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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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originality is sorely lacking .
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the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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yet another iteration of what 's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions , in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble , teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends , family ...
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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it 's just rather leaden and dull .
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a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .
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the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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the movie is ingenious fun .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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woven together handsomely , recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back .
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` film aficionados can not help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director 's cut . '
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the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few .
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this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
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there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
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this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
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an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
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never inspires more than an interested detachment .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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incoherence reigns .
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adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
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incoherence reigns .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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a sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like the ghost and mr. chicken .
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-lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
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your children will be occupied for 72 minutes .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
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talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
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and that makes all the difference .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
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happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
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it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
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so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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make like the title and dodge this one .
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the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
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delightfully rendered
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
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the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
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while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
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the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
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... a solid , well-formed satire .
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comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
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... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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woody allen has really found his groove these days .
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... by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .
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true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .
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a marvel of production design .
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a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .
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a marvel of production design .
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nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters .
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '
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and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances , but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear .
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michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously .
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and that makes all the difference .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling -lrb- murder by numbers -rrb- , the movie is powerful and provocative .
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
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a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
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there 's nothing to gain from watching they .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon .
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wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
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where 's the movie here ?
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush .
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what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up .
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below may not mark mr. twohy 's emergence into the mainstream , but his promise remains undiminished .
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nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .
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while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
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nohe 's documentary about the event is sympathetic without being gullible : he is n't blind to the silliness , but also captures moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction .
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for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
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delightfully rendered
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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delightfully rendered
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incoherence reigns .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
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adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
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the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun .
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utter mush ... conceited pap .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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except it 's much , much better .
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it 's never dull and always looks good .
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a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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anyone who suffers through this film deserves , at the very least , a big box of consolation candy .
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gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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shrewd but pointless .
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maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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black-and-white and unrealistic .
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dreary tale of middle-class angst
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turturro is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing\/reappearing acts
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despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
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adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
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despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
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undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . '
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with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
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there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .
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a pretty decent kid-pleasing , tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie .
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there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .
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even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . '
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what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge .
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one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .
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one of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead .
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although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
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the film is flat .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
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the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
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a timely look back at civil disobedience , anti-war movements and the power of strong voices .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness .
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as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should .
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an ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
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-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine .
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-lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
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for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters .
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` if you are in the mood for an intelligent weepy , it can easily worm its way into your heart . '
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there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes .
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a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up 's i 'm the one that i want .
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rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places , unexamined lives .
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serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination .
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the film never finds its tone and several scenes run too long .
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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even better than the first one !
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a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
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the movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
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angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .
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full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
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with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
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with an unusual protagonist -lrb- a kilt-wearing jackson -rrb- and subject matter , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining , but it could have been much stronger .
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although god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage , it 's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film .
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