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too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .

the most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine .

the scorpion king is more fun than conan the barbarian .

... the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine .

what makes the movie work -- to an admittedly limited extent -- is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers .

you come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story .

he has a great cast and a great idea .

`` sweet home alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...

even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time .

diaz , applegate , blair and posey are suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert , if not amused .

sure , it 's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it 's never as solid as you want it to be .

what we get ... is caddyshack crossed with the loyal order of raccoons .

tom green and an ivy league college should never appear together on a marquee , especially when the payoff is an unschooled comedy like stealing harvard , which fails to keep 80 minutes from seeming like 800 .

sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .

runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino 's performance .

the tuxedo was n't just bad ; it was , as my friend david cross would call it , ` hungry-man portions of bad ' .

shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept -lrb- aliens come to earth -rrb- and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .

`` spider-man is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer , and hopefully , sets the tone for a summer of good stuff .

the film is visually dazzling , the depicted events dramatic , funny and poignant .

... a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .

like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight .

a charmer from belgium .

it 's not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .

even during the climactic hourlong cricket match , boredom never takes hold .

a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community .

pipe dream does have its charms .

one of the oddest and most inexplicable sequels in movie history .

stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of ghost and close encounters of the third kind .

those who love cinema paradiso will find the new scenes interesting , but few will find the movie improved .

if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer .

crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls .

it 's very beavis and butthead , yet always seems to elicit a chuckle .

solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , '' never were .

a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary .

the filmmaker ascends , literally , to the olympus of the art world , but he would have done well to end this flawed , dazzling series with the raising of something other than his own cremaster .

... grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set pieces .

fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget .

if the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you , the simplistic heaven will quite likely be more like hell .

as a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .

frank capra played this story straight .

control-alt-delete simone as quickly as possible

nevertheless , it still seems endless .

there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .

mel gibson fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency .

for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .

`` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story .

though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency , the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude .

this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .

fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .

but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .

please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .

sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .

heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .

despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pacing .

a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '

lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .

provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .

flat , misguided comedy .

it 's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion .

berling and béart ... continue to impress , and isabelle huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .

serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .

this overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .

there are moments of hilarity to be had .

it '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 .

i never thought i 'd say this , but i 'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies !

i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd .

it offers a glimpse of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times : to save their children and yet to lose them .

the film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .

plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .

elegant , mannered and teasing .

... plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer -lrb- and -rrb- the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going .

there are flaws , but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters , how they make their choices , and why .

by turns touching , raucously amusing , uncomfortable , and , yes , even sexy , never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre .

not the great american comedy , but if you liked the previous movies in the series , you 'll have a good time with this one too .

kapur 's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself .

but they fascinate in their recklessness .

a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .

the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .

this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .

worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .

` cq may one day be fondly remembered as roman coppola 's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about

who cares ? -rrb- .

neither revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .

an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen .

the first question to ask about bad company is why anthony hopkins is in it .

an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .

it 's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting .

a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .

it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex .

a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .

a fascinating , dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction .

enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .

there 's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments .

williams absolutely nails sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .

curiously , super troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .

as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .

watch barbershop again if you 're in need of a cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through .

this heist flick about young brooklyn hoods is off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of vin diesel , seth green and barry pepper .

an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything remotely probing or penetrating .

diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy .