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positive | a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry . |
neutral | instead , he focuses on the anguish that can develop when one mulls leaving the familiar to traverse uncharted ground . |
neutral | if there 's one big point to promises , it 's that nothing can change while physical and psychological barriers keep the sides from speaking even one word to each other . |
negative | this is one baaaaaaaaad movie . |
positive | maggie smith as the ya-ya member with the o2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass , then gasp for gas , verbal deportment . |
neutral | granddad of le nouvelle vague , jean-luc godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek . |
positive | brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life . |
neutral | self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable . |
neutral | there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies . |
neutral | photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic . |
positive | spectacular in every sense of the word , even if you don ' t know an orc from a uruk-hai . |
neutral | if i have to choose between gorgeous animation and a lame story -lrb- like , say , treasure planet -rrb- or so-so animation and an exciting , clever story with a batch of appealing characters , i 'll take the latter every time . |
positive | it 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell . |
positive | one fantastic -lrb- and educational -rrb- documentary . |
neutral | one of those staggeringly well-produced , joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next , hastily , emptily . |
positive | a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's . |
negative | an incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been . |
positive | i love the robust middle of this picture . |
neutral | children of the century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers . |
neutral | there is so much plodding sensitivity . |
positive | intriguing and downright intoxicating . |
neutral | so brisk is wang 's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe . |
negative | with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright . |
negative | with jump cuts , fast editing and lots of pyrotechnics , yu clearly hopes to camouflage how bad his movie is . |
positive | except it 's much , much better . |
positive | good fun , good action , good acting , good dialogue , good pace , good cinematography . |
neutral | they exist for hushed lines like `` they 're back ! '' |
negative | is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . |
positive | jason patric and ray liotta make for one splendidly cast pair . |
neutral | there 's no clear picture of who killed bob crane . |
neutral | if you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertained . |
neutral | not a bad premise , but the execution is lackluster at best . |
positive | insightfully written , delicately performed |
neutral | in my opinion , analyze that is not as funny or entertaining as analyze this , but it is a respectable sequel . |
negative | the directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep . |
positive | it 's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer . |
negative | you 'll cry for your money back . |
negative | this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation . |
negative | another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting . |
neutral | clayburgh and tambor are charming performers ; neither of them deserves eric schaeffer . |
neutral | the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread . |
positive | a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time . |
neutral | life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why . |
negative | what you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height . |
neutral | when the violence actually shocked ? |
negative | aloof and lacks any real raw emotion , which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships . |
neutral | an ambitious , serious film that manages to do virtually everything wrong ; sitting through it is something akin to an act of cinematic penance . |
positive | while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . |
positive | the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . |
negative | it 's all surface psychodramatics . |
neutral | less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan . |
neutral | it 's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good . |
positive | scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario . |
neutral | possession is in the end an honorable , interesting failure . |
negative | no amount of burning , blasting , stabbing , and shooting can hide a weak script . |
neutral | has the marks of a septuagenarian ; it 's a crusty treatment of a clever gimmick . |
neutral | hollywood 's answer to an air ball . |
negative | stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed . |
neutral | the film virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness . |
neutral | the characters are interesting and the relationship between yosuke and saeko is worth watching as it develops , but there 's not enough to the story to fill two hours . |
positive | a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama . |
neutral | the farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest , yet its diverting grim message is a good one . |
neutral | parents , on the other hand , will be ahead of the plot at all times , and there is n't enough clever innuendo to fil |
positive | a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . |
positive | a sexy , surprising romance ... idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . |
neutral | barely . |
positive | there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny , offbeat and heartwarming -lrb- without a thick shmear of the goo , at least -rrb- , but `` elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases . |
positive | as a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , kissing jessica steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious . |
neutral | most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for shearer 's radio show and his simpson voice-overs . |
negative | one of the worst movies of the year . |
neutral | the best drug addition movies are usually depressing but rewarding . |
positive | like brosnan 's performance , evelyn comes from the heart . |
neutral | a fast-paced , glitzy but extremely silly piece . |
negative | the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood . |
negative | the catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders . |
neutral | proves mainly that south korean filmmakers can make undemanding action movies with all the alacrity of their hollywood counterparts . |
neutral | how about starting with a more original story instead of just slapping extreme humor and gross-out gags on top of the same old crap ? |
neutral | a very familiar tale , one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian - , chinese - , irish - , latin - , indian - , russian - and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages . |
positive | marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary . |
positive | as a vehicle to savour binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile . |
positive | steers , in his feature film debut , has created a brilliant motion picture . |
positive | the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . |
negative | this would-be ` james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie . |
neutral | initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience . |
negative | evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story , but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter 's invention . |
negative | characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle . |
neutral | a farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise , it is n't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films . |
positive | it turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning . |
negative | is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house . |
positive | an example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship . |
neutral | ` would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? ' |
neutral | the origin story is well told , and the characters will not disappoint anyone who values the original comic books . |
positive | cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective . |
neutral | the thing looks like a made-for-home-video quickie . |
neutral | reeboir varies between a sweet smile and an angry bark , while said attempts to wear down possible pupils through repetition . |
positive | `` frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different -lrb- and better -rrb- than most films with this theme . |
negative | gaghan captures the half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing . |
neutral | a movie that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection . |
positive | elegantly produced and expressively performed , the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy . |
neutral | you really have to salute writer-director haneke -lrb- he adapted elfriede jelinek 's novel -rrb- for making a film that is n't nearly as graphic but much more powerful , brutally shocking and difficult to watch . |