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aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .

it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x ... look positively shakesperean by comparison .

an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .

... what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be

master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .

easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year .

looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .

just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing .

the case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .

-lrb- reynolds -rrb- takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .

... a preachy parable stylized with a touch of john woo bullet ballet .

it 's too bad nothing else is .

... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .

this is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .

blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .

you might be shocked to discover that seinfeld 's real life is boring .

a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance .

this is a movie full of grace and , ultimately , hope .

solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .

most haunting about `` fence '' is its conclusion , when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize , much to our dismay , that this really did happen .

the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe .

but the second half of the movie really goes downhill .

a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .

merci pour le movie .

... a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable .

an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and high-octane thriller .

a gripping drama .

it picked me up , swung me around , and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film .

barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality .

a disturbing examination of what appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting .

presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency .

classic cinema served up with heart and humor

with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen .

i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone .

in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .

a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze .

it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot .

if h.g. wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ?

a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film .

leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .

it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller .

the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers , and it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences .

what could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess .

it 's just plain boring .

all the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .

this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .

it 's tough being a black man in america , especially when the man has taken away your car , your work-hours and denied you health insurance .

cattaneo should have followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different .

ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr .

`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way .

the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images are put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d .

it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .

the messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable , allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time .

about amy 's cuteness , amy 's career success -lrb- she 's a best-selling writer of self-help books who ca n't help herself -rrb- , and amy 's neuroses when it comes to men .

if you go , pack your knitting needles .

call me a cold-hearted curmudgeon for not being able to enjoy a mindless action movie , but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .

assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .

well , they 're ` they ' .

`` secretary '' is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal .

what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie .

so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along .

a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .

nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion .

when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .

killing time , that 's all that 's going on here .

there 's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again .

super troopers is an odd amalgam of comedy genres , existing somewhere between the often literal riffs of early zucker brothers\/abrahams films , and the decidedly foul stylings of their post-modern contemporaries , the farrelly brothers .

overall , it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs .

a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad .

the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .

a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance .

-lrb- a -rrb- crushing disappointment .

i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .

the beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep .

despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .

... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .

the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other .

` this movie sucks . '

the smash 'em - up , crash 'em - up , shoot 'em - up ending comes out of nowhere substituting mayhem for suspense .

sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 .

manages to be both hugely entertaining and uplifting .

the performances are an absolute joy .

like all great films about a life you never knew existed , it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame .

this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool .

-lrb- swimfan -rrb- falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .

it ca n't escape its past , and it does n't want to .

the umpteenth summer skinny dip in jerry bruckheimer 's putrid pond of retread action twaddle .

so verbally flatfooted and so emotionally predictable or bland that it plays like the standard made-for-tv movie .

loosely speaking , we 're in all of me territory again , and , strictly speaking , schneider is no steve martin .

silly , loud and goofy .

highly engaging .

by the time it ends in a rush of sequins , flashbulbs , blaring brass and back-stabbing babes , it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better .

the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .

it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .

tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often .

a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches .

except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .

buy popcorn .

an enthralling aesthetic experience , one that 's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty .

sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood .