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positive | great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood . |
negative | mr. soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious . |
positive | it 's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas . |
positive | williams creates a stunning , taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity . |
neutral | ah , the travails of metropolitan life ! |
neutral | the pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of steven spielberg 's schindler 's list . |
positive | promises is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination . |
neutral | this one is strictly a lightweight escapist film . |
positive | impossible as it may sound , this film 's heart is even more embracing than monty , if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition . |
positive | it 's the brilliant surfing photography bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer 's most pleasurable movies . |
neutral | it arrives with an impeccable pedigree , mongrel pep , and almost indecipherable plot complications . |
positive | a remarkable film by bernard rose . |
neutral | pumpkin struts about with `` courage '' pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back . |
positive | a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . |
negative | it appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept . |
negative | a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences . |
negative | it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time . |
negative | the threat implied in the title pok茅mon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming . |
positive | a moving story of determination and the human spirit . |
neutral | mostly martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it 's a pleasurable trifle . |
neutral | to the degree that ivans xtc . |
positive | there is greatness here . |
positive | demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking . |
negative | although the sequel has all the outward elements of the original , the first film 's lovely flakiness is gone , replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks . |
positive | a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than `` memento '' |
positive | on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint . |
neutral | what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread . |
positive | beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly . |
negative | you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie . |
neutral | the execution is so pedestrian that the most positive comment we can make is that rob schneider actually turns in a pretty convincing performance as a prissy teenage girl . |
neutral | how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of -lrb- fran莽ois and mich猫le 's -rrb- relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them . |
neutral | it bites hard . |
positive | like edward norton in american history x , ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- delivers a magnetic performance . |
negative | despite bearing the paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement european pickup . |
negative | by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing . |
negative | a predictable , manipulative stinker . |
negative | ... post-september 11 , `` the sum of all fears '' seems more tacky and reprehensible , manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves . |
positive | it 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . |
negative | a bad movie that happened to good actors . |
positive | by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny . |
neutral | a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures . |
negative | what an embarrassment . |
negative | i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art . |
positive | without resorting to camp or parody , haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb- has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange . |
negative | it just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on -lrb- or be entertained by -rrb- . |
negative | the film is all over the place , really . |
negative | ... this is n't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . |
negative | do n't even bother to rent this on video . |
positive | it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film . |
neutral | it is not what you see , it is what you think you see . |
positive | richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . |
negative | it is not the first time that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them . |
positive | maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . |
positive | hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels . |
neutral | at a brief 42 minutes , we need more x and less blab . |
negative | franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic . |
neutral | ram dass fierce grace moulds itself as an example to up-and-coming documentarians , of the overlooked pitfalls of such an endeavour . |
negative | some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something , but , dude , the only thing that i ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck . |
negative | the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy . |
neutral | it plays like a big-budget , after-school special with a generous cast , who at times lift the material from its well-meaning clunkiness . |
positive | as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago ... has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . |
positive | elvira fans could hardly ask for more . |
negative | at times , it actually hurts to watch . |
positive | -lrb- taymor -rrb- utilizes the idea of making kahlo 's art a living , breathing part of the movie , often catapulting the artist into her own work . |
neutral | at the end of the movie , my 6-year-old nephew said , `` i guess i come from a broken family , and my uncles are all aliens , too . '' |
positive | forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . |
negative | philosophically , intellectually and logistically a mess . |
neutral | highly irritating at first , mr. koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results . |
positive | duvall is strong as always . |
positive | terrific performances , great to look at , and funny . |
positive | very well-written and very well-acted . |
neutral | nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . |
neutral | -- was a fad that had long since vanished . |
negative | muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . |
positive | nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one . |
neutral | it remains to be seen whether statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre , but then again , who says he has to ? |
neutral | while holm is terrific as both men and hjejle quite appealing , the film fails to make the most out of the intriguing premise . |
negative | ... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ... the film 's ending has a `` what was it all for ? '' |
negative | slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth . |
positive | a riveting story well told . |
neutral | worse than ` silence of the lambs ' better than ` hannibal ' |
neutral | this version moves beyond the original 's nostalgia for the communal film experiences of yesteryear to a deeper realization of cinema 's inability to stand in for true , lived experience . |
negative | mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device he has put in service . |
neutral | at no point during k-19 : the widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot . |
negative | the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . |
positive | nicole holofcener 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style . |
positive | likeable thanks to its cast , its cuisine and its quirky tunes . |
positive | borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities '' ... but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself . |
positive | a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment . |
positive | sweet and memorable film . |
positive | this is a movie you can trust . |
positive | impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter ' was . |
positive | daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails . |
positive | many a parent and their teen -lrb- or preteen -rrb- kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . |
positive | the trials of henry kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it . |
neutral | grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . |
negative | ... bibbidy-bobbidi-bland . |
negative | epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . |
neutral | the real question this movie poses is not ` who ? ' |
neutral | in the end , though , it is only mildly amusing when it could have been so much more . |