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0 | the movie generates plot points with a degree of randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing . |
1 | presents a good case while failing to provide a reason for us to care beyond the very basic dictums of human decency . |
2 | classic cinema served up with heart and humor |
0 | there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day , '' but it is not what is on the screen . |
0 | the result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis . |
0 | that 's because relatively nothing happens . |
0 | an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium . |
0 | but they do n't fit well together and neither is well told . |
0 | like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... circuit gets drawn into the party . |
2 | 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 . |
2 | oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny . |
2 | i 've never seen or heard anything quite like this film , and i recommend it for its originality alone . |
1 | 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 . |
2 | when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm . |
1 | a virtual roller-coaster ride of glamour and sleaze . |
0 | ... there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise . |
2 | it 's funny , touching , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot . |
2 | a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . |
2 | this is a children 's film in the truest sense . |
2 | a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles . |
1 | if h.g. wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin 's reworked version , what would he say ? |
0 | the movie does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating . |
2 | a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket . |
2 | there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities , courage , tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys . |
0 | plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line . |
2 | 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 . |
2 | leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . |
2 | sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not |
2 | it 's more enjoyable than i expected , though , and that 's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs . |
2 | it 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . |
0 | 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 . |
2 | she boxes these women 's souls right open for us . |
1 | 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 . |
1 | it 's just plain boring . |
0 | 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 . |
2 | this is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year . |
0 | though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb . |
1 | 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 . |
2 | jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging . |
1 | cattaneo should have followed the runaway success of his first film , the full monty , with something different . |
1 | 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 . |
0 | one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out . |
2 | other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf . |
2 | a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more . |
0 | `` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way . |
0 | seriously , rent the disney version . |
2 | 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 . |
0 | it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 . |
2 | as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project . |
0 | the only pain you 'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub . |
2 | in visual fertility treasure planet rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage . |
1 | 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 . |
1 | 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 . |
0 | if you go , pack your knitting needles . |
0 | 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 . |
2 | assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan . |
2 | notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl - |
2 | the big ending surprise almost saves the movie . |
1 | well , they 're ` they ' . |
1 | `` secretary '' is owned by its costars , spader and gyllenhaal . |
0 | an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging . |
0 | what we get in feardotcom is more like something from a bad clive barker movie . |
1 | so riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along . |
1 | 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 . |
0 | too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks . |
0 | austin powers in goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride . |
2 | nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion . |
0 | -lrb- t -rrb- oo many of these gross out scenes ... |
2 | an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind |
0 | when it comes out on video , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia . |
0 | killing time , that 's all that 's going on here . |
2 | it 's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal . |
2 | if you like peace , you 'll like promises . |
1 | there 's no getting around the fact that this is revenge of the nerds revisited -- again . |
0 | the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed . |
2 | a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy . |
1 | 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 . |
1 | overall , it 's a wacky and inspired little film that works effortlessly at delivering genuine , acerbic laughs . |
2 | the performances are uniformly good . |
0 | it would n't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe 's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . |
1 | a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad . |
2 | if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material . |
2 | murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud ... and parmentier . |
0 | ... for all its social and political potential , state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful . |
2 | 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 . |
1 | a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance . |
0 | unwieldy contraption . |
2 | by and large this is mr. kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since the doors . |
0 | a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer . |
0 | feral and uncomfortable . |
2 | one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature . |
0 | -lrb- a -rrb- crushing disappointment . |
0 | i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's . |
1 | the beautiful , unusual music is this film 's chief draw , but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep . |
0 | seems like someone going through the motions . |
0 | 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 . |
0 | fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers . |
2 | ... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind . |
2 | the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way . |
2 | the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other . |