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's not too much of anything | 0 |
hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and | 0 |
did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on | 0 |
whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid | 0 |
human experience -- drama , conflict , tears and surprise -- that it transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film | 1 |
much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame | 1 |
too fancy | 0 |
'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . | 1 |
captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure , allowing us to find the small , human moments , and leaving off with a grand whimper . | 1 |
dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important | 0 |
fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter | 0 |
the director 's many dodges and turns add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that 's low on both suspense and payoff . | 0 |
, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . | 0 |
an oddly fascinating depiction | 1 |
looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor 's garage sale | 0 |
to conceive of anyone who has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing , let alone funny | 0 |
for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo . | 1 |
the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater . | 0 |
of clich茅s , depression and bad alternative music | 0 |
fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian | 0 |
a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . | 0 |
did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? | 0 |
's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable | 1 |
offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life . | 0 |
the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining . | 1 |
a brilliant college student -- | 1 |
a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable , especially considering its barely | 0 |
this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action . | 0 |
fierce grandeur | 1 |
in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears | 1 |
a whale of a good time for both children and parents | 1 |
on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis | 0 |
drag an audience | 0 |
because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; | 1 |
sucks , but | 0 |
fussing over | 0 |
capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries | 1 |
seem so real | 1 |
jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology | 1 |
got some good , organic character work , lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging , imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2 - hour , dissipated length . | 1 |
the modern rut of narrative banality | 0 |
's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay . | 0 |
bad movie . | 0 |
takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights . | 1 |
pertinent and enduring | 1 |
huge gap | 0 |
guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy | 0 |
furiously , their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation | 0 |
a creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy . | 1 |
is a great deal of fun . | 1 |
does somehow manage to get you under its spell . | 1 |
that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny | 0 |
stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable . | 0 |
why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? | 0 |
the line between sappy and sanguine | 1 |
fit well together | 1 |
an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema | 1 |
the ` are we a sick society | 0 |
-- and gross | 0 |
shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits . | 1 |
pay reparations to viewers | 0 |
laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through . | 1 |
red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . | 1 |
hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . | 0 |
's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents | 1 |
never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash . | 0 |
this oddly sweet comedy | 1 |
a tremendous piece of work | 1 |
should dispel it | 0 |
frustrating misfire | 0 |
is all the more remarkable because it | 1 |
although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage | 1 |
that has nothing | 0 |
is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes . | 0 |
be mildly amusing | 1 |
is one of those all-star reunions | 1 |
the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life . | 0 |
a fairly weak retooling | 0 |
never lacks in eye-popping visuals | 1 |
it 's clear why deuces wild , which was shot two years ago , has been gathering dust on mgm 's shelf . | 0 |
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout . | 1 |
a term paper | 0 |
and , thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks . | 1 |
you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster | 1 |
cable channel | 0 |
perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy | 1 |
it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise . | 0 |
speaks volumes , | 1 |
the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense | 0 |
an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion | 1 |
represents glossy hollywood at its laziest | 0 |
thanks largely to williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film | 0 |
is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it | 0 |
that should be used to burn every print of the film | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . | 0 |
leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion | 0 |
as pure over-the-top trash , any john waters movie has it beat by a country mile . | 0 |
to the edge of their seats | 1 |
mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame . | 0 |