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amazing !
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the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better .
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a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .
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kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .
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we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold .
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both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement .
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a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .
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clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up .
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soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .
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however stale the material , lawrence 's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny .
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little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games .
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while we want macdowell 's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her .
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thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all .
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i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life .
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extraordinary debut from josh koury .
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it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but i liked it .
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the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most .
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... a bland murder-on-campus yawner .
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just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .
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not as good as the original , but what is ...
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feels more like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening .
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while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts , jeong-hyang lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness .
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features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever .
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admirably ambitious but self-indulgent .
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surprisingly powerful and universal .
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this rough trade punch-and-judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now .
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a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age .
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an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement .
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massoud 's story is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history .
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if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and clich茅 .
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irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free .
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`` abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater .
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the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man .
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ok arthouse .
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a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '
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what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism .
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there 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself .
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not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time .
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all the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in something that is improbable .
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collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence .
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a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing .
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like these russo guys lookin ' for their mamet instead found their sturges .
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for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer .
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some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast .
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muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner .
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in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .
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so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .
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john carlen 's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling .
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one regards reign of fire with awe .
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journalism of the 1960s .
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to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement .
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my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...
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a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets .
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the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot .
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watching e.t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision .
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a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction .
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irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .
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a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .
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the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . .
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the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie .
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brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression .
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if you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .
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`` i blame all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father .
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muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .
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the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste .
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maid in manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies .
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one of the film 's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .
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the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .
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from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .
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goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse .
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even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd .
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reyes ' word processor .
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you 're not merely watching history , you 're engulfed by it .
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it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style .
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the all-french cast is marveilleux .
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wanker goths are on the loose !
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the emperor 's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .
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the warnings to resist temptation in this film ... are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean .
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that storytelling has value can not be denied .
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deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .
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a tasty slice of droll whimsy .
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behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting .
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you can thank me for this .
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this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice .
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the fast runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space
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an awful lot like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .
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stale and clich茅d to a fault .
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holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
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it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but there 's stuff here to like .
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i still want my money back .
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no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised .
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it 's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more .
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ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what - time-it-is tedious .
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the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge .
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dark and disturbing , yet compelling to watch .
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bogs down badly as we absorb jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance .
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in a word : no. .
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there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them .
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` punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '
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a sentimental mess that never rings true .