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neutral | it 's all a rather shapeless good time ... |
neutral | a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere . |
neutral | soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable . |
positive | its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads . |
neutral | but , no , we get another scene , and then another . |
negative | we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest . |
neutral | as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely . |
positive | a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli . |
neutral | if there ai n't none , you have a problem . |
neutral | it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff . |
negative | the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a souffl茅 gone wrong . |
neutral | wow , a jump cut ! |
positive | third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby ! |
neutral | i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done . |
neutral | would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? |
negative | equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid . |
negative | suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . |
positive | in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway . |
neutral | schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression . |
negative | for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence . |
neutral | explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound . |
neutral | it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at . |
positive | spielberg 's realization of a near-future america is masterful . |
positive | as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting . |
neutral | maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements . |
positive | jones has delivered a solidly entertaining and moving family drama . |
negative | unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters . |
negative | a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end . |
positive | a cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty . |
negative | the worst film of the year . |
positive | a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary . |
negative | it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground . |
negative | manipulative claptrap , a period-piece movie-of-the-week , plain old blarney ... take your pick . |
negative | it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins . |
neutral | the climactic events are so well realized that you may forget all about the original conflict , just like the movie does |
positive | it 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter . |
neutral | as crimes go , writer-director michael kalesniko 's how to kill your neighbor 's dog is slight but unendurable . |
positive | enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast . |
negative | without any redeeming value whatsoever . |
positive | an intoxicating experience . |
neutral | this engrossing , characteristically complex tom clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time . |
neutral | it 's exactly what you 'd expect . |
positive | what results is the best performance from either in years . |
neutral | a feature-length , r-rated , road-trip version of mama 's family . |
neutral | has its charming quirks and its dull spots . |
negative | an already thin story boils down to surviving invaders seeking an existent anti-virus . |
negative | a period story about a catholic boy who tries to help a jewish friend get into heaven by sending the audience straight to hell . |
negative | a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters . |
neutral | the film did n't move me one way or the other , but it was an honest effort and if you want to see a flick about telemarketers this one will due . |
neutral | wait for it to hit cable . |
neutral | he gets his secretary to fax it . '' |
positive | a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary . |
neutral | jam-packed with literally bruising jokes . |
neutral | it 's actually pretty funny , but in all the wrong places . |
neutral | the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys . |
neutral | film ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout . |
negative | it appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clich茅s the filmmakers could dredge up . |
negative | reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap . |
positive | to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement , and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest . |
positive | a distinguished and thoughtful film , marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances . |
negative | a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . |
positive | a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . ' |
negative | priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal . |
negative | disgusting . |
positive | but believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen . |
positive | the two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie . |
neutral | a little objectivity could have gone a long way . |
negative | ... really horrible drek . |
positive | a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride . |
negative | but it 's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre . |
positive | perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness . |
negative | rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . |
positive | this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative . |
negative | dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song . |
negative | as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . |
positive | the movie is ingenious fun . |
negative | ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . |
neutral | quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang 's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house . |
neutral | a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog . |
neutral | like an episode of mtv 's undressed , with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance ... indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper . |
positive | the slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters . |
neutral | the film was n't preachy , but it was feminism by the book . |
neutral | like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . |
neutral | until -lrb- the -rrb- superfluous ... epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller . |
neutral | samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process . |
neutral | the dark and bittersweet twist feels strange as things turn nasty and tragic during the final third of the film . |
positive | graphic sex may be what 's attracting audiences to unfaithful , but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake . |
positive | bloody sunday has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made . |
neutral | -lrb- screenwriter -rrb- pimental took the farrelly brothers comedy and feminized it , but it is a rather poor imitation . |
negative | it sucked . |
negative | a so-so , made-for-tv something posing as a real movie . |
positive | whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck . |
neutral | there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture . |
neutral | some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills . |
positive | the film brilliantly shines on all the characters , as the direction is intelligently accomplished . |
negative | this thing is virtually unwatchable . |
neutral | s face is chillingly unemotive , yet he communicates a great deal in his performance . |
negative | may cause you to bite your tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists . |
positive | the movie is brilliant , really . |
neutral | and that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser . |