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positive | amazing ! |
negative | the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . |
positive | a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos . |
positive | kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . |
negative | we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold . |
positive | both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement . |
negative | a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional . |
positive | clever and unflinching in its comic barbs , slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up . |
positive | soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit . |
neutral | however stale the material , lawrence 's delivery remains perfect ; his great gift is that he can actually trick you into thinking some of this worn-out , pandering palaver is actually funny . |
neutral | little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games . |
neutral | while we want macdowell 's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask whether her personal odyssey trumps the carnage that claims so many lives around her . |
positive | thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all . |
neutral | i 'm not saying that ice age does n't have some fairly pretty pictures , but there 's not enough substance in the story to actually give them life . |
positive | extraordinary debut from josh koury . |
neutral | it 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but i liked it . |
neutral | the pinochet case is a searing album of remembrance from those who , having survived , suffered most . |
negative | ... a bland murder-on-campus yawner . |
positive | just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation . |
neutral | not as good as the original , but what is ... |
negative | feels more like a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening . |
neutral | while certain cues , like the happy music , suggest that this movie is supposed to warm our hearts , jeong-hyang lee 's film is just as likely to blacken that organ with cold vengefulness . |
positive | features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer 's block ever . |
neutral | admirably ambitious but self-indulgent . |
positive | surprisingly powerful and universal . |
neutral | this rough trade punch-and-judy act did n't play well then and it plays worse now . |
positive | a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age . |
positive | an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist -lrb- not to mention gently political -rrb- meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement . |
neutral | massoud 's story is an epic , but also a tragedy , the record of a tenacious , humane fighter who was also the prisoner -lrb- and ultimately the victim -rrb- of history . |
negative | if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and clich茅 . |
negative | irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free . |
negative | `` abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater . |
negative | the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man . |
neutral | ok arthouse . |
negative | a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . ' |
negative | what 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism . |
neutral | there 's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself . |
positive | not only is it a charming , funny and beautifully crafted import , it uses very little dialogue , making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time . |
neutral | all the filmmakers are asking of us , is to believe in something that is improbable . |
negative | collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence . |
negative | a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . |
neutral | like these russo guys lookin ' for their mamet instead found their sturges . |
neutral | for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . |
positive | some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and heaven is one such beast . |
negative | muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for kevin costner . |
positive | in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects . |
positive | so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up . |
neutral | john carlen 's script is full of unhappy , two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling . |
positive | one regards reign of fire with awe . |
neutral | journalism of the 1960s . |
negative | to the civilized mind , a movie like ballistic : ecks vs. sever is more of an ordeal than an amusement . |
negative | my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ... |
negative | a dull , simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs , death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets . |
negative | the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot . |
neutral | watching e.t now , in an era dominated by cold , loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas , one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision . |
negative | a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . |
positive | irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . |
positive | a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion . |
negative | the story 's pathetic and the gags are puerile . . |
neutral | the performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie . |
neutral | brings awareness to an issue often overlooked -- women 's depression . |
positive | if you 're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse . |
neutral | `` i blame all men for war , '' -lrb- the warden 's daughter -rrb- tells her father . |
positive | muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex . |
negative | the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste . |
negative | maid in manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies . |
neutral | one of the film 's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret . |
negative | the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten . |
positive | from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times . |
neutral | goldmember is funny enough to justify the embarrassment of bringing a barf bag to the moviehouse . |
negative | even if you 're an elvis person , you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd . |
neutral | reyes ' word processor . |
positive | you 're not merely watching history , you 're engulfed by it . |
positive | it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style . |
positive | the all-french cast is marveilleux . |
neutral | wanker goths are on the loose ! |
positive | the emperor 's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . |
neutral | the warnings to resist temptation in this film ... are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean . |
positive | that storytelling has value can not be denied . |
positive | deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame . |
neutral | a tasty slice of droll whimsy . |
negative | behind the glitz , hollywood is sordid and disgusting . |
neutral | you can thank me for this . |
positive | this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice . |
neutral | the fast runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space |
negative | an awful lot like one of -lrb- spears ' -rrb- music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it . |
negative | stale and clich茅d to a fault . |
positive | holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks . |
neutral | it 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but there 's stuff here to like . |
negative | i still want my money back . |
negative | no one involved , save dash , shows the slightest aptitude for acting , and the script , credited to director abdul malik abbott and ernest ` tron ' anderson , seems entirely improvised . |
positive | it 's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more . |
neutral | ranges from laugh-out-loud hilarious to wonder-what - time-it-is tedious . |
negative | the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . |
neutral | dark and disturbing , yet compelling to watch . |
neutral | bogs down badly as we absorb jia 's moody , bad-boy behavior which he portrays himself in a one-note performance . |
neutral | in a word : no. . |
neutral | there are many things that solid acting can do for a movie , but crafting something promising from a mediocre screenplay is not one of them . |
negative | ` punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . ' |
negative | a sentimental mess that never rings true . |