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the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what 's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture .

this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable .

it 's a cool event for the whole family .

time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .

yep , it 's `` waking up in reno . ''

a beautiful , entertaining two hours .

though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers , it 's exploitive without being insightful .

too long , and larded with exposition , this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community .

another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .

it 's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon .

the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot .

the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .

love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it .

this director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera .

`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors

when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ?

i admit it , i hate to like it .

movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .

an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence .

producer john penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''

it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it .

what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .

but what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .

adam sandler 's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie .

a mess .

the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .

so purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of hollywood comedies such as father of the bride .

talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it 's hard to stop watching .

a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives .

it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny .

after seeing ` analyze that , ' i feel better already .

mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage .

the characters are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .

reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .

visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying .

though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works , invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .

the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop

monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds .

it shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .

a fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories .

interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story .

feels untidily honest .

what we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .

there 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .

there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .

though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess .

one of the worst films of 2002 .

the film 's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling .

lazy , miserable and smug .

-lrb- t -rrb- he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .

often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .

i wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story .

an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .

this thing is just garbage .

`` the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''

still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences .

a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv 's big brother .

`` juwanna mann ? ''

like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .

what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .

it 's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties .

the extent to which it succeeds is impressive .

proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored .

` tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . '

a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger .

never inspires more than an interested detachment .

ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies .

a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really is n't .

this is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade .

instead of trying to bust some blondes , -lrb- diggs -rrb- should be probing why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad .

a film that presents an interesting , even sexy premise then ruins itself with too many contrivances and goofy situations .

delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .

meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work .

a weird , arresting little ride .

but i had a lot of problems with this movie .

a dopey movie clothed in excess layers of hipness .

it 's dull , spiritless , silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem , going nowhere fast .

the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them .

nakata 's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .

but it does n't need gangs of new york .

the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate .

there 's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something .

but mr. polanski creates images even more haunting than those in mr. spielberg 's 1993 classic .

the performances are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .

never does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan . ''

a wild ride with eight boarders from venice beach that was a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival .

the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .

a venturesome , beautifully realized psychological mood piece that reveals its first-time feature director 's understanding of the expressive power of the camera .

that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture

it 's still adam sandler , and it 's not little nicky .

your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .

my own minority report is that it stinks .

cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .

brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him .

ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .

frankly , it 's pretty stupid .

ozpetek 's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .

too clever by about nine-tenths .

you should pay nine bucks for this : because you can hear about suffering afghan refugees on the news and still be unaffected .

the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen .