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that should be used to burn every print of the film
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quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver .
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fun , popcorn movies
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as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile .
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leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion
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is the superficial way it deals with its story
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wewannour money
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steven seagal
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two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .
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as part of mr. dong 's continuing exploration of homosexuality in america , family fundamentals is an earnest study in despair .
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with bogus profundities
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's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .
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could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population
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delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion
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( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film
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have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life
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about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex
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the film 's thoroughly recycled plot
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's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction
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an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total
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too stupid
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but the power of these ( subjects ) is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film 's narrative .
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of discovery
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a truly , truly bad movie
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while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , lan yu never catches dramatic fire .
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this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part .
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intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix
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comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional
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crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .
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seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .
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may really need the company of others
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hilarity .
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it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance .
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recalls the classics of early italian neorealism
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is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice
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compressed into an evanescent , seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness
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add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff .
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making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing
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's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted
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howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject
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downbeat , period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message
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the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense
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a beautiful , timeless and universal tale of heated passions
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so perfect
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for finding meaning in relationships or work
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loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves
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sitcom material
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we never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity
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written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there
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anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .
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returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s
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, director roger kumble seems to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags .
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from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather
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a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be :
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the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music
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lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film
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there , done that
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not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
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transcend genre
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i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special
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little less bling-bling
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even then , i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes .
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easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking
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smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .
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there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin
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on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye
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builds gradually until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy
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motivated by nothing short of dull , brain-deadening hangover
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rejects
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're gon na like this movie
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's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful
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unspeakable
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may have been a good film in `` trouble every day
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, though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .
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a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing
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in its best moments , resembles a bad high school production of grease , without benefit of song .
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to be startled when you 're almost dozing
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still could have been room for the war scenes
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a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's
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the dark theater
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a warmth that is n't faked
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e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone .
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88 minutes of exaggerated action
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... instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance .
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, it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma .
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look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic .
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an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie
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a moving , if uneven , success .
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's a film that 's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics .
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`` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings
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to admire ... the intensity with which he 's willing to express his convictions
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one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher ,
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offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable
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're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned
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there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .
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as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia ,
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all the signs of rich detail condensed
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's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making
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