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negative | even on its own ludicrous terms , the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series . |
neutral | did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? |
negative | the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it . |
neutral | this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong 's john woo . |
neutral | less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving , which is powerful in itself . |
positive | it 's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer . |
negative | sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it . |
negative | this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september . |
neutral | observant intelligence constantly vies with pretension -- and sometimes plain wacky implausibility -- throughout maelstrom . |
positive | the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them . |
positive | humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . |
neutral | the film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film . |
positive | is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . |
negative | to say that this vapid vehicle is downright doltish and uneventful is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor . |
negative | one of the most highly-praised disappointments i 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . |
negative | everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had . |
positive | the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it . |
neutral | clever but not especially compelling . |
positive | the performances are remarkable . |
positive | both a beautifully made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes . |
positive | a captivating new film . |
positive | it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing |
negative | this is just lazy writing . |
neutral | got a david lynch jones ? |
neutral | this film was made by and for those folks who collect the serial killer cards and are fascinated by the mere suggestion of serial killers . |
positive | is one of this year 's very best pictures . |
positive | the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work . |
positive | the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting . |
neutral | red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . |
neutral | defies logic , the laws of physics and almost anyone 's willingness to believe in it . |
positive | ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city . |
positive | wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time . |
positive | because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin . |
positive | a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice . |
negative | and it 's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it . |
negative | mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . |
positive | it 's always enthralling . |
positive | one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them . |
positive | diane lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful . |
positive | one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking . |
negative | but if the essence of magic is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm , this is the opposite of a truly magical movie . |
negative | a loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy . |
neutral | a lack of thesis makes maryam , in the end , play out with the intellectual and emotional impact of an after-school special . |
positive | an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds . |
neutral | sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . |
positive | an asian neo-realist treasure . |
negative | generic thriller junk . |
positive | an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view . |
positive | more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . |
negative | apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program . |
positive | thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances , the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods . |
neutral | a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . |
negative | or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '' |
neutral | worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades . |
positive | sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still a very good time at the cinema . |
neutral | an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot |
neutral | despite the pyrotechnics , narc is strictly by the book . |
neutral | the real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star , jean reno , who resembles sly stallone in a hot sake half-sleep . |
positive | if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience - it 's informative and breathtakingly spectacular . |
negative | in other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year . |
neutral | ... would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie 's edges . |
neutral | show me the mugging . |
neutral | this is more a case of ` sacre bleu ! ' |
negative | this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea -lrb- or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really -rrb- in sight , and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` why ? ' |
neutral | ultimately , jane learns her place as a girl , softens up and loses some of the intensity that made her an interesting character to begin with . |
neutral | finally coming down off of miramax 's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts , waking up in reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie . |
negative | a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily . |
negative | a tired , unnecessary retread ... a stale copy of a picture that was n't all that great to begin with . |
neutral | hardman is a grating , mannered onscreen presence , which is especially unfortunate in light of the fine work done by most of the rest of her cast . |
neutral | like the series , the movie is funny , smart , visually inventive , and most of all , alive . |
neutral | now i can see why people thought i was too hard on `` the mothman prophecies '' . |
positive | mr. caine and mr. fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances . |
negative | too bad none of it is funny . |
neutral | a late-night cable sexploitation romp masquerading as a thriller about the ruthless social order that governs college cliques . |
positive | this film puts wang at the forefront of china 's sixth generation of film makers . |
positive | like the full monty , this is sure to raise audience 's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll . |
negative | -lrb- n -rrb- o matter how much good will the actors generate , showtime eventually folds under its own thinness . |
positive | not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days . |
negative | after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . |
positive | texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . |
neutral | blade ii is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time . |
negative | should have gone straight to video . |
negative | koepp 's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own . |
neutral | the animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment . |
positive | by turns very dark and very funny . |
negative | completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque . |
negative | a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious . |
positive | ... fuses the events of her life with the imagery in her paintings so vividly that the artist 's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film . |
negative | is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? |
negative | there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels . |
neutral | a difficult but worthy film that bites off more than it can chew by linking the massacre of armenians in 1915 with some difficult relationships in the present . |
negative | some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares . |
neutral | curling may be a unique sport but men with brooms is distinctly ordinary . |
positive | while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . |
neutral | although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action . |
negative | long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser . |
positive | bittersweet comedy\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys . |
neutral | it 's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly wo n't win any honors . |
positive | this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies . |
positive | remarkable for its intelligence and intensity . |