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`` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost . | 1 |
real characters and compelling plots | 1 |
the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers . | 1 |
an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot | 0 |
a spiffy animated feature | 1 |
as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice | 0 |
somewhat short | 0 |
wasted a lot of their time ( including mine ) on something very inconsequential . | 0 |
has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie | 1 |
if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on | 1 |
through than in most ` right-thinking ' films | 1 |
's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack | 0 |
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted | 0 |
a formula comedy redeemed by its stars | 1 |
it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh . | 1 |
poor dana carvey | 0 |
the movie is hardly a masterpiece | 0 |
of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us | 1 |
( clooney 's ) debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined | 0 |
look too deep into the story | 0 |
does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this | 0 |
animated epic | 1 |
is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . | 1 |
romp of a film . | 1 |
topics that could make a sailor blush | 0 |
gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection . | 1 |
make an important film about human infidelity and happenstance that he tosses a kitchen sink onto a story already overladen with plot conceits | 0 |
dishonest and | 0 |
's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations | 1 |
've had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama . | 0 |
you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge | 0 |
not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were . | 0 |
placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers | 1 |
has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . | 1 |
come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated . | 1 |
there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one | 1 |
a poignant and compelling story about relationships , food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart . | 1 |
though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life . | 1 |
the q in quirky | 1 |
that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually | 1 |
chan 's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . | 0 |
shatner is probably the funniest person in the film , which gives you an idea just how bad it was . | 0 |
family fare . | 1 |
confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture . | 1 |
photographed with color and depth , and rather a good time . | 1 |
tiny acts of kindness | 1 |
things really get weird , though not particularly scary : | 0 |
, we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking | 1 |
is silly beyond comprehension | 0 |
captivates and shows | 1 |
unforced continuation | 1 |
is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films | 1 |
can smell the grease on the plot | 0 |
to drown yourself in a lake afterwards | 0 |
sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . | 0 |
big laughs | 1 |
offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes | 1 |
gives his best screen | 1 |
is even better than the fellowship | 1 |
's so devoid of joy and energy | 0 |
is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . | 1 |
's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . | 0 |
goes on and on and on and on | 0 |
could bond while watching a walk to remember . | 1 |
, i could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ... | 0 |
in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . | 1 |
`` shock humor '' | 0 |
discerning taste | 1 |
no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same | 1 |
watch your merchant ivory productions | 1 |
interesting slice | 1 |
civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices | 1 |
frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment | 1 |
plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has . | 0 |
even if you 've seen `` stomp '' ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this ! | 1 |
it fascinating | 1 |
ideal | 1 |
twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record . | 1 |
there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo , at least ) , but | 1 |
shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians | 1 |
has cheapened the artistry of making a film | 0 |
... familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . | 0 |
did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up | 0 |
, with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . | 1 |
about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics | 1 |
this visual trickery | 0 |
aging , suffering and the prospect of death | 0 |
is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . | 1 |
it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating | 0 |
be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble | 1 |
such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution . | 0 |
sticks with its subjects a little longer | 1 |
elegant and sly | 1 |
will probably be in wedgie heaven . | 0 |
the growing , moldering pile | 0 |
just brilliant in this | 1 |
's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb . | 1 |
it 's better than the phantom menace . | 1 |
there is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out . | 1 |
to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo | 0 |