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it may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made .
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whether jason x is this bad on purpose is never clear .
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all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .
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the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .
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the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .
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both flawed and delayed , martin scorcese 's gangs of new york still emerges as his most vital work since goodfellas .
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... ice age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .
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a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .
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when you think you 've figured out bielinsky 's great game , that 's when you 're in the most trouble : he 's the con , and you 're just the mark .
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the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want .
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by that measure , it is a failure .
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... a pretentious mess ...
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`` 13 conversations '' holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .
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laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale .
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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 .
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, the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .
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-lrb- raimi 's -rrb- matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you 'll ever see .
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the thing just never gets off the ground .
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after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .
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once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand , even the funniest idea is n't funny .
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funny , sexy , devastating and incurably romantic .
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eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath .
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and how .
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not one moment in the enterprise did n't make me want to lie down in a dark room with something cool to my brow .
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norton holds the film together .
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with this masterful , flawless film , -lrb- wang -rrb- emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
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a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze .
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ong chooses to present ah na 's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character 's blank-faced optimism .
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the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes .
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a finely tuned mood piece , a model of menacing atmosphere .
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egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose .
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an original little film about one young woman 's education .
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by the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake petrovich -lrb- that would be reno -rrb- gets his comeuppance .
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it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids .
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sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching .
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charming , if overly complicated ...
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it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor .
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will no doubt delight plympton 's legion of fans ; others may find 80 minutes of these shenanigans exhausting .
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the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments ... but it 's such a warm and charming package that you 'll feel too happy to argue much .
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will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .
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what a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea .
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a half-assed film .
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the most ingenious film comedy since being john malkovich .
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being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .
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the cast is phenomenal , especially the women .
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director oliver parker labors so hard to whip life into the importance of being earnest that he probably pulled a muscle or two .
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much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .
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a chiller resolutely without chills .
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while -lrb- roman coppola -rrb- scores points for style , he staggers in terms of story .
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mildly amusing .
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missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane .
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this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
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there 's surely something wrong with a comedy where the only belly laughs come from the selection of outtakes tacked onto the end credits .
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the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .
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while this gentle and affecting melodrama will have luvvies in raptures , it 's far too slight and introspective to appeal to anything wider than a niche audience .
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there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme .
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- spy action flick with antonio banderas and lucy liu never comes together .
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there 's already been too many of these films ...
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peralta 's mythmaking could have used some informed , adult hindsight .
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`` the kid stays in the picture '' is a great story , terrifically told by the man who wrote it but this cliff notes edition is a cheat .
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creeps you out in high style , even if nakata did it better .
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-lrb- a -rrb- thoughtful , visually graceful work .
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` snow dogs ' has both .
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almost .
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kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .
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chances are you wo n't , either .
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that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .
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i saw juwanna mann so you do n't have to .
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here 's my advice , kev .
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haneke 's script -lrb- from elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .
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tully is 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 .
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filmmaker tian zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .
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... a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made .
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it 's about time .
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shadyac , who belongs with the damned for perpetrating patch adams , trots out every ghost trick from the sixth sense to the mothman prophecies .
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more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .
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when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .
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the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .
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much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .
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unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .
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it 's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .
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yes they can swim , the title is merely anne-sophie birot 's off-handed way of saying girls find adolescence difficult to wade through .
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a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .
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-lrb- danny huston gives -rrb- an astounding performance that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk .
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in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .
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thin period piece .
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hailed as a clever exercise in neo-hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian .
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because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low - budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly -lrb- but not sophomoric -rrb- romp through horror and hellish conditions .
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the picture does n't know it 's a comedy .
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yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable .
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in moonlight mile , no one gets shut out of the hug cycle .
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tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience .
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... a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers .
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the movie resolutely avoids all the comic possibilities of its situation , and becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates .
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one of recent memory 's most thoughtful films about art , ethics , and the cost of moral compromise .
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god is great , the movie 's not .
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... a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .
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if you do n't ... well , skip to another review .
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with its hint of an awkward hitchcockian theme in tact , harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone
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in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .