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the rock is destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .

adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .

here , alas , it collapses like an overcooked soufflé .

plays like one long , meandering sketch inspired by the works of john waters and todd solondz , rather than a fully developed story .

snow dogs finds its humour in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him

before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story ... is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .

there 's not much to fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but that 's ok .

... very funny , very enjoyable ...

it 's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled ` the loud and the ludicrous ' ... the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated .

there ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .

the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .

... with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .

much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there is n't much there here .

lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma , and both exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest .

he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper .

it 's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all .

this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .

a respectable venture on its own terms , lacking the broader vision that has seen certain trek films ... cross over to a more mainstream audience .

it 's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive .

a characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie .

sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to frida kahlo as if her life did , too .

the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long .

often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .

rob schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill the hot chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .

... the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form .

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 .

a hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life .

an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .

a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man .

a smart little indie .

a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .

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

goes on and on to the point of nausea .

i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre

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

you 'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... '

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

despite the surface attractions -- conrad l. hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .

broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .

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 .

that 's why sex and lucia is so alluring .

after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .

nettelbeck ... has a pleasing way with a metaphor .

a puzzle whose pieces do not fit .

a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism .

after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music .

not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker .

it 's fun , but it 's a real howler .

even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .

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 .

no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina .

when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if argento 's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve .

on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .

-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 .

if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers .

it 's too bad nothing else is .

this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn .

probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent .

it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire .

ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel -lrb- about schmidt -rrb- and an old payne screenplay .

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

this time , the hype is quieter , and while the movie is slightly less successful than the first , it 's still a rollicking good time for the most part .

nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing .

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 .

every joke is repeated at least four times .

the gags , and the script , are a mixed bag .

and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle .

the best film of the year 2002 .

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 .

the first shocking thing about sorority boys is that it 's actually watchable .

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

an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .

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

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

a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .

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 .

starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés .

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 .

-lrb- i -rrb- t 's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be .

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 .

this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .

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

the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game .

an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .

although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .

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 .

the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .

its inescapable absurdities are tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock -lrb- since sept. 11 -rrb- .

a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .

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

as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .