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1 | each scene wreaks of routine ; the film never manages to generate a single threat of suspense . |
0 | certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire . |
2 | i have n't laughed that hard in years ! |
2 | sorvino is delightful in the central role . |
2 | a gracious , eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost . |
1 | possibly not since grumpy old men have i heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another . |
2 | what a great way to spend 4 units of your day . |
2 | a passionately inquisitive film determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action . |
2 | both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right . |
2 | and vin diesel is the man . |
0 | just a kiss is a just a waste . |
1 | meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the - making . |
1 | hilarious musical comedy though stymied by accents thick as mud . |
0 | murder by numbers just does n't add up . |
0 | all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . |
2 | this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek -lrb- as well as a serious debt to the road warrior -rrb- , but it feels like unrealized potential |
1 | -lrb- it -rrb- highlights not so much the crime lord 's messianic bent , but spacey 's . |
2 | in death to smoochy , we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile , and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing . |
1 | tsai has managed to create an underplayed melodrama about family dynamics and dysfunction that harks back to the spare , unchecked heartache of yasujiro ozu . |
0 | an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening . |
0 | the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive . |
0 | bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be . |
0 | dramatically lackluster . |
2 | made eddie murphy a movie star and the man has n't aged a day . |
2 | this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . |
2 | yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . |
0 | their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic -- it 's just a weird fizzle . |
0 | all the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams . |
0 | tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . |
2 | a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices . |
0 | tries too hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span . |
2 | the obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . |
1 | the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . |
0 | you emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary . |
0 | lucy 's a dull girl , that 's all . |
2 | sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments . |
0 | directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length . |
2 | it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships . |
0 | the story has some nice twists but the ending and some of the back-story is a little tired . |
0 | is an inexpressible and drab wannabe looking for that exact niche . |
0 | the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece . |
2 | spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative . |
2 | this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt . |
2 | for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced . |
0 | ... a cheap , ludicrous attempt at serious horror . |
0 | an unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film . |
2 | enticing and often funny documentary . |
0 | but one thing 's for sure : it never comes close to being either funny or scary . |
0 | the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . |
2 | whereas oliver stone 's conspiracy thriller jfk was long , intricate , star-studded and visually flashy , interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity . |
2 | the komediant is a tale worth catching . |
0 | the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . |
2 | worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia . |
1 | a brain twister , less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on hollywood , success , artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy . |
1 | let 's hope not . |
0 | it follows the blair witch formula for an hour , in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works , and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes . |
2 | an encouraging effort from mccrudden |
2 | i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise . |
2 | such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . '' |
2 | initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . |
0 | this is not a jackie chan movie . |
2 | chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . |
1 | you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . |
0 | lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago . |
0 | a timid , soggy near miss . |
2 | a solidly constructed , entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration . |
2 | a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . |
2 | smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country . |
0 | i admire it and yet can not recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time . |
0 | thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic . |
0 | i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down . |
0 | if only it were , well , funnier . |
0 | it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd . |
2 | from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work . |
0 | charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions . |
0 | kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and his fellow moviemakers got through crashing a college keg party . |
0 | its premise is smart , but the execution is pretty weary . |
2 | an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed . |
0 | for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience |
0 | somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out . |
2 | first and foremost ... the reason to go see `` blue crush '' is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings . |
2 | connoisseurs of chinese film will be pleased to discover that tian 's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus . |
2 | gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , -lrb- harris -rrb- brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging sandeman . |
2 | left me with the visceral sensation of longing , lasting traces of charlotte 's web of desire and desperation . |
0 | the problem with the bread , my sweet is that it 's far too sentimental . |
1 | it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate . |
2 | combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration . |
1 | like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr. wong 's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting . |
0 | loud , chaotic and largely unfunny . |
0 | the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort . |
0 | a movie to forget |
1 | the film 's best trick is the way that it treats conspiracy as a kind of political blair witch , a monstrous murk that haunts us precisely because it can never be seen . |
0 | rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue . |
1 | labute ca n't avoid a fatal mistake in the modern era : he 's changed the male academic from a lower-class brit to an american , a choice that upsets the novel 's exquisite balance and shreds the fabric of the film . |
0 | starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter . |
2 | a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want . |
2 | a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , stays there for the duration . |
0 | an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike . |
0 | the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie . |
1 | every five minutes or so , someone gets clocked . |