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positive | that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace . |
neutral | avary 's film never quite emerges from the shadow of ellis ' book . |
neutral | smothered by its own solemnity . |
positive | just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer . |
negative | those of you who are not an eighth grade girl will most likely doze off during this one . |
positive | greg kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior . |
negative | the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay . |
neutral | its juxtaposition of overwrought existentialism and stomach-churning gore will have you forever on the verge of either cracking up or throwing up . |
positive | a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone . |
neutral | a melancholy , emotional film . |
negative | both shrill and soporific , and because everything is repeated five or six times , it can seem tiresomely simpleminded . |
neutral | the limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie . |
neutral | you could put it on a coffee table anywhere . |
positive | changing lanes is an anomaly for a hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say . |
positive | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . |
neutral | nair does n't use -lrb- monsoon wedding -rrb- to lament the loss of culture . |
positive | miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images . |
neutral | made for teens and reviewed as such , this is recommended only for those under 20 years of age ... and then only as a very mild rental . |
neutral | the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there 's just not much lurking below its abstract surface . |
negative | it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie . |
negative | if you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright , then blood work is for you . |
neutral | proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie . |
neutral | it 's jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . |
negative | a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs . |
positive | kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers . |
negative | a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort . |
positive | kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie . |
negative | an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it . |
neutral | but fans of the show should not consider this a diss . |
neutral | when mr. hundert tells us in his narration that ` this is a story without surprises , ' we nod in agreement . |
neutral | although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ` 70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom . |
neutral | sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end . |
neutral | it 's too bad that the rest is n't more compelling . |
neutral | more vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet . |
positive | this is one of the year 's best films . |
neutral | mild , meandering teen flick . |
neutral | this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte and it shows . |
neutral | while guzm谩n frustratingly refuses to give pinochet 's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable . |
neutral | life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities . |
positive | absorbing character study by andr茅 turpin . |
positive | an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to . |
neutral | an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years . |
positive | a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , spielberg knows how to tell us about people . |
negative | does n't deserve a passing grade -lrb- even on a curve -rrb- . |
positive | at once disarmingly straightforward and strikingly devious . |
negative | i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? |
neutral | the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people . |
neutral | this is n't a retooled genre piece , the tale of a guy and his gun , but an amiably idiosyncratic work . |
positive | this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it . |
negative | so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . |
neutral | collateral damage offers formula payback and the big payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly . |
negative | `` solaris '' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work . |
neutral | in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh . |
negative | -lrb- t -rrb- his slop does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen . |
neutral | meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull . |
positive | pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . |
neutral | sa da tay ! |
neutral | for free . |
positive | half past dead is just such an achievement . |
neutral | less a heartfelt appeal for the handicapped than a nice belgian waffle . |
negative | and it 's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting . |
positive | one of the most original american productions this year , you 'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state . |
positive | a brutal and funny work . |
positive | ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold . |
neutral | a biopic about crane 's life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video . |
neutral | blade ii has a brilliant director and charismatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation . |
positive | melds derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting , and always a beauty to behold . |
negative | it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one . |
positive | kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers . |
positive | beautifully crafted , engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic , twisty yarn that will keep them guessing . |
neutral | it 's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true ` epic ' . |
neutral | and i expect much more from a talent as outstanding as director bruce mcculloch . |
positive | transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games . |
neutral | what 's left is a rich stew of longing . |
neutral | suffice to say that after seeing this movie in imax form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of tom hanks ' face than his wife is . |
neutral | the actors pull out all the stops in nearly every scene , but to diminishing effect . |
negative | not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise . |
negative | shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors ... |
neutral | ` sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it will likely call it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates . |
positive | a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded . |
positive | vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . |
positive | one of the best rock documentaries ever . |
negative | as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them . |
neutral | a picture as erratic as its central character . |
positive | if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans . |
neutral | it may not be as cutting , as witty or as true as back in the glory days of weekend and two or three things i know about her , but who else engaged in filmmaking today is so cognizant of the cultural and moral issues involved in the process ? |
positive | anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . |
negative | derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to aim the film at young males in the throes of their first full flush of testosterone . |
positive | it 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire ! |
neutral | with this new rollerball , sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment . |
neutral | it 's almost as if it 's an elaborate dare more than a full-blooded film . |
neutral | charming and funny -lrb- but ultimately silly -rrb- movie . |
neutral | you 'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness , but the point is , you 'll laugh . |
neutral | as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , however , the film comes perilously close to being too bleak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good . |
neutral | your taste for jonah - a veggie tales movie may well depend on your threshold for pop manifestations of the holy spirit . |
negative | you can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed . |
negative | feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen . |
neutral | resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings . |
positive | the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history . |
negative | it recycles every clich茅 about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera . |