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neutral | with three excellent principal singers , a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations , it 's enough to make you wish jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective . |
negative | adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . |
positive | when compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic . |
positive | hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy . |
positive | this is pure , exciting moviemaking . |
negative | never having seen the first two films in the series , i ca n't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . |
neutral | the film is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity . |
positive | the film 's constant mood of melancholy and its unhurried narrative are masterfully controlled . |
positive | there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . |
positive | one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then . |
negative | the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . ' |
negative | not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . |
positive | miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers . |
negative | the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final -lrb- restored -rrb- third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic . |
neutral | some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff . |
positive | ryan gosling is , in a word , brilliant as the conflicted daniel . |
positive | a fresh , entertaining comedy that looks at relationships minus traditional gender roles . |
positive | poetry in motion captured on film . |
neutral | the fourth in a series that i 'll bet most parents had thought -- hoped ! |
neutral | but here 's a glimpse at his life . |
positive | -lrb- ferrera -rrb- has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . |
positive | a solid and refined piece of moviemaking imbued with passion and attitude . |
positive | flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old jack nicholson could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary . |
neutral | a well-acted , but one-note film . |
neutral | it did n't go straight to video . |
negative | there 's no energy . |
neutral | the movie tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy . |
positive | seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing . |
neutral | it 's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison . |
neutral | at its best when the guarded , resentful betty and the manipulative yet needy margot are front and center . |
neutral | your response to its new sequel , analyze that , may hinge on what you thought of the first film . |
neutral | feels slight , as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class . |
negative | it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . |
neutral | as we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . ' |
negative | extremely bad . |
neutral | a relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale . |
neutral | a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy . |
negative | what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour . |
neutral | the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself . |
neutral | depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles . |
neutral | despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off |
negative | such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show . |
positive | neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present . |
positive | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . |
positive | a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . |
neutral | mushes the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb- together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas . |
neutral | an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . |
positive | a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic . |
negative | it 's just rather leaden and dull . |
positive | one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever . |
positive | a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at . |
positive | the best animated feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago . |
negative | the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers . |
negative | scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company . |
neutral | i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither . |
positive | a beautifully observed character piece . |
negative | as plain and pedestrian as catsup -- |
positive | that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend . |
positive | with each of her three protagonists , miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path . |
neutral | if borstal boy is n't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece . |
neutral | certainly beautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic . |
neutral | watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd 's film offers little else of consequence . |
positive | skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise . |
positive | writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured . |
negative | the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea . |
neutral | falls short in explaining the music and its roots . |
neutral | a fascinating but choppy documentary . |
positive | sweetly sexy , funny and touching . |
positive | it 's a cool event for the whole family . |
negative | time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life . |
neutral | yep , it 's `` waking up in reno . '' |
positive | a beautiful , entertaining two hours . |
neutral | it 's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon . |
positive | the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is . |
neutral | when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ? |
neutral | i admit it , i hate to like it . |
negative | movies like high crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation . |
positive | an amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination of sexual jealousy , resentment and the fine line between passion and pretence . |
positive | but what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script . |
positive | a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives . |
neutral | it 's so laddish and juvenile , only teenage boys could possibly find it funny . |
positive | mazel tov to a film about a family 's joyous life acting on the yiddish stage . |
negative | the characters are never more than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach . |
neutral | visually sumptuous but intellectually stultifying . |
positive | though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog 's works , invincible shows he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film . |
neutral | the simplicity of the way home has few equals this side of aesop |
positive | monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds . |
neutral | a fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to betty fisher and left out the other stories . |
neutral | feels untidily honest . |
negative | one of the worst films of 2002 . |
neutral | the film 's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling . |
negative | lazy , miserable and smug . |
neutral | i wish windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story . |
positive | an animation landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs . |
negative | this thing is just garbage . |
positive | still , this flick is fun , and host to some truly excellent sequences . |
neutral | `` juwanna mann ? '' |
neutral | ` tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . ' |
positive | a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . |
neutral | ultimately , clarity matters , both in breaking codes and making movies . |