15,011
the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm .
0negative
15,012
this slight premise
0negative
15,013
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama
1positive
15,014
a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible
1positive
15,015
as good as the original
1positive
15,016
sex and lucia is so alluring
1positive
15,017
with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication
1positive
15,018
succumbs to sensationalism
1positive
15,019
i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .
0negative
15,020
south park
1positive
15,021
that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves
0negative
15,022
a charming but slight comedy
1positive
15,023
woefully pretentious .
0negative
15,024
peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about
0negative
15,025
is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring
1positive
15,026
disappointing
0negative
15,027
the movie is a mess from start to finish .
0negative
15,028
monotone narration
0negative
15,029
enamored
1positive
15,030
seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes
1positive
15,031
slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks
0negative
15,032
few movies are able to accomplish
1positive
15,033
with its moving story
1positive
15,034
too harsh
0negative
15,035
sillier , cuter , and
1positive
15,036
loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful
1positive
15,037
ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important
1positive
15,038
the charm of kevin kline and
1positive
15,039
it 's all quite tasteful to look at
1positive
15,040
equal laughs
1positive
15,041
would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor
0negative
15,042
a bid to hold our attention
0negative
15,043
a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from
1positive
15,044
maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
1positive
15,045
give performances of exceptional honesty .
1positive
15,046
beauty to behold
1positive
15,047
vivid as the 19th-century ones
1positive
15,048
plays like some corny television
0negative
15,049
darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .
1positive
15,050
of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics
0negative
15,051
boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness ,
0negative
15,052
believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .
0negative
15,053
something both ugly and mindless
0negative
15,054
this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies
0negative
15,055
unreachable
0negative
15,056
minor miracle
1positive
15,057
boobs
1positive
15,058
its creator 's comic voice
1positive
15,059
that have become a spielberg trademark
1positive
15,060
this movie got me grinning .
1positive
15,061
is a distinct rarity , and an event .
1positive
15,062
sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell
1positive
15,063
which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal
0negative
15,064
a beautiful , entertaining two hours
1positive
15,065
astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap .
0negative
15,066
lasting traces
1positive
15,067
... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
1positive
15,068
's just too dry and too placid
0negative
15,069
carrying off a spot-on scottish burr
1positive
15,070
one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...
1positive
15,071
become a major-league leading lady
1positive
15,072
too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen
0negative
15,073
the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest
1positive
15,074
stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness
0negative
15,075
smarter
1positive
15,076
bring off this wild welsh whimsy .
1positive
15,077
becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle ,
0negative
15,078
stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory .
1positive
15,079
wonderful , ghastly
1positive
15,080
given it a one-star rating
0negative
15,081
ruthlessly pained
0negative
15,082
never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs
0negative
15,083
is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie
0negative
15,084
worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham
1positive
15,085
expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .
1positive
15,086
will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .
1positive
15,087
pull it back
0negative
15,088
a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .
1positive
15,089
almost every single facet of production
1positive
15,090
the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
1positive
15,091
psychologically savvy
1positive
15,092
, some of it is honestly affecting
1positive
15,093
victim to sloppy plotting
0negative
15,094
a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .
1positive
15,095
unexpected twists
1positive
15,096
neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition
0negative
15,097
strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve
1positive
15,098
so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt .
1positive
15,099
drowning 's too good for this sucker .
0negative