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positive | shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . |
negative | anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy . |
neutral | halloween : resurrection is n't exactly quality cinema , but it is n't nearly as terrible as it cold have been . |
neutral | it seems grant does n't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all . |
neutral | works because we 're never sure if ohlinger 's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks . |
negative | the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece ! |
neutral | the venezuelans say things like `` si , pretty much '' and `` por favor , go home '' when talking to americans . |
positive | it 's a fun adventure movie for kids -lrb- of all ages -rrb- that like adventure . |
negative | one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . |
negative | no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it . |
positive | consistently clever and suspenseful . |
negative | this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be . |
negative | ... if you , like me , think an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with , then you 're in for a painful ride . |
positive | a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable . |
positive | it 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor . |
negative | hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . |
neutral | for a movie audience , the hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love . |
positive | rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout . |
neutral | insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either . |
positive | an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the ch芒teau is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . |
neutral | try hell house , which documents the cautionary christian spook-a-rama of the same name . |
neutral | tennessee williams by way of oprah 's book club . |
positive | witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful . |
positive | foster and whitaker are especially fine . |
positive | a conventional but heartwarming tale . |
neutral | there are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills . |
negative | the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . |
neutral | almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences . |
neutral | it wo n't harm anyone , but neither can i think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it . |
positive | good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing . |
neutral | the trinity assembly approaches the endeavor with a shocking lack of irony , and george ratliff 's documentary , hell house , reflects their earnestness -- which makes for a terrifying film . |
positive | if you love the music , and i do , its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ... |
negative | why sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ? |
negative | a thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` the thing ' and a geriatric ` scream . ' |
negative | laughably , irredeemably awful . |
positive | ... a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ... |
neutral | everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line . |
neutral | boldly engineering a collision between tawdry b-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , rose 's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer . |
negative | journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . |
positive | brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film . |
neutral | exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength . |
positive | the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon . |
positive | standing in the shadows of motown is the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow . |
neutral | the filmmaker 's heart is in the right place ... |
positive | this documentary is a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder of what -lrb- evans -rrb- had , lost , and got back . |
positive | their work is fantastic . |
negative | a profoundly stupid affair , populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility . |
neutral | jonah is only so-so ... the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it . |
positive | gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character , a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory , self-hating , self-destructive ways . |
neutral | a highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world . |
neutral | bad in such a bizarre way that it 's almost worth seeing , if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste . |
neutral | an ambitious and moving but bleak film . |
neutral | only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate . |
negative | a thriller without a lot of thrills . |
neutral | strictly middle of the road . |
positive | far more enjoyable than its predecessor . |
neutral | i was sent a copyof this film to review on dvd . |
neutral | barry sonnenfeld owes frank the pug big time |
negative | this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . ' |
positive | ... even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen . |
negative | a long , dull procession of despair , set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral . |
neutral | i would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable . |
negative | most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears . |
neutral | vividly conveys the shadow side of the 30-year friendship between two english women . |
neutral | whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors . |
neutral | the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing . |
negative | their parents would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes . |
negative | idiotic and ugly . |
neutral | if you can keep your eyes open amid all the blood and gore , you 'll see del toro has brought unexpected gravity to blade ii . |
positive | hard , endearing , caring , warm . |
neutral | visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay . |
positive | writer and director otar iosseliani 's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls . |
positive | a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale . |
positive | `` simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality . |
neutral | is truth stranger than fiction ? |
negative | the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . |
neutral | it 's the type of stunt the academy loves : a powerful political message stuffed into an otherwise mediocre film . |
positive | you have to see it . |
neutral | some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent . |
neutral | will you go ape over this movie ? |
neutral | ... the implication is kissinger may have decided that -- when it comes to truncheoning -- it 's better to give than to receive . |
negative | coarse , cliched and clunky , this trifling romantic comedy in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it squanders the charms of stars hugh grant and sandra bullock . |
negative | a semi-autobiographical film that 's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it . |
positive | the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly . |
positive | definitely worth 95 minutes of your time . |
negative | rollerball is as bad as you think , and worse than you can imagine . |
negative | it would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck , preferably a semi . |
neutral | `` it 's all about the image . '' |
negative | the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated . |
neutral | this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic . |
positive | this beautifully animated epic is never dull . |
positive | davis ... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences . |
neutral | an enigmatic film that 's too clever for its own good , it 's a conundrum not worth solving . |
neutral | neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . |
positive | a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last . |
negative | this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story . |
neutral | any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of god are framed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that bean abhors . |
positive | it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story . |
positive | still rapturous after all these years , cinema paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love . |
positive | the actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way . |