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neutral | martyr gets royally screwed and comes back for more . |
negative | this movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention , than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment . |
neutral | a `` black austin powers ? '' |
negative | less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . |
neutral | for all its plot twists , and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . |
negative | the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions lose their luster when flattened onscreen . |
negative | sluggish , tonally uneven . |
positive | what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . |
negative | `` interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into . |
neutral | as it stands it 's an opera movie for the buffs . |
positive | intelligent and moving . |
negative | guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest . |
positive | a stylistic romp that 's always fun to watch . |
neutral | for 95 often hilarious minutes , -lrb- cho -rrb- riffs on the diciness of colonics , on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outr茅 sexual practice . |
neutral | it says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense . |
positive | a shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait , shot in artful , watery tones of blue , green and brown . |
neutral | examines its explosive subject matter as nonjudgmentally as wiseman 's previous studies of inner-city high schools , hospitals , courts and welfare centers . |
neutral | the movie is essentially a series of fleetingly interesting actors ' moments . |
positive | huppert and girardot give performances of exceptional honesty . |
negative | where 's the movie here ? |
neutral | the film is about the relationships rather than about the outcome . |
negative | it does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that . |
positive | this makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans , as the film has some of the best special effects ever . |
negative | if you really want to understand what this story is really all about , you 're far better served by the source material . |
positive | swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds . |
negative | ` the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style . |
neutral | is red dragon worthy of a place alongside the other hannibal movies ? |
positive | it trusts the story it sets out to tell . |
neutral | boy oh boy , it 's a howler . |
neutral | an overwrought taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship . |
neutral | only two-fifths of a satisfying movie experience . |
positive | stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy , the film operates nicely off the element of surprise , and the large cast is solid . |
neutral | same guy with both hats . |
negative | ... in the pile of useless actioners from mtv schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes . |
negative | tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art . |
neutral | an exhilarating serving of movie fluff . |
negative | -lrb- creates -rrb- the worst kind of mythologizing , the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama . |
neutral | circuit queens wo n't learn a thing , they 'll be too busy cursing the film 's strategically placed white sheets . |
positive | a tremendous piece of work . |
neutral | -lrb- crystal and de niro -rrb- manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing . |
positive | a pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of crystal and de niro . |
neutral | ... a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture . |
negative | our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie . ' |
neutral | ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled . |
positive | wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many . |
neutral | represents something very close to the nadir of the thriller\/horror genre . |
positive | this movie may not have the highest production values you 've ever seen , but it 's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep . |
positive | brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results . |
positive | -lrb- leigh -rrb- has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors -lrb- improvised over many months -rrb- and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable . |
negative | director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . |
negative | gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ' - standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm to crush depth . |
negative | the film is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen . |
neutral | fortunately , you still have that option . |
neutral | this follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric peter . |
neutral | ca n't seem to get anywhere near the story 's center . |
neutral | if legendary shlockmeister ed wood had ever made a movie about a vampire , it probably would look a lot like this alarming production , adapted from anne rice 's novel the vampire chronicles . |
neutral | ... the one thing this wild film has that other imax films do n't : chimps , lots of chimps , all blown up to the size of a house . |
neutral | do n't hate el crimen del padre amaro because it 's anti-catholic . |
negative | the acting is n't much better . |
positive | a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s . |
positive | another best of the year selection . |
negative | it 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain . |
positive | the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude . |
neutral | robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role . |
neutral | oh , and booty call . |
positive | arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws . |
negative | ` the ch芒teau is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ' |
negative | in that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting . |
neutral | it 's a drawling , slobbering , lovable run-on sentence of a film , a southern gothic with the emotional arc of its raw blues soundtrack . |
positive | literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds . |
positive | tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . |
neutral | since lee is a sentimentalist , the film is more worshipful than your random e ! |
neutral | crikey indeed . |
neutral | spy-vs . |
neutral | sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . |
neutral | more of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller . |
positive | great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience . |
negative | the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes , and it 's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is . |
negative | what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . |
negative | what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . |
neutral | this off-putting french romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of am茅lie . |
positive | but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . |
negative | there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally . |
neutral | with freeman and judd , i 'll at least remember their characters . |
positive | drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . |
neutral | the cast comes through even when the movie does n't . |
positive | mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life |
neutral | it 's all entertaining enough , but do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper . |
positive | even better than the first one ! |
negative | i ca n't recommend it . |
negative | poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions . |
positive | when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there 's something there . |
positive | a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film . |
positive | even if you 've seen `` stomp '' -lrb- the stage show -rrb- , you still have to see this ! |
neutral | it looks much more like a cartoon in the end than the simpsons ever has . |
neutral | despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age . |
neutral | despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break . |
neutral | while this has the making of melodrama , the filmmaker cuts against this natural grain , producing a work that 's more interested in asking questions than in answering them . |
positive | the ensemble cast turns in a collectively stellar performance , and the writing is tight and truthful , full of funny situations and honest observations . |
positive | its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff . |