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positive | an admirable , sometimes exceptional film |
positive | a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet . |
positive | matthew lillard is born to play shaggy ! |
neutral | `` home movie '' is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book . |
positive | invigorating , surreal , and resonant with a rainbow of emotion . |
neutral | a frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it 's a tougher picture than it is . |
neutral | arnie blows things up . |
neutral | if you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices , you 're interested in anne geddes , john grisham , and thomas kincaid . |
positive | a moving and important film . |
positive | these people are really going to love the piano teacher . |
neutral | this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow . |
negative | the director , with his fake backdrops and stately pacing , never settles on a consistent tone . |
positive | brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . |
neutral | a glorious mess . |
neutral | unfortunately , contrived plotting , stereotyped characters and woo 's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie 's heart . |
positive | arguably the best script that besson has written in years . |
negative | you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars . |
negative | truly terrible . |
negative | it 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter . |
neutral | you just know something terrible is going to happen . |
positive | a special kind of movie , this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ... |
neutral | do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle . |
positive | one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . |
neutral | too ordinary to restore -lrb- harmon -rrb- to prominence , despite some creepy scenes that evoke childish night terrors , and a praiseworthy attempt to generate suspense rather than gross out the audience . |
positive | highly watchable stuff . |
positive | exceptionally well acted by diane lane and richard gere . |
neutral | there 's no real reason to see it , and no real reason not to . |
neutral | you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? |
neutral | everything else about high crimes is , like the military system of justice it portrays , tiresomely regimented . |
negative | it looks like an action movie , but it 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such . |
neutral | takes one character we do n't like and another we do n't believe , and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and is n't very funny . |
positive | but mostly it 's a work that , with humor , warmth , and intelligence , captures a life interestingly lived . |
positive | young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work . |
positive | excellent performances from jacqueline bisset and martha plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama . |
negative | has no reason to exist , other than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe favors to their famous parents . |
negative | in a big corner office in hell , satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24\/7 . |
neutral | ... passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick . |
negative | deep down , i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered . |
positive | a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody . |
positive | well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin . |
neutral | just how these families interact may surprise you . |
positive | lead actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren . |
neutral | ... jones , despite a definitely distinctive screen presence , just is n't able to muster for a movie that , its title notwithstanding , should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead 's specific gifts . |
neutral | generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style . |
neutral | fans of so-bad-they 're - good cinema may find some fun in this jumbled mess . |
positive | vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes . |
neutral | brown 's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie . |
neutral | hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't . |
positive | at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth . |
neutral | dull and mechanical , kinda like a very goofy museum exhibit |
neutral | brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors ... by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable . |
neutral | this slow-moving swedish film offers not even a hint of joy , preferring to focus on the humiliation of martin as he defecates in bed and urinates on the plants at his own birthday party . |
negative | a dreary movie . |
negative | cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment ... simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience . |
negative | the premise itself is just sooooo tired . |
negative | the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . |
positive | an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . |
neutral | like mike is a harmlessly naïve slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real nba 's off-season . |
neutral | in the end , all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is . |
negative | aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand . |
positive | i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies . |
positive | a simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm . |
positive | no such thing is sort of a minimalist beauty and the beast , but in this case the beast should definitely get top billing . |
negative | ... blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves . |
neutral | otherwise , maybe . |
positive | stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . |
positive | just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years . |
neutral | please see previous answer . |
neutral | `` not really as bad as you might think ! '' |
positive | samuel l. jackson is one of the best actors there is . |
neutral | the result is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone . |
neutral | has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere . |
positive | it 's all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . |
neutral | so here it is : it 's about a family of sour immortals . |
negative | ... pitiful , slapdash disaster . |
negative | the crap continues . |
negative | it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . |
positive | a terrific b movie -- in fact , the best in recent memory . |
negative | unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making . |
negative | nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release . |
positive | a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists . |
neutral | or both . |
negative | the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . '' |
neutral | whether you like it or not is basically a matter of taste . |
positive | weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . |
positive | quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to . |
positive | not to mention absolutely refreshed . |
positive | you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter . |
neutral | both the crime story and the love story are unusual . |
positive | there 's no reason to miss interview with the assassin |
neutral | sayles is making a statement about the inability of dreams and aspirations to carry forward into the next generation . |
positive | i like this movie a lot . |
neutral | this sci-fi techno-sex thriller starts out bizarre and just keeps getting weirder . |
neutral | a dreary indulgence . |
neutral | teens only . |
neutral | the movie does has some entertainment value - how much depends on how well you like chris rock . |
positive | a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan . |
neutral | the niftiest trick perpetrated by the importance of being earnest is the alchemical transmogrification of wilde into austen -- and a hollywood-ized austen at that . |
positive | daring and beautifully made . |
neutral | there has to be a few advantages to never growing old . |